. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . ^^^ 5 And she brought fortha man-child, who was to ruleall nations with a rod ofiron: and her child wascaught up unto God, and^ to his throne.. This seems to be a double figure, for ifChrist is the man-child born to the churchhere alluded to, he is both her Savior andspiritual successor. Christ himself quotedthe passage which made him • the root andthe offspring of David. It was Christ whowas to rule all nations with a rod of iron,Ps. ii—9, and the Church was instructed
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. Illustrations of prophecy : particularly the evening and morning visions of Daniel, and the apocalyptical visions of John . ^^^ 5 And she brought fortha man-child, who was to ruleall nations with a rod ofiron: and her child wascaught up unto God, and^ to his throne.. This seems to be a double figure, for ifChrist is the man-child born to the churchhere alluded to, he is both her Savior andspiritual successor. Christ himself quotedthe passage which made him • the root andthe offspring of David. It was Christ whowas to rule all nations with a rod of iron, Ps. ii—9, and the Church was instructed tosay, unto us a child is born, unto us a sonis given, and the government shall be uponhis shoulders. 358 ILLUSTRAIONS OF PROPHECY. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where shehath a place prepared of God, that they should feed herthere a thousand two hundred and threescore days. If John went back to connect the persecu-tions of the Church under the pagan beast, or dragon, with the papal beast, it wasmerely to give a connected outline, for inthis verse he has come down again to theplace from whence the main drift of his nar-rative commences, the well known period ofthe wilderness state of the Church, underPopery, for 1260 years.