“The Standard Work - Charles Spurgeon"“A commentary on the Apocalypse, critical and historical; including also an explanation of the chief prophecies of Daniel. Illustrated by an apocalyptic chart and engravings from medals and other extant monuments of antiquity.”

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate/Advanced: Some subject matter knowledge helpful.

Contents

Contents of Volume 1

• Dedication
• Preface To The Fifth Edition.
• Table Of Contents To Vol. I.
• Preliminary Essays On The Genuineness And The Date Of The Apocalypse Of St. John.
  • 1 The Writer Of The Apocalypse.
  • 2 The Date Of The Apocalypse.
• Introduction To The Prophecy Of The Future. Rev. 1-4
  • 1 St. John In Patmos.
  • 2 The Primary Apocalyptic Vision, On “the Things That Are.”
  • 3 The Opening Vision Of The Heavenly Throne And Company, Preparatory To The Revelations Of The Future,
  • 4 The Mode And Manner, Plan And Order, Of The Revelation.
  • 5 On The Ensuing Historical Exposition Of The Revelation.
• Part I. The First Six Seals. The Coming Temporary Prosperity, And Then The Decline And Fall, Of The Empire Of Heathen Rome. (a. D. 96 - 395.) (Rev. 6)
  • 1 The First Seal.
  • 2 The Second Seal.
  • 3 The Third Seal.
  • 4 The Fourth Seal.
  • 5 The Fifth Seal.
  • 6 The Sixth Seal’s Primary Vision.
  • 7 The Sixth Seal’s Sealing And Palm-bearing Visions.
• Part II. The First Six Trumpets. (Rev. 8:1 - 9:20) The Destruction Of The Western Empire By The Goths: And The Eastern Empire By The Saracens And Turks. (A.D. 395 To 1453)
  • 1 The Half-hour’s Silence In Heaven, And Incense-offering By The Saints, Or Sealed Ones.
  • 2 Intent Of The Trumpet-soundings, And Expository Principles Of The Four First Trumpets.
  • 3 The Four First Trumpet-visions.
  • 4 Forewarnings Of Coming Woe.
  • 5 The Fifth Or First Woe Trumpet.
  • 6 Pause Between The Fifth And Sixth Trumpets.
  • 7 The Sixth, Or Second Woe Trumpet.
• Appendix To Vol. I.
  • 1 Notice Of The Arguments Of Professors Lücke And M. Stuart For The Galbaic Or Neronic Date Of The Apocalypse.
  • 2 On The Counter-structural Scheme Which Supposes A Chronological Parallelism Of Seals And Trumpets; The Seals As Prefiguring The Church History, The Trumpets The Secular History Of Roman Christendom.
  • 3 On The Roman Coinage, Coins, And Weight, Engraved In This Volume.
  • 4 Specific Objections To Certain Of My Explanations On Various Points In This Volume.

Contents Volume 2

• Titlepage
• Table Of Contents To Vol. II.
• Part III. (A.D. 1453-1789) (Rev. 9:20 - 11:15) The Reformation, As Occurring Under The Latter Half Of The Sixth Trumpet: Including The Antecedent History, And The Death, Resurrection, And Ascension, Of Christ’s Two Sackcloth-robed Witnesses.
  • 1 Retrospective View From After The Fall Of Constantinople Of The Previous Four Hundred Years’ History Of Western Christendom; And Sketch Of Its Religious State In The Era Between That Event And The Reformation.
  • 2 Intervention Of The Covenant-angel Fulfilled In The Reformation. Rev 10:1-4.
  • 3 Epoch Of Antichrist’s Triumph The Epoch Of Christ’s Intervention,
  • 4 Commencement Of The Reformation, In The Discovery First Of Christ The Saviour, Then Of Antichrist The Usurper. Rev. 10:1-5.
  • 5 Revelation Of The Worlds Now 5 Advanced Chronological Position In The Great. Prophetic Calendar Of Daniel And The Apocalypse.
  • 6 The Progress And Ecclesiastical Establishment Of The Reformation.
  • 7 Retrospective View, From The Reformation, Of Christ’s Two Witnesses: - Considered In Respect Of Their Character, And Of The Earlier Half Of Their History.
  • 8 Retrospective View Of Christ’s Witnesses, From The Epoch Of The Reformation, Continued And Concluded: Including Tie Papal Wild Beast’s War Against Them, Their Defeat, Death, And Resurrection.
  • 9 Ascent Of The Witnesses, And Political Establishment Of The Reformation.
  • 10 Termination Of The Second Or Turkish Woe, And Sounding Of The Seventh Trumpet.

Contents Volume 3

• Titlepage

• Table Of Contents To Vol. III.

• Chronological Chart Of The Acts Of The Apostles

• Part IV. (Rev. 12, 13, 14) Supplemental And Explanatory History Of The Rise, Character, And Establishment Of The Beast From The Abyss, Or Popedom; With Its Chief Adjuncts: And The Contrasted Impersonation Of Christ’s Faithful Church.

  • Introduction. Retrogression Of Tiie Visions.
  • 1 The Sun-clothed Woman Travailing, And Seven-headed Dragon Cast Down.
  • 2 History Of The Woman (the Church) After The Dragon’s Dejection.
  • 3 Identity Of The Apocalyptic Wild Beasts From The Abyss And Sea With Eacii Other ;—and Of The Ruling Head In Either With The Little Horn Of Daniel’s Ten-horned Beast, —st. Paul’s Man Of Sin,—and St. John’s Antichrist.
  • 4 The Seven-headed Ten-horned Wild Beast From The Abyss And Sea.
  • 5 The Beast’s Development, Growth, Pretensions, And Actings, In The Character Of Antichrist.
  • 6 The Two-horned Lambskin-covered Beast.
  • 7 The Image Of The Beast.
  • 8 The Beast’s Mark, Name, And Number.
  • 9 The Beast’s 1260 Years.
  • 10 The Lamb’s Polity Of The 144,000 On Mount Zion, And Its First Omen Of Triumph

• Part V. The Era Of The French Revolution, As Figured Under The Six First Vials Of The Seventh Trumpet. (a. D. 1789-1848) (Rev. 11:15-19, 15, 16:1-14, And 14:6-8)

  • 1 On The Seventh Trumpets Apocalyptic Synchronisms, General Subjects And Results, And Probable Historical Commencement At The Epoch Of The French Revolution.
  • 2 Historic Epoch Of The Seventh Trumpet’s Sounding, Or Outbreak Of The Great French Revolution.
  • 3 The First Vial.
  • 4 The Second, Third, And Fourth Vials.
  • 5 (numbering error in original edition)
  • 6 The Ineffectiveness Of The Vials To Produce Repentance.
  • 7 The Sixth Vial; Or, Judgment Begun On The Mohammedan Turk.
  • 8 The Opening To View Of The Reformed Church, And Missionary Acts And Anticipations Of The Faithful In It, During The Vials Outpouring.
  • 9 The Three Frogs.

• Appendix To Vol. III.

  • 1 On The Epoch Of The First Assumption Of The Diadem By Roman Emperors.
  • 2 Refutation Of Mr. Hislop’s “red Republic” Theory Of Non-identity Between The Beast From The Sea Of Rev. 13, And Beast From The Abyss Of Rev. 11, 17.
  • 3 The Roman Popes’ Petrine Theory, And Consequent Pretensions As Christ’s Appointed Vicegerents On Earth, Shown In Its Very Foundation To Be The “lie Of Lies.”
  • 4 Witness Of The Reforming Fathers Of The Church Of England, To The Fact Of The Roman Pope Being The Predicted Man Of Sin, And Antichrist.
  • 5 On The Word שב’ע
  • 6 On Lücke’s Counter-papal Theory Of The Antichrist.
  • 7 Parallelism Between The Out-speaking Against Christian Truth Of The Modern Infidel Spirit, And That Of The Dragon Of Roman Heathenism In The Three Centuries Of Its Conflict With Christianity.

Contents Volume 4

• Titlepage
• Table Of Contents To Vol. IV.
• Part VI. (Rev. 14:9 - 14:20 And 16:15 To End) The Present And The Future. From A.D. 1849 To The Millennium And Final Judgment.
  • 1 The Era Of The Seventh Vial.
  • 2 Chief Old Testament Prophecies Respecting The Crisis Of The Consummation,
  • 3 The Millennium.
  • 4 Suggestions As To The Probable Order Of Events Introductory To, And State Of Things During, And Consequent On, The Millennium.
  • 5 Conclusion.
• Appendix To Volume IV.
  • Part 1. A Sketch Of The History Of Apocalyptic Interpretation.
  • Part 2. Critical Examination And Refutation Of The Ciief Counter-schemes Of Apocalyptic Interpretation; And Also Of Dr. Arnold’s General Prophetic Counter Theory.
  • Part 3. The Adamic World’s Chronology, According To The Hebrew Scriptures, And Probable Nearness To Its Seventh Millennary.

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• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2024
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