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Abaddon and Apollyon, 173.
Accuser cast down, 207.
Alleluia, meaning of, 311, 314.
Altar measured, 185.

INDEX.

Angel of the churches, 90, 96, 108; angel
flying through midst of heaven, 168; an-
gel of bottomless pit, 173; angel of the
waters,271; angel, mighty, took up a stone,
309; angel standing in the sun, 321; an-
gel that bound the dragon, 325.

Angels, 75, 90, 134, 135, 141, 142, 178; round

about the throne, 159, 160; doctrine of in
Apocalypse, 134, 135; of the elements,
271.

Antipas, (the faithful martyr,) 102, 103.
Apocalypse, regarded as a dark book, 3; rea-

sons for this, 3, 4; not wholly dark, 4;
proofs of its divine character, 7, 8; its
claims, 11; written by John, 11, 12, 75,
76, 82, 93, 115, 117, 118, 359, 374; testi-
mony of antiquity to that effect, 12-18;
internal evidence, 18; its author a He-
brew, 18; and a Christian, 18, 19; a dil
igent student of the Old Testament, 19;
learned in the school of Christ, 20; the
Apocalypse a prophecy, 21; written for
the benefit of the churches, 21, 22; John's
teachings agree with those of the rest of
the apostles, 22; presumption it was writ-
ten by one of them, 22; internal proofs
that it was written by John, 23-31; man-
ifestly a plan in its metaphors, 281, 282,
conclusion of 372; guarded against cor-
ruption, 379, 330.

Apocalypse, date of, see under Date.
plan of, see under Plan.

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145.

a prophecy like that of Daniel,

Armageddon, meaning of, 279.
Armies of the King of kings, 320,
Asia, sense of in Apocalypse, 83.

Babylon, fall of proclaimed, 238, 297; what is
meant thereby, 239, 230; Babylon the
Great, the harlot's title, 287; the ancient
city of, 237, 238; stands for Rome, 288,
297, 293; Christians exhorted to come out
of, 299; her sins exceeding great, 299;
remembered of God, 300; punished, 300,
301; lived deliciously but not happily,
302; boasted that she sat a queen, 302;
her plagues described, 302, 303; fall of,

304.

Balaam, doctrine of, 103.

Beast (seven-headed) ascends from the bottom-

less pit, 189; made war against Chris-
tians, 190, 218; rose up out of the sea,

212; what is represented thereby, 212,
213; worshipped, 216, 218; blasphemed
God, 217, 218; image of appeared to
have life, 227; impresses his mark on
men, 227; interrupts commerce, 228; his
number, 229, 230; victory over, 259, and
over his image and mark. 260; seat of,
fifth vial poured on, 274; all the world won-
der at, 291; makes war on the King of
kings, 322, 323; is taken and cast into
the lake of fire, 323, 340.

Beast (second) comes up out of the earth, 220;
auxiliary to the first, 221; doeth great
wonders, 221, 222; affects to perform
miracles, 226, 277, 278; incites rulers to
battle, 277, 273.

Beasts, four, explained as hieroglyphics, 129,
130, 131, 263, 264, 313, 314.
Bed of affliction, 106.

Before God, see under Presence.
Beginning of the creation of God, 117, 118.
Blasphemy, meaning of, 96; names of on head
of beast, 214; Romans guilty of, 274,
275.

Blessed are the dead, 248, et seq.
Blood of Jesus, how to be understood as an em-
blem, 78, 160, 207, 208.

Blood, hail and fire, 165; flowing to horse-
bridles. 255, 256; various metaphors of
blood, 256, 269, 288, 289; found in Baby.
lon, 310; two witnesses could turn water
into, 189; rivers and fountains became,
270; men are made to drink, 271, 272;
Christ's vesture dipped in, 319, 320.
Book of Life, 111, 112, 219, 353.
Book, written within and on back side, 133;
see sealed book.

Book, little, 178, 179; eaten up, 183; effects
of, 183.

Books were opened when the kingdom of
Christ began, 348, 349, 352, 353.
Bottomless pit, 69; key of, 326; metaphor ex-
plained, 326, 329, 330.

Campbell, Dr., on sign of the Son of man, 80;
on worshipping demons, 176; on word
Mystery, 289.

Candlestick removed, meaning of, 92.
Candlesticks, seven golden, 84.
Censer of gold, 164.

Channing, Dr.'s, sentiments on the paternal
character of God, 273.

Chastisement, benevolent and paternal, 121.
Christ, glory due to him, 79; appearing of,
100, reign of, see under Reign.
Clarke, Adam, on God's pleasure, 132; on
judging quick and dead, 246.

Cloud, angel clothed with, 178; as a veil of
divine glory, 265.
Clouds, coming in, 252.
Come out of Babylon, 299.

Coming of Christ, metaphor explained, 79-81;
speedily to take place, see under Quickly
and Shortly; like that of a thief, 109.
Confess his name, 112.

Countenance as the sun, 86; see Face.
Court of the Gentiles, measured not, 185, 186.
Craftsmen found no inore in Babylon, 309.
Creation of God, beginning of, 117, 118.
Crown of Life, 99-101, 116; of twelve stars,
198.

Crowns of gold, Christians wear, 126; many
on head of Christ, 319.
Cruden, on word eternal, 341.
Cup, golden, in woman's hand, 286.

Date of Apocalypse, important that it should
be settled, 36; nature of the testimony
touching this matter, 38; historical evi-
Leuce considered, 39-41; internal evi
dence, 41-63; addressed to seven churches
in Asia, 41; its character, form of ad-
dress, warnings, encouragements like
those of the New Testament books, known
to have been written before the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem, 42-44; all the signs
of the destruction of Jerusalem mentioned
by our Lord, we find in the Apocalypse, 45
-48; its style agrees with that of the other
books of the New Testament in regard to
the time and circumstances of our Lord's
coming, 48-54; the Jews are spoken of
therein as being in existence as a nation,
54, 55; Jerusalem referred to as standing,
55; the temple also, 56; there are proph-
ecies of the very event of the destruc-
tion of Jerusalem, 57; the references to
the Roman emperors is of such a nature as
to prove it to have been written before the
destruction of Jerusalem, 58-60; it seems
to have been alluded to in the Epistles of
Peter and the Epistle to the Hebrews, 60;
the age of John forbids our believing he
wrote the Apocalypse in the time of Domi-
tian, 62, 63; recapitulation of the evi-
deuces, 63-65.
Day of wrath, 154.

of the Lord, 154; meaning of, 278.
Days, a thousand, two hundred and three score,
158, 203; three and a half, 190.
Dead blessed, 243; different senses in which
the dead are spoken of, 249; works fol-
low them, 250.

Dead bodies of witnesses lay in the streets,

190.
DEAD, SMALL and GREAT, judgment of had
come, 194, 346; how the phrase "rest of
the dead" is to be understood, 335; Christ
in his gospel kingdom judged the quick
and the dead, 346; Gentiles were said to
be dead, 347; reasons why this judginent
of the dead cannot be placed in the immor-
tal state, 347, 348; the judgment of the
dead commenced when Christ came in
his kingdom, and when the kingdom was
set up, 348; proofs that it was on the
earth, 349, 350; how the metaphor of

judging the dead occurred to the revela
tor, 350.

Death, see Second.

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in spiritual sense, the state of the
church in Sardis, 109.

Death and hell deliver up the dead, 354.
Demons, what they were, 276, 277.
Depths of Satan, 107.

Devil, (diabolos,) how the word is used in the
Apocalypse, 97, 98; signified the persecut-
ing power, 98; same as dragon, 207, 209,
327, 329, 330; cast into the lake of fire
and brimstone, 339, 340.

Devils (daimonia) worshipped, 176.
Doddridge, Dr.'s, opinion of the imagery of the
Apocalypse, 127; on the four beasts, 129.
Dogs and sorcerers, 378.

Door open, 114; opened in heaven, 123.
Double punishment, means full and adequate,
301.

Dragon, that old serpent, 5; great red drag-
on appears, 199; scriptural sense of the
metaphor, 199, 200; what the dragon of
the Apocalypse represents, 200; would de
vour the man-child, 200, 201; fights
against Michael, 204; cast out of heaven,
204; certainly signifies human adversa-
ries, 205, 206, 327, 328; wroth with the
woman, 211; gave power to the beast,
214 worshipped, 216; same as the old
serpent, the Devil and Satan, 327; but one
dragon in the Apocalypse, 329; the dragon
of the 12th and 20th chapters is the same
power, 328, 329; shut up in the bottomless
pit, 329, 330; cast into the lake of fire and
Dust cast on the head, a sign of affliction, 307.
brimstone, 339, 340.
Dwell among men, manner in which God does,

161.

Eagle's wings to help the woman, 209, 210.
Earth helped the woman, 211.
Earthquakes, metaphorical use of, 151, 279, 280.
Earth and heaven fled away, 344; sense of the
metaphor, 344, 345.

"Ear to hear" explained, 93, 101.
Eat up the litle book, 183.
Egypt put for Jerusalem, 190.
Elders, four-and-twenty, 125, 126, 132, 313.
End of world, or age, 253.

Ephesus, history of the church at, 89-95.
Epistles to the seven churches, 88.
Ephod and girdle, 84, 85.
Eternal; see under Forever and ever.
Euphrates, the river described, 174; four
angels at, loosed, 174; sixth vial poured
Expositor, editor of, on date of Apocalypse,
on, 275,

37, 38.
Eye-salve, 120.

Eyes as a flame of fire, 85, 319.

Face as the sun, 86, 178.
False apostles, 90, 91.
Fearful and unbelieving, 363.
Feed the flock of Christ, 162.
Feet like fine brass, 85; like pillars of fire,
178; on the sea and on the earth, meaning
of, 179, 180.

Fine linen, 316. See under White.

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fruits, use of the expression, 235.
resurrection; see Resurrection.
Five months, 171, 173.
Foreheads, the hundred and forty-four thousand
sealed in, 157-159, 232, 233, 287; follow-
ers of beast marked there, 227, 228, 287;
high priest wore his mitre there, 237.
Forever and ever, scriptural use of the term,
215, 216, 261, 312, 313, 341.

Former things passed away, 361.

Idols, things sacrificed to, not to be eaten,
105, 106.

Image of beast appeared to have life, 227.
Incense for prayer, 164.

Islands, metaphorical use of, 154; moved out
of their places, 280, 281.

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Fornication, metaphorically spoken of, 106, John was the author of the Apocalypse, 8, 75,

234, 235, 254, 303.

Forty-two months, 186, 217

Foundation of the world, sense of expression,

219.

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Hail, immensely great, 281; mingled with fire
and blood. 165.

Hair, white like wool, 85.
Hallelujah, meaning of, 311.

Hammond, Dr., on the speedy fulfilment of

the Apocalypse. 73; on the pouring of the
seven vials, 270.

Hand, lifted up in oath, 180.
Harps used in worship, 139, 140; scriptural
account of, 233.

Harvest of the earth, 253; same as the end of
the world, or age, 253.
Heads; see Seven.

Heaven, meaning of, 123; Jewish opinion of,

163, 307, 303, 311, 314; opened, 318; lo-
cal heaven and new Jerusalem, 325, 326;
the two witnesses could shut, 189; war in,
203; dragon cast out, 204; reaching to,
meaning of, 299.

Heavens depart as a scroll, 152.
Hell and death, 87, 148.
Holy City, 359.

Horns, 184. 200, 213, 292, 294.
Horse, white, Jesus rides on, 146, 147, 318;
red, represents war, 147; black, repre-
sents famine, 147: pale, represents pesti
le.ce and death, 143, 149.
Horses of eastern cavalry fearfully described,
172; heads like scorpions, 172; like lions,
175: breastplates of fire, 175; breathed
fire. sinoke and brimstone, 175; tails like
serpents, 176.

Huazer o inore. 161, 162.
Hour, day, month, year, 174.

76, 82, 93, 115, 117, 118, 359, 374; ele-
ments of his character, 23, 24; his diction
clearly traceable in the Apocalypse, 25-
27; his favorite metaphors occur there
frequently, as light for truth, 27; sons of
God, 28; Christ a Lamb, 28; the church
as the bride, 23; water for the truth, 29;
manna, or food, for the gospel, 30; blood
for the cleansing power of truth, 31; ob-
jections to his being the author of the
Apocalypse considered, 32-35. See, also,
under Apocalypse.

Juda, tribe of, Jesus came from, 136, 137.
JUDGMENT, begins simultaneously with set-

ting up the kingdom of Christ, 192-194,
351; is on the earth, 195, 196; the hour
of had come, 237; what is the judgment
day. 233; how Christ judges men, 233;
scriptural doctrine of judgment, 261;
Christ's throne of judgment set up on the
earth, 343, 314; at the time of the estab-
lishment of his kingdom, 315; judgment
of quick and dead was judgment of
the Jews and Gentiles, 346; opposed to
the current sense of Scripture to place it
in the immortal state, 317; it began when
Christianity began, 348; it was surely on
the earth, 349; where the revelator found
his metaphor of the judgment of the dead,
350. See, also, under the word Dead.
Judgments are made manifest, 260; are in the
earth, 263, 274; are true and righteous,
271-274, 312, 318.

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slain from foundation of the world, 219;
stood on Mount Zion, 232; followed by the
faithful, 235; song of and of Moses, 260;
ten kings made war with, 293; marriage
of, 315; wife of, 315, 316; marriage sup-
per of, 317.

Laodicea, church at, 116-122.
Last plagues; see Plagues.
Lift up the hand in oath, 180.
Lightfoot on the imagery of chapter iv. of the
Apocalypse, 127; on the six seals, 152,
153; on the command to reap, 252, 253;
on our Saviour's practice of speaking ac-
cording to the popular language, 276; on
the terms used to describe the destruction
of Jerusalem, 344, 345.

Lightning used metaphorically, 279.
Light of a candle not seen in Babylon, 310.
Linen, 316; see under White.

Livest and art dead, 109.

Locusts, the metaphor for an army, 171; have
power of scorpions, 171; like horses pre-
pared for battle, 172.

Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, 314.
Lord's day, 82.

Love, Christian, what it should be, 91, 92.
Lowth, Bishop, on metaphor of the heavenly
bodies, 151.

Lukewarmness condemned, 118.

Macknight shows that our Lord's images are
sometimes founded on heathen notions,
97, 351; on the judging of the quick and
dead, 346.

Manna hidden, 103.

Mark of beast, 227, 240, 241.
Marriage of the Lamb, 315, 317.

Martyrs, souls of, live again, 190, 191, 333,
334.

Measure the temple of God, 185.
Merchandise and merchants of spiritual Baby-
lon, 305, 306.

Metaphors not to be explained in every point,
109, 278, 279.

Michael fights against the dragon, 204.
Miracles, false, performed by beast, 222, 226;
true miracles defended, 222-225; they
fully prove the divine character of the
Bible, 223, 224.

Moon, metaphorical use of, 151; under the
woman's feet, 198.

Moore, Asher, Rev., on Revelation xiv. 13,
(251.)

Morning Star, 107, 108.

Moses and the Lamb, song of, 260.
Mountain of fire cast down, 165, 166.
Mountains and islands, metaphorical use of,
154, 280, 281.

Mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,

216.

Multitude which no man could number, 159.
Mystery, meaning of, 88, 182, 289; of God fin-
ished, 181.

Name, new, 104, 116; of Christ, written on
believers, 116; of believers no man knew,
104; of Christ no man knew, 319.

Names put for persons, 110.

Nations angry at coming of Christ, 194.

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New heaven and earth, 357; how explained by
Isaiah, 358; by Apostle Peter, 358.

New Jerusalem, 116, 161, 182, 184; comes
down from heaven, 359; the Lamb's bride,
360; wife, 365; is the tabernacle of God,
360; in it he dwells with men, 360; wipes
away all tears, 361; everything is made
new, 361; the inhabitants drink of the
water of life, 362; fearful and unbelieving
enter not there, 363, 364; but the saved
only, 364; is a great city, 365; full of the
glory of God, 365; light like the hue of
the Jasper stone, 365; it had a wall great
and high, 366; twelve gates, three on each
side, 366; twelve foundations, 366, 367;
its dimensions twelve thousand furlongs,
367: the wall like the jasper, 367; rich like
pure gold, 367; foundations garnished with
all manner of precious stones, 367, 368;
the gates were pearls, 368; the street was
pure transparent gold, 363; no temple
therein, 368; save Jesus-a living temple,
368; no need of the sun, 368; for the
glory of God did lighten it, 368; the saved
only inhabit it, 369; gates shall not be
shut, 369; nothing that defileth can enter
in, 369; river of water of life runs through
it, 370; tree of life grows there, 370; no
curse there, 371; throne of God is there,
371; redeemed shall see his face, 372;
God shall give them light, 372.
Nicolaitanes, deeds of, hated, 92, 93, 103.
Number of the beast, 229, 230.

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"Pierced him," use of the expression, 81.
Pillar in temple of God, 116.
Pit, see Bottomless.

Plagues, put for judgments on the Jews, 176
189; the seven last, 258; wrath of God
filled up in them, 258, 259; angels come
out of the temple with them, 263; inflict-
ed on spiritual Babylon, 302, 303; threat-
ened on those who should add to the word,
380, 381.

Plan of the Apocalypse, 67; four parts and con-
tents of each, 67; how the chapters are
apportioned to each, 68; circumstantial
account of the divisions, 69–71; violated
by false interpretations, 356.

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