ABSTRACT
The prophet Elizabeth Avery came from a family background of non-conformity and millenarian ideals. Even though Elizabeth Avery's three letters were intended for "some particular Christians", she presented her message "to the view of all" since she did not "dare to conceal it in oblivion". In her second letter, Avery elaborated on the nature of the dissolution of the heavens and the earth on the last day before the coming of Christ. She did so for the purpose of communicating this spiritual truth, with God's assistance, "for the benefit of others", even though such an assistance did not materialize in the form of a vision or a dream. Pope's prophetic mandate derives from her perception of the spirit and her biblical study. On the basis of her own intellectual understanding of God's ways, she preaches to the figures of political authority that they should abide by natural order.
