. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . Chap, vi : 1 And T saw Mhen the Lambopened one of the seals, and I heard, as itwere thunder, one of the four beasts,saying, Come and see. As the first seal was broken, and the leafunrolled, future events were presented toview. The first emblem of the gospel min-istry whose face was like a lion, said, comeand see. I^et modern ministers follow thisexample, and their people will soon learn to discern the signs of the times. 2 And I saw, andbehold, a whitehorse : and hethat
. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . Chap, vi : 1 And T saw Mhen the Lambopened one of the seals, and I heard, as itwere thunder, one of the four beasts,saying, Come and see. As the first seal was broken, and the leafunrolled, future events were presented toview. The first emblem of the gospel min-istry whose face was like a lion, said, comeand see. I^et modern ministers follow thisexample, and their people will soon learn to discern the signs of the times. 2 And I saw, andbehold, a whitehorse : and hethat sat on himhad a bow ; and acrown was givenunto him ; and hewent forth con-quering and This white horse is an emblem of victory,—his rider is no doubt emblematical of theCaptain of our salvation, coming to take ven-in the destruction of geance on his enemies, 292 ILLUSTRATIONS OF PROPHECr. the Jews, and riding forth conquering andto conquer, during the apostolic age of thechurch. Christ had predicted these very tri-umphs to take place at this time, when hesaid to his disciples, Verily, I say unto you,there be some standing here who shall nottaste of death till they see the Son of mancoming in his kingdom. This referred es-pecially to the very disciple who had thisvision and who had just witnessed the de-struction of Jerusalem and consequent calam-ities which awaited the Jews and now sawthe triumphs of the Gospel. SECOND
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