First Elements of Sacred Prophecy; Including an Examination of Several Recent Expositions and of the Year-Day Theory - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ...times and the actual revelation of the Son of Man. They also resemble Matt. xxiv. 5, but with a remarkable amplification. And this confirms the opinion that they relate to a distinct season, when similar delusions shall be repeated on a larger scale, and with more awful intensity. Every verbal feature of the prophecy seems thus to be satisfied by the above explanation. Its beginning and its close are alike left in their natural connexion and simple meaning; while the transition from one to the other is supplied from the words of St. Luke, with the clearest evidence of its existence and its true place in the prophetic series. VI. One important question still remains--the true meaning of those remarkable words, " This generation shall not pass away till all fchese things be fulfilled." Perhaps no text has given rise to a greater variety of opinions; and its difficulty and importance seem to make it desirable that each of the principal ones should receive, at least, a short examination. 1. The simplest explanation of this verse, taken alone, is doubtless that which refers the whole prophecy, without exception, to the fall of Jerusalem. This k the exposition of Bishop Newton and many other divines. But here the difficulty is only multiplied; and in simplifying the explication of one verse, we perplex and distort at least twenty others from their plain meaning. Nor is anything really gained with regard to the integrity of our Saviour's statement in the verse itself. For if we accept for the fulfilment of his words, events so totally different as the fall of Jerusalem is from the appearing of the Son of Man with the attendant angels, and the gathering of all the elect into His presence; then the solemn affirmation in the following verse has its...
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