Hence the horns and the beast join together and desolate the harlot. He has with him the armies of heaven. There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. 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. (John 12:48). And because of this there is great rejoicing in heaven. Man gets hung up and he stops short. And on his robe, and on his thigh, he has a name written--King of kings and Lord of lords. I do know that whatever He does will be absolutely fair. Here are two further pictures of the warrior Christ. In her own course, and in the matters of her portion, the church does not know time at all. It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. Here it would seem we have just what answers to that: this name none knew but He Himself. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. THE KING rides at the head of His armies. When we come to the full application of the prophecy, we must look onward to the latter day. 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. Revelation 19 - Verse by Verse Bible Study Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; Second Edition, Revised - 1871 Acts 10:25-26). He is an American citizen and his base is in Sunland, California. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] [2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. 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. As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. How did He create it? So, Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." 14:1-3; 1 Thess. You see, all of the fineries When Christ came personally to judge and govern the quick (Revelation 20:4), there were thrones; for the risen saints reign with Him. Religion is threatened by life, by spiritual life.So, God has judged that religious system and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hands. That was Jesus looking forward to the great Messianic Banquet. He has many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. Instead of taking warning from the wickedness of those before her, who had seduced on the one hand, and persecuted. When its own season arrives, as it surely will, the divine hindrance is to be removed, and the devil then is allowed to do his worst. The strange thing to me, is that Jesus The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, And God said, "Let the waters above the firmament be separated from the waters below the firmament." This scene (compare 1 Thess. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. 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. And so it is with this very Babylon that comes before us here. Then there was a time of preparation as the Verse 12 . What is it? Revelation chapter 19 and 20 Just as I said, these robes have been made white by the blood of the Lamb. Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. All this description closes in verse 5. Do it not (compare 22:8-9). Christ is the Bridegroom at the marriage and his Church is the And it was so. 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. Afrikaans; Alemannisch; ; ; ; Azrbaycanca; ; Bn-lm-g; ; Bikol Central 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. And he said to me: "These are the true words of God." She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. It will never happen. 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. 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." 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. Once Jesus enters the battle, it is soon over. He has, I think, exactly that class in view when He sanctions the calling him who hears to say "Come." Betrothal (often when the couple were children); (2) The fact is, in the very best authorities it does not exist at all. They are not part of the body of Christ. persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. This exclamation, meaning Praise the Lord, occurs frequently in the Old All believers in I think that it might be just, "hey, you've had it." In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish - Hebrews 4:12; a sharp sword . What does this particular rendition of God mean? to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. There is nothing in Jesus to harm him; there is every thing to bless there is Himself to be enjoyed, even if they have failed in the full knowledge of it here below. The fine linen, clean and The meaning is no more than this, that in the great battle of Armageddon, which was for the destruction of all the remainder of the enemies of the church, whether papists, or atheists, or Turks; men of all sorts and orders should be slain, and their dead bodies made meat for the fowls of heaven . At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has To us, as His soldiers, Christ says "As My Father has sent Me so send I you." Godly people love righteousness and hate sin, for righteousness Then the word is, "Award her even as she awarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. rule . Gods meting out of justice (verse 2); (3) I am not raising any question about the ten. We say that he is great! There was never a time in history in which such forces were drawn up against the Church as when the Revelation was written. At the same time the attempt to apply Babylon to ancient Rome is almost as unhappy; and for a plain reason. We shall find, on the contrary, its aspect is toward the universe, yet is there the special place of Israel; and quite right it is that it should be so. It is a precisely similar case here. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God ( Revelation 19:12-13 ). (i) He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, not his own but that of his enemies. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. As R. H. Charles puts it, it is essential to remember that the Heavenly Leader is this time, not the Slain One, but the Slayer. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! 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. I expect to be there in that heavenly scene declaring, "Alleluia, salvation and glory and honor and power unto the Lord our God.". And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. It was the destruction of the imperial unity of Rome that gave occasion for the well-known ten kingdoms which the barbarians set up afterwards. The enemy falls on with great fury, headed by the beast, and the kings of the earth; the powers of earth and hell gathered, to make their utmost effort, Revelation 19:19. The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, - 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. The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. 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. all the faithful believers saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the Verse by Verse Commentaries by Book | Precept Austin Verse 10. revelation 19 - Bible Commentaries - page 2 of 46 Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. The only right principle in everything is to go to the source of divine truth, and to seek there refreshment and strength and fitness for whatever our God calls us to. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. 2:18-19). As usual John takes his picture from the Old Testament and is thinking of the terrible picture in Isaiah 63:1-3, where the prophet pictures God returning from the destruction of Edom; "I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; their life blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment." He will execute the fierce wrath of God Almighty that these enemies must drink (cf. 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. Choose a verse from 'Revelation 1' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org . Together they join this great chorus proclaiming "Alleluia!". These were simply the characters of provisional judgment that filled the interval after the church was gone, and before the reign with Christ. I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. It is called "the first resurrection." this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. var _gaq = _gaq || []; 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 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. In our day men prophecy "the end of Christs church", but Christs Word is mightier than any word that men can utter. Fell at his feet: Overwhelmed by the grandeur of the vision, John collapsed in . (iv) There is fidelity. 5:10). The "things to come" are synonymous with death. On the one hand, the return of Jesus Christ to the earth is the climax of all that has gone before in Revelation. Revelation 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. harlot), and avenging the blood of the martyrs (7:9-17). (1) A mighty angel comes down from heaven. Revelation 19:1. Sometimes they have contended for its application to pagan Rome. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. 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. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. The final verse in this chapter introduces a new thought. 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. church. 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. And unquestionably God has been awakening the attention of His people in a remarkable manner to the value of His word, and not least of all to the portion we are now examining. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. Worship God!". (This takes you to our other website) the church is the bride during the presentation feast in heaven, then comes to Revelation 19:1-3. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. Revelation 19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org This is the kind of double meaning of which the Greek language is capable. (ii) His name is the Word of God. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. And they said Alleluia a second time; and her smoke goeth up unto the ages of the ages." This has no time element attached. 2. On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. Man alone is to blame who has misapplied it. Who were they? John 1:1-5; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15, Revelation 19:21. cf. "The tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-1']); Since then the world has not seen the imperial power to which all bow. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword - See the notes on Revelation 1:16. email us at: It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. Chapter 19 of Revelation is the only place in the Bible that this name describing God is used. "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". All the way along the fairness of God's judgment has been challenged.I don't know what God is going to do in a lot of cases. Begin by reading the Introduction first. ( John 1:14 ) And now again He comes as the Word of God. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. It is a picture of final judgment. "Crowns and thrones may perish Kingdoms rise and wane But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain. 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. In Daniel's time it was not at hand. 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. Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. 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. Once again we must remember that this picture is demonstrably painted in Jewish terms. Revelation provided a message of hope: God is in sovereign control of all the events of human history, and though evil often seems pervasive and wicked men all powerful, their ultimate doom is certain. - CBSC. John saw heaven opened and a RIDER UPON A WHITE HORSE verse 11. He came to the world, and avenged His people on the beast and the false prophet with the kings and their armies; and after that the risen saints reign with Him over it a thousand years. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints The fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of the 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. Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. Now the Lord in the end here is really putting a lot of emphasis upon the fact that these are true sayings. of the world mean nothing to God. The Bible with its 66 books can be compared to a novel having 66 chapters. 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. supreme in authority, and "God", which means supreme deity; you have an Yet it will be found imperfect, for reasons which, I think, will be clear to any unbiassed mind. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (iii) There is joy. But still it is a very solemn fact to read, and that which we are bound to preach that even in the perfect state of eternity, while there is the brightness of the heaven and of the earth into which no evil can enter, you have all the evil that ever has been all the wicked of every clime and of every age cast into the fixed condition of eternal judgment in the lake of fire. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Revelation 29 Lessons. 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. And he carried me away in [the] spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God." 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. The closing phrase here is the description of the beast in its last state, in which it will come into collision with Babylon. Called: Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel, who will turn It wouldn't have to be more than ten miles in diameter to hold all of the unrighteous from Adam until now. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. The guests also will include tribulation saints 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. 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. You worship God. The thief said, "We are here because we deserve to be here, but this man has done nothing amiss"( Luke 23:41 ). 16:16. "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." Unlike the kings of the earth who wage war in selfishness, "in righteousness He judges and makes war.". They are not seen here as the bride. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. Again the righteousness of His judgment attested to. Ten Commandments - Wikipedia 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. No. The Wars were matters of ambition and tyranny and oppression rather than of justice. And out of his mouth proceeded a sharp sword Again, all voices agree as one in seeing this as a symbol of the word of God (Hebrews 4:12,13; Ephesians 6:17f). Are we then to understand that the elders and the living creatures are together taken absolutely as the bride now? There is going to be another supper, a supper prepared by God for all the birds. That is spiritually in chapter seventeen, that great religious system that corrupted the earth. 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. They will probably number into the hundreds of millions. The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. There is no doubt that Rome in some form is the woman described in the chapter: the seven heads or hills clearly point to that city, which of all cities might best and indeed alone be known as ruling over the kings of the earth. In Christianity you have a God that is reaching out to man. Christ is described by two words. 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. 11:25-27). 252-53. the Bible). 12:10; 13:9; and Roman Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," "War in heaven": The tumultuous events on earth during the Tribulation find their counterpart in heaven. Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Discover The Book of Revelation - Each Scripture is Explained To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. This passage calls God by a certain name; and says that he has entered into his kingdom. Again, death and hades are said to come to their end, personified as enemies. For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. The bride represents those that are spoken of in the normal possession and enjoyment of their privileges. The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. There will be here upon the earth millions of people who have gathered together to war against Him at His coming. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. Revelation 19 - Wikipedia 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 first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. Revelation - Matthew Henry's Commentary - Bible Gateway But the graphic account does not end until the Spirit of God shows us another view of Babylon altogether. 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. In the midst of the broadway of it, and of the river, on this side and on that, [the] tree of life," bearing not merely as the original one did, but now according to the fulness of the provision of God's grace for man, for man in glory first, but for man on the earth also, but for man in glory "producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit: and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations." Imagine the millions upon millions of Christians that will be gathered in that glorious assembly and when the voice of the Lord comes exhorting us to praise God and give glory to Him, and in our response to it that tremendous praise, crescendo of praise that will arise. And again they said, Alleluia. avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". And I fell down before his feet to worship him; and he said to me: "See that you do not do this. You can believe this. Just like, as many other places A single verse dispels clouds of arguments. He is the center of it. A mighty angel takes a stone and says, when he cast it into the sea, "Thus with violence shall be thrown down Babylon the great city, and shall be found no more at all." Then we have a description of Babylon given. 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. . the 144,000 seen with the Lamb on Mount Zion (Revelation 14:1), and with those on God alone is perfect in judgment for three reasons. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God ( Revelation 19:9 ). Verse 3. He is "true," for He is the answer to all our hopes. Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); (2) white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. Zerubbabel - Wikipedia News Links, Recommended Books, News Sites, and Bibles "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." This description of the warrior Christ comes from two Old Testament passages put side by side. They are joined by the twenty-four elders (Revelation 4). Nothing of the sort can be plainer. "The nations shall walk in the light of it," Any one of spiritual judgment can see that it should not be "nations of them which are saved." Now the scene totally changes to heaven. This is a mistake. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). When God is so gracious, His word rich, full, and deep, it does seem sad to see His children content with just enough to save their souls, or keep them from positive starvation. Then we look at "reigneth". Verse 6. 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." 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Commentary. Literally "fierceness of the wrath". 19:9-10a And he said to me: "Write! We desire that He should come quickly, but we leave this to Him, because we know His love, and can trust Him. Revelation 19:13; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 14:19-20; Revelation 16:19; Isaiah 63:1-6). "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" ], "Those who believe in the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ must also look for his return." It is not for His crime or guilt. It is thus that God is wont to deal as a rule in His judgments, not necessarily on the one that first introduces an evil, but on those that inherit the guilt, and perhaps aggravate it, instead of taking warning by it. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." cum cdd. The Jewish marriage consisted of three major elements: (3) The marriage feast (supper), as was discussed just before. But "nations of them which are saved," is a most anomalous expression, and betrays man as the author of it. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct.

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