Thirteen Lectures on the Apocalypse

Robert Roberts · first published 1880 · first edition (1880) · about 102,000 words

Transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. The text keeps the original spelling, the printer’s misprints and the Bible references as they were printed. These are historical texts in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

1. Prefacepp. iii–iv
2. First LectureThe general neglect of the Apocalypse; a good reason why it is not understoodpp. 1–12
3. Second LectureThe message to the seven ecclesias; the suggestive position they occupy as the preface to the Apocalypsepp. 13–28
4. Third LectureA new division: “Things which must be hereafter.” John “in spirit”; gorgeous scenepp. 29–48
5. Fourth LectureThe confusion and bloodshed of historypp. 48–65
6. Fifth LectureThe seventh seal, containing the seven trumpets; ribald mirth at Apocalyptic technicalitiespp. 65–77
7. Sixth LectureThe woe trumpets; the vastness of the changes involved; the fifth trumpet, or first woepp. 78–95
8. Seventh LectureEastward bearing of the events of the fifth and sixth trumpetspp. 95–110
9. Eighth LectureChapter xii. compelling another backward journey in point of timepp. 111–129
10. Ninth LectureDaybreak after night; the Lamb on Mount Zion; the 144,000 who are with Him; who they are; their virginitypp. 129–143
11. Tenth LectureBack again for a hundred years; telescopic construction of the Apocalypsepp. 144–162
12. Eleventh LectureMuch of Rome in the Apocalypse; No marvel in view of historypp. 163–180
13. Twelfth LectureThe Hallelujah chorus; its real occasion and meaning; the marriage of the Lamb; the destruction of Romepp. 181–198
14. Thirteenth LectureProphetic character of the Apocalypse; its fulfilment in European history; the closing scenespp. 199–220