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Vision of the Ages (1881)


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS.
When Written.--In the Reign of Domitian.--The character of Domitian.--Patmos.--The
Circumstances.--Can the Book be Understood?--Reason for Blunders.--The Object and
Scope of the Book. 15.

CHAPTER II.
THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
The Lordsday.--The Three Parts of Revelation.--The Seven Angels.--The Letters to the
Churches.--Why Seven Churches? Their Character.--Their Subsequent History. 31.

CHAPTER III.
VISION OF HEAVEN.
The Open Door of Heaven.--The Glory of God.--The Throne.--The Four Beasts.--The Four
and Twenty Elders.--The [7] Sealed Book.--Its Significance.--The Weeping Prophet.--
The Lamb.--The Doxologies.--The Atonement. 42.

CHAPTER IV.
THE FIRST SEAL OPENED.
The White Horse.--The Crowned Warrior.--An Epoch of Triumphant War.--Is Christ Meant?--
Why Not.--The Era of Trajan.--The Greatness of the Empire; its Conquests and
Prosperity.--The Significance of the Bow. 62.

CHAPTER V.
THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH SEALS.
The Vision of the Second Seal.--The Red Horse; Peace Taken Away.--The Era of Civil
Discord.--Commotion for Ninety-two Years.--The Gift of the Great Sword.--The Third
Seal.--The Black Horse.--The Balances.--The Seal of Want.--The Fourth Seal.--The
Pale Horse.--Death and Hades.--The Era of Death from War, Famine, Pestilence and
Wild Beasts.--Gibbon's Striking Testimony. 76.

CHAPTER VI.
THE SEAL OF PERSECUTION.
The Fifth Seal Opened.--The Symbolism Changed.--The Horse Seen no More.--The Change of
Symbols Indicates a Change of Theme.--Souls under the Altar.--The Cry of Martyrs.--An
Era of Persecution--The Attempt of Diocletian to Abolish the Christian Name.--The White
Robes.--Appendix on the State of the Church from the Time of Nero to that of Diocletian.
94.

CHAPTER VII.
THE ERA OF REVOLUTION.
The Sixth Seal Opened.--The Startling Phenomena in Earth and Sky.--The Meaning of the
Symbols.--A Period of Revolution.--The Political and Religious Agitation of the Reign [8]
of Constantine.--Paganism Destroyed.--A New Civilization.--The Mightiest Change
Known to History.--Rome no Longer Capital of the World.--The Four Winds Held.--The
Sealing.--The Song of Salvation.--The Triumph of the Church over Paganism. 109.

CHAPTER VIII.
THE FOUR WINDS LET LOOSE.
The Silence in Heaven.--The Prayers of the Saints.--The Western Roman Empire, the Theatre of
the Four Angels.--The Rush of the Goths upon Rome.--The Land Scourged, Red with
Blood and Blackened with Fire.--The Term Third Part Discussed.--The Second Angel
and the Scourge of the Sea.--The Vandals.--The Romans Swept from the Seas.--The
City Pillaged--Wormwood.--Attila, the Hun; Buried under the Danube.--The Fourth
Angel.--Rome Overwhelmed.--The Sun, Moon and Stars of a Third Part of the Earth
Smitten.--The Dark Ages. 130.

CHAPTER IX.
THE ARABIAN LOCUSTS.
The State of Christianity.--The Dying World.--The Eastern Symbols--The Fallen Star.--The Key
of the Caaba.--The Locusts.--The Scourge of the World.--The Duration of the Scourge.
150.

CHAPTER X.
THE EUPHRATEAN HORSEMEN.
The Sixth Trumpet.--The Angels of the Euphrates.--The Turks.--The Myriads of Horsemen.--
Gunpowder.--The Power of the Tails.--The Rest Who Repented Not.--Catholic
Sorceries, Murders and Thefts. 172.

CHAPTER XI.
THE OPEN BOOK.
The Radiant Angel.--The Open Book.--The Seven Thunders-- [9] The Book Eaten.--The
Reed.--The Standard of Measure for the Church.--The Two Witnesses.--Prophesying in
Sackcloth.--Forty-two Months.--The Slaying of the Witnesses.--Their Resurrection and
Exaltation.--The Great City.--The Earthquake.--The Seventh Trumpet.--The Reign of
Christ. 192.

CHAPTER XII.
THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS.
The Open Temple.--The New Vision.--The Crowned Woman.--The Red Dragon.--The Man
Child.--The War in Heaven.--The Flight into the Wilderness.--The Sea Monster.--The
Seven Heads.--The Deadly Wound Healed.--The Forty-two Months. 231.

CHAPTER XIII.
THE FALL OF BABYLON.
The Revival of Religion.--The Gospel Angel.--Mystic Babylon.--The Earth Reaped.--The Wine
Press of Wrath.--The Open Tabernacle.--The Seven Plagues.--The Vial Poured on the
Earth.--The Vial on the Seas.--The Vial on the Rivers.--The Scorching Sun.--The Martyrs
Avenged.--The Vial on the Throne of the Beast.--The Euphratean Power
Overthrown.--The Battle of Armageddon.--The Seventh Vial. 274.

CHAPTER XIV.
THE MILLENNIUM AND THE NEW JERUSALEM.
The Word of God.--The Great Triumph.--The Fate of the Beast and the False Prophet.--The
Lake of Fire.--The Millennium.--Satan Chained.--The First Resurrection.--The Golden
Age.--The World's Last Battle.--The Judgment Day.--The Glorious City.--The Tree and
River of Life.--The Eternal Glory. 331.

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