An exposition, text by text, of the apocalypse of St. John, showing the marvelous development of the prophecies from the time of their delivery on the Isle of Patmos, the establishment and growth of Christianity, rise of Mohammedanism in the Eastern Empire, of the papacy in the western division, of Protestantism, the civil history of the territory comprising the ancient Roman Empire until the end of time, together with the conflicts and triumphs of the Redeemed until the Final Judgment, and their eternal reward and home in the New Heavens and New Earth.