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for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication ( Revelation 19:2 ). But when Christ and the church peacefully reign, such is the imagery that suits "a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." We do know some of His names "Jesus, the Christ, The Son of God, Shepherd, Redeemer, Saviour, Prince of Peace, King of Kings and Lord of lords"----but the fullness of His love and power none of us has yet realized. Hence He must have come back previously to both. And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! All the energy to mislead men in the presence of the first beast was long in his hands, and now nothing more is spoken of. 3. He says: "The possession of the prophetic spirit, which makes a true prophet, shows itself in a life of witness to Jesus, which perpetuates his witness to the Father and to himself" A prophet's message lies in the personal witness of his life, even more than in the spoken witness of his words. 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. He had a great desire to bring his brothers, Egyptian brothers to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. There is more that we still have to learn of Him. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. They were judged every man according to their works. 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. The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. 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." It will help to show us that, whatever may have been the past conditions of Babylon, there is a future one; and it is in that future one that Babylon is to perish. ceremony); (3) And this is entirely confirmed byRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18, where it was told us that they are with Him when He comes. It is very evident, therefore, that the saints in a glorified state are here represented as following the Lord out of heaven. 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. The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible. The angel least him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal over him, that he should no more deceive the nations, till the thousand years should be completed: after these things he must be loosed a little time.". corrupted and destroyed them in soul, body, and estate. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. 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. true sayings of God.". First, there are his servants. 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 . shed by them. This passage calls God by a certain name; and says that he has entered into his kingdom. He destroys the assembled rebels who have gathered together against Him. revelation-19:21 - Nothing of the sort can be plainer. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. And God said, "Let the water bring forth and let the earth bring forth." Bible Studies | Verse By Verse Ministry International Worship is for God alone. "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. 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. Here is one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, the emergence of the conquering Christ. But it is what each saint has, though the blessed thought here is that the church has it not merely in the way of each person possessing his own; the bride has the whole of it (that is, the church in glory). "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" The Jewish marriage consisted of three major elements: (3) The marriage feast (supper), as was discussed just before. 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 . "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. To be crowned with more than one crown may seem strange, but in the time of John it was quite natural. * 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. It clearly contrasts this mystery with another. "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. They received their power as kings when the beast ceased to exist. There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). 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. The name was in fact so holy that it was never pronounced. All the sufferers, either in the early persecutions of Revelation 6:1-17, or in the later persecutions (see Revelation 15:1-8) up to Babylon's extinction, were now raised from the dead. At the same time the attempt to apply Babylon to ancient Rome is almost as unhappy; and for a plain reason. 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. - CBSC. She does not, it is true, say, "Come quickly." No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. Moral elements too were not wanting: the mystery of lawlessness had long been at work, though the enemy had not yet brought in the apostacy, and still less the manifestation of the lawless one. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. God uses them for this object,-the setting aside of her, the great religious corruptress, whose centre is found at Rome. Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. The common notion, therefore, that the coming of the Lord is at this point is an evident fallacy upon the face of this scripture that describes it, not to speak of others elsewhere. (iii) It may be that the name is one which can be revealed only at the final union of Christ and the Church. We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." 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- :. Revelation 20. This, was no lack. When Christ at God's right hand was announced, even from the very beginning, He was ready to judge the quick and the dead. "He has a name inscribed which no one knows but Himself." The ambiguity springs from the fact that the testimony of Jesus can bear either of two meanings. Revelation 19:5 "And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. Go To Previous Section | Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; sharp . I will be a part of that army, as will you, because we are clothed in the fine linen white and clean, which is the righteousness of the saints. They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. and ever.". Revelation 19 - EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) 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 ). And it is the various ways by which men are attempting to reach God. It is altogether foreign to history. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. Return to Home Page This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. Thus the difference is complete between past history (if we look at the extinction of the empire and the rise of the ten kingdoms) and the certain fulfilment of the prophecy in the future, when we look at what God has really told us. 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. and could only be broken by divorce. on Line, email us at: It is no problem for the infinite God to reach to finite man. "These have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast," or their imperial leader. (ii) His name is the Word of God. 18:20. But it fails to account for the differences. I have examined Him. Christianity teaches that God is reaching down to man; exactly the opposite of religious thoughts, man trying to reach God. The battle joined. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. "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. - Utley. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. 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. "Notwithstanding the dogmatic helps which the Church offers, the mind fails to grasp the inmost significance of the Person of Christ, which eludes all efforts to bring it within the terms of human knowledge. The marriage of the Lamb and the marriage supper of the Lamb "in heaven" 252-53. "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." 4-18). The word of God, Hebrews 4:12, Ephesians 6:17 Indicates the power of Gods words, cf. harlot), and avenging the blood of the martyrs (7:9-17). See bibliographic information; Read aloud; Stop reading aloud Hide links to Bible word meanings Amen. 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. 9:7; . "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. Revelation. The armies of heaven are the hosts of the angels. These angels are going to be interesting creatures to meet, aren't they? The same imagery of a wedding picture's the Lord's relationship with His Church. groom prepared for his bride. At the same time you will mark that these are not said to be executors of judgment as Christ is. On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. 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. They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. That is what prophecy is about. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God ( Revelation 19:10 ): Now, John like so many people, we want to worship the instrument that God uses to bring His knowledge or love or grace to us. approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice It means Here now is the rejoicing which was called for. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. - CBSC, The psalm prophecy is quoted by the apostle Peter in Acts 4:25-26 with this application of the effect of preaching Christ to the heathen world. for the smoke from her rises for ever and ever. 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 Commentary. All is then fixed. 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. He will destroy His enemies with inflexible righteousness that the iron shepherds rod that will serve as His scepter pictures (cf. 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. V. An invitation given to the fowls of heaven, that they should come and see the battle, and share in the spoil and pillage of the field (Revelation 19:17; Revelation 19:18), intimating that this great decisive engagement should leave the enemies of the church a feast for the birds of prey, and that all the world should have cause to rejoice in the issue of it. 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. Verse 8. occasion and the downfall of Rome, is said to be "great" partly because of their 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. (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. Lit. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. 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. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. This is the declaration that is made all through the period of judgment, "true and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord".The concept that Satan brought to Eve in the Garden of Eden was that God was not fair, that God was trying to hold her back from something that was beneficial, that God was somehow trying to protect Himself. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. 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. If so, they are there in the quality not of the bride, but of those invited to the marriage of the Lamb; but I do not think them the Apocalyptic saints for the simple reason that, as shown in the next chapter, the Apocalyptic saints are not raised from the dead yet. It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. (1-5) Praise for the judgment of Babylon. The person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Redeemer, is in the centre of these future events. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come"( Isaiah 63:3-4 ). Never again will there be more false religions, worldly philosophy, injustice or It was the religious leaders that insisted that the Roman government put Him to death. No hint whatever is given that they constitute the city, but there is the inscription of their names outside. It is a universal summons to praise God for his mighty acts. event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". Preparations and celebrations were much more number. 244.]. ( John 1:14 ) And now again He comes as the Word of God. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. This description of the warrior Christ comes from two Old Testament passages put side by side. Betrothal (often when the couple were children); (2) It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. The thief said, "We are here because we deserve to be here, but this man has done nothing amiss"( Luke 23:41 ). It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. 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. The reason is manifest there is a hinderer "one that letteth." (Hebrews 4:13). * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. And as a result was thrown in jail in Egypt and was then released because of the family influence, and told to get out of the country for his own welfare or he would be put to death if he stayed. article . It is only God and man now. In any event, the name singles him out as the greatest of all rulers, the only true divine One and the universal King. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." The vials have all now been dispensed upon the earth of the judgment and the wrath of God. It is a description, not of Babylon's relation to the beast, but of the city's fall, with certain dirges put into the mouth of the different classes that groan because of her extinction here below. This 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. The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. "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. And there are times when the angel appears to John. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". Nothing is hidden from Him. I admit that there may be something more in the symbol than the literal hills of Rome, because they are said to be also seven kings. . I think that it might be just, "hey, you've had it." Jesus found Himself at opposition with the religious forces of His day and it was the religious people who prompted the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. And there (or they) are seven kings." I. Such is the hard bondage which mere historical tradition imposes on its votaries. Revelation 19:11 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary - Bible Tools And a voice came forth from the throne. Once again John finds his model in the words of the Old Testament, for that is a quotation from Psalms 135:1; Psalms 135:20. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. It would be a constant fall. In the midst of the broadway of it, and of the river, on this side and on that, [the] tree of life," bearing not merely as the original one did, but now according to the fulness of the provision of God's grace for man, for man in glory first, but for man on the earth also, but for man in glory "producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit: and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations." "On his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. Though they are not the bride, they still are glorified and PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia 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. Then follows the proclamation of the angel, and the invitation to the supper of the great God, to eat the flesh of all the great ones of the earth. 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." Verse Revelation 19:15. 14:15-24). Why did the angel tell John not to do this? Now the scene totally changes - WG, and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty . The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, First, he is remembering Psalms 97:1: "The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice." Scholz's note ("rec. The battle is through. Take this quite simply and literally. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." Revelation 19:6 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as The fine linen, clean and If so, we can define the true prophet as the man who has received from Christ the message he brings to men, and whose words and works are at one and the same time an act of witness to Christ. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. It is true, the beast's judgment is only referred to as a defeat under the hand of the Lamb. Here we learn at once of what His train consists. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. For everything in this book begins and ends in Christ. 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. The betrothal takes place on earth during the church age; The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. The voice includes himself among those who claim God as our God. 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. and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). Spirit of prophecy: The person and message of Jesus is the Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. That picture stands for the final union between Jesus Christ and his Church. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. It is derived from halal ( H1984) , which means to praise, and Jah ( H3050) , which is the name of God. That is letting religion enter in. What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. the holy city Jerusalem. Unhallowed love will end in hatred. 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. This is the second death." The Spirit of God implies that it is decidedly not the righteousness here which is by another, and we thereby imputed righteous, but righteousnesses personal and actual. rule . All the way along the fairness of God's judgment has been challenged.I don't know what God is going to do in a lot of cases. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? | BibleRef.com His Earthly Kingdom (see article Kingdom "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. In the . They begin to admire the instrument. He is the center of it. We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. As any dream or vision has to be interpreted, so does Revelation. 11:2; Eph. Then there was a time of preparation as the The twenty-four elders were prominent in the early visions ( Revelation 4:4; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 14:3) as were the four living creatures ( Revelation 4:6-9; Revelation 5:6-14; Revelation 6:1-7; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 14:3; Revelation 15:7). wedding garment ready for the wedding. "Let him that heareth say, Come." They begin to worship, in a sense, the instrument that God has used. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? would be no salvation. 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 . First, he alone can see the inmost thoughts and desires of any man. "And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which [sword] proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh." Here are two further pictures of the warrior Christ. It will be a state of nature unexampled for the fruits of the earth and the enjoyment of all that God has made here below. 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." (a) He is faithful. I have already touched on the double force of the symbol mountains. Accordingly, "Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me." 11:25-27). "I heard a great voice of much people in heaven": The people are the same with When you couple that with "Lord", which means What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of 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. An allusion to Psalms 2:9 ; shall rule them . 2. - Wallace. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: Whether it were the Old Testament saints and the church, or the Apocalyptic saints, if I may so distinguish them, it was in an instant that each were raised, but there was some space between them.

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