The decem-regal division of the broken empire in the West, as all know, was long after Rome had ceased to be heathen. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come: and let him that heareth say, Come: and let him that is athirst come: let him that will take the water of life freely." revelation-19:21 - reign with Christ in the millennial kingdom. No one really knows what the vowels in Y-H-W-H were. You just have to come on the basis of God's grace and love for you and cast yourself upon His mercy, but that God is merciful. 11:2; Eph. They received their power as kings when the beast ceased to exist. "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book." That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. and the fullness of the Gentiles will be brought in. As Dr. John Paterson puts it in The Book that is Alive: "The spoken word in Hebrew was fearfully alive. Whether it were the Old Testament saints and the church, or the Apocalyptic saints, if I may so distinguish them, it was in an instant that each were raised, but there was some space between them. He will tread the winepress of the anger of the wrath of God the Almighty. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. 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.". A lot of the persecution against the Christian has come from religion, religious leaders. shall be their shepherd, as in Revelation 2:27, Revelation 12:5 Of course in all three places the reference is to Psalms 2:9. 19:9-10a And he said to me: "Write! It was not uncommon for a monarch to wear more than one crown in order to show that he was the king of more than one country. Revelation Chapter 16 Explained - bible-studys.org And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses ( Revelation 19:14 ). It also means genuine, as opposed to that which is unreal. "The second coming of Christ is an absolutely essential theme in New Testament theology. The individual has his own fruit too. She is, the mother of the harlots, but also (and with still deeper guilt) of the abominations of the earth. THE TE DEUM OF THE ANGELS ( Revelation 19:1-2 ), 19:1-2 After these things I heard what sounded like a great voice of a vast multitude in heaven. All the way along the fairness of God's judgment has been challenged.I don't know what God is going to do in a lot of cases. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. Now, this law that has the backing of the Greek Orthodox Church, or it was instituted because of the Greek Orthodox Church against proselytization, is the law that they used to charge him.In Egypt it is a capital offense to lead a Muslim to a faith in Jesus Christ. It is a Hebrew word that has become universal, "Allel", "u", "yah", which means, "praise to Jehovah" or Yahweh. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Revelation Chapter 4 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. as the Complut. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. 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. I believe that religion is vastly different from Christianity. hromphaia) symbolized (cf. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Revelation 1. "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. The The same was in the beginning with God. man's day. Like a novel, the storyline builds from front to back, with the characters, themes and plot elements introduced early and developed across many chapters. And it was so. That is, there was first the literal Babylon, of course; but here it is symbolical. This remains true also in its own place, as we shall find; and when it is a question of reward, this is precisely the grand point; but when it is a question of the bride above, that is the way in which it is presented here, as we may see clearly from verse 8. "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. ( John 1:14 ) And now again He comes as the Word of God. The fact is, in the very best authorities it does not exist at all. It is no longer a question of sustaining His saints in grace, but of sovereign power for judging the earth. And you could imagine the grapejuice stains all over your clothes after having spent a day treading the wine vat therein. Once Jesus enters the battle, it is soon over. Oh, the power of the word of Jesus, the sword that goes forth out of His mouth. It is a wholly unwarranted interpolation. IV. Clearly the same saints whom we have seen first set forth by the elders in heaven, subsequently by the elders and the living creatures, next, by the bride and the living creatures at the marriage-supper, and finally by the armies that followed the Lord out of heaven. The same imagery of a wedding picture's the Lord's relationship with His Church. From the manner in which resurrection is referred to in scripture, does not God leave room for this? The Sinai MS. has both. And that is the question the prophet asks and Jesus answers, "I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save." Once again John finds his model in the words of the Old Testament, for that is a quotation from Psalms 135:1; Psalms 135:20. 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. (verse 16--We know who He is "King of kings and Lord of lords"). to Christ in faith during the Tribulation (compare Jer. 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 is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. 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. Isaiah speaks of God preparing for his people "a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wine on the lees well refined" ( Isaiah 25:6). 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 . The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. . Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 19:11-21. "It used to be that they put the grapes in the vat and then they would crush them with their feet. Revelation 18. What is it, seven hundred and fifty million degrees Fahrenheit or something like that? So, it is the righteousness of Jesus Christ that is imparted to me through my faith in Jesus Christ. This is the kind of double meaning of which the Greek language is capable. We will in that day when He returns and all of the vast military might of the world gathered and assembled together to destroy Him at His coming and He just speaks the Word and it is all over. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. I will tell thee the mystery of the woman." Calling is the, fruit of active grace on God's part towards man, and only towards him when fallen. It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. * Idolatry is the awful stamp that she bears, and this too both in what she gives to man, and in what is written on her forehead before God. It is plain that they are not in this city. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. dispensations God hath also taken vengeance on them for the blood of his saints Jude 1. It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. 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. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. 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? "He has a name inscribed which no one knows but Himself." of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went Each page of scripture is from the King James Bible, and is immediately followed by . Next they will seize her resources. Verse 9. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. You can be worried about the righteousness of my judgments. There is a reassuring tone here telling the Lord that He was justified in His Unhallowed love will end in hatred. As long as Rome was pagan, there was neither the full bearing of the seven heads, nor did so much as one of the ten horns exist. It can govern and bless but not convert man. 4. Second was the presentation which was a time of festivities just before the (This takes you to our other website) Hallelujah!". Judgment is the inescapable consequence of sin. 12:10; 13:9; and Roman this great multitude begin to praise God, the volume would be so great as to But all this will be a great reversal of man's history and political maxims. THE ALMIGHTY AND HIS KINGDOM ( Revelation 19:6-8 continued). . Bible Studies | Verse By Verse Ministry International A single verse dispels clouds of arguments. News Links, Recommended Books, News Sites, and Bibles His Earthly Kingdom (see article Kingdom It is a question here of distinctive character, apart from that of time, for which we must search other scriptures. 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 picture is not of an "iron rod" he uses to "club" or beat his sheep! PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia Not so. God will judge Israel, namely, Jews living when He returns (Ezekiel 20:33-38), and the Gentiles living then (Matthew 25:31-46). And God said, "Let the water bring forth and let the earth bring forth." "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. I think that religion is a tremendous curse upon the earth. (1) unrighteousness. Only God is First, he came from a world in which there were many gods--Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Aphrodite and the rest, What was easier than to keep the old gods in the form of angels? Do it not (compare 22:8-9). 3:12-15: 2 Cor. Once again John finds his inspiration in the words of Scripture. It was John's instinct to worship the angelic messenger; but the angel forbids him to do that, because the angels are no more than men's fellow-servants. 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. First, there are his servants. In her own course, and in the matters of her portion, the church does not know time at all. - Wallace. And the marriage is the eternal Persecuted Christians have been encouraged to endure their trials by the assurance that God is still in control. worship before the angel (compare 1:17; 22:8). It would be a constant fall. On the one hand, the return of Jesus Christ to the earth is the climax of all that has gone before in Revelation. Are we to infer from 1 Chronicles 21:12 what this sword will be? I agree with the majority. All is opened, and this because we have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us; "for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." the Bride of Christ, is the guest of honor at the marriage of the Lamb in heaven The church cannot hear of Him as the bright morning star without at once desiring that He should come. If you The view that they are non-sequential rests on similarities between Ezekiel 38-39 and Revelation 19-22. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. Whoever this angel is, he too had the testimony of Jesus. 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. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." rather than differing reality. 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. In Christianity you have a God that is reaching out to man. persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. 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. With a rod of iron he shall break in pieces all their substance, He shall destroy the godless nations with the word of his. Gods meting out of justice (verse 2); (3) 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. John goes out of his way to heap up similes to describe its sound. Second, he says: "Let us rejoice and exult." And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword ( Revelation 19:15 ). The Bible forbids the worship of angels (Col. Christ is the Bridegroom at the marriage and his Church is the Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); (4) Directly he had sinned, the word of God came, and he was called. He came to the world, and avenged His people on the beast and the false prophet with the kings and their armies; and after that the risen saints reign with Him over it a thousand years. But it conserves certain great truths. This, was no lack. What's amazing is that the Father never calls His Son "My God," though there are at least 7 times in the NT where Jesus called the Father "My God." twice on the cross, once on resurrection morning with Mary, and 4 times in Revelation 3.12. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." Revelation 14:19-20). . How this precisely fits in, let me say, with the state of feeling in these modern times; for "constitutionalism," as men call it, is the fruit of the Teutonic system supervening on that of the broken up Roman empire. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. Here, on the other hand, is something which is valid for all time. This may suffice for Revelation 18:1-24. Verse 8. The common notion, therefore, that the coming of the Lord is at this point is an evident fallacy upon the face of this scripture that describes it, not to speak of others elsewhere. So, God has judged the false religious system that corrupted the earth with her spiritual fornication. God is going to be fair and just. the wilderness, the High Priest wore a very ornamented robe with a breastplate union of the church with Christ following the Rapture (see 1 Thess. This is never the case with an angel. THE TE DEUM OF NATURE AND THE CHURCH ( Revelation 19:3-5 ), 19:3-5 And a second time they said: "Hallelujah! Therefore be zealous and repent. Revelation 19 explained (every verse) - YouTube "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." The, nature of the case exempts of course the saints of the millennium;* and this very simply, because they are never said to die at all. So vast is this group that they are without number. So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. Biblical references. 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. . 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. I. John's age knew all about the perversion of justice; no one could expect justice from a capricious heathen tyrant.