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FORTY COMING WONDERS,

TO BE FULFILLED DURING THE FINAL SEVEN YEARS AND
SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS, WHICH COMMENCE WITH A
NAPOLEONIC-JUDAIC SEPTENNIAL COVENANT.

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Fourth Wonder.

(Beginning fully about nine months and twenty-five days-and perhaps partially about eight months and ten days after the Covenant.) Commencement of Daniel's great Prophetic Period of two thousand three hundred literal days, which here begin with the restoration of the sacrifices and oblations in the Jewish temple, between eight and ten months after the Covenant, and which terminate with the cleansing of the Sanctuary at the Lord's descent on earth at the introduction of the Millennium. (Dan. viii. 13, 14; Isa. lxvi. 3) 74 to 83 (Rev. W. B. Saville, Maramensis, A. Bonar, Judge Noah, Rabbi Adler, Sir M. Montefiore, Rev. T. Parker, quoted.)

SECOND YEAR.
Fifth Wonder.

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(Progressing during all the first three and a half of these seven years.) Increasing activity of the three unclean frog-like wonderworking Demon-Spirits of Antichristian Infidelity, Revolutionary Democratic-Despotism, and Jesuitical Propagandism, which are predicted to go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them together to the War of Armageddon. (Yearday, Rev. xvi. 12-16; 2 Thess. ii. 9)

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84 to 92 (Rev. Dr. Seiss, C. Beale, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Rev. B. Slight, quoted.)

Sixth Wonder.

(Commencing some time within the first three and a half years—most probably a year or two after the Covenant.)

Great War by Daniel's Wilful King, the revived Napoleon, against the King of the South, the Sovereign of Egypt, and sanguinary defeat of the Egyptian Army. (Dan. xi. 21-28) 92 to 102 (Alison's Description of the First Napoleon's Battle of the Pyramids quoted, as a typical illustration of this coming war.)

Seventh Wonder.

(Within about two years after the Covenant.)

The Dissolution of the present Turkish Empire-accompanied by the governmental severance of Syria from Turkey, and the termination of the existing Ottoman Government. (Yearday, Rev. xvi. 12) 103 to 109

(Tillinghast, Galloway, Lamartine, Rev. R. A. Purdon, quoted.)

Eighth Wonder.

(Occurring between two and three years after the Covenant.) Re-establishment of the Four Horn Kingdoms of Greece, Egypt, Syria, and Thrace-with-Bithynia, as four distinct and separate kingdoms, as in ancient times. (Dan. viii. 22, 23; xi. 40) 110 to 116

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(Rollin, W. Reade, Alison, Leibnitz, Addis, quoted.)

Exhortation on the Love of Christ

THIRD YEAR.

Ninth Wonder.

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117 to 122

(Taking place about two years and between three and five weeks after the Covenant; that is, in general terms, about five years before

Christ's descent on Olivet at the Millennium.)

The First Ascension, or first stage of Christ's coming, consisting in the resurrection of the bodies of all deceased saints, and in their being caught up together with 144,000 living watchful Christians, to meet Christ in the heavens. (1 Thess. iv. 16, 17; 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52; Rev. xiv. 1-5; xii. 5; iv. 5; iii. 10; Matt. xxv. 10; xxiv. 37-41; Luke xvii. 28–30; xxi. 36; 1 Pet. v. 4) 123 to 163

(Rev. R. A. Purdon, D. N. Lord, Dr. Seiss, Sabin, Mr. Evill, Rev. R. Polwhele, Rev. Tilson Marsh, W. Cunninghame, Colonel Rowlandson, Rev. C. D. Maitland, Lord Congleton, quoted.)

Tenth Wonder.

(Commencing about two years and from three to five weeks after the Covenant, and continuing for about nine months.)

The First Seal and the First Angel Message, causing an ununparalleled Religious Revival and wide-spread preaching of the Gospel throughout all nations, with a renewed Pentecostal outpouring of the Holy Spirit. (Rev. vi. 1, 2; xiv. 6,7; Joel ii. 28–32; Psa. xlv.) 163 to 180

(Rev. J. Hooper, D. N. Lord, B. W. Newton, Judge Strange, Mr. Evill, Rev. J. G. Gregory, Dr. Grabe, quoted.)

Eleventh Wonder.

(Beginning about two years and eight months after the Covenant, and fulfilled within the next four months.)

The First Trumpet, causing hail and fire mingled with blood

to fall upon the earth and to burn up the third part of trees and all green grass, after there have been voices and thunderings and lightnings and an earthquake a few days previously. (Rev. viii. 2-7; Joel i. 18-20; ii. 30; Job Xxxviii. 22, 23) 181 to 185

Twelfth Wonder.

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(About two years and eleven months after the Covenant.) Great war between the Archangel Michael and Satan, and the casting down of Satan and his evil angels from the aërial heavens to the earth. (Rev. xii. 7—13) 185 to 193

(Rev. T. R. Birks, Beale, Charlotte Elizabeth, quoted.)

Thirteenth Wonder.

(Beginning partially about two years and two months, and fully about two years and eleven months, after the Covenant.)

Flight of many Christians into a wilderness, into a place prepared of God, where they are afterwards miraculously fed during the three and a half years of great persecution. (Rev. xii. 6, 13-17).

Fourteenth Wonder.

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193 to 199

(Commencing about two years and ten months after the Covenant.) The Second Seal, introducing a season of universal Warfare for about eight months, during which peace shall be taken from the earth, and men shall kill one another-at the same time as the first expedition of Ezekiel's Prince Gog against Judea. (Rev. vi. 3, 4; Ezek. xxxviii. 1—16) . 200 to 202 Exhortation to the Unconverted . 203 to 208

Fifteenth Wonder.

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(Commencing about three years after the Covenant.) The Four Years' fiery ordeal of Great Britain and AngloSaxon America, from which they ultimately emerge, purified, ennobled, and disenthralled, to enjoy the thousand years of millennial peace and prosperity,-this ordeal partly resulting from Britain being a portion of the original Roman Empire, and therefore being one of the future ten democratic-despotic kingdoms that are to give their power and strength to the Gnal Roman-Imperial monarch, who is to have "power given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations." (Rev. xiii. 5–7; xvii. 13, 17; xviii.; (Yearday) xi. 7—13; Dan. ii.

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41-45; vii. 8, 25; xii. 1–7; Matt. xxiv. 21, 22; Isa. ii. 12-16; xxxiii. 1-14; xxiv. 1-3; Jer. xxv. 32, 33; Ezek. xxxviii. 13) 209 to 248 (The Commentators Rev. Dr. Gill and Thomas Scott, Rev. Dr. Alexander Macleod, Dr. Livingstone, Dr. Hales, D. N. Lord, Edward Nangle, Dr. Berg, W. Cunninghame, Major C. Trevilian, Major Bolton, Rev. Hollis Read, Alison, quoted.)

Sixteenth Wonder.

(About three years after the Covenant, and probably continuing for a month or two.)

The Second Trumpet, causing a great fiery mountain to be cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea to become blood, and the third part.of the fish to die, and the third part of the ships to be destroyed. (Rev. viii. 8, 9)

Seventeenth Wonder.

249 to 252

(Beginning about three years and two months after the Covenant, and continuing about two months.)

The Third Trumpet, causing a burning meteoric star, called Wormwood, to fall from heaven upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters, embittering them, and producing the death of many men. (Rev. viii. 10, 11) 252 to 255

(D. Clarke and J. Kelly quoted.)

Eighteenth Wonder.

(Some time between three years and four months and three years and seven months after the Covenant.)

The Fourth Trumpet, causing the third part of the sun, moon, and stars to be eclipsed, and the third part of the day and night to be unusually darkened. (Rev. viii. 12) 255 to 258

(Revs. Dr. Burgh and J. Kelly quoted.)

Nineteenth Wonder.

(Just before the end of the first three and a half years after the Covenant.) The tenfold subdivision of the Roman Empire's territory into the ten kingdoms of Britain, France, Spain-with-Portugal, Italy-with-Southern-Austria, Algeria-five in the Western Roman Empire; and Tripoli-with-Tunis, Egypt, Greece, Syria, and Northern Turkey-five in the Eastern Roman Empire; and the confederation of their ten democratic

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