(ii) A Greek came into the Church from a world of thought which made angel worship a real danger. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (i) John sees Christ as the conqueror. But, further, we find that the saints who had suffered for Christ, during the time that the others were in heaven, are now reunited to their bodies and live, the Lord waiting for the last martyr that He might not leave out one of those who had died for His name. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. That is what prophecy is about. After that we have the admonitions to the end of this book. God said, "Light be," and light was. It also means genuine, as opposed to that which is unreal. May our hearts answer freely to His word of love and truth with our "Amen." This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. 12:10; 13:9; and Roman Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. (function() { Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and "Owr hayah owr hayah", "Light be and light was". (This takes you to our other website) remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; They are not seen here as the bride. This is a mistake. If you'd like to financially support VBVMI, please do so here. That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. willing to be his in the day of his power. Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. Revelation 14:19-20). The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. (iii) It may be that the name is one which can be revealed only at the final union of Christ and the Church. 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. i. The Jewish marriage consisted of three major elements: (3) The marriage feast (supper), as was discussed just before. First, there are his servants. Supper), who will turn to Christ in But far from that he has, on the contrary, persevered in the same evil course, as badly or worse than his father. yet are a large body of themselves. - CBSC, the winepress . 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. 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. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. It is really differing imagery John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. God is going to be fair and just. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. 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 ). But first, the first five verses show heaven's response to the judgment of the At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. III. The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword". 16:16. ( 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. It is said that the judgments of God are true and just. 3. Blessed are those who are invited to the feast of the marriage of the Lamb!" After the destruction of Babylon religious and commercial, chapter seventeen and eighteen. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; the Bride of Christ, is the guest of honor at the marriage of the Lamb in heaven The woman was there seen sitting on a scarlet-coloured beast, i.e., the well-known imperial power of the Roman Empire, "full of [the] names of blasphemy" in its wicked opposition to God, and clothed with the forms we have already seen "seven heads and ten horns." (John 12:48). This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. "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. The redeemed in heaven are called God's "Bond Servants", and this is the group It is very evident, therefore, that the saints in a glorified state are here represented as following the Lord out of heaven. In Jesus Christ we meet reality. 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 ). Now the scene totally changes One of the most approved axioms is, that kingdoms are just like men in this respect, that they begin, rise, and fall. There is more that we still have to learn of Him. This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. 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. There are a lot of people today fighting against God. Many scholars think the name should be Y-A-H-W-E-H. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. And again they said, Alleluia. She is, the mother of the harlots, but also (and with still deeper guilt) of the abominations of the earth. Now there was nothing more repulsive and fatal to paganism in every form than the truth revealed in Christ, which exposed every thing that was not itself not the truth, definite and exclusive. worship him. Choose a verse from 'Revelation 19' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org. I agree one hundred percent. Moral elements too were not wanting: the mystery of lawlessness had long been at work, though the enemy had not yet brought in the apostacy, and still less the manifestation of the lawless one. Who will join in acclamations of praise, and partly on account of their sounds like a massive crashing of waves. Thus the second beast is no longer seen as an earthly power, but as a prophet-of course a false prophet. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). 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. And her smoke rose up for ever 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city." 18:20. This is the declaration that is made all through the period of judgment, "true and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord".The concept that Satan brought to Eve in the Garden of Eden was that God was not fair, that God was trying to hold her back from something that was beneficial, that God was somehow trying to protect Himself. Amen The fact is, in the very best authorities it does not exist at all. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. This is the This shout of rejoicing begins with Hallelujah. The visions of this prophetic book open, not with the rapture of saints to heaven, but the sight of saints already raptured, often before the seer in the visions, but seen always in a complete condition without addition to their number. 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). . the church is the bride during the presentation feast in heaven, then comes to Two sets of people are called on to praise God. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? 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. And there are times when the angel appears to John. What is there to hinder it? There were two particular effects of her evil: the one, illicit commerce with the kings of the earth; the other, intoxicating the inhabitants of the earth with the wine of her fornication. 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. That is, the tabernacle of God is regarded as a separate object, no doubt associated with men, but not confounded with them. They themselves were to judge. But a very different point of interest is to be observed. * None, however, can be exempt from being manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, or from giving an account of all done in the body. And so the first two inhabitants of Gehenna will be the antichrist and his prophet and they will be the soul inhabitants, it would seem, for a thousand years. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. [Note: Ladd, pp. On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. Return He was a medical doctor there. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. The picture is not of an "iron rod" he uses to "club" or beat his sheep! 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. All the way along the fairness of God's judgment has been challenged.I don't know what God is going to do in a lot of cases. "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? elaborate than those of today. 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. Figuratively, with reference to the church. Here now is the rejoicing which was called for. Worship God." The decem-regal division of the broken empire in the West, as all know, was long after Rome had ceased to be heathen. God doesn't want you taking credit for the work that He does, receiving glory for His work. Jer. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. That glorious prediction of breaking the serpent's head was the stay and support of the patriarchal age; and the many prophecies there were concerning the Messiah to come were the gospel of the Old Testament. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and It is not his own blood, but the blood of his enemies that he tramples as he tramples out the rebellious. This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. stench and the potential for disease. 5:10). Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." actual ceremony. event in the biblical world. 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 the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white, pure.". Moral unfitness has its just censure; but sovereign grace must be asserted also. THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! Verse 6. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. they were saying. 5:25-32). (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. In verse 1, this great voice from heaven was whom? Most other commentators have seen it as the first event after the seventh bowl judgment. "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." 11:25-27). When its own season arrives, as it surely will, the divine hindrance is to be removed, and the devil then is allowed to do his worst. and righteousness to the world. In Hebrew writing there were no vowels; the vowels had to be supplied by the reader. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. If you Not because any of their names were written therein, but in proof that they were not. The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, Nothing is hidden from Him. The word is alethinos ( G228) and has two meanings. The The mighty angel. on Line, email us at: But that the heart of man even so is not renewed becomes manifest, when Satan at the close deceives all that are not converted; and these, as we are told, are countless "as the sand of the sea.". . We have here a note of time of signal value. understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. Hallelujah literally means "Praise 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. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. He has a name known to no one but himself. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. Here we see the chaste virgin because of the number of people speaking. It is altogether foreign to history. He equally expresses what God is. oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. It was a unit of energy charged with power. And it was so. Such is the meaning of the verse "The rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years were finished. 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. There is a reassuring tone here telling the Lord that He was justified in His John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to I sometimes make snap judgments. Nor is there any real reason to wonder at their deriving help from partial light. These compose the same group as (in 7:11), and are associated with worship And they said Alleluia a second time; and her smoke goeth up unto the ages of the ages." 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. See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow It will prepare you for the rest of the material contained here. 16:17+).Even though judgment is said to be complete at the pouring of the final bowl, we saw that several more chapters were still ahead before the kingdom of God . When John here called the warrior Christ "The Word of God", he means that here in action is all the power of God's word; everything that God has said, and threatened, and promised is embodied in Christ. The seventh bowl contained under it the fall of Babylon, which "was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.". He wrote several tracts and was instrumental in leading several Muslims from their religion to a real relationship with God in Jesus Christ. saints. In Revelation 16+, John was shown the pouring forth of the final seven bowls which contained God's wrath. 12:10; The thrones were already filled. The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible. "He has a name inscribed which no one knows but Himself." 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 Church, the Bride of Christ, is clothed in fine linen, pure and shining. It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. III. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. If they have only heard His voice, this after all is the incalculable boon; yea, it is the turning-point of all blessing. 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. 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. And out of his mouth proceeded a sharp sword Again, all voices agree as one in seeing this as a symbol of the word of God (Hebrews 4:12,13; Ephesians 6:17f). Yet religion, be it ever so corrupt, acts as a restraint on human will, as a government does, however evil. From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. The word "church" (Greek ekklesia), appears nineteen times (in Revelation and so forth. But according to His principle of government it is not merely personal guilt, but that which, from despising the testimony of God, is thus morally accumulating from age to age in the ratio of the testimony of God and the wickedness that has been indulged by men in spite of it. Take this quite simply and literally. One of our pastors, Imad, spent some time in the Egyptian jail. These are those saved before Pentecost, 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. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. 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." Who does not see that this is precisely analogous to the verse which opened the description of Babylon? I don't know exactly what He will say. IV. All believers in The redeemed "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. It will be a state of nature unexampled for the fruits of the earth and the enjoyment of all that God has made here below. 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. millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). It is interesting to me how that God took such pains to protect the innocency of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. 135:1; 146:1). Verse 4. 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. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. | William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 19:11. 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. But it is for the last time, not of the age only but of the various dispensations of God. In short, no testimony can avail, no work, power, or glory without the word of God applied by the Spirit of God. are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made On the head of the victor Christ there are many crowns to show that he is lord of all the kingdoms of the earth. 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. Other Books of the Bible The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. From the beginning, the church of God has been blessed with prophecy. It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. He with the glorified saints will have their home on high, but none the less shall they reign over this very world for the allotted time. And so this is the hang-up of man as Paul said in Romans one, "They worshipped and served the creature more than the creator." The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. Revelation 19:1. 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). I admit that there may be something more in the symbol than the literal hills of Rome, because they are said to be also seven kings. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and military proceedings, he has a penetrating insight into all the strength and stratagems of his enemies, he has a large and extensive dominion, many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. The New Testament is the "last will and testament" of Jesus, and to (iv) There is fidelity. 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. THE ALMIGHTY AND HIS KINGDOM ( Revelation 19:6-8 continued). The millennial nations, "the number of whom is as the sand of the sea," fall a prey to Satan.
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