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... Further , there are predictions , the right application of which depends on a critical exactness in the trans- lation , as 2 Sam . xxiii . 7. Now upon such passages no Christian can form a certain judgment , whether they · have been ...
... Further , there are predictions , the right application of which depends on a critical exactness in the trans- lation , as 2 Sam . xxiii . 7. Now upon such passages no Christian can form a certain judgment , whether they · have been ...
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... further explanation of the divergence of interpreters . The divine purpose of revealing the prophecies by degrees could not otherwise have been fulfilled . Thus Sir Isaac Newton observes— " All this is as much as to say that these ...
... further explanation of the divergence of interpreters . The divine purpose of revealing the prophecies by degrees could not otherwise have been fulfilled . Thus Sir Isaac Newton observes— " All this is as much as to say that these ...
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... further to ridicule the symbolical expositions of the sixth seal as a gross insult to common sense . ” " To be sure ( he says of one of them ) , if we may go so far from the plain letter of Scripture , it may easily admit of any ...
... further to ridicule the symbolical expositions of the sixth seal as a gross insult to common sense . ” " To be sure ( he says of one of them ) , if we may go so far from the plain letter of Scripture , it may easily admit of any ...
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... further would be manifestly absurd , though natural enough up to this limit . Secondly , that for three centuries , at least , after its appearance , the notion could only be held vaguely and partially , and rather as a floating ...
... further would be manifestly absurd , though natural enough up to this limit . Secondly , that for three centuries , at least , after its appearance , the notion could only be held vaguely and partially , and rather as a floating ...
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... further revelations were to be made to Daniel . " Now the words imply , doubtless , that no full explanation was to be given him of the statement which he sought to have explained . But there is nothing in this to shut out the ...
... further revelations were to be made to Daniel . " Now the words imply , doubtless , that no full explanation was to be given him of the statement which he sought to have explained . But there is nothing in this to shut out the ...
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First Elements of Sacred Prophecy: Including an Examination of Several ... Thomas Rawson Birks No preview available - 2015 |
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abomination of desolation analogy Antichrist Antiochus Apoc Apocalypse apostle appears applied argument assertion Babylon Belshazzar book of Daniel book of Revelation Burgh centuries chapter character Christ Christian Church clear clearly close commentators connexion Cyrus dates denote desolation distinct divine Egypt Elucid evidence exposition expositors fact four fourth beast fourth kingdom fulfilled further future Futurists Gentiles given God's Gospel hence holy horns hundred hypothesis inference inquiry interval Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jews judgment king Latt literal Lord Lord's Luke Maitland maxim Mede Messiah mysterious natural Nebuchadnezzar objection occur passage period Persia phecy phrase plain plainly prediction presumption principle proof prophecy prophetic Protestant interpreters prove Ptolemy reason refer remarks revelation Roman empire sacred Scripture sealed second advent sense seven seventy weeks spiritual symbolical temple thousand tion Todd Todd's true meaning truth Tyso unto verse whole words writers Xerxes year-day theory
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Page 321 - But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Page 427 - Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are His; And he changeth the times and the seasons he removeth Kings, and setteth up Kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.
Page 320 - And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Page 119 - Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground ; and it practised, and prospered.
Page 319 - And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Page 320 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 321 - And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months ; and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
Page 319 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws ; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Page 395 - And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men : but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Page 297 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
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Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s David W. Bebbington No preview available - 1989 |