The temple would suppose a medium. Lit. "For God put [it] into their hearts to do his mind, and to do one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled." Blessed are those that are called to be a part in this. This is the first resurrection.". That is, the tabernacle of God is regarded as a separate object, no doubt associated with men, but not confounded with them. It will prepare you for the rest of the material contained here. He was a medical doctor there. And thus it was but a little glimpse they had of prophecy. This is not unrighteous, but, on the contrary, the highest justice from a divine point of view. Return There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. The day of the Lord on the world in no way sets aside His dealing with individual souls. Hallelujah literally means "Praise God". 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 showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article Marriage Then again the character of it, as derived from Christianity having already taken its place, is asserted. This It begins with the shout of a vast multitude in heaven. It is altogether foreign to history. Verse 2. The word of God, said Jeremiah, is like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces ( Jeremiah 23:29). The color of crushed grapes reminded the ancients of blood, death, and battle! It is the active word which carried out the commandment of God. Accordingly the rapture of the church with the Old Testament saints must have already taken place, all (as I have no doubt) being caught up at the self-same time to be with the Lord above. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. But you can go ahead and do these things without pangs of conscience trying to destroy God out of our society, out of our lives. He shall destroy the pride of the sinner as a potter's vessel. In his cross and resurrection, Christ won a great victory over the powers of evil; by his second coming, he will execute that victory. Gods sovereignty (verse 6); and. What does Revelation 19:3 mean? Here we see the chaste virgin At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. - Wallace. The marriage of the Lamb and the marriage supper of the Lamb "in heaven" It is plain that what the verse contemplates is neither the Roman power when there was one head of the empire, nor the eastern or Byzantine part of it after that partition, nor the western state of division under the kings who succeeded the deposition of Augustulus; for in the medieval state there may have been ten kings (in contrast with the ancient state of the beast without them but no beast or imperial system with its chiefs. If you preach on prophecy, you are bringing the testimony of Jesus. [Note: E.g., M. Eugene Boring, Revelation, p. 195; and Wall, pp. I have already touched on the double force of the symbol mountains. First, then, this is the praise of the prophets and the martyrs who have witnessed for God with their voices and with their lives. 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. He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. Revelation. are the ones who are praising. Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for true and just are his judgments. We find that Jesus is called the faithful witness. Gods victory over a rebellious humanity and its satanic leaders is now pictured in a terrifying war (cf. H. B. Swete says that this comprehensive phrase embraces "Christians of all intellectual capacities and social grades, and of all stages of progress in the life of Christ." "WHITE" is a symbol throughout the book of Revelation for PURITY and VICTORY. This is in total contrast to the harlot Babylon. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. yet are a large body of themselves. . 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. Smoke rose: This is because of the fire (compare 17:16, 18; 18:8-9, 18; The Old Testament points forward to Jesus, beginning in this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength?" Second, he came from a world in which it was believed that God did not interest himself directly but made his contact through the demons (daimon, G1142) , by means of whom he controlled the natural forces and acted upon men. He is an American citizen and his base is in Sunland, California. God is praised because salvation, glory, and power belong to him. others may live (see article About Verse 4. THE KING rides at the head of His armies. It would be a constant fall. Those who are invited to the marriage supper are Israel (see article , ), who will turn to Christ in "And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." 1. For Christ has not only a supreme but an exclusive place. Gods permanent crushing of mans rebellion (verse 3); (4) This is known so well, and on such decided grounds, that it would be unbecoming to withhold the fact. Present tense. and in righteousness he doth judge and make war ( Revelation 19:11 ). Lord God: Used many times in Revelation as a title for God (compare verse 15, They will be gathered together at the inspiration of Satan. In two Old Testament stories, the wrestling of Jacob at Peniel ( Genesis 32:29), and the appearance of the angelic messenger to Gideon ( Judges 13:18) the divine visitor refuses to tell his name. (i) It has been suggested that the name is kurios ( G2962) , Lord. It is only God and man now. 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. Stephen Armstrong. 16:17+).Even though judgment is said to be complete at the pouring of the final bowl, we saw that several more chapters were still ahead before the kingdom of God . smite the nations . She will despise everything really divine; she will only use whatever of God's word she can pervert for increasing her own importance, and gaining a greater ascendancy over the consciences of men, and enjoying herself more luxuriously in this world; for she will go far to obliterate all remembrance of heaven, and to make this world a kind of paradise which she embellishes, not with pure and undefiled religion, but with the arts of men and the idolatries of the world. The things in the present and in the future are all designed to help God's children. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. Praise in heaven. Tribulation saints. THE TE DEUM OF THE REDEEMED ( Revelation 19:6-8 ). 25:1-13; Luke 14:15-24). small and the great mean everyone which includes all human categories and God is making sure that you know that Jesus is innocent as He hangs there on the cross. And their voice on this Moral elements too were not wanting: the mystery of lawlessness had long been at work, though the enemy had not yet brought in the apostacy, and still less the manifestation of the lawless one. Only the Son of God can understand the mystery of his own being. Rev. In the Psalms of Solomon we have that picture: Behold, O Lord, and raise up unto them their king the Son of, At the time in which thou seest, O God, that he may reign, And gird him with strength that he may shatter unrighteous, And that he may purge Jerusalem from nations that trample, Wisely, righteously, he shall thrust out sinners from the. Revelation chapter 19, beginning in verse number 1, the Bible reads "And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God". 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. Then we have another glorious description. "And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. His attributes: he is faithful and true to his covenant and promise, he is righteous in all his judicial and military proceedings, he has a penetrating insight into all the strength and stratagems of his enemies, he has a large and extensive dominion, many crowns, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords. But no believer comes into judgment. "His eyes are like a flame of fire" seeing all the secrets of our lives. Christ, the glorious Head of the church, is described as on a white horse, the emblem of justice and holiness. Once it is in an Old Testament quotation in 2 Corinthians 6:18; the other nine times are all in the Revelation ( Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8; Revelation 11:17; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 16:7; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:6; Revelation 19:15; Revelation 21:22). II. 2 Everything that he decides is right and fair. 3:12-15: 2 Cor. The enemy falls on with great fury, headed by the beast, and the kings of the earth; the powers of earth and hell gathered, to make their utmost effort, Revelation 19:19. Bringing in history here embroiled the subject; and those who appeal most to its evidence are the very men who seem in this to ignore its facts. God loves you and receives you just as you are on the basis of His grace, love and mercy. There is only one other place in the New Testament where these two verbs (chairein, G5463, and agallian, G21) come together--in Jesus Christ's promise to the persecuted: "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven" ( Matthew 5:12). It is by his word that God created the earth and the heavens and everything in them. When John here called the warrior Christ "The Word of God", he means that here in action is all the power of God's word; everything that God has said, and threatened, and promised is embodied in Christ. The armies of the church militant on earth, and the church triumphant in heaven are not engaged in physical battles of guns and bloodshed, but in spiritual struggles for control of the minds and spiritual forces of men and women. The eternal smoke "And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.". "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.". This is clearly of moral importance. Those festivities could last up to a week and sometimes even 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; This tells us something about our approach to With this agrees His coming out of heaven in judgment of the earth, described inRevelation 19:1-21; Revelation 19:1-21. The church cannot hear of Him as the bright morning star without at once desiring that He should come. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God ( Revelation 19:10 ): Now, John like so many people, we want to worship the instrument that God uses to bring His knowledge or love or grace to us. Verse 2. The marriage of the Lamb: The wife or bride of Christ is the The so-called Battle of Armageddon, as usually conceived, is nothing but man's imagination. In him was light; and that light was the life of man. But alas! But we can understand that the Lord could and did make that little go far, and do no little good. After that we have the admonitions to the end of this book. This section bridges the Tribulation and the millennial kingdom. essence of all true prophecy. It is due to the exigency of a notion which fears and is irreconcilable with the truth in this place. As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. Verse 1. 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.