But we as properly say, "Come." After these things: This is a time key. May our hearts answer freely to His word of love and truth with our "Amen." "On his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. How this precisely fits in, let me say, with the state of feeling in these modern times; for "constitutionalism," as men call it, is the fruit of the Teutonic system supervening on that of the broken up Roman empire. "I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled; and place was not found for them." After that 19:5 And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.". Here we have described to us the visions of The Conquering Christ (19:11-16), the judgments of the beast and of the false prophet and of Satan (19:17-20:10), the judgment of the wicked (20:11-15), the visions of the New heaven, the New earth and the New Jerusalem (20:16-22;5). "And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. It is by his word that God created the earth and the heavens and everything in them. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God Norris' Commentary on the Book of Revelation. - CBSC, The psalm prophecy is quoted by the apostle Peter in Acts 4:25-26 with this application of the effect of preaching Christ to the heathen world. 14:1-3; 1 Thess. (ii) His name is Faithful and True. 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? So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. He spoke it into existence. We see the Lord Jesus as righteous judge in chapter 1 and as the one who will soon be coming in the last chapter. The simple fact of conquering far and wide, and of exercising vast political power in the earth, does not constitute any title to such a name. The actual picture comes from Isaiah: "The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. Jude 1. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. She said, "You've had it. To whom else could they say it? Jesus descends majestically to judge in righteousness and rule in power. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints 5:22-24), it ultimately expands to include all the redeemed of all He speaks and it is done. He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. 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. It was the religious leaders that prompted the persecution against the church in its beginning and throughout history.There is even at the present time, one of the leaders of the YWAM program who has been charged in Greece with a charge of proselytizing, because he gave a Bible to a Greek sixteen-year old boy, and he has been charged in the Greek courts with proselytizing. In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. 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). ). Then and thus is aggravated guilt in the case of this wicked son. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the others may live (see article . all the faithful believers saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the ], "Those who believe in the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ must also look for his return." And you could imagine the grapejuice stains all over your clothes after having spent a day treading the wine vat therein. His armour; and that is a vesture dipped in blood, either his own blood, by which he purchased this mediatorial power, or the blood of his enemies, over whom he has always prevailed. He is coming to trample the wine vat. The word of God, or the judiciary sentence of Christ according to it, and which he will fully execute, to the utter destruction of all his enemies; :- that with it he should smite the nations; the Gentiles, the Papists, the antichristian states, those that have adhered to Babylon, and have drunk of the wine of her fornication. 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. Here is faith and confidence; and the whole point of this passage is that that faith and confidence are vindicated. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. God loves you and receives you just as you are on the basis of His grace, love and mercy. Revelation. And if you try to worship God in an unprescribed way, setting up little idols or whatever, which God has forbidden, that is spiritual fornication. Commentary on Revelation 19 by Matthew Henry - Blue Letter Bible Hence we have to own the divine source of government even when its holders abandon all such thoughts themselves, and maintain their rule in the world as a thing flowing from the people irrespective of God. Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on His eyes were as a flame of fire ( Revelation 19:12 ). I am not aware of any MS. in its favour, though some versions represent it. . Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. Here now is the rejoicing which was called for. I find no fault in Him" ( Luke 23:14 ). But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. symbolizes the permanence of Babylon's destruction (Isaiah 34:8-10). Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," "War in heaven": The tumultuous events on earth during the Tribulation find their counterpart in heaven. And their voice on this The account given of Babylon inRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not follow Revelation 14:1-20 or Revelation 16:1-21 in point of prophetic time, but differs from them in structure. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. Rev. It begins with the shout of a vast multitude in heaven. I sometimes make snap judgments. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . 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. 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. He had a great desire to bring his brothers, Egyptian brothers to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. 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 those that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. After a thousand years then they will be joined by Satan and the rest of the satanic beings or the angelic beings that joined with Satan in his rebellion against God. There never has been a like experience. They are not part of the body of Christ. And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." And the beast was taken" (taken alive), "and with him the false prophet that wrought signs in his presence, with which he deceived those that received the mark of the beast, and those that worshipped his image." The ensigns of his authority, his coat of arms--a name written on his vesture and thigh, King of kings, and Lord of lords, asserting his authority and power, and the cause of the quarrel, Revelation 19:16; Revelation 19:16. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." This appears to mean the word of the Gospel, by which his enemies are confounded, and his friends supported and comforted. is a myth. Though the divine vengeance will chiefly fall upon the beast, and the false prophet, yet it will be no excuse to those who fight under their banner that they only followed their leaders and obeyed their command; since they would fight for them, they must fall and perish with them. These angels are going to be interesting creatures to meet, aren't they? And God said, "Let the water bring forth and let the earth bring forth." So, vultures are invited from all over the earth to come and feast on the supper that God prepares. 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. The twelve apostles of the Lamb will accordingly have their own special place. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. 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. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo. "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. All redeemed are told to praise God. Hallelujah is a very common word in religious vocabulary but the only time it actually appears in Scripture is on the four occasions in this chapter. "This is the first resurrection. Revelation 19:1. Verse 7. Genesis. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. One of our pastors, Imad, spent some time in the Egyptian jail. We have just seen that it is the eternal state. Matches the description of Christ in Revelation 1:16 . Hence this certainly must be future. supreme in authority, and "God", which means supreme deity; you have an And John heard it as the voice of many waters or rushing waters and the voice of mighty thunderings.Glory. servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for "Owr hayah owr hayah", "Light be and light was". For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. Revelation 19:10 "And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he says to him not to do that because he is a fellowservant, but to worship God.You see it is a apart of man to need and want to worship something, and man seems to find it easier to worship an object that he can see rather than an object that he cannot see. Revelation 29 Lessons. All is then fixed. It is reigning. Without Jesus, there And here observe. And I have to apologize sometimes for my judgments. more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. So vast is this group that they are without number. to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. ( Revelation 18:20). On these I may say but a very few words. 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. We may surely say her cup was not yet full. Revelation 19:2 "For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged 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.". 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. Although there is such a levelling of human distinctions, and men have to do directly with God that is men raised from the dead or in their changed condition we still see the holy Jerusalem "the holy city, new Jerusalem," separate from the rest of those that fill the new heaven and earth. In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. The fine linen, clean and white, represents the And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God ( Revelation 19:9 ). WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. And though they are but a seed, a Salvation is simple. Verse 4. And the LAST WORDS (22:6-21). That is, the sixth head (reigning then in John's day) was the imperial form of government. These both [the two of them, the antichrist and his false prophet] were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone ( Revelation 19:20 ). Thus the divine testimony is not confined to the gospel or the church, but the prophetic Spirit which characterizes the Revelation as a whole, after the church is translated, is equally a testimony of Jesus. We'll study the Book of Revelation, explained in detail, and learn about every aspect of the Book of Revelation including the apocalypse, four horsemen, great tribulation, great white throne judgement, mark of the beast and so much more! Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. Up till now the visions have mainly been concerned with the power of evil and the sufferings of believers. But there never was the thought of giving Christ the only place He could take. 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. Hallelujah!". this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" According to the biblical narrative, Zerubbabel [a] was a governor of the Achaemenid Empire 's province of Yehud [3] and the grandson of Jeconiah, [4] penultimate king of Judah. Like when this guy was breaking up with his girl, he said, "Can I have one final kiss?" The angel implies nothing of the sort. He wrote several tracts and was instrumental in leading several Muslims from their religion to a real relationship with God in Jesus Christ. universe. And the marriage is the eternal He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). Fell at his feet: Overwhelmed by the grandeur of the vision, John collapsed in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the This may seem to us a strange metaphor. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. 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 ). 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. receive our inheritance, we must read the will. "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ( Revelation 19:10 b). They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. It is by the sword that goes out of his mouth. revelation-19:1-3 - Bible Commentaries Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. Here accordingly we have them all. They will be gathered together at the inspiration of Satan. It means here that his enemies would be certainly crushed before him - as grapes are crushed under the feet of him that treads in the winevat. After so long a tarrying how blessed! The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. But what I particularly call your attention to is the exceeding importance of heeding the retrospect at the bride, or new Jerusalem here, and the consequent removal of the difficulty caused by taking the last vision of this book as part of the prophetic series which begins in Revelation 19:1-21. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. This passage calls God by a certain name; and says that he has entered into his kingdom. The iron rod is showing his ability to protect them. Now we see the tree of life again. It is not complicated, just bare all to God. 4:13-18). You can believe this. But here there is neither; and this again is an evidence of gain, not of loss. The ceremony (the exchanging of vows). At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. "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. John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to I agree one hundred percent. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". The view that they are non-sequential rests on similarities between Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 19-22. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. Thus nothing can be simpler or more beautiful than the way in which this verse sums up the Revelation as a whole. Christ needs no armies, whether of angels, or anyone else. It is a precisely similar case here. Revelation chapter 19, beginning in verse number 1, the Bible reads "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God". and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 19. The significant thing about this great word is that it occurs ten times in the New Testament. It is all centered around Him. This falls in with what we have seen of the book in general; but I do not deny that certain elements which figure in the Apocalypse then existed and still exist. There may be lights of the heaven to mark times and seasons for the earth, and again on the earth. Isaiah speaks of God preparing for his people "a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined" ( Isaiah 25:6). I believe the word "Lamb" is used here, By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. 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. If you If they have only heard His voice, this after all is the incalculable boon; yea, it is the turning-point of all blessing. We have one final little battle here to take place in chapter nineteen. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. 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. Observe another very important fact. to Top, Other Books of the Bible And the coming of the Lord is urged in connection with it. "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). It will be interesting to find out. 14:8-11). [shepherd] . You can trust in this that these are the true sayings of God. I think that it might be just, "hey, you've had it." engagement. Man alone is to blame who has misapplied it. 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. Second, he alone has that purity which can judge without prejudice. But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. What does Revelation 19:1 mean? | BibleRef.com "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." Any other intermediary than Jesus Christ between God and man must be utterly opposed. Bride. Holding on to what others knew before them, or little more, they reduce themselves to a minimum of the truth. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever" ( Isaiah 34:9-10). I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". There is a reassuring tone here telling the Lord that He was justified in His This exclamation, meaning Praise the Lord, occurs frequently in the Old The reason is given at the close; not only "by thy sorcery were all the nations deceived," but above all "in her was found [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.". What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. 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 does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. Exactly the same thing is repeated here, and what makes it more apparent is the similarity of the introduction on each occasion. It is not into a wilderness the prophet is carried, but he is set on "a mountain great and high," and shown not the great, but. The judgment on Rome is the guarantee that God never in the end abandons his own. and the fullness of the Gentiles will be brought in. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 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. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. That religious system has an incomparably nearer connection with this mysterious harlot than anything we have yet spoken of. God will judge Israel, namely, Jews living when He returns (Ezekiel 20:33-38), and the Gentiles living then (Matthew 25:31-46). (a) He is faithful. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. Wheat and tares grow together till the process of judgment separates.
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