others may live (see article . Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. In the Revelation two kinds of people are specially called the servants of God; the prophets ( Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 22:6), and the martyrs ( Revelation 7:3; Revelation 19:2). They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Here we find the term "Alleluia" used really for the first in the New Testament and it is used four times here. believers lives, i.e., the outward manifestation of inward virtue. is a myth. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. God. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! All is then fixed. And yet in such times John calls God pantokrator ( G3841) . 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. Revelation 1:16; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 49:2). Revelation 19 ( Rev 19:1) - 1 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: This heavenly celebration (verses 1-6), which connects the events of chapter 18, reveal more than the celebration of the defeat of a certain city or belief system. 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. This is saying that this judgment is permanent and is like the language that God It was John's instinct to worship the angelic messenger; but the angel forbids him to do that, because the angels are no more than men's fellow-servants. But now heaven is opened for yet graver facts, and of incalculable moment for man and the universe and the enemy. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." harlot. III. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. He is coming forth in indisputable human glory, but the greatest care is taken to let us know that He had that which was above man above the creature; for "no man knoweth the Son but the Father." The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." From the beginning, the church of God has been blessed with prophecy. It is the place that Jesus said God prepared for Satan and his angels. This is the kind of double meaning of which the Greek language is capable. But you can go ahead and do these things without pangs of conscience trying to destroy God out of our society, out of our lives. ( 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. With that love of freedom which they carried from their German forests, they would not allow the one iron rule of the ancient empire to subsist longer, but set up each their own kingdom in the different fragments of the dismembered empire. The four living creatures, respectively like a lion, an ox, a man and an eagle, stand for two things, for all that is bravest, strongest, wisest and swiftest in nature--and for the cherubim. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." There are always those that say, "What about the people that haven't heard? He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. Revelation chapter 19 and 20 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war with him who rides the horse, and with his army. (Hebrews 4:13). Christs Coming Kingdom). Revelation. - Hebrews 4:12; a sharp sword . 3:12-15; 2 Cor. New American Standard Version That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Revelation 19:18-20. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". He accepts us plain and simple. Revelation 19 explained (every verse) - YouTube Wars were matters of ambition and tyranny and oppression rather than of justice. That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Verse 3. [Note: Lilje, p. One of the great dangers of being in any kind of ministry where God is using you, one of the great dangers of exercising any spiritual gift, is that people so often look at the instrument that God uses. church (compare Matt. 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 ). This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. "Praise our God," it said, "all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.". It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. are the ones who are praising. The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been (since chapter 6), to They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. It was a unit of energy charged with power. Betrothal (often when the couple were children); (2) 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. Hence we have to own the divine source of government even when its holders abandon all such thoughts themselves, and maintain their rule in the world as a thing flowing from the people irrespective of God. "Let him that heareth say, Come." Omnipotent means Godly people love righteousness and hate sin, for righteousness His grace be with all! So we find the Lord has room for all that is the fruit of His own grace only, for the appeal of grace, even when there is not the answer to it. "And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. "The tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. Now, this law that has the backing of the Greek Orthodox Church, or it was instituted because of the Greek Orthodox Church against proselytization, is the law that they used to charge him.In Egypt it is a capital offense to lead a Muslim to a faith in Jesus Christ. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. and righteousness to the world. Discover The Book of Revelation - Each Scripture is Explained 9:7; For according to unquestionable testimony the Reuchlinian copy has like some half-dozen cursives, which was probably a mistake for . faith during the Tribulation (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zech. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. This "great voice" here is The voice that comes from the throne is most likely to be understood as the voice of one of the cherubim. 4. Christ will strike down His enemies with a word that His long, tongue-shaped sword (Gr. 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 Book of Revelation: Verse by Verse Commentary Death and hades, which had so long been executioners in a world where sin reigned, and were still doing their occasional office where righteousness is to reign, themselves disappear where all traces of sin are consigned for ever. supreme in authority, and "God", which means supreme deity; you have an Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, We have just seen that it is the eternal state. Hence. As when they are the enemies of the Lords flock, for his "club" that He uses to protect them is a "rod of iron", one that will not break, and will devestate the enemy attacking His flock. His secret name indicates his unique authority (11-12). It is altogether unfeasible, and it shows how carelessly we read the Bible that people are not stopped by such an expression. Now the scene totally changes * None, however, can be exempt from being manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, or from giving an account of all done in the body. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." I like that, God speaking into existence the world in which we live. As usual John takes his picture from the Old Testament and is thinking of the terrible picture in Isaiah 63:1-3, where the prophet pictures God returning from the destruction of Edom; "I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; their life blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment." They were shouting, ' Praise the Lord our God! His name: The Word of God, a name that none fully knows but himself, only this we know, that this Word was God manifest in the flesh; but his perfections are incomprehensible by any creature. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. And He is called the True witness. "The armies of heaven" wear the fine linen, white and pure" "which is the righteousness of the saints" (19:8). When the Lord takes His own throne, they take theirs by grace. So vast is this group that they are without number. Who were they? Bear this in mind: to leave the last part out is fatal to any accurate understanding of the Revelation. But alas! "Surely I come quickly." Then again the character of it, as derived from Christianity having already taken its place, is asserted. Return I can hardly wait. Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. ], "Those who believe in the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ must also look for his return." The word "rule" is "to shepherd" them, and the rod of iron is the club the shepherd used to fend off the wolves, bears, lions, etc. 4:17; see So, Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. As for the earthly land and city, the moon will have her light increased to that of the sun, and the sun shall be sevenfold. She said, "You've had it. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. 10:13; Jude 9). But we can understand that the Lord could and did make that little go far, and do no little good. 16:16. In short, it would seem that God has hedged round His own draft of Babylon so as to make it quite plain that Rome, city and system, figures in the scene; and this too necessarily involving a medieval description, though the full result will not be till the end of the age; for she rides the beast or empire characterized so as naturally to involve the past barbarian irruption and the resulting ten-kingdomed state. THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! Those that do rise at the same time rise, no doubt, in a moment; but that there are to be various acts of resurrection is not only not contrary to scripture, but required by its own descriptions. 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. THE ALMIGHTY AND HIS KINGDOM ( Revelation 19:6-8 continued). What does Revelation chapter 13 mean? | BibleRef.com There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. Here I am obliged to say that our authorized version, and not merely it, but our common Greek Testaments, are altogether wrong. God. "And he that sat upon him called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." This shout of rejoicing begins with Hallelujah. But far from that he has, on the contrary, persevered in the same evil course, as badly or worse than his father. First, "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them." He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. In general this has been either passed over in the chapter, or some unsatisfactory inference has been flung out, which can only embroil the prophecy. If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. That is spiritually in chapter seventeen, that great religious system that corrupted the earth. 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 . righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and purified at the Present tense. Such is God's account of Babylon the great. No. they said, "because the Lord our God, the Almighty, has entered into his kingdom. IV. (1) So we are obliged to translate the single word, e.g. Revelation 19:3 "And again they said, Alleluia. Afrikaans; Alemannisch; ; ; ; Azrbaycanca; ; Bn-lm-g; ; Bikol Central The Lord is not so interested in telling you who you are going to marry or what is going to happen to you next week, the spirit of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (1-5) Praise for the judgment of Babylon. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the You can be worried about the righteousness of my judgments. He is in charge of the Anastausus Ship, but he is facing a jail sentence of three and a half years in Greece because He gave a Bible to a sixteen-year old Greek boy and the boy accepted Jesus Christ as His Savior. And there (or they) are seven kings." WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) Revelation 19:19 KJV | King James Version | New Christian Bible Study Verse by Verse Ministry International is a non-profit, non-denominational, unaffiliated Christian ministry that is dedicated to promoting the preaching and teaching of God's Word clearly and boldly. 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. And if you try to worship God in an unprescribed way, setting up little idols or whatever, which God has forbidden, that is spiritual fornication. If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. "His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many diadems." For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. The voice includes himself among those who claim God as our God. (i) It has been suggested that the name is kurios ( G2962) , Lord. Jesus Christ. We noted the first appearance of a WHITE HORSEMAN in chapter 6:2. From his mouth goes forth a sharp two-edged sword (compare Revelation 1:16). And here observe. Too bad, your unrighteousness Friday night. These are the faithful. He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.". Revelation 11:15-19. It is due to the exigency of a notion which fears and is irreconcilable with the truth in this place. John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. Various suggestions have been made. linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.". Do not wonder at the vast numbers, or at their defection. For it is clear that, though principles might reign, to be priests is quite inconsistent with a mere figure. They begin to worship, in a sense, the instrument that God has used. We do not have to pretend to be something we are 19:9-10a And he said to me: "Write! Hallelujah!". And on his robe, and on his thigh, he has a name written--King of kings and Lord of lords. Revelation 1:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ( Revelation 19:10 b). Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. In verse 1, this great voice from heaven was whom? approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice on Line (iii) He judges and makes war in righteousness. It is for your sin that He is dying. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. 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. But it fails to account for the differences. 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. PDF First Corinthians Chapter Three - abiblecommentary.com That is, there was first the literal Babylon, of course; but here it is symbolical. 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. In short, it is not tropical language, as when it is said of the prodigal son "This my son was dead, and is alive again;" or of the restoration of Israel, which is compared to a resurrection from the dead for the rest of the world. He doesn't want you to be religious. Then another and immensely important act is described the binding of Satan. Of course there must needs be a consultation with the kings, when the kings exist and become an accredited part of that empire, as rulers subordinate to the beast. The church is heavenly; and in heaven there are no times nor seasons. earth for the celebration of the final meal (during the Millennium). 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. There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication ( Revelation 19:2 ). So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. Verse 9. That is, it is simply an expression of the homage that they pay. Why is the word "Lamb" used here to speak of Jesus? "I will raise him up at the last day." The two of them were cast alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone; and the rest were slain with the sword of him who rides the horse, with the sword which comes out of his mouth; and all the birds were glutted with their flesh. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. 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. The battle joined. 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. Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. And the LAST WORDS (22:6-21). Hitherto the reverse of this has been true in history. the 144,000 seen with the Lamb on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1), and with those on 11:25-27). This From his mouth there comes forth a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may smite the nations, and he will control them with an iron rod. 4:6). 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 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 ). Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:11 ). Second, he says: "Let us rejoice and exult." (i) There is love. And their voice on this In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. 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. We may surely say her cup was not yet full. Verse 1. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. Salvation is simple. He wants you to have a relationship with Him, a loving relationship, not a legal relationship. the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse ( Revelation 19:21 ). "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." distinctions. Revelation 19 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) - Christianity A lot of the persecution against the Christian has come from religion, religious leaders. "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" 3. 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. Revelation 1 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Revelation Commentaries | Precept Austin But a very different point of interest is to be observed. But still it is a very solemn fact to read, and that which we are bound to preach that even in the perfect state of eternity, while there is the brightness of the heaven and of the earth into which no evil can enter, you have all the evil that ever has been all the wicked of every clime and of every age cast into the fixed condition of eternal judgment in the lake of fire. The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. (ii) A Greek came into the Church from a world of thought which made angel worship a real danger. 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. The church is the bride, Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, 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. Commentary on Revelation 19 by Matthew Henry - Blue Letter Bible The fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of the 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. It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. This is the last main section of the Book of Revelation. We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. Now, this vesture dipped in blood is probably a reference to Isaiah sixty-three. oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. 4:13-18). He is praised for judging religious Babylon and avenging the martyrs. Can anything be less reasonable (even taking that ground, low as it is) than that the various rulers of the western powers, Catholic kings, join the Pope in destroying his own city, or his own church, whichever Babylon may be made? Jude 1. If my righteousness were dependent upon my keeping the Law, or keeping rules or regulations-Let's say that we said that every day you should be reading five chapters out of the Bible.
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