TO CORERSPONDENTS by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 8, 1862

TO CORERSPONDENTS.

By Editor

J. Brinkerhoff : An answer to your inquiry relative to Matt. xii, 40, xxviii, 1, Mark xvi, 2, &c., will be found in Review Vol. xv, No. 17, a copy of which we have forwarded to you.

In regard to your second inquiry whether the seven last plagues will be visited upon Babylon only, or upon the whole wicked world, we understand that the plagues are called her (Babylon's) plagues, Rev. xviii, 4, but that all that partake of her sins will share in them. How extensive this class will be, it would be difficult to determine. Rev. xvi, 2, informs us that the first plague falls upon all that have the mark of the beast, or worship his image ; and we learn from Rev. xiii, 16, that an effort is made, so far as the power of the two-horned beast extends, to make that mark and worship universal. It appears that all who receive the mark become identified thus far with Babylon, and hence receive of her plagues.