The Laodicean State is parallel with the Seventh Seal from its opening to the Fall of Babylon after the appearing of "THE ANCIENT OF DAYS."

A.D. 324 to A.D. 1864-8, or thereabout.

See Vol. I, Table of Apostasy

2. SECOND GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SCROLL

The Seventh Seal, Seven Trumpets, and the Six Vials to the appearing of Christ "as a thief;" exhibiting the development of the Ten Horns of Daniel’s Fourth Beast in the wounding of the Sixth Head and establishment of the Seventh (Apoc. viii); the subversion of the Greek Catholic Dynasty of Constantinople (ix); the rising of Daniel’s episcopal eleventh horn, or Eighth Head, that speaks blasphemies, and "as a Dragon" (xiii. 1-5); the war of the saints with this power; their subjugation, death, resurrection and ascension to the heaven at the ending of the Sixth Trumpet (xi. 3-12; xii. 14,16,17; xiii. 6-10), judgments upon their enemies, the Horns, Eighth Head and Image (xvi. 1-11); and the preparation of their way (12-14).

TIME OF EVENTS

From A.D. 324 to the Fall-Seasons of A.D. 1864-8, or thereabout.

TRANSLATION

Apoc. vii.

1. And AFTER THESE THINGS, I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth, that a wind blow not against the earth, nor against the sea, nor against any tree.

2. And I saw another angel having ascended from sun’s rising having a seal of the living Deity: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given for them to injure the earth and the sea: 3. Saying, Injure ye not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, while that we may seal the servants of our Deity upon their foreheads.

4. And I heard the number of them who had been sealed -- a hundred and forty-four thousands having been sealed out of every tribe of Israel’s sons.

5. From Judah’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Reuben’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Gad’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Asher’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Nephthalim’s tribe, twelve thousands having been scaled; from Manasseh’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Simeon’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Levi’s tribe, twelve thousands being sealed; from Issachar’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Zebulon’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Joseph’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed; from Benjamin’s tribe, twelve thousands having been sealed.

9. AFTER THESE THINGS, I saw, and behold, a great multitude, (which, that it be numbered, no one was competent to do) out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, who had been standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, having been clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10. And vociferating with a loud voice, saying, "The salvation be ascribed to him who sits upon the throne of our Deity, and to the Lamb!" 11. And all the angels stood in the circle of the throne and of the elders, and of the four living ones; and they fell before the throne upon their face, and did homage to the Deity; 12. Saying, "So let it be! The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honor, and the power, and the majesty, be to our Deity for the cycles of the cycles! So let it be!"

13. And one from among the elders was speaking, saying to me, "These who have been clothed with white robes, who are they, and whence came they?" 14. And I answered him, "Sire, thou hast known." And he said to me, "These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes, and made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. 15. On account of this, they are before the throne of the Deity, and they shall minister to him day and night in his temple; and he that is sitting upon the throne shall pitch his tent over them. 16. They shall hunger no more, neither shall they thirst any more, neither shall the sun smite them, nor any heat. 17. Because the Lamb in the very midst of the throne shall tend them, and lead them to living fountains of waters, and the Deity shall wipe away every tear from their eyes."