A Dissertation on the Prophecies Relative to Antichrist and the Last Times

Download or read book A Dissertation on the Prophecies Relative to Antichrist and the Last Times written by Ethan Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Prophecies Relative to Antichrist and the Last Times: Exhibiting the Rise, Character, and Overthrow of That Terrible Power; And a Treatise on the Seven Apocalyptic Vials The late signal reverses in the affairs of the French Empire, it is believed, furnish no serious objection against the views given of that Empire, as the last head of the secular Roman Beast, They indeed furnish the fulfilment ofa feature, found in the prophecies, relative to this last part of the Roman Power, which, till lately, has been wanting;-that the feet and toes of the great image should be part of iron, and part of clay; that the, kingdom should be partly stron and partly broken. That the earth should help the women, the Church) and occa sionally open her mouth) and swallow up the oods, cast from the metith of the dragon, with a view to sweep her from the world. That the wrath of man shall praise God, when he: comes down in the last days, to save all the meek of the earth; and the remainder of that wrath, or what would exceed the divine purposes, he will restrain. That after the infidel Power, Dan. Xi, 863 - 45, shall have done according to his will, and have magnified himself above every god, or legitimate ruler, andspoken marvellous things against the God of gods, and jesus' Christ; after the same nation shall have received a god, or ruler, whom their fathers knew not;-an emperor of foreign descent; and shall have been led by him to overriin the most strong holds of neighboring nations; and this foreign god shall have divided out the Roman earth for gain, to his vassal kings of an hour, at the time of the ea'd, (when these things are thus far aecom plished, ) a kingdom of the south shall ims/l, (butt) at him; and a kingdom of the north shall come against him like a whirl 'ivz'ml, which prostrates all in its way. A whirlwind, or tornado, for so many centtnies predicted, composed of a vast coalition of powers, might be expected to sweep its way, and prostrate oppo smon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."