church of God. Rev. xii. 4. And his (the dragon's) tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth. Compare it with Dan. viii. 10. under 4 above. That is, the devil had already persecuted or killed a great part of God's people through the Pagan Emperors, his agents, in the nine preceeding persecutions. b) Third part of the stars smitten and darkened. Rev. viii. 12. The Præfecture of Gaul disjoined from the Empire, and thus a third of the Roman church given over to Euric, the Visigoth, and Arianism. 6. Falling star. An apostate Priest or Church. See 2. Rev. viii. 10. And there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp. The Arian Church. Rev. ix. 1. I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. Mahomet, or rather Muhammed, together with his successors, the Khalifs. See ABADDON. STONE.-1. The diminutive origin of the kingdom of the saints at the issue of the great IT SHALL BE (JAHOH), or WORD OF GOD, as He now starts forth to smite the nations. Dan. ii. 34, 45. Rev. xix. 11-16. 2. White stone.-A full pardon and acquittal. Rev. ii. 17. I will give him a white stone. It was a custom among the ancients to announce a person's condemnation to him by giving him a black stone, and his acquittal by giving him a white stone. SUN.-1. The LORD God and the Lamb. Ps. lxxxiv. 11. The LORD God is a sun. Mal. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings. Rev. vii. 2; xii. 1. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun. Rev. xxi. 23. And the city had no need of the sun neither of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. xxii. 5. They need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light. 2. The real or fictitious Heads of Rome or the Roman Empire, whether it be the Latin Emperors, the Herulic and Ostrogothic Kings, the Latino-Greek CÆSARs of the ROMANS, or their successors, the French Kings: but not the German Emperors, nor their predecessors of the dynasty of Charlemagne. Rev. vi. 12; vii. 16; viii. 12; ix. 2; xvi. 8; xxi. 23. 3. Third part of the sun. The third part of the dominion of the Head of the Roman Empire, Rev. viii. 12. The third part of the sun was smitten. By the fall of the Empire of the West, and the accession of Odoacer to the dominion of Rome, the Roman authority was shorn of one third of its extent, the Præfecture of Gaul having been ceded by Odoacer and the senate to Euric the Visigoth. Gibb. VI. xxxviii, n. n. 5. SWORD. The Sword of the Spirit. Rev. i. 16. Out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, Rev. xix. 15, 21. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the Wicked (one). Eph. vi. 17. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 2 Thes. ii. 8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Heb. iv. 12, 13. For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and Spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. TABERNACLE.-1. The tabernacle of God. Heaven. Rev. xiii. 6. To blaspheme his name and his tabernacle. See BLASPHEME, 4. 2. The tabernacle of the testimony. The holy of holies. Rev. xv. 5. See TEMPLE, 2. TAILS.-The hinder part of cannons, from the muzzle to the other extremity. Rev. ix. 19. See Horse. TEMPLE.-1. The temple in heaven. The habitation of God and of holiness. The new Jerusalem. Rev. iii. 12. Rev. vii. 15. And serve him day and night in his temple. xiv. 17. Another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven. See ALTAR, 1. xv. 6. And the seven angels came out of the temple. When angels are said to come out of the temple, it means that men are raised up by God to preach his word, as though they had come out of the temple of his holiness with a direct commission from him. Rev. xvi. 1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. See ANGEL, 14. Rev. xv. 8. And no man (rather no one) was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven vials were fulfilled; i.e. no one could enter into the new Jerusalem by forming a part of it till all the judgments occasioned by the preaching of God's ministers were finished. Rev. xi. 1. Rise and measure the temple of God. See ALTAR. CANDLESTICK, 2. 2. The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven. That part of the temple, called the holy of holies, in which the ark of the testimony was. Rev. xv. 5. Behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. A more brilliant display of the grace of God through his dear Son Jesus Christ in his church. by the glorious gospel at the reformation. xi. 19. The same before the downfall of Popery and of all the Roman churches, of which the church of England is one. See ARK. THIRD.-See MAN, MOON, RIVERS, SEA, SHIPS, STARS, SUN, TREES, WATERS. THRONE.-Kingdom, Government. Rev. iii. 21. &c. The throne of God. Heaven. Isa. lxvi. 1. Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne. Rev. xii. 5. And her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne; i.e. no sooner had Christ been born in the hearts of the Roman world, by the adoption of his religion, than he departed by the corruption of it. When peace and mercy banish'd from the plain, THUNDERINGS.-In connexion with voices and lightnings. A symbol significative of the power and majesty of God. Rev. iv. 5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. Also great and violent controversies and altercations among men. Rev. viii. 5; xi. 19; xvi. 18. THUNDER. THUNDERS. Rev. xvi. 18. See THUNDER INGS. 1.-The seven thunders. Rev. x. 3. And when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. The seven stages of the republication of the glorious gospel re preached by the Reformers. Rev. x. 11. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy i.e. preach AGAIN before many people and nations and tongues and kings; i.e. the church of Christ, of which St. John was then the representative, must digest and preach over again the“ dear little sweet book or gospel," (See Book, 2) to all the world, because it had become obscured by the incumbrance of the hay, the wood, and the stubble of the Roman churches. Mark iii. 17. And James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is THE SONS OF THUNDER ; because they thundered out the pure word of truth, astonishing the people with their doctrine. TIME.-1. A time. A prophetic year, consisting of 360 prophetic days, i e. 360 real years. Dan. vii. 25; xii. 7. Rev. xii. 14. By comparison of Rev. xii. 6. with Rev. xii. 14. it is discovered, that a time, times, and half a time are of the same value with 1260 days, which will give 360 days for a time, 720 for times, i.e. two times, and 180 for half a time. Therefore 360 days go to a prophetic year. 2. The time of the end. This is by no means an expression to be taken absolutely with respect to any particular time, as for instance, the end of the world; but relatively to the subject in hand, and in that way alone can it signify the end of the world, whenever it does signify it. It is like the expression the last days: Gen. xlix. 1. Gather yourselves together that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days, i.e. hereafteror like the latter days. Num. xxiv. 14. And now behold I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days; in both which cases the words refer to times preceeding the first advent of our Lord,-or like the end of |