Horae Apocalypticae
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Horae Apocalypticae is an escatological study written by Edward Bishop Elliott. The work, as the book explains is, "A commentary on the apocalypse, critical and historical; including also an examination of the chief prophecies of Daniel illustrated by an apocalyptic chart, and engravings from medals and other extant monuments of antiquity with appendices, containing, besides other matter, a sketch of the history of apocalyptic interpretation, the chief apocalyptic counter-schemes and indices."
"Horae Apocalypticae (Hours with the Apocalypse) is doubtless the most elaborate work ever produced on the Apocalypse. Without an equal in exhaustive research in its field, it was occasioned by the (Futurism). attack on the Historical School of interpretation. Begun in 1837, its 2,500 pages are buttressed by some 10,000 invaluable references to ancient and modern works. It ran through five editions (1844, 1846, 1847, 1851 and 1862)." [1]
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[edit] Historicism and Revelation
Preterism was popular in the 18th century just as Futurism become popular in the 20th century. But in the 19th century Historicism was dominant. Charles Spurgeon wrote in 1876, the year after Elliott died, that Horae was "the standard work on the subject." [2] And on certain sections of Revelation it is still the standard. His work on the trumpet judgments of Revelation has never been improved upon and is frequently cited by Historicists to this day.
[edit] The Seven Trumpets - Revelation Chapters 8 and 9
"His views on the trumpet judgments were sharp, clear and standard. The first four effected the Western Empire’s downfall, starting with Alaric and his Goths, then Genseric and his Vandals, next Atilla and his Huns and finally the extinction of the West by Odacer and his Heruli. " p 71
“The fifth and sixth trumpets cover the destruction of the Eastern Empire, the fifth Trumpet indicating the Islamic Saracens and the sixth the Osmanli Turks.” [3]
[edit] The Seven Seals
Elliott believed the seven seals of Revelation chapter 6 signified the decline of the Roman Empire. He used coins from the British Museum to demonstrate the appropriateness of his interpretation of apocalyptic symbols. Here is a Roman coin from Horae where he shows that in Rome the white horse was a symbol for victory and hence the white horse of the first seal.
[edit] References
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