Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: RevelationBarnes, Albert
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Notes on the New Testament, Explanatory and Practical: Revelation
Barnes, Albert
Bible. New Testament -- Commentaries; Bible. Revelation -- Commentaries
│ │ The complete and final overthrow
│ │ of the Papal power, _as if_ in
│ │ a tremendous storm of hail,
│ │ lightning, and thunder,
│ │ accompanied with an earthquake.
│ └
│ ┌
│ VI. A │ 1. Introduction to the Episode;
│ particular │ the vision of the woman sitting
│ description │ on many waters, ver. 1‒3.
│ of the │
│ judgment │ 2. A particular description of the
│ on this │ Antichristian power referred to,
│ formidable │ under the image of an abandoned
│ Antichristian │ and gaily-attired woman,
│ power, under │ ver. 3‒6.
│ a new image │
│ of a harlot │ 3. A particular explanation
│ (Chap. xvii.) │ of what is designed to be
│ in the form │ represented by the image of
│ of an │ the scarlet-coloured woman,
│ _explanatory │ ver. 7‒18:――
│ Episode_. │
│ │ (a) The angel promises to
│ │ explain it, ver. 7.
│ │
│ │ (b) A symbolical representation
│ │ of the design of the vision,
│ │ ver. 8‒14.
│ │
│ │ (c) A more literal statement of
│ │ what is meant, ver. 15‒18. The
│ │ whole designed to characterize
│ │ Papal Rome, and to describe
│ │ the manner of its rise and
│ │ the means of its ultimate
│ │ destruction.
│ └
│ ┌
{lxi} │ VII. A │ 1. A vision of an angel coming
│ description │ from heaven, ver. 1‒3.
│ of the │
│ _effect_ of │ 2. A warning voice calling on
│ that judgment │ the people of God to come out
│ in pouring │ of the mystical Babylon, and
│ out the │ not to partake of her sin and
│ seventh vial │ her doom, ver. 4‒8.
│ on that │
│ formidable │ 3. Lamentation over her fate:――
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