The Apocalypse: A Series of Special Lectures on the Revelation of Jesus Christ (Vols. 1-2)

Theologian and pastor J. A. Seiss asserts the need for study of the book of Revelation, pointing out the lack of knowledge and familiarity with this last book of the Bible. He calls for a renewed interest and careful attention to this book. To this end, he presents a series of lectures that intensely inspect the book of Revelation passage by passage. The first volume contains 16 lectures.

Table of Contents

• The Preface, Scope, Contents, Derivation, Value, and Preciousness of the Apocalypse
• The Apostolic Introduction to the Apocalypse, and Its Several Important Allusions
• The First Vision—A Picture of the Savior in His Relation to the Churches
• Supplementary Declarations, Touching the Character and Prerogatives of Christ
• The Seven Churches—Meaning of Numbers—The Seven Ages of the Church
• The Seven Epistles—Their General and Contexts
• The Prophetic Significance of the Seven Epistles, and Their Identification in History
• The Career and End of the Church on Earth
• The Church in Heaven—The Throne—The Elders—The Living Ones
• The Seven–Scaled Book—What It Imports—The Taking of It by the Lamb
• The Breaking of the Seals—The First Seal—The Conquests of the White Horseman
• The Second, Third, and Fourth Seals—War—Famine—Death
• The Fifth Seal—Bloody Persecution—The Souls under the Alter
• Opening of the Sixth Seal—A Universal Shaking of the System of Nature
• A Lull in the Storms of Judgment—The Mysterious Sealing of the 144,000
• The Heavenly Palm–Bearers Clothed in White—Who They Are—Whence They Came

Seiss continues his inspection of the book of Revelation in this second volume. Focusing on the person of Jesus as presented in Revelation, Seiss completes his study of the Apocalypse with a series of 33 lectures.