But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. Ephesians 6:17; smite the nations . This, was no lack. (John 5:24 compared with Romans 14:1-23 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-21.). The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been (since chapter 6), to "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." By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. All these things have their place in Babylon the great. Supposing, for instance, a drunken father: if the sons had one spark of right feeling, not only must they feel the utmost shame and pain on account of their parent, but they would endeavour (like the sons of Noah who had a due sense of what was proper to their father) to cast some mantle of love over that which they could not deny, yet would not look at, but surely above all things they would watch against that shameful sin. This is never the case with an angel. - CBSC, the winepress . 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. Bringing in history here embroiled the subject; and those who appeal most to its evidence are the very men who seem in this to ignore its facts. The wrath of God is fierce! Thus there is a completeness and perfection about it suited to its present character. 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. Revelation. It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." . smite the nations . 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. He saw their condition: it was part of the vision. "And the angel said unto him, Wherefore didst thou wonder? "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. And yet in such times John calls God pantokrator ( G3841) . Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. 4:13-18). millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). 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. There is no doubt that THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE In 19:11 IS CHRIST. And Paul speaks of himself as betrothing the Church like a pure virgin to Christ ( 2 Corinthians 11:2), and for him the relationship of Christ to his Church is the great model of the relationship of husband and wife ( Ephesians 5:21-33). God will judge Israel, namely, Jews living when He returns (Ezekiel 20:33-38), and the Gentiles living then (Matthew 25:31-46). That is, the tabernacle of God is regarded as a separate object, no doubt associated with men, but not confounded with them. Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! The church is the bride, is a word to him that hears. "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. Figuratively, with reference to the church. He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. and so forth. The glorified saints are to administer power in a way far beyond angels. The bride is in view. We will in that day when He returns and all of the vast military might of the world gathered and assembled together to destroy Him at His coming and He just speaks the Word and it is all over. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. giving God glory for a fifth reason, the marriage of the Lamb has come. The gospel of John and the Revelation perfectly disclose both, whether in grace or in judgment. The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. I have already touched on the double force of the symbol mountains. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. See bibliographic information; Read aloud; Stop reading aloud Hide links to Bible word meanings . He was the word of God in the revelation of grace; when known, by and by, it will be as the executor of God's judgments. He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God. Paul, the apostle said as he was recounting to the Philippians his past credits as a Jew, "Hebrew of the Hebrews, circumcised the seventh day, the tribe of Benjamin, a Pharisee, concerning zeal persecuting the church", but he said, "Those things that were gain to me", those credits that I had, those brownie points, "I counted loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, for whom I suffer the loss of all things and count them but refuse that I may know Him and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which was of the Law", circumcised seventh, eighth day and so forth, not having that righteousness which was of the law, "but now having the righteousness which was of Christ through faith" ( Philippians 3:5-9 ). See it explained in the notes on that place, and on Revelation 14:19-20. 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. Of course they will be preserved through that crisis in some sort of way suitable to divine wisdom. Revelation - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org There is nothing more to hear of nations; nothing more to do with separate countries, kindreds, or tongues. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. 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.". revelation-19:21 - Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. We have just seen that it is the eternal state. 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. "Hallelujah!" From the manner in which resurrection is referred to in scripture, does not God leave room for this? almighty: having unlimited power. ). He is "true," for He is the answer to all our hopes. number. Blessed are those that are called to be a part in this. Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). . I say not on but over the earth. You have to accomplish certain works in order to be accepted by God. (function() { There never has been a like experience. In this way there never has been anything of the kind before. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. That is He destroys them with His word.Now, we are told that He was in the beginning with God and that He created all things. It will be understood when one says "spiritual" that none is meant save of a wicked kind. Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." Then entire sorry results of human depravity will finally be vanquished. "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." Nothing more is to be done. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. Hence this certainly must be future. Old Testament prophecy and New Testament preaching is the gospel of the Lord Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. 11:25-27). This also is a no less important element for understanding the chapter. And though they are but a seed, a ", And the twenty-four elders, and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped the God who is seated upon the throne. Revelation 19:13; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 14:19-20; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 63:1-6). Well, the folly of men today that think that they are able to fight against God and to come out victorious. Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? If so, we can define the true prophet as the man who has received from Christ the message he brings to men, and whose words and works are at one and the same time an act of witness to Christ. Revelation Chapter 19 Explained - bible-studys.org In general this has been either passed over in the chapter, or some unsatisfactory inference has been flung out, which can only embroil the prophecy. So here a description is given of the bride, the Lamb's wife, and we learn how it is that God will use her for unmeasured goodness and blessing and glory in the millennium, as the devil during this age has used Babylon to accomplish his wicked plans here below. He had a great desire to bring his brothers, Egyptian brothers to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. How does God tell us to worship Him? The multitude in heaven praises God for judging the great whore (Babylon, the In Asia Minor even the tribunal of the proconsul was subject to bribery and to maladministration. Amen 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. "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. . Every day you should be spending twenty minutes on your knees in prayer. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. Marriage of the Lamb: Hebrew weddings consisted of 3 phrases: (1) 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. That is what prophecy is about. Not only are they supposed to be coexistent, but united in their change of feeling against Babylon. Directly he had sinned, the word of God came, and he was called. Do not wonder at the vast numbers, or at their defection. sounds like a massive crashing of waves. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. Bad as pagan Rome was, it would be false to affirm that it ever had come out of the bottomless pit. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God Norris' Commentary on the Book of Revelation. The description of the warrior Christ is further filled in. So, God has judged the false religious system that corrupted the earth with her spiritual fornication. But, in point of fact, in giving the description of Babylon, the Holy Ghost enters even more into an account of her relations with the beast, the imperial power of which we saw not a little last night. Centuries after came in, not only the division into east and west, but the broken up state of the west, when there ceased to be an imperial chief. 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." they said, "because the Lord our God, the Almighty, has entered into his kingdom. (3) And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword ( Revelation 19:15 ). And there is probably an area right in the center of the earth that is hollow and because of the rotation of the earth and gravitation and all you would be constantly falling. He knows The "word" that comes from Gods mouth is to be used to conquor! ", 2. Here we have a repetition of the imagery of chapter 13. 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. They were judged every man according to their works. There is a scripture that would indicate maybe two hundred million.And that is when the blood will flow to the horses bridle all the way through the Valley of Megiddo clear on down to Edom through the valley of Jehoshaphat as they gather together against the Lord and His anointed. 4:17; see In it, the Church, It is reigning. (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses "True and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord." church. There are times when John sees the Lord himself. continually reigns. That was Jesus looking forward to the great Messianic Banquet. - CBSC. Here the vision was of thrones with sitters, and others caused to join them; and the inspired explanation is that it is the first resurrection the rising of the just from the dead. This would have been altogether inappropriate for such a progress: when the King comes forth riding to victory in the judgment of wicked men of the world, it is not in the quality of bride, but of armies or hosts, that the saints follow Him; and these include no doubt the guests as well, i.e., all the glorified take their place in His train. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow ", All things are thus made new; and, further, "these words are faithful." as the Complut. It will be observed that in this case it is one of the angels that had the seven bowls who comes forward and says to John, "Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (or harlot) that sitteth upon [the] many waters." Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 10 Revelation 19:8 "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine "Owr hayah owr hayah", "Light be and light was". In Daniel's time it was not at hand. Second Edition, Revised - 1871 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. What's amazing is that the Father never calls His Son "My God," though there are at least 7 times in the NT where Jesus called the Father "My God." twice on the cross, once on resurrection morning with Mary, and 4 times in Revelation 3.12. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. Isaiah 63:3. Nothing of the sort can be plainer. (faithful to Jesus). "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. His grace be with all! All is then fixed. But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. "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. It should be, "and shall be present. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the Christ will come in glory to judge and rule. 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. Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. 1. The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". It is altogether foreign to history. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 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. Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. 23:5). Revelation - Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Gateway *It is the more strikingly characteristic, because of such language as Psalms 149:6-9, which speaks of all the saints contemplated on earth for the day of Jehovah. which will take place on earth following the return of Christ (20:4; Matt. We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. But in this is shown what it is of importance to see the true nature of the kingdom or millennial reign. It is only God and man now. 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. Whereas for the Jew, there are necessary dates and momentous changes that must take place; and hence, as Daniel represents the Jew, we have the difference kept up. union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. Revelation 19:15 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? The description of the great Commander, 1. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. "Hallelujah!" Here is the idea in Hebrews 4:12: "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword.". the sea of glass, who had got the victory over the beast (Revelation 15:2), and The betrothal takes place on earth during the church age; The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. That great multitude, I expect personally to be a part of that multitude. (ii) His name is the Word of God. This is the meaning of "one hour with the beast.". (1) A mighty angel comes down from heaven. And thus it was but a little glimpse they had of prophecy. We shall find that the scripture affords much light to decide the true bearing of the prophecy, and that no application to the past can possibly satisfy the conditions satisfactorily. The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. not. They picture the final triumph of God over all enemies and his complete conquest of evil. This is what nations have been constantly occupied with, lest any one power should become the beast. 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 he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near." The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. I sometimes make snap judgments. God in His providence did sanction the great empires of old; and the principle continues as long as the church is here below. What would be the meaning, if so read? 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. Religion is threatened by life, by spiritual life.So, God has judged that religious system and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hands. If the books proclaim the evil works of the dead that stand before the throne, the book of life offers no defence on the score of God's grace. The victory gained by the great and glorious head of the church: The beast and the false prophet, the leaders of the army, are taken prisoners, both he who led them by power and he who led them by policy and falsehood; these are taken and cast into the burning lake, made incapable of molesting the church of God any more; and their followers, whether officers or common soldiers, are given up to military execution, and made a feast for the fowls of heaven. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. 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. God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. . is a myth. And the twenty-four elders [representing the church] and the four beasts [cherubim] fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia ( Revelation 19:4 ). "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. This is a mistake. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. No. You can't start with a finite base and reach to infinity. On that account it was altogether out of place to pay homage to him instead of to the God who had sent him to serve. elaborate than those of today. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: the Bride of Christ, is the guest of honor at the marriage of the Lamb in heaven 14 This is the kind of double meaning of which the Greek language is capable. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Called: Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel, who will turn It is plain that they are not in this city. Lord. It does not mean persons merely, but the souls of beheaded persons. This tells us something about our approach to ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. Take notice of this (which confirms the application just now contended for), that when John saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, he wondered with great wonder. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. to heaven. Verse 11 . Then the word is, "Award her even as she awarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. The rebellion that had begun in the Garden of Eden is finally ended. This has no time element attached. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. The Revelation: Verse by verse study Kindle Edition It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. church (compare Matt. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. We say that he is great! We may illustrate it by the members of a family. And a voice came from the throne = is not explicitly identified. God said, "Light be," and light was. 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. 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. If you are a believer, do not be afraid, even if you know but little; for the Lord neither forgets nor slights those who may be comparatively unintelligent. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. Return to Home Page Now, the time has come for the Lord Jesus Christ Himself to return in power and great glory and establish God's kingdom upon the earth. Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). 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. Accordingly, "Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me." which sword proceeds out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh ( Revelation 19:21 ). Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 4 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. From his mouth there comes forth a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may smite the nations, and he will control them with an iron rod.

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