![]() As the mid-1860s approached undramatically, he was forced to shift his timeframe so that the end was no longer anticipated until 1941. He held to the view of a pre-millennial advent of Christ. His original scheme anticipated "the time of the end" as forecast in Daniel 12:12 closing around 1865. These attacks intensified as Elliott's timetable began to break down. He endured numerous attacks on his system by those who disagreed either his method or his conclusions. ![]() a declaration well agreeing with that with which Daniel's book closes, that the prophecy was to be sealed only till the time of the end." This leaves unspoken who will have the ears to hear, the eyes to see and the ability to distinguish the true signs from the false and lying ones. In his own view, prophecy was, "God's declared purpose of making the near approach of the consummation evident at the time of its approaching yet, till then, so hidden as to allow of Christians always expecting it. ![]() But revelation was designed to reveal and, given adequate attention to detail, he believed a single shining truth would emerge to human understanding. Because God's word was perfect, nothing could be added, nor taken away. ![]() People could see God's purpose, he believed, only if they could relate past, present and future. It needed distinct events, predicted beforehand, without vagueness and which "could not have been foreseen with human sagacity."Įdward Elliott viewed history as "God's education of the world" - a constant struggle between sin and gospel-grace. He was strict as to what proof would be required. He believed that if he could show "the fulfilment of Apocalyptic prophecy in the history of Christendom since St John's time" then he had gone a long way towards showing how essential the supernatural was to an understanding of all scripture. Įlliott wrote to support the supernatural inspiration of scripture against rationalist attacks from within the Protestant faith. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron" clear and defined metaphors were being used which the audience could pick up upon there was no fanciful or poetic superfluity to the words chosen. For example, when John said of the locusts of the fifth trumpet, "and they had hair as the hair of women and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. In particular, John's audience was attuned to images and emblems in a way modern interpreters find hard to grasp. Allusions shared between John and his audience ensured each word meant much more than its dictionary definition. He tried to understand what the words of Revelation would have meant to their original hearers and readers. This meant studying the text in its original social context and comparing it with neighbouring social contexts. Although Edward Elliott defended a traditionalist position, he was keen to apply new historical techniques to Revelation. It ran through five editions (1844, 1846, 1847, 18)." In 1868, he published a Postscript to comment on the events, or perceived lack of events, marking the prophetically significant years, 1865/7.Ĭharles Spurgeon wrote in 1876, the year after Elliott died, that Horae was "the standard work on the subject." It remained the standard until Robert Henry Charles published his commentary on the Book of Revelation in 1920 and is still widely admired. Horae Apocalypticae consists of 4 volumes. Begun in 1837, its 2,500 pages are buttressed by some 10,000 invaluable references to ancient and modern works. Without an equal in exhaustive research in its field, it was occasioned by the futurist attack on the Historical School of interpretation. "Horae Apocalypticae (Hours with the Apocalypse) is doubtless the most elaborate work ever produced on the Apocalypse. The book is, as its long-title sets out, "A commentary on the apocalypse, critical and historical including also an examination of the chief prophecies of Daniel illustrated by an apocalyptic chart, and engravings from medals and other extant monuments of antiquity with appendices, containing, besides other matter, a sketch of the history of apocalyptic interpretation, the chief apocalyptic counter-schemes and indices." Horae Apocalypticae is an eschatological study written by Edward Bishop Elliott. Eschatological study written by Edward Bishop Elliott
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