12. Setting of the sun, moon, and stars; darkening
the sun, turning the moon into blood, and falling
of the stars, for the ceasing of a kingdom."
(Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel, Part
i. chap. ii)
Comment: Here we have a correct statement of
the symbolic meaning behind the “heavens and
earth.”
They are symbols for nations and
governments, not the Old or New Testaments. If
the heavens and earth put down at Christ’s
coming were the throne and dominions of Nero
Caesar, the Sanhedrin and rulers of the Jews,
together with other temporal powers who
rejected the gospel and persecuted the church,