Gog and Magog take us back to Gen. 10: 2; see also Ezek. 38 and 39. It would seem that this great confederacy of the northern nations against the beloved city, Jerusalem, will be led by Satan, and overwhelmed once and for all by the direct judgment of God.

The final judgment is depicted in vs. 11-15. God’s people will not appear at that bar. All the human family will be arraigned, save those whose names are in the book of life, John 5:24, See Exod. 32:32; Dan. 12:1; Phil. 4:3; and Rev. 21:27. Death and Hades will surrender their contents. What a marvelous audience! The throne is great, because of the destinies to be decided; and white, because of the immaculate purity of the Judge, who will be none other than our Lord. See John 5: 22; Acts 17:31. The books will surely include conscience; Rom. 2:15, 16; God’s Word, John 12:48; and the tablets of memory, Luke 16: 25.

he does is to name various elements of terror and dread, saying: This shall not be there, nor that, nor the other, all of which are the fell brood of human sin. The one great positive blessing will be that which was given to Israel in type, but then will be the perpetual experience of the human family. Compare v. 3 and Exod. 25: 8. Let us see to it that here and now the Lord Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the A and Z of our life. If so, we may even in this mortal life begin to experience the life of the redeemed. We may now inherit all these things, and know the intimacy of v. 7. But we must overcome. Note that the fearful, that is, the cowardly, who draw back in the face of opposition, are classed with the abominable and murderers.

Revelation 21: 9-27. The “new Jerusalem” is the redeemed Church united with her Lord in the act of governing the whole world. A city is obviously the seat of imperial rule. In that blessed condition the saints will rule the earth as the powers of darkness rule it now. We shall enjoy the fellowship of the good and great of every age. In a literal sense we shall be fellow-citizens with the saints. All ages and dispensations will blend there. Angels at the gates; the names of the twelve tribes and twelve Apostles engraved in imperishable characters to indicate the blending of the dispensations ; the differing stones, representing variety of character and function but all blending in the light of the Lamb on the throne.

The happy throngs pour through the gates with never-ending rapture. Those gates, facing every quarter, stand always open; but none desire to go forth, except commissioned on some errand by the King. All the glory and honor of the world are gathered within those walls, because Jesus will be king over every department of human life. There will be room for all beauty, art, and culture in the city of eternal light and love.

Revelation 22:1-9. The first five verses of this chapter obviously belong to the preceding one, from which they should not be severed. The ever-flowing river of life proves that the whole life of the blessed depends on the life of God, resident in the enthroned Lamb and communicated through the Holy Spirit. In Eden there was one tree of life; in the New Jerusalem there is a grove with perennial fruit, not protected by a flaming sword, but standing freely in the main thoroughfare, that all who will may take. Observe the threefold description of the saints—they serve, they behold, and they resemble vs. 3, 4. No night with its shadow; no rest is needed in the delightful service; no artificial, but underived and original light; no cessation of regnant power, for they shall reign for ever and ever.

When the visions end, John is assured of the reality and truth of all that he has heard and seen. It appears that the Master himself broke in with the assurance of his speedy advent; and who shall say that that assurance has failed, when we measure the flight of time with the years of the right hand of the Most High? We should remember also that the fall of Jerusalem and the sack of Jerusalem marked stages in the Advent.

Revelation 22:10-21. Still, four times repeated, implies the crystallization and permanence of character. The rewards mentioned here are for the faithful service of Christ’s stewards, as in Matt. 25:21. For the fourth time, he who began the book and closes it, uses of himself the divine monogram of Alpha and Omega, Rev. 1:8, 11; 21:6. In the Authorized Version the way to the tree of life was opened to those who kept the commandments, but it is very comforting to read in the

Revised Version that this blessed privilege is for those “sho wash their robes.” Notice the combination of various titles in Christ: David’s Lord and David’s Son; the Morning Star and the Sun of Heaven’s Day; the Com-

ing One, for whose quick return the whole creation waits; and the Water of Life, of which whosoever will may drink. The appeal of vy. 17 is to our Lord, asking him to make haste to come, and it is answered in vy. 20. But who shall tell whether that ery may not, sooner than we think, be answered by a spiritual transformation of the things seen and temporal, so that without « break, in the twinkling of an eye, the veil of matter may be rent, and the whole imminent glory of the unseen and eternal swim into view! Let us be on the alert!

(a) By what title may the book be described? (b) What are its main divisions? (ce) How are these divisions related to each other?

(d) By whom was this book written? In what circum-

(e) What is its value to believers today?

(Each question applies to the paragraph of corresponding

What is the structure of each of the letters to the churches?

With what disciple of John may we connect the promises of the epistle to Smyrna?

Why was the church warned against the Nicolaitans?

Why did Thyatira need the counsel, ‘‘Hold fast till I come’’?

For what was Sardis condemned and what was the message to her?

What assurance of opportunity was given to a church of ‘‘little power’’?

Why is lukewarmness more censured than coldness? What is the promise if we open the door when he knocks?

What does the vison of ‘‘the throne set in heaven’’ mean ?

How may we interpret the seven horns and seven eyes of the Lamb?

Why was the Lamb declared worthy to open the book?

What do the riders on the four horses signify?

What striking command was given to the martyrs of the faith?

What was the song of the multitude before the throne?

How is the blessedness of those ‘‘in white robes’’ described?

What followed the opening of the seventh seal?

What is our protection against spiritual foes?

What may be meant by ‘‘the river Euphrates’’?

What promise was given by the angel with the little book?

How do the two witnesses suggest the history of reform in the Church?

How does the reign of David illustrate that of Christ?

How extensive is the conflict between the forces of good and evil?

What power is represented by the beast and who were his worshipers?

What assurance may we find in the words ‘‘ everlasting gospel’’?

What is the promise for those who die in the Lord?

What is suggested by ‘‘the sea of glass’’?

How can God’s severity be reconciled with his goodness?

What warning is uttered about the coming of ‘‘the great day of God’’?

Who is the scarlet woman and what is her fate?

What great city is denoted by the name Babylon?

What is said of ‘‘the marriage of the Lamb’?

What attributes are ascribed to Jesus in the vision of the white horse?

What is meant by the millennial reign of Jesus?

What was declared by him ‘‘that sitteth on the throne’’?

What are some of the glories of the new Jerusalem?

What is the final invitation of the book of Revelation ?