11:25-27). This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. . The fine linen, clean and Again the righteousness of His judgment attested to. 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. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunders, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God the Almighty reigneth. Revelation chapter 19 English Standard Version 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! because of the number of people speaking. 252-53. "I will raise him up at the last day." Click here to download Revelation 19 Keynote presentation: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0QVjw78Q9AXs9vyAJw9plQoww#Revelation_19Click here to download Revel. And yet in such times John calls God pantokrator ( G3841) . saints. The angel implies nothing of the sort. Revelation 19:1. Since then the world has not seen the imperial power to which all bow. Consequently they sat upon the thrones at once; while the two latter classes, described in the rest of the verse, were still in the separate state "and the souls." Afterwards we come to the description of itself, of its wall, its building, its foundations, and its gates. Any other intermediary than Jesus Christ between God and man must be utterly opposed. marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.". He spoke it into existence. 2. This is predicted in Numbers 24:17 and on account of this the nations will be angry under the sounding of the seventh trumpet, with which this vision is contemporary, Revelation 11:18. Then the book concludes after a solemn warning against either adding to or taking from its contents. 31:31-34; Zech. There are a lot of people today fighting against God. Thus the name of Christ, not merely as the root and the offspring of David, but as the bright morning star, calls out responsively the heart of the church, and this too under the guiding activity of the Holy Ghost. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. We know that the change of all those caught up takes place in the twinkling of an eye. Well, the folly of men today that think that they are able to fight against God and to come out victorious. That is, Satan will be the spring of its final rise and power; he, and not God in any way whatever, will give it its character. 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). Revelation 19 The people in heaven praise God 1 After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. But a grave consideration soon disposes of both views by the relation to the beast, and more particularly by what will be shown a little farther on. Revelation 1:16; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 49:2). Verse 7. 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. Consequently, here we must most unquestionably go back to be shown an important object in the prophecy which could not, without interrupting its course, have been described before. (19:6-9), are evidence of the Church being in heaven prior to the return of But all this will be a great reversal of man's history and political maxims. The speaker isn't identified but is probably an angel and refers to God as our 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. The marriage between Christ and the church proclaimed and perfected, ver 5-10. It all focuses before Christ and after the year of our Lord, but He is center, the focal point of history. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in 5:10). "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth unto destruction." It cannot be done till the moment comes. What does the linen garment tell us about salvation? Old Testament prophecy and New Testament preaching is the gospel of the Lord "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. Lord our God:". His blows on this world come more nationally as on Israel; incomparably more severe, as in possession of greater privileges, is the judgment of corrupt Christendom, or Babylon as it is called here. (John 12:48). great affection and vehemence of spirit, which will be raised hereby. The same imagery of a wedding picture's the Lord's relationship with His Church. To be crowned with more than one crown may seem strange, but in the time of John it was quite natural. Verse 10. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom; but they receive authority as kings (not at but for) one hour with the beast." Just like, as many other places (Hebrews 4:13). Salvation is simple. Christ is described by two words. giving God glory for a fifth reason, the marriage of the Lamb has come. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-1']); They are joined by the twenty-four elders (Revelation 4). It is suggested that it is on the skirt of his general's cloak, for that is where it would be easiest to read on a horseman. frequently (4:8, 11; 5:9-12, 14; 11:16-18). In one sense it would be an eighth, and in another sense it would be of the seven; the eighth perhaps because of its extraordinary resurrection character, yet one of the seven because it is outwardly old imperialism again. Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:16. Then follows another scene still more solemn the most awe-inspiring of all we can contemplate, at the same time full of blessing for the Christian to look onward to as that which will for ever put aside every trace of evil, and vindicate good where man must altogether fail. A single verse dispels clouds of arguments. 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 7 made herself ready. 4:17; see The wrath of God is fierce! The true reading here is neither hard nor doubtful save to unbelief. After the destruction of Babylon religious and commercial, chapter seventeen and eighteen. 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. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. In presence of grace I do not think this is for His glory, any more than for their own blessing. If ancient times failed fully to meet the requirements of the chapter, it is evident that the middle ages are passed without its fulfilment as a whole. On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. "And when the thousand years are completed, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to war." The very reverse is the undeniable fact. To this the vision now proceeds at verse 17. They were in three distinct stages which first involved the betrothal or 12:10; What is the sword? He spoke these things into existence; the power of the Word of God.If we would only realize the power of the Word of God. Once Jesus enters the battle, it is soon over. It is altogether unfeasible, and it shows how carelessly we read the Bible that people are not stopped by such an expression. We have here a note of time of signal value. "Having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel." The political side of this is described here with surprising brightness and brevity. smite the nations . Man has always sinned in one or other of these two ways, looking now at sin in its broadest forms. It is to Jesus. In Daniel's time, and even to Daniel himself, the book was sealed. "And hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand": And by these judicial There is no doubt that Rome in some form is the woman described in the chapter: the seven heads or hills clearly point to that city, which of all cities might best and indeed alone be known as ruling over the kings of the earth. The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. shall be their shepherd, as in Revelation 2:27, Revelation 12:5 Of course in all three places the reference is to Psalms 2:9. But he ought to have withstood it I do not mean in vengeance (for that belongs to the Lord), but as holily hating the sin itself, yet withal in the deepest compassion for his parent. It is plain that they are not in this city. After the destruction of Babylon at The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. 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. Again this is a picture taken directly from the Old Testament, from Ezekiel's picture of the slaughter of the forces of Gog and Magog. Scripture and facts refute all such theories. 11:2; Eph. are the ones who are praising. Oh, the power of the word of Jesus, the sword that goes forth out of His mouth. The voice that comes from the throne is most likely to be understood as the voice of one of the cherubim. The bride is in view. The fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of the all there is about us already. This is never the case with an angel. 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. It stands for the consuming power of the victorious Christ. With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," "War in heaven": The tumultuous events on earth during the Tribulation find their counterpart in heaven. The word used for sitting down is the word for reclining at a meal. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. But we as properly say, "Come." Then the word is, "Award her even as she awarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and There are always those that say, "What about the people that haven't heard? They are not part of the body of Christ. (i) He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, not his own but that of his enemies. At the same time the attempt to apply Babylon to ancient Rome is almost as unhappy; and for a plain reason. It was important, just because it is the bride, the Lamb's wife, to show that angels are there, and further, that Israel is not forgotten. The closing phrase here is the description of the beast in its last state, in which it will come into collision with Babylon. It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the honors God and sin mocks Him. They are glorified saints, and not angels. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. He is the center of it. To free men from the restraints that they may feel that have any kind of a Biblical base, so that you will not be feeling guilty over those things that are prohibited in the scriptures. Of course the other is true. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. Isaiah speaks of God preparing for his people "a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined" ( Isaiah 25:6). From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. Revelation 29 Lessons. *The description here is simply character, not dates. email us at: In Php_2:9-11 we read of the name above every name which God has given to Jesus Christ because of his complete obedience; and there the name is almost certainly Lord. 18:20. In Asia Minor even the tribunal of the proconsul was subject to bribery and to maladministration. The woman was there seen sitting on a scarlet-coloured beast, i.e., the well-known imperial power of the Roman Empire, "full of [the] names of blasphemy" in its wicked opposition to God, and clothed with the forms we have already seen "seven heads and ten horns." "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. These compose the same group as (in 7:11), and are associated with worship For instance, when Ptolemy entered Antioch he wore two crowns or diadems--one to show that he was lord of Asia and one to show that he was lord of Egypt ( 1Ma_11:13 ). WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" The one therefore throws much light upon the other. The significant thing about this great word is that it occurs ten times in the New Testament. He came to the world, and avenged His people on the beast and the false prophet with the kings and their armies; and after that the risen saints reign with Him over it a thousand years. He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. What is it, seven hundred and fifty million degrees Fahrenheit or something like that? There were two particular effects of her evil: the one, illicit commerce with the kings of the earth; the other, intoxicating the inhabitants of the earth with the wine of her fornication. Beyond controversy, however, it is a most unusual and abnormal reappearance, which is altogether exceptional in the history of the world. 5:25-32), and the *It now appears that the Cod. The day of the Lord on the world in no way sets aside His dealing with individual souls. It is as if the multitude of the redeemed sent up their shout of praise because the promise of Christ to his persecuted ones had come abundantly true. The simple fact of conquering far and wide, and of exercising vast political power in the earth, does not constitute any title to such a name. Most other commentators have seen it as the first event after the seventh bowl judgment. For that which comes distinctly before us in this one verse is the twofold fact, that the ten horns here contemplated receive their kingly power for the same hour or time as the beast, and not subsequently, when his rule was extinguished. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: 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." Our most difficult task here is to discover the picture behind the statement that the warrior Christ has the name King of kings and Lord of lords written on his robe and on his thigh. We shall find that the scripture affords much light to decide the true bearing of the prophecy, and that no application to the past can possibly satisfy the conditions satisfactorily. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. To the church the end is always near. "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. He is an American citizen and his base is in Sunland, California. The blessing given could not be taken back. When Jews came over into Christianity, sometimes they brought this special reverence for the angels with them, forgetting that with the coming of Jesus no other intermediary between God and man can be necessary. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, The prophet asks, "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like those that have been treading in the wine vat? It is a time of strong delusion, be it remembered. That is, it is simply an expression of the homage that they pay. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on Here is seen the holy city coming down out of heaven from God, which is declared to be the bride, the Lamb's wife, in the plainest contrast with the great harlot. Return to Home Page First, he alone can see the inmost thoughts and desires of any man. It is "His story". Worship: Only God is to be worshiped (compare 22:8-9; Thus was concluded all dealing on the Lord's part with both soul and body, and all that pertains to either. The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, the witness of Jesus. He has condemned the great prostitute And there (or they) are seven kings." Reuchlin. All believers in My righteousness is something God accounts and imputes to me because of my faith in Jesus Christ. It was said of a great preacher: "First he listened to God, then he spoke to men.". We had seen Babylon twice: first, in the circle of God's warnings and testimonies; and then as the object of God's judgment under the seven bowls. Now the scene totally changes The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the - Wallace. heaven. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. He answers, "I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. In the . Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. It probably came to be so well known to even the simplest member of the Church through its special use as a response of praise in the Easter worship. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready ( Revelation 19:7 ). In him was light; and that light was the life of man. Gratitude, reverence, trust--these are the constituent elements of real praise. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. Then come others in the condition of separate spirits or souls, whom the prophet saw two different classes of them those beheaded for the witness of Jesus and the word of God, and those who refused the beast in every form, The proof of the third class should have been given a little more distinctly than in our version. Here is a grim picture of birds of prey being invited to come from all over the sky to glut themselves on the corpses of the slain. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. harlot), and avenging the blood of the martyrs (7:9-17). . continually reigns. To the Christian this book is not sealed. Together they join this great chorus proclaiming "Alleluia!". Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. Worship is for God alone. Christ will strike down His enemies with a word that His long, tongue-shaped sword (Gr. Here you may see the reason for saying that the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures are not absolutely the church, because when that symbol applies, and the one of the bride comes forward, we have got others too. And it was so. by His sacrificial blood. and righteousness to the world. Let others speculate, if they will: I am persuaded that he who essays to conceive the details is merely striving to draw a bow beyond the power of man. "Hallelujah!" Out of his mouth goes this sharp sword, His word. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. You might get left. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. But that the heart of man even so is not renewed becomes manifest, when Satan at the close deceives all that are not converted; and these, as we are told, are countless "as the sand of the sea.". Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. 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. The church cannot hear of Him as the bright morning star without at once desiring that He should come. The events that are described within its pages were written for us today. on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. On his head he has many crowns. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. So here He is sitting upon a white horse. From the beginning, the church of God has been blessed with prophecy. If the books proclaim the evil works of the dead that stand before the throne, the book of life offers no defence on the score of God's grace. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. What is this name? In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. Hence He must have come back previously to both. You can trust in this. In the Psalms of Solomon we have that picture: Behold, O Lord, and raise up unto them their king the Son of, At the time in which thou seest, O God, that he may reign, And gird him with strength that he may shatter unrighteous, And that he may purge Jerusalem from nations that trample, Wisely, righteously, he shall thrust out sinners from the. A Verse by Verse Study of the Book of Revelation - Glenn Earle Cummings 2007-02 The Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Book of Revelation: Commonly Called the New Testament. Besides the bride thus arrayed, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb." It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. *It is the aorist in Greek, which in such a case as this it is difficult correctly to represent in English; for neither "reigned" nor "hath reigned" could convey that God had entered on His kingdom, but rather that it was past. The church was betrothed to Christ by His sovereign choice in eternity past Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). the 144,000 seen with the Lamb on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1), and with those on only place in the Bible where the word "omnipotent" occurs. On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. 11-21). In the Testament of Levi (5:5) Michael is said to be the angel who intercedes for Israel. He with the glorified saints will have their home on high, but none the less shall they reign over this very world for the allotted time. The son is doubly guilty, because he saw his father's nakedness and felt it enough to hide. And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor sorrow, nor crying nor shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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