And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for night shall not be there. (John 5:24 compared with Romans 14:1-23 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-21.). To free men from the restraints that they may feel that have any kind of a Biblical base, so that you will not be feeling guilty over those things that are prohibited in the scriptures. Amen. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. 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. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet, who performed in his presence signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and who worship his image. Jesus replaced the filth with His righteousness. Verse 2. It is really differing imagery T. S. Kepler comments: "The moral law can no more be broken than the law of gravity; it can only be illustrated." The fine linen the bride is clothed in represents the righteous acts of the He says: "The possession of the prophetic spirit, which makes a true prophet, shows itself in a life of witness to Jesus, which perpetuates his witness to the Father and to himself" A prophet's message lies in the personal witness of his life, even more than in the spoken witness of his words. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. This remains true. These are the faithful. 1:4; Heb. There is only one other place in the New Testament where these two verbs (chairein, G5463, and agallian, G21) come together--in Jesus Christ's promise to the persecuted: "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven" ( Matthew 5:12). (19:6-9), are evidence of the Church being in heaven prior to the return of 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. 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. | Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). We look at the vast universe in which we live, the material universe, and we realize that He created it. The church was betrothed to Christ by His sovereign choice in eternity past He gets his power and they get theirs for one and the same time. 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." The fine linen, clean and No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. 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? The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. * 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. They which are called: This is not the bride (the church), but the guests. groom prepared for his bride. 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 of course all of our finest scientific equipment could not locate such a thing there in the heart of the earth. The marriage They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. And God said, "Let the waters above the firmament be separated from the waters below the firmament." Such is God's account of Babylon the great. Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. "And hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand": And by these judicial In verse 1, this great voice from heaven was whom? Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . "And to the bride was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints." . Righteousness of saints: Not Christs imputed righteousness granted to New American Standard Version and ever.". 11-21). In short, Babylon, the disgusting counterpart of the holy city, in earthly ambition seeks the kings and the masses for her own present objects, while the other suffers now and will reign then. 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. The word is pistos ( G4103) ; it means absolutely to be trusted. would even have us. only place in the Bible where the word "omnipotent" occurs. They would have a big dance and party, as they would crush all of the grapes, they would get the juice out of them. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. God. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. 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. "Upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". The Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come"( Isaiah 63:3-4 ). Verses 6-10: Omnipotent: God is all-powerful, and reigneth over His Verse Revelation 19:15. There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." Then come others in the condition of separate spirits or souls, whom the prophet saw two different classes of them those beheaded for the witness of Jesus and the word of God, and those who refused the beast in every form, The proof of the third class should have been given a little more distinctly than in our version. It calls God the Almighty. The letters Y-H-W-H (Yahweh) are called the sacred tetragrammaton, the sacred four letters. 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 ). That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. With a rod of iron He shall execute the severest judgment on the opposers of his truth. If so, they are there in the quality not of the bride, but of those invited to the marriage of the Lamb; but I do not think them the Apocalyptic saints for the simple reason that, as shown in the next chapter, the Apocalyptic saints are not raised from the dead yet. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); If a person drew from this, for instance, that the boast was to carry the woman, Babylon, when it had as a fact all that is meant by the seven heads and the ten horns, it would be an error. What is it? The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. The scene now shifts from the earth where it has been (since chapter 6), to there is no sword proceeding out of our mouth; nor are the saints or heavenly hosts said to be arrayed in such a sort as the Lord. In Hebrew writing there were no vowels; the vowels had to be supplied by the reader. These were simply the characters of provisional judgment that filled the interval after the church was gone, and before the reign with Christ. Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. and could only be broken by divorce. He treaded the winepress As the grapes are trodden to express the juice, so his enemies shall be bruised and beaten, so that their life's blood shall be poured out. Jer. To be crowned with more than one crown may seem strange, but in the time of John it was quite natural. But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. 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 ). The beloved city is Jerusalem; the camp of the saints, I presume, is a larger circle and embraces all of Israel and the Gentiles who, being converted, refuse Satan's deceit. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. "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). What does Revelation chapter 19 mean? | BibleRef.com Verse 7. It can govern and bless but not convert man. By and by, after our translation to heaven, He will work, and as vitally in those who bow to God, when it will be the reception of the prophetic testimony which is here owned to be none the less the testimony of Jesus. Zechariah 14:18, but nowhere else with a sword. Raphael tells Tobit that he is the angel who brought his prayer before God ( Tob_13:12-15 ). email us at: In Judaism there was increasingly stressed the transcendence of God, because of that it was increasingly felt that man needed some intermediary. Verse 1. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. A further account of the triumphant song of angels and saints for the fall of Babylon, ver 1-4. So, He is coming to bring an end of man's rebellion. 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. He knows again. This is a passage whose meaning is obscure. So we are obliged to translate the single word, e.g. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. Their praise is that the smoke of Babylon rises for ever and ever. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses ( Revelation 19:14 ). He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. ( 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. In Christianity you have a God that is reaching out to man. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. This also is a no less important element for understanding the chapter. Bear this in mind: to leave the last part out is fatal to any accurate understanding of the Revelation. If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. 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. [Note: Ladd, pp. See it explained in the notes on that place, and on Revelation 14:19-20. 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.". There is a distinct contrast between the city John describes and the ancient Babylon, in that the latter was built on the plain of Shinar, while the former is expressly said to have seven heads, and these explained to mean seven mountains. The Jews had the idea that, when the Messiah came, God's people would, as it were, be entertained by God to a great Messianic Banquet. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." and others give , "of her." The question is, why is she thus designated? We had Babylon with a spuriously ecclesiastical but a really murderous character, and at the same time guilty of corruption with the kings of the earth. History is actually "His story." Begin by reading the Introduction first. 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. This is a mistake. These are the martyrs of Revelation 6:1-17, those long since seen under the altar, poured out like burnt-offerings to God. In any event, the name singles him out as the greatest of all rulers, the only true divine One and the universal King. oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. . The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, revelation-19:1-3 - Bible Commentaries Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the 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. If my righteousness were dependent upon my keeping the Law, or keeping rules or regulations-Let's say that we said that every day you should be reading five chapters out of the Bible. And I saw the beast [that is the antichrist], and the kings of the earth [which have been drawn by the demonic forces], and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army ( Revelation 19:18-19 ). Echoing an earlier rabbinic comment found in the commentary of Rashi to the Songs of Songs (4:5) Ginzberg explainedthere is also a great bond of union between the first five commandments and the last five. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. The bride is in view. But alas! 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. And because of this there is great rejoicing in heaven. The ceremony (the exchanging of vows). Consequently Christianity, as being directly aggressive on the falsehood of heathenism, was of all things the most offensive to Rome. Again the righteousness of His judgment attested to. 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. 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 first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. And it is the various ways by which men are attempting to reach God. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. Hence we have to own the divine source of government even when its holders abandon all such thoughts themselves, and maintain their rule in the world as a thing flowing from the people irrespective of God. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." That kings had dallied with her, that the beast had once borne her up, will only turn to gall the more bitter to her, who, faithless to God, had staked the usurped and abused name of Christ to win what was now lost for ever. 4:13-18). God. This it is precisely which will bring out the indignant judgment of God upon the last phase of Babylon, so that the guilt of all the blood shed on the earth shall be imputed to her, and she may be judged accordingly. 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? But the attempt, again, to apply what is said here to a future city of Babylon in Chaldea seems to me no less vain. and so forth. That is spiritually in chapter seventeen, that great religious system that corrupted the earth. The description of the great Commander, 1. His Word is "a two-edged sword." Praise in heaven. Tribulation saints. Christ is the Bridegroom at the marriage and his Church is the 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. supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. "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. The biblical narrative of the revelation at Sinai begins in Exodus 19 after the arrival of the children of . Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.". It may well be that John intended the double meaning; and that we are meant not to choose between the meanings, but to accept both of them. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and those that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. (a) He is faithful. (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses Man gets hung up and he stops short. 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. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. 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. Let us rejoice and let us exult, and let us give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has prepared herself, and it has been granted to her to clothe herself with fine linen, shining and pure." These are the true sayings of God. Take notice of this (which confirms the application just now contended for), that when John saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, he wondered with great wonder. And this is entirely confirmed byRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18, where it was told us that they are with Him when He comes. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. These compose the same group as (in 7:11), and are associated with worship The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. 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." 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. In Wisdom there is a description of the plagues in Egypt, and in particular of the slaying of the first-born sons of the Egyptians: "Thine Almighty Word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war, into the midst of a land of destruction, and brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth" ( Wis_18:15-16 ). Observe another very important fact. overwhelming understanding of Who this is. 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. They begin to worship, in a sense, the instrument that God has used. It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. A loveless marriage is a contradiction in terms. 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. But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. And 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.". It is for your sin that He is dying. We must perforce therefore look for a still more complete development before the Lamb judges the beast after the ten horns along with it shall have destroyed Babylon. The weapons of this warfare are described in Ephesians 6:12. Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. Second, he alone has that purity which can judge without prejudice. because of the number of people speaking. "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). Revelation 19 In this chapter we have, I. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made Let us bear this in mind. 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. This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the But that idea is wholly insufficient to cover or meet the word of God, which gives clear and strong reasons that prove the mistake of applying this to the pope as its complete fulfilment. A seventh should follow; and what is more, the seventh was in one aspect to be an eighth. Verses 1-6: Alleluia: This Hebrew word appears 4 times in the New Testament. 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).
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