revelation 19 explained verse by verse

With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. There will be here upon the earth millions of people who have gathered together to war against Him at His coming. They have the capacity to stand in the sun. In the Ascension of Isaiah ( Isaiah 9:5) there is a saying: "Thou canst not bear his name until thou shalt have ascended out of the body." 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. Return And so this is the hang-up of man as Paul said in Romans one, "They worshipped and served the creature more than the creator." Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. 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. Revelation 19:18 Commentaries: so that you may eat the flesh of kings Let me just first emphasise again, Every day-and we set up these rules for righteousness. 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. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. they said, "because the Lord our God, the Almighty, has entered into his kingdom. essence of all true prophecy. "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." 3:12-15: 2 Cor. For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come"( Isaiah 63:3-4 ). The "word" that comes from Gods mouth is to be used to conquor! In the tabernacle in Though they are not the bride, they still are glorified and Who does not see that this is precisely analogous to the verse which opened the description of Babylon? PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia In him was light; and that light was the life of man. That is letting religion enter in. - Utley. There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. Holding on to what others knew before them, or little more, they reduce themselves to a minimum of the truth. 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." And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." 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.". "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. We see the Lord Jesus as righteous judge in chapter 1 and as the one who will soon be coming in the last chapter. Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. When Isa_1.20; Isaiah 49:2; Isaiah 66:16; This is the weapon God uses to conquor the nations! The mighty angel. At the end of the millennium the righteous and the wicked form two distinct arrays, though even then there would appear to be a line drawn between the surrounding camp, and the beloved city Jerusalem on earth, where the Jews were. absence of the Church from the earth during the judgments of (Rev. Verse 9. She said, "You've had it. That is the way in which H. B. Swete takes it. It was important, just because it is the bride, the Lamb's wife, to show that angels are there, and further, that Israel is not forgotten. event in the biblical world. 4:13-18). (compare 1 Thess. Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. The temple would suppose a medium. In it, the Church, The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. He wrote several tracts and was instrumental in leading several Muslims from their religion to a real relationship with God in Jesus Christ. But it fails to account for the differences. In any real marriage there must be four things which must also be in the relationship between the Christian and Christ. From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. is a word to him that hears. . Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). I admit that there may be something more in the symbol than the literal hills of Rome, because they are said to be also seven kings. There will be no time for seeking mercy, as it were: whatever the state in which the Lord at His coming will find us, all is closed up and fixed. This is a passage whose meaning is obscure. "Praise our God," it said, "all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.". Again, death and hades are said to come to their end, personified as enemies. The betrothal takes place on earth during the church age; (2) This may suffice for Revelation 18:1-24. actual ceremony. 5:25-32), and the [Note: See David J. MacLeod, The Seven Last Things.] In his mind are two things. Only the Son of God can understand the mystery of his own being. In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. Certainly the ascription to the Lord of the fierce struggles of a human warrior is markedly avoided. 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. Worship God." He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron - See the notes on Revelation 2:27; Revelation 12:5. article Rapture). On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. When Christ at God's right hand was announced, even from the very beginning, He was ready to judge the quick and the dead. When John here called the warrior Christ "The Word of God", he means that here in action is all the power of God's word; everything that God has said, and threatened, and promised is embodied in Christ. Thank God. The letters Y-H-W-H (Yahweh) are called the sacred tetragrammaton, the sacred four letters. The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, Still God does not forget His ways with His people; and the angels here are only in the quality of porters, if we may so speak; they are at the gates. A state of war has existed since the fall of Satan (compare verse 4, compare Dan. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. Worship is for God alone. These remain as yet in the condition of separate spirits. "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. And so the first two inhabitants of Gehenna will be the antichrist and his prophet and they will be the soul inhabitants, it would seem, for a thousand years. When the beast dares to fight with the Lamb He shall overcome the beast; and they that are with Him, "called and chosen and faithful" terms, as a whole, entirely inapplicable to the angels. 19:9-10a And he said to me: "Write! took on His righteousness. 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. for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy ( Revelation 19:10 ). In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. There is no lack of precision, but the very reverse. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the Verse 3. This was an arrangement by both sets of parents, was legally binding There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. It should not be "and which had not," but rather, "and those who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, neither had received his mark upon their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 4 I will tell thee the mystery of the woman." Hence arose the prominence of angels. - Utley, Isaiah 63:1-3; (Source of imagery for the Battle Hymn of the Republic.). New American Standard Version Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. pure and faithful, never a harlot, like Israel was (see Hosea chapter 2). [shepherd] . "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). "Hallelujah!" 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the worship him. only place in the Bible where the word "omnipotent" occurs. His grace be with all! Now, this vesture dipped in blood is probably a reference to Isaiah sixty-three. The angelic host sings a second Hallelujah. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. (faithful to Jesus). We know that sometimes there were nine, sometimes eleven or more; but supposing this all perfectly certain, I affirm that, according to history, they did not receive their power as kings for one and the same time with the beast. Antichrist and his henchmen are cast into the lake of fire; and all their supporters are slain, to await in Sheol the final judgment. *The description here is simply character, not dates. Hence the horns and the beast join together and desolate the harlot. . Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21. It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. | 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. Supper), who will turn to Christ in The marriage symbolism runs all through the Gospels. Revelation 1:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org If so, we can define the true prophet as the man who has received from Christ the message he brings to men, and whose words and works are at one and the same time an act of witness to Christ. "The armies of heaven" wear the fine linen, white and pure" "which is the righteousness of the saints" (19:8). The description of the great Commander, 1. We may surely say her cup was not yet full. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, This symbolic meal will take place at the establishment of the Christ to earth. This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. And there is probably an area right in the center of the earth that is hollow and because of the rotation of the earth and gravitation and all you would be constantly falling. 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 7 made herself ready. 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). Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. . "Upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". Indeed it must be so, because, as we read in the end of the last chapter, there the lost were cast. 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. Lord. "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. Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. Revelation 19 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." And I fell at His feet to worship him. Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. It will be understood when one says "spiritual" that none is meant save of a wicked kind. What's amazing is that the Father never calls His Son "My God," though there are at least 7 times in the NT where Jesus called the Father "My God." twice on the cross, once on resurrection morning with Mary, and 4 times in Revelation 3.12. * 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. - CBSC, a sharp sword . They are joined by the twenty-four elders (Revelation 4). And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." Then we have another glorious description. Verse 6. I can hardly wait. What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. Now that time had come. (ii) His name is the Word of God. Now the scene totally changes I am a servant of God just like you are. The ensigns of his authority, his coat of arms--a name written on his vesture and thigh, King of kings, and Lord of lords, asserting his authority and power, and the cause of the quarrel, Revelation 19:16; Revelation 19:16. (verse 16--We know who He is "King of kings and Lord of lords"). In the description of the total destruction of Babylon, come the words: "Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!" That is prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; It is actually the first phrase in Psalms 106:1-48; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 113:1-9; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 135:1-21; Psalms 146:1-10; Psalms 147:1-20; Psalms 148:1-14; Psalms 149:1-9; Psalms 150:1-6.

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