Armageddon... a Lamb stood on it and with him 144,000! (Rev. 14:1)

Study: John Ogilby, Nova Terrae-Mariae tabula , 1671. Huntingfield Collection, Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 1399-1-187. Our starting point for this study... a map of Maryland (and a part of Virginia). The history of these two colonies is important for an understanding of prophecy. So we thus begin here. Virginia and Maryland, do you know the sources of their names?  First, Virginia... Virginia... its name! What is its source?    §. 3. Her Majesty accordingly took the Hint, and espoused the Project [...]; being so well pleased with the Account given, that as the greatest Mark of Honor she could do the Discovery, She call'd the Country by the Name of Virginia ; as well, for that it was first discovered in her Reign, a Virgin Queen ; [...] Beverley, Robert, The History and Present State of Virginia, in four parts , London: Printed for R. Parker, 1705, p. 3.     Queen Elizabeth was her self so well pleas'd with the ...

Text: none Quote: [...] propositum hujus itineris esse, Sanguinem Redemptoris Nostri in salute Barbarorum honorare: eidem servatori Regnum (si conatus tenues secundare dignetur erigere,) Dotem alteram Immaculatæ Virgini Matri consecrare et similia multa. [...] [...] that the purpose of this journey was to glorify the Blood of Our Redeemer in the salvation of barbarians, and also to raise up a kingdom for the Saviour (if he would condescend to prosper our poor efforts,) to consecrate another gift to the Immaculate Virgin, His Mother, and many things to the same effect; [...] White, Andrew; McSherry, William, tr.; Dalrymple, Edwin A., ed.; Jesuits: Letters from missions (North America), Relatio itineris in Marylandiam: declaratio coloniae domini baronis de Baltimoro; Excerpta ex diversis litteris missionariorum ab anno 1635, ad annum 1638[77]. Narrative of a voyage to Maryland: an account of the colony of the lord baron of ...

Text: none Quote: [...] Sancti Ignatii Patroni Marylandiæ [...] [...] Saint Ignatius, the Patron Saint of Maryland, [...] White, Andrew; McSherry, William, tr.; Dalrymple, Edwin A., ed.; Jesuits: Letters from missions (North America), Relatio itineris in Marylandiam: declaratio coloniae domini baronis de Baltimoro; Excerpta ex diversis litteris missionariorum ab anno 1635, ad annum 1638[77]. Narrative of a voyage to Maryland: an account of the colony of the lord baron of Baltimore; Extracts from different letters of missionaries, from the year 1635 to the year 1677 , Baltimore: John Murphy, Printer to the Maryland Historical Society, 1874, p. 16 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/relatioitinerisi00jesurich Book Images:

Text: none Quote: Virginia (vėr-jin'i-ä), n . [[...] a general name for the region of the New World between New England and New York and the Spanish possessions: so named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, called "the Virgin queen," the name Virginia being supposed to be derived from L. virgo ( virgin- ), a virgin, but being prop. < L. Virginia , a fem. name, fem. of  Virginius , prop. Verginius , the name of a Roman gens.] [...] "Virginia," The century dictionary , in... Whitney, William Dwight; Smith, Benjamin Eli, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world , 10 vols., New York: Published by The Century Co., 1901, vol. 8, p. 6765 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/centurydictiona08whit Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Text: none Quote: [...] that Elizabeth, delighted with the idea of occupying a territory, superior, so far, to the barren regions towards the north hitherto visited by her subjects, bestowed on it the name of Virginia; as a memorial that this happy discovery had been made under a virgin Queen. Robertson, William, sr.; Robertson, William, jr., The history of America: books IX. and X. containing the history of Virginia to the year 1688; and of New England to the year 1652 , Philadelphia: Printed from the London edition by James Humphreys ..., 1799, pp. 44-45 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/historyofamerica00robe Book Images: Related YouTube Videos: PlayList:  PLwbNedje4X62gfSrK_HISVsC7LX6vDBY_

Text: none Quote: [...] Sailing up Patowmeck 14 Leagues, they came to Heron  Island, and anchor'd under a neighbouring Isle, to which they gave the Name of St. Clements . Here Mr. Calvert , in his superstitious way, set up a Cross, and took Possession of the Country for our Saviour , and for our Sovereign Lord the King of England. [...] Oldmixon, John; Moll, Herman, cart., The British empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America, with curious maps of the serval places, done from the newest surveys , London: Printed for John Nicholson ..., Benjamin Tooke ..., and Richard Parker and Ralph Smith ..., 1708, p.185 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/britishempireina00oldm Book Images:

Text: none Quote:    The King himself, when he sign'd the Pattent, was pleas'd to give this Province the Name of Maryland , in Honour of his belov'd Wife Henrietta Maria , Daughter of Henry the IVth of France . [...] Oldmixon, John; Moll, Herman, cart., The British empire in America, containing the history of the discovery, settlement, progress and present state of all the British colonies, on the continent and islands of America, with curious maps of the serval places, done from the newest surveys , London: Printed for John Nicholson ..., Benjamin Tooke ..., and Richard Parker and Ralph Smith ..., 1708, p.184 . Online Source:   archive.org/details/britishempireina00oldm Book Images: