“And Great Hail as of a talent-weight descended out of the heaven and upon the men; and the men blasphemed the Deity, because of the plague of the hail; for the plague of it is exceedingly great”.
“And there came forth a Great Voice from the Nave of the heaven, from the throne, saying It is done!”
“He poured out his vial into the Air”.
“And he gathered them together into the place called He- braistically, Armageddon” — Verse 16
“Blessed he who watcheth and keepeth his garments, that he walk not naked, and they see his shame’’.
The Apocalyptic benedictions are not mere ornamental figures of speech, thrown in, as it were, for the ventilation of pious feeling. They are substantial and joyous realities, promising present and future benefits. Thus,
The evolution of the Frog-Sign is continuous with the existence of the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet; and covers the whole period from 1848, till the gathering of the Powers in war with the Ancient of Days. When this result is consummated, “the Sign” will no longer be seen “in the heaven”. When writing upon the subject in 1854, I remarked, that “manifestations from Austria and the Pope are yet wanting to complete the sign. Austria must come into collision with France at last”.
The most notable illustration of the working of the Frogs in their developing of the unclean spirit from the Mouth of the Dragon, is seen in the semeia, signs, wonders, or events, they originated and worked out, in regard to the “Holy Places of Jerusalem,” as against the rival pretensions of Russia.