Finally, here is the last volume in Edward Irving’s lectures on the book of Revelation, covering the fifth seal, or the voice of the martyrs crying out for justice.
Linking the cry of the martyrs with the persecuting “little horn” power of Daniel 7 and 8, Irving finds historical fulfillment of this seal in the rise of the Papal power, her alliance with the kings of Western Europe (the ten horns), and the many persecutions that took place, especially during the Dark Ages and the Reformation period that followed. Historically, this may be the most accurate of Irving’s lectures in this series. 125p
He concludes with a warning that sounds down to our time:
Rome and the Roman Catholic apostasy shall fall with a hideous ruin, whereof the world has no example since the world began. And seeing that the face and front of their offending consists in the resistance and blasphemy of the Holy Ghost, let us Protestants beware of the same guilt.
Contents
- Introduction
- The Fifth Seal
- Under the Altar
- The Cry of the Martyrs
- How Long?
- O Lord, Holy and True
- The Apocalypse in Psalms
- White Robes
- Their Rest
- For a Little Season
- Their Fellowservants
- The Ten Horns
- A. Grow Out Of the Roman Kingdom
- B. Must Be Crowned Kings
- C. Obedient to the Little Horn
- D. Exist Until the End
- Naming the Horns
- The Little Horn
- Head of Church and State
- Appropriating the Name of God
- Wearing Out the Saints
- Changing Times and Laws
- The Time Period
- Summary
- The Martyrs
- Sonnets of Christ the Redeemer and King
