“He has not put the book of Revelation in the Bible, without an object; and it is fair to assume that as the Evangelic Scriptures are sufficient for all evangelical purposes, the apocalypse is sufficient for all revealing purposes….But apart from this evidential value, there are facts resting on the authority of prophecy hardly less vital to our Christian hopes than those that stand on the foundation of history. Christ has come — that is history. Christ will come again—that is prophecy. Christ has died and risen— that is history. Christ will raise up all his people — that is prophecy. Christ has gone to heaven — that is history. He will come to carry his people, even in the body, to the many mansions — that is prophecy. Christ has purchased a church — that is history. He will render her triumphant over all opposition — that is a matter of belief on the ground of prophecy.

No arrogance of style therefore that men have adopted; no mistakes which they have committed; no incautious announcements that they have made; should deter us from examining that prophetic truth which is bound up with all revelation, or indeed have any other effect upon us than to teach us reverence for the word, caution and self-restraint in expounding its obscurer portions.” — John Hall (1829-1898), Questions of the Day (1873), pp. 208-210