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.
Lukewarınness 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,
Multitude which no man could number, 159. Mystery, meaning of, 88, 182, 259; 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. Nero, supposed reference to, 58-60, 220; a
great persecutor, 271; singular belief con- cerning him, 290, 292.
Newcomb, Archbishop, on coming of Christ, 80.
New name, 104, 116; song, what it was, 140, 141, 233, 234; sung by the hundred and forty and four thousand, 234.
New, all things are so in New Jerusalem, 361, 362.
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, 369; 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.
Olive trees, (two,) 188. One hour, meaning of, 307. Open door; see Door.
Overcometh, meaning of, 93, 101, 111, 363.
Paradise, sense of the expression, 94, 95. Parkhurst on the word Mystery, 289. Patmos, the isle of, 82.
Pergamos, epistle to the church there, 102. Philadelphia, epistle to the church there, 112, 116.
"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.
Possession demoniacal, not taught in the Scrip- | Shortly to come to pass, 73; Dr. Hammond
Precious stones, 124, 125, 367, 368. Presence of God and the Lamb, scriptural views of, 242-244, 352. Prince, &c., 78.
Prophecy, concerning destruction of Jerusa- lem, the revelator's guide, 145, 146, 163, 169.
Prophecy, second of the Apocalypse, 183, 184, 196.
Quickly, Christ's coming to take place, 103, 115, 373, 375, 377, 378, 331. See, also, un- der Shortly.
Raiment; see under White.
on the phrase, 73, 74; Professor Stuart, 74, 75, 76. See under Quickly. Sign great and marvellous, 257. Silence in heaven, 163.
Smoke, for gloom and darkness, 170; fills the temple, 264; ascendeth forever and ever, 245, 246, 306, 312.
Smyrna, epistle to church there, 95-102. Sodom put for Jerusalem, 190. Son of God, 105; of man, 84.
Song of Moses and the Lamb, 260. Sorceries practised by Babylon, 310. Sores, represent afflictions and judgments, 269.
Souls of them that were slain, 149, 150. Spirit, being in, 82, 124; instructions of, 101.
Rainbow round about the throne, 124; on head Star; see Morning. of angel, 178.
Reached to heaven, meaning of, 299.
Stars fall from heaven, 151, 166, 167, 169; sig- nify rulers, 201.
Reaping commanded from the temple to be Stars, crown of, 193. done, 253.
Reed like unto a rod, 185.
Reign of Christ, believers join in, 121, 122, 126; on the earth, 141; begins with power, 193, 194; during the thousand years, 332, 333, 334.
Rejoicing in judgments of men, 307, 308. Remember iniquities, meaning of, 300. Repent, sense of, 103, 109.
Resurrection, first, 336.
Revelation, why the book is so called, 73.
Riches, the true kind, 96, 119, 120; the false, 118, 119.
Righteousness, true nature of, 316, 317. Robinson, Professor, on word "Everlasting,"
Rod of iron, 107, 201, 320, 321.
Roman armies war against Jerusalem, 177, 178. Rome signified by Babylon, 240; by the beast,
291, 292; destruction of foretold, 295. Sackcloth, witnesses clothed in, 188. Salvation is come, 207.
Sardis, account of church at, 108-112.
Satan, meaning of, 102.
Saved, (the,) dwell in New Jerusalem, 369.
Scorpions, 171.
Sea gave up the dead, 353.
Sealed book, 133; is opened, 135, 139.
Stones, precious; see under Precious. Stuart, Professor, on speedy fulfilment of Apoc- alypse, 74; believes it written before de- struction of Jerusalem, 38,39; inconsistent remarks on Revelation v. 13, 144; on metaphorical use of heavenly bodies, 155; on forty-two months, 186, 187; en Christ coming quickly, 194, 195, 349, 375; on the number of the beast, 229, 230; on pun- ishment in presence of the Lamb, 242; on the kings of the east, 276; on the phrase everlasting, 341.
Sun, metaphorical use of, 151; third part smitten, 167; fourth vial poured on, 274. Sun not light on men, 161, 162, 274. Sup with him, sense of, 121.
Supper, marriage, of the Lamb, 317; Lord's, 317; of the great God, 321, 322, 324. Sware by him that liveth, &c., 180. Sword, two-edged, 85, 86, 102; of mouth, 103, 320, 321.
Synagogue of Satan, meaning of, 97, 114.
Tail of dragon, drew stars after it, 200, 201. Tears wiped from all eyes, 162, 361. Temple, outward, or literal, 184; measured, 185; image of seen in heaven, 196, 262, 267.
Sealing of an hundred and forty and four thou- Temple, spiritual, or New Jerusalem, 116, 161,
Sea of glass, 128, 259.
Seal not the sayings, reasons therefor, 374. Seal up, as of a roll or book, 180.
Second death, 101, 102, 336, 355, 364. Serpent same as dragon, or devil, 210,
Ten days, meaning of, 99; ten horns, 184, 200, 213; ten kings, 184, 200, 213, 214. Thief, Christ came like, 109, 278, 279. Thigh, name written on, 321.
327-Thousand, the hundred and forty and four, 156, 157, 232: thousand years of church's pros- perity, 330, 331, 335, 337.
329; casts water from his mouth, 210, 211. SEVEN angels, (trumpet,) 163, 164; seven angels with vials, 258, 267; seven candle- sticks, 84, 88; seven churches, 76, 88; seven eyes, 133; seven heads, 184, 200, 213; seven horns, 133; seven last plagues, see Plagues; seven mountains, 184, 291; seven seals, 131; seven spirits of God, 77, 103, 123; seven stars, 85, 83, 109; seven thunders, 179, 180.
Seventh angel, voice of, 131, 192; seventh trumpet, 192.
Throne of Christ, 121, 122; throne set in hea- ven, 124; throne, white, 343, or mediatorial, 344; Christ ascended it when he came in his kingdom, 344; thrones, or seats of the elders, 126.
Thunder, used metaphorically, 279. Thyatira, epistle to the church there, 104- 108.
Time is at hand; see under Quickly and Short- ly; time no longer, 181.
Titles of Jesus. [Besides those put down under | Voices from heaven, 233. other heads, see the following:] Faithful Witness, 77, 117; First-begotten of the dead, 78; Prince of the kings of the earth, 78; Alpha and Omega, 81, 83, 378; First and the Last, 83; Son of God, 105; Holy, 113; True, 113; Amen, 117; Lion, 136; Root of David, 137; Lamb, 138; Faithful and True, 318; Root and Offspring of David, 379.
War in heaven, 203; put for spiritual contests, 205.
Tongues, gnawed, a horrid spectacle, 275. Travail, metaphorical signification of, 198, 199. Tree of life, 93, 370; fruit every month, 371; healing leaves, 371; believers had right to it, 378.
Trial by affliction, 98, 99.
Tribe of Juda; see Juda.
Tribes, Jewish, 158; sealed twelve from each tribe, 158.
Trumpet, voice of, 82, 123.
Twelve foundations of New Jerusalem, 366; twelve gates of do., 366; twelve thousand furlongs, measure of New Jerusalem, 367; twelve pearls, 368.
Two hundred thousand thousand, 174.
Water of life, 362, 363; see under Fountain, pure river of, 370; invitation to drink of,
Waters of sea, metaphorical use of, 212, 294. Whitby, Dr., on use of the word eternal, 247, 342; on judging the quick and the dead,
White horse, 146, 318; white raiment, a sign of purity, 111, 120, 126, 150, 160, 263; white stone, 103; white throne, 343. Whore, judgment of, 283; sat on a scarlet- colored beast, 285; arrayed in magnifi- cence, 286; signified the city of Rome, 295, 296. See, also, under Babylon. Winds, metaphorical use of, 155, 156. Wine of fornication, 239, 240, 284, 298; wine of wrath of God, 241, 245, 284.
Wine-press of God's wrath, 284; sense of met- aphor, 255, 321.
Without the city, without the camp, use of the phrases, 255.
Tyre, description of, applied to spiritual Bab- Witness, Jesus, 77. ylon, 304.
Unclean spirits, 276.
Unjust, let him be unjust still, 375–377.
Vesture dipped in blood, 320.
Vials, (seven,) of God's wrath, 267; poured out upon the earth, 267, 268; first vial poured on the land, 268; second on the sea, 269; third on the rivers and foun- tains, 270; fourth on the sun, 274; fifth on the seat of the beast, 274; sixth on the Euphrates, 275; seventh into the air, 279. Vicarivs Filii Dei, 231.
Victory over the beast, 259.
Vine of the earth, 254; ripeness thereof, what it signifies, 254, 255. Vintage, metaphor of, 254.
Virginity put for doctrinal purity, 234. Voice, as sound of many waters, 85; like the
lion's roar, or as seven thunders, 179, 180; loud, 254; of harpers and musicians, 309.
Witnesses, the two, 187, 188.
Woe, woe, woe, 168; third cometh quickly, 191.
Woman clothed with the sun, 197, 198; fled into the wilderness, 202; persecuted by the dragon, 209, 210.
Wonder in heaven, 197; another, 199. Woodhouse on the number seven, 76; on the judgment of the dead, 352-note. Word of God, Christ so called, 320. Works, punishment according to, 106. World, (oikoumene,) 115. Wormwood, star by that name, 167. Worship of Christ, 139, 140, 142; John's
splendid climax concerning, 143, 144, 159; worship not always divine, 317, 318. Wrath of the Lamb, 154; of God, came in his judgments, 195, 196; on the earth, 195,
Zion, meaning of, 199, 232; Lamb stood on, 232.
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