To Correspondents

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1870

To Correspondents.

M. A. LYONS: We are inclined to the opinion that Eze. 38 and 39 is a conditional prophecy, the conditions of which were never complied with, and the prophecy consequently never fulfilled.

R. M. JOHNSON: We have no acquaintance with the Hydro-Carbon Burning Fluid, and hence cannot speak concerning it. The “Thoughts on Revelation” are too brief to notice particularly every expression; though we did not designedly pass over any point which we thought would be a source of perplexity to any mind. We see no difficulty in applying the expression, “the first and the last,” in Rev. 1:17, to Christ. He is the first and the last in the great plan of salvation, in the redemption of the purchased possession, and the deliverance of his people. As Paul, in Heb. 12:2, expresses it, he is the author and finisher of our faith. It begins with him; he is the central figure and prime mover as it is carried forward; and he will bring it to a glorious conclusion.