which is generally translated `and'.  A modern writer would not, as a rule,

commence a book with `and' but Moses does, in order that no break shall be

made between the record of Genesis and Exodus.  Leviticus opens with the word

`and' -- so does Numbers.

So in the book of Revelation there is an interlocking of the narrative

by the continuous use of the conjunction `and' (Rev. 5:1; 6:1; 7:1; 8:1) and

so on up to chapter 22.  There can be no appreciable break between Revelation

19 and 20, certainly not one of 500 years.

What can we say of the theory that has been advanced of a `Pre -

Millennial kingdom' that shall last about 500 years?  What we have to say may

matter little, but what saith the Scripture is the responsible quest of every

We cannot sit back and see a beloved and respected brother, who has

valiantly stood for the principle of Right Division and its consequences for

so many years, do harm to his testimony without uttering a word of protest.

We implore all who read this article to `search and see', to re -examine the

materials set forth by any and every God -fearing commentator, and to be

prepared to lose even their greatest friend, rather than be found wanting in

that day.

We would echo the comment of Dr. Bullinger in another context, when he

said, `O that you would make a chart of it'.

In Daniel 2 we have Gentile dominion stretching to the moment of impact

of the stone cut out without hands.  Can anyone see how it is possible to set

out that vision and introduce into verse 44 an interval of 500 years? If

there be a Pre -Millennial kingdom of that duration what is the explanation

for its complete absence in Daniel 2:44, Daniel 7:1 -14 or Revelation 19 and

The following definition of a miracle we have found written in the

margin of a theological work, but are not sure that it is a quotation.  If it

is, it may be taken from Theological Institutes, by Rev. R. Watson.

`A miracle is an effect or event contrary to the established

constitution or course of things; or a sensible suspension or

controlment of a deviation from the known laws of nature, wrought

either by the immediate act, or by the concurrence, or by the

permission of God, for the proof or evidence of some particular

doctrine, or in attestation of some particular person.  The force of a

miracle is that it is beyond human power and must be a special

interposition of God'.

Under the heading Baptism1, some of the teaching of the New Testament

concerning supernatural gifts has been discussed, and that  article should be

considered as a supplement to the one now before us.  There are seven words

used in the Greek New Testament which are translated miracle, which we will

set out before the reader:

Dunamis -- An act of power.  The English dynamo, dynamite and dynamics

have power as their dominant note.