(11) Sorrow and suffering enter

(11) No more sorrow (21:4).

(12) Man's religion, art, and

(12) Man's religion, luxury, art and

science resorted to for

science, in their full glory, judged

enjoyment, apart from God (4).

and destroyed by God (Ch. 18).

(13) Nimrod, a great rebel and king,

(13) The beast, the great rebel, a

and hidden anti-God, the founder

king, and manifested anti-God, the

of Babylon (10:8-10).

reviver of Babylon (13 to 18)

(14) The bow, the token of God's

(14) The bow, betokening God's

covenant with the earth (9:13).

remembrance of His covenant with

the earth (4:3; 10:1).

(15) Sodom and Egypt, the place of

(15) Sodom and Egypt again, spiritually

corruption and temptation

representing Jerusalem (11:8).

(13 to 19).

(16) Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23).(16) Marriage of last Adam

(Ch. 19).

(17) A bride sought for Abraham's

(17) A bride made ready and brought

son (Isaac) and found (Ch. 24).

to Abraham's Son (19:7-9).

See Matthew 1:1.

(18) Man's dominion ceased, and

(18) Satan's dominion ended, and

Satan's begun (3:24).

man's restored (Ch. 22).

(19) The old serpent causing sin,

(19) The old serpent bound for

suffering, and death (3:1).

1,000 years (20:1-3).

(20) The doom of the old serpent

(20) The doom of the old serpent

pronounced (3:15).

executed (20:10).

A fuller list of parallels will be found in The Companion Bible,

Appendix No. 3.

The prophetic period of the Book.

`I came to be in spirit in the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a

loud voice, as of a trumpet'.

Verse 9 tells us that John came to be in Patmos for the word of God and

the testimony of Jesus; verse 10 tells us that he came to be in spirit in the

day of the Lord.  The word and testimony were received by signs (`He sent and

signified', verses 1 and 2) in the isle called Patmos, and are vitally

connected with the statement `in spirit in the day of the Lord'.

There are four occasions where John tells us that he was `in spirit',

viz., Revelation 1:10, he became in spirit in the day of the Lord; 4:2, he

became in spirit, and saw the throne in heaven; 17:3, he is carried away into

a desert, in spirit, to see the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; 21:10, he

is carried away in spirit to see the Holy City.  When John is to be taken to

a desert or a mountain he is `carried away in spirit', and when he is

transported into time, `the day of the Lord', or to the future heavenly

sphere, he writes, `I became in spirit'.  For a full examination of this

subject, see Lord's Day2.

The four references made by John find an echo and an explanation in the

statement to a like effect by Ezekiel.