He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. And there is probably an area right in the center of the earth that is hollow and because of the rotation of the earth and gravitation and all you would be constantly falling. You might get left. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. All redeemed are told to praise God. Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. The Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." The rebellion that had begun in the Garden of Eden is finally ended. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in This The Sinai MS. has both. Now that time had come. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for true and just are his judgments. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. Many scholars think the name should be Y-A-H-W-E-H. But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Present tense. Yet it will be found imperfect, for reasons which, I think, will be clear to any unbiassed mind. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, My righteousness is something God accounts and imputes to me because of my faith in Jesus Christ. And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword by which these rebellious armies are destroyed. For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) As King of kings and Lord of lords he exercises Gods rule over all humankind, and in divine wrath punishes the wicked (13-16).An angel calls flesh-eating birds to prepare for a feast such as they have never had before, for the corpses on the battlefield will be beyond number (17-18). 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. In any event, the name singles him out as the greatest of all rulers, the only true divine One and the universal King. Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. church. These both [the two of them, the antichrist and his false prophet] were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone ( Revelation 19:20 ). "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." worship before the angel (compare 1:17; 22:8). But there is a message also for others. The, nature of the case exempts of course the saints of the millennium;* and this very simply, because they are never said to die at all. There are times when John sees the Lord himself. It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." - Utley. Well, the folly of men today that think that they are able to fight against God and to come out victorious. "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. If you understand the testimony of Jesus, what must you do. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". cum cdd. The actual picture comes from Isaiah: "The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. "And his name is called The Word of God." There will be no time for seeking mercy, as it were: whatever the state in which the Lord at His coming will find us, all is closed up and fixed. In short, it is as we saw in Revelation 17:1-18, after Babylon had been brought before us in the course of the prophecy. Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? Who was it; Marx, that said, "Religion is the opium of the people?" The beast is Nero redivivus; the false prophet is the provincial organization which administered Caesar worship; those who have the mark of the beast are they who have worshipped at the shrine of Caesar; the kings of the earth and their armies are the Parthian hosts, which Nero was to lead again against Rome and against the world. the Bible). Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. Whereas for the Jew, there are necessary dates and momentous changes that must take place; and hence, as Daniel represents the Jew, we have the difference kept up. From the manner in which resurrection is referred to in scripture, does not God leave room for this? We have here a note of time of signal value. One of our pastors, Imad, spent some time in the Egyptian jail. I sometimes make snap judgments. In Hebrew writing there were no vowels; the vowels had to be supplied by the reader. Apart from his return to purge his creation of evil, redemption remains forever incomplete." Gen. 1; Isaiah 55:11; John 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:8) not a literal description. Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. It is not a righteousness of works. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God:" In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political Babylon symbolized by its capital city of Babylon. The Church, the Bride of Christ, is clothed in fine linen, pure and shining. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. In him was light; and that light was the life of man. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. He has a name known to no one but himself. He hath bound his loins and gone forth to war against those who hate him; kings and princes shall be slain; he will make red the rivers with the blood of the slainhis garments will be dipped in blood.". This is what nations have been constantly occupied with, lest any one power should become the beast. the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them (for he is Lord of lords and King of kings), and they that are with him, called, and chosen, and faithful.". "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. It is of the seven in that point of view, because it is imperialism; but it is an eighth, because it has a diabolical source when raised up again. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. Other Books of the Bible the Lord Jesus Christ are the bride of Christ, whether they are male or female. Click here to download Revelation 19 Keynote presentation: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0QVjw78Q9AXs9vyAJw9plQoww#Revelation_19Click here to download Revel. Nothing more is to be done. Christ is described by two words. It is reigning. A seventh should follow; and what is more, the seventh was in one aspect to be an eighth. This is a mistake. But here there is none; a temple is for the earth. ( 7) Namely, to that holy marriage, both herself in person in this verse, and also provided by her spouse with marriage gifts princely and divine, is adorned and prepared in the next verse. I have already touched on the double force of the symbol mountains. Here were joined good and evil in godless union, for the worse, not for the better, this alliance, unholy in principle, irremediable therefore in practice, between God and the natural man, who substitutes rites for the grace and word of God, for the blood of Christ, and the power of the Spirit, and employs the name of the Lord as a cover for grosser covetousness and ambition, yet more aspiring than the vulgar world. New American Standard Version (chapter 20). What is this name? But in this is shown what it is of importance to see the true nature of the kingdom or millennial reign. In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. This explains, it seems to me, the wounded head that was afterwards healed. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. But a voice issues from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. It seems clear that the name is visible to all, and, therefore, probably the likeliest solution is that it was written on the skirt of the warrior Christ's robe, lying over his thigh, as he rode upon the white horse. "The armies of heaven" wear the fine linen, white and pure" "which is the righteousness of the saints" (19:8). So we are obliged to translate the single word, e.g. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. God alone is perfect in judgment for three reasons. The seven Spirits of God (Greek: , ta hepta pneumata tou theou) are mentioned four times in the Book of Revelation, and in the Book of Isaiah it names each Spirit.Revelation 1:4: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven . It was not uncommon for a monarch to wear more than one crown in order to show that he was the king of more than one country. the end of the Great Tribulation, just before the kingdom is established "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him: for the ___________ of the _______ is come". - CBSC, a sharp sword . Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the This web site explains the Book of Revelation, each individual scripture. It is Christ Himself about to be displayed in His rights as King of kings, and Lord of lords; and this in the face of the world. I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. After the destruction of Babylon at Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. We have already seen that God will cause a third part of the sea to turn to Imagine when all living creatures in the seas die. This remains true also in its own place, as we shall find; and when it is a question of reward, this is precisely the grand point; but when it is a question of the bride above, that is the way in which it is presented here, as we may see clearly from verse 8. He was filled with astonishment that this mysterious form of evil, this counter-testimony of the enemy (not antichrist, but antichurch), should seem and be largely accepted as the holy catholic church of God, that Christendom, if not Christianity, should at the same time become the bitterest of persecutors, more murderously incensed against the witnesses of Jesus and the saints of God than ever paganism had been in any country or all ages. ", This chapter is one of the most dramatic in all the Bible. We have been washed in His blood, and we have on our white which will take place on earth following the return of Christ (20:4; Matt. This exclamation, meaning Praise the Lord, occurs frequently in the Old Many suggestions have been made. event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on Revelation 19:1. His equipage: he is again described as sitting on a white horse, to show the equity of the cause, and certainty of success. It is by the sword that goes out of his mouth. But according to His principle of government it is not merely personal guilt, but that which, from despising the testimony of God, is thus morally accumulating from age to age in the ratio of the testimony of God and the wickedness that has been indulged by men in spite of it. Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up for ever and ever. There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. Revelation 19:5 (1) And a voice came from the throne, saying, (2) "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." 1. After so many sorrows, trials, difficulties, dangers, how sweet to have such a word, and to know that He who speaks is the holy and the true, and surely about to come in the faithfulness of His love! They lived, and were put therefore into a place and condition suitable for reigning with Christ, no less than the Old Testament saints and the church itself. If you Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and God in His providence did sanction the great empires of old; and the principle continues as long as the church is here below. "And no curse shall be any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him." This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. The question is, why is she thus designated? earth for the celebration of the final meal (during the Millennium). continually reigns. Echoing an earlier rabbinic comment found in the commentary of Rashi to the Songs of Songs (4:5) Ginzberg explainedthere is also a great bond of union between the first five commandments and the last five. The name was in fact so holy that it was never pronounced. It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. (3) And he carried me away in [the] spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God." "Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!". The glorified saints are to administer power in a way far beyond angels. they were saying. You can't start with a finite base and reach to infinity. It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. What confusion! 227-28.] And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ( Revelation 19:6 ). And it is pretty well ascertained that there was a discussion among them, even to the suggestion by one of the most wicked of their emperors, whether Christ should not be owned and worshipped in the Pantheon, hundreds of years before Constantine, indeed from the earliest epoch of the gospel. The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." We must perforce therefore look for a still more complete development before the Lamb judges the beast after the ten horns along with it shall have destroyed Babylon. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.". His grace be with all! And here is John falling on his knees before the angel that is giving him all of this revelation and he is so overawed and thrilled with what is in store for him he falls at his feet to worship him. 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 21:22). 244.]. Like when this guy was breaking up with his girl, he said, "Can I have one final kiss?" What's amazing is that the Father never calls His Son "My God," though there are at least 7 times in the NT where Jesus called the Father "My God." twice on the cross, once on resurrection morning with Mary, and 4 times in Revelation 3.12. })(); Return to Revelation Menu | It is not the enjoyment of all, but it is the hinge on which all depends. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Christ is the Bridegroom at the marriage and his Church is the "That day" does not mean a time when everybody will be converted, but when the Lord Jesus will govern righteously when overt evil will be judged, and good be sustained perfectly for a thousand years. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. This "great voice" here is Every day-and we set up these rules for righteousness. What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? That is good. He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. John goes out of his way to heap up similes to describe its sound. The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". "I Jesus sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. We begin the description of the conquering Christ. And the LAST WORDS (22:6-21). It is plain that they are not in this city. willing to be his in the day of his power. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. is a myth. This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. There. millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). Then entire sorry results of human depravity will finally be vanquished. He will execute the fierce wrath of God Almighty that these enemies must drink (cf. To this earth He is coming, and not merely to the new earth in the eternal state. Thank God. When the beast dares to fight with the Lamb He shall overcome the beast; and they that are with Him, "called and chosen and faithful" terms, as a whole, entirely inapplicable to the angels. 25:1-13; Luke (faithful to Jesus). And then we come to a most cheering disclosure: "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of those beheaded on account of the witness of Jesus, and on account of the word of God: and those who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark upon their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." It means here that his enemies would be certainly crushed before him - as grapes are crushed under the feet of him that treads in the winevat. But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made The ensigns of his authority, his coat of arms--a name written on his vesture and thigh, King of kings, and Lord of lords, asserting his authority and power, and the cause of the quarrel, Revelation 19:16; Revelation 19:16. It is plain that what the verse contemplates is neither the Roman power when there was one head of the empire, nor the eastern or Byzantine part of it after that partition, nor the western state of division under the kings who succeeded the deposition of Augustulus; for in the medieval state there may have been ten kings (in contrast with the ancient state of the beast without them but no beast or imperial system with its chiefs. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and those that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. Praise in heaven. (iii) It may be that the name is one which can be revealed only at the final union of Christ and the Church. Supper), who will turn to Christ in Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." We can understand a remnant saved out of one or more nations; but who ever heard of "nations of them which are saved"? Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. Wheat and tares grow together till the process of judgment separates. It will be observed that in this case it is one of the angels that had the seven bowls who comes forward and says to John, "Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (or harlot) that sitteth upon [the] many waters." In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. ", And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. The Next comes the marriage of the Lamb to his bride. What was easier than to turn the demons into angels and to worship them? And the marriage is the eternal And here observe. Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are Too bad, your unrighteousness Friday night. "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). We say that he is great! Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, a. It clearly contrasts this mystery with another. This it is precisely which will bring out the indignant judgment of God upon the last phase of Babylon, so that the guilt of all the blood shed on the earth shall be imputed to her, and she may be judged accordingly.
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