revelation 19 explained verse by verse

It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. Lord God: Used many times in Revelation as a title for God (compare verse 15, Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. Now that time had come. Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. I believe that religion is vastly different from Christianity. It wouldn't have to be more than ten miles in diameter to hold all of the unrighteous from Adam until now. In ancient times, a marriage was the single greatest celebration and social Verse 9. It was a unit of energy charged with power. (b) He is true. A fourth century A.D. They themselves were to judge. marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.". "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. 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. If some few have joined on one side, some are sure to help the other, because they are jealous of any one acquiring such a preponderant authority: and power as to govern the rest. The antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire, signifying punishment from which there is no escape. the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse ( Revelation 19:21 ). It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. As Revelation 17:1-18 was a descriptive digression, so is the portion from Revelation 21:9. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. Ruling includes destroying as well as reigning over (Psalms 2:9). Therefore we find in connection with the book a most solemn warning. Yet to this heavenly city, after Christ comes, the kings of the earth bring their offerings and their homage; but there is no excitement of the nations, no filthiness of fornication, no abominations, no blood-guiltiness. III. It is plain that they are not in this city. Who will join in acclamations of praise, and partly on account of their 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. "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. (Eph. Again, that it supposes Rome after it had professed the name of Christ I think is not to be doubted, if only from the expression "mystery" attached to Babylon. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." Hitherto the reverse of this has been true in history. And I heard as it were a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of mighty thunders, saying, Alleluia, for the Lord God the Almighty reigneth. We have already seen that God will cause a third part of the sea to turn to Imagine when all living creatures in the seas die. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. You would never hit the bottom. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. 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 brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. 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. For everything in this book begins and ends in Christ. Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. "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." There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. reign with Christ in the millennial kingdom. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article Marriage First, there are his servants. - Wallace. would even have us. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. It is to Jesus. "Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, because his judgments are true and just, for he judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged upon her the blood of his servants.". Observe another very important fact. Hence the effort of some to prop up a manifestly false reading. 2. The angels are never "called," although they may be "chosen;" and though termed holy, I do not recollect that they are ever spoken of as "faithful." What is the righteousness of the saints? - CBSC, The psalm prophecy is quoted by the apostle Peter in Acts 4:25-26 with this application of the effect of preaching Christ to the heathen world. We have already met this description in Revelation 1:14 and Revelation 2:18. There may be lights of the heaven to mark times and seasons for the earth, and again on the earth. actual ceremony. It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, thatRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. We say that he is great! (ii) His name is Faithful and True. 19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. Once again John finds his model in the words of the Old Testament, for that is a quotation from Psalms 135:1; Psalms 135:20. The series of Psalms from Psalms 113:1-9; Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29 were called the Hallel (compare H1984) , the Praise God, and were part of the essential education of every Jewish lad. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. event in the biblical world. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". Again John finds his picture in the prophetic words of the Old Testament, where it is said of the chosen king of God: "With righteousness he shall judge the poor" ( Isaiah 11:4). Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." None but Rome corresponds. We have been washed in His blood, and we have on our white He is in charge of the Anastausus Ship, but he is facing a jail sentence of three and a half years in Greece because He gave a Bible to a sixteen-year old Greek boy and the boy accepted Jesus Christ as His Savior. And he said unto me, There was never a time when the Christian was called upon to undergo such suffering and to accept so continually the prospect of a cruel death. Second, he alone has that purity which can judge without prejudice. 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. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I will tell thee the mystery of the woman." on Line The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. It is suggested that it is on the skirt of his general's cloak, for that is where it would be easiest to read on a horseman. These things were Christs return, Satans capture, Satans binding, the Millennium, Satans final end, the last judgment, and the new heavens and earth, including the New Jerusalem. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. Revelation 20. The heavenly praise continues, this time for a call for gladness, rejoicing and 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. But here there is neither; and this again is an evidence of gain, not of loss. (5) Babylon must hear, I do not doubt, the final testimony of God the gospel of the kingdom that is to go forth in the last days; but she loves her pleasure and power, and refuses truth. Some ancient authorities insert two-edged, from the parallel passage in Revelation 1:16. These remain as yet in the condition of separate spirits. That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. The Lord is not so interested in telling you who you are going to marry or what is going to happen to you next week, the spirit of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. In this way there never has been anything of the kind before. It is no problem for the infinite God to reach to finite man. This is of great importance, because if the new Jerusalem be, as I have no doubt it is, the bride the Lamb's wife, then we have her separate condition asserted in eternity. 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." And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God ( Revelation 19:12-13 ). But a very different point of interest is to be observed. It is by the sword that goes out of his mouth. It is a picture of final judgment. (iv) It may be that here is a lingering relic of the old idea that to know the name of a divine being was to have a certain power over him. [Note: See David J. MacLeod, The Seven Last Things.] (faithful to Jesus). This is never the case with an angel. Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. Besides the bride thus arrayed, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb." This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. ], "Those who believe in the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ must also look for his return." 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. 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. The word is pistos ( G4103) ; it means absolutely to be trusted. "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". See bibliographic information; Read aloud; Stop reading aloud Hide links to Bible word meanings The . "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." The voice that came out of the throne said what? He spoke these things into existence; the power of the Word of God.If we would only realize the power of the Word of God. See it explained in the notes on that place, and on Revelation 14:19-20. The true reading here is neither hard nor doubtful save to unbelief. When you couple that with "Lord", which means Worship: Only God is to be worshiped (compare 22:8-9; Revelation 19:6 "And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as But it is what each saint has, though the blessed thought here is that the church has it not merely in the way of each person possessing his own; the bride has the whole of it (that is, the church in glory). And you could imagine the grapejuice stains all over your clothes after having spent a day treading the wine vat therein. With that love of freedom which they carried from their German forests, they would not allow the one iron rule of the ancient empire to subsist longer, but set up each their own kingdom in the different fragments of the dismembered empire. There will be here upon the earth millions of people who have gathered together to war against Him at His coming. His Word is "a two-edged sword." And her smoke rose up for ever The same imagery of a wedding picture's the Lord's relationship with His Church. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God Norris' Commentary on the Book of Revelation. 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. i. 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 ). here. ceremony. Verse 2. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are Ephesians 6:17; smite the nations . only place in the Bible where the word "omnipotent" occurs. 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. Clearly the same saints whom we have seen first set forth by the elders in heaven, subsequently by the elders and the living creatures, next, by the bride and the living creatures at the marriage-supper, and finally by the armies that followed the Lord out of heaven. Though the divine vengeance will chiefly fall upon the beast, and the false prophet, yet it will be no excuse to those who fight under their banner that they only followed their leaders and obeyed their command; since they would fight for them, they must fall and perish with them. A Verse by Verse Study of the Book of Revelation - Glenn Earle Cummings 2007-02 The Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Book of Revelation: Commonly Called the New Testament. What is the "righteousness of the saints" that they are clothed with? Literally "fierceness of the wrath". But the prophecy shows us the beast revived and the separate kings reigning for the same time, before divine judgment destroys them at the coming of Christ and His saints. He destroys the assembled rebels who have gathered together against Him. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. Any other intermediary than Jesus Christ between God and man must be utterly opposed. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." It all focuses before Christ and after the year of our Lord, but He is center, the focal point of history. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and military proceedings, he has a penetrating insight into all the strength and stratagems of his enemies, he has a large and extensive dominion, many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. You just have to come on the basis of God's grace and love for you and cast yourself upon His mercy, but that God is merciful. He knows The Church, the Bride of Christ, is clothed in fine linen, pure and shining. again. (i) It has been suggested that the name is kurios ( G2962) , Lord. Commentary on Revelation 19:11-21. for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication ( Revelation 19:2 ). But, further, we find that the saints who had suffered for Christ, during the time that the others were in heaven, are now reunited to their bodies and live, the Lord waiting for the last martyr that He might not leave out one of those who had died for His name. Again and again the prophets thought of Israel as the chosen bride of God. He will destroy His enemies with inflexible righteousness that the iron shepherds rod that will serve as His scepter pictures (cf. The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); (4) willing to be his in the day of his power. Praise in heaven. We had Babylon with a spuriously ecclesiastical but a really murderous character, and at the same time guilty of corruption with the kings of the earth. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. Supposing, for instance, a drunken father: if the sons had one spark of right feeling, not only must they feel the utmost shame and pain on account of their parent, but they would endeavour (like the sons of Noah who had a due sense of what was proper to their father) to cast some mantle of love over that which they could not deny, yet would not look at, but surely above all things they would watch against that shameful sin. almighty: having unlimited power. 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 21:22). "True and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord."

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