John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to Spirit of prophecy: The person and message of Jesus is the Begin by reading the Introduction first. THE CONQUERING CHRIST ( Revelation 19:11 ). 3:12-15: 2 Cor. He has with him the armies of heaven. That was Jesus looking forward to the great Messianic Banquet. She said, "You've had it. Therefore we find in connection with the book a most solemn warning. 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. Lord God: Used many times in Revelation as a title for God (compare verse 15, "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. 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. Now, the time has come for the Lord Jesus Christ Himself to return in power and great glory and establish God's kingdom upon the earth. They are not seen here as the bride. And again they said, Alleluia. but it does not follow that various bodies are not raised at different times. I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. because of the number of people speaking. This is never the case with an angel. This also is a no less important element for understanding the chapter. It cannot be done till the moment comes. And to her [that is the bride of Christ, the church] was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints ( Revelation 19:8 ). Nothing has yet been said of the fate of Satan, but now we go on to see that fate. The Word of God is alive and powerful, if we would only realize the power of the Word of God. Otherwise, it is called in the scriptures, Gehenna, which is the final abode for the unrighteous dead. The race was now in the resurrection state either for good or for evil; and thus it must be for ever. remnant, a small company, when compared with the world and carnal professors; on Line 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); And God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, nor sorrow, nor crying nor shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. or "so be it. "Crowns and thrones may perish Kingdoms rise and wane But the Church of Jesus Constant will remain. A state of war has existed since the fall of Satan (compare verse 4, compare Dan. First, there are his servants. Hence He must have come back previously to both. The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. 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. If you are a believer, do not be afraid, even if you know but little; for the Lord neither forgets nor slights those who may be comparatively unintelligent. It may well be from that old Jewish idea that there came the idea of the marriage feast of the Lamb, for that indeed would be the true Messianic Banquet. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. So here a description is given of the bride, the Lamb's wife, and we learn how it is that God will use her for unmeasured goodness and blessing and glory in the millennium, as the devil during this age has used Babylon to accomplish his wicked plans here below. and righteousness to the world. man's day. In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political Of course they will be preserved through that crisis in some sort of way suitable to divine wisdom. I am your fellow-servant and the fellow-servant of your brothers who possess the testimony which Jesus gave. I agree one hundred percent. Let me just first emphasise again, 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. The fine linen, clean and The great harlot is judged because she corrupted the world. She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. 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. 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. 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. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. . Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. (i) He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, not his own but that of his enemies. Each page of scripture is from the King James Bible, and is immediately followed by . understand the testimony of Jesus, then you must preach and prophesy so that 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 abusso or abyss is probably in the very center of the earth, because it is called and correctly translated "bottomless pit." 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. We desire that He should come quickly, but we leave this to Him, because we know His love, and can trust Him. 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." unrighteousness. Those festivities could last up to a week and sometimes even And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God ( Revelation 19:9 ). And God said, "Let the water bring forth and let the earth bring forth." (faithful to Jesus). In my opinion it is not absolutely so. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. "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.". 5:25-32), and the I like that, God speaking into existence the world in which we live. I. The word used for sitting down is the word for reclining at a meal. Thus there is no question that some of the actors in the final scenes of the great drama were already there, as the reigning city, and the Roman empire. It is not into a wilderness the prophet is carried, but he is set on "a mountain great and high," and shown not the great, but. Centuries after came in, not only the division into east and west, but the broken up state of the west, when there ceased to be an imperial chief. You see, all of the fineries Now the scene totally changes this great multitude begin to praise God, the volume would be so great as to What about little babies?" The common notion, therefore, that the coming of the Lord is at this point is an evident fallacy upon the face of this scripture that describes it, not to speak of others elsewhere. 11-21). His Kingship is universal--But one thing remains--that the enemies of His people be consigned to their doom. others may live (see article . But whatever subsisted then, that which the Spirit here presents as a whole cannot be found realized at any point of time in the past. For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of God's dedicated people. These remain as yet in the condition of separate spirits. essence of all true prophecy. Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. 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." occasion and the downfall of Rome, is said to be "great" partly because of their No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. I find no fault in Him" ( Luke 23:14 ). I have a hard time stomaching religious people. We do not mend matters by hasty conclusions, we only complicate the truth. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? But according to His principle of government it is not merely personal guilt, but that which, from despising the testimony of God, is thus morally accumulating from age to age in the ratio of the testimony of God and the wickedness that has been indulged by men in spite of it. 252-53. In Daniel's time, and even to Daniel himself, the book was sealed. With this we may compare Jesus' words at his arrest, when he said he could have had twelve legions of angels to fight for him ( Matthew 26:53). What does this particular rendition of God mean? It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. How did He create it? Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God! Here the vision was of thrones with sitters, and others caused to join them; and the inspired explanation is that it is the first resurrection the rising of the just from the dead. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." 3:12-15; 2 Cor. This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of - CBSC, a sharp sword . Verse 6 commends these sayings afresh. 1. and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. Once Jesus enters the battle, it is soon over. We have here a note of time of signal value. You worship God. We may surely say her cup was not yet full. According to the general scope of scripture, then, we may be quite sure that these saints, kept during this universal dissolution of the atmospheric heaven and the earth, will be translated to "the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness," in a condition new and meet for the eternal state into which they are ushered. The woman the strange woman sets forth corruption, human nature indulging itself in its own evil desires, irrespective of God's will. If that is so of human words, how much truer it is of the divine word. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. - Utley, Isaiah 63:1-3; (Source of imagery for the Battle Hymn of the Republic.). (ii) His name is the Word of God. ceremony); (3) see that it is in connection with the foregoing not merely His coming for us who will keep the sayings of it, but for those whom He will find here below "to give to each as his work is.". It means And the beast was taken" (taken alive), "and with him the false prophet that wrought signs in his presence, with which he deceived those that received the mark of the beast, and those that worshipped his image." I believe the word "Lamb" is used here, *It is the more strikingly characteristic, because of such language as Psalms 149:6-9, which speaks of all the saints contemplated on earth for the day of Jehovah. Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation can be taken as capably as picked to act. The church cannot hear of Him as the bright morning star without at once desiring that He should come. Man converted will then not merely reach the natural term if I may so say of a thousand years, but pass that bound. And there will the second Psalm come into play. in the Bible, "her" does not mean just women, it is the bride. From his mouth . Thus everything implies their simultaneous presence for the same time and common action with the beast, in plundering and then destroying Babylon. And John heard it as the voice of many waters or rushing waters and the voice of mighty thunderings.Glory. In as many things as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give to her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and I shall in no wise see sorrow.". There are thrones filled with certain persons, who reign along with Him. event in the biblical world. In his mind are two things. "Speak to the birds of every sort and to all beasts of the field. You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth--of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bulls. And you shall eat fat till you are filled, and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you" ( Ezekiel 39:17-19). For remark, the beast or Roman empire is described here as that which once existed, which then ceased to exist, and which assumes a final shape when it reappears from the bottomless pit. No marriage can last without fidelity, and the Christian must be as faithful to Jesus Christ as Jesus Christ is to him. Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . Verse 8. So, it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that is imparted to me through my faith in Jesus Christ. We see the Lord Jesus as righteous judge in chapter 1 and as the one who will soon be coming in the last chapter. That is why religions fail. We must therefore look a little into the two objects Babylon and the beast. "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. and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Now, as the Lord closes out His revelation to man, and as He begins to talk to us about the glories of this coming age, the marriage supper of the lamb. "Hallelujah!" 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. "This is the first resurrection. News Links, Recommended Books, News Sites, and Bibles Chapter 19 of Revelation is the only place in the Bible that this name describing God is used. Isa_1.20; Isaiah 49:2; Isaiah 66:16; This is the weapon God uses to conquor the nations! As noted in the commentary on Rom. 5:10). For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the The account given of Babylon inRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not follow Revelation 14:1-20 or Revelation 16:1-21 in point of prophetic time, but differs from them in structure. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take - CBSC, the winepress . 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. Jude 1. Lit. 8:38, Paul often used some of the most extreme things such as life and death to make a point. The significant thing about this great word is that it occurs ten times in the New Testament. . place on earth following the return of Christ (20:4; compare Matt. "And he said unto me, It is done. There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. (5) "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." There are always those who are ready to challenge the fairness of it. I am not raising any question about the ten. The heavenly city, which is the full expression of blessedness on high, has no temple because it is all a temple. The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been (since chapter 6), to On the other, it is the first of seven final things that John saw and recorded. In Asia Minor even the tribunal of the proconsul was subject to bribery and to maladministration. They picture the final triumph of God over all enemies and his complete conquest of evil. Isaiah says of the heavenly king: "He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked" ( Isaiah 11:4). With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. (faithful to Jesus). I can hardly wait. Therefore says the angel, "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, that hath* the seven heads and the ten horns. Man alone is to blame who has misapplied it. Thus such as were in the separate state were reunited to their bodies, and lived and reigned like those who were already on the thrones. Revelation 19 In this chapter we have, I. sounds like a massive crashing of waves. A fourth century A.D. (chapter 20). We can quite understand that God would comfort His people in the dark ages by this book; and a very imperfect glimpse at its real meaning might in His grace serve to cheer them on in their trials as far as it went. the holy city Jerusalem. This is the Even man himself when he was innocent in Eden was not called. "Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!". 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. on Line, email us at: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. What is this name? harlot), and avenging the blood of the martyrs (7:9-17). "I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled; and place was not found for them." 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. millennial kingdom and last throughout that 1000 year period (compare 21:2). "That day" does not mean a time when everybody will be converted, but when the Lord Jesus will govern righteously when overt evil will be judged, and good be sustained perfectly for a thousand years. To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. Verse 11 . We have already come upon two vast multitudes in heaven, the martyrs in Revelation 7:9 and the angels in Revelation 5:11. "Having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel." He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty. When the hour comes that is spoken of here, it is not for us, but for those who will be found after we are gone. My righteousness is not on such a tenuous thing as my faithfulness to devotions or works or whatever. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. Who was it; Marx, that said, "Religion is the opium of the people?" Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:16. And there are times when the angel appears to John. Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). And if you try to worship God in an unprescribed way, setting up little idols or whatever, which God has forbidden, that is spiritual fornication. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 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. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. It is remarkable, that all along this book, idolatry and The redeemed THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. Study Revelation 19:19-19 - 'King James Version' translation alongside Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #2694 and Secrets of Heaven (New Century Edition, Cooper) #3880 . The word of God, Hebrews 4:12, Ephesians 6:17 Indicates the power of Gods words, cf. I do not doubt that there was a corrupt form in connection with Israel in times past. article Rapture). Some ancient authorities insert two-edged, from the parallel passage in Revelation 1:16. And I have to apologize sometimes for my judgments. avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". 3. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; sharp . 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. "These shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." For who knows not the horrors of Mariolatry? If you'd like to financially support VBVMI, please do so here. 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. It is a Hebrew word that has become universal, "Allel", "u", "yah", which means, "praise to Jehovah" or Yahweh. Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are This rider is called "FAITHFUL AND TRUE"--"faithful" because we can depend on His promises. 13:9; Rom. 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 . Babylon was the spurious church as long as it was a question of the church, and the final corrupter when it could be no question of this longer, and there went forth the closing testimony of God. 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. The fine linen, clean and *It now appears that the Cod. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Second Edition, Revised - 1871 Revelation 19 New International Version Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon's Fall 19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. 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 not unrighteous, but, on the contrary, the highest justice from a divine point of view. he will rule them with a rod of iron . 14:1-3; 1 Thess. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? "And his name is called The Word of God." 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. Worship: Only God is to be worshiped (compare 22:8-9; 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. This third description of judgment is an allusion to Isaiah 63:2-3; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Joel 3:13 (cf. To this the vision now proceeds at verse 17. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. "Behold I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book." "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like the ones that have been treading in the wine vat?" Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? Jer. Righteousness of saints: Not Christs imputed righteousness granted to 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." Blessed are those that are called to be a part in this. more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. Take this quite simply and literally. He is, as H. B. Swete puts it, "a royal commander followed by a dazzling retinue." The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, It is all centered around Him. And out of His mouth goes a sharp sword by which these rebellious armies are destroyed. He uses a "staff" to gently nudge or guide his sheep. There is a contrast with the scarlet and gold of the great harlot. He will destroy His enemies with inflexible righteousness that the iron shepherds rod that will serve as His scepter pictures (cf. There is nothing more to hear of nations; nothing more to do with separate countries, kindreds, or tongues. 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. Leaving behind the subject of the power of evil in the world, the visions now move on to their climax. Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. So, Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. The voice of this great multitude was as the voice of __________ ______________. Verse 1. If ancient times failed fully to meet the requirements of the chapter, it is evident that the middle ages are passed without its fulfilment as a whole. At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. We had seen Babylon twice: first, in the circle of God's warnings and testimonies; and then as the object of God's judgment under the seven bowls. 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. 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. (i) There is love. Too bad, your unrighteousness Friday night. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. The battle joined. ", 2. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. Here we find the term "Alleluia" used really for the first in the New Testament and it is used four times here. Return This is the meaning of "one hour with the beast.". In presence of grace I do not think this is for His glory, any more than for their own blessing. Two sets of people are called on to praise God. All the sufferers, either in the early persecutions of Revelation 6:1-17, or in the later persecutions (see Revelation 15:1-8) up to Babylon's extinction, were now raised from the dead. This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. a. "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." God said, "Light be," and light was. He is urged to take up the same cry. 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. And he said unto me, That is, it is simply an expression of the homage that they pay. He wants you to have a relationship with Him, a loving relationship, not a legal relationship. The New Testament is the "last will and testament" of Jesus, and to But this passage confronts us with something which became of very great importance in the worship of the Church. Then we have a description of Babylon given. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. 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. The judgment of the dead is strictly individual, judgments in this world are not. 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.

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