Christ needs no armies, whether of angels, or anyone else. And again they said, Alleluia. and could only be broken by divorce. As Dr. John Paterson puts it in The Book that is Alive: "The spoken word in Hebrew was fearfully alive. God. When the hour comes that is spoken of here, it is not for us, but for those who will be found after we are gone. In the . The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. 12:10; ( 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. But there is really no good work that you can offer to God that would be acceptable in His sight, but He will accept you just as you are if you will just cast yourself upon His mercy and just ask for His mercy and grace. His Word is "a two-edged sword." 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. The eternal smoke persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. "I will betroth you to me for ever," Hosea hears God say, "I will betroth you to me in righteousness" ( Hosea 2:19-20). Revelation chapter 19 English Standard Version 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! and others give , "of her." Verse 6 commends these sayings afresh. The description of the great Commander, 1. An allusion to Psalms 2:9 ; shall rule them . See note at Revelation 1:16 and note; Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:16. goes . He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. Revelation 2. Here you may see the reason for saying that the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures are not absolutely the church, because when that symbol applies, and the one of the bride comes forward, we have got others too. . and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". the church is the bride during the presentation feast in heaven, then comes to and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). Jewish dreams were full of the warrior Messiah, who would lead God's people to victory and smash his enemies. "These have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast," or their imperial leader. If a person drew from this, for instance, that the boast was to carry the woman, Babylon, when it had as a fact all that is meant by the seven heads and the ten horns, it would be an error. It may well be from that old Jewish idea that there came the idea of the marriage feast of the Lamb, for that indeed would be the true Messianic Banquet. - CBSC, the winepress . Babylon was the spurious church as long as it was a question of the church, and the final corrupter when it could be no question of this longer, and there went forth the closing testimony of God. the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, 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. It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". After the destruction of Babylon religious and commercial, chapter seventeen and eighteen. But this passage confronts us with something which became of very great importance in the worship of the Church. Other Books of the Bible 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. ( Rev 19:1) - 19:1 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: This is obviously a great celebration in Heaven about a major event that took place on earth. The strange thing to me, is that Jesus God in His providence did sanction the great empires of old; and the principle continues as long as the church is here below. Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. 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. Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. Revelation 19:1-3. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. Biblical references. There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. 4:17; see Religions tell you that you have to do certain things in order to please God. Bad as pagan Rome was, it would be false to affirm that it ever had come out of the bottomless pit. Christianity teaches that God is reaching down to man; exactly the opposite of religious thoughts, man trying to reach God. . But the church consists of souls called out from the earth, and is not of the world: consequently to the church the time is always at hand. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. frequently (4:8, 11; 5:9-12, 14; 11:16-18). The The word used for sitting down is the word for reclining at a meal. The common notion, therefore, that the coming of the Lord is at this point is an evident fallacy upon the face of this scripture that describes it, not to speak of others elsewhere. Here accordingly is seen but one throne. for the smoke from her rises for ever and ever. (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses place on earth following the return of Christ (20:4; compare Matt. And I think that this has been declared all the way through, because this is one of the areas that Satan constantly challenges concerning God, the fairness of God's judgments when he deals and meats out His judgments upon man. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. If they have only heard His voice, this after all is the incalculable boon; yea, it is the turning-point of all blessing. As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. (John 5:24 compared with Romans 14:1-23 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-21.). Christ will come in glory to judge and rule. I sometimes make snap judgments. For remark, the beast or Roman empire is described here as that which once existed, which then ceased to exist, and which assumes a final shape when it reappears from the bottomless pit. He is coming forth in indisputable human glory, but the greatest care is taken to let us know that He had that which was above man above the creature; for "no man knoweth the Son but the Father." The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish Verse 5. 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. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". there is a son in the family, who, instead of being admonished by his father's wickedness, takes license from it to indulge the same. Besides the bride thus arrayed, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb." *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. "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." [Note: Ladd, pp. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 19. But there never was the thought of giving Christ the only place He could take. "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city." These twenty-four elders, I believe, as I said before, are two groups of twelve, Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:16. This web site explains the Book of Revelation, each individual scripture. 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. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! 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. The antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire, signifying punishment from which there is no escape. "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. But now heaven is opened for yet graver facts, and of incalculable moment for man and the universe and the enemy. Rev. In Wisdom there is a description of the plagues in Egypt, and in particular of the slaying of the first-born sons of the Egyptians: "Thine Almighty Word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war, into the midst of a land of destruction, and brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth" ( Wis_18:15-16 ). Jesus Christ was a threat to the religious leaders as He would be to all religious leaders. 4-18). The description of the warrior Christ is further filled in. . This is the first resurrection.". From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever" ( Isaiah 34:9-10). These compose the same group as (in 7:11), and are associated with worship 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. But a voice issues from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. It isn't that you have been faithful in your devotions, and you have witnessed to so many people, and read so many chapters of the Bible, and spent so many hours in prayer, and you have done all of the religious devotional things, not that at all. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). And when God does judge, it is not merely for the evil of those then judged, but of all from the first budding of it till that day. great affection and vehemence of spirit, which will be raised hereby. Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; The ambiguity springs from the fact that the testimony of Jesus can bear either of two meanings. The closing phrase here is the description of the beast in its last state, in which it will come into collision with Babylon. 227-28.] It is derived from halal ( H1984) , which means to praise, and Jah ( H3050) , which is the name of God. God accounts my faith for righteousness. But the most ordinary knowledge suffices; for who does not know from the Bible that there was a Roman empire when Christ was born, one emperor, and no such state as that empire divided into ten kingdoms? Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. Here accordingly we have them all. 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. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 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 of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. It is the "Word of God" that will conquor nations, not physical armies using force. 9:7; We may have a special task in it, but this is not the work for us, as it seems to me. 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. 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. . "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). And it was so. ", GOD'S WORD IN ACTION ( Revelation 19:13 ). Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? "And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire." remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; "And he that sat upon him called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." We may illustrate it by the members of a family. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. The fine linen, clean and Second, there are the small and the great. and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God ( Revelation 19:17 ); Now, we have just been rejoicing because we are coming to the marriage supper of the Lamb. supreme in authority, and "God", which means supreme deity; you have an Jesus describes it as a place of outer darkness where he said there will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth.Hell or Hades is located in the center part of the earth. The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. Nothing more is to be done. He doesn't want you to be religious. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. hromphaia) symbolized (cf. "And his name is called The Word of God." Revelation 19:5 (1) And a voice came from the throne, saying, (2) "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." 1. Here is one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, the emergence of the conquering Christ. "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. In any real marriage there must be four things which must also be in the relationship between the Christian and Christ. Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. that those who were meant under the figures of the elders and of the living creatures assume the name and figure of the bride? 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. (Hebrews 4:13). _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); 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. Hence He must have come back previously to both. Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! God is going to be fair and just. He says: "The possession of the prophetic spirit, which makes a true prophet, shows itself in a life of witness to Jesus, which perpetuates his witness to the Father and to himself" A prophet's message lies in the personal witness of his life, even more than in the spoken witness of his words. (a) He is faithful. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". "His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many diadems." His eyes were as a flame of fire ( Revelation 19:12 ). Verse 5. bride doesnt get invited, she invites. Rev. The armies of heaven are the hosts of the angels. But a very different point of interest is to be observed. 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." Past history therefore in no way suits the prophecy. Beyond controversy, however, it is a most unusual and abnormal reappearance, which is altogether exceptional in the history of the world. The guests also will include tribulation saints His name: The Word of God, a name that none fully knows but himself, only this we know, that this Word was God manifest in the flesh; but his perfections are incomprehensible by any creature. "Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing, for they have gathered together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, Let us break His bands asunder, let us cast off His law from us; but He who sits in the heavens will laugh for He will have the nations in derision. This is a passage whose meaning is obscure. "I heard a great voice of much people in heaven": The people are the same with It wouldn't have to be more than ten miles in diameter to hold all of the unrighteous from Adam until now. There is going to be another supper, a supper prepared by God for all the birds. And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. twelve disciples and twelve Old Testament prophets. The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. 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. var _gaq = _gaq || []; oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. These events are in chronological sequence, as will become clear. What about little babies?" We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. He will execute the fierce wrath of God Almighty that these enemies must drink (cf. "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." At the pouring of the seventh bowl, God's voice was heard from the Temple saying, "It is done!" (Rev. Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God:" In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political Babylon symbolized by its capital city of Babylon. I do not suppose that many words are required by the present audience to show that we are not to understand the scene as a mere figure of Christianity. 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. III. We know the Holy Spirit rather as a spirit of communion with Christ. "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. We can see that, for instance, in the old story in which Jacob filched Esau's blessing from Isaac ( Genesis 27:1-46). b. And the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. "Let him that heareth say, Come." In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. Clearly, therefore, it is future. Amen. 14:1-3; 1 Thess. And I saw an angel standing in the sun ( Revelation 19:17 ); You can't do that unless you are an angel. Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. of the bride, the Lamb's wife. Believers long for a world of justice and it will . There is only one other place in the New Testament where these two verbs (chairein, G5463, and agallian, G21) come together--in Jesus Christ's promise to the persecuted: "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven" ( Matthew 5:12). "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. For that which comes distinctly before us in this one verse is the twofold fact, that the ten horns here contemplated receive their kingly power for the same hour or time as the beast, and not subsequently, when his rule was extinguished. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. Next they will seize her resources. With a rod of iron He shall execute the severest judgment on the opposers of his truth. (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." 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. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God ( Revelation 19:1 ): The judgment of the earth, as far as God's wrath being poured out, has been completed on Babylon. (1) But the day is coming when Satan will be allowed to have things his own way. As usual John takes his picture from the Old Testament and is thinking of the terrible picture in Isaiah 63:1-3, where the prophet pictures God returning from the destruction of Edom; "I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; their life blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment." It is remarkable, that all along this book, idolatry and . Here is the idea in Hebrews 4:12: "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword.". After that 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. Begin by reading the Introduction first. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. 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. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." on Line To whom else could they say it? If you'd like to financially support VBVMI, please do so here. It is impossible to refer it to the past with any show even of reasonable probability, I will not say of reality or truth. And it is pretty well ascertained that there was a discussion among them, even to the suggestion by one of the most wicked of their emperors, whether Christ should not be owned and worshipped in the Pantheon, hundreds of years before Constantine, indeed from the earliest epoch of the gospel. "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is an eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth unto destruction." He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. 3. 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. "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." Afrikaans; Alemannisch; ; ; ; Azrbaycanca; ; Bn-lm-g; ; Bikol Central The elders do show us the heavenly heads of priesthood (embracing, as I believe, the Old Testament saints and those of the New); i.e., they are not limited to the church, Christ's body. You can't start with a finite base and reach to infinity. "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. (John 12:48). Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. Here now is the rejoicing which was called for. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take "Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth--of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls. And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you" ( Ezekiel 39:17-19). Let us rise up to serve The King of kings. (iv) There is fidelity. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article Marriage It would have been incongruous to bring in that long description before, because this must have interrupted the flow of the prophetic stream. ages, which becomes clear in the remainder of the book. "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white, pure.".
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