essence of all true prophecy. 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.". The marriage Again this is a picture taken directly from the Old Testament, from Ezekiel's picture of the slaughter of the forces of Gog and Magog. marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.". The seven Spirits of God (Greek: , ta hepta pneumata tou theou) are mentioned four times in the Book of Revelation, and in the Book of Isaiah it names each Spirit.Revelation 1:4: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven . Revelation 19 The people in heaven praise God 1 After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. Verse 1 of the Revelation already shows God's intention: ".to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass". The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. Now the scene totally changes to heaven. Zechariah 14:18, but nowhere else with a sword. Verse 7. The Book of Revelation: Verse by Verse Commentary By Robert Clifton Robinson on September 16, 2020 ( 2 ) The Book of Revelation is the most important book for this precise time in history. The eternal smoke However, Satan is not yet destroyed. We know that sometimes there were nine, sometimes eleven or more; but supposing this all perfectly certain, I affirm that, according to history, they did not receive their power as kings for one and the same time with the beast. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. When Christ came personally to judge and govern the quick (Revelation 20:4), there were thrones; for the risen saints reign with Him. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. We noted the first appearance of a WHITE HORSEMAN in chapter 6:2. This section bridges the Tribulation and the millennial kingdom. It is due to the exigency of a notion which fears and is irreconcilable with the truth in this place. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. If you not. In it, the Church, God uses them for this object,-the setting aside of her, the great religious corruptress, whose centre is found at Rome. 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. ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.". article . They themselves were to judge. Why is the word "Lamb" used here to speak of Jesus? . It will never happen. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; sharp . ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? As Dr. John Paterson puts it in The Book that is Alive: "The spoken word in Hebrew was fearfully alive. In short, it would seem that God has hedged round His own draft of Babylon so as to make it quite plain that Rome, city and system, figures in the scene; and this too necessarily involving a medieval description, though the full result will not be till the end of the age; for she rides the beast or empire characterized so as naturally to involve the past barbarian irruption and the resulting ten-kingdomed state. There is a distinct contrast between the city John describes and the ancient Babylon, in that the latter was built on the plain of Shinar, while the former is expressly said to have seven heads, and these explained to mean seven mountains. Return The marriage symbolism runs all through the Gospels. revelation 19 - Bible Commentaries - page 2 of 46 Then again the character of it, as derived from Christianity having already taken its place, is asserted. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. Many suggestions have been made. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? As noted in the commentary on Rom. We have already come upon two vast multitudes in heaven, the martyrs in Revelation 7:9 and the angels in Revelation 5:11. This remains true. 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. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. One of the most approved axioms is, that kingdoms are just like men in this respect, that they begin, rise, and fall. These are representative of Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). This is the first resurrection.". But what I particularly call your attention to is the exceeding importance of heeding the retrospect at the bride, or new Jerusalem here, and the consequent removal of the difficulty caused by taking the last vision of this book as part of the prophetic series which begins in Revelation 19:1-21. Revelation 3:19 Meaning and Commentary - Bible Study Tools I say not on but over the earth. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. - CBSC, the winepress . event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? | BibleRef.com Testament (compare Psalms 104:35; 105:45; 106:1; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1; 117:1; When the Lord takes His own throne, they take theirs by grace. There we interpreted as "CHRIST EVANGELISING". It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. revelation-19:1-3 - Bible Commentaries STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. 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.". That is something that God will never have to do, apologize. The wrath of God is fierce! She does not, it is true, say, "Come quickly." After so long a tarrying how blessed! var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); It also means genuine, as opposed to that which is unreal. But alas! The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in There is the basis for my righteousness. Verse 1. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. But when the conquering Christ comes, his power will be exercised in justice. "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." And I fell at His feet to worship him. What would be the meaning, if so read? Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. continually reigns. And here observe. To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. Lord our God:". What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom. ", 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.". [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 381, 567-85.] It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. Wars were matters of ambition and tyranny and oppression rather than of justice. But now He is ready to return and establish His kingdom and take us unto Himself and the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife, or bride, has made herself ready. After the destruction of Babylon at here. What does the linen garment tell us about salvation? Verse 5. (i) John sees Christ as the conqueror. Verse 6. The angelic host sings a second Hallelujah. called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." ). Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. Revelation 19:13; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 14:19-20; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 63:1-6). Christ is described by two words. 16:16. And it appears to me that here we are bound to account for the presence of these others that are at the marriage-supper of the Lamb, but appear as guests, and not at all in the quality of the bride. By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Worship God!". In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. Reuchlin. It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. He hath bound his loins and gone forth to war against those who hate him; kings and princes shall be slain; he will make red the rivers with the blood of the slainhis garments will be dipped in blood.". The fine linen, clean and Jer. Idealists feel that Revelation relates primarily to the church between the first and second coming of Christ. I sometimes make snap judgments. That is to say, never again will she rise from her ruins. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. to Top, Other Books of the Bible "True and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord." You see, the Father has no God-He is "the only true God" according to Jesus in John 17:3. The pronoun he is emphaticHe Himself, by Himself, as is there expressed. It was said of a great preacher: "First he listened to God, then he spoke to men.". After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 7 made herself ready. His armour; and that is a vesture dipped in blood, either his own blood, by which he purchased this mediatorial power, or the blood of his enemies, over whom he has always prevailed. 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." It is not now the temple opened there, and the ark of the covenant seen when Israel's security is seen, as the object of God's counsels; nor is it a door opened above, as we saw it when the prophet was giving his introduction to the prophecy of God's dealings with the world as a whole, though in both cases all manifestly clusters round the Lord Jesus. 5:22-24), it ultimately expands to include all the redeemed of all That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Revelation 19:18-20. 4:6). What does Revelation 19:3 mean? We have already met this description in Revelation 1:14 and Revelation 2:18. 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. Revelation 19 - Wikipedia There is, however, a great deal more than this on the subject, and given with great precision in scripture, because this is merely the principle of sin in one or other form from the beginning. . come into its fullness. 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. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints I. 12:10; 13:9; and Roman 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. This scene But whatever subsisted then, that which the Spirit here presents as a whole cannot be found realized at any point of time in the past. John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. (This takes you to our other website) Judgments: Saints long for the day of judgment (compare 6:10; 16:7; Isa. There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. This falls in with what we have seen of the book in general; but I do not deny that certain elements which figure in the Apocalypse then existed and still exist. Oh, the power of the word of Jesus, the sword that goes forth out of His mouth. 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. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". inhabitants of the Roman empire into wicked and idolatrous practices, and so To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Second, he alone has that purity which can judge without prejudice. all the faithful believers saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the So vast is this group that they are without number. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. He is arrayed in a vesture dipped in his own blood, by which he purchased his power as Mediator; and in the blood of his enemies, over . 14:1-3; 1 Thess. And though they are but a seed, a We. "I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled; and place was not found for them." The meaning is no more than this, that in the great battle of Armageddon, which was for the destruction of all the remainder of the enemies of the church, whether papists, or atheists, or Turks; men of all sorts and orders should be slain, and their dead bodies made meat for the fowls of heaven . 1. 2. God doesn't want you taking credit for the work that He does, receiving glory for His work. Justly does she gather her title from the old fountain of idols and of combined power without God: confusion being here the characteristic element, the designation is taken from the renowned city of the Chaldeans, the first spot notorious in both respects. If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. The betrothal takes place on earth during the church age; The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. 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. union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. Verse by Verse Commentaries by Book | Precept Austin So here He is sitting upon a white horse. He is, as H. B. Swete puts it, "a royal commander followed by a dazzling retinue." Verse 11 . 227-28.] The judgment of the dead is strictly individual, judgments in this world are not. Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. 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. 2. It is the fault, however, of the bad Greek text of Erasmus, Stephens, etc. "True and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord.". He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty. This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever" ( Isaiah 34:9-10). We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. There follows praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures. (b) He is true. 31:31-34; Zech. . "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 Commentary. that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 18:20. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the These are the true sayings of God. These would appear to be (save Judas Iscariot, of course) the twelve apostles that were peculiarly associated with Christ in His suffering path on the earth. event in the biblical world. This is the On these I may say but a very few words. The church is the bride, . 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 4-18). Book of Revelation Bible Study (Verse by Verse) - Cornerstone Fellowship Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. Bear this in mind: to leave the last part out is fatal to any accurate understanding of the Revelation. And the beast was taken" (taken alive), "and with him the false prophet that wrought signs in his presence, with which he deceived those that received the mark of the beast, and those that worshipped his image." It is suggested that it is on the skirt of his general's cloak, for that is where it would be easiest to read on a horseman. Revelation 1:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." PDF First Corinthians Chapter Three - abiblecommentary.com No. 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. "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and being addressed here to add to the other 3 mentioned groups. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and those that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear.
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