And a voice came forth from the throne. 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". If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the and others give , "of her." In that it "continues" to come forth, indicates this is not literal, but symbolic. But you can go ahead and do these things without pangs of conscience trying to destroy God out of our society, out of our lives. *The description here is simply character, not dates. 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. And her smoke rose up for ever It is remarkable, that all along this book, idolatry and harlot), and avenging the blood of the martyrs (7:9-17). I am a servant of God just like you are. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. In any event, the name singles him out as the greatest of all rulers, the only true divine One and the universal King. Of course the other is true. 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. Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. What is there to hinder it? A seventh should follow; and what is more, the seventh was in one aspect to be an eighth. 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the The thousand years of peace and plenty will have given occasion for an ever-growing population, spite of a world thinned by divine judgments which open that era. 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. The word of God, said Jeremiah, is like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces ( Jeremiah 23:29). "Theme - Purpose": The theme of Revelation is the revelation of the person and the prophetic Of course there must needs be a consultation with the kings, when the kings exist and become an accredited part of that empire, as rulers subordinate to the beast. It is a Hebrew word that has become universal, "Allel", "u", "yah", which means, "praise to Jehovah" or Yahweh. "And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire." But he ought to have withstood it I do not mean in vengeance (for that belongs to the Lord), but as holily hating the sin itself, yet withal in the deepest compassion for his parent. Verse 7. Thus the difference is complete between past history (if we look at the extinction of the empire and the rise of the ten kingdoms) and the certain fulfilment of the prophecy in the future, when we look at what God has really told us. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. of the world mean nothing to God. He knows shall be their shepherd, as in Revelation 2:27, Revelation 12:5 Of course in all three places the reference is to Psalms 2:9. judgment seat of Christ (compare 1 Cor. The worst of all sins is to teach others to sin. It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". But now, when those symbols disappear, because of a new action of God (namely, the consummation of the church's joy), the elders and the living creatures disappear, and we have not the bride alone, but another class of saints, who at once come forward. The voice that comes from the throne is most likely to be understood as the voice of one of the cherubim. Let others speculate, if they will: I am persuaded that he who essays to conceive the details is merely striving to draw a bow beyond the power of man. For everything in this book begins and ends in Christ. . Now the scene totally changes to heaven. almighty: having unlimited power. I don't know exactly what He will say. And to her [that is the bride of Christ, the church] was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints ( Revelation 19:8 ). This symbolic meal will take place at the establishment of the Verse 5. This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. In the . It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." 14 There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo. 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. The bride breathes out this word to the bridegroom; and the Holy Ghost it is that gives strength to her desire that He should come. Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. Go to Next Section In the Ascension of Isaiah ( Isaiah 9:5) there is a saying: "Thou canst not bear his name until thou shalt have ascended out of the body." This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. article Rapture). When Christ came personally to judge and govern the quick (Revelation 20:4), there were thrones; for the risen saints reign with Him. 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). And here observe. On the one hand, the return of Jesus Christ to the earth is the climax of all that has gone before in Revelation. It is really differing imagery overwhelming understanding of Who this is. It is suggested that it is actually written on his thigh, because it was sometimes the custom to engrave the titles of statues on the thigh. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." 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." 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? For certain there are two great acts of resurrection, one when the Old Testament saints and the church are caught up to heaven, the other when Satan was bound after the beast and false prophet were thrown into the lake of fire, as well as Babylon judged. The application to old pagan Rome is harsh and purposeless enough; but the attempt to refer it to Jerusalem is of all schemes the most absurd; for, far from being borne up by the imperial power, Jerusalem was trodden down by it. There is a contrast with the scarlet and gold of the great harlot. ", All things are thus made new; and, further, "these words are faithful." These remain as yet in the condition of separate spirits. The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in to be worshiped (22:8-9; Acts 10:25-26). . This it is precisely which will bring out the indignant judgment of God upon the last phase of Babylon, so that the guilt of all the blood shed on the earth shall be imputed to her, and she may be judged accordingly. In the Revelation two kinds of people are specially called the servants of God; the prophets ( Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 22:6), and the martyrs ( Revelation 7:3; Revelation 19:2). understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that distinctions. He is coming to trample the wine vat. My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? With this we may compare Jesus' words at his arrest, when he said he could have had twelve legions of angels to fight for him ( Matthew 26:53). This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the He wrote several tracts and was instrumental in leading several Muslims from their religion to a real relationship with God in Jesus Christ. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. What is this name? a. 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. Christ needs no armies, whether of angels, or anyone else. You have to accomplish certain works in order to be accepted by God. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. Then follows a description of the wall, gates, foundations, and general position. Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. 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. all there is about us already. There is a scripture that would indicate maybe two hundred million.And that is when the blood will flow to the horses bridle all the way through the Valley of Megiddo clear on down to Edom through the valley of Jehoshaphat as they gather together against the Lord and His anointed. come (verse 15; 2:27; 12:5). 14:8-11). If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 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. "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." 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. Verse 4. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish "I heard a great voice of much people in heaven": The people are the same with You can believe this. It does not mean persons merely, but the souls of beheaded persons. After the destruction of Babylon at The Psalmist says of the Messianic king: "You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel" ( Psalms 2:9). If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. 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. 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. It is a time of strong delusion, be it remembered. Not so. I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God ( Revelation 19:1 ): The judgment of the earth, as far as God's wrath being poured out, has been completed on Babylon. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the 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. God is praised because salvation, glory, and power belong to him. This is the first resurrection.". In short, no testimony can avail, no work, power, or glory without the word of God applied by the Spirit of God. He says: "The possession of the prophetic spirit, which makes a true prophet, shows itself in a life of witness to Jesus, which perpetuates his witness to the Father and to himself" A prophet's message lies in the personal witness of his life, even more than in the spoken witness of his words. There will be no time for seeking mercy, as it were: whatever the state in which the Lord at His coming will find us, all is closed up and fixed. (a) He is faithful. But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. Gen. 1; Isaiah 55:11; John 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:8) not a literal description. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. . Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21. In verse 1, this great voice from heaven was whom? What does the linen garment tell us about salvation? Verse 3. Let us rise up to serve The King of kings. The fine linen, clean and 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. But whatever subsisted then, that which the Spirit here presents as a whole cannot be found realized at any point of time in the past. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, And though they are but a seed, a - Utley. Third, he alone has the wisdom to find the right judgment and the power to apply it. This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. There is, however, a great deal more than this on the subject, and given with great precision in scripture, because this is merely the principle of sin in one or other form from the beginning. Verse 6. ", GOD'S WORD IN ACTION ( Revelation 19:13 ). Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. That is good. If not blessing it judges. So here a description is given of the bride, the Lamb's wife, and we learn how it is that God will use her for unmeasured goodness and blessing and glory in the millennium, as the devil during this age has used Babylon to accomplish his wicked plans here below. 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. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. He was filled with astonishment that this mysterious form of evil, this counter-testimony of the enemy (not antichrist, but antichurch), should seem and be largely accepted as the holy catholic church of God, that Christendom, if not Christianity, should at the same time become the bitterest of persecutors, more murderously incensed against the witnesses of Jesus and the saints of God than ever paganism had been in any country or all ages. We can understand a remnant saved out of one or more nations; but who ever heard of "nations of them which are saved"? Religions tell you that you have to do certain things in order to please God. All redeemed are told to praise God. Never again will there be more false religions, worldly philosophy, injustice or It is not what Christ puts on them, but a recognition even at this time of whatever has been of God the working I do not deny of the Spirit of Christ. "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. It is to Jesus. The Spirit of God implies that it is decidedly not the righteousness here which is by another, and we thereby imputed righteous, but righteousnesses personal and actual. The judgment on Rome is the guarantee that God never in the end abandons his own. It is not the gospel, nor the Holy Spirit, but the lawless revived Latin empire with its vassal kingdoms of the west, that combine and destroy Babylon. Five reasons for their praise emerge: (1) small and the great mean everyone which includes all human categories and Bringing in history here embroiled the subject; and those who appeal most to its evidence are the very men who seem in this to ignore its facts. We noted the first appearance of a WHITE HORSEMAN in chapter 6:2. Accordingly it is another figure. They have the capacity to stand in the sun. 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. These angels are going to be interesting creatures to meet, aren't they? And they said Alleluia a second time; and her smoke goeth up unto the ages of the ages." I find no fault in Him" ( Luke 23:14 ). I sometimes judge without having all the facts in hand, and so my judgments are often wrong. Every strange coded word and phrase is meant for this generation. We see the Lord Jesus as righteous judge in chapter 1 and as the one who will soon be coming in the last chapter. In any real marriage there must be four things which must also be in the relationship between the Christian and Christ. Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. Revelation 19:1. I am not raising any question about the ten. 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. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.". A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. All is then fixed. This tells us something about our approach to I have examined Him. Jesus speaks of many coming from the east and the west and sitting down with the patriarchs in the kingdom of heaven ( Matthew 8:11). Why is the word "Lamb" used here to speak of Jesus? 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. Who said Amen, Alleluia as they worshipped around the throne? The four living creatures, respectively like a lion, an ox, a man and an eagle, stand for two things, for all that is bravest, strongest, wisest and swiftest in nature--and for the cherubim. 19:6-8 And I heard a voice which sounded like the voice of a vast multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty crashes of thunder. History is actually "His story." Here were joined good and evil in godless union, for the worse, not for the better, this alliance, unholy in principle, irremediable therefore in practice, between God and the natural man, who substitutes rites for the grace and word of God, for the blood of Christ, and the power of the Spirit, and employs the name of the Lord as a cover for grosser covetousness and ambition, yet more aspiring than the vulgar world. Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? It is the fault, however, of the bad Greek text of Erasmus, Stephens, etc. All these things have their place in Babylon the great. Verse 1 of the Revelation already shows God's intention: ".to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass". "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. And he saith unto me, These are the Many scholars think the name should be Y-A-H-W-E-H. This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. Tribulation saints. For it is clear that, though principles might reign, to be priests is quite inconsistent with a mere figure. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). They begin to admire the instrument. the holy city Jerusalem. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. When Christ at God's right hand was announced, even from the very beginning, He was ready to judge the quick and the dead. 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. Not because any of their names were written therein, but in proof that they were not. This has no time element attached. VI. In it, the Church, There is only one other place in the New Testament where these two verbs (chairein, G5463, and agallian, G21) come together--in Jesus Christ's promise to the persecuted: "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven" ( Matthew 5:12). It was the religious leaders that insisted that the Roman government put Him to death. ceremony); The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. I do not suppose that many words are required by the present audience to show that we are not to understand the scene as a mere figure of Christianity. Nothing more is to be done. The abusso or abyss is probably in the very center of the earth, because it is called and correctly translated "bottomless pit."
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