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This is never the case with an angel. It is a picture of final judgment. (chapter 20). Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . It would have been incongruous to bring in that long description before, because this must have interrupted the flow of the prophetic stream. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." That is religion. saints. 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. There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. marriage is the eternal union of the church with Christ following the Rapture The description of the great Commander, 1. We read of the marriage feast ( Matthew 22:2); of the bridechamber and the wedding garment ( Matthew 22:10-11); of the sons of the bridechamber ( Mark 2:19); of the bridegroom ( Mark 2:19; Matthew 25:1); of the friends of the bridegroom ( John 3:29). There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). | We know that sometimes there were nine, sometimes eleven or more; but supposing this all perfectly certain, I affirm that, according to history, they did not receive their power as kings for one and the same time with the beast. And you could imagine the grapejuice stains all over your clothes after having spent a day treading the wine vat therein. 14:1-3; 1 Thess. It isn't that you have been faithful in your devotions, and you have witnessed to so many people, and read so many chapters of the Bible, and spent so many hours in prayer, and you have done all of the religious devotional things, not that at all. Gates of hell can never Gainst that Church prevail. The ten horns with the beast are all to receive authority the beast of course wielding the imperial power, they as kings, all during one and the same time before the end comes. persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. This may seem to us a strange metaphor. Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of harlot. "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" The gospel of John and the Revelation perfectly disclose both, whether in grace or in judgment. And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. Of course the other is true. In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. But now He is ready to return and establish His kingdom and take us unto Himself and the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife, or bride, has made herself ready. Apart from his return to purge his creation of evil, redemption remains forever incomplete." righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and purified at the (19:6-9), are evidence of the Church being in heaven prior to the return of Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. That is what history is about. This shout of rejoicing begins with Hallelujah. This also is a no less important element for understanding the chapter. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. 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 ). These are the martyrs of Revelation 6:1-17, those long since seen under the altar, poured out like burnt-offerings to God. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. For certain there are two great acts of resurrection, one when the Old Testament saints and the church are caught up to heaven, the other when Satan was bound after the beast and false prophet were thrown into the lake of fire, as well as Babylon judged. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. H. B. Swete says that this comprehensive phrase embraces "Christians of all intellectual capacities and social grades, and of all stages of progress in the life of Christ." 1 Thessalonians 3:1-3 Commentary. The son is doubly guilty, because he saw his father's nakedness and felt it enough to hide. "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. For I am not aware that any scripture treats of the subject, beyond laying down principles such as we have sought to apply to the case. It means He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. Here is one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, the emergence of the conquering Christ. But all this will be a great reversal of man's history and political maxims. We find, accordingly, the four and twenty elders and four living creatures here brought before us for the last time. and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. The Revelation: Verse by verse study Kindle Edition It is said that the judgments of God are true and just. "Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing, for they have gathered together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, Let us break His bands asunder, let us cast off His law from us; but He who sits in the heavens will laugh for He will have the nations in derision. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Let me just first emphasise again, Thank God. It is interesting to me how that God took such pains to protect the innocency of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. Jer. Godly people love righteousness and hate sin, for righteousness But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. Verse 6 commends these sayings afresh. Revelation 19:3 "And again they said, Alleluia. Revelation - Explained Verse by Verse, Chapter by Chapter the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.". In the former verse God invited all the ravenous fowls to a supper, he here showeth their cheer. Then we have another glorious description. Pilate said, "I find no fault in Him. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. . In Daniel's time it was not at hand. In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political The fine linen, clean and It is not meant that he who was more honoured in service than any of the twelve, he whom the Lord used for bringing out the church of the heavenly places, will not have his own most singular dignity in this glorious scene. Revelation chapter 19 and 20 At the end of this time he will be released for a short while (20:1-3). He accepts us plain and simple. into the Holy of Holies, he wore pure white linen. The angel implies nothing of the sort. which sword proceeds out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh ( Revelation 19:21 ). 4-18). All this description closes in verse 5. PDF First Corinthians Chapter Three - abiblecommentary.com Ten Commandments - Wikipedia To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. When John here called the warrior Christ "The Word of God", he means that here in action is all the power of God's word; everything that God has said, and threatened, and promised is embodied in Christ. But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.". The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. The enemy falls on with great fury, headed by the beast, and the kings of the earth; the powers of earth and hell gathered, to make their utmost effort, Revelation 19:19. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. is a word to him that hears. They will be gathered together at the inspiration of Satan. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. Then heaven is opened, and for a sight most solemn. and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom. Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. A fourth century A.D. That picture stands for the final union between Jesus Christ and his Church. discover_revelation@charter.net He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. 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." The Sinai MS. has both. The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in to be worshiped (22:8-9; Acts 10:25-26). A state of war has existed since the fall of Satan (compare verse 4, compare Dan. b. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. Although there is such a levelling of human distinctions, and men have to do directly with God that is men raised from the dead or in their changed condition we still see the holy Jerusalem "the holy city, new Jerusalem," separate from the rest of those that fill the new heaven and earth. That is, Babylon is viewed in this chapter not so much in her mysterious and religious form, giving currency to every kind of confusion of truth and error, of good and evil, intoxicating, corrupting, and seducing, as all can see, through her wickedly religious influence; but she is viewed here as the most conspicuous aider and abettor of the world in its luxuries and delights and the pride of life, of what men call "civilization." 12:10; Verse 11 . (1) A mighty angel comes down from heaven. "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. The great praise of the multitude ", And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. ( 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. His secret name indicates his unique authority (11-12). This city is seen now as the holy vessel of divine power for governing the earth during the millennium, "having the glory of God: and her brightness was like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.". The events that are described within its pages were written for us today. would even have us. That is, the tabernacle of God is regarded as a separate object, no doubt associated with men, but not confounded with them. The effect of these their praises: when the angels and saints cried Alleluia, her fire burned more fiercely and her smoke ascended for ever and ever, v. 3. The Word of God is alive and powerful, if we would only realize the power of the Word of God. They have the capacity to stand in the sun. It begins with the shout of a vast multitude in heaven. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. And her smoke rose up for ever If you "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth unto destruction." essence of all true prophecy. At the moment of this vision, the conflict is already over; only the judgment remains to be executed; the issues which were long ago determined are here to be revealed and executed in the final judgment of all people. That God is holding back something good and He really isn't fair to you was the insinuation behind Satan's remarks. PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia There is a contrast with the scarlet and gold of the great harlot. His armour; and that is a vesture dipped in blood, either his own blood, by which he purchased this mediatorial power, or the blood of his enemies, over whom he has always prevailed. I agree with the majority. "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. When the apostle Paul wrote to the, saints at Rome, he particularly specified at that very time the duty of absolute subjection on the part of Christians to the powers which then were. These are the faithful. And so the first two inhabitants of Gehenna will be the antichrist and his prophet and they will be the soul inhabitants, it would seem, for a thousand years. This is the kind of double meaning of which the Greek language is capable. From his mouth . Afrikaans; Alemannisch; ; ; ; Azrbaycanca; ; Bn-lm-g; ; Bikol Central To us, as His soldiers, Christ says "As My Father has sent Me so send I you." God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. Man gets hung up and he stops short. These are not references to the merciful and benign reign of Christ through his saints on earth in the present dispensation, but to the final wrath and judgment of God upon the ungodly. So the marriage feast of the Lamb will take place here on the earth. In him was light; and that light was the life of man. On His robe where it spreads out at His waist HIS TITLE is inscribed. Go To Previous Section | It is not the magnitude of each voice. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in "And to the bride was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints." What was easier than to turn the demons into angels and to worship them? Study Revelation 19:19-19 - 'King James Version' translation alongside Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #2694 and Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #3880 . But alas! 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the (Hebrews 4:13). They are not part of the body of Christ. According to the biblical narrative, Zerubbabel [a] was a governor of the Achaemenid Empire 's province of Yehud [3] and the grandson of Jeconiah, [4] penultimate king of Judah. (iv) It may be that here is a lingering relic of the old idea that to know the name of a divine being was to have a certain power over him. In Wisdom there is a description of the plagues in Egypt, and in particular of the slaying of the first-born sons of the Egyptians: "Thine Almighty Word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war, into the midst of a land of destruction, and brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth" ( Wis_18:15-16 ). That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. This, was no lack. Verse 8. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. I am accounted righteous by God because I believe and trust in Jesus Christ. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet, who performed in his presence signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and who worship his image.