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John's Apocalypse, Literally Tr., and Spiritually Interpreted by H. Browne
John's Apocalypse Literally Tr and Spiritually Interpreted by H Browne Author:John General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1881 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. PROMISE OF HAPPINESS, AND GREETING. Ch. i. 3-5. Happy the one reading and the ones hearing the words of the prophecy, and keeping the- things written in her ; for the season is near. (4) John to the seven assemblies, the ones in Asia, Grace to you and peace from the One being and the One Who was, and the One coming, and from the seven spirits which are in the sight of His throne, (5) and from Jesus Christ, the Witness, the faithful, the First-born of the dead, and the Chief-Ruler of the kings of the land.. . . A promise of happiness is made seven times; and this particular promise is repeated twice, in the last chapter, w. 7 and 14, to those who keep and do the words and commandments of this prophecy. The happiness is the same as that of the beatitudes in the sermon on the mount. Out of fifty instances it is only ascribed twice to the Divine being. 1 Tim. i. 2, According to the evangel of the glory of the happy God. vi. 15, Our Lord Jesus Christ, . . . who is the happy and only Potentate,« less