So here a description is given of the bride, the Lamb's wife, and we learn how it is that God will use her for unmeasured goodness and blessing and glory in the millennium, as the devil during this age has used Babylon to accomplish his wicked plans here below. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 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 of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. The glorified saints are to administer power in a way far beyond angels. Revelation 19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take For it is clear that, though principles might reign, to be priests is quite inconsistent with a mere figure. He is "true," for He is the answer to all our hopes. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. Most other commentators have seen it as the first event after the seventh bowl judgment. It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. But it fails to account for the differences. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. But the church consists of souls called out from the earth, and is not of the world: consequently to the church the time is always at hand. The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. others may live (see article About 19:5 And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.". It is also clearly a personal reward to those who had suffered. willing to be his in the day of his power. These compose the third class here spoken of. But it really is. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the 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. he will rule them with a rod of iron . Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia As noted in the commentary on Rom. He has, I think, exactly that class in view when He sanctions the calling him who hears to say "Come." What I judge, then, is that the guests, or those that were called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb, refer clearly to the Old Testament saints. This is the meaning of "one hour with the beast.". It is thus that God is wont to deal as a rule in His judgments, not necessarily on the one that first introduces an evil, but on those that inherit the guilt, and perhaps aggravate it, instead of taking warning by it. 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. The fine linen, clean and white, represents the Pilate said, "I find no fault in Him. 2:18-19). I don't know exactly what He will say. Return to Revelation Menu | Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. This exclamation, meaning Praise the Lord, occurs frequently in the Old 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 . This, was no lack. There is nothing more to hear of nations; nothing more to do with separate countries, kindreds, or tongues. "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. In short, Babylon, the disgusting counterpart of the holy city, in earthly ambition seeks the kings and the masses for her own present objects, while the other suffers now and will reign then. Only God is 4:17). Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". The spiritual power is wholly in the hands of the false prophet. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a white horse, and he who is mounted on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. We have seen that these follow the Lord out of heaven, and are next seen enthroned. millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). Literally "fierceness of the wrath". The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. I am the, Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Is not this reason enough for saying that not even the shadow of solid ground appears for the system? It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. 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. II. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. Therefore says the angel, "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, that hath* the seven heads and the ten horns. Return and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". Christ is described by two words. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. THE ALMIGHTY AND HIS KINGDOM ( Revelation 19:6-8 continued). 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. As man does not believe in the resurrection of man, it is no wonder that he does not believe in the resurrection of an empire. The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. 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. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". yet are a large body of themselves. 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. Jesus speaks of many coming from the east and the west and sitting down with the patriarchs in the kingdom of heaven ( Matthew 8:11). A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. The beloved city is Jerusalem; the camp of the saints, I presume, is a larger circle and embraces all of Israel and the Gentiles who, being converted, refuse Satan's deceit. (i) It has been suggested that the name is kurios ( G2962) , Lord. And of course all of our finest scientific equipment could not locate such a thing there in the heart of the earth. This is known so well, and on such decided grounds, that it would be unbecoming to withhold the fact. Verse 9. It is not for His crime or guilt. Of course the other is true. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. The salvation of God should awaken the gratitude of man; the glory of God should awaken the reverence of man; the power of God is always exercised in the love of God and should, therefore, awaken the trust of man. "Surely I come quickly." He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. Hence the effort of some to prop up a manifestly false reading. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, We can understand a remnant saved out of one or more nations; but who ever heard of "nations of them which are saved"? It is really differing imagery You just have to come on the basis of God's grace and love for you and cast yourself upon His mercy, but that God is merciful. continually reigns. But there is a message also for others. The application to old pagan Rome is harsh and purposeless enough; but the attempt to refer it to Jerusalem is of all schemes the most absurd; for, far from being borne up by the imperial power, Jerusalem was trodden down by it. There are always those who are ready to challenge the fairness of it. 227-28.] Revelation 19 NIV - Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon's - Bible Gateway The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. God is sovereign. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. The temple would suppose a medium. This is a metaphor of the power of the gospel or of Gods spoken word (cf. None but Rome corresponds. at Revelation 14:19; while here we have the fuller phrase, the winepress of the wine of - CBSC, he will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty . And I fell down before his feet to worship him; and he said to me: "See that you do not do this. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." There is another remark to make. The thrones were already filled. Scholz's note ("rec. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; use them with the utmost severity; the phrase is taken out of Psalms 2:9 a prophecy of Christ, and mentioned twice before in this book, Psalms 2:9- :. It stands for the consuming power of the victorious Christ. It was but an imperfect view they got even of justification; a far scantier perception, if they could be said to have had any, about Christ's Headship of the church, His priesthood, or almost anything else. We can fairly trust God that He will not give a worse place to Paul; yet I do not think that this is his place. This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. 9:7; Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. The word used here for crown is diadema ( G1238) , which is the royal crown, as opposed to stephanos ( G4735) which is the crown of victory. ", 2. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. would be no salvation. The beast is the expression of the will of man setting itself up in direct antagonism to God. 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. 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. The judgment on Rome is the guarantee that God never in the end abandons his own. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." Christs Coming Kingdom). 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. All the dispensational names of God disappear. man's day. And you could imagine the grapejuice stains all over your clothes after having spent a day treading the wine vat therein. in the Bible, "her" does not mean just women, it is the bride. How did He create it? He treaded the winepress As the grapes are trodden to express the juice, so his enemies shall be bruised and beaten, so that their life's blood shall be poured out. We can quite understand that God would comfort His people in the dark ages by this book; and a very imperfect glimpse at its real meaning might in His grace serve to cheer them on in their trials as far as it went. He is urged to take up the same cry. WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice When you couple that with "Lord", which means 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. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. The marriage between Christ and the church proclaimed and perfected, ver 5-10. 3. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. "Whoever comes to me I will in no wise cast out" ( John 6:37 ). This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. Jer. III. Not that any of those judged (and the scene described is solely a resurrection of judgment) are said to be written there: we are shown rather that they were not found in that book. A mystery clearly points to something undiscoverable by the natural mind of man a secret that requires the distinct and fresh light of God to unravel, but which when revealed thus is plain enough. 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 hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand": And by these judicial ). And their voice on this Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the believers at salvation, but the practical results of that righteousness in On the one hand, the return of Jesus Christ to the earth is the climax of all that has gone before in Revelation. 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. We do not mend matters by hasty conclusions, we only complicate the truth. But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. In the former verse God invited all the ravenous fowls to a supper, he here showeth their cheer. II. come (verse 15; 2:27; 12:5). Then we look at "reigneth". The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. The elders do show us the heavenly heads of priesthood (embracing, as I believe, the Old Testament saints and those of the New); i.e., they are not limited to the church, Christ's body. the sea of glass, who had got the victory over the beast (Revelation 15:2), and Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright the morning star. This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. This tells us something about our approach to On that account it was altogether out of place to pay homage to him instead of to the God who had sent him to serve. and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God; the fierce wrath of God against sinners is compared to a winepress; and the wicked antichristian party are likened to clusters of grapes; who being ripe for destruction, are cast into it, and pressed, squeezed, and trodden down by the mighty power of Christ, the Word of God, whose vesture is therefore before said to be dipped in blood; the same metaphor is used in Revelation 14:19 the allusion seems to be to Isaiah 63:3. It is not only that the angel corrects the act by asserting that he is a fellow-servant of him and of his brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. And he said unto me, Rev. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." VI. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 4 We have already come upon two vast multitudes in heaven, the martyrs in Revelation 7:9 and the angels in Revelation 5:11. Otherwise, it is called in the scriptures, Gehenna, which is the final abode for the unrighteous dead. And after these things After this affecting representation of the certain destruction of Babylon, as the seat of the antichristian kingdom; I heard a great voice of much people in heaven A great chorus, who, with united voices, began to praise God on the occasion, saying, Alleluia That is, Praise ye Jehovah, or, He that is, and was, and is to come; a title which . To the Christian this book is not sealed. Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. In his mind are two things. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." But the prophecy shows us the beast revived and the separate kings reigning for the same time, before divine judgment destroys them at the coming of Christ and His saints. Verses 6-10: Omnipotent: God is all-powerful, and reigneth over His not. God will judge Israel, namely, Jews living when He returns (Ezekiel 20:33-38), and the Gentiles living then (Matthew 25:31-46). 19:12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many royal crowns, and he has a name written which no one knows except himself. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. On these I may say but a very few words. Then entire sorry results of human depravity will finally be vanquished. There we interpreted as "CHRIST EVANGELISING". They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, She is, the mother of the harlots, but also (and with still deeper guilt) of the abominations of the earth. The "word" that comes from Gods mouth is to be used to conquor! John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. Bringing in history here embroiled the subject; and those who appeal most to its evidence are the very men who seem in this to ignore its facts. New American Standard Version Hence a song of praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures is a Te Deum from the whole of the Church and the whole of nature. Jesus Christ was a threat to the religious leaders as He would be to all religious leaders. . The Book of Revelation: Verse by Verse Commentary By Robert Clifton Robinson on September 16, 2020 ( 2 ) The Book of Revelation is the most important book for this precise time in history. That is letting religion enter in. 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. But what is also of consequence to observe is, that John saw souls the souls of those beheaded on account of the witness of Jesus, and on account of the word of God. It is not therefore his final judgment. avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. . The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. I am a servant of God just like you are. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? The bride breathes out this word to the bridegroom; and the Holy Ghost it is that gives strength to her desire that He should come. And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. and the fullness of the Gentiles will be brought in. All who have looked back on the history know, that when the ten kings appeared, there was no beast or imperial power. Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo. Hence this certainly must be future. as the Complut. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse ( Revelation 19:21 ). But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Unhallowed love will end in hatred. Then and thus is aggravated guilt in the case of this wicked son. The New Testament is the "last will and testament" of Jesus, and to It is remarkable, that all along this book, idolatry and It is by the sword that goes out of his mouth. (John 17:18). Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate Revelation | Verse By Verse Ministry International John saw heaven opened and a RIDER UPON A WHITE HORSE verse 11. It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. The Jews had the idea that, when the Messiah came, God's people would, as it were, be entertained by God to a great Messianic Banquet. Verses 1-6: Alleluia: This Hebrew word appears 4 times in the New Testament. 31:31-34; Zech. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. Even the worst of governments is better than none. Unlike the kings of the earth who wage war in selfishness, "in righteousness He judges and makes war.". What does this particular rendition of God mean? It is a Hebrew word that has become universal, "Allel", "u", "yah", which means, "praise to Jehovah" or Yahweh. 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. If a person drew from this, for instance, that the boast was to carry the woman, Babylon, when it had as a fact all that is meant by the seven heads and the ten horns, it would be an error.
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