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. on Line This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. We noted the first appearance of a WHITE HORSEMAN in chapter 6:2. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy: The central theme of both Verse 19 Revelation 19:19 Study . "Surely I come quickly." Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. The redeemed This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. In that it "continues" to come forth, indicates this is not literal, but symbolic. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. All the dispensational names of God disappear. 12:10; 4:17; see Lord. There are thrones filled with certain persons, who reign along with Him. It cannot be done till the moment comes. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. (faithful to Jesus). 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. He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. 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. 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. There may be lights of the heaven to mark times and seasons for the earth, and again on the earth. to be worshiped (22:8-9; Acts 10:25-26). "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. Now there was nothing more repulsive and fatal to paganism in every form than the truth revealed in Christ, which exposed every thing that was not itself not the truth, definite and exclusive. 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. What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? He is coming to trample the wine vat. The "things to come" are synonymous with death. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. The individual has his own fruit too. . It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. Read the verses thoughtfully. Yet it will be found imperfect, for reasons which, I think, will be clear to any unbiassed mind. There we interpreted as "CHRIST EVANGELISING". And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. - Hebrews 4:12; a sharp sword . 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. (ii) It can equally mean the witness which Jesus Christ gives to men. "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. This is clearly of moral importance. (i) He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, not his own but that of his enemies. It is partly because of this that many excellent men have endeavoured to apply the vision to Romanism; and I admit that there is found a measure of analogy. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." Again this is a picture taken directly from the Old Testament, from Ezekiel's picture of the slaughter of the forces of Gog and Magog. "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." It should be, "and shall be present. As Dr. John Paterson puts it in The Book that is Alive: "The spoken word in Hebrew was fearfully alive. Not because any of their names were written therein, but in proof that they were not. See bibliographic information; Read aloud; Stop reading aloud Hide links to Bible word meanings Revelation 19:7 "Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the Then we look at "reigneth". And I saw an angel standing in the sun ( Revelation 19:17 ); You can't do that unless you are an angel. Then the book concludes after a solemn warning against either adding to or taking from its contents. But a voice issues from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. This is never the case with an angel. 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 ). The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! And I fell at His feet to worship him. It was but an imperfect view they got even of justification; a far scantier perception, if they could be said to have had any, about Christ's Headship of the church, His priesthood, or almost anything else. A seventh should follow; and what is more, the seventh was in one aspect to be an eighth. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. 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). 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.". Thus was concluded all dealing on the Lord's part with both soul and body, and all that pertains to either. righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and purified at the That picture stands for the final union between Jesus Christ and his Church. The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. What would be the meaning, if so read? yet are a large body of themselves. Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. On His robe where it spreads out at His waist HIS TITLE is inscribed. And it was so. This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. There is another remark to make. for the smoke from her rises for ever and ever. I can hardly wait. 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. John goes out of his way to heap up similes to describe its sound. The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been (since chapter 6), to If they have only heard His voice, this after all is the incalculable boon; yea, it is the turning-point of all blessing. 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. 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. Hence a song of praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures is a Te Deum from the whole of the Church and the whole of nature. 8:38, Paul often used some of the most extreme things such as life and death to make a point. That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Every strange coded word and phrase is meant for this generation. This falls in with what we have seen of the book in general; but I do not deny that certain elements which figure in the Apocalypse then existed and still exist. His blood-soaked robe signifies that his triumph has come through his death on the cross. They have the capacity to stand in the sun. 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. Verse 3. In short, it would seem that God has hedged round His own draft of Babylon so as to make it quite plain that Rome, city and system, figures in the scene; and this too necessarily involving a medieval description, though the full result will not be till the end of the age; for she rides the beast or empire characterized so as naturally to involve the past barbarian irruption and the resulting ten-kingdomed state. essence of all true prophecy. 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. This is a mistake. We may surely say her cup was not yet full. After the destruction of Babylon at The The chief difference is that in man's case it is God who raises him, whereas in the empire's not God but the devil will raise it again. He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. "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. On that account it was altogether out of place to pay homage to him instead of to the God who had sent him to serve. What is there to hinder it? 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. 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; In Daniel's time, and even to Daniel himself, the book was sealed. Link with Johns vision of Revelation 19:11-16 a meditation on the Hymn "Crown Him with many crowns" and also the stirring Hymn "Onward Christian soldiers." ( Rev 19:1) - 19:1 After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God: This is obviously a great celebration in Heaven about a major event that took place on earth. Zechariah 14:18, but nowhere else with a sword. come (verse 15; 2:27; 12:5). He has saved us! There is one other reason for the rejoicing. The temple would suppose a medium. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for true and just are his judgments. 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." or "so be it. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it. And there (or they) are seven kings." 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. Such was her influence stretching out far beyond the beast. But it really is. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. It is for your sin that He is dying. There was judicial discernment with the distinct possession of all titles to sovereignty. Gods communion with His people (verse 7). event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on 135:1; 146:1). are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made And then those men who have chosen to cast their lot with Satan in rebellion against God. Begin by reading the Introduction first. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. . And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." So far they were right. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." In Hebrew writing there were no vowels; the vowels had to be supplied by the reader. The letters Y-H-W-H (Yahweh) are called the sacred tetragrammaton, the sacred four letters. John was forbidding angel worship; and that was a very necessary prohibition, for in the early church there was a well-nigh inevitable tendency to worship angels, a tendency which has never wholly disappeared. Our most difficult task here is to discover the picture behind the statement that the warrior Christ has the name King of kings and Lord of lords written on his robe and on his thigh. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. Thus the divine testimony is not confined to the gospel or the church, but the prophetic Spirit which characterizes the Revelation as a whole, after the church is translated, is equally a testimony of Jesus. The twelve apostles of the Lamb will accordingly have their own special place. Gods meting out of justice (verse 2); (3) He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. THE CONQUERING CHRIST ( Revelation 19:11 ). ceremony. But there is a message also for others. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish Hence this certainly must be future. (i) There is love. But a very different point of interest is to be observed. We find, accordingly, the four and twenty elders and four living creatures here brought before us for the last time. Every day you should be spending twenty minutes on your knees in prayer. Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. While the term bride often refers to the church, and does so here (2 Cor. You might get left. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." It can govern and bless but not convert man. Nothing has yet been said of the fate of Satan, but now we go on to see that fate. 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." It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. And he says to him not to do that because he is a fellowservant, but to worship God.You see it is a apart of man to need and want to worship something, and man seems to find it easier to worship an object that he can see rather than an object that he cannot see. marriage is the eternal union of the church with Christ following the Rapture There follows praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures. The heavenly city, which is the full expression of blessedness on high, has no temple because it is all a temple. Then we have another glorious description. Armies of angels are with him, but his conquest is not by armies or weapons. Verse 8. Then and thus is aggravated guilt in the case of this wicked son. His instructions are to praise God. Before God we have that which is found only by and in Christ, which is another and a higher character altogether as compared with the righteousnesses of the saints. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. 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. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. From Revelation 4 through 19 we have a section mainly concerned with God's judgment upon the world preceding Jesus' earthly reign, the period known as the "Messianic Woes" or the "Great Tribulation." a. God's judgments are announced by a seven-sealed scroll, seven trumpets, seven signs, and seven bowls that pour out God's wrath. These were simply the characters of provisional judgment that filled the interval after the church was gone, and before the reign with Christ. "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Then you may be very good all week long, and you put your little star behind each of the categories each evening. 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 . Verse 2. It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. The seventh bowl contained under it the fall of Babylon, which "was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.". It is a picture of final judgment. 2:18-19). Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. 9:7; "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. But when the conquering Christ comes, his power will be exercised in justice. And God said is the recurring phrase in the narrative of creation ( Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:6; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:26). That an openly heathen metropolis, devoted to the worship of Mars, and Jupiter, and Venus, and other wicked monstrosities of pagan mythology should be irritated with the gospel which exposes it all, and should consequently seek to injure the faithful, was to be expected, and a necessary result, directly that the uncompromising spirit of Christ was known. Note that there is no fighting or conflict of any kind in view here. 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. 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 is, however, a great deal more than this on the subject, and given with great precision in scripture, because this is merely the principle of sin in one or other form from the beginning. As long as Rome was pagan, there was neither the full bearing of the seven heads, nor did so much as one of the ten horns exist. This verse declares it, and there is no other interpretation that can stand even a moment's fair discussion. Then go into each of the twenty two chapters of the Book of Revelation one by one. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 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. "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. not. It is only God and man now. It will be remembered that it was said to them that they must wait. It is not the magnitude of each voice. The Sinai MS. has both. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." Second, he came from a world in which it was believed that God did not interest himself directly but made his contact through the demons (daimon, G1142) , by means of whom he controlled the natural forces and acted upon men. Blessed are those that are called to be a part in this. That is why religions fail. Revelation. "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. Had it been simply a persecution from pagans, what was there to wonder at in their deadly hatred of the truth and of those who confess it?

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