the worship of the emperor
(xiii.). Then there is seen on Mount Zion the Lamb with His bodyguard
of 144,000, singing _the incommunicable chorus_. An angel proclaims
the eternal gospel; another tells that Babylon, _i.e._ pagan Rome, has
fallen; another proclaims the eternal punishment of those who worship
the beast. Then a voice from heaven announces the blessedness of the
dead in Christ. The Son of Man is seen with a sickle; then comes the
harvest of the good, and the vintage of those who {282} are to suffer
in the winepress of God's wrath (xiv.). Seven angels appear, and the
victors over the beast sing _the chorus Of Moses and the Lamb_ (xv.
1-4).

V. Revelation of the Bowls: xv. 5-xix. 10.--The heavenly temple opens,
and the seven angels come to pour out the seven last punishments from
the golden bowls (xv. 6-8). There is a plague, and the turning of the
sea, and then of the rivers, into blood, then the sun's heat is
intensified, then darkness is poured over Rome. Then, in conformity
with Revelation III., we are shown the Euphrates. It is dried up that
the kings of the East, probably conceived of as Parthians, may march to
destroy Babylon. Other kings come to aid the beast. They muster at
Har-Magedon. The seventh bowl is poured on the air. Babylon breaks
into three parts. Storms (xvi.). Then an angel shows John Babylon
riding triumphantly upon a beast as the mother of harlots, drunken with
the blood of the martyrs, and he explains how she shall be destroyed by
her subject kings (xvii.). There follows a solemn dirge on Babylon
(xviii.). Then comes a _triumphant chorus_ for the judgment of the
city (xix. 1-8). John is forbidden to worship his angel-guide (xix.
10).

VI. Revelation of the Word of God and the universal Judgment: xix.
11-xx. 15.--It is now shown that judgment is the work of the Word of
God Himself. As in Revelation II., He appears upon a white horse.
Brief sections display the complete overthrow of the great enemies of
Christ, the beast, the false prophet, and the dragon. Then comes the
millennium, when the martyrs of Jesus reign with Christ while Satan is
bound. Satan is then loosed, and with Gog and Magog, who are leaders
of nations hostile to God's people, he is finally vanquished. The
final judgment takes place, and Death and Hell are cast into fire.

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VII. Revelation of the New Jerusalem: xxi. i-xxii. 5.--From a
mountain-top is seen the Church, the holy city, New Jer