From the Treaty of Carlowitz
to the French Revolution

Chapter 15 resumes the theme which was broken off at the end of chapter 11:14 by the supplementary visions (chapters 12, 13 & 14). All the events from Revelation 9:13 to 11:14 occurred during the era of the Sixth Trumpet or Second Turkish Woe. The Reformation (Rev. 10 & 11) still belongs to the Sixth Trumpet era. Even the Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699 A.D. (chapter 14) belongs to the Sixth Trumpet. The Seventh Trumpet or Third Woe comes "quickly" and encompasses everything from the French Revolution in 1793 A.D. forward to today.

"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God" (Rev. 15:1-2).

What is the "SEA of GLASS"? This "SEA of GLASS" represents the North Sea surrounding most of the Protestant nations of Europe like a moat. They have made their "stand" on it. "Glass" is clear, reflective, green and flat just like water. Also a "SEA" is "PEOPLES" (Rev. 17:15) before the Throne of God (Rev. 4:6) and "mingled with FIRE" -- going through "fiery TRIALS" (1 Pet. 4:12). Papal Europe is the SEA of GLASS that Protestant saints "stand" over -- rule over -- now that the "Times of the Gentiles" are completed. Papal Europe failed to repent under the Turkish "Sixth Trumpet" that passed away in 1699 A.D. by the Treaty of Carlowitz. Papal Europe also rejected the Reformation. Therefore, God's wrath was expressed through the "Third Woe" or "Seventh Trumpet" which followed "quickly." "Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?" (Luke 18:7).

In the eighteenth century the growth of infidelity and atheistic Communism led to the French Revolution -- a judgement on Papal Christendom. The anti-Papal French "Reign of Terror" began in 1793 A.D., exactly 1,260 years (Rev. 13:5-10) after Justinian's Imperial Decree in 533 A.D. acknowledging the Pope as head of Christendom. These plagues are the "last" and in them is "filled up" God's wrath. Israel's taskmasters are about to be destroyed so that Israel can enter into her promised inheritance. Israel is the Protestant nations of Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, England, Scotland and Holland. To these chosen must be added the overseas British Dominions which are also Protestant: Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Finally,the "great people" of the United States form the largest single Protestant nation. More and more of God's people have politically "come out of Babylon" and emigrated overseas to this "multitude of nations" (Gen. 17:5-8) promised to Abraham.

"And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest" (Rev. 15:3-4).

Israel sings the song of their deliverance from Papal bondage. There were actually two "Songs of MOSES." Moses and Israel sang the first, after God, through the priestly ministry of Moses and Aaron, had poured out the plagues on idolatrous Egypt which led to Israel's exodus and to the drowning of their Egyptian pursuers in the Red Sea. The second song was sung after Moses had led Israel through the wilderness period of trial and sanctification, and after Jericho had fallen, and when Israel stood on the edge of the Promised Land ready to enter God's Kingdom in Canaan (Ex. 15:1-21 and Deut. 31:30; 32:1-43). This proves that the story of Israel in Egypt, the Exodus, the wilderness journey, and the entry into the Promised Land, is an allegory of the Protestant Reformation, of the outpouring of the seven plagues of Revelation on Continental Europe, and of the deliverance of the Protestant Anglo-Saxon Israel nations and their establishing God's Kingdom on earth -- in type known as the BRITISH EMPIRE. This is confirmed by the similarity of the Apocalyptic plagues to those of ancient Egypt.

God's people sang the "Song of the Lamb" which indicates that they accepted the "PASSOVER Lamb" rather than the Roman Catholic MASS of "Transubstantiation." The Protestant nations accept Jesus Christ's sacrifice for their sins. These three songs show that the time of the seven vials, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is the national EXODUS of Protestant Israel from "EGYPTIAN-Babylonian" idolatry, false doctrines, spiritual slavery and oppression and of Israel becoming God's servant.

Let's now translate these songs into their latter-day counterparts using the recent history of Protestant nations. The first "Song of MOSES" (Exodus 15:1-21) has an obvious fulfillment. Yes, the SPANISH ARMADA was "thrown into the sea" (15:1) and the Spanish soldiers were "cast into the sea" (15:4). "His chosen (Spanish) captains also are drowned" (15:4) "The depths have covered them; they sank into the bottom as a stone" (15:5). The Armada's total weight was 60,000 tons. "Thy wrath ... consumed them as stubble" (15:7), not only from broadsides, but because Drake and his fire ships spread havoc in the Spanish galleons. "And with the blast of thy nostrils ... Thou didst blow with thy wind; the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters" (15:8-10). Winds blew the Armada off her course and smashed many ships on the rocky coasts of France, Norway, Scotland and Ireland (cp. Ps. 48:7). "With his chariots ... The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea" (15:19-21). We are sure the Spanish took "wagons" with them in their ships (p.20, Defeat of the SpanishArmada by Close) and this implies also horses to pull them. Of the 30,000 Spanish soldiers and sailors who had sailed in the Armada, scarcely 10,000 returned home. Of the 130 Spanish ships that set sail, only 53 returned home. No more than 100 English sailors were killed and none of the English ships were lost. In acknowledgment of the Providence of God, numerous medals were struck illustrating the deliverance and with the words inscribed "He blew with his winds and they were scattered." Thus England sang the "Song of MOSES" literally.

The second "Song of Moses" (Deut. 32:1-43) has anti-type fulfillments in British and American history. "Remember the days of old ... When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the lord's portion is His people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance" (Deut. 32:7-9). In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Papacy divided the New World of North and South America among Latin nations of Spain and Portugal (Treaty of Tordesillas -- 1494) as if the pope were God. It seemed as if Spain, Portugal and France were to become mighty Catholic empires in contradiction to God's limit for the "times of the Gentiles" as well as his limit of their territorial "bounds." Then came the amazing and miraculous expansion of Protestant England. Victory after victory of her navies and armies, often against ridiculous odds, which represented nothing less than Yahweh's protection, led to the defeat of Latin colonialism. At the end of the eighteenth century, Spain had lost her West Indian possessions while her South American colonies revolted from her. France was defeated in both India and Canada by the victories of Clive at Plassey, 1757, and Wolfe at Quebec, 1759. Although a French explorer discovered Australia first, it became British. The French were beaten to New Zealand by a British Frigate only one day before the French arrived. The "times of the Gentiles" were over. The "bounds" of their "inheritance" had been set. God had set aside certain lands for Israelites to become a "Company of Nations" and a "Great People" (Gen. 35:10,11; 48:19). This Providence of God was recognized by British armies, navies, merchants, colonists and missionaries. They were the "Lord's Portion" of the earth, "Jacob, the lot of His inheritance" and "His servant nation." The pulpits and press of Britain resounded with this portion of Moses' second song.

"As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, So the Eternal alone did lead him ... He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Butter of kine (cows), and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape" (Deut. 32:11-14).

This portion of the "Song of Moses" refers to God as our EAGLE who has led us to a BOUNTIFUL land and taught us to fly. This foretells the United States of AMERICA which was colonized in 1620 by Holland's Pilgrims at Plymouth and in 1629 by Puritans at Boston who wanted to be purified of "popish taints" in the Anglican Churchand build a "new Zion." It is no accident that the city of "Boston" and counties of "Norfolk," "Suffolk" and "Essex" became names of Massachusetts brought over from England. The United States declared its independence (1776) and expanded by declaring its "Manifest Destiny" to spread the ideas of liberty, republican institutions and the Protestant Church. When we sing "America the Beautiful" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic" we are repeating these Biblical themes. Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory (827,987 square miles of land) for about $15 million from Napoleon in 1803. That's less than four cents per acre. Florida was purchased from Spain for $5 million in 1819. Americans were invited into Texas by Mexico's Santa Anna in 1821. Within ten years there were about 30,000 Americans and 3,500 Mexicans in Texas and the Americans demanded greater representation. Instead they got independence. After defeating Mexico in1848, America paid Mexico $15 million for California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Wyoming (525,000 square miles of land). Russia sold Alaska to America in 1867 for $7,200,000 -- about two cents per acre. Joseph's "branches" ran "over the wall" (Gen. 49:22).

The "Song of the Lamb" sung by Protestant nations of Britain, America and Scandinavia during this time was the spiritual revivals that took place and the hymn-writing during this era. For example, Charles Wesley wrote some 6,500 hymns. Missionary and Bible Societies sprang up. The British and Foreign Bible Society was formed in 1804 and the American Bible Society in 1816. The American Declaration of Independence was in itself a song of deliverance and liberty.

"And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled" (Rev. 15:5-8).

The temple scenes in Revelation 15:5-8 and in Revelation 11:19 link the seventh trumpet with the seven vials. What does the "TEMPLE in HEAVEN" mean? Astronomically, Aquarius gives a full bucket or Cup to each of the seven stars (angels) in "Crater" who pour out an army flood from each Cup of Wrath. The smoke in this astronomical Temple is the Milky Way. Historically, during the New Covenant age, the ISRAELITES themselves become "a TEMPLE of living stones" (1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Pet. 2:5-9) in the political heaven and are no longer under the feet of Gentiles. "Pure and WHITE LINEN" is the "RIGHTEOUSNESS of saints" (Rev. 19:8). Not being able to enter the Temple (15:8) is taken from Exodus 40:35-37 and means that Papal Europeans were not able to emigrate to Protestant Anglo-Saxon nations, or convert to Protestantism, while the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, andother crises were occurring. The ARK of GOD in the midst of the Temple (Rev. 11:19) means the "GLORY of GOD" has RETURNED to the Protestant Anglo-Saxon nations (1 Sam. 4:21). This is truly a picture of the British Empire and the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (a type of the Kingdom of God), who have been used by God to punish disobedient nations. British arms played a part in the first vials (cups) in the Napoleonic era. Both British and Americans destroyed Germany, Austro-Hungary and Turkey in 1914-1918. Again, both British and Americans destroyed the Nazi-Fascist powers in 1939-1945.

"It is a sin and even an insanity to hold that men have inalienable right to Liberty of Conscience and Worship, or to deny that Rome has the right to repress by all force all religious observance save her own, or to teach that Protestants in a Catholic country should be allowed the exercise of their religion." -- Roman Cardinal Manning "If Catholics ever gain sufficient numerical majority in this country, religious freedom is at an end." -- Catholic Bishop of St. Louis, 1851