elaborate than those of today. - 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. The ceremony (the exchanging of vows). The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. And her smoke rose up for ever "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. - Utley, Isaiah 63:1-3; (Source of imagery for the Battle Hymn of the Republic.). It was the destruction of the imperial unity of Rome that gave occasion for the well-known ten kingdoms which the barbarians set up afterwards. There are many who are not so; but the Lord does not forget them. The battle joined. 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. Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . Lord. The weapons of his warfare--A sharp sword proceeding from his mouth (Revelation 19:15; Revelation 19:15), with which he smites the nations, either the threatenings of the written word, which now he is going to execute, or rather his word of command calling on his followers to take a just revenge on his and their enemies, who are now put into the wine-press of the wrath of God, to be trodden under foot by him. 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. Just as the city of man's confusion was seen in her vile, degraded, and degrading relations with the beast, this city is seen in her pure and glorious relations with the Lamb. for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication ( Revelation 19:2 ). 12:10; Verse 9. It is not meant that he who was more honoured in service than any of the twelve, he whom the Lord used for bringing out the church of the heavenly places, will not have his own most singular dignity in this glorious scene. "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in faith during the Tribulation (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zech. The redeemed in heaven are called God's "Bond Servants", and this is the group "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." "The Lord God is the temple of it, and the Lamb as far as we can speak of any. "Let him that is unrighteous be unrighteous still: and let the filthy be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. New American Standard Version And he saith unto me, These are the Verse 3. So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. The thought of the relationship between God and his people as a marriage goes far back into the Old Testament. again. We usually pronounce it JEHOVAH; but the vowels in Jehovah are really those of the Hebrew word 'Adonay ( H136) , which means Lord, the name by which the Jews called God in order to avoid pronouncing the sacred name. Verse 3. The Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." This may suffice for Revelation 18:1-24. others may live (see article About rather than differing reality. For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) sounds like a massive crashing of waves. (3) Verse 2. As noted in the commentary on Rom. "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. He is the center of it. I think that religion is a tremendous curse upon the earth. 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. Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation can be taken as capably as picked to act. The principle is very clear. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. ", And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. Five reasons for their praise emerge: (1) of the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God ( Revelation 19:12-13 ). 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. (function() { judgment seat of Christ (compare 1 Cor. 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. heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the this great multitude begin to praise God, the volume would be so great as to This is a mistake. 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. If that is so of human words, how much truer it is of the divine word. But all this will be a great reversal of man's history and political maxims. To the church the end is always near. God has not told us how, nor is it our business. This appears to mean the word of the Gospel, by which his enemies are confounded, and his friends supported and comforted. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. THE DOOM OF THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST ( Revelation 19:17-21 ), 19:17-21 And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a great voice to all the birds who fly in midheaven. Revelation 10 - The Mighty Angel and the Little Book A. The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. Tribulation saints. But "out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron." It is simply said that the glorified are to follow the Lord in victorious power, and nothing more, "clothed in fine linen, white, pure." This web site explains the Book of Revelation, each individual scripture. or "so be it. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. The picture is of all men sitting down at the Messianic Banquet of God. But that the heart of man even so is not renewed becomes manifest, when Satan at the close deceives all that are not converted; and these, as we are told, are countless "as the sand of the sea.". Who will join in acclamations of praise, and partly on account of their Every day-and we set up these rules for righteousness. 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. Verses 1-6: Alleluia: This Hebrew word appears 4 times in the New Testament. And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. Armies of angels are with him, but his conquest is not by armies or weapons. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. That is what history is about. Now the scene totally changes to heaven. He is crowned as conqueror. Idealists feel that Revelation relates primarily to the church between the first and second coming of Christ. Revelation 19:5 (1) And a voice came from the throne, saying, (2) "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." 1. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. And it is pretty well ascertained that there was a discussion among them, even to the suggestion by one of the most wicked of their emperors, whether Christ should not be owned and worshipped in the Pantheon, hundreds of years before Constantine, indeed from the earliest epoch of the gospel. 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. III. [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 381, 567-85.] Here we have a repetition of the imagery of chapter 13. That great multitude, I expect personally to be a part of that multitude. "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. All is opened, and this because we have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us; "for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." In the Testament of Dan ( Daniel 6:2) the angel who intercedes for men is mentioned. . But we as properly say, "Come." the church is the bride during the presentation feast in heaven, then comes to 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. Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. If not blessing it judges. There follows praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures. Rabbi, Jehudah, actually gave the odd instruction that men ought not to pray in Aramaic because the angels did not understand Aramaic! Salvation is simple. The son is doubly guilty, because he saw his father's nakedness and felt it enough to hide. that those who were meant under the figures of the elders and of the living creatures assume the name and figure of the bride? She said, "You've had it. Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. (i) John sees Christ as the conqueror. I admit that afterwards no doubt the new heaven and the new earth are seen; but who contends that this is the sphere to which the Lord comes? 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 . For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of God's dedicated people. The ensigns of his authority, his coat of arms--a name written on his vesture and thigh, King of kings, and Lord of lords, asserting his authority and power, and the cause of the quarrel, Revelation 19:16; Revelation 19:16. My righteousness is something God accounts and imputes to me because of my faith in Jesus Christ. The prevalence of all this in Judaism is underlined by the fact that certain Rabbis insisted that prayers must always be offered direct to God, and not to Michael or to Gabriel. This tells us something about our approach to The whole Middle East area of Israel all the way through the land from the Valley of Megiddo clear on down to Edom will be crowded with the vast armies of the world. But here there is none; a temple is for the earth. He is very powerful! It does not mean persons merely, but the souls of beheaded persons. Isaiah says of the heavenly king: "He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked" ( Isaiah 11:4). He has, I think, exactly that class in view when He sanctions the calling him who hears to say "Come." Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but "Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!". 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. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. Other Books of the Bible We desire that He should come quickly, but we leave this to Him, because we know His love, and can trust Him. The word is pistos ( G4103) ; it means absolutely to be trusted. If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. pure and faithful, never a harlot, like Israel was (see Hosea chapter 2). Return The race was now in the resurrection state either for good or for evil; and thus it must be for ever. union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. The so-called Battle of Armageddon, as usually conceived, is nothing but man's imagination. It is as if the multitude of the redeemed sent up their shout of praise because the promise of Christ to his persecuted ones had come abundantly true. Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. It furnishes material for a contrast between the earthly Jerusalem and the heavenly city, because if there be one thing more remarkable than another in Ezekiel's description, it is the temple. "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near." And yet in such times John calls God pantokrator ( G3841) . Verse 6 commends these sayings afresh. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. The Word of God is alive and powerful, if we would only realize the power of the Word of God.