The fine linen, clean and The iron rod is showing his ability to protect them. 244.]. STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. In short, it is not tropical language, as when it is said of the prodigal son "This my son was dead, and is alive again;" or of the restoration of Israel, which is compared to a resurrection from the dead for the rest of the world. This is the "I Jesus sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. The Word that Christ spoke will judge men at the last day. the end of the Great Tribulation, just before the kingdom is established He is coming forth in indisputable human glory, but the greatest care is taken to let us know that He had that which was above man above the creature; for "no man knoweth the Son but the Father." Hitherto the reverse of this has been true in history. Even man himself when he was innocent in Eden was not called. But there is a message also for others. Accordingly the rapture of the church with the Old Testament saints must have already taken place, all (as I have no doubt) being caught up at the self-same time to be with the Lord above.
PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia Nothing of the sort can be plainer. And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. This is the first resurrection.". ages, which becomes clear in the remainder of the book. 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." Then the book concludes after a solemn warning against either adding to or taking from its contents. He uses a "staff" to gently nudge or guide his sheep. In Daniel's time it was not at hand. Let us rejoice and let us exult, and let us give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has prepared herself, and it has been granted to her to clothe herself with fine linen, shining and pure." Ephesians 6:17; smite the nations . There is going to be another supper, a supper prepared by God for all the birds. 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. Study Revelation 19:19-19 - 'King James Version' translation alongside Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #2694 and Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #3880 . There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. Peculiar energy indeed attaches to symbolic language. Both small and great: All distinctions and ranks are to be transcended. Now we find the symbol of the bride brought before us, and the elders and the living creatures disappear. Go to Next Section Is not this reason enough for saying that not even the shadow of solid ground appears for the system? 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. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. The word used here for crown is diadema ( G1238) , which is the royal crown, as opposed to stephanos ( G4735) which is the crown of victory. "And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but T. S. Kepler comments: "The moral law can no more be broken than the law of gravity; it can only be illustrated." The judgment of the dead is strictly individual, judgments in this world are not. It furnishes material for a contrast between the earthly Jerusalem and the heavenly city, because if there be one thing more remarkable than another in Ezekiel's description, it is the temple. What confusion! (Eph. 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. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. "And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. I do not doubt that there was a corrupt form in connection with Israel in times past. They lived, and were put therefore into a place and condition suitable for reigning with Christ, no less than the Old Testament saints and the church itself. . 1. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come: and let him that heareth say, Come: and let him that is athirst come: let him that will take the water of life freely." Therefore says the angel, "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, that hath* the seven heads and the ten horns. In Asia Minor even the tribunal of the proconsul was subject to bribery and to maladministration. })(); Return to Revelation Menu | This may seem to us a strange metaphor. One of the most approved axioms is, that kingdoms are just like men in this respect, that they begin, rise, and fall.
Revelation Chapter 12 Explained - bible-studys.org The battle joined. We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. It is a picture of final judgment. "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. "Which did corrupt the earth with her fornication": Drew the kings and "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. See note at Revelation 1:16 and note; Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:16. goes . The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. But a very different point of interest is to be observed. There are those who have set themselves deliberately and conscientiously to fight against God.The humanists in their Humanist Manifesto have declared their intention of destroying God out of the minds and conscientiousness of men. The picture is of the warrior Christ trampling the grapes so as to produce the wine of the wrath of God, which his enemies must drink to their doom. (i) There is love. universe. Here we see the chaste virgin II. Here is one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, the emergence of the conquering Christ. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. 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 ). Genesis. 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. If you understand the testimony of Jesus, what must you do. he will rule them with a rod of iron . The description of the great Commander, 1. That is, it is simply an expression of the homage that they pay. My righteousness is something God accounts and imputes to me because of my faith in Jesus Christ. But now there is but one throne: Christ judges the dead. 4-18). But it is for the last time, not of the age only but of the various dispensations of God. 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. No sooner was the marriage solemnized between Christ and his church by the conversion of the Jews than the glorious head and husband of the church is called out to a new expedition, which seems to be the great battle that was to be fought at Armageddon, foretold Revelation 16:16; Revelation 16:16. and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God; the fierce wrath of God against sinners is compared to a winepress; and the wicked antichristian party are likened to clusters of grapes; who being ripe for destruction, are cast into it, and pressed, squeezed, and trodden down by the mighty power of Christ, the Word of God, whose vesture is therefore before said to be dipped in blood; the same metaphor is used in Revelation 14:19 the allusion seems to be to Isaiah 63:3. It is very evident, therefore, that the saints in a glorified state are here represented as following the Lord out of heaven. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. Revelation 11:15-19. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? 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. 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. He has condemned the great prostitute "* There is no thought of making such a paradox to perplex the mind. All is opened, and this because we have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us; "for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." In my opinion it is not absolutely so. It is not meant that he who was more honoured in service than any of the twelve, he whom the Lord used for bringing out the church of the heavenly places, will not have his own most singular dignity in this glorious scene. of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went
Revelation 19 explained (every verse) - YouTube Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Go To Previous Section | But there never was the thought of giving Christ the only place He could take. (This takes you to our other website) You can't start with a finite base and reach to infinity. This is what nations have been constantly occupied with, lest any one power should become the beast. Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. The significant thing about this great word is that it occurs ten times in the New Testament. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. God doesn't want you taking credit for the work that He does, receiving glory for His work. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built I think that religion is a tremendous curse upon the earth. Together they join this great chorus proclaiming "Alleluia!". * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. But it conserves certain great truths. The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to 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. It is of the seven in that point of view, because it is imperialism; but it is an eighth, because it has a diabolical source when raised up again. This tells us something about our approach to
Discover The Book of Revelation - Each Scripture is Explained In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. true sayings of God.". The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. is a word to him that hears. What was easier than to turn the demons into angels and to worship them? Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. The principle upon which this verse-by-verse study of Revelation proceeds, is that the contents of the book are, in the main, yet future and that the fulfillment of the greater part of Revelation cannot take place as long as the Church remains here on earth. Revelation 19:4 "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down the holy city Jerusalem. 14:1-3; 1 Thess. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. Revelation 19:5 "And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.". ( John 1:14 ) And now again He comes as the Word of God. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of God's dedicated people. 11:2; Eph. And the devil that deceiveth them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet [are], and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages.". 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. The Spirit of God contrasts with the fall of Babylon the marriage. They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? This is the second death." article Rapture). At his rebuke nations shall flee before him, And he shall reprove sinners for the thoughts of their hearts, There is a Rabbinic picture of the Messiah: "How beauteous is the king Messiah, who is about to rise from the house of Judah. These compose the same group as (in 7:11), and are associated with worship The book of life will confirm what is gathered from the books. The multitude in heaven praises God for judging the great whore (Babylon, the God is sovereign. You can believe this. ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the 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.
Revelation Commentaries | Precept Austin We see the Lord Jesus as righteous judge in chapter 1 and as the one who will soon be coming in the last chapter. So for the most part in the book of Revelation, there will be the angel speaking to John and revealing to him the things that were being revealed to him by Jesus Christ. These words of praise here are focused on the Lord Jesus Christ. This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. And her smoke rose up for ever The guests also will include tribulation saints But first, the first five verses show heaven's response to the judgment of the But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. If Christianity does not bring joy, it does not bring anything. 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. as the Complut.
The Revelation: Verse by verse study Kindle Edition It is the place that Jesus said God prepared for Satan and his angels. The great praise of the multitude THE KING rides at the head of His armies. But that idea is wholly insufficient to cover or meet the word of God, which gives clear and strong reasons that prove the mistake of applying this to the pope as its complete fulfilment. God uses them for this object,-the setting aside of her, the great religious corruptress, whose centre is found at Rome. But it really is. Finally they will destroy her. Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. So here is the praise being given to God and now the encouragement for that praise coming from the throne of God. I like that, God speaking into existence the world in which we live. That is why religions fail. Rabbi, Jehudah, actually gave the odd instruction that men ought not to pray in Aramaic because the angels did not understand Aramaic! These angels are going to be interesting creatures to meet, aren't they? They were judged every man according to their works. He treaded the winepress As the grapes are trodden to express the juice, so his enemies shall be bruised and beaten, so that their life's blood shall be poured out. 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. But she has a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it. The prevalence of all this in Judaism is underlined by the fact that certain Rabbis insisted that prayers must always be offered direct to God, and not to Michael or to Gabriel. remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; 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.". I say not on but over the earth. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. It is for your sin that He is dying. That religious system has an incomparably nearer connection with this mysterious harlot than anything we have yet spoken of. I. God will judge Israel, namely, Jews living when He returns (Ezekiel 20:33-38), and the Gentiles living then (Matthew 25:31-46). Jewish dreams were full of the warrior Messiah, who would lead God's people to victory and smash his enemies. called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. Verse 4. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. In him was light; and that light was the life of man. They were shouting, ' Praise the Lord our God! The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. He has a name known to no one but himself. No sooner was the marriage solemnized between Christ and his church by the conversion of the Jews than the glorious head and husband of the church is called out to a new expedition, which seems to be the great battle that was to be fought at Armageddon, foretold Rev. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. understood literally. Jesus at the Last Supper said that he would not again drink of the cup until he drank it new in his Father's kingdom ( Matthew 26:29). they said, "because the Lord our God, the Almighty, has entered into his kingdom. It was ruled in general that the worldly powers were ordained of God. So He sent this revelation by the angel to John. The heavenly city, which is the full expression of blessedness on high, has no temple because it is all a temple. approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. 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. Spirit of prophecy: The person and message of Jesus is the Thomas viewed the second coming of Christ plus everything else through Revelation 22:5 as part of the seventh bowl judgment. At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. But a grave consideration soon disposes of both views by the relation to the beast, and more particularly by what will be shown a little farther on. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.". It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. A mystery clearly points to something undiscoverable by the natural mind of man a secret that requires the distinct and fresh light of God to unravel, but which when revealed thus is plain enough. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. Then we have another glorious description. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." Verse 1. twelve disciples and twelve Old Testament prophets. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. to Top The great harlot is judged because she corrupted the world. None but Rome corresponds. The Complutensian edition, and all the Oriental versions, with the Vulture Latin, read, "a sharp twoedged sword".
Revelation - Explained Verse by Verse, Chapter by Chapter A state of war has existed since the fall of Satan (compare verse 4, compare Dan.
What does Revelation 19:3 mean? | BibleRef.com All is then fixed. 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 . There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." What does Revelation 19:3 mean? Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. And John heard it as the voice of many waters or rushing waters and the voice of mighty thunderings.Glory. Preparations and celebrations were much more And Paul speaks of himself as betrothing the Church like a pure virgin to Christ ( 2 Corinthians 11:2), and for him the relationship of Christ to his Church is the great model of the relationship of husband and wife ( Ephesians 5:21-33). 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 ).