II. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." Further, a negative point of great importance is presented by the seer, "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb. It is not complicated, just bare all to God. 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. Pilate said, "I find no fault in Him. I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. Hence arose the prominence of angels. Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. (ii) There is intimate communion, so intimate that man and wife become one flesh. 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 Lord God is the temple of it, and the Lamb as far as we can speak of any. Religion is threatened by life, by spiritual life.So, God has judged that religious system and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hands. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. giving God glory for a fifth reason, the marriage of the Lamb has come. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. 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. I sometimes make snap judgments. It will be remembered that it was said to them that they must wait. *The description here is simply character, not dates. So, God has judged the false religious system that corrupted the earth with her spiritual fornication. In two Old Testament stories, the wrestling of Jacob at Peniel ( Genesis 32:29), and the appearance of the angelic messenger to Gideon ( Judges 13:18) the divine visitor refuses to tell his name. Jesus descends majestically to judge in righteousness and rule in power. and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse ( Revelation 19:21 ). 19:10b The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Then we have another glorious description. There is nothing more to hear of nations; nothing more to do with separate countries, kindreds, or tongues. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; sharp . So, "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." 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). Although the words are the same as in the first chapter of the Fourth Gospel, the meaning is quite different and much simpler. (This takes you to our other website) Such is the hard bondage which mere historical tradition imposes on its votaries. there is a son in the family, who, instead of being admonished by his father's wickedness, takes license from it to indulge the same. Then you may be very good all week long, and you put your little star behind each of the categories each evening. We say that he is great! There may be lights of the heaven to mark times and seasons for the earth, and again on the earth. harlot. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. He is coming to trample the wine vat. 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- :. "And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." But alas! THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! On his head he has many crowns. And to her [that is the bride of Christ, the church] was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints ( Revelation 19:8 ). 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. Hallelujah literally means "Praise God". We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. Once again we must remember that this picture is demonstrably painted in Jewish terms. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. And again they said, Alleluia. In ancient times, a marriage was the single greatest celebration and social 8:38, Paul often used some of the most extreme things such as life and death to make a point. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. 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. This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of the Bible). And I fell down before his feet to worship him; and he said to me: "See that you do not do this. 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. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." 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. In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. According to the general scope of scripture, then, we may be quite sure that these saints, kept during this universal dissolution of the atmospheric heaven and the earth, will be translated to "the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness," in a condition new and meet for the eternal state into which they are ushered. [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 381, 567-85.] I think, therefore, that the elders and the living creatures comprehend both the Old Testament saints and the church, the bride of Christ, that consequently, when the bride is mentioned, there were these others who had been included in the elders and the living creatures, but who are now seen as a separate body. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. When its own season arrives, as it surely will, the divine hindrance is to be removed, and the devil then is allowed to do his worst. It is not into a wilderness the prophet is carried, but he is set on "a mountain great and high," and shown not the great, but. 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. He was a divine person, whatever new position He assumes for the world. And the coming of the Lord is urged in connection with it. Every day you should witness to at least two people. This is accordingly traced in our chapter with considerable detail, and with the sorrow and vexation of all the different classes who on the fall of Babylon groaned over her destruction, and the loss of their wealth and enjoyment. In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. How did He create it? Lord. 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. 11:2; Eph. Here is the idea in Hebrews 4:12: "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword.". Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. There was never a time in history in which such forces were drawn up against the Church as when the Revelation was written. 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. And of course, this proselytizing law was prompted by the Greek Orthodox Church, and he has been sentenced to spend three and a half years in jail in Greece. Thus such as were in the separate state were reunited to their bodies, and lived and reigned like those who were already on the thrones. Over and over we will find this repeated as we approach the end of the book, these are the true sayings of God. faith during the Tribulation (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zech. The gospel of John and the Revelation perfectly disclose both, whether in grace or in judgment. At the end of the millennium the righteous and the wicked form two distinct arrays, though even then there would appear to be a line drawn between the surrounding camp, and the beloved city Jerusalem on earth, where the Jews were. It is plain that what the verse contemplates is neither the Roman power when there was one head of the empire, nor the eastern or Byzantine part of it after that partition, nor the western state of division under the kings who succeeded the deposition of Augustulus; for in the medieval state there may have been ten kings (in contrast with the ancient state of the beast without them but no beast or imperial system with its chiefs. Yet religion, be it ever so corrupt, acts as a restraint on human will, as a government does, however evil. The thrones were already filled. article . History is actually "His story." "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." It is impossible to refer it to the past with any show even of reasonable probability, I will not say of reality or truth. It is a simple picture, not to be taken with crude literalness, but simply saying very beautifully that in his kingdom all men will enjoy the bounty of God. What confusion! They themselves were to judge. That is, Babylon is viewed in this chapter not so much in her mysterious and religious form, giving currency to every kind of confusion of truth and error, of good and evil, intoxicating, corrupting, and seducing, as all can see, through her wickedly religious influence; but she is viewed here as the most conspicuous aider and abettor of the world in its luxuries and delights and the pride of life, of what men call "civilization." 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. - Wallace. email us at: approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice 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. Such is God's account of Babylon the great. 11:2; Eph. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Commentary. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. This, was no lack. In that it "continues" to come forth, indicates this is not literal, but symbolic. And unquestionably God has been awakening the attention of His people in a remarkable manner to the value of His word, and not least of all to the portion we are now examining. These things were Christs return, Satans capture, Satans binding, the Millennium, Satans final end, the last judgment, and the new heavens and earth, including the New Jerusalem. It is derived from halal ( H1984) , which means to praise, and Jah ( H3050) , which is the name of God. Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. Revelation 19:1. John goes out of his way to heap up similes to describe its sound. Man converted will then not merely reach the natural term if I may so say of a thousand years, but pass that bound. The angels are never "called," although they may be "chosen;" and though termed holy, I do not recollect that they are ever spoken of as "faithful." The bride represents those that are spoken of in the normal possession and enjoyment of their privileges. We know that if He tarries, it is not that He is "slack concerning His promise," but that "His long-suffering brings salvation to many." Figuratively, with reference to the church. *It now appears that the Cod. The living creatures are, from Revelation 5:1-14 coupled with the elders, as we find them in the beginning of Revelation 19:1-21. And he saith unto me, These are the "The second coming of Christ is an absolutely essential theme in New Testament theology. But it fails to account for the differences. And it was so. 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. Revelation 19 In this chapter we have, I. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints But it really is. The word is pistos ( G4103) ; it means absolutely to be trusted. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. 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. Supposing, for instance, a drunken father: if the sons had one spark of right feeling, not only must they feel the utmost shame and pain on account of their parent, but they would endeavour (like the sons of Noah who had a due sense of what was proper to their father) to cast some mantle of love over that which they could not deny, yet would not look at, but surely above all things they would watch against that shameful sin. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and military proceedings, he has a penetrating insight into all the strength and stratagems of his enemies, he has a large and extensive dominion, many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords.
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