_A great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun._ THE SIGN OF THE WOMAN IN HEAVEN Let us consider the scene. There is a woman clothed with the sun, crowned with stars, and having the moon under her feet. A woman has ever been the chief symbol of the Church. The relation between the Lord and... [ Continue Reading ]
_A great red dragon._ THE GREAT WAR A contest here is waging which enlists and engages the mightiest powers that exist. It is the great and far-reaching conflict between good and evil, between truth and falsehood, between right and usurpation, between the kingdom of God and the empire of Satan, bet... [ Continue Reading ]
_She brought forth a man child._ THE CHURCH PROTECTED 1. The godly of the Christian Church brought forth by the pains of the apostles and their successors, are called but one man child: which teaches, that all the true members of Christ’s Church should be in a holy unity but as one man (Acts 4:32)... [ Continue Reading ]
_The woman fled into the wilderness._ THE EMBLEM OF THE CHURCH MILITANT “And the woman,” there is the frailty of her nature; “fled,” there is the uncertainty of her state; “into the wilderness,” there is the place of her retiredness; “where she is nourished by God,” there is the staff of her comfo... [ Continue Reading ]
_There was war in heaven._ WAR IN HEAVEN I. The character of the war of rebel angels in heaven. 1. Wilful. They brought it on themselves. 2. Irreconcilable. (1) On the part of God. (2) This war is irreconcilable on the tart of rebel angels also, for when they sinned that moment their natures w... [ Continue Reading ]
_The great dragon._ ., that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan. THE FOES OF GOD AND OF HIS CHURCH I. Our For Is A Personal One (Revelation 12:9). II. He Is An Old One. “The devil sinneth from the beginning” (1 John 3:8; John 8:44). III. He Is A Daring One. IV. His Attempts Are Often Fail... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now is come salvation._ THE HEAVENLY SONG OF VICTORY This is a song of heaven--of that heaven from which the dragon had been cast out. I. The salvation. It is “the salvation” that is here sung of--the salvation of Him whose name is Jesus, the Saviour. It is salvation--not consisting of one bless... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore rejoice, ye heavens._ THE DEFEATIBILITY OF THE DEVIL I. Mighty as is the master-fiend of evil, he is not proof against defeats. “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.” 1. Here is a defeat implied. There is nothing permanent in error, there is no stability in wrong. As light extends, and virtu... [ Continue Reading ]
_The earth helped the woman._ THE HELP OF THE EARTH I. Some illustrations of this help. How the earth has rendered help to God’s people sometimes by-- 1. Its wide extent. The primeval going forth of Abram, the father of the faithful, from Ur of the Chaldees, was in all probability owing to the di... [ Continue Reading ]