revelation 19 explained verse by verse

For the fine linen is the righteous deeds of God's dedicated people. There are not enough adjectives in the dictionary It will be a state of nature unexampled for the fruits of the earth and the enjoyment of all that God has made here below. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. judgment. It is a universal summons to praise God for his mighty acts. Revelation 19 begins with a multitude in heaven singing a doxology to God. This is accordingly traced in our chapter with considerable detail, and with the sorrow and vexation of all the different classes who on the fall of Babylon groaned over her destruction, and the loss of their wealth and enjoyment. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. approving of the destruction of Babel, because the Messiah was bringing justice In Revelation 16+, John was shown the pouring forth of the final seven bowls which contained God's wrath. The "things to come" are synonymous with death. I do know that whatever He does will be absolutely fair. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 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 of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. Worship God." Who will join in acclamations of praise, and partly on account of their To be sure, the language here suggests Armageddon, the great spiritual conflict going on throughout history, the results of which will be announced and executed on the last day. 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). II. It is interesting to me how that God took such pains to protect the innocency of Jesus Christ at the crucifixion. Biblical references. "And when the thousand years are completed, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to war." Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? A Verse by Verse Study of the Book of Revelation - Glenn Earle Cummings 2007-02 The Gospels, Acts, Epistles and Book of Revelation: Commonly Called the New Testament. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. Observe another very important fact. used (in Gen. 19:28). This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. is a word to him that hears. Stephen Armstrong. white, represents the righteousness of the church, which has now been judged and And the [antichrist] 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 those that worshipped his image. inhabitants of the Roman empire into wicked and idolatrous practices, and so Peculiar energy indeed attaches to symbolic language. Click here to download Revelation 19 Keynote presentation: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0QVjw78Q9AXs9vyAJw9plQoww#Revelation_19Click here to download Revel. Lord. It is altogether unfeasible, and it shows how carelessly we read the Bible that people are not stopped by such an expression. Hallelujah is a very common word in religious vocabulary but the only time it actually appears in Scripture is on the four occasions in this chapter. This is the At the moment of this vision, the conflict is already over; only the judgment remains to be executed; the issues which were long ago determined are here to be revealed and executed in the final judgment of all people. Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. Tribulation saints. Hence this certainly must be future. In other words, this is the characteristic title for God in the Revelation. "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." oceans will become thick, dark, and coagulated, like the blood of a corpse. Many scholars think the name should be Y-A-H-W-E-H. I have examined Him. Now the Lord in the end here is really putting a lot of emphasis upon the fact that these are true sayings. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. Thus the divine testimony is not confined to the gospel or the church, but the prophetic Spirit which characterizes the Revelation as a whole, after the church is translated, is equally a testimony of Jesus. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. (This takes you to our other website) Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. 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 I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse." The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. Praise in heaven. His Word is "a two-edged sword." discover_revelation@charter.net, Revelation chapter 19 and 20 Here you may see the reason for saying that the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures are not absolutely the church, because when that symbol applies, and the one of the bride comes forward, we have got others too. "And no curse shall be any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him." For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. (ii) It is suggested that the name is Y-H-W-H. That was the Jewish name for God. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. Then we look at "reigneth". "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." God is sovereign. It is a simple picture, not to be taken with crude literalness, but simply saying very beautifully that in his kingdom all men will enjoy the bounty of God. But there is a time coming when power will cease to be ordained of God; and this is the point to which the last condition of the beast refers. 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. Just as the city of man's confusion was seen in her vile, degraded, and degrading relations with the beast, this city is seen in her pure and glorious relations with the Lamb. Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. This scene The death and decay of billions of sea creatures will only add to the misery of this judgment. 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." Men are not regarded as composing this tabernacle; they co-exist. 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. Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. That with it he should smite the nations - The nations that were opposed to him; to wit, those especially who were represented by the beast and the false prophet, Revelation 19:18-20. Jesus at the Last Supper said that he would not again drink of the cup until he drank it new in his Father's kingdom ( Matthew 26:29). And then comes the gathering and the battle. var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; 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. I have a hard time stomaching religious people. It is the "Word of God" that will conquor nations, not physical armies using force. It is the active word which carried out the commandment of God. John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to Other Books of the Bible only place in the Bible where the word "omnipotent" occurs. 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. This is predicted in Numbers 24:17 and on account of this the nations will be angry under the sounding of the seventh trumpet, with which this vision is contemporary, Revelation 11:18. b. to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. Thus the difference is complete between past history (if we look at the extinction of the empire and the rise of the ten kingdoms) and the certain fulfilment of the prophecy in the future, when we look at what God has really told us. "I will betroth you to me for ever," Hosea hears God say, "I will betroth you to me in righteousness" ( Hosea 2:19-20). Second, he alone has that purity which can judge without prejudice. Another warlike expedition of the glorious head and husband of the church, with the success of it, ver 10, etc. He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. and others give , "of her." Her part in the corruption of the high and the intoxication of the low her idolatrous character has come before us. Why then is the book of life mentioned? "On his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. So, He is coming to bring an end of man's rebellion. The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. 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.". A mysterious lawlessness inherits the well-known name of Babylon when Rome is brought forward; and it does not merely embrace Christian times, but the end of the age after the church has gone, when the course of divine judgment comes. Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. You can believe this. The heavenly city, which is the full expression of blessedness on high, has no temple because it is all a temple. Jesus Christ was a threat to the religious leaders as He would be to all religious leaders. Revelation 20. WATCH ON YOUTUBE Book of Revelation Explained 2: The Last Days (Revelation 1:1-5) "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." 4:17). Chapter 19 of Revelation is the only place in the Bible that this name describing God is used. It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. The picture is not of an "iron rod" he uses to "club" or beat his sheep! (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. That is good. In the Testament of Levi (5:5) Michael is said to be the angel who intercedes for Israel. I will be a part of that army, as will you, because we are clothed in the fine linen white and clean, which is the righteousness of the saints. Note that there is no fighting or conflict of any kind in view here. (John 12:48). God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. But what is also of consequence to observe is, that John saw souls the souls of those beheaded on account of the witness of Jesus, and on account of the word of God. Then we have another glorious description. 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. We shall find that the scripture affords much light to decide the true bearing of the prophecy, and that no application to the past can possibly satisfy the conditions satisfactorily. That is what prophecy is about. After the destruction of Babylon at "Let him that is unrighteous be unrighteous still: and let the filthy be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." This testimony here is not Jesus giving it, but we believers who testify of the yet are a large body of themselves. When the beast dares to fight with the Lamb He shall overcome the beast; and they that are with Him, "called and chosen and faithful" terms, as a whole, entirely inapplicable to the angels. This section bridges the Tribulation and the millennial kingdom. Then there is the reigning power, but not the execution of judgment in this awful fashion which is attributed to the Lord Himself. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. It is reigning. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. . So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. faith during the Tribulation (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Zech. "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. Exactly the same thing is repeated here, and what makes it more apparent is the similarity of the introduction on each occasion. Bride. And it appears to me that here we are bound to account for the presence of these others that are at the marriage-supper of the Lamb, but appear as guests, and not at all in the quality of the bride. Worship is for God alone. All these things have their place in Babylon the great. "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. (function() { The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. Antichrist and his henchmen are cast into the lake of fire; and all their supporters are slain, to await in Sheol the final judgment. It is not a righteousness of works. 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. He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). "The armies of heaven" wear the fine linen, white and pure" "which is the righteousness of the saints" (19:8).