These compose the third class here spoken of. I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. So, the great religious system, spiritual fornication is that endeavor to worship God in an unprescribed way. Although the words are the same as in the first chapter of the Fourth Gospel, the meaning is quite different and much simpler. 23:5). Tribulation saints. We have seen that these follow the Lord out of heaven, and are next seen enthroned. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 Commentary. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. Here I am obliged to say that our authorized version, and not merely it, but our common Greek Testaments, are altogether wrong. 227-28.] 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. Revelation 19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. 19:13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is the Word of God. It is the active word which carried out the commandment of God. 135:1; 146:1). 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. All is then fixed. * 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. Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. 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. But the graphic account does not end until the Spirit of God shows us another view of Babylon altogether. Each page of scripture is from the King James Bible, and is immediately followed by . There is the basis for my righteousness. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. "Hallelujah!" Revelation 19 - EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the In one sense it would be an eighth, and in another sense it would be of the seven; the eighth perhaps because of its extraordinary resurrection character, yet one of the seven because it is outwardly old imperialism again. At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. Here now is the rejoicing which was called for. We have been washed in His blood, and we have on our white In short, it is as we saw in Revelation 17:1-18, after Babylon had been brought before us in the course of the prophecy. "Let him that is unrighteous be unrighteous still: and let the filthy be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS ( Revelation 19:15-16 ). But it was no such evil which astounded the prophet. This remains true also in its own place, as we shall find; and when it is a question of reward, this is precisely the grand point; but when it is a question of the bride above, that is the way in which it is presented here, as we may see clearly from verse 8. To us, as His soldiers, Christ says "As My Father has sent Me so send I you." And on his robe, and on his thigh, he has a name written--King of kings and Lord of lords. . If you'd like to financially support VBVMI, please do so here. (iii) It may be that the name is one which can be revealed only at the final union of Christ and the Church. heaven. 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. 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 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. Thus such as were in the separate state were reunited to their bodies, and lived and reigned like those who were already on the thrones. The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. After the destruction of Babylon at and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom. It is the place that Jesus said God prepared for Satan and his angels. Christs Coming Kingdom). We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in Revelation 11:15-19 | Bible Exposition Commentary - Verse-by-Verse It is not only that the angel corrects the act by asserting that he is a fellow-servant of him and of his brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." In any real marriage there must be four things which must also be in the relationship between the Christian and Christ. The political side of this is described here with surprising brightness and brevity. After that Verse 2. The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! "Theme - Purpose": The theme of Revelation is the revelation of the person and the prophetic I will be a part of that army, as will you, because we are clothed in the fine linen white and clean, which is the righteousness of the saints. (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. 31:31-34; Zech. "All three of the figures in this verse are representations of the word of Christ, by which he executes with indisputable authority the judgment of God. We have seen her connection with the beast; but there is a conflict coming. 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.". 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. Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); Gods communion with His people (verse 7). Fell at his feet: Overwhelmed by the grandeur of the vision, John collapsed in What is there to hinder it? We do know some of His names "Jesus, the Christ, The Son of God, Shepherd, Redeemer, Saviour, Prince of Peace, King of Kings and Lord of lords"----but the fullness of His love and power none of us has yet realized. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come"( Isaiah 63:3-4 ). Hence. I do not, of course, complain of particular persons, but of the general vagueness in which the passage has been taken unless, indeed, the more common course be not to ignore it. For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. Indeed it must be so, because, as we read in the end of the last chapter, there the lost were cast. servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for Like when this guy was breaking up with his girl, he said, "Can I have one final kiss?" I think that religion is a tremendous curse upon the earth. "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. That a corrupt religion is better than none I will not say: at any rate it troubles men; it is a thorn in the side of those who want no religion at all. It is a question here of distinctive character, apart from that of time, for which we must search other scriptures. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? Directly he had sinned, the word of God came, and he was called. And I think that this has been declared all the way through, because this is one of the areas that Satan constantly challenges concerning God, the fairness of God's judgments when he deals and meats out His judgments upon man. Let us bear this in mind. 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). Beyond controversy, however, it is a most unusual and abnormal reappearance, which is altogether exceptional in the history of the world. God. (ii) A Greek came into the Church from a world of thought which made angel worship a real danger. small and the great mean everyone which includes all human categories and That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. This city is seen now as the holy vessel of divine power for governing the earth during the millennium, "having the glory of God: and her brightness was like a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.". He has with him the armies of heaven. They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. 18:20. The Word that Christ spoke will judge men at the last day. Again the righteousness of His judgment attested to. It is very evident, therefore, that the saints in a glorified state are here represented as following the Lord out of heaven. Whereas for the Jew, there are necessary dates and momentous changes that must take place; and hence, as Daniel represents the Jew, we have the difference kept up. "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and 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." Thus the second beast is no longer seen as an earthly power, but as a prophet-of course a false prophet. Not because any of their names were written therein, but in proof that they were not. 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. None but Rome corresponds. 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? 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. 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. 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. Revelation 19:3 "And again they said, Alleluia. "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." We can easily understand that the overthrow of the ecclesiastical power is necessary to leave a full field unimpeded for the imperial power to develop itself in its final form of violence and rebellion and apostacy against the Lord. 16:16. But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. I have examined Him. We have just seen that it is the eternal state. 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. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." That is good. And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." in the Bible, "her" does not mean just women, it is the bride. The Spirit of God contrasts with the fall of Babylon the marriage. Revelation chapter 19 and 20 willing to be his in the day of his power. 19:10b The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. "Behold I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book." Ezekiel works out the whole picture most fully in Ezekiel 16:1-63. This is saying that this judgment is permanent and is like the language that God 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. Why did the angel tell John not to do this? How does God tell us to worship Him? And it is the various ways by which men are attempting to reach God. (i) There is love. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. | sounds like a massive crashing of waves. The seven Spirits of God (Greek: , ta hepta pneumata tou theou) are mentioned four times in the Book of Revelation, and in the Book of Isaiah it names each Spirit.Revelation 1:4: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven . 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 name was in fact so holy that it was never pronounced. And they said Alleluia a second time; and her smoke goeth up unto the ages of the ages." Betrothal (often when the couple were children); (2) Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. - Utley. The Sword--The Word of His mouth--is now wielded in judgment. We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? Let me just first emphasise again, *The description here is simply character, not dates. Paul, the apostle said as he was recounting to the Philippians his past credits as a Jew, "Hebrew of the Hebrews, circumcised the seventh day, the tribe of Benjamin, a Pharisee, concerning zeal persecuting the church", but he said, "Those things that were gain to me", those credits that I had, those brownie points, "I counted loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, for whom I suffer the loss of all things and count them but refuse that I may know Him and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which was of the Law", circumcised seventh, eighth day and so forth, not having that righteousness which was of the law, "but now having the righteousness which was of Christ through faith" ( Philippians 3:5-9 ). We have here a note of time of signal value. almighty: having unlimited power. That is, the sixth head (reigning then in John's day) was the imperial form of government. Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; Revelation Chapter 12 Explained - bible-studys.org He is crowned as conqueror. "And he said unto me, It is done. We can quite understand that God would comfort His people in the dark ages by this book; and a very imperfect glimpse at its real meaning might in His grace serve to cheer them on in their trials as far as it went. The Church, the Bride of Christ, is clothed in fine linen, pure and shining. - WG, and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty . . Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. I agree one hundred percent. 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. That picture stands for the final union between Jesus Christ and his Church. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. We say that he is great! 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 ). It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. Some ancient authorities insert two-edged, from the parallel passage in Revelation 1:16. saints. He is the center of it. Verse 4. It was not merely a vocable or sound dropped heedlessly from unthinking lips. Thus there is no question that some of the actors in the final scenes of the great drama were already there, as the reigning city, and the Roman empire. Zerubbabel displays a plan of Jerusalem to Cyrus the Great by Jacob van Loo. Jesus Christ was a threat to the religious leaders as He would be to all religious leaders. It seems clear that the name is visible to all, and, therefore, probably the likeliest solution is that it was written on the skirt of the warrior Christ's robe, lying over his thigh, as he rode upon the white horse. the church is the bride during the presentation feast in heaven, then comes to Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation can be taken as capably as picked to act. 11:25-27). It would have been incongruous to bring in that long description before, because this must have interrupted the flow of the prophetic stream. The abusso or abyss is probably in the very center of the earth, because it is called and correctly translated "bottomless pit." Revelation Chapter 11 Explained - bible-studys.org The armies of the church militant on earth, and the church triumphant in heaven are not engaged in physical battles of guns and bloodshed, but in spiritual struggles for control of the minds and spiritual forces of men and women. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." 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. (faithful to Jesus). Now the scene totally changes 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the Here are two further pictures of the warrior Christ. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." [Note: E.g., M. Eugene Boring, Revelation, p. 195; and Wall, pp. For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? Certainly the ascription to the Lord of the fierce struggles of a human warrior is markedly avoided. Hallelujah!". The judgment of the dead is strictly individual, judgments in this world are not. ceremony. Verse 11 . The "word" that comes from Gods mouth is to be used to conquor! "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. There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Revelation 19 Commentary | Precept Austin This verse declares it, and there is no other interpretation that can stand even a moment's fair discussion. 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. Verse 1. These are the faithful. "And to the bride was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints." So, God has judged the false religious system that corrupted the earth with her spiritual fornication. 16:17+).Even though judgment is said to be complete at the pouring of the final bowl, we saw that several more chapters were still ahead before the kingdom of God . Once it is in an Old Testament quotation in 2 Corinthians 6:18; the other nine times are all in the Revelation ( Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 16:7; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:6; Revelation 19:15; Revelation 21:22). Here it is the positive worship of the creature besides the Creator, yea, and notoriously more than He. This is the last main section of the Book of Revelation. "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went I have a hard time stomaching religious people. 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 18:20). all the faithful believers saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the Verse Revelation 19:15. It is due to the exigency of a notion which fears and is irreconcilable with the truth in this place. Christ to earth. Amen We may illustrate it by the members of a family. "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. It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". took on His righteousness. "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". or "so be it. 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 believe that religion is man's endeavor to reach God. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. And I fell down before his feet to worship him; and he said to me: "See that you do not do this. 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. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. Any other intermediary than Jesus Christ between God and man must be utterly opposed. Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? It will help to show us that, whatever may have been the past conditions of Babylon, there is a future one; and it is in that future one that Babylon is to perish. That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Revelation 19:18-20. . He has, I think, exactly that class in view when He sanctions the calling him who hears to say "Come."

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