Plan of the Ages WITH CHART BY GEO. C. NEEDHAM FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY New York Chicago Toronto Publishers of Evangelical Literature PLAN OF THE AGES WITH CHART BY GEO. C. NEEDHAM FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY New York Chicago Toronto Publishers of Evangelical Literature Copyright. 1893, BY Fleming H. Revell Company 183026 EXPLANATORY. HIS presentation of the Ages is a Study. It was therefore not necessary to enlarge upon details. The Bible student is requested to place the Chart before him and care¬ fully compare it with this Exposition ; also to give exact examination to every scripture passage. The practical value of prophetic study should be apparent to all. Christian believers ought to have a right ■ ‘ understanding of the times. ’ ’ Become familiar with the great historical and prophetical landmarks outlined in Chart and Key in order that you may be qualified for further study of the prophetic scriptures. r L PLAN OF THE AGES. By Geo. C. Needham. HE accompanying Chart has been prepared with the view of helping those who de¬ sire to study the Prophetic Ages of Scripture. The eye quickly conveys to the mind the Plan of The Ages, according to chart, by successive circles which represent them. A correct knowledge of Biblical divisions of Time will harmonize prophets and apostles. Prophecy and history are a unit. The Divine Word is always in accord with itself, although its harmonies may not at first be readily perceived. Much mischief has been wrought by confounding distinct Periods of Time, which have their own pe¬ culiar characteristics. These are not identical, but successional. Great perplexity has also arisen from not discriminating between 44 the end of the World,” and 44 the end of, the Age.” In fact, the substitution of 44 World ” for 44 Age ” has led to a ( 5 ) 6 Plan of the Ages. system of false interpretation, and the texts which have been mis-translated have obscured their real meaning. The proper translation of the word aion is “Age,” not “World.” For example, in Eph. 2 : 7, we read, “ in the AGES to come,” and in Col. i : 26, “ the mystery which had been hid from the AGES,” the word is correctly translated. But in the following instances, as well in other texts, the word “World” is misleading. Matt. 13: 39, ‘ c The harvest is the end of the World (Age), ’ ’ see also verses 40-49. Matt. 24:3, “What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the World (Age)?” L/uke 1 : 70, “ His holy prophets, which have been since the World (Age) began.” 1 Cor. 10 : 11, “They are written for our admoni¬ tion upon whom the ends of the World (Ages) are come.” Paul stood at the junction of two Ages, the Jewish and the Christian. Heb. 1:2, “by whom also He made the Worlds,” should read “ consti¬ tuted the Ages,” indicating a plan. Heb. 9 : 26, “ Now, once in the end of the World (Age) hath He appeared.” In the former part of the verse “ World ” is correct. “ For then must He often have suffered since the foundation of the World (kosmos).” Rom. 16 : 25, “ Kept secret since the World (Ages) began.” From the above verses, selected out of a great number, it is evident that there has been a succes- Plan of the Ages. 7 sion of Ages from the beginning, and there are Ages yet to come. Are these Ages in their character, duration, and mission dependent on chance, evolution, or human arrangement ? Or are they the result of arbitrary fate? Verily, no ! God has had a Plan which He is working out after the counsel of His own will from Creation to Consummation. From beginning to end the Divine Mind sketched a programme of dispensations, which will be exe¬ cuted notwithstanding Satan’s effort to thwart, and man’s perverse will to oppose. The Ages are not necessarily of uniform dura¬ tion, but each one by itself reveals God’s goodness and man’s wickedness. In every Age the Creator gave ample opportunity with every facility for the race to govern itself, and come back again to Hitn, but in every instance man proved to be incapable. Deceived by the devil, he plunges onward in a mad course of enmity against God. And had not God interposed in every Age, in the exercise of mercy towards the race, no flesh could be saved. History has forever settled the question that civili¬ zation, culture, liberty, or wealth has never ele¬ vated the race morally, or brought the human will into harmony with the divine. ‘ 1 That which is born of the flesh is flesh.” u They that are in the flesh cannot please God. ” u Except a man be born from above he cannot see the Kingdom of God, ’ ’ 8 Plan of the Ages. L,et us now examine the Chart. The oval dotted line sweeping around the circles represents time, midway between the ETERNITIES. The arc of a circle to the extreme left indicates the past eternity. Of this unlimited duration little can be said. There was God and space, Ps. 90 : 2. The Trinity was there in solitary grandeur and in eternal coun¬ cils, Prov. 8 : 22-32. In Time there was beginning, when the Godhead put forth the almighty fiat, and at His bidding creation appeared. The space be¬ tween the arc and first circle is chaos. This period of disorder is embraced in Gen. 1:1,2. If the scientist demands hundreds, thousands, or millions of years for the development of formations, they may be extended during that unknown and un¬ knowable period. In this pamphlet we pay no at¬ tention to the conceits of men who disregard God’s Word, but who love to juggle with their theoretical problems of Carboniferous, Permian, Paleozoic, Jurassic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Glacial Periods, and who are insanely determined to prove the Bible unscientific, unreliable, and fabulous. We set over against their learned guesses, the simple and sublime words, 1 ‘ The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. ’ ’ After the arrangement of the planet with its ele¬ ments of land, water, and firmament, and its divi¬ sions of kingdoms, with their respective classifica¬ tions of vegetable and animal life, consummated Plan of the Ages. g by the creation of man, the years which embrace the successive Ages are assumed to be limited to seven thousand. The circles in the Chart show the order of the Ages and their duration. They are numbered i to 7 within the oval of Time. No. 8 is conjoined with the Eternal State. i AGE FROM ADAM TO NOAH. |T IS easy to determine the boundaries of this Age of human history. Man ap- I pears on the scene fresh from the hand of his Creator. He was made innocent of evil, Godlike in character. Yet was he a free moral agent. The devil appeared against him and by stratagem overcame him. Man sinned ; penalties and consequences followed. Children were born to our first parents in the nature of their sinful flesh. As the people mutiplied, the race de¬ teriorated. Wickedness prevailed and judgment by a universal flood ended that Age. During this first sixteen hundred years of human probation man had conscience and nature to guide him, but his depraved will and corrupt heart pre¬ ferred darkness to light. Therefore, man was without excuse. Some individuals, such as Abel, Enoch, and Noah, were saved by faith in the Promise. They believed in God. (io) Age from Adam to Noah. ii Their altars and characters proved them to be men above their fellows. In every Age the Just u live by faith.” During this Age many important institutions were established, and great historical events tran¬ spired. Yet man degenerated until his iniquities arose to heaven. Then did God rain down judg¬ ment upon this filthy race. Summary : Man created, Gen. i : 26, 27 ; 2:7. Man sinned, Gen. 3 : 6. Penalties and consequences, Gen. 3 : 14-19. Promise of redemption, Gen. 3 : 15. Corruption of the race, Gen. 6:5, 11, 12. Judgment ends the Age, Gen. 7 :17-24. New 'Xork II. AGE EROM NOAH TO ABRAHAM. HIS Age has its own marked peculiarities. The flood which destroyed the race deluged the earth for a year thereafter. Then did Noah stand at the head of a new people. But sinful, fallen human nature was the same, and the Age of self-government under a covenant, in addition to nature and conscience, produced an unbelieving race, who sought to defy God by building a tower whose top would reach to heaven. During this period of about four hundred years man again deteriorated morally. Universal idola¬ try prevailed. The Age of self-government ended, as that principle must ever end, in the deification of man and the rejection of God. Summary : Dominion given to Noah, Gen. 9:1, 2. Principle of self-government, Gen. 9 : 6. God’s Covenant with Noah, Gen. 13 : 16. Man’s proposal to build a tower, Gen. n : 4. Judgment on the unbelievers, Gen. 11:6. (12) III. AGE FROM ABRAHAM TO MOSES. THIS Age we find Headship bestowed on Abram. Witnesses for God were few. The race had become idolatrous. Both Adam and Noah had begun well, but their posterity lapsed into corrupt practices which ended in judgment. Abram was next chosen, called out from an idolatrous family to witness for God by a life of faith. The reality of faith was successfully proven in his career, yet was he not perfect. Perfection is not found in human nature. Nevertheless, the u God of glory” who appeared to Abram was also to him and his poster¬ ity the u God of grace.” By Covenant and Prom¬ ise, He sought to bind a people to Himself. Abra¬ ham proved loyal. Isaac possessed faith in God, and lived righteously, yet was he inferior to his father in consecration. Jacob was less godly, while his sons in early life betrayed fleshly envy and un¬ natural cruelty. Joseph became the saviour of his household, but another Pharaoh had arisen through whose agency judgment visited the children of Ab- (13) 14 Plan of the Ages. raham. Alas, they had departed from the living God, proving again as before that man gravitates sinward. Holiness is not the fruit of the natural man. History proves the race under every condi¬ tion and advantage an entire moral failure. Gene¬ sis closes with the suggestive words, ‘ ‘ a coffin in Egypt,” a type of man’s condition morally, not¬ withstanding his seeming greatness ; an illustration also of the condition of the Hebrews, from Joseph to Moses. Summary : Abram called out, Gen. 12:1, 2 ; Josh 24 : 2. Promise, Gen. 15:5. Covenant, Gen. 15 19-18. Deterioration in patriarchal families, Gen. 12 : ix- 13 ; 36 :7 ; 25:33; 27 -.41 ; 27 :20. Judgment, Exodus i : 13, 14. The dotted circle embracing Nos. 2 and 3 shows the close relation of these Ages in their Patriarchal character. TV, AGE EROM MOSES TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR. MINION, vested in Adam, in Noah, and in Abraham, now passes into the hands of Moses. He is a deliverer and a reformer. In the first capacity he succeeded; in the second he failed. Not that Moses was inefficient, but the people were per¬ verse. They were weak through the flesh. For nearly 900 years Israel had a national existence. The years of their loyalty to God, and of their sor¬ row for sin were brief; the years of their wickedness and waywardness were many. God was patient with them marvelously. The nation was first organized at the base of Mount Sinai. A people formerly homogeneous now became unified. The infant nation must have a govern¬ ment. What shall its form be? If a kingdom, who shall be their king ? Who else but Jehovah ? Their first form of government was therefore theo¬ cratic. Judges under God were their counsellors, leaders, and deliverers. For the space of about four hundred years Jehovah was absolute King. (i5) i 6 Plan of the Ages. Great was His grace, marvelous His forbearance, amazing His love for a whimsical, erratic, and irri¬ table people. Finally, in their mad caprice, they demanded a man-king. Jehovah allowed it so. Monarchy then began its period of probation. Saul was selected as the best specimen of humanity. In him human nature had its fullest development. Was it God-ward? Alas, no, Saul’s insane jealous¬ ies ; his imperious despotism ; his senseless super¬ stitions, and his low, mean trickery proved again the moral depravity of human nature even in its best estate. David succeeded Saul. He was a man after God’s own heart in his official character, and mor¬ ally was a contrast to Saul, for he sought after the Ford. Grace elevated and purified David. Solomon came after David. His beginning was wise, his end was folly. Under these three kings the Monarchy of Israel lasted one hundred and twenty years. Thereafter existed a nation divided against itself. How then should its kingdom stand ? Israel, em¬ bracing ten tribes, continued two hundred and fifty-five years, when the Assyrians led her into captivity. Judah, comprising two tribes, continued her separate existence for three hundred and eighty- eight years when she was taken captive to Babylon. Under Ezra and Nehemiali Jerusalem was colo¬ nized by remnants of these captives, and during Age from Moses to Nebuchadnezzar. 17 the Maccabean wars those in the land of their fathers made heroic struggle to regain their lost supremacy. But the nation had doomed itself by its iniquities. And when the Messiah came out of Judah, His own people received him not. Then was wrath filled to the uttermost and the nation ceased to be. Jewish nationality ended in defeat and in judg¬ ment. The Jews are now a scattered people, with¬ out a King, without a Throne, without a Temple, without a Priest. Judgment upon the nation for the present ended their national career. The parallel lines through the circle representing this Age indicate the exist¬ ence of the nation. The same lines are seen in circle number 7 to show when Israel nationally will be again revived and established. Summary :— Redemption from Egypt, Ex. Chapters 12 to 15. National unification, Ex. 12:2. Announcement of Raw, Ex. 20. Preparation for sacrifices, Ex. 25. Theocracy, Ex. 13:17, 18. “ God led,” Ex. 15: 3 > l8 - Monarchy, 1 Sam. 8:4-7; 1 Sam. 10:24. Divided Kingdom, 1 Kings 11:29-43; 12:1-19. Israel’s Captivity, 2 Kings 17:9-12. Judah’s Captivity, 2 Kings 25:1-11. V. NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO JESUS. H the Babylonian King commenced the u Times of the Gentiles,” which con¬ tinue their course to this day. These ‘ 1 Times ■ ’ include the governments represented in the Colossus of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Dan 2). The Babylonian empire was the first universal monarchy under Gentile head¬ ship. The Medo-Persian, Grecian and Roman followed. The evolution was downward, not upward. From gold to clay marked the de¬ cadence of earthly governments, and the de¬ terioration of human power. The image weakens from one united head of gold to ten toes of clay. Daniel’s vision of Gentile governments (Chap, vii) was that of four beasts, from the noble lion to the mongrel nameless animal, again showing the loss of splendor and of unity. It is significant that Nebuchadnezzar, a wordly idolater, saw human governments under the figure of a man , while Daniel, a servant of Jehovah, divinely educated, saw them under the figure of beasts . As it was (18) Nebuchadnezzar to Jesus . 19 then, so now. The glamour of politics hides the actual, and not until the closing catastrophies of this Age will the majority be compelled to see that the deification of man foreruns his doom. Man in government becomes a ravening beast. From Nebuchadnezzar to Jesus embraces a period of about six hundred years. Babylonian supremacy, Medo-Persian power and Grecian ascendancy, were developed and destroyed within five hundred and fifty years. During that time the head, breasts and body of the image were formed. About fifty years before Jesus was born the Caesars arose, and but a little while previous to His incarnation was Roman supremacy established. The legs of the Image were not therefore formed, and the smiting of the Colossus by the mystic stone could not have taken place at the time of our Ford’s first advent. The legs have since that time extended themselves. Once united Rome became divided into Eastern and Western Rome. When every form of govern¬ ment symbolized in the Colossus shall have been tested and proved unstable, then Christ descends with power and great glory to uproot the kingdoms of men and to overthrow the governments of earth. The mystic stone shall fill the whole earth by itself, for the kingdoms of the world shall have become the kingdoms of our Ford and of His Christ. 20 Plan of the Ages. The dotted lines running through the circles 5 and 6 show the continuance of the ‘ ‘ Times of the Gentiles ’ ’ until the end of this present Age. Note these facts : 1. The Stone has not yet fallen. 2. The Stone falls in judgment for destruction, not in grace for conversion. 3. The Stone does not absorb the Image into itself, but drives it away. 4 The kingdoms of men, and the Kingdom of God in its complete form, cannot co-exist. 5 The Stone may even now be ready for its crush¬ ing descent upon govefnments autocratic, despotic, monarchic, democratic and Satanic. I need but refer to the fact that the World morally during that Age had been sinking into a pit of iniquity. Neither the glory of Babylon, the culture of Greece, nor the power of Rome, brought the race back to God. On the contrary, their very poets, philosophers, reformers, scholars and think¬ ers lapsed into vices indescribable. After four thousand years of human history man, with all that God had done for him was in his latter state worse than his first. u Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of ?” Summary : Gentile supremacy, Dan. 2 : 21, 31-45. Times of the Gentiles, Duke 21 : 24. Gentile human nature depicted, Rom 1 :11-32. VI AGE FROM CHRIST TO ANTICHRIST. HIS is our own Age ; that which affects us chiefly. The Age of the Spirit who abideth with and in the Church ; the Age of world-wide evangelism, an Age which should recognize the mission of Jesus, “lam come that they might have life. ’ ’ Four thousand years of experiments and experience have proved man incapable of rising into the higher and spiritual nature. This , work—regeneration and resurrection —Christ came to do. By regeneration man is raised from the death of sin to a life of righteousness, by resurrection shall he be raised to occupy the king¬ dom which is yet to come. Barth’s sovereignty has been promised to the Church, but her acquisition of it cannot be until the King Himself appears, and she shall be glori¬ fied together with Him. But the professing church, composed of a mixed multitude, impatient for do¬ minion, allies herself to the kings of the earth, and becomes intoxicated with her apparent suc¬ cesses. She loves the display of conquest and (21) 22 Plan of the Ages. wickedly glories in her shame. Still within her borders are those who are called and chosen and faithful ; believing ones who read rightly the pro¬ gramme of the Ages, and are therefore not ignorant of Satan’s devices. The present Age commenced with the rejection of Christ ; it will end with the reception of Anti¬ christ. It began when Christ ascended ; it will close when He descends again to earth. It was in¬ augurated by the coming of the Holy Spirit and the formation of the Church, that Body of Christ which only includes the truly saved ; it will have run its course when the Church is completed and caught away to meet her returning Hord. It began by displays of Almighty grace to sinners, with an¬ nouncements of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; it will close with the outpourings of judgments on them that know not God, who refused to obey that Gos¬ pel, and who received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. The peculiarity of the Age is its mixed character. Wheat and tares growing side by side ; good fish and bad in the same drag-net ; sheep and goats browsing together ; wise and foolish virgins slum¬ bering and sleeping—present and prominent fea¬ tures of our times ? Ignorance of God and indiffer¬ ence to spiritual things ; lawlessness and insubor¬ dination ; apostasy, sneering, and scoffing ; false philosophies supplanting faith, and speculating Age from Christ to A?itichrist. 23 sciences antagonizing revelation. Dust of the flesh and laxity of morals, the desecration of everything sacred, including the sabbath, marriage, the home, and public worship. Mountebanks for ministers, • and parasites for preachers. Piety has been swept aside while Pride occupies her place. Dove to Christ has waned, while pursuit after a false liberal¬ ism has waxed hotly. Soundness in faith and con¬ tention for sound doctrine have been undermined by fashionable skepticism and weakened by the dry-rot of ‘ ‘ higher criticism. ’ ’ As our Eord looked down the centuries and saw with prophetic eye the abounding iniquity which would mark the closing days of this Age, sadly, we should imagine, He asked, ‘ ‘ When the Son of Man cometh shall He find faith in the earth?” Nevertheless His commission has never . been revoked, “Preach the Gospel to every crea¬ ture, ’ ’ and the light of the Gospel will continue to shine brighter and brighter in every dark land where it finds entrance. Summary : This is the Age of the Spirit, John 14 :16. It is not His purpose to convert the World, John 16 :8-11. It is the Day of Salvation, 2 Cor. 6 :2. It is the Day of Grace, John 3 :16-19. It is the Age of Evangelism, Matt. 28 :19,20. It is a mixed Age, Matt. 13. Plan of the Ages. 24 It will end as the others, in the decadence of an ungodly race, while the real Christian shall he taken away from the evil to come, Matt. 24 :36- 44. It will end in Judgment, L,uke 21 : 25-36. VII. AGE OE CHRIST’S MILLENNIAL KINGDOM. UR Age will not close the solemn drama enacted upon this planet. For six thousand years Satan has seemed to hold the seat of power. Certainly his hellish work has been universal and unbroken. But the hour will arrive when he shall be defeated. There will be a space of years between the depart¬ ure of the Church to meet Christ in the air, and the advent of both to take possession of the earth. Dur¬ ing that time Satan will energize the Anti-christ with his own awful power, will summon to his aid all the principalities and spirits of darkness, will make another desperate effort to hold possession of the earthly kingdom, and keep the true Heir out of His own inheritance. But in this he shall sig¬ nally fail. The Son of God will confront him, bind him, and banish him to the abyss, where he will remain imprisoned for one thousand years. The reader will observe a succession of events crowding together between the closing of our own Age (No. 6) and the beginningof the next (No. 7). Chiefly these : (25) 26 Plan of the Ages . 1. The resurrection of the righteous dead, i Thess. 4 : 14. 2. The translation of the living saints, 1 Thess. 4 :l 7- 3. Reunion of the sleepers and watchers caught up together, 1 Thess. 4. 17. 4. The Meeting in the air between Christ and His glorified Church, 1 Thess. 4:17. 5. Examination of believers for rewards, or the Judgment-seat of Christ, 2 Cor. 5 :10 ; 1 Cor. 3 :11-1 5* 6. Judgments with vials of wrath poured out on the earth, affecting :— (1) The Unregenerate who refused the Gospel of Christ, 2 Thess. 1 : 7-10 ; 2 : 9-12. (2) Jews and others who give their allegiance to Anti-christ, Dan. 8 : 25 ; Rev. 14 : 9-1. 7. The Advent of Christ and His Church from the aerial heavens to the earth, Zech. 14 :4, 5. Then will take place : (1) Destruction of Anti-christ and his allies, 2 Thess. 2 :8. (2) Binding and imprisonment of Satan, Rev. 20 :1-3. (3) Judgment of nations in governmental charac¬ ter, Matt. 25 :31-46. (4) Re-establishment of David’s Throne with David’s royal Son as King in Zion, Duke 1 : 32, 33. Age of Christ's Mille?mial Kingdom. 27 The Seventh Age, inaugurated by the personal presence of Christ on earth, will continue 1000 years. It will outshine all other Ages preceding it in universal righteousness. The Glory of God will overshadow it. Converted Israel in her restored national character shall have the supreme place among the nations of the earth. Heathen nations, long enshrouded in pagan darkness, shall hail the King and willingly accept His sovereignty. Yet this blessed Sabbatical era will not be perfect. Human nature will once more betray its perversity. Satan will have a respite given him. Will he sub¬ mit to Christ and cease his rebellion ? Will he pay homage to the King of kings ? Nay, rather shall his hate intensify. He will make a final struggle to regain possession of the planet. He will rally around his black flag every demon, every fallen spirit, every wretched apostate, every subject traitorous to Immanuel, and dash in maddened rage against the holy city. It will be the final conflict between good and evil, righteousness and unright¬ eousness, heaven and hell, Christ and Satan. But Right will prevail. Jesus will conquer. The devil will be cast into the lake of fire, and all enemies of God shall be destroyed.' The wicked dead shall then be raised for final judgment, the Great White Throne will be set, the books opened, sentence pronounced, its execution speedily administered, and those who offended will be banished forever 28 Plan of the Ages. from the planet into that awful hell prepared for the devil and his angels. Summary : There will be a millennium on earth, Rev. 20: 4-6. It will not be the perfect Kingdom, Rev. 20: 7-9. The Glory of God will be here, Isa. 4: 5. The Millennial Kingdom begins when Jesus comes again to earth, Zech. 14: 4. Our present attitude, Titus 2: 11-13. VIII aGE of the perfect kingdom of the SON OF MAN. CANNOT but believe that the prophe¬ cies which speak of an Age when Christ shall reign over a renewed earth, and a holy, sinless race, will follow these final judgments. Purgatorial fires will have purified air and earth. Every material element of evil, every spiritual impurity will have forever passed away. No more defilement shall be found within the planet. There shall be “ new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.” How long this glorious Bra shall continue we do not know. It is outside the circle of Time, and will merge into the Eternal State, when the Son shall give up a perfected Kingdom to the Father, and God shall be All in All. Eden re-planted on a universal scale ; Paradise restored and extended; Satan conquered, banished, eternally suffering in the quenchless fire ; Jesus, Redeemer, King, forever vindicated, glorified, exalted. As glimpses of the eternal future were given to the seer of Patmos he (29) 30 Plan of the Ages. depicted these glories in the glowing chapters which end the book of Revelation. As we stand near the approaching end of onr Age and look back beyond the creation of man and of the planet, we confidently Believe, ‘ ‘ In the beginning, God. ’ ’ As we glance onward to the predicted glories of the future, we reverently exclaim, ‘ 1 God All and in All, our God forever and ever, Father, Son, and Spirit, to whom be glory throughout the Ages of the Ages. Amen.” Summary : 1. The Millennial Age will not be the perfected Kingdom of Christ, Zech. 14; 16-19; Rev. 20: 7-9: Ezekiel 38 ch. and 39 ch. 2. A Kingdom is predicted which shall be abso¬ lutely holy, 2 Peter 3: 13; Isa. 11: 6-9; Hab. 2: 14. 3. It will be a sinless Kingdom without rebels or apostates which Christ will deliver to the Father. Zech. 14: 20, 21; Dan. 7: 13, 14, 27; 1 Cor. 15: 24-28. [I know that few of my fellow-students advocate an Age between the Millennial Period and the Kternal State, but I re¬ quest them to carefully re-examine the subject. The above is but a hint.] V 88 D .a i-OOi' = i-Od .a .R 0002 j«DcWna toi/ifisIIiM 0001 ^fxotail ftDjnErH \o uidsY .K)pt - ' JflDflStfcD ffi 9 pn fi‘i 9 '/oQ-tl 98 ' JUS lino, J V X Faitlp Eternity Chaos Genesis 1 : 1-2 Fall k Pronqise \ Conscience \ Nature \ Corruption Flood jli! 11 ; i 427 430 887 604 — 4004 B. C, 2000 fl. D. 1000 Millennial Sabbath 7004 Years of Human History -.. ^oss. ■ i i i i '!i! j!! I ji ABRAHAM J | ] | ilOT V» J ! I > 11 | ;ii tii! (frmr -And HisGhui^ch Meeting In The Air dudcjment ^op rn i* \ h/es.__ ___ ___________ Fullness Gentiles. 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