To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. Echoing an earlier rabbinic comment found in the commentary of Rashi to the Songs of Songs (4:5) Ginzberg explainedthere is also a great bond of union between the first five commandments and the last five. absence of the Church from the earth during the judgments of (Rev. See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. The judgment on Rome is the guarantee that God never in the end abandons his own. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." 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. Again, to my mind it seems demonstrably true that the relation to the beast here brought before us must in all fairness be allowed to look onward to a later stage of Babylon. 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. Lord. We usually pronounce it JEHOVAH; but the vowels in Jehovah are really those of the Hebrew word 'Adonay ( H136) , which means Lord, the name by which the Jews called God in order to avoid pronouncing the sacred name. Read the verses thoughtfully. I believe the word "Lamb" is used here, And he shall rule them with a rod of iron - See the notes on Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5. "He has a name inscribed which no one knows but Himself." The fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of the They which are called: This is not the bride (the church), but the guests. And I fell at His feet to worship him. elaborate than those of today. It is also clearly a personal reward to those who had suffered. Worship God!". 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. Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. The speaker isn't identified but is probably an angel and refers to God as our Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the The first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever ( Revelation 19:3 ). But it is for the last time, not of the age only but of the various dispensations of God. Here it is the positive worship of the creature besides the Creator, yea, and notoriously more than He. Believers long for a world of justice and it will The angel least him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal over him, that he should no more deceive the nations, till the thousand years should be completed: after these things he must be loosed a little time.". But no believer comes into judgment. The view that they are non-sequential rests on similarities between Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 19-22. It will be understood when one says "spiritual" that none is meant save of a wicked kind. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. Just as the city of man's confusion was seen in her vile, degraded, and degrading relations with the beast, this city is seen in her pure and glorious relations with the Lamb. Not that any of those judged (and the scene described is solely a resurrection of judgment) are said to be written there: we are shown rather that they were not found in that book. My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. Therefore we find in connection with the book a most solemn warning. believers at salvation, but the practical results of that righteousness in "Your Maker is your husband; the Lord of hosts is his name," says Isaiah ( Isaiah 54:5). Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. The two of them were cast alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone; and the rest were slain with the sword of him who rides the horse, with the sword which comes out of his mouth; and all the birds were glutted with their flesh. heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the "I will betroth you to me for ever," Hosea hears God say, "I will betroth you to me in righteousness" ( Hosea 2:19-20). And the marriage is the eternal I agree with the majority. John's age knew all about the perversion of justice; no one could expect justice from a capricious heathen tyrant. The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article Marriage Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. distinctions. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? Commentary on Revelation 19:11-21. The return of Christ to earth 19:11-16. 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 ). It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. But in this is shown what it is of importance to see the true nature of the kingdom or millennial reign. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. 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. There are times when John sees the Lord himself. Third, he alone has the wisdom to find the right judgment and the power to apply it. 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. and others give , "of her." a. In Daniel's time it was not at hand. (iii) He judges and makes war in righteousness. I like that, God speaking into existence the world in which we live. almighty: having unlimited power. H. B. Swete says that this comprehensive phrase embraces "Christians of all intellectual capacities and social grades, and of all stages of progress in the life of Christ." Nor is there any real reason to wonder at their deriving help from partial light. The decem-regal division of the broken empire in the West, as all know, was long after Rome had ceased to be heathen. "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him: for the ___________ of the _______ is come". "These have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast," or their imperial leader. (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses The living creatures are, from Revelation 5:1-14 coupled with the elders, as we find them in the beginning of Revelation 19:1-21. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. So here He is sitting upon a white horse. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. These twenty-four elders, I believe, as I said before, are two groups of twelve, God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. Meanwhile the armies of the antichrist perish in battle (19-21).With the antichrist and the false prophet destroyed, only the first member of the evil trinity remains to be dealt with, Satan himself. II. the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath That is to say, never again will she rise from her ruins. To the Christian this book is not sealed. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." He was a medical doctor there. (19:6-9), are evidence of the Church being in heaven prior to the return of On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. It is really differing imagery ( 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. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for true and just are his judgments. Jer. And so it is with this very Babylon that comes before us here. church (compare Matt. Link with Johns vision of Revelation 19:11-16 a meditation on the Hymn "Crown Him with many crowns" and also the stirring Hymn "Onward Christian soldiers." 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". THE DOOM OF THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST ( Revelation 19:17-21 ), 19:17-21 And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a great voice to all the birds who fly in midheaven. In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. His secret name indicates his unique authority (11-12). It wouldn't have to be more than ten miles in diameter to hold all of the unrighteous from Adam until now. His word which hurled the suns in space will execute his will when the time comes. It is as if the multitude of the redeemed sent up their shout of praise because the promise of Christ to his persecuted ones had come abundantly true. Begin by reading the Introduction first. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. As any dream or vision has to be interpreted, so does Revelation. When a person dies, it will be a positive curse from God; if he die even a hundred years old, it will be like a baby dying now. Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. THE CONQUERING CHRIST ( Revelation 19:11 ). 2. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. Here we see the chaste virgin more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. 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. Acts 10:25-26). So the marriage feast of the Lamb will take place here on the earth. "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. But this passage confronts us with something which became of very great importance in the worship of the Church. The Word of God is alive and powerful, if we would only realize the power of the Word of God. [issues, proceedeth, comes, came, goeth, comes out, ] . New American Standard Version But "nations of them which are saved," is a most anomalous expression, and betrays man as the author of it. ", If we had to find another title for the Book of Revelation to describe its message--then it would bear the title-- "King of kings and Lord of lords.". But now He is ready to return and establish His kingdom and take us unto Himself and the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife, or bride, has made herself ready. That religious system has an incomparably nearer connection with this mysterious harlot than anything we have yet spoken of. John was forbidding angel worship; and that was a very necessary prohibition, for in the early church there was a well-nigh inevitable tendency to worship angels, a tendency which has never wholly disappeared. I don't know exactly what He will say. Revelation 14:19-20). He has with him the armies of heaven. And if you are wise and involved in any kind of ministry at all when attention and adulation and these kinds of things come your way, you will be wise as the angel and say, "Don't worship me. willing to be his in the day of his power. It is no problem for the infinite God to reach to finite man. The beast is Nero redivivus; the false prophet is the provincial organization which administered Caesar worship; those who have the mark of the beast are they who have worshipped at the shrine of Caesar; the kings of the earth and their armies are the Parthian hosts, which Nero was to lead again against Rome and against the world. come into its fullness. The word "rule" is "to shepherd" them, and the rod of iron is the club the shepherd used to fend off the wolves, bears, lions, etc. Indeed it must be so, because, as we read in the end of the last chapter, there the lost were cast. It is altogether unfeasible, and it shows how carelessly we read the Bible that people are not stopped by such an expression. The marriage of the Lamb and the marriage supper of the Lamb "in heaven" III. In Php_2:9-11 we read of the name above every name which God has given to Jesus Christ because of his complete obedience; and there the name is almost certainly Lord. We read of the marriage feast ( Matthew 22:2); of the bridechamber and the wedding garment ( Matthew 22:10-11); of the sons of the bridechamber ( Mark 2:19); of the bridegroom ( Mark 2:19; Matthew 25:1); of the friends of the bridegroom ( John 3:29). There is no expression in the word of God which binds all to rise at the same instant. The Church, the Bride of Christ, is clothed in fine linen, pure and shining. I think, therefore, that the elders and the living creatures comprehend both the Old Testament saints and the church, the bride of Christ, that consequently, when the bride is mentioned, there were these others who had been included in the elders and the living creatures, but who are now seen as a separate body. place on earth following the return of Christ (20:4; compare Matt. News Links, Recommended Books, News Sites, and Bibles And then we come to a most cheering disclosure: "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of those beheaded on account of the witness of Jesus, and on account of the word of God: and those who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark upon their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." The 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. But it conserves certain great truths. All the dispensational names of God disappear. 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. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God ( Revelation 19:9 ). Jesus Christ. Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. Gates of hell can never Gainst that Church prevail. The rebellion that had begun in the Garden of Eden is finally ended. Spirit of prophecy: The person and message of Jesus is the 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. Verse 4. I am the, Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. because of the number of people speaking. Rabbi, Jehudah, actually gave the odd instruction that men ought not to pray in Aramaic because the angels did not understand Aramaic! Verse 2. None but Rome corresponds. [Note: E.g., M. Eugene Boring, Revelation, p. 195; and Wall, pp. In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political 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. (iii) There is joy. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." *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. He saw their condition: it was part of the vision. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. he will rule them with a rod of iron . No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. Verse Revelation 19:15. In this way there never has been anything of the kind before. We noted the first appearance of a WHITE HORSEMAN in chapter 6:2. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. Verse 6 commends these sayings afresh. They are not seen here as the bride. Here it would seem we have just what answers to that: this name none knew but He Himself. If you ( Revelation 18:20). The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. The principle is very clear. As for the earthly land and city, the moon will have her light increased to that of the sun, and the sun shall be sevenfold. "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." The weapons of his warfare--A sharp sword proceeding from his mouth (Revelation 19:15; Revelation 19:15), with which he smites the nations, either the threatenings of the written word, which now he is going to execute, or rather his word of command calling on his followers to take a just revenge on his and their enemies, who are now put into the wine-press of the wrath of God, to be trodden under foot by him. Ephesians 6:17; smite the nations . (John 17:18). And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." And though they are but a seed, a (John 12:48). And of course, this proselytizing law was prompted by the Greek Orthodox Church, and he has been sentenced to spend three and a half years in jail in Greece. Can anything be less reasonable (even taking that ground, low as it is) than that the various rulers of the western powers, Catholic kings, join the Pope in destroying his own city, or his own church, whichever Babylon may be made? Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. I believe that religion is man's endeavor to reach God. Worship: Only God is to be worshiped (compare 22:8-9; There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. Note that there is no fighting or conflict of any kind in view here. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". Revelation 19 The people in heaven praise God 1 After these things, I heard a sound like the voices of a great crowd of people in heaven. 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. But what is also of consequence to observe is, that John saw souls the souls of those beheaded on account of the witness of Jesus, and on account of the word of God. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. . 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. The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. This is clearly of moral importance. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. 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. It is due to the exigency of a notion which fears and is irreconcilable with the truth in this place. are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); He knows It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? ). Raphael tells Tobit that he is the angel who brought his prayer before God ( Tob_13:12-15 ). So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. [3] In this chapter, heaven exults over the fall of Babylon the Great. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse." It will be observed that in this case it is one of the angels that had the seven bowls who comes forward and says to John, "Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (or harlot) that sitteth upon [the] many waters." His Kingship is universal--But one thing remains--that the enemies of His people be consigned to their doom. reign with Christ in the millennial kingdom. "[48] No "battle" of any kind takes place here. Our most difficult task here is to discover the picture behind the statement that the warrior Christ has the name King of kings and Lord of lords written on his robe and on his thigh. | 4:6). First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. In the former verse God invited all the ravenous fowls to a supper, he here showeth their cheer. This is never the case with an angel. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. Christ is described by two words. Isaiah 63:3. Who said Amen, Alleluia as they worshipped around the throne? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" One of the great dangers of being in any kind of ministry where God is using you, one of the great dangers of exercising any spiritual gift, is that people so often look at the instrument that God uses. . His blows on this world come more nationally as on Israel; incomparably more severe, as in possession of greater privileges, is the judgment of corrupt Christendom, or Babylon as it is called here. These are the true sayings of God. Then follows the proclamation of the angel, and the invitation to the supper of the great God, to eat the flesh of all the great ones of the earth. 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. Nothing more is to be done. To be crowned with more than one crown may seem strange, but in the time of John it was quite natural. (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. on Line, email us at: Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. 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. 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. All this gives us a true and just view of the various parties that have a share in the resurrection. And it was so. And John heard it as the voice of many waters or rushing waters and the voice of mighty thunderings.Glory. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. This is the second death." That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Revelation 19:1-3. "And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire." (v) It may be that we shall never know the symbolism of the unknown name but H. B. Swete has the very fine idea that in the essence of the being of Christ there must always remain something beyond man's understanding. 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.
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