ng a woman of power and influence,
like the wife of Ahab, who "did sell himself to work wickedness in the
sight of the Lord: whom Jezebel his wife stirred up," 1 Kings 21:25.

They who had not fallen into those depths of Satan, and should continue
faithful to the end, were to have "power over the nations." "The saints of
the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever,
even for ever and ever. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of
the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the
saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all
dominions shall serve and obey him," Dan. 7:18, 27. "Ask of me, and I
shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts
of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel," Ps. 2:8, 9. "To
execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To
execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all the saints.
Praise ye the Lord," _Ib._ 149:7, 9.

To receive the morning star, is to receive Christ, who testifieth of
himself. "I am ... the bright and morning star," Rev. 22:16. We are
commanded to take heed to the "sure word of prophecy ... as unto a light
that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise
in your hearts," 2 Pet. 1:19. As "the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy" (19:10), those who refuse to consider the revelation he has
given of things which shortly after began to come to pass, and which must
now be verging towards their consummation, may fail of becoming
illuminated by the day-star in their hearts.

Says Gibbon: "The God of Mahomet, without a rival or a Son, is invoked in
the mosques of Thyatira and Pergamos."

Epistle to the Church in Sardis.

"And to the messenger of the congregation in Sardis write: These
things saith He, who hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven
stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest,
and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things, which
remain, which are about to die: for I have not found thy works
complete before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and
heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee like a thief, and thou wilt not know
what hour I will come on thee. But thou hast a few names