Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in (b) He is true. It is the judgment of the dead as such, who now rise and give account of their deeds. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. being addressed here to add to the other 3 mentioned groups. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." are the ones who are praising. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. . We must therefore look a little into the two objects Babylon and the beast. Isa_1.20; Isaiah 49:2; Isaiah 66:16; This is the weapon God uses to conquor the nations! Revelation 19:4 "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down . and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God ( Revelation 19:17 ); Now, we have just been rejoicing because we are coming to the marriage supper of the Lamb. His armour; and that is a vesture dipped in blood, either his own blood, by which he purchased this mediatorial power, or the blood of his enemies, over whom he has always prevailed. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." In fact, we may say, all nations will be desolated by judgments of one kind or another; but for all this the world proceeding for a thousand years with every outward blessing, and the most admirable government administered by the blessed Lord Himself, will issue in the teeming and prosperous races of mankind. And I saw an angel standing in the sun ( Revelation 19:17 ); You can't do that unless you are an angel. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); (2) And they also lasted much longer. Verse 1. "I heard a great voice of much people in heaven": The people are the same with 4-18). Various suggestions have been made. again. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. Then follows a description of the wall, gates, foundations, and general position. Religions tell you that you have to do certain things in order to please God. All is then fixed. 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. Of course the other is true. 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. They begin to admire the instrument. "Your Maker is your husband; the Lord of hosts is his name," says Isaiah ( Isaiah 54:5). Verse 3. They are glorified saints, and not angels. 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. When Christ came personally to judge and govern the quick (Revelation 20:4), there were thrones; for the risen saints reign with Him. 5:10). Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are It has been suggested that the name is either embroidered on his girdle or engraved on his sword hilt. Verse 2. "Hallelujah!" and ever.". This does not intimate we have seen that there is only one act of raising, but that all who share that resurrection, whenever raised, are raised before the millennium begins; so that when the reign of Christ takes place, all such have part in the first resurrection, including Christ Himself, raised at least 1800 years before the church; then the church, with the Old Testament saints; then these Apocalyptic saints at any rate some years after. God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. Wheat and tares grow together till the process of judgment separates. For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. He has saved us! What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. He answers, "I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. The strange thing to me, is that Jesus See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellow It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. The antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire, signifying punishment from which there is no escape. The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. [Note: Lilje, p. "Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to him: for the ___________ of the _______ is come". 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. You can believe this. 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. Matches the description of Christ in Revelation 1:16 . No hint whatever is given that they constitute the city, but there is the inscription of their names outside. 19:13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is the Word of God. Why is the word "Lamb" used here to speak of Jesus? Jude 1. We can fairly trust God that He will not give a worse place to Paul; yet I do not think that this is his place. Instead of taking warning from the wickedness of those before her, who had seduced on the one hand, and persecuted. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the Scholz's note ("rec. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up for ever and ever. 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. Now, this vesture dipped in blood is probably a reference to Isaiah sixty-three. These are the faithful. Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); (4) "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. So, vultures are invited from all over the earth to come and feast on the supper that God prepares. They have the capacity to stand in the sun. I would like to say a few words about this "fine linen". And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." He knows giving God glory for a fifth reason, the marriage of the Lamb has come. The word "church" (Greek ekklesia), appears nineteen times (in Revelation (This takes you to our other website) 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 for your sin that He is dying. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. symbolizes the permanence of Babylon's destruction (Isaiah 34:8-10). Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. That city will be a constant remembrancer of those who went before restored Israel here below, as undoubtedly it will be used for their blessing during the millennium, but not for theirs only. Here we have described to us the visions of The Conquering Christ (19:11-16), the judgments of the beast and of the false prophet and of Satan (19:17-20:10), the judgment of the wicked (20:11-15), the visions of the New heaven, the New earth and the New Jerusalem (20:16-22;5). This was an arrangement by both sets of parents, was legally binding At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has 4:17). See note at Revelation 1:16 and note; Revelation 2:12, Revelation 2:16. goes . His Kingship is universal--But one thing remains--that the enemies of His people be consigned to their doom. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 19:11. Here we see the chaste virgin Any other intermediary than Jesus Christ between God and man must be utterly opposed. Return So, the great religious system, spiritual fornication is that endeavor to worship God in an unprescribed way. We usually pronounce it JEHOVAH; but the vowels in Jehovah are really those of the Hebrew word 'Adonay ( H136) , which means Lord, the name by which the Jews called God in order to avoid pronouncing the sacred name. This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. "And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? It is true, the beast's judgment is only referred to as a defeat under the hand of the Lamb. What is there to hinder it? event in the biblical world. He is an American citizen and his base is in Sunland, California. 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. Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! All this description closes in verse 5. 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. "After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great crowd in heaven, saying, Alleluia, the salvation, and the glory, and the power of our God: for true and righteous [are] his judgments: because he judged the great harlot, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. But it conserves certain great truths. We. And because of this there is great rejoicing in heaven. But far from that he has, on the contrary, persevered in the same evil course, as badly or worse than his father. "righteousness" was not ours until we received the Lord Jesus into our lives and I agree one hundred percent. His blows on this world come more nationally as on Israel; incomparably more severe, as in possession of greater privileges, is the judgment of corrupt Christendom, or Babylon as it is called here. Do it not (compare 22:8-9). The voice that comes from the throne is most likely to be understood as the voice of one of the cherubim. Since then the world has not seen the imperial power to which all bow. 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). Revelation chapter 19 English Standard Version 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! THE TE DEUM OF THE ANGELS ( Revelation 19:1-2 ), 19:1-2 After these things I heard what sounded like a great voice of a vast multitude in heaven. "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near." There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. God has not told us how, nor is it our business. Omnipotent means On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. But the day is coming when Satan will be allowed to have things his own way. The ceremony (the exchanging of vows). Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian . [Note: E.g., M. Eugene Boring, Revelation, p. 195; and Wall, pp. The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! It is energised for weal or for woe." Who was it; Marx, that said, "Religion is the opium of the people?" See it explained in the notes on that place, and on Revelation 14:19-20. Consequently there will be an increase in population such as never has been approached since the world was made, yet it afterwards appears, that Satan will not fail to turn the masses of the nations into one vast rebellion against the objects of God's special favour on the earth the saints wherever they may be, and the beloved city of Israel, as we have seen. 14:8-11). It is not the enjoyment of all, but it is the hinge on which all depends. Here we have a repetition of the imagery of chapter 13. and believers alive in earthly bodies in the kingdom. The marriage It seems clear that the name is visible to all, and, therefore, probably the likeliest solution is that it was written on the skirt of the warrior Christ's robe, lying over his thigh, as he rode upon the white horse. If not blessing it judges. The letters Y-H-W-H (Yahweh) are called the sacred tetragrammaton, the sacred four letters. 4:13-18). But a voice issues from the throne, saying, "Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. It is a description, not of Babylon's relation to the beast, but of the city's fall, with certain dirges put into the mouth of the different classes that groan because of her extinction here below. There is a scripture that would indicate maybe two hundred million.And that is when the blood will flow to the horses bridle all the way through the Valley of Megiddo clear on down to Edom through the valley of Jehoshaphat as they gather together against the Lord and His anointed. 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). - CBSC. The word used for sitting down is the word for reclining at a meal. And the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. . And here is John falling on his knees before the angel that is giving him all of this revelation and he is so overawed and thrilled with what is in store for him he falls at his feet to worship him. Verse 2. 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. But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". There are always those that say, "What about the people that haven't heard? Click here to download Revelation 19 Keynote presentation: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0QVjw78Q9AXs9vyAJw9plQoww#Revelation_19Click here to download Revel. These both [the two of them, the antichrist and his false prophet] were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone ( Revelation 19:20 ). In it, the Church, Do not wonder at the vast numbers, or at their defection. Now the Lord in the end here is really putting a lot of emphasis upon the fact that these are true sayings. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." The individual has his own fruit too. The armies of the church militant on earth, and the church triumphant in heaven are not engaged in physical battles of guns and bloodshed, but in spiritual struggles for control of the minds and spiritual forces of men and women. This rider is called "FAITHFUL AND TRUE"--"faithful" because we can depend on His promises. *The description here is simply character, not dates. Christ to earth. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. It is as if the multitude of the redeemed sent up their shout of praise because the promise of Christ to his persecuted ones had come abundantly true. I believe that religion is vastly different from Christianity. In that place the sword seems to be an emblem of his words or doctrines, as penetrating the hearts of people; here it is the emblem of a work of destruction worked on his foes. In our day men prophecy "the end of Christs church", but Christs Word is mightier than any word that men can utter. This explains, it seems to me, the wounded head that was afterwards healed. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. "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. But no believer comes into judgment. John saw heaven opened and a RIDER UPON A WHITE HORSE verse 11. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-1']); "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come." They which are called: This is not the bride (the church), but the guests. . History is actually "His story." purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. 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. 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. 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. 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 elders do show us the heavenly heads of priesthood (embracing, as I believe, the Old Testament saints and those of the New); i.e., they are not limited to the church, Christ's body. Then follows the proclamation of the angel, and the invitation to the supper of the great God, to eat the flesh of all the great ones of the earth. "All three of the figures in this verse are representations of the word of Christ, by which he executes with indisputable authority the judgment of God. But it fails to account for the differences. And there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth, nor making abomination and a lie: but only those written in the book of life of the Lamb." This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. ", 2. The judgment of the dead is strictly individual, judgments in this world are not. The final supper will signify the end of the That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. Here you may see the reason for saying that the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures are not absolutely the church, because when that symbol applies, and the one of the bride comes forward, we have got others too. Nothing is hidden from Him. I do not doubt that there was a corrupt form in connection with Israel in times past. 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. Hence. Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. But the most ordinary knowledge suffices; for who does not know from the Bible that there was a Roman empire when Christ was born, one emperor, and no such state as that empire divided into ten kingdoms? You see, the Father has no God-He is "the only true God" according to Jesus in John 17:3. Figuratively, with reference to the church. 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 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). That is good. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. III. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. He is the living Word, the active agent of God who expresses Gods will and carries it out. The simple fact of conquering far and wide, and of exercising vast political power in the earth, does not constitute any title to such a name. 5:25-32). 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. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. 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.". That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Christianity tells you that your righteousness is as filthy rags. Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). 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. and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.". ceremony. 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 Commentary. 244.]. For true and righteous are his judgments ( Revelation 19:2 ): All the way through we have had this affirmation that the judgments of God are true and righteous. actual ceremony. That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Revelation 19:18-20. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." 1. He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty. But now He is ready to return and establish His kingdom and take us unto Himself and the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife, or bride, has made herself ready. At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that That is, Babylon is viewed in this chapter not so much in her mysterious and religious form, giving currency to every kind of confusion of truth and error, of good and evil, intoxicating, corrupting, and seducing, as all can see, through her wickedly religious influence; but she is viewed here as the most conspicuous aider and abettor of the world in its luxuries and delights and the pride of life, of what men call "civilization." Gods meting out of justice (verse 2); (3) And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. Verse 8. Revelation 19 In this chapter we have, I. If you understand the testimony of Jesus, what must you do. In Revelation 16+, John was shown the pouring forth of the final seven bowls which contained God's wrath. The "word" that comes from Gods mouth is to be used to conquor! Verse 6. Verse by Verse Ministry International is a non-profit, non-denominational, unaffiliated Christian ministry that is dedicated to promoting the preaching and teaching of God's Word clearly and boldly. 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. But it is for the last time, not of the age only but of the various dispensations of God. Betrothal (often when the couple were children); Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the He accepts us plain and simple. But the church consists of souls called out from the earth, and is not of the world: consequently to the church the time is always at hand. They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." You can trust in this. 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). That is to say, never again will she rise from her ruins. I think, therefore, that the elders and the living creatures comprehend both the Old Testament saints and the church, the bride of Christ, that consequently, when the bride is mentioned, there were these others who had been included in the elders and the living creatures, but who are now seen as a separate body. Return to Revelation Menu | It clearly contrasts this mystery with another. If you 19:9-10a And he said to me: "Write! Apart from his return to purge his creation of evil, redemption remains forever incomplete." Here is most likely the multitude of the angels, first in the Te Deum of praise. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. (iii) He judges and makes war in righteousness. What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. I sometimes make snap judgments. 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 2:27; Revelation 12:5; Psalms 2:9; Psalms 45). Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. 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. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. The white linen represents the good deeds of God's dedicated people; that is to say, it is character which forms the robe which arrays the Bride of Christ. "And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the LAST WORDS (22:6-21). hromphaia) symbolized (cf. But there is a message also for others. Yet it will be found imperfect, for reasons which, I think, will be clear to any unbiassed mind.
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