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Reply to Stuart's "hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy"; In Three Letters
Reply to Stuart's hints on the Interpretation of Prophecy In Three Letters Author:William Miller General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 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: LECTURE II. THE LAST TRUMPET. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angrl, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God shall be nnibhed, as he hath declared to his servants iht prophets. -- Rev. x. 7. The sounding of tfumpets " wss a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob." By the ordinance of the Lord, the chosen tribes assembled, marched, celebrated their holy feasts, and joined battle with their enemies, by the sound of trumpets. By divine appointment also, trumpets were used for the dividing of times: the ending mid beginning of every month was noted by the voice of the trumpet, particularly the seventh; on which account the first day of the seventh month was called "a day of blowing the trumpets" -- " a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets." The seventh month was thus distinguished, because in it were the great day of atonement, and the great feast of tabernacles. But the last and most remarkable division of Jewish time was the great jubilee; which also was proclaimed by blowing the trumpet. This is called, Leviticus xxv. 9, the trumpet loud of sound; and Isaiah xxvii. 13, the great trumpet: and this also was blown on the seventh month, and in the order of institution, as well as of the division of time, was the last trumpet. To which seventh division of time, and this last great jubilee, and the trumpets which ushered them in, continual reference is had in those passages of Scripture which note the opening of the last dispensation of the mediatorial kingdom. According to such a pattern from the mount, one of the visions of St. John is divided by trumpets, the ...« less