Identifier: bookofrevelation00lark_0 (find matches)
Title: The Book of Revelation ; a study of the last prophetic book of Holy Scripture
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Larkin, Clarence, 1850-1924
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: Fox Chase, Phila., Pa., C. Larkin
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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All Things. The manner of redemption of a lost inheritance is beautifully setforth in the Old Testament. A property could not be alienated fromthe original owner or his heirs for a longer period than 50 years, atwhich time it reverted to the original owner. If however for somereason the owner was forced to sell it, it could be redeemed by thenext of kin on the payment of the proportionate amount of its valuedue until the next Year of Jubilee. Lev. 25:8-17. Two illustra-tions of this method of redeeming a forfeited possession are givenin the Old Testament; one in Ruth 4: 1-12, where Boaz redeems thepossession of Elimelech, the other in Jer. 32:6-12, where the ProphetJeremiah purchased the possession of his cousin Hanameel. TheDeed was written on a parchment roll, and when the inside wasfilled, the outside was used, but enough space was left to not showthe writing when the parchment was rolled up and sealed, and on theoutside of the roll that showed, the Title of the Deed, and the names
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48 THE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE HEREAFTER. of the subscribing witnesses were written. Two copies of the Deedwere made. One was sealed, and the other left unsealed for the pur-pose of reference. These deeds were handed to the purchaser in thepresence of witnesses, and either kept by him, or intrusted to a cus-todian, or placed, as in the case of Jeremiah, in an earthen vessel, thatwould neither rot nor rust, to be preserved until the end of the Sev-enty Years of Captivity that the Prophet had foretold was to beThis method of taking title, explains the meaning and purpose of theSeven Sealed Book that John saw written within and on the back.The Seals were not in a row along the edge of the Book or Roll,but a Seal was broken and the parchment unrolled until the nextseal was reached, and so on until all the Seals had been broken.We are not told that what happened as the Seals were broken wasread out of the Book. The contents of the Book are not disclosed.We are simply told, as the Seals are b

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