Second advent library

,cnus'r's sncosn cormre. 91the senate-house, before Pompey's pillar, by his owniiiends; "he stumbled and fell, and was not found."20th "verse, Then shall stand up in his estate a raiserbut within I fewof taxes, in the glory of the kingdom;days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger nor inbattle." This verse describes Octavius Cuar, who tinttaxed the Roman provinces, Judea being taxed (seeLuke ii. 1, 5) when our Savior was bom; but OctsviusCesar, afterwards called Augustus Cesar, was notslain like his uncle Julius, nor like his successors; butin his bed. 21st and 22d verses, " Andin his estate shall stand upa vile person, to whomshall not give TEHthe honor of the kingdom; but he scome in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by Batteries.And with the arms of a flood shall they be overthrownfrom before him, and shall be broken; yea, also, theprince of the covenant." In these two verses we havethe history of Tiberius Caesar, who was the successor ofOctavius Cesar in the Roman empire; and was one ofthe most vile, profligate, bloody tyrants that ever satupon the Roman throne.usHistory gives the samedied peaceablyaccount, that he obtained by Batteries the kingdom, andafterwards ruled it by tyranny. He also assumed thename of Augustus. In his reign Christ was crucified,"the Prince oi' the covenant was broken." Here endsthe history of the seventy weeks. This prophetic histnrybeing divided into four divisions, the first part isthe ,history of the seventy weeks, to which we have beenattending, which began in the seventh year ot' Amxerxes'reign, and. ended in the 22d year of TiberiusCessr's,bemélfour hundred and ninety years ; the secondpwt will c history of Pagan Rome, which beginswith the first league made between the Romans and theIM!!-, and will carry us down six hundred and sixty.six~_But You will likewise observe that the angel goesbask and begins this history with the league. 22d verse,*And _alter this league made. withhim he shall workdsssitfiillys he shall come up, and shall become strongYlfflys smallleagueogg"us in tg plane inquire, Between whom istlbmade ? The Romans must be one of the contract.-