If my righteousness were dependent upon my keeping the Law, or keeping rules or regulations-Let's say that we said that every day you should be reading five chapters out of the Bible. It is said that the judgments of God are true and just. 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. So, he is one of our pastors here, but that is what religion does. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." 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). ", This chapter is one of the most dramatic in all the Bible. 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. The surest way to have our deliverances continued and completed is to give God the glory of what he has done for us. Thus the attempt to apply it during the pagan period is altogether futile on the face of the matter. Hallelujah literally means "Praise God". 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. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. Now the scene totally changes to heaven. The New Testament is the "last will and testament" of Jesus, and to They are not seen here as the bride. Thomas viewed the second coming of Christ plus everything else through Revelation 22:5 as part of the seventh bowl judgment. But the attempt, again, to apply what is said here to a future city of Babylon in Chaldea seems to me no less vain. Jesus found Himself at opposition with the religious forces of His day and it was the religious people who prompted the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 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. "On his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. Then go into each of the twenty two chapters of the Book of Revelation one by one. He was a medical doctor there. There. The Spirit of God implies that it is decidedly not the righteousness here which is by another, and we thereby imputed righteous, but righteousnesses personal and actual. The bride is in view. First, "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them." And the marriage is the eternal In Daniel's time it was not at hand. His blows on this world come more nationally as on Israel; incomparably more severe, as in possession of greater privileges, is the judgment of corrupt Christendom, or Babylon as it is called here. They have long waited for the time when God's justice would triumph. He had His own self interest at heart when He told Eve not to eat of the tree. He is a threat to them, because He tells you, you don't have to be religious to be accepted by God. 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. Now we see the tree of life again. But that the heart of man even so is not renewed becomes manifest, when Satan at the close deceives all that are not converted; and these, as we are told, are countless "as the sand of the sea.". In his cross and resurrection, Christ won a great victory over the powers of evil; by his second coming, he will execute that victory. I will tell thee the mystery of the woman." According to the general scope of scripture, then, we may be quite sure that these saints, kept during this universal dissolution of the atmospheric heaven and the earth, will be translated to "the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness," in a condition new and meet for the eternal state into which they are ushered. Christ is described by two words. })(); Return to Revelation Menu | The weapons of his warfare--A sharp sword proceeding from his mouth (Revelation 19:15; Revelation 19:15), with which he smites the nations, either the threatenings of the written word, which now he is going to execute, or rather his word of command calling on his followers to take a just revenge on his and their enemies, who are now put into the wine-press of the wrath of God, to be trodden under foot by him. Jesus descends majestically to judge in righteousness and rule in power. The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. It may well be from that old Jewish idea that there came the idea of the marriage feast of the Lamb, for that indeed would be the true Messianic Banquet. The thousand years of peace and plenty will have given occasion for an ever-growing population, spite of a world thinned by divine judgments which open that era. This verse reports that the heavenly multitude shouted another "hallelujah," which translates to "praise the Lord!" The residents of heaven declare that Babylon's smoke ascends "forever and ever." We should not interpret this declaration to mean the physical smoke from God's judgment on Babylon is eternal. There is more that we still have to learn of Him. So the marriage feast of the Lamb will take place here on the earth. The actual picture comes from Isaiah: "The streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into brimstone; her land shall become burning pitch. 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. This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. 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? And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword - See the notes on Revelation 1:16. After a thousand years then they will be joined by Satan and the rest of the satanic beings or the angelic beings that joined with Satan in his rebellion against God. Revelation 19 ( Rev 19:1) - 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 heavenly celebration (verses 1-6), which connects the events of chapter 18, reveal more than the celebration of the defeat of a certain city or belief system. 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. There are a lot of people today fighting against God. The Word that Christ spoke will judge men at the last day. Thus the only use that seems made of the book is negative and exclusive. 5. . ( John 1:14 ) And now again He comes as the Word of God. Amen. It is not only that the angel corrects the act by asserting that he is a fellow-servant of him and of his brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Armies of angels are with him, but his conquest is not by armies or weapons. He is crowned as conqueror. In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. It is not for His crime or guilt. And as a result was thrown in jail in Egypt and was then released because of the family influence, and told to get out of the country for his own welfare or he would be put to death if he stayed. . Of course they will be preserved through that crisis in some sort of way suitable to divine wisdom. absence of the Church from the earth during the judgments of (Rev. ). They begin to admire the instrument. The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in 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). There are many who are not so; but the Lord does not forget them. It was said of a great preacher: "First he listened to God, then he spoke to men.". As usual John takes his picture from the Old Testament and is thinking of the terrible picture in Isaiah 63:1-3, where the prophet pictures God returning from the destruction of Edom; "I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; their life blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment." Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! 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. He spoke it into existence. 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. Revelation 19:4 "And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down What is it? It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. This is a passage whose meaning is obscure. event in the biblical world. 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. This, was no lack. God is said to smite men with plagues, e.g. The Spirit of God contrasts with the fall of Babylon the marriage. Second, he says: "Let us rejoice and exult." 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. 244.]. It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. He wrote several tracts and was instrumental in leading several Muslims from their religion to a real relationship with God in Jesus Christ. Verse 3. . At the same time the attempt to apply Babylon to ancient Rome is almost as unhappy; and for a plain reason. 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." 22:2-14; John 3:29; 2 Cor. Voices cry out joyfully that the Lord reigns and the marriage supper of the Lamb is ready. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." Revelation provided a message of hope: God is in sovereign control of all the events of human history, and though evil often seems pervasive and wicked men all powerful, their ultimate doom is certain. _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. This tells what Christ is depicted as doing in this scene. on Line Verse 4. elaborate than those of today. It means VII. 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! Four beasts: The four beasts are the cherubim as described (in Rev. "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." "The Lord God is the temple of it, and the Lamb as far as we can speak of any. God. 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.
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