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. Here we see the chaste virgin Here it is the positive worship of the creature besides the Creator, yea, and notoriously more than He. It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, thatRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. Revelation 6 Verse By Verse Bible Study Guide With Discussion Questions Revelation 6 Bible study guide with verse by verse teaching, applications, and discussion questions to supercharge your study of the Word. Once it is in an Old Testament quotation in 2 Corinthians 6:18; the other nine times are all in the Revelation ( Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 16:7; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:6; Revelation 19:15; Revelation 21:22). IV. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" We had Babylon with a spuriously ecclesiastical but a really murderous character, and at the same time guilty of corruption with the kings of the earth. There is nothing in Jesus to harm him; there is every thing to bless there is Himself to be enjoyed, even if they have failed in the full knowledge of it here below. Nor is there any real reason to wonder at their deriving help from partial light. It is a precisely similar case here. 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. "After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great crowd in heaven, saying, Alleluia, the salvation, and the glory, and the power of our God: for true and righteous [are] his judgments: because he judged the great harlot, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 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. This passage calls God by a certain name; and says that he has entered into his kingdom. In the tabernacle in There was never a time in history in which such forces were drawn up against the Church as when the Revelation was written. Of course the other is true. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." The actual picture comes from Isaiah: "The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. This is the Messiah of Jewish apocalyptic expectation far more than the Messiah whom Jesus claimed to be. 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. church (compare Matt. But there is a time coming when power will cease to be ordained of God; and this is the point to which the last condition of the beast refers. They begin to admire the instrument. This remains true also in its own place, as we shall find; and when it is a question of reward, this is precisely the grand point; but when it is a question of the bride above, that is the way in which it is presented here, as we may see clearly from verse 8. The person of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Redeemer, is in the centre of these future events. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. It is an added digression for the purpose of describing an object already named passingly in the foregoing series, which closes at Revelation 21:8. He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. For it is clear that, though principles might reign, to be priests is quite inconsistent with a mere figure. 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 white horse is the symbol of the conqueror, because it was on a white horse that a Roman general rode when he celebrated a triumph. Second, there are the small and the great. In him was light; and that light was the life of man. 4:17; see article . | That is good. Finally they will destroy her. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. At the same time you will mark that these are not said to be executors of judgment as Christ is. This shout of rejoicing begins with Hallelujah. "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). is a word to him that hears. elaborate than those of today. 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. New American Standard Version cum cdd. and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God; the fierce wrath of God against sinners is compared to a winepress; and the wicked antichristian party are likened to clusters of grapes; who being ripe for destruction, are cast into it, and pressed, squeezed, and trodden down by the mighty power of Christ, the Word of God, whose vesture is therefore before said to be dipped in blood; the same metaphor is used in Revelation 14:19 the allusion seems to be to Isaiah 63:3. VII. The eternal smoke purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. At the moment of this vision, the conflict is already over; only the judgment remains to be executed; the issues which were long ago determined are here to be revealed and executed in the final judgment of all people. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. "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!". This is a mistake. union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. This is the first resurrection.". understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that "So he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness" a thorough waste as to the knowledge or enjoyment of God. Gratitude, reverence, trust--these are the constituent elements of real praise. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." He is thrown into the abyss (see 9:1; 11:7; 17:8) where he is imprisoned for a long period, symbolized by a thousand years, so that he is no longer able to tempt the human race to rebel against God. It means here that his enemies would be certainly crushed before him - as grapes are crushed under the feet of him that treads in the winevat. of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went This is of immense moment doctrinally, because it decisively proves that it is altogether unfounded to assume, as is popularly done, that the Lord only returns at this juncture. If alive before the thousand years, he will live after the thousand years; in fact, literally he will never die, though I do not doubt, on general principles, that the saints of the millennial earth will be changed at the very time when the heavens and earth disappear. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. He wants you to have a relationship with Him, a loving relationship, not a legal relationship. would be no salvation. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. Here were joined good and evil in godless union, for the worse, not for the better, this alliance, unholy in principle, irremediable therefore in practice, between God and the natural man, who substitutes rites for the grace and word of God, for the blood of Christ, and the power of the Spirit, and employs the name of the Lord as a cover for grosser covetousness and ambition, yet more aspiring than the vulgar world. The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:11 ). email us at: 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. (compare 1 Thess. the Bride of Christ, is the guest of honor at the marriage of the Lamb in heaven The so-called Battle of Armageddon, as usually conceived, is nothing but man's imagination. the church. The wrath of God is fierce! servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for 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? Verse 6. That is something that God will never have to do, apologize. Now the Lord in the end here is really putting a lot of emphasis upon the fact that these are true sayings. It is reigning. Now, as the Lord closes out His revelation to man, and as He begins to talk to us about the glories of this coming age, the marriage supper of the lamb. wedding garment ready for the wedding. Literally "fierceness of the wrath". 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. (5) 12:10; 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. the 144,000 seen with the Lamb on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1), and with those on We can understand a remnant saved out of one or more nations; but who ever heard of "nations of them which are saved"? 19:6-8 And I heard a voice which sounded like the voice of a vast multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty crashes of thunder. This may seem to us a strange metaphor. It was the religious leaders that insisted that the Roman government put Him to death. They will probably number into the hundreds of millions. It is the active word which carried out the commandment of God. As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; "The Lord God is the temple of it, and the Lamb as far as we can speak of any. 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. 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. In her own course, and in the matters of her portion, the church does not know time at all. Here we have a repetition of the imagery of chapter 13. Revelation 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. 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. It is suggested that it is actually written on his thigh, because it was sometimes the custom to engrave the titles of statues on the thigh. 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. . rule . God has not told us how, nor is it our business. The description of the warrior Christ is further filled in. Verse 11 . Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian . They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. Consequently, here we must most unquestionably go back to be shown an important object in the prophecy which could not, without interrupting its course, have been described before. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever ( Revelation 19:3 ). He has with him the armies of heaven. stench and the potential for disease. It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) For her sin., have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." 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. What is this name? Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. Verses 1-6: Alleluia: This Hebrew word appears 4 times in the New Testament. He is very powerful! Nothing of the sort can be plainer. (ii) His name is the Word of God. Christ is described by two words. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. Revelation chapter 19, beginning in verse number 1, the Bible reads "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God". This is of great importance, because if the new Jerusalem be, as I have no doubt it is, the bride the Lamb's wife, then we have her separate condition asserted in eternity. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. That city will be a constant remembrancer of those who went before restored Israel here below, as undoubtedly it will be used for their blessing during the millennium, but not for theirs only. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. It is not his own blood, but the blood of his enemies that he tramples as he tramples out the rebellious. Observe another very important fact. This verse declares it, and there is no other interpretation that can stand even a moment's fair discussion. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish (1) A mighty angel comes down from heaven. "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." Isa_1.20; Isaiah 49:2; Isaiah 66:16; This is the weapon God uses to conquor the nations! "And his name is called The Word of God." But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. Return to Home Page 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. Revelation 10 - The Mighty Angel and the Little Book A. There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. come (verse 15; 2:27; 12:5). On the other, it is the first of seven final things that John saw and recorded. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built After that 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. understood literally. 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. Again John finds his picture in the prophetic words of the Old Testament, where it is said of the chosen king of God: "With righteousness he shall judge the poor" ( Isaiah 11:4). There are a lot of people today fighting against God. 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 . Christianity teaches that God is reaching down to man; exactly the opposite of religious thoughts, man trying to reach God. . A state of war has existed since the fall of Satan (compare verse 4, compare Dan. 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. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. 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. "All three of the figures in this verse are representations of the word of Christ, by which he executes with indisputable authority the judgment of God. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. We hear the voices of the redeemed. believers lives, i.e., the outward manifestation of inward virtue. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the church (Acts 2:1ff). This section bridges the Tribulation and the millennial kingdom. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. The folly of Satan thinking that he would be able to fight against God. by His sacrificial blood. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." "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." Babylon symbolized by its capital city of Babylon. This was an arrangement by both sets of parents, was legally binding They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. instead of one of the other names of Jesus, to show that we have been cleansed The iron rod is showing his ability to protect them. Then another and immensely important act is described the binding of Satan. 14:15-24). It is for your sin that He is dying. 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 Commentary. righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and purified at the "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God; that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong [men], and flesh of horses, and of those that sit on them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, both small and great." And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? How this precisely fits in, let me say, with the state of feeling in these modern times; for "constitutionalism," as men call it, is the fruit of the Teutonic system supervening on that of the broken up Roman empire. Hence arose the prominence of angels. The church was betrothed to Christ by His sovereign choice in eternity past It is simply said that the glorified are to follow the Lord in victorious power, and nothing more, "clothed in fine linen, white, pure." The speaker isn't identified but is probably an angel and refers to God as our ( Revelation 18:20). "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth."
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