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CHAPTER THREE: First Two Systematic Commentaries Appear PFF3 60

We now come to the earliest of the systematic commentaries on the prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse, issued in colonial times—Huit in 1644 and Parker in 1646. Of these, the Parker exposition is the more comprehensive. These will launch us into the heart of our quest for the over-all interpretation of Daniel 2, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12, and their time periods; and the seals, trumpets, witnesses, beasts, and vials, the overthrow of Babylon, and the millennium of the Apocalypse. Comparison can then be made between the American and paralleling Old World interpreters of the same period, presented in Volume 2. PFF3 60.1