Category: Religion/Spirituality

The Revelation of St. John the Divine

Progressive Steps by Which the Ideal Kingdom is to be Realized――Restraints upon the Power of Satan――Outpouring of the Holy Spirit under the Emblem of Resurrection――Union of Christian Believers――Final Triumph over Barbarism under the Emblem of Gog and Magog

Chapters

1. PART I

2. PART II

3. PART III

4. PART IV

5. PART V

6. PART VI

Progressive Steps by Which the Ideal Kingdom is to be Realized――Restraints upon the Power of Satan――Outpouring of the Holy Spirit under the Emblem of Resurrection――Union of Chri...

7. PART VII

IF the Revelation of Saint John has any right to a place in the canon of the New Testament, it is reasonable to presume that its intention was to conform to that general purpose...

8. PART I

9. PART I

THE chapters which contain the epistles to the churches of Asia need not detain us long; not that they are devoid of interest, but because anything like a commentary upon the te...

10. PART II

WITH the fourth chapter the symbolical part of the Revelation begins, and continues to the end of the book. In that portion of it upon which we now enter, and which includes cha...

11. PART III

12. PART III

THE section of the Revelation which begins with chapter viii, 2, and closes with chapter xi, is characterized by the symbol of the trumpet. In the interpretation of this symbol...

13. PART IV

WITH chapter xii another section of the Apocalypse begins. Two great truths relating to the kingdom of Christ have been discussed――the fundamental principle of mediatorial sover...

14. chapter iv.

It is hard to describe this spirit by a single name. It wears so many forms that no one word can comprehend all of them. Even the apostolic pen failed to depict this adversary c...

15. PART V

THE section of the Revelation which we now reach, and which extends from chapter xv to the close of chapter xix, may be called the judgment section. There is a striking parallel...

16. chapter xix) to the weapons by which victory must be won. Repeating

what has been so often said by him that the impression is made on us that herein lies the central thought of the book, but with a fullness of detail not previously equaled and w...

17. PART VI

18. PART VI

THE twentieth chapter of the Revelation is one full of the most important matter. It describes the stages through which the kingdom of Christ must pass in order to attain its id...

19. PART VII

BY these long steps has the holy apostle brought us, through this wonderful record of perils, conflicts, defeats, victories, judgments, and blessings, to the conclusion toward w...