This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com ^arfaarU College ILtbrarg FROM THE BEQUEST OF EDWARD HENRY HALL (Class of 1851) OF CAMBRIDGE ARMAGEDDON: OR Cjje dbertjjrofo of Romanism aab Jlonartjjn; THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNITED STATES FORETOLD IN THE BIBLE, ITS FUTURE GREATNESS; INVASION BY ALLIED EUROPE; ANNIHILATION OF MONARCHY ; EXPANSION INTO THE MILLENNIAL REPUBLIC. AND ITS DOMINION OVER THE WHOLE WORLD. REVISED EDITION. BY S. D. BALDWIN, A. M, PRESIDENT Or S OU LE FEMALE COLLEGE. NasfjbtHr, JTenn.: SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. 1884. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 18M, BY S. D. BALDWIN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for Ohio, DEDICATED fifcf $ritnb of $iblt itunrtrari, FOES OF MONARCHY AND ROMANISM. CONTENTS. Introduction PART FIRST. PROPHETIC HISTORY 01? THE WHOLE WORLD. CHAPTER I. The First Spiritual add Political Prophecy 17 Section I. Declaration of War 18 " II. MoJa of the World's Reduction — First Curse 24 " III. The Principles of God's Government 26 " IV. The Last Contest 28 CHAPTER II. Second General Prophecy 29 Section I. Course of Empire 31 " II. Millennial Empire 32 " IIL The Second Curse 33 CHAPTER III. Panorama op Christianity and op the World 35 Section I. Hebrow System Typical of Christianity and the World 30 " II. Philosophy of the Hebrew System 53 « HI. Collateral Types 62 6 CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. PAGE Israel Restored Identical with the United States 6J Section I. Absurdity of the Common Theory 60 " II. The Common Theory Unscriptural 72 " III. The United States is Israel Restored 78 u IV. Parallel Prophecies of Israel 91 CHAPTER V. Ezekiel's Symbolic Prophecies op America .- 92 Section I. Israel Restored — America 93 " II. The great Battle and Destruction of Monarchy by Israel, or Gog and his Allies — Invasion of the United States 95 Paragraph I. Thirty-eighth Chapter 95 II. Thirty-ninth Chapter 103 CHAPTER VI. Nebuchadnezzar's Panoramic Vision op the Six Kingdoms op the World 108 Section I. Head of the Image — Babylon 113 " II. The Medo-Persian Empire — Arms and Breast of Silver... 113 " III. The Macedonian Empire — Belly and Thighs of Brass 115 " IV. The Fourth Kingdom— Rome 119 Paragraph I. First Period — Romo as a Unit 120 " II. Second Period — Church and State Union and the Fall of Rome, or its Broken State, Iron and Clay 122 Clause I. Church and State Union 122 " II. Fall of Rome, or its Broken State 125 Paragraph III. Third Period — Reorganization of the Fourth Empire.. 127 Section V. The Fifth Kingdom, or United States of America 133 " VI. Sixth Kingdom— Reign of Messiah 167 CHAPTER VII. Daniel's First Panoramic Vision op the Six Kingdoms op the World 169 Section I. The Lion — Empire of Babylon 171 " II. The Bear— Medo-Persia 172 CONTENTS. 7 TAUK. Section III. The Leopard — Macedonian Empire K-1 u IV. Fourth Beaat — Roman Empire 175 Paragraph I. First Period — Beast — Unity of Homo 175 " II. Second Period— Ten Horns and Little Horn, or Church and State Union, and tho Broken State or Fall of Rome. 177 Clame I. The Ten Horns 178 " II. The Little Horn 180 Paragraph III. Third Period of Rome — Reorganization 199 Section V. Fifth Kingdom, or tfio Ancient of Days, or United States of America 200 " VI. The Sixth Empire, or Messiah's Kingdom 212 CHAPTER VIII. Second Vision of Daniel.— Five Kingdoms 215 Section I. The Persian Empire — Ram 215 " II. Four-horned Goat — Tho Macedonian Empiro 216 " III. Little— The Roman Empire 217 " IV. Israel 221 " V Doom of Monarchy 223 CHAPTER IX. Daniel's Third Vision op the World 224 Section I. The Persian Empire 225 " II. The Grecian Empire 225 " III. Roman Empire 226 Paragraph I. Ships of Chittim, or Rome 227 " II. Arms, or the Roman Military Power 22S " III. The WUlful King— Rome and Russia 231 Section IV. Michael— United States 243 " V. The Final Kingdom of Messiah 248 " VI. The Sealing of the Vision and the Discovery 249 " VII. Length of tho "Indignation" 252 Paragraph I. Three and a half Times 252 " II. The 1290 and 1335 days 254 " III. Application of these Times 256 Section VIII. Epitome of Daniel's Prophecies, and their Mutual Coin cidence 258 8 CONTENTS. CHAPTER X. The Spiritual World is the Apocalypse PAGE. 260 Section I. Seat of Spiritual Prophecy 2fil " II. The Prophecies 265 CHAPTER XI. Political Prophecies op Revelation 266 Section I. Tho Seat of Political Prophecy 267 " II. The Book of Seals— First Panorama of the World 272 Paragraph I. The First Seal, or Church and State Union 273 " II. Second Seal, or Western Church 278 " III. Third Seal— Mohammedanism in the South 2S0 " IV. Fourth Seal— Deism and France 283 " V. Fifth Seal — Destruction of Churches and oppressions ... 287 " VI. Sixth Seal— Destruction of Monarchy 28a « VII. Seventh Seal 292 CHAPTER XII. The Little Book of Interpretation 293 Section I. Holy City and the Gentiles — Church and Stato Union ... 294 " II. The Two Witnesses— Christianity Depressed 297 " III. The Woman with Twelve Stars, and her Man child, or tho Christian Church and the United States 305 " IV. Roman and British Monarchy, or the Seven-headed Beast... 320 " V. The Beast from the Sea, or the Universal Imperial Church... 328 " VI. The Two-horned Beast, or Great Britain 336 CHAPTER XIII. TnE Seven Trumpets — Second Great Panorama 548 Section I, First Trumpet — Goths, Germans, Vandals — Invasion of Europe 349 " H. Second Trumpet — Invasion of Atilla and tho Huns 351 " III. Third Trumpet — Invasion of Genserio 353 " IV. Fourth Trumpet — Fall of tho Western Empire 354 u V. Fifth Trumpet — First Woe, or Saracenic Invasion 356 CONTENTS. fl TAGE. S«i/noH VI. Sixth Trumpet, and Second Woe — Turkish Invasion 359 VII. Seventh Trumpet— Riso of the United States, and Fall of Monarchy 363 Paragraph I. First Panorama of the Sovonth Trumpet 365 Clause I. First View — United States 365 " II. Second View— The Church and State Free 367 " III. Third View— Fall of the Western or Latin Church 368 " IV. Fourth View — Threat against Great Britain 368 " V. Fifth Viow — Overthrow of Europo by America 369 " VI. Sixth View— Overthrow of Britain 370 " VII. Seventh View— The Millennium 372 Paragraph II. Second Panorama 374 Clause I. First View— United States 374 " II. Second View — Babylon and the Boast, or the Stato and Church, and Russia and Europe 384 " III. Third Viow — The Man with Many Crowns, on a White Horse, or tho United States of America 392 " IV. Fourth View— Third Woe 396 « V. Fifth View— Chaining of the Dragon 399 '* VI. Sixth Viow— The Millennial Democracy 402 " VII. Seventh View — The Spiritual Judgment-day 405 CHAPTER XIV. In Nbw Heaves and Earth— The Victory 407 1C CONTENTS. PART SECOND. THE DISCOVERY — COMPLETED JANUARY, 1852. PAGE Tee Discovery , 413 CHAPTER I. INTERPRETATION OP THE SEVENTY WEEKS 421 Section I. The Decree of Restoration — Crucifixion — Fall of Judea ... 423 Paragraph I. The Decree of Cyrus 423 " II. Decree of Artaxerxes Longimanus 425 " III. Year of the Crucifixion 426 " IV. Year of Judea's Fill 430 Section II. Beginning of the Seventy Weeks 434 " III. Hebrew Divisions of Time 439 Paragraph I. Hebrew Weeks 439 " II. Spiritual and Civil Time 440 " III. Length of the Sacred and Secular Years 440 Section IV. Abbreviated Time and Full Time 445 " V. Application of Principles 448 Paragraph I. Seventy Weeks equal to Five Hundred and Sixty-four Years 449 " II. Seventy Weeks equal to Six Hundred and Three Years... 453 " III. Seventy Weeks equal to Four Hundred and Eighty-three Years 457 " IV. Seventy Weeks equal to Five Hundred and Twenty-two Years 459 Section V. Four Hundred and Eighty and Four Hundred and Thirty Years 460 Paragraph 1. Four Hundred and Thirty Years 460 " II. Four Hundred and Eighty Years 461 CONTENTS. 11 CHAPTER II. MOB. Days, Tears, Months, and Times 462 Section L Twelve Hundred and Sixty Days 462 Paragraph I. Twelve Hundred nnd Sixty Days — Spiritual Lengths... 463 " II. Secular Length of the Twolve Hundred and Sixty Days.. 464 6ection II. Twelve Hundred and Ninety Days — Seventeen Hundred and Eight Years 464 " III. Thirteen Hundred and Thirty-flvo Days 466 " IV. Forty-two Months 467 " V. Three and a half tiinos— 1243, 1451, 1708, 1810 469 Paragraph I. Spiritual Length of the Times , 470 " II. Secular Length of the Three and a Half Times 471 Section VI. Twenty-three Hundred Evening Mornings 472 Paragraph I. The Epochs of their Beginning and Ending 472 " II. The Exposition 475 Section VII. Fall and Rise of the Western Empire — One third of a Day and One third of a Night 476 " Till. Five Months — Duration of the Saracenic Invasions... 477 " IX. Day— Hour— Month— Year 477 " X. Synopsis of Days, Months, and Times 478 Conclusion 480 INTRODUCTION, PRINCIPLES. " Hold my right band. Almighty." ".I here Invoke thy aid to my adventurous theme, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. * * * * What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the bight of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to man," We lay down the following as our principles of interpreting symbolic prophecy. First. Perfect coincidence of events with prophecy, is infal lible proof of the fulfillment of prophecy. It was in accord ance with this principle, that Jesus proved himself to be the Messiah.