It is altogether foreign to history. 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. 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. The church is the bride, Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. The heavenly praise continues, this time for a call for gladness, rejoicing and And they also lasted much longer. It should be, "and shall be present. It will help to show us that, whatever may have been the past conditions of Babylon, there is a future one; and it is in that future one that Babylon is to perish. God is going to be fair and just. 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. Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. Five reasons for their praise emerge: (1) The chronological progression of events on earth resumes from Revelation 16:21. (chapter 20). he will rule them with a rod of iron . But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. 5:10). Echoing an earlier rabbinic comment found in the commentary of Rashi to the Songs of Songs (4:5) Ginzberg explainedthere is also a great bond of union between the first five commandments and the last five. Out of his mouth goes this sharp sword, His word. Revelation 19 begins with a multitude in heaven singing a doxology to God. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. Thus the name of Christ, not merely as the root and the offspring of David, but as the bright morning star, calls out responsively the heart of the church, and this too under the guiding activity of the Holy Ghost. H. B. Swete says that this comprehensive phrase embraces "Christians of all intellectual capacities and social grades, and of all stages of progress in the life of Christ." On these I may say but a very few words. He doesn't want you to be religious. the church. 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). The mighty angel. Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 19:15 Revelation 19:14 Revelation 19 Revelation 19:16 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. That is the way in which H. B. Swete takes it. It is said that the judgments of God are true and just. A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. Pilate said, "I find no fault in Him. ", This chapter is one of the most dramatic in all the Bible. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. Genesis. I do not, of course, complain of particular persons, but of the general vagueness in which the passage has been taken unless, indeed, the more common course be not to ignore it. Here is faith and confidence; and the whole point of this passage is that that faith and confidence are vindicated. Two sets of people are called on to praise God. Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. The fall of Babylon being fixed, finished, and declared to be irrecoverable in the foregoing chapter, this begins with a holy triumph over her, in pursuance of the order given forth: Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets,Rev. But "nations of them which are saved," is a most anomalous expression, and betrays man as the author of it. saints. If not blessing it judges. The Sword--The Word of His mouth--is now wielded in judgment. pl.") Revelation 19:1. 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. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the . Ezekiel works out the whole picture most fully in Ezekiel 16:1-63. There is going to be another supper, a supper prepared by God for all the birds. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. What was easier than to turn the demons into angels and to worship them? But it fails to account for the differences. Worship God!". But here there is neither; and this again is an evidence of gain, not of loss. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." Just like, as many other places Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. 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. occasion and the downfall of Rome, is said to be "great" partly because of their Gen. 1; Isaiah 55:11; John 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:8) not a literal description. 4:13-18). She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. unrighteousness. But there is a message also for others. The multitude in heaven praises God for judging the great whore (Babylon, the "The nations shall walk in the light of it," Any one of spiritual judgment can see that it should not be "nations of them which are saved." There are thrones filled with certain persons, who reign along with Him. Now we see the tree of life again. There never has been a like experience. He was a medical doctor there. What confusion! "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" 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 true reading here is neither hard nor doubtful save to unbelief. would be no salvation. true sayings of God.". It wouldn't have to be more than ten miles in diameter to hold all of the unrighteous from Adam until now. 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. "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" There was no doubt at all of the character of the emperor; there never had been a worse than he; yet God took that very opportunity to lay this on the Christians as their duty to the worldly authority outside and over them. The word is pistos ( G4103) ; it means absolutely to be trusted. Lit. We have here a note of time of signal value. It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. It stands for the consuming power of the victorious Christ. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. 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. and the fullness of the Gentiles will be brought in. They themselves were to judge. 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. The Word of God is alive and powerful, if we would only realize the power of the Word of God. And here is John falling on his knees before the angel that is giving him all of this revelation and he is so overawed and thrilled with what is in store for him he falls at his feet to worship him. This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. 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. What is the sword? 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. The battle joined. The picture is of all men sitting down at the Messianic Banquet of God. Verse 11. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." church (Acts 2:1ff). (function() { The same was in the beginning with God. The first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. as the Complut. (Eph. It is a question here of distinctive character, apart from that of time, for which we must search other scriptures. But you can go ahead and do these things without pangs of conscience trying to destroy God out of our society, out of our lives. However, Satan is not yet destroyed. I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". 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. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. In Jesus Christ we meet reality. 11:2; Eph. Then entire sorry results of human depravity will finally be vanquished. For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the A fourth century A.D. He treaded the winepress As the grapes are trodden to express the juice, so his enemies shall be bruised and beaten, so that their life's blood shall be poured out. "I will raise him up at the last day." I think that it might be just, "hey, you've had it." You might get left. I am not raising any question about the ten. They were judged every man according to their works. "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. understood literally. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. It was the religious leaders that insisted that the Roman government put Him to death. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. Isaiah speaks of God preparing for his people "a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined" ( Isaiah 25:6). Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. 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. On the other, it is the first of seven final things that John saw and recorded. Once again John finds his model in the words of the Old Testament, for that is a quotation from Psalms 135:1; Psalms 135:20. Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. This The account given of Babylon inRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not follow Revelation 14:1-20 or Revelation 16:1-21 in point of prophetic time, but differs from them in structure. (1) A mighty angel comes down from heaven. We find, accordingly, the four and twenty elders and four living creatures here brought before us for the last time. 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. Here we have a repetition of the imagery of chapter 13. And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:11 ). It was ruled in general that the worldly powers were ordained of God. Verse 6. To be sure, the language here suggests Armageddon, the great spiritual conflict going on throughout history, the results of which will be announced and executed on the last day. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take The temple would suppose a medium. - Hebrews 4:12; a sharp sword . Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); Gods communion with His people (verse 7). Here it would seem we have just what answers to that: this name none knew but He Himself. If so, they are there in the quality not of the bride, but of those invited to the marriage of the Lamb; but I do not think them the Apocalyptic saints for the simple reason that, as shown in the next chapter, the Apocalyptic saints are not raised from the dead yet. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. absence of the Church from the earth during the judgments of (Rev. And God said, "Let the waters above the firmament be separated from the waters below the firmament." purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. . Testament (compare Psalms 104:35; 105:45; 106:1; 111:1; 112:1; 113:1; 117:1; The Gothic hordes were not yet incorporated with the empire, still less were they horns of the beast, nor did they give their power to it, but destroyed it rather. Verse 4. It is energised for weal or for woe." This web site explains the Book of Revelation, each individual scripture. That is spiritually in chapter seventeen, that great religious system that corrupted the earth. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; In our day men prophecy "the end of Christs church", but Christs Word is mightier than any word that men can utter. These compose the third class here spoken of. 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. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the 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. After these things: This is a time key. 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. almighty: having unlimited power. Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo. Second, he came from a world in which it was believed that God did not interest himself directly but made his contact through the demons (daimon, G1142) , by means of whom he controlled the natural forces and acted upon men. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. This scene "And hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand": And by these judicial 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. Yet religion, be it ever so corrupt, acts as a restraint on human will, as a government does, however evil. For I am not aware that any scripture treats of the subject, beyond laying down principles such as we have sought to apply to the case. "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." But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. number. . 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." Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. discover_revelation@charter.net, Revelation chapter 19 and 20 It was the barbarians who brought in the prevalent ideas of liberty as well as feudalism, and accordingly it is they that have firmly stood for freedom; so that all the efforts to reconstitute the empire which have been tried over and over again have hitherto issued in total failure. If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? 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. 11:2; Eph. VERSE BY VERSE MINISTRY . on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. 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. 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 ). "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. His Kingship is universal--But one thing remains--that the enemies of His people be consigned to their doom. At a marriage, 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.". avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. 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. There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. ", All things are thus made new; and, further, "these words are faithful." Jesus speaks of many coming from the east and the west and sitting down with the patriarchs in the kingdom of heaven ( Matthew 8:11). "Praise our God," says the voice, "all you his servants, you who fear him." (ii) His name is Faithful and True. 15 And 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: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 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. and could only be broken by divorce. The great harlot is judged because she corrupted the world. The cosmic drama is drawing to a close. 13:9; Rom. That is what history is about. May our hearts answer freely to His word of love and truth with our "Amen." Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. 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. Next they will seize her resources. Although Hallelujah appears only here in the Bible, it occurs in a translated form frequently. It is well to remember that the whole background of this picture lies in Jewish expectations of the future and has little to do with the Christ of the Gospels who was meek and lowly in heart. He came to the world, and avenged His people on the beast and the false prophet with the kings and their armies; and after that the risen saints reign with Him over it a thousand years. Omnipotent means Betrothal (often when the couple were children); Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the But alas! He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. For according to unquestionable testimony the Reuchlinian copy has like some half-dozen cursives, which was probably a mistake for . "So he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness" a thorough waste as to the knowledge or enjoyment of God. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. on Line derives from a Hebrew word meaning "to be firm," and may be translated "truly" actual ceremony. In ancient times, a marriage was the single greatest celebration and social Praise in heaven. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian . and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). Those that do rise at the same time rise, no doubt, in a moment; but that there are to be various acts of resurrection is not only not contrary to scripture, but required by its own descriptions. First, he came from a world in which there were many gods--Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Aphrodite and the rest, What was easier than to keep the old gods in the form of angels? Up till now the visions have mainly been concerned with the power of evil and the sufferings of believers. groom prepared for his bride. And I fell at His feet to worship him. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. (iii) He judges and makes war in righteousness. It is not the enjoyment of all, but it is the hinge on which all depends. Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. We begin the description of the conquering Christ. The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. These events are in chronological sequence, as will become clear. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. worship before the angel (compare 1:17; 22:8). And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God ( Revelation 19:10 ): Now, John like so many people, we want to worship the instrument that God uses to bring His knowledge or love or grace to us. 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. It would have been incongruous to bring in that long description before, because this must have interrupted the flow of the prophetic stream. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. Where Hallelujah occurs in the Old Testament it is translated by Praise God, but here in this chapter the original Hebrew form, transliterated into Greek, is retained. Lord God: Used many times in Revelation as a title for God (compare verse 15, This verse reports that the heavenly multitude shouted another "hallelujah," which translates to "praise the Lord!" The residents of heaven declare that Babylon's smoke ascends "forever and ever." We should not interpret this declaration to mean the physical smoke from God's judgment on Babylon is eternal. Link with Johns vision of Revelation 19:11-16 a meditation on the Hymn "Crown Him with many crowns" and also the stirring Hymn "Onward Christian soldiers." "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth unto destruction." Revelation. to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. Jer. Hence. They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. It means On the head of the victor Christ there are many crowns to show that he is lord of all the kingdoms of the earth. . 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. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." Return It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. Christ is described by two words. Here we have described to us the visions of The Conquering Christ (19:11-16), the judgments of the beast and of the false prophet and of Satan (19:17-20:10), the judgment of the wicked (20:11-15), the visions of the New heaven, the New earth and the New Jerusalem (20:16-22;5). 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. That is, Babylon is viewed in this chapter not so much in her mysterious and religious form, giving currency to every kind of confusion of truth and error, of good and evil, intoxicating, corrupting, and seducing, as all can see, through her wickedly religious influence; but she is viewed here as the most conspicuous aider and abettor of the world in its luxuries and delights and the pride of life, of what men call "civilization." Verse 8. It is really differing imagery [Note: E.g., M. Eugene Boring, Revelation, p. 195; and Wall, pp. Raphael tells Tobit that he is the angel who brought his prayer before God ( Tob_13:12-15 ). * 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." oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. 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. This has no time element attached. At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. Verse 5. used (in Gen. 19:28). overwhelming understanding of Who this is. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. Bad as pagan Rome was, it would be false to affirm that it ever had come out of the bottomless pit. And it was so. Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. Not so. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! Verses 6-10: Omnipotent: God is all-powerful, and reigneth over His I am a servant of God just like you are. You would never hit the bottom. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article Marriage The fact is, in the very best authorities it does not exist at all. The death and decay of billions of sea creatures will only add to the misery of this judgment. We hear the voices of the redeemed. "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. Worship God." On His robe where it spreads out at His waist HIS TITLE is inscribed. This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. reign with Christ in the millennial kingdom. 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. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a white horse, and he who is mounted on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. First, there are his servants. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. I have examined Him. "That day" does not mean a time when everybody will be converted, but when the Lord Jesus will govern righteously when overt evil will be judged, and good be sustained perfectly for a thousand years. 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.". The word is alethinos ( G228) and has two meanings. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there.
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