The Descent of The New Jerusalem

(from The Quarterly Journal of Prophecy, Vol. 2, 1850)    During the “age to come,” the New Jerusalem will not actually descend upon the earth, but will rest above it. It will be, if we may so speak, the Court of Heaven, the gathering place of the glorified saints, when taken up “to meet the…

The Reign Of Peace And Righteousness… When?

(from The Quarterly Journal of Prophecy, Vol. 2, 1850) “Philosophy is at a fault.  It cannot extricate itself.  All its plans of the bright future, its magnificent sketches of a reign of justice, are nothing better than fancy or fable.  This mountain-barrier of 6,000 years’ guilt stands unremoved.  Dissolve this and then talk of progression–but…

The Nicene Council Endorsed Chiliasm!

(from The Quarterly Journal of Prophecy, Vol. 2, 1850) “The Council of Nice which met in the year 325, promulgated among its “forms of ecclesiastical doctrine, according to which all teachers in the church were to frame their discourse,” a declaration which brings out the decided Chiliasm of that assembly.  It is to the following…