The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. I would like to say a few words about this "fine linen". 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. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. THE ALMIGHTY AND HIS KINGDOM ( Revelation 19:6-8 continued). Revelation 19 ( Rev 19:1) - 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 heavenly celebration (verses 1-6), which connects the events of chapter 18, reveal more than the celebration of the defeat of a certain city or belief system. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. 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 . I think that religion is a tremendous curse upon the earth. It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." The "things to come" are synonymous with death. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. What does the linen garment tell us about salvation? Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. I. incorporates believers, the Old Testament saints, the Church age saints, and the In other words, it is too He is saying (throw them out), they are not part of the elect. The woman the strange woman sets forth corruption, human nature indulging itself in its own evil desires, irrespective of God's will. Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. Ezekiel works out the whole picture most fully in Ezekiel 16:1-63. 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. He sees the glorious creation of God and he worships the creation, rather than the creator.And so John is making the same mistake and the angel corrects him and says don't do that. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 5:10). 5:22-24), it ultimately expands to include all the redeemed of all To whom else could they say it? Hence the horns and the beast join together and desolate the harlot. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. We know that the change of all those caught up takes place in the twinkling of an eye. The answer: because it's the final book of the Bible. event, the new order comes and the marriage is consummated (see notes on (iv) There is fidelity. 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. 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. And God said, "Let the waters above the firmament be separated from the waters below the firmament." groom prepared for his bride. It should be, "and shall be present. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. This is a metaphor of the power of the gospel or of Gods spoken word (cf. They will be gathered together at the inspiration of Satan. Verse 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Commentary. Commentary on Revelation 19:11-21. Present tense. He just said it, "Let there be light," and light existed.And in the Hebrew it is even more intensive. Lit. "And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the camp of the saints, and the beloved city." The actual picture comes from Isaiah: "The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). To a Jew a word was not merely a sound; it did things. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." Then the book concludes after a solemn warning against either adding to or taking from its contents. They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". Revelation 19:2 "For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath judged the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate Further, a negative point of great importance is presented by the seer, "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb. T. S. Kepler comments: "The moral law can no more be broken than the law of gravity; it can only be illustrated." Isaiah 63:3. Thank God. The cosmic drama is drawing to a close. There will be no time for seeking mercy, as it were: whatever the state in which the Lord at His coming will find us, all is closed up and fixed. He had a great desire to bring his brothers, Egyptian brothers to the knowledge of Jesus Christ. The vials have all now been dispensed upon the earth of the judgment and the wrath of God. Who does not see that this is precisely analogous to the verse which opened the description of Babylon? In ancient times, a marriage was the single greatest celebration and social So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. Be wise now therefore, O you kings, be instructed, you rulers of the earth; kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way,Psalms 2:10; Psalms 2:12. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. The abusso or abyss is probably in the very center of the earth, because it is called and correctly translated "bottomless pit." 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath 7 made herself ready. In short, it is not tropical language, as when it is said of the prodigal son "This my son was dead, and is alive again;" or of the restoration of Israel, which is compared to a resurrection from the dead for the rest of the world. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. ( 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. (v) It may be that we shall never know the symbolism of the unknown name but H. B. Swete has the very fine idea that in the essence of the being of Christ there must always remain something beyond man's understanding. Our own righteousness had been as filthy rags, but The word "rule" is "to shepherd" them, and the rod of iron is the club the shepherd used to fend off the wolves, bears, lions, etc. Lastly was the wedding ceremony during which time the vows were exchanged. 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). The thief said, "We are here because we deserve to be here, but this man has done nothing amiss"( Luke 23:41 ). What does this particular rendition of God mean? The view that they are non-sequential rests on similarities between Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 19-22. It cannot be done till the moment comes. approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice 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. This is of great importance, because if the new Jerusalem be, as I have no doubt it is, the bride the Lamb's wife, then we have her separate condition asserted in eternity. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Revelation provided a message of hope: God is in sovereign control of all the events of human history, and though evil often seems pervasive and wicked men all powerful, their ultimate doom is certain. It is not for His crime or guilt. 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. overwhelming understanding of Who this is. Do not wonder at the vast numbers, or at their defection. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. The thought of the relationship between God and his people as a marriage goes far back into the Old Testament. 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." Here is seen the holy city coming down out of heaven from God, which is declared to be the bride, the Lamb's wife, in the plainest contrast with the great harlot. There is going to be another supper, a supper prepared by God for all the birds. 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. Nothing of the sort can be plainer. I take it, therefore, that God intended this analogy to be noted by us; that it is not a pursuance of the prophecy, but a description of the holy city previously named, just as the other was a description of the corrupt city, whose judgment had been announced. The word of God, or the judiciary sentence of Christ according to it, and which he will fully execute, to the utter destruction of all his enemies; :- that with it he should smite the nations; the Gentiles, the Papists, the antichristian states, those that have adhered to Babylon, and have drunk of the wine of her fornication. "These have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast," or their imperial leader. Then there was a time of preparation as the Go to Next Section By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. 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. The voice that comes from the throne is most likely to be understood as the voice of one of the cherubim. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and military proceedings, he has a penetrating insight into all the strength and stratagems of his enemies, he has a large and extensive dominion, many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. In presence of grace I do not think this is for His glory, any more than for their own blessing. 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. I do know that whatever He does will be absolutely fair. - CBSC, the winepress . It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. 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. 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? "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." This disposes of many a web of comments; for we find at once what is perfectly simple, what any child of God who believes this to be the word of God must own. The friendships of the evil are not lasting. Revelation 19:5 (1) And a voice came from the throne, saying, (2) "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." 1. Gates of hell can never Gainst that Church prevail. 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. No hint whatever is given that they constitute the city, but there is the inscription of their names outside. 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. He saw their condition: it was part of the vision. 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. * Let us be glad and exult, and give the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." Betrothal (often when the couple were children); Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the Verse 8. (Hebrews 4:13). This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of 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. In his cross and resurrection, Christ won a great victory over the powers of evil; by his second coming, he will execute that victory. The word used here for crown is diadema ( G1238) , which is the royal crown, as opposed to stephanos ( G4735) which is the crown of victory. Thus the name of Christ, not merely as the root and the offspring of David, but as the bright morning star, calls out responsively the heart of the church, and this too under the guiding activity of the Holy Ghost. to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up for ever and ever. (This takes you to our other website), News Links, Recommended Books, News Sites, and Bibles They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." Here is a grim picture of birds of prey being invited to come from all over the sky to glut themselves on the corpses of the slain. "Called" is most evidently inapplicable, because calling supposes that the person is brought out of one condition and raised into another and a better one. To this the vision now proceeds at verse 17. reign with Christ in the millennial kingdom. a. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and Still God acts in a wisdom far above man, and holds to His principles even there. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish He hath bound his loins and gone forth to war against those who hate him; kings and princes shall be slain; he will make red the rivers with the blood of the slainhis garments will be dipped in blood.". It is reigning. The Gothic hordes were not yet incorporated with the empire, still less were they horns of the beast, nor did they give their power to it, but destroyed it rather. Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. In Daniel's time it was not at hand. When the apostle Paul wrote to the, saints at Rome, he particularly specified at that very time the duty of absolute subjection on the part of Christians to the powers which then were. This has no time element attached. But it is what each saint has, though the blessed thought here is that the church has it not merely in the way of each person possessing his own; the bride has the whole of it (that is, the church in glory). I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. to say enough about what Jesus has purchased for us all. So, it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that is imparted to me through my faith in Jesus Christ. church (Acts 2:1ff). After that we have the admonitions to the end of this book. cum cdd. But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". This brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. (John 17:18). The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. Praise in heaven. 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. "Let him that heareth say, Come." Such is God's account of Babylon the great. This is of great importance. Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. Verse 5. not. . 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 as a result was thrown in jail in Egypt and was then released because of the family influence, and told to get out of the country for his own welfare or he would be put to death if he stayed. Lord our God:". avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". 4-18). In our day men prophecy "the end of Christs church", but Christs Word is mightier than any word that men can utter. The bride represents those that are spoken of in the normal possession and enjoyment of their privileges. . This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. more depending on the economic or social status of the bride and groom. This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. There is nothing more to hear of nations; nothing more to do with separate countries, kindreds, or tongues. Salvation is simple. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. 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. They had cried to the Sovereign ruler to avenge their blood on their foes, but they were told they must wait a little for some others, their fellow-servants and their brethren, to die as they had.
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