If that is so of human words, how much truer it is of the divine word. IV. In that it "continues" to come forth, indicates this is not literal, but symbolic. "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, In Christianity you have a God that is reaching out to man. This tells us something about our approach to occasion and the downfall of Rome, is said to be "great" partly because of their Unlike the kings of the earth who wage war in selfishness, "in righteousness He judges and makes war.". And the marriage is the eternal There are always those that say, "What about the people that haven't heard? This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. (faithful to Jesus). Revelation. 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. Nothing of the sort can be plainer. We say that he is great! Ten Commandments - Wikipedia The Word that Christ spoke will judge men at the last day. Book of Revelation Explained Scripture by Scripture - bible-studys.org Besides the bride thus arrayed, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb." Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. There is the basis for my righteousness. this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" Revelation Commentary : Chapter Nineteen believers lives, i.e., the outward manifestation of inward virtue. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. Revelation 19:4 "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down In short, no testimony can avail, no work, power, or glory without the word of God applied by the Spirit of God. A lot of the persecution against the Christian has come from religion, religious leaders. Accordingly the rapture of the church with the Old Testament saints must have already taken place, all (as I have no doubt) being caught up at the self-same time to be with the Lord above. "Hallelujah!" 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 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. Once Jesus enters the battle, it is soon over. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Then you may be very good all week long, and you put your little star behind each of the categories each evening. The heavenly praise continues, this time for a call for gladness, rejoicing and It is not what Christ puts on them, but a recognition even at this time of whatever has been of God the working I do not deny of the Spirit of Christ. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. (faithful to Jesus). When the apostle Paul wrote to the, saints at Rome, he particularly specified at that very time the duty of absolute subjection on the part of Christians to the powers which then were. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian . Thomas viewed the second coming of Christ plus everything else through Revelation 22:5 as part of the seventh bowl judgment. - WG, and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty . If you Commentary on Revelation - [Chapter 19] - Theology First And he says to him not to do that because he is a fellowservant, but to worship God.You see it is a apart of man to need and want to worship something, and man seems to find it easier to worship an object that he can see rather than an object that he cannot see. In my opinion it is not absolutely so. Ezekiel works out the whole picture most fully in Ezekiel 16:1-63. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. It is a picture of final judgment. Figuratively, with reference to the church. God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. But this passage confronts us with something which became of very great importance in the worship of the Church. Here accordingly we have them all. "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." It is remarkable, that all along this book, idolatry and After the destruction of Babylon at And so it is with this very Babylon that comes before us here. Accordingly, "Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me." 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. Verse 8. In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. It will be interesting to find out. Christ needs no armies, whether of angels, or anyone else. 23:5). This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. But there is a message also for others. This does not intimate we have seen that there is only one act of raising, but that all who share that resurrection, whenever raised, are raised before the millennium begins; so that when the reign of Christ takes place, all such have part in the first resurrection, including Christ Himself, raised at least 1800 years before the church; then the church, with the Old Testament saints; then these Apocalyptic saints at any rate some years after. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. They are not part of the body of Christ. The army which he commands (Revelation 19:14; Revelation 19:14), a very large one, made up of many armies; angels and saints followed his conduct, and resembled him in their equipage, and in their armour of purity and righteousness--chosen, and called, and faithful. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Commentary. Verse 7. By and by, after our translation to heaven, He will work, and as vitally in those who bow to God, when it will be the reception of the prophetic testimony which is here owned to be none the less the testimony of Jesus. revelation-19:21 - The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. It is impossible to refer it to the past with any show even of reasonable probability, I will not say of reality or truth. She will despise everything really divine; she will only use whatever of God's word she can pervert for increasing her own importance, and gaining a greater ascendancy over the consciences of men, and enjoying herself more luxuriously in this world; for she will go far to obliterate all remembrance of heaven, and to make this world a kind of paradise which she embellishes, not with pure and undefiled religion, but with the arts of men and the idolatries of the world. Revelation 19:6 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but If some few have joined on one side, some are sure to help the other, because they are jealous of any one acquiring such a preponderant authority: and power as to govern the rest. This may seem to us a strange metaphor. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS ( Revelation 19:15-16 ). It would have been incongruous to bring in that long description before, because this must have interrupted the flow of the prophetic stream. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. Here it is the city described in itself, on which we need not now enlarge. Revelation 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. He is coming to trample the wine vat. Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. Note that there is no fighting or conflict of any kind in view here. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. . It was not merely a vocable or sound dropped heedlessly from unthinking lips. It is the fault, however, of the bad Greek text of Erasmus, Stephens, etc. God is sovereign. He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, the witness of Jesus. It is not the gospel, nor the Holy Spirit, but the lawless revived Latin empire with its vassal kingdoms of the west, that combine and destroy Babylon. 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. Idealists feel that Revelation relates primarily to the church between the first and second coming of Christ. In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. His Earthly Kingdom (see article Kingdom Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. 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. What is the righteousness of the saints? It cannot be done till the moment comes. Creature lights are gone. Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); (2) Omnipotent means 12:10; 13:9; and Roman 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. Then we have a description of Babylon given. VI. And there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth, nor making abomination and a lie: but only those written in the book of life of the Lamb." Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. They were shouting, ' Praise the Lord our God! The millennial nations, "the number of whom is as the sand of the sea," fall a prey to Satan. Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; Revelation 19 - Wikipedia This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible. Revelation 19:8 "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine 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. The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. I agree with the majority. Seven Spirits of God - Wikipedia understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). In as many things as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give to her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and I shall in no wise see sorrow.". Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. But now heaven is opened for yet graver facts, and of incalculable moment for man and the universe and the enemy. Revelation | Verse By Verse Ministry International 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 by the sword that goes out of his mouth. The first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. Second, there are the small and the great. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." 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. Various suggestions have been made. 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. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the III. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. It is energised for weal or for woe." 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. 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. It is interesting to me how that God took such pains to protect the innocency of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. You can't start with a finite base and reach to infinity. Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. Never again will there be more false religions, worldly philosophy, injustice or Begin by reading the Introduction first. Matches the description of Christ in Revelation 1:16 . 5. What does Revelation chapter 13 mean? | BibleRef.com To this the vision now proceeds at verse 17. A mysterious lawlessness inherits the well-known name of Babylon when Rome is brought forward; and it does not merely embrace Christian times, but the end of the age after the church has gone, when the course of divine judgment comes. ceremony); (3) "And his name is called The Word of God." To the church the end is always near. "Called" is most evidently inapplicable, because calling supposes that the person is brought out of one condition and raised into another and a better one. On His robe where it spreads out at His waist HIS TITLE is inscribed. If you are a believer, do not be afraid, even if you know but little; for the Lord neither forgets nor slights those who may be comparatively unintelligent. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. It is reigning. For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? That is, the sixth head (reigning then in John's day) was the imperial form of government. And so this is the hang-up of man as Paul said in Romans one, "They worshipped and served the creature more than the creator." The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. ", And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. come into its fullness. That is why Christianity is successful. all there is about us already. there is no sword proceeding out of our mouth; nor are the saints or heavenly hosts said to be arrayed in such a sort as the Lord. He sees the glorious creation of God and he worships the creation, rather than the creator.And so John is making the same mistake and the angel corrects him and says don't do that. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy: The central theme of both That glorious prediction of breaking the serpent's head was the stay and support of the patriarchal age; and the many prophecies there were concerning the Messiah to come were the gospel of the Old Testament. As noted in the commentary on Rom. You can trust in this that these are the true sayings of God. And the twenty-four elders [representing the church] and the four beasts [cherubim] fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia ( Revelation 19:4 ). The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. There are a lot of people today fighting against God. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. And on his robe, and on his thigh, he has a name written--King of kings and Lord of lords. "Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing, for they have gathered together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, Let us break His bands asunder, let us cast off His law from us; but He who sits in the heavens will laugh for He will have the nations in derision. The return of Christ to earth 19:11-16. 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. 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. You have to accomplish certain works in order to be accepted by God. The effect of these their praises: when the angels and saints cried Alleluia, her fire burned more fiercely and her smoke ascended for ever and ever, v. 3. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.". Those festivities could last up to a week and sometimes even But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the And then comes the gathering and the battle. On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. 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. It is plain that they are not in this city. And though they are but a seed, a So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. This verse declares it, and there is no other interpretation that can stand even a moment's fair discussion. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. Revelation 19 - Verse by Verse Bible Study I agree one hundred percent. The picture is not of an "iron rod" he uses to "club" or beat his sheep! These are the faithful. Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. Had he really penetrated under the surface, and seen that beneath the fair guise of Christendom the woman was, of all things under the sun, the most corrupt and hateful to God, it would not be so much to be surprised at. 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. We shall find, on the contrary, its aspect is toward the universe, yet is there the special place of Israel; and quite right it is that it should be so. 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. God. After the destruction of Babylon religious and commercial, chapter seventeen and eighteen. We know that the change of all those caught up takes place in the twinkling of an eye. The word that goes forth out of His mouth. Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. Again, to my mind it seems demonstrably true that the relation to the beast here brought before us must in all fairness be allowed to look onward to a later stage of Babylon. marriage is the eternal union of the church with Christ following the Rapture It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. You worship God. (ii) There is intimate communion, so intimate that man and wife become one flesh. Hence He must have come back previously to both. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 10 What is the "righteousness of the saints" that they are clothed with? 25:1-13; Luke In verse 1, this great voice from heaven was whom? absence of the Church from the earth during the judgments of (Rev. (iv) It may be that here is a lingering relic of the old idea that to know the name of a divine being was to have a certain power over him. It was the religious leaders that prompted the persecution against the church in its beginning and throughout history.There is even at the present time, one of the leaders of the YWAM program who has been charged in Greece with a charge of proselytizing, because he gave a Bible to a Greek sixteen-year old boy, and he has been charged in the Greek courts with proselytizing. Ruling includes destroying as well as reigning over (Psalms 2:9). The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary.
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