Second advent library

'rcnus'r's slcoim comme. 201Let us now for a moment see what follows the nistoryofthe two witnesses.14th "verse, The second woe is past, and behold, thethird woe cometh quickly." The second woebegan bythe civil wars in France and Germany, and ended in theFrench revolution; and the third woe will come quickly.It is the lastgreat woe denounced against the womansitting upon t e scarlet-colored beast, and against theearth, which she hath filled with her sorceries, and thekingdoms of this world, which must all be destroyed underthis woe.15th "verse, And the seventh angel sounded, andthere weregreat voices in heaven saying, The kingdomsoi' this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord andhis Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." Thethird woe and seventh trumpet are both the same thing,(see Rev. viii. 13% and the seventh trumpet is the lasttrump, when the ead shall be raised. See 1 Cor. xv.52. It is evident, also, that we are carried into theeternal state forever and ever.l6th verse, "And the four and twenty elders, whichsat before God on their seats, fell on their faces andworshipped God." By-the four and twenty elders, Iunderstand the true ministers of Christ, allu ing to thetwenty-four courses of t.he priesthood appointed byDavid, I Chron. xxiv."17th verse, Saying, We give thee thanks, 0 LordGod Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come, becausethou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hastreigned." This is the language of every humble anddevoted minister of Jesus Christ, who makes the word ofGod his study, and believes in the overruling hand oftherein revealed.God as accomplishing the great designs18th verse, "And the nations were angry, and thywrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they shouldbe judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thyservants the prophets, and to the saints, and them thatfear thy name, small and great, and shouldest destroythem which destroy the earth."This verse shows us what takes place at the soundingof the seventh trumpet and third woe, which the sage