[ Notes on the Apocalypse (chapter 17) - by Pastor David Steele Sr. in 1870 ] This chapter may be considered introductory to the eighteenth, or as a digression in the narrative, to explain more fully the integral parts of that complex, mystical moral person so often called “great Babylon,” whose destruction was so awfully presented in the foregoing chapter. And there came one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials,

Religious History & Beliefs . Apocalypse, Apocalyptic Symbols, Bible Prophecy, Notes on the Apocalypse 1870, Pastor David Steele Sr

[ Notes on the Apocalypse (chapter 15) - by Pastor David Steele Sr. in 1870 ] This chapter introduces the third and last series of symbols under which the prospective history of the church militant is given, to strengthen the faith and animate the hopes of her suffering and heroic children. The warfare of the witnesses for the crown rights of Immanuel, which have been usurped by his enemies, has been symbolized under the seals, (chs. vi.-ix.,) and under the

Religious History & Beliefs . Apocalypse, Apocalyptic Symbols, Bible Prophecy, Notes on the Apocalypse 1870, Pastor David Steele Sr