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. But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.". 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. They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. Here is the idea in Hebrews 4:12: "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword.". There never has been a like experience. He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. II. 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. "Hallelujah!" There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. Idealists feel that Revelation relates primarily to the church between the first and second coming of Christ. heaven. 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. At the same time we are not at liberty to eliminate such a feature out of the description. Beyond controversy, however, it is a most unusual and abnormal reappearance, which is altogether exceptional in the history of the world. It all focuses before Christ and after the year of our Lord, but He is center, the focal point of history. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. (compare 1 Thess. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". * Idolatry is the awful stamp that she bears, and this too both in what she gives to man, and in what is written on her forehead before God. Verse 3. But she has a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication. STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. Just hope the Lord doesn't come Friday night. 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. This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. Verse by Verse Ministry International is a non-profit, non-denominational, unaffiliated Christian ministry that is dedicated to promoting the preaching and teaching of God's Word clearly and boldly. But this passage confronts us with something which became of very great importance in the worship of the Church. 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 Commentary. Hence this certainly must be future. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. ", If we had to find another title for the Book of Revelation to describe its message--then it would bear the title-- "King of kings and Lord of lords.". Here is seen the holy city coming down out of heaven from God, which is declared to be the bride, the Lamb's wife, in the plainest contrast with the great harlot. The church is the bride, Before God we have that which is found only by and in Christ, which is another and a higher character altogether as compared with the righteousnesses of the saints. This He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God. the Bible). | Let me just first emphasise again, It was the religious leaders that insisted that the Roman government put Him to death. This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. So, vultures are invited from all over the earth to come and feast on the supper that God prepares. And yet in such times John calls God pantokrator ( G3841) . 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. for they are singing a song that includes mention of salvation. "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. No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. In Revelation 16+, John was shown the pouring forth of the final seven bowls which contained God's wrath. The bride breathes out this word to the bridegroom; and the Holy Ghost it is that gives strength to her desire that He should come. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." The church was betrothed to Christ by His sovereign choice in eternity past This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. Now the Lord in the end here is really putting a lot of emphasis upon the fact that these are true sayings. 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. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. (i) There is love. But then while there is such a call to Christ, while the believer is not to be afraid, but to call on the Lord to come, the church does not forget those that are poor sinners, let them be deeply conscious of it, or let them be those that are only made willing by the grace of God (which is the feeblest expression of the sinner's need, just as you have the feeblest expression of the saint in the previous call). In fact, we may say, all nations will be desolated by judgments of one kind or another; but for all this the world proceeding for a thousand years with every outward blessing, and the most admirable government administered by the blessed Lord Himself, will issue in the teeming and prosperous races of mankind. Then follows a description of the wall, gates, foundations, and general position. "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." In Hebrew writing there were no vowels; the vowels had to be supplied by the reader. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword - See the notes on Revelation 1:16. It will never happen. 11:25-27). 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. The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! God alone is perfect in judgment for three reasons. Instead of taking warning from the wickedness of those before her, who had seduced on the one hand, and persecuted. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built ceremony); (3) For according to unquestionable testimony the Reuchlinian copy has like some half-dozen cursives, which was probably a mistake for . see that it is in connection with the foregoing not merely His coming for us who will keep the sayings of it, but for those whom He will find here below "to give to each as his work is.". You must with the best authorities leave out this addition, if you would have the true force of the verse. 13:9; Rom. But still it is a very solemn fact to read, and that which we are bound to preach that even in the perfect state of eternity, while there is the brightness of the heaven and of the earth into which no evil can enter, you have all the evil that ever has been all the wicked of every clime and of every age cast into the fixed condition of eternal judgment in the lake of fire. (v) It may be that we shall never know the symbolism of the unknown name but H. B. Swete has the very fine idea that in the essence of the being of Christ there must always remain something beyond man's understanding. I find no fault in Him" ( Luke 23:14 ). The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. 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 had a great desire to bring his brothers, Egyptian brothers to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Zechariah 14:18, but nowhere else with a sword. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. [Note: See David J. MacLeod, The Seven Last Things.] There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. After that There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. (a) He is faithful. 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. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! Nothing more is to be done. wedding garment ready for the wedding. (i) It has been suggested that the name is kurios ( G2962) , Lord. worship before the angel (compare 1:17; 22:8). 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." and the fullness of the Gentiles will be brought in. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. 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. And there will the second Psalm come into play. 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. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. This, was no lack. In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. But we as properly say, "Come." Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in If Christianity does not bring joy, it does not bring anything. Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. and so forth. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." 11:25-27). 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. The armies of the church militant on earth, and the church triumphant in heaven are not engaged in physical battles of guns and bloodshed, but in spiritual struggles for control of the minds and spiritual forces of men and women. - CBSC, a sharp sword . Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. Return I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright the morning star. 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. I. On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. * Let us be glad and exult, and give the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. This has no time element attached. hromphaia) symbolized (cf. So we find the Lord has room for all that is the fruit of His own grace only, for the appeal of grace, even when there is not the answer to it. ", 2. What is it, seven hundred and fifty million degrees Fahrenheit or something like that? The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take And then comes the gathering and the battle. "[48] No "battle" of any kind takes place here. Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. Oh, the power of the word of Jesus, the sword that goes forth out of His mouth. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and Rev. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. After so long a tarrying how blessed! Here are two further pictures of the warrior Christ. The battle joined. So the marriage feast of the Lamb will take place here on the earth. The fine linen, clean and 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. 4:17; see I do know that whatever He does will be absolutely fair. The significant thing about this great word is that it occurs ten times in the New Testament. Jesus at the Last Supper said that he would not again drink of the cup until he drank it new in his Father's kingdom ( Matthew 26:29). The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. The betrothal takes place on earth during the church age; (2) 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. . But a very different point of interest is to be observed. Accordingly it is another figure. Lit. righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and purified at the "And so here we see Him, clothed in a vesture dipped in blood. In short, it is not tropical language, as when it is said of the prodigal son "This my son was dead, and is alive again;" or of the restoration of Israel, which is compared to a resurrection from the dead for the rest of the world. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. That an openly heathen metropolis, devoted to the worship of Mars, and Jupiter, and Venus, and other wicked monstrosities of pagan mythology should be irritated with the gospel which exposes it all, and should consequently seek to injure the faithful, was to be expected, and a necessary result, directly that the uncompromising spirit of Christ was known. There are many who are not so; but the Lord does not forget them. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever ( Revelation 19:3 ). Why then is the book of life mentioned? Such is God's account of Babylon the great. So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. We say that he is great! (iv) There is fidelity. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ( Revelation 19:6 ). THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! 19:5 And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.". But a grave consideration soon disposes of both views by the relation to the beast, and more particularly by what will be shown a little farther on. Christ will come in glory to judge and rule. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the 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. Verse 7. 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.". Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? These are those saved before Pentecost, This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." in the Bible, "her" does not mean just women, it is the bride. Armies of angels are with him, but his conquest is not by armies or weapons. So He sent this revelation by the angel to John. For instance, when Ptolemy entered Antioch he wore two crowns or diadems--one to show that he was lord of Asia and one to show that he was lord of Egypt ( 1Ma_11:13 ). In our day men prophecy "the end of Christs church", but Christs Word is mightier than any word that men can utter. If you understand the testimony of Jesus, what must you do. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. The Psalmist says of the Messianic king: "You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel" ( Psalms 2:9). ( 7) Namely, to that holy marriage, both herself in person in this verse, and also provided by her spouse with marriage gifts princely and divine, is adorned and prepared in the next verse. Thus was concluded all dealing on the Lord's part with both soul and body, and all that pertains to either. Revelation 14:19-20). He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. The name was in fact so holy that it was never pronounced. Verse 19 Revelation 19:19 Study . This section bridges the Tribulation and the millennial kingdom. 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.
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