revelation 19 explained verse by verse

They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. Not that any of those judged (and the scene described is solely a resurrection of judgment) are said to be written there: we are shown rather that they were not found in that book. To this earth He is coming, and not merely to the new earth in the eternal state. His Earthly Kingdom (see article . It is a description, and not one of the visions that carry us onward. At the same time we are not at liberty to eliminate such a feature out of the description. The salvation of God should awaken the gratitude of man; the glory of God should awaken the reverence of man; the power of God is always exercised in the love of God and should, therefore, awaken the trust of man. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. for the smoke from her rises for ever and ever. The reason is given at the close; not only "by thy sorcery were all the nations deceived," but above all "in her was found [the] blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth.". The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the being addressed here to add to the other 3 mentioned groups. From the beginning, the church of God has been blessed with prophecy. There is no doubt that THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE In 19:11 IS CHRIST. 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. purified at the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. Again the righteousness of His judgment attested to. to be worshiped (22:8-9; Acts 10:25-26). of the bride, the Lamb's wife. not. ). 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. [Note: See David J. MacLeod, The Seven Last Things.] - Hebrews 4:12; a sharp sword . Of course there must needs be a consultation with the kings, when the kings exist and become an accredited part of that empire, as rulers subordinate to the beast. The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. Then go into each of the twenty two chapters of the Book of Revelation one by one. 19:5 And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.". The thief said, "We are here because we deserve to be here, but this man has done nothing amiss"( Luke 23:41 ). a. 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. The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. God alone is perfect in judgment for three reasons. Figuratively, with reference to the church. Where Hallelujah occurs in the Old Testament it is translated by Praise God, but here in this chapter the original Hebrew form, transliterated into Greek, is retained. It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. Most other commentators have seen it as the first event after the seventh bowl judgment. Antichrist and his henchmen are cast into the lake of fire; and all their supporters are slain, to await in Sheol the final judgment. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy: The central theme of both How can it be said that this vile, corrupt, idolatrous system of the last days was guilty of the blood of all martyrs? 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. 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. Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. In one sense it would be an eighth, and in another sense it would be of the seven; the eighth perhaps because of its extraordinary resurrection character, yet one of the seven because it is outwardly old imperialism again. The pronoun he is emphaticHe Himself, by Himself, as is there expressed. I sometimes make snap judgments. 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. Raphael tells Tobit that he is the angel who brought his prayer before God ( Tob_13:12-15 ). To whom else could they say it? A lot of the persecution against the Christian has come from religion, religious leaders. With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.". to Top I can hardly wait. are the ones who are praising. It is simply said that the glorified are to follow the Lord in victorious power, and nothing more, "clothed in fine linen, white, pure." The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the Not so. Go to Next Section judgment seat of Christ (compare 1 Cor. Judas returned the money to the priests saying, "I betrayed innocent blood" ( Matthew 27:4 ). But now, when those symbols disappear, because of a new action of God (namely, the consummation of the church's joy), the elders and the living creatures disappear, and we have not the bride alone, but another class of saints, who at once come forward. It is not for His crime or guilt. So, I will be clothed in linen, pure and white and clean. Revelation 19 Commentary - Geneva Study Bible From his mouth . 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. . These would appear to be (save Judas Iscariot, of course) the twelve apostles that were peculiarly associated with Christ in His suffering path on the earth. They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? 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. 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. Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). Verses 6-10: Omnipotent: God is all-powerful, and reigneth over His servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. Verse 3. i. And so this is the hang-up of man as Paul said in Romans one, "They worshipped and served the creature more than the creator." Verse 12 . The seven Spirits of God (Greek: , ta hepta pneumata tou theou) are mentioned four times in the Book of Revelation, and in the Book of Isaiah it names each Spirit.Revelation 1:4: John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven . That great multitude, I expect personally to be a part of that multitude. New American Standard Version 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. Nor is there any real reason to wonder at their deriving help from partial light. 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). all the faithful believers saved by grace through faith up to the birth of the When you couple that with "Lord", which means There. And there will the second Psalm come into play. The picture is of all men sitting down at the Messianic Banquet of God. church. Only God is Revelation 10 - The Mighty Angel and the Little Book A. "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." On his head he has many crowns. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. His name: The Word of God, a name that none fully knows but himself, only this we know, that this Word was God manifest in the flesh; but his perfections are incomprehensible by any creature. Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. When The marriage It is "His story". He doesn't want you to be religious. It was the religious leaders that prompted the persecution against the church in its beginning and throughout history.There is even at the present time, one of the leaders of the YWAM program who has been charged in Greece with a charge of proselytizing, because he gave a Bible to a Greek sixteen-year old boy, and he has been charged in the Greek courts with proselytizing. 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. Next comes the marriage of the Lamb to his bride. . Like Hosanna ( H3467 + H4994 and G5614) it is one of the few Hebrew words which have established themselves in ordinary religious language. And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:11 ). All who have looked back on the history know, that when the ten kings appeared, there was no beast or imperial power. ", All things are thus made new; and, further, "these words are faithful." - CBSC, a sharp sword . But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. Revelation 19:1 Commentaries: After these things I heard something like THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ( Revelation 19:10 b). corrupted and destroyed them in soul, body, and estate. And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great ( Revelation 19:5 ). He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. Indeed it must be so, because, as we read in the end of the last chapter, there the lost were cast. There was no doubt at all of the character of the emperor; there never had been a worse than he; yet God took that very opportunity to lay this on the Christians as their duty to the worldly authority outside and over them. Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. "His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many diadems." This That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article , ), who will turn to Christ in On that interpretation the phrase will mean that no man can speak to men until he has listened to Jesus Christ. If that is so of human words, how much truer it is of the divine word. 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. That religious system has an incomparably nearer connection with this mysterious harlot than anything we have yet spoken of. What is it? wedding garment ready for the wedding. So it is imputed righteousness given to you by your faith in Christ. There will be here upon the earth millions of people who have gathered together to war against Him at His coming. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. Revelation 19:8 "And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine I don't know exactly what He will say. It is not complicated, just bare all to God. If the books proclaim the evil works of the dead that stand before the throne, the book of life offers no defence on the score of God's grace. This is the declaration that is made all through the period of judgment, "true and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord".The concept that Satan brought to Eve in the Garden of Eden was that God was not fair, that God was trying to hold her back from something that was beneficial, that God was somehow trying to protect Himself. The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. It all focuses before Christ and after the year of our Lord, but He is center, the focal point of history. Especially they will be now, when the nation of the Jews shall be born at once, 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. frequently (4:8, 11; 5:9-12, 14; 11:16-18). For according to unquestionable testimony the Reuchlinian copy has like some half-dozen cursives, which was probably a mistake for . It will prepare you for the rest of the material contained here. Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. Commentary on Revelation 19 by Matthew Henry - Blue Letter Bible After these things: This is a time key. It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. Every strange coded word and phrase is meant for this generation. Who said Amen, Alleluia as they worshipped around the throne? And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God ( Revelation 19:10 ): Now, John like so many people, we want to worship the instrument that God uses to bring His knowledge or love or grace to us. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 1. "Notwithstanding the dogmatic helps which the Church offers, the mind fails to grasp the inmost significance of the Person of Christ, which eludes all efforts to bring it within the terms of human knowledge. In Daniel's time, and even to Daniel himself, the book was sealed. Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:1-4. "I will raise him up at the last day." In Daniel's time it was not at hand. 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. It is thus that God is wont to deal as a rule in His judgments, not necessarily on the one that first introduces an evil, but on those that inherit the guilt, and perhaps aggravate it, instead of taking warning by it. The marriage between Christ and the church proclaimed and perfected, ver 5-10. This tells us something about our approach to Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God:" In the last chapter, we saw the terrible destruction of commercial and political Babylon symbolized by its capital city of Babylon. Return to Home Page Revelation 1 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org This rider is called "FAITHFUL AND TRUE"--"faithful" because we can depend on His promises. Then follows a description of the wall, gates, foundations, and general position. 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.". *Most copies, it would seem, read , "of the earth;" the Alex. *It is the aorist in Greek, which in such a case as this it is difficult correctly to represent in English; for neither "reigned" nor "hath reigned" could convey that God had entered on His kingdom, but rather that it was past. In Jesus Christ we meet reality. (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; sharp . She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. 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. 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.". they were saying. It calls God the Almighty. It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! "I heard a great voice of much people in heaven": The people are the same with They are not seen here as the bride. Accordingly, "Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me." There is another remark to make. For that which comes distinctly before us in this one verse is the twofold fact, that the ten horns here contemplated receive their kingly power for the same hour or time as the beast, and not subsequently, when his rule was extinguished. IV. 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 Revelation: Verse by verse study Kindle Edition Man gets hung up and he stops short. 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. Revelation 12:7 "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels," "War in heaven": The tumultuous events on earth during the Tribulation find their counterpart in heaven. Revelation Chapter 11 Explained - bible-studys.org The word "church" (Greek ekklesia), appears nineteen times (in Revelation and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). - CBSC, The psalm prophecy is quoted by the apostle Peter in Acts 4:25-26 with this application of the effect of preaching Christ to the heathen world. PDF First Corinthians Chapter Three - abiblecommentary.com And the marriage is the eternal After so many sorrows, trials, difficulties, dangers, how sweet to have such a word, and to know that He who speaks is the holy and the true, and surely about to come in the faithfulness of His love! The word is pantokrator ( G3841) , literally the one who controls all things. 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. Finally they will destroy her. Such is God's account of Babylon the great. STUDY NOTES--Revelation 19:11-16 --THE CONQUERING CHRIST. The friendships of the evil are not lasting. There is no paradox in the message whatever. THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! The relationship of the Christian and Christ must be the closest in all life. a. And then comes the gathering and the battle. John saw heaven opened and a RIDER UPON A WHITE HORSE verse 11. . Both small and great: All distinctions and ranks are to be transcended. 11:2; Eph. The worst of all sins is to teach others to sin. The battle joined. Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. and others give , "of her." Together they join this great chorus proclaiming "Alleluia!". They begin to worship, in a sense, the instrument that God has used. The ensigns of his authority, his coat of arms--a name written on his vesture and thigh, King of kings, and Lord of lords, asserting his authority and power, and the cause of the quarrel, Revelation 19:16; Revelation 19:16. The angelic host sings a second Hallelujah. 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. "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. Thus, whether the books or the book be examined, all conspire to declare the justice, the solemn but most affecting righteousness, of God's final irrevocable sentence. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." The prophecy centers around the person of Jesus Christ. At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. 19:14-16 The armies which are in heaven followed him, on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the Yes, all my gold stars, but Friday you blow it and you didn't get your prayer time in. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. Then the word is, "Award her even as she awarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! John insists that angels are no more than the servants of God; and that God alone must be worshipped. It can govern and bless but not convert man. "And the dead were judged," but not out of the book of life, which has nothing to do with judgment. Afterwards we come to the description of itself, of its wall, its building, its foundations, and its gates. As King of kings and Lord of lords he exercises Gods rule over all humankind, and in divine wrath punishes the wicked (13-16).An angel calls flesh-eating birds to prepare for a feast such as they have never had before, for the corpses on the battlefield will be beyond number (17-18). There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. 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. The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. R. H. Charles finely says that the marriage symbolism "denotes the intimate and indissoluble communion of Christ with the community which he has purchased with his own blood" a communion which is "first reached in fulness by the host of the martyrs.". Here it is the city described in itself, on which we need not now enlarge. ceremony); (3) Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." - Utley. The word is alethinos ( G228) and has two meanings. "And so here we see Him, clothed in a vesture dipped in blood. "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." In this way there never has been anything of the kind before. 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). The victory gained by the great and glorious head of the church: The beast and the false prophet, the leaders of the army, are taken prisoners, both he who led them by power and he who led them by policy and falsehood; these are taken and cast into the burning lake, made incapable of molesting the church of God any more; and their followers, whether officers or common soldiers, are given up to military execution, and made a feast for the fowls of heaven. "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). Armies of angels are with him, but his conquest is not by armies or weapons. So here He is sitting upon a white horse. "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. Now we see the tree of life again. avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.". What is this name? What did the "avenging the blood" probably mean? As Dr. John Paterson puts it in The Book that is Alive: "The spoken word in Hebrew was fearfully alive. again. I am the, Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Revelation 19:19 KJV | King James Version | New Christian Bible Study It will be observed that in this case it is one of the angels that had the seven bowls who comes forward and says to John, "Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (or harlot) that sitteth upon [the] many waters." 13:9; Rom. "And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine for it." "Amen," they said, "Hallelujah!" Here we find the term "Alleluia" used really for the first in the New Testament and it is used four times here.