Second advent library

,IB4 ucruu ru._12th-17th "verses, And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was agreat earthquake.On the opening of this seal there is a great earthquakeThis earthquake is spoken of in other p aces in this bookand alludes to the French revolution; and of course thisseal opened about A. D. 1790. "And the sun becameblack as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became alblood." Sun sometimes denotes rulers or askings, inthe case of Joseph's dream, when the sun, moon andstars made obeisance to him, meaning his father, headover all Israel., his mother, and his brethren; for wherethe king is called the nm, the queen is called the moon,and inferior rulers are called stars, as Christ is calledof Zion. Thesunofrighteousness, because he is kingchurch is called the moon, because she is the bride ofChrist. Ministers are called stars because the are inferiorrulers in Christ's kingdom. Therefored understandthis to mean in that revolution when the king losthis authority, and tried to disguise himself; and fled fromhis ownsubjects, afterwards was beheaded. The queen,too, became blood, and all the of France fell tothe nobility earth. One decree levelled all ti es and distinctionswith the comrnonalty, like a fig-tree casting her untimelyfigs. "And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,even as afig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she isshaken of amighty wind. And the heaven departed asa scroll when it is rolled together." The heavens mustmean that circle in which the planets move; and if thatis to be understood figuratively,so must this. Heavensmust then mean the laws and ovemment of France.'1'hese were all rolled swept away, or up and laid awaylike an old parchment out of date "or use. Andmountain andeveryisland were moved out of their places;Mountains and islands arefigures of large and smallgovernments, and in the French revolution every govemmentwas removed from their legitimate sovereigns,except En land, in the old Roman empire, and given tokings of 5onaparte's creation. And certain] all thekingdoms in Euro werechanged from what the;werebefore; so that whzn legitimacy was restored, t e ancientkings could not an have not found their kingdoni