3. The kingdom; to be followed, after a final interval of apostasy, by— 4. The eternal state; the new heaven and new earth. It is manifestly within the period of the seals that the prophecies of Daniel have their fulfilment, and the next inquiry should be directed to ascertain the points of contact between the visions of St. John and the earlier prophecies. As already noticed, it is only in so far as prophecy falls within the seventy weeks that it comes within the range of human chronology. And