I happened upon The Purple and Scarlet Woman and Her Relatives by Rev. A.B. King, 1900. I wasn’t looking for it specifically, it just popped up in my keyword searching and my curiosity was piqued. So first, I tried searching for the author. Very few references came up for Albert Barnes King other than he was born in NJ and died in Brooklyn. Searches are quickly overshadowed by the more well-known Albert Barnes.
So I started reading for my own context and understanding, and based on other reading, it was pretty easy to gauge his wind direction early on. He opens by throwing shade at the Catholics:
The actual book begins, and immediately states that clearly Rome is the harlot described iin Revelations. Which I suppose makes sense in the context of John being the author of Revelations and John being maybe boiled in oil and then sent to work the mines in Patmos by the Emperor.
I may or may not continue down this rabbit hole. I like the old style of writing when they come right out and say what they want to say, then maybe spend the rest of the book justifying it, instead of the general teasing approach used so often nowadays.
I’d love to have a bit more context on Rev. A.B. King, though. How does someone fade into obscurity after that?
Further, he’d be turning in his grave if he saw the state of religion today. Here’s the problem. When you create a power structure, a chain of command, if you will, people who lust for power are drawn to it.
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