APPENDIX.

THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE SACRED CALENDAR OF

PROPHECY.

THE foundation of the Babylonian Empire, or the
ascent of Daniel's first beast from the sea. Dan.
vii. 4.

The soaring of the Babylonian lion into the air by
the agency of his two aquiline wings. Dan. vii. 4.
The plucking of the Babylonian lion's wings, which
brings him down to the ground. Dan. vii. 4.
The foundation of the independent Persian Empire
under the Pishdadian dynasty, or the ascent of
Daniel's second beast from the sea.
The standing up of the Persian ram.

Dan. vii. 5.

Dan. viii. 3,

20. The commencement of the 2300 prophetic days. Dan. viii. 14.

The foundation of the Macedonian Empire, or the ascent of Daniel's third beast from the sea. Dan. vii. 6.

The foundation of the Roman Empire, or the ascent of Daniel's fourth beast from the sea. Dan. vii. 7. The rise of the Imperial Kingship or the first head of the Roman beast. Rev. xiii. 1. xvii. 3, 9, 10. The Babylonian lion raises himself from the ground, whither he had fallen by the plucking of his wings. Dan. vii. 4.

657

1 The era of the metallic image. Dan. ii. 31, 32, 38. The commencement of the sacred calendar or the seven prophetic times. Dan. iv. 32. The commencement of the times of the Gentiles, or of the times of the four great Gentile Empires as jointly exhibited under the symbol of the metallic image. Luke xxi. 24. Dan. ii. 31-45. The birth of Nebuchadnezzar, the golden head of the image.

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606

563

Dan, ii. 38. The opening of the first apocalyptic seal. Rev. vi. 1, 2.

52 The commencement of the Babylonian captivity of 70 years. Jerem. xxix. 10. Dan. ix. 2.

95 The heart of a man given to the Babylonian lion. Dan. vii. 4.

556 102 The Persian ram begins to push northward and southward and westward. Dan, viii. 4.

538 120 The political junction of the Persian Empire or the silver breast and arms of the image to the head of gold. Dan. ii. 32, 39. The opening of the second apocalyptic seal. Rev. vi. 3, 4.

536 122 The end of the Babylonian captivity of 70 years. Dan. ix. 2. Ezra i. 1-4. One side of the MedoPersian bear becomes higher than the other.

Dan.

vii. 5. One horn of the Medo-Persian ram becomes higher than the other. Dan. viii. 3.

508 150 The commencement of the dormancy or abeyance of the Imperial Kingship or the first head of the Ro

man beast. The rise of the Consulate or the second head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10. 497 161 The rise of the Dictatorship or the third head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii, 10.

458 200 The commencement of Daniel's 70 prophetic weeks. Dan. ix. 24.

451 207 The rise of the Decemvirate or the fourth head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

448 210 The fall of the Decemvirate or the fourth head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

444 214 The rise of the Military Tribuneship or the fifth head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

366 292 The fall of the Military Tribuneship or the fifth head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

334 324 The Grecian he-goat comes rapidly from the west against the Persian ram. Dan. viii. 5.

331 327 The political junction of the Grecian Empire or the brazen belly and thighs of the image to its silver breast and arms. Dan. ii. 32, 39. The opening of the third apocalyptic seal. Rev. vi. 5, 6. 59 599 The rise of the Triumvirate or the sixth head of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

30 628 The political junction of the Roman Empire or the iron legs and iron-clay feet of the image to its brazen belly and thighs. Dan. ii. 33, 40. The opening of the fourth apocalyptic seal. Rev. vi. 7, 8.

27 631 The expergefaction of the Roman Imperial Kingship or the first head of the Roman beast. The fall of

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the Consulate and Dictatorship and Triumvirate or the second and third and sixth heads of the Roman beast. Rev. xvii. 10.

33 690 The end of Daniel's 70 prophetic weeks. Dan. ix. 24. 70 727 The commencement of Daniel's 1290 prophetic days. Dan. xii. 11, compared with xi. 31. The commencement of the period described in

32, 33.

311 968 The opening of the fifth apocalyptic seal.

8-11.

Dan. xi

Rev. vi.

313 970 The opening of the sixth apocalyptic seal. Rev. vi. 12-17. vii. The termination of the period described in Dan. xi. 32, 33. The commencement of the period described in Dan. xi. 34.

324 981 The sealing of the 144,000 mystic Israelites. Rev. vii. The commencement of the woman's figurative gestation; which, agreeably to the economy of nature, continues 40 prophetic weeks or 280 natural years. Rev. xii. 2. The opening of the seventh apocalyptic seal. Rev. viii. 1. The commencement of the short silence in heaven. Rev. viii. 1.

325 982 The first germination of the little western horn from the head of the Roman beast, or the commence

ment of the spiritual kingdom of the Papacy. Dan. vii. 8.

361 1018 The end of the short silence in heaven. Rev. viii. 1. The seven angels receive their trumpets, and prepare themselves to sound. Rev. viii. 2, 6.

395 1052 The sounding of the first apocalyptic trumpet. Rev. viii. 7.

406 1063 The rise of the first or Vandalic horn of the Roman beast. Dan. vii. 7. Rev. xiii. 1. xvii. 3, 12. The commencement of the junction of the iron-clay feet and ten toes of the image to its iron legs. Dan. ii. 33, 41-43.

407 1064 The rise of the second or Suevic horn, of the third or Alanic horn, of the fourth or Burgundian horn,

and of the fifth or Francic horn, of the Roman beast.

408 1065 The rise of the sixth or Visigothic horn of the Roman beast.

439 1096 The sounding of the second apocalyptic trumpet. Rev. viii. 8, 9.

449 1106 The rise of the seventh or Anglo-Saxon horn of the

Roman beast.

462 1119 The sounding of the third apocalyptic trumpet. Rev. viii. 10, 11.

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476 1133 The rise of the eighth or Herulic horn of the Roman beast: by which the Roman Emperorship is for a season extinguished in the West, though it continues in the East.

493 1150 The rise of the ninth or Ostrogothic horn of the Roman beast. The eradication of the Herulic horn

or the first of the three horns which stood before the little Papal horn. Dan. vii. 8, 24.

553 1210 The eradication of the Ostrogothic horn or the second of the three horns which stood before the little Papal horn. Dan. vii. 8, 24.

568 1225 The rise of the tenth or Lombardic horn of the Roman beast.

603 1260 The sounding of the fourth apocalyptic trumpet, and the commencement of the great political eclipse of the Eastern Empire. Rev. viii. 12.

604 1261 The bisection of the sacred calendar or the seven prophetic times: the expiration of the former three times and a half: and the commencement of the latter three times and a half or the 1260 prophetic days. Dan. vii. 25. Rev. xi. 2, 3. xii. 6, 14. xiii. 5. The sounding of the fifth apocalyptic trumpet or the first woe-trumpet. Rev. ix. 1-11. The great ecclesiastical star of Rome completes its apostasy or fall from heaven. Rev. ix. 1. The mensuration of the temple and the altar and the faithful worshippers. Rev. xi. 1. The giving up of the outer court and the holy city to be trampled under foot by the Gentiles. Rev. xi. 2. The two ecclesiastical witnesses begin to prophesy in sackcloth. Rev. xi. 3. The parturition of the woman: her flight into the wilderness: the abreption of the man-child to the throne of God: and the completed apostasy or fall from heaven of the stars in the western third part of the Roman Empire through the agency of a superstition fostered by the dragon. Rev. xii. 1-6, 14. The tenhorned beast lends himself to be the tool of persecution during the space of 42 prophetic months. Rev. xiii. 1-8. The rise of the second apocalyptic beast or the commencement of the Papal Empire. Rev. xiii. 11. The measured representatives of the 144,000 sealed Israelites occupy the temple on mount Zion. Rev. xiv. 1. compared with xi. 1. and vii. 4. The ten Gothico-Roman horns or kings unanimously give their power and strength to the beast and his harlot-rider. Rev. xvii. 1—3, 12, 13, 17. The saints are delivered into the