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judgment. You can trust in this. The word used for sitting down is the word for reclining at a meal. The description of the warrior Christ is further filled in. The Psalmist says of the Messianic king: "You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel" ( Psalms 2:9). We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. small and the great mean everyone which includes all human categories and "These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them (for he is Lord of lords and King of kings), and they that are with him, called, and chosen, and faithful.". 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. 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? That city will be a constant remembrancer of those who went before restored Israel here below, as undoubtedly it will be used for their blessing during the millennium, but not for theirs only. 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. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready ( Revelation 19:7 ). Over and over we will find this repeated as we approach the end of the book, these are the true sayings of God. When a person dies, it will be a positive curse from God; if he die even a hundred years old, it will be like a baby dying now. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. It is not now the temple opened there, and the ark of the covenant seen when Israel's security is seen, as the object of God's counsels; nor is it a door opened above, as we saw it when the prophet was giving his introduction to the prophecy of God's dealings with the world as a whole, though in both cases all manifestly clusters round the Lord Jesus. The chief difference is that in man's case it is God who raises him, whereas in the empire's not God but the devil will raise it again. For her sin., have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." And Jesus sits on the great white throne. It is altogether foreign to history. 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. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. ( 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. 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. It is also clearly a personal reward to those who had suffered. 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and, behold, a white horse, and he who is mounted on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. understood literally. Jesus descends majestically to judge in righteousness and rule in power. And he said to me: "These are the true words of God." chapters God is praised because he has exercised his just and true judgment on the great harlot. His eyes were as a flame of fire ( Revelation 19:12 ). 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). And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." The woman was there seen sitting on a scarlet-coloured beast, i.e., the well-known imperial power of the Roman Empire, "full of [the] names of blasphemy" in its wicked opposition to God, and clothed with the forms we have already seen "seven heads and ten horns." for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy ( Revelation 19:10 ). What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. It is known as a divine feat in the theological term, which means the capacity of speaking things into existence. So vast is this group that they are without number. In Christianity you have a God that is reaching out to man. If they have only heard His voice, this after all is the incalculable boon; yea, it is the turning-point of all blessing. But it really is. It cannot be done till the moment comes. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". As man does not believe in the resurrection of man, it is no wonder that he does not believe in the resurrection of an empire. Each page of scripture is from the King James Bible, and is immediately followed by . Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." 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. 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. The white linen represents the good deeds of God's dedicated people; that is to say, it is character which forms the robe which arrays the Bride of Christ. It means true in the sense that Jesus Christ is the one who brings the truth and who never at any time has any falsehood in anything that he says. There is one other reason for the rejoicing. Rev. 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. union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be to him God, and he shall be son to me. Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. 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 ). Like when this guy was breaking up with his girl, he said, "Can I have one final kiss?" She said, "You've had it. The same imagery of a wedding picture's the Lord's relationship with His Church. *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. The principle is very clear. Now the scene totally changes to heaven. frequently (4:8, 11; 5:9-12, 14; 11:16-18). First, he is remembering Psalms 97:1: "The Lord reigns; let the earth rejoice." God in His providence did sanction the great empires of old; and the principle continues as long as the church is here below. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish Imagine the millions upon millions of Christians that will be gathered in that glorious assembly and when the voice of the Lord comes exhorting us to praise God and give glory to Him, and in our response to it that tremendous praise, crescendo of praise that will arise. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. But we can understand that the Lord could and did make that little go far, and do no little good. The view that they are non-sequential rests on similarities between Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 19-22. are the ones who are praising. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. Revelation 29 Lessons. Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. We can see that, for instance, in the old story in which Jacob filched Esau's blessing from Isaac ( Genesis 27:1-46). (Eph. There are always those that say, "What about the people that haven't heard? they were saying. Again, death and hades are said to come to their end, personified as enemies. It is not complicated, just bare all to God. 5:25-32). "This is the first resurrection. "[48] No "battle" of any kind takes place here. It is said that the judgments of God are true and just. groom prepared for his bride. 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. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 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 ). God has not told us how, nor is it our business. hromphaia) symbolized (cf. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. 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 a scripture that would indicate maybe two hundred million.And that is when the blood will flow to the horses bridle all the way through the Valley of Megiddo clear on down to Edom through the valley of Jehoshaphat as they gather together against the Lord and His anointed. I. But in this is shown what it is of importance to see the true nature of the kingdom or millennial reign. Revelation 19:1 "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in And on his robe, and on his thigh, he has a name written--King of kings and Lord of lords. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? Here we learn at once of what His train consists. At the same time you will mark that these are not said to be executors of judgment as Christ is. It is to Jesus. Christ will strike down His enemies with a word that His long, tongue-shaped sword (Gr. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the church (Matt. The outer court represents the control of Jerusalem and Israel by Gentiles during the last half of the Tribulation period. 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. He is the center of it. 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. We have already seen that God will cause a third part of the sea to turn to Imagine when all living creatures in the seas die. Hence He must have come back previously to both. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-1']); It is called "the first resurrection." It is not a righteousness of works. 4:13-18). again. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 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. Babylon must hear, I do not doubt, the final testimony of God the gospel of the kingdom that is to go forth in the last days; but she loves her pleasure and power, and refuses truth. He is praised for judging religious Babylon and avenging the martyrs. And their voice on this supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, which will take Apart from his return to purge his creation of evil, redemption remains forever incomplete." 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. Jesus replaced the filth with His righteousness. email us at: The closing phrase here is the description of the beast in its last state, in which it will come into collision with Babylon. And I think that this has been declared all the way through, because this is one of the areas that Satan constantly challenges concerning God, the fairness of God's judgments when he deals and meats out His judgments upon man. Supper), who will turn to Christ in Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. In that it "continues" to come forth, indicates this is not literal, but symbolic. These compose the third class here spoken of. Ruling includes destroying as well as reigning over (Psalms 2:9). While the term bride often refers to the church, and does so here (2 Cor. "Praise our God," it said, "all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.". It probably came to be so well known to even the simplest member of the Church through its special use as a response of praise in the Easter worship. The wine vat actually with your feet pressing down all of these grapes, you can imagine what your clothes would look like. They will probably number into the hundreds of millions. It is reigning. The "testimony of Jesus" is what the whole Bible is about. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. Nothing is hidden from Him. 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. Just like, as many other places Reuchlin. In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, the Word was God. Commentary on Revelation 19:11-21. Verse by Verse Ministry International is a non-profit, non-denominational, unaffiliated Christian ministry that is dedicated to promoting the preaching and teaching of God's Word clearly and boldly. I am not aware of any MS. in its favour, though some versions represent it. He is thrown into the abyss (see 9:1; 11:7; 17:8) where he is imprisoned for a long period, symbolized by a thousand years, so that he is no longer able to tempt the human race to rebel against God. Accordingly, "Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me." We look at the vast universe in which we live, the material universe, and we realize that He created it. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword ( Revelation 19:15 ). Jesus Christ was a threat to the religious leaders as He would be to all religious leaders. This has no time element attached. The heavenly praise continues, this time for a call for gladness, rejoicing and And He Himself treads . this great multitude begin to praise God, the volume would be so great as to The marriage supper of the Lamb represents the millennial kingdom of Christ, All is then fixed. It would be a constant fall. The ambiguity springs from the fact that the testimony of Jesus can bear either of two meanings. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations unto it. 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.". The people mentioned here are distinct from the other beings in heaven, How can it be said that this vile, corrupt, idolatrous system of the last days was guilty of the blood of all martyrs? 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. Revelation 10 - The Mighty Angel and the Little Book A. "Flesh and blood," we know, "cannot inherit the kingdom of God." He will execute the fierce wrath of God Almighty that these enemies must drink (cf. Revelation 19:4 "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down 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. And there are times when the angel appears to John. For there follows another company of martyrs who suffered when the beast set up his worst and final pretensions. The so-called Battle of Armageddon, as usually conceived, is nothing but man's imagination. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! But then while there is such a call to Christ, while the believer is not to be afraid, but to call on the Lord to come, the church does not forget those that are poor sinners, let them be deeply conscious of it, or let them be those that are only made willing by the grace of God (which is the feeblest expression of the sinner's need, just as you have the feeblest expression of the saint in the previous call). Take this quite simply and literally. The church is heavenly; and in heaven there are no times nor seasons. In the description of the total destruction of Babylon, come the words: "Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!" But we as properly say, "Come." IV. 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. This name used here, pertaining to our Lord, is a very strange one. "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." because of the number of people speaking. 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. The woman was allowed to ride the beast to influence and govern the empire first, but at last to be the object of hatred to the ten horns and the beast, who expose, rob, and destroy her. And what shall we say of the wonderful wisdom of the Lord? "And he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself." 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. I admit that afterwards no doubt the new heaven and the new earth are seen; but who contends that this is the sphere to which the Lord comes? I speak not of anything that might be deemed exceptional or peculiar, but of two acts of raising saints. It is a precisely similar case here. God. It is not what Christ puts on them, but a recognition even at this time of whatever has been of God the working I do not deny of the Spirit of Christ. The mighty angel. Well, the folly of men today that think that they are able to fight against God and to come out victorious. A loveless marriage is a contradiction in terms. We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. But when Christ and the church peacefully reign, such is the imagery that suits "a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. And God said is the recurring phrase in the narrative of creation ( Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:6; Genesis 1:9; Genesis 1:14; Genesis 1:26). "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. pl.") In the Revelation two kinds of people are specially called the servants of God; the prophets ( Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 22:6), and the martyrs ( Revelation 7:3; Revelation 19:2). He has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand ( Revelation 19:2 ). 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. Every day you should witness to at least two people. These are the faithful. Worship God!". 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. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. 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. continually reigns. As R. H. Charles puts it, it is essential to remember that the Heavenly Leader is this time, not the Slain One, but the Slayer. 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. 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. "And so here we see Him, clothed in a vesture dipped in blood. That righteousness that God puts on my account because I believe in Jesus Christ. Isaiah sixty-three says, "Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of Yet one allows freely a partial application already.