When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. Bible Studies | Verse By Verse Ministry International And they also lasted much longer. Take this quite simply and literally. of the bride, the Lamb's wife. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.". The enemy falls on with great fury, headed by the beast, and the kings of the earth; the powers of earth and hell gathered, to make their utmost effort, Revelation 19:19. Christ is described by two words. She will despise everything really divine; she will only use whatever of God's word she can pervert for increasing her own importance, and gaining a greater ascendancy over the consciences of men, and enjoying herself more luxuriously in this world; for she will go far to obliterate all remembrance of heaven, and to make this world a kind of paradise which she embellishes, not with pure and undefiled religion, but with the arts of men and the idolatries of the world. all there is about us already. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. It should not be "and which had not," but rather, "and those who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, neither had received his mark upon their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." It is by his word that God created the earth and the heavens and everything in them. This has no time element attached. He answers, "I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. Man has always sinned in one or other of these two ways, looking now at sin in its broadest forms. he will rule them with a rod of iron . var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. Hence arose the prominence of angels. 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. "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, thatRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. Hence a song of praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures is a Te Deum from the whole of the Church and the whole of nature. No marriage can last without fidelity, and the Christian must be as faithful to Jesus Christ as Jesus Christ is to him. So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. It also means genuine, as opposed to that which is unreal. for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication ( Revelation 19:2 ). You just have to come on the basis of God's grace and love for you and cast yourself upon His mercy, but that God is merciful. After that So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. Here is one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, the emergence of the conquering Christ. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. Christs Coming Kingdom). Clearly the same saints whom we have seen first set forth by the elders in heaven, subsequently by the elders and the living creatures, next, by the bride and the living creatures at the marriage-supper, and finally by the armies that followed the Lord out of heaven. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the ). V. An invitation given to the fowls of heaven, that they should come and see the battle, and share in the spoil and pillage of the field (Revelation 19:17; Revelation 19:18), intimating that this great decisive engagement should leave the enemies of the church a feast for the birds of prey, and that all the world should have cause to rejoice in the issue of it. "Theme - Purpose": The theme of Revelation is the revelation of the person and the prophetic The woman was allowed to ride the beast to influence and govern the empire first, but at last to be the object of hatred to the ten horns and the beast, who expose, rob, and destroy her. No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. But there is a time coming when power will cease to be ordained of God; and this is the point to which the last condition of the beast refers. The meaning is no more than this, that in the great battle of Armageddon, which was for the destruction of all the remainder of the enemies of the church, whether papists, or atheists, or Turks; men of all sorts and orders should be slain, and their dead bodies made meat for the fowls of heaven . Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. . 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. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready ( Revelation 19:7 ). "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." Then come others in the condition of separate spirits or souls, whom the prophet saw two different classes of them those beheaded for the witness of Jesus and the word of God, and those who refused the beast in every form, The proof of the third class should have been given a little more distinctly than in our version. 14:8-11). 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. He was a medical doctor there. (John 12:48). Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. 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. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Verse 3. Whether it were the Old Testament saints and the church, or the Apocalyptic saints, if I may so distinguish them, it was in an instant that each were raised, but there was some space between them. Verse 1. Then follows another scene still more solemn the most awe-inspiring of all we can contemplate, at the same time full of blessing for the Christian to look onward to as that which will for ever put aside every trace of evil, and vindicate good where man must altogether fail. And then comes the gathering and the battle. continually reigns. He has punished that great prostitute. But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." 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. 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. took on His righteousness. 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. Now that time had come. 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. These are those saved before Pentecost, Here it would seem we have just what answers to that: this name none knew but He Himself. There is another remark to make. on Line, email us at: "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." In as many things as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give to her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and I shall in no wise see sorrow.". Such is the hard bondage which mere historical tradition imposes on its votaries. It will never happen. She does not, it is true, say, "Come quickly." In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. 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. The true reading here is neither hard nor doubtful save to unbelief. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Commentary. "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. After the destruction of Babylon at Revelation - Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Gateway God said, "Light be," and light was. come into its fullness. I. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. The old oracles were sealed then: not so John's. 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. Jesus replaced the filth with His righteousness. It was a unit of energy charged with power. Wheat and tares grow together till the process of judgment separates. That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. There we interpreted as "CHRIST EVANGELISING". It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. Consequently they sat upon the thrones at once; while the two latter classes, described in the rest of the verse, were still in the separate state "and the souls." And this is entirely confirmed byRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18, where it was told us that they are with Him when He comes. 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. This is a metaphor of the power of the gospel or of Gods spoken word (cf. There are those who have set themselves deliberately and conscientiously to fight against God.The humanists in their Humanist Manifesto have declared their intention of destroying God out of the minds and conscientiousness of men. That is what prophecy is about. This is not unrighteous, but, on the contrary, the highest justice from a divine point of view. In two Old Testament stories, the wrestling of Jacob at Peniel ( Genesis 32:29), and the appearance of the angelic messenger to Gideon ( Judges 13:18) the divine visitor refuses to tell his name. The principle upon which this verse-by-verse study of Revelation proceeds, is that the contents of the book are, in the main, yet future and that the fulfillment of the greater part of Revelation cannot take place as long as the Church remains here on earth. Revelation 19 ( Rev 19:1) - 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 heavenly celebration (verses 1-6), which connects the events of chapter 18, reveal more than the celebration of the defeat of a certain city or belief system. At the end of this time he will be released for a short while (20:1-3). We have already met this description in Revelation 1:14 and Revelation 2:18. Isa_1.20; Isaiah 49:2; Isaiah 66:16; This is the weapon God uses to conquor the nations! If ancient times failed fully to meet the requirements of the chapter, it is evident that the middle ages are passed without its fulfilment as a whole. It is a Hebrew word that has become universal, "Allel", "u", "yah", which means, "praise to Jehovah" or Yahweh. If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. This is of great importance, because if the new Jerusalem be, as I have no doubt it is, the bride the Lamb's wife, then we have her separate condition asserted in eternity. i. Revelation 19 New International Version Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon's Fall 19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! It is true, the beast's judgment is only referred to as a defeat under the hand of the Lamb. derives from a Hebrew word meaning "to be firm," and may be translated "truly" And he shall rule them with a rod of iron - See the notes on Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5. What would be the meaning, if so read? The friendships of the evil are not lasting. All is then fixed. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. 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. Christ will come in glory to judge and rule. If you 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. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth ( Revelation 19:6 ). I don't know exactly what He will say. Revelation 19 explained (every verse) - YouTube *The description here is simply character, not dates. John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. Then go into each of the twenty two chapters of the Book of Revelation one by one. They were in three distinct stages which first involved the betrothal or 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. (compare 1 Thess. "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near." marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.". The chief difference is that in man's case it is God who raises him, whereas in the empire's not God but the devil will raise it again. 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. There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. The church is the bride, Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Psalms 2:9; Psalms 45). We must perforce therefore look for a still more complete development before the Lamb judges the beast after the ten horns along with it shall have destroyed Babylon. See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow "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. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God ( Revelation 19:12-13 ). on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. 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. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. T. S. Kepler comments: "The moral law can no more be broken than the law of gravity; it can only be illustrated." If you'd like to financially support VBVMI, please do so here. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. Revelation 19 In this chapter we have, I. Now, this vesture dipped in blood is probably a reference to Isaiah sixty-three. Revelation 19 - EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) We may illustrate it by the members of a family. The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. These events are in chronological sequence, as will become clear. others may live (see article . What is it, seven hundred and fifty million degrees Fahrenheit or something like that? (faithful to Jesus). The word used here for crown is diadema ( G1238) , which is the royal crown, as opposed to stephanos ( G4735) which is the crown of victory. essence of all true prophecy. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. Go To Previous Section | "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." What I judge, then, is that the guests, or those that were called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb, refer clearly to the Old Testament saints. Figuratively, with reference to the church. The bride represents those that are spoken of in the normal possession and enjoyment of their privileges. The battle joined. The prevalence of all this in Judaism is underlined by the fact that certain Rabbis insisted that prayers must always be offered direct to God, and not to Michael or to Gabriel. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" . The voice includes himself among those who claim God as our God. He speaks and it is done. John's age knew all about the perversion of justice; no one could expect justice from a capricious heathen tyrant. 19:14-16 The armies which are in heaven followed him, on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. 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. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." * 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. I think that it might be just, "hey, you've had it." - CBSC. "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him: for the ___________ of the _______ is come". I admit that afterwards no doubt the new heaven and the new earth are seen; but who contends that this is the sphere to which the Lord comes? He is a threat to them, because He tells you, you don't have to be religious to be accepted by God. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. Omnipotent means worship before the angel (compare 1:17; 22:8). And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; use them with the utmost severity; the phrase is taken out of Psalms 2:9 a prophecy of Christ, and mentioned twice before in this book, Psalms 2:9- :. Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. But when Christ and the church peacefully reign, such is the imagery that suits "a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. Revelation 19:8 "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." The Revelation: Verse by verse study Kindle Edition 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. Third, he alone has the wisdom to find the right judgment and the power to apply it. This disposes of many a web of comments; for we find at once what is perfectly simple, what any child of God who believes this to be the word of God must own. . "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. First, "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them." These are not references to the merciful and benign reign of Christ through his saints on earth in the present dispensation, but to the final wrath and judgment of God upon the ungodly. 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. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. The description of the great Commander, 1. This scene It is Christ Himself about to be displayed in His rights as King of kings, and Lord of lords; and this in the face of the world. Verses 6-10: Omnipotent: God is all-powerful, and reigneth over His He is urged to take up the same cry. 2:18-19). Study Revelation 19:19-19 - 'King James Version' translation alongside Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #2694 and Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #3880 . 11:2; Eph. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. Never again will there be more false religions, worldly philosophy, injustice or 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. Revelation 19 begins with a multitude in heaven singing a doxology to God. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? This appears to mean the word of the Gospel, by which his enemies are confounded, and his friends supported and comforted. 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.". In the Testament of Levi (5:5) Michael is said to be the angel who intercedes for Israel. In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. In the . Now, this law that has the backing of the Greek Orthodox Church, or it was instituted because of the Greek Orthodox Church against proselytization, is the law that they used to charge him.In Egypt it is a capital offense to lead a Muslim to a faith in Jesus Christ. 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. But in the time really contemplated here all this political shuffling will be over. Nobody can dispute that this remarkable cluster of kingdoms in Europe was the fruit providentially of the destroyed unity of the Roman empire when the barbarians invaded it. are the ones who are praising. Hence this certainly must be future. The white linen represents the good deeds of God's dedicated people; that is to say, it is character which forms the robe which arrays the Bride of Christ. The ten horns with the beast are all to receive authority the beast of course wielding the imperial power, they as kings, all during one and the same time before the end comes. 11:25-27). They were shouting, ' Praise the Lord our God! There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. 4. 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. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. All redeemed are told to praise God. this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" 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. As when they are the enemies of the Lords flock, for his "club" that He uses to protect them is a "rod of iron", one that will not break, and will devestate the enemy attacking His flock. It is not a righteousness of works. Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? Here is the idea in Hebrews 4:12: "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword.". Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 19. 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.
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