Revelation 19 - EasyEnglish Bible (EASY) We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. He gets his power and they get theirs for one and the same time. 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. "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. But what I particularly call your attention to is the exceeding importance of heeding the retrospect at the bride, or new Jerusalem here, and the consequent removal of the difficulty caused by taking the last vision of this book as part of the prophetic series which begins in Revelation 19:1-21. Each of these three great attributes of God should awaken its own response in the heart of man. If you It is of the seven in that point of view, because it is imperialism; but it is an eighth, because it has a diabolical source when raised up again. "And death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. But, further, we find that the saints who had suffered for Christ, during the time that the others were in heaven, are now reunited to their bodies and live, the Lord waiting for the last martyr that He might not leave out one of those who had died for His name. Commentary on Revelation - [Chapter 18] - Theology First Again and again the prophets thought of Israel as the chosen bride of God. He has condemned the great prostitute But here there is neither; and this again is an evidence of gain, not of loss. We do not mend matters by hasty conclusions, we only complicate the truth. And then comes the gathering and the battle. The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. "Faithful" is what belongs to a man. And here is John falling on his knees before the angel that is giving him all of this revelation and he is so overawed and thrilled with what is in store for him he falls at his feet to worship him. He is very powerful! THE DOOM OF THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST ( Revelation 19:17-21 ), 19:17-21 And I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a great voice to all the birds who fly in midheaven. Revelation 11:15-19. The fine linen, clean and white, represents the The description of the great Commander, 1. These events are in chronological sequence, as will become clear. 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. By the seat of his empire; and that is heaven; his throne is there, and his power and authority are heavenly and divine. Bible Studies | Verse By Verse Ministry International that those who were meant under the figures of the elders and of the living creatures assume the name and figure of the bride? He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. Then again the character of it, as derived from Christianity having already taken its place, is asserted. In the tabernacle in [3] In this chapter, heaven exults over the fall of Babylon the Great. Revelation 19:9 "And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are Here we have the purely Jewish idea of the Word of God. Here it is the city described in itself, on which we need not now enlarge. man's day. used (in Gen. 19:28). [Note: Ladd, pp. He guards his people, allowing the wicked to exercise their power only within the limits that he has set according to his eternal plan. On the other, it is the first of seven final things that John saw and recorded. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. Christ is described by two words. 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. Matches the description of Christ in Revelation 1:16 . . Revelation 2020 - Lesson 19A - Verse By Verse Ministry William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 19:11. We know the Holy Spirit rather as a spirit of communion with Christ. He has with him the armies of heaven. 4:17; see It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." He with the glorified saints will have their home on high, but none the less shall they reign over this very world for the allotted time. You can believe this. (verses 1-10), and returns with Christ in His Triumphal Second Coming (verses 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. It gives a retrogressive account of Babylon's character, and shows how it morally compelled the divine judgment. 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. The first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." All this gives us a true and just view of the various parties that have a share in the resurrection. *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. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. The friendships of the evil are not lasting. Revelation 6 Verse By Verse Bible Study Guide With Discussion Questions email us at: And her smoke rose up for ever and ever ( Revelation 19:3 ). *It now appears that the Cod. Salvation is simple. - Wallace. Hence a song of praise from the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures is a Te Deum from the whole of the Church and the whole of nature. Idealists feel that Revelation relates primarily to the church between the first and second coming of Christ. So here is the praise being given to God and now the encouragement for that praise coming from the throne of God. We'll study the Book of Revelation, explained in detail, and learn about every aspect of the Book of Revelation including the apocalypse, four horsemen, great tribulation, great white throne judgement, mark of the beast and so much more! 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. 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. This bloodthirsty picture is again far more in line with Old Testament apocalyptic expectations than with the gospel of Jesus Christ. "So he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness" a thorough waste as to the knowledge or enjoyment of God. 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. I think, therefore, that the elders and the living creatures comprehend both the Old Testament saints and the church, the bride of Christ, that consequently, when the bride is mentioned, there were these others who had been included in the elders and the living creatures, but who are now seen as a separate body. It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, thatRevelation 17:1-18; Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. "Hallelujah!" 10:13; Jude 9). Never worry about the righteousness of God's judgments. Then and thus is aggravated guilt in the case of this wicked son. It is the judgment of the dead as such, who now rise and give account of their deeds. bring the climax of the Book of Revelation: the return of Christ to establish inhabitants of the Roman empire into wicked and idolatrous practices, and so This shout of rejoicing begins with Hallelujah. He is a threat to them, because He tells you, you don't have to be religious to be accepted by God. She does not, it is true, say, "Come quickly." The verse numbering in . You can believe this. 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. Verse by Verse Commentaries by Book | Precept Austin (1-5) Praise for the judgment of Babylon. unrighteousness. Consequently there will be an increase in population such as never has been approached since the world was made, yet it afterwards appears, that Satan will not fail to turn the masses of the nations into one vast rebellion against the objects of God's special favour on the earth the saints wherever they may be, and the beloved city of Israel, as we have seen. and so forth. 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. "Having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel." "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth" ( John 4:24 ). The final verse in this chapter introduces a new thought. Revelation 19 - Verse by Verse Bible Study You must with the best authorities leave out this addition, if you would have the true force of the verse. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. are no other than God's covenant people, who are given to Christ, and made "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." Genesis. This It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); (4) His equipage: he is again described as sitting on a white horse, to show the equity of the cause, and certainty of success. It was, as H. B. Swete puts it, like "the din of a vast concourse, the roar of a cataract, the roll of thunder.". Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. We hear the voices of the redeemed. The final shout is the praise of the host of the redeemed. He doesn't want you to be religious. So, Jesus was at odds with the religious leaders of His day and they are the ones that prompted His crucifixion. The only right principle in everything is to go to the source of divine truth, and to seek there refreshment and strength and fitness for whatever our God calls us to. God has not told us how, nor is it our business. This is the Messiah of Jewish apocalyptic expectation far more than the Messiah whom Jesus claimed to be. Revelation 20. Antichrist and his henchmen are cast into the lake of fire; and all their supporters are slain, to await in Sheol the final judgment. 1. . That picture stands for the final union between Jesus Christ and his Church. Can anything be less reasonable (even taking that ground, low as it is) than that the various rulers of the western powers, Catholic kings, join the Pope in destroying his own city, or his own church, whichever Babylon may be made? small and the great mean everyone which includes all human categories and In the Ascension of Isaiah ( Isaiah 9:5) there is a saying: "Thou canst not bear his name until thou shalt have ascended out of the body." There is more that we still have to learn of Him. In ancient times, a marriage was the single greatest celebration and social And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? First, he alone can see the inmost thoughts and desires of any man. It is to be supposed that it will far exceed anything yet seen on the face of the earth. The marriage feast will take place on earth following Christ's return with the III. The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet, who performed in his presence signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and who worship his image. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. The angelic host sings a second Hallelujah. This brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. of all sorts of jewels when he represented God to the people; but when he went Gods deliverance of His people from their enemies (verse 1); (2) How does God tell us to worship Him? After that "Owr hayah owr hayah", "Light be and light was". Let us bear this in mind. Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. But that idea is wholly insufficient to cover or meet the word of God, which gives clear and strong reasons that prove the mistake of applying this to the pope as its complete fulfilment. [Note: Lilje, p. But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. 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. For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. At this point the evil world system has been destroyed and God's kingdom has Present tense. That great multitude, I expect personally to be a part of that multitude. "True and righteous are thy judgments, O Lord.". Verse 4. But she has a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication. 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. Jeremiah hears God say and appeal: "Return, O faithless children, for I am your master" ( Jeremiah 3:14). 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. 1-3), and does not appear again until (Revelation 22:16), emphasizing the Seven Spirits of God - Wikipedia persecution are made the beasts provoking sins. And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: We saw that the twenty-four elders represent the twelve patriarchs and the twelve apostles, and, therefore, stand for the totality of the Church. Christ to earth. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. We may have a special task in it, but this is not the work for us, as it seems to me. Revelation Commentary : Chapter Nineteen He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. A New Translation from a Revised Text of the Greek Original. This web site explains the Book of Revelation, each individual scripture. There is a distinct contrast between the city John describes and the ancient Babylon, in that the latter was built on the plain of Shinar, while the former is expressly said to have seven heads, and these explained to mean seven mountains. It is not the magnitude of each voice. Then He is called the "True and faithful witness" in the third chapter of Revelation. The fact is, in the very best authorities it does not exist at all. That is religion. In short, Babylon, the disgusting counterpart of the holy city, in earthly ambition seeks the kings and the masses for her own present objects, while the other suffers now and will reign then. PDF Verse By Verse Acts Through Revelation Cgeprginia "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." (iii) There is joy. The presentation will take place in heaven following the Rapture (verse 7); and. It does not mean persons merely, but the souls of beheaded persons. "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." We know that sometimes there were nine, sometimes eleven or more; but supposing this all perfectly certain, I affirm that, according to history, they did not receive their power as kings for one and the same time with the beast. That is worship of God in unprescribed ways. 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. Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. "This is the first resurrection. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. They are glorified saints, and not angels. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. Revelation 19:15 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org Jesus descends majestically to judge in righteousness and rule in power. This has no time element attached. 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. Babylon had once heard the varied testimony of God; for what had she not heard of truth? There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. Of course the other is true. But it is for the last time, not of the age only but of the various dispensations of God. He was filled with astonishment that this mysterious form of evil, this counter-testimony of the enemy (not antichrist, but antichurch), should seem and be largely accepted as the holy catholic church of God, that Christendom, if not Christianity, should at the same time become the bitterest of persecutors, more murderously incensed against the witnesses of Jesus and the saints of God than ever paganism had been in any country or all ages. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. It has been remarked by another, and justly, that the expression "they shall be priests of God and of Christ" summarily puts out of court the interpretation that supposes a figurative resurrection. This destruction of the last, most powerful empire in history marks the end of To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. Thus everything implies their simultaneous presence for the same time and common action with the beast, in plundering and then destroying Babylon. Then the angel quickly tells John not to worship him. You might get left. Revelation chapter 19 and 20 So, darkness covered the face of the deep and God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. There will be here upon the earth millions of people who have gathered together to war against Him at His coming. Rev. It was but an imperfect view they got even of justification; a far scantier perception, if they could be said to have had any, about Christ's Headship of the church, His priesthood, or almost anything else. Called: Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel, who will turn John here was so awed by all of this that he fell at this angel's feet to 19:6-8 And I heard a voice which sounded like the voice of a vast multitude, and like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of mighty crashes of thunder. And I saw heaven open, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True ( Revelation 19:11 ). There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. It is really differing imagery And God said, "Let the waters above the firmament be separated from the waters below the firmament." Here is a picture which is essentially Jewish. "Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!". engagement. 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 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). giving God glory for a fifth reason, the marriage of the Lamb has come. "I will raise him up at the last day." It furnishes material for a contrast between the earthly Jerusalem and the heavenly city, because if there be one thing more remarkable than another in Ezekiel's description, it is the temple. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. bride doesnt get invited, she invites. revelation-19:1-3 - Bible Commentaries In fact, we may say, all nations will be desolated by judgments of one kind or another; but for all this the world proceeding for a thousand years with every outward blessing, and the most admirable government administered by the blessed Lord Himself, will issue in the teeming and prosperous races of mankind. And there (or they) are seven kings." "Flesh and blood," we know, "cannot inherit the kingdom of God." This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. 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." Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 227-28.] Other Books of the Bible 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. The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. It clearly contrasts this mystery with another. 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.". 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. Jesus replaced the filth with His righteousness. 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 Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. 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. "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." And the coming of the Lord is urged in connection with it. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. 4:13-18). 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. There is nothing like the joy of loving and of being loved. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. Betrothal (often when the couple were children); Presentation (the festivities, often lasting several days, that preceded the Note that there is no fighting or conflict of any kind in view here. The events that are described within its pages were written for us today. This does not intimate we have seen that there is only one act of raising, but that all who share that resurrection, whenever raised, are raised before the millennium begins; so that when the reign of Christ takes place, all such have part in the first resurrection, including Christ Himself, raised at least 1800 years before the church; then the church, with the Old Testament saints; then these Apocalyptic saints at any rate some years after. "Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing, for they have gathered together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, Let us break His bands asunder, let us cast off His law from us; but He who sits in the heavens will laugh for He will have the nations in derision. So here He is sitting upon a white horse. great affection and vehemence of spirit, which will be raised hereby. What confusion! *The description here is simply character, not dates. This is just a statement telling us it will never be built The chronological progression of events on earth resumes from Revelation 16:21. Religion is threatened by life, by spiritual life.So, God has judged that religious system and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hands.