WebRevelation 19:6-8Living Bible. And sinners, , is added here by about thirty excellent MSS., and is found in the Syrian, Arabic, some of the Slavonic, and in Andreas and Arethas. 16 The city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its breadth. So, there are glorious things. Those that do rise at the same time rise, no doubt, in a moment; but that there are to be various acts of resurrection is not only not contrary to scripture, but required by its own descriptions. "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. Let others speculate, if they will: I am persuaded that he who essays to conceive the details is merely striving to draw a bow beyond the power of man. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces" ( Isaiah 25:8). It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. WebRevelation 21:8 New King James Version 8 But the cowardly, [ a]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the This is a promise for the future. "And let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.". "This is the first resurrection. Are we then to understand that the elders and the living creatures are together taken absolutely as the bride now? "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." 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. [1169 /deils is always used negatively in the NT and stands in contrast to the positive fear which can be expressed by 5401 /phbos ("fear," see Phil 2:12).]. He shall be a stall to the righteous whereon to stay themselves. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." fashioned it in size of many furlongs, with a giant tower, touching the very clouds, and seen of all, so that all the. One of them showed him the destruction of the religious Babylon system in chapter seventeen. He is dwelling with His people. We are not going to sit around after that age and say, "Remember down on earth we used to". Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." *Most copies, it would seem, read , "of the earth;" the Alex. Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. Webevery sinful man is so in the sight of God; but here it denotes such who are the worst of sinners, given up to sinning; who are abominable, and to every good work reprobate; who Thus it would include those who live in open sin; who practice detestable vices; whose conduct is suited to excite disgust and abhorrence. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. That, too, had been the dream of the ancient prophets. We have here a note of time of signal value. It is Israel's task to declare God's glory among the Gentiles ( Isaiah 66:19). When we come to the full application of the prophecy, we must look onward to the latter day. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and the sea is no more. Thi Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible (_c)_ THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY. And it is going to be a glorious time in history discovering the mysteries of God, that is, the truths that have not yet been revealed. The Ascension of Moses (10: 6) says that the sea will return into the abyss. Peter tells us it passes away with a great noise with a fervent heat as the elements are dissolved.Now, God spoke the universe into existence. First, "I saw thrones, and they sat upon them." WebGod will wipe away every tear from their eyes: Every tear , for they be many; tears of bereaved affection, such as Mary, and Martha, and the widow of Nain wept; tears of sympathy and mercy, such as Jeremiah and Jesus wept over the sins and the calamities of Jerusalem; tears of persecuted innocence, tears of contrition and penitence for It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." Not so. We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. Does this, then, mean that the body which illumined the city was like a precious stone? Surely we are meant to see that in the holy city there is room for everyone. The covenant, interest, and relation, that there are now between God and his people, will be filled up and perfected in heaven. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. The glorified saints are to administer power in a way far beyond angels. Men may begin designs which they can never bring to perfection; but the counsel of God shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. We read, for instance, of the cloud which filled the house at the dedication of Solomon's Temple ( 1 Kings 8:10-11). "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." The fearful Who are the fearful, if not all men? The day will come when the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day there will be one Lord ( Zechariah 14:9). The church is heavenly; and in heaven there are no times nor seasons. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1969), p. 246. 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. They did not possess the compass; and, therefore, as far as possible, they coasted along the shores. . The highest courage is to be desperately afraid and in spite of that to do the right thing and to hold fast to loyalty. "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. It would be impossible to say anything more magnificent about God. There is at least the possibility that John was thinking of the city of God as the consummation of the old idea of the city of the Gods, but far outshining it. "And the angel said unto him, Wherefore didst thou wonder? The fornicators are those who lived lives of immorality. God will give all men a pure language in which they may with one consent call upon him ( Zephaniah 3:9). * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. These remain as yet in the condition of separate spirits. / / , . And let us all ponder the law of the. By and by, after our translation to heaven, He will work, and as vitally in those who bow to God, when it will be the reception of the prophetic testimony which is here owned to be none the less the testimony of Jesus. For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. 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. *It now appears that the Cod. "Behold," said God to Isaiah, "I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, or come into mind" ( Isaiah 65:17). There is a sinner who sins against his will; there is a sinner who deliberately sins. The rabbinic dreams of the re-created Jerusalem were vast enough. Verse Only. "And he that sat upon him called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." * None, however, can be exempt from being manifested before the judgment-seat of Christ, or from giving an account of all done in the body. His grace be with all! It is the word of God: "If ye work that which is good, my children, both men and angels will bless you; and God shall be glorified among the Gentiles through you." The holy city is inhabited by thousands and thousands of the saints of God, and it may well be that it is the light of these saintly lives which gives it this glittering glow. 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. Verse Only. He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. Verse Only. Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. If a person drew from this, for instance, that the boast was to carry the woman, Babylon, when it had as a fact all that is meant by the seven heads and the ten horns, it would be an error. Separate Line. And sorcerers; conjurers, dealers with familiar spirits, necromancers, and such as use the magic art, as many of the popes did to get into the chair, and poisoners of kings and princes; whoredoms and witchcrafts go together sometimes, as they did in Jezebel, an emblem of the Romish antichrist. Job speaks of the topaz of Ethiopia ( Job 28:19). Revelation 21:19 f. There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. We. Separate Line. But a very different point of interest is to be observed. "Flesh and blood," we know, "cannot inherit the kingdom of God." Nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see the glory of God (Wis 17:34). He is urged to take up the same cry. But "out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron." But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. It is simply said that the glorified are to follow the Lord in victorious power, and nothing more, "clothed in fine linen, white, pure." So we find the Lord has room for all that is the fruit of His own grace only, for the appeal of grace, even when there is not the answer to it. WebRevelation 21:8 Adj-DMP GRK: NAS: But for the cowardly and unbelieving KJV: But the fearful, and unbelieving, INT: but to [the] fearful and Then we have another glorious description. Bear this in mind: to leave the last part out is fatal to any accurate understanding of the Revelation. "God so loved that he gave " ( John 3:16). (Revelation 21:5). sorcerers . All the dead are there who had not part in the first resurrection. Separate Line. But, in point of fact, in giving the description of Babylon, the Holy Ghost enters even more into an account of her relations with the beast, the imperial power of which we saw not a little last night. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. It is an order that is holy and beautiful, where God and his people live together in the closest fellowship. These must all, of course, be excluded from a pure and holy world; and this description, alas! 2. 3. And the abominable - The verb from which this word is derived means to excite disgust; to feel disgust at; to abominate or abhor; and hence the participle - the abominable - refers to all who are detestable, to wit, on account of their sins; all whose conduct is offensive to God. WebHE THAT OVERCOMETH - See the notes on Revelation 2:7. Verse Only. No physical infirmities, no weaknesses, no tiredness, and no weariness. Here the vision was of thrones with sitters, and others caused to join them; and the inspired explanation is that it is the first resurrection the rising of the just from the dead. . but it does not follow that various bodies are not raised at different times. Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. God's promise to make Israel his people and to be their God echoes throughout the Old Testament. Clearly, therefore, it is future. This is probably a reference, primarily, to participants in the rites of paganism and the unmentionable perversions and debaucheries that attended them. (ii) There are two words totally different in meaning but similar in sound which in early Christian thought became closely connected. There may be lights of the heaven to mark times and seasons for the earth, and again on the earth. The political side of this is described here with surprising brightness and brevity. When God is so gracious, His word rich, full, and deep, it does seem sad to see His children content with just enough to save their souls, or keep them from positive starvation. All the effects of former trouble shall be done away. The temple would suppose a medium. But the fearful . No doubt all this may seem to some a little difficult, but it is no use evading what is hard. They were both Jesus' first followers and his ambassadors, and they were literally the foundations of the Church. But he ought to have withstood it I do not mean in vengeance (for that belongs to the Lord), but as holily hating the sin itself, yet withal in the deepest compassion for his parent. Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." (i) There are twelve gates. The Jews a speak of several distinct places in hell, for several sorts of sinners, as particularly for sabbath breakers, adulterers, and liars; and say of the wicked, that when he is condemned he shall take , "his part" in hell b; Revelation 9:20- : which is the second death; Revelation 9:20- :. It will exist separate from the new heaven and earth and the New Jerusalem. The beast is the expression of the will of man setting itself up in direct antagonism to God. The Romans were the greatest experts in government the world has ever seen. It is all ours to enjoy to the fullest with Him. The city itself was of pure gold, so pure that it seemed like transparent glass. The abominable are those who practice abominationsthat is, the blasphemous and licentious practices associated with idolatry. Murderers are those Here is the promise of fellowship with God and all its precious consequences. The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. Come, let us all fall upon the earth and supplicate the Eternal King, the. The angels are never "called," although they may be "chosen;" and though termed holy, I do not recollect that they are ever spoken of as "faithful." A sweet strain shall they utter from their mouths in hymns. How can it be said that this vile, corrupt, idolatrous system of the last days was guilty of the blood of all martyrs? Pliny describes it as sky-blue, flecked with gold. "I Jesus sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. At the same time we are not at liberty to eliminate such a feature out of the description. Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. He is coming forth in indisputable human glory, but the greatest care is taken to let us know that He had that which was above man above the creature; for "no man knoweth the Son but the Father." It is partly because of this that many excellent men have endeavoured to apply the vision to Romanism; and I admit that there is found a measure of analogy. The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. They are not seen here as the bride. The angel implies nothing of the sort. Paul expressed the same thing when he said perhaps a little more philosophically: "For from him, and through him, and to him are all things" ( Romans 11:36), and when he spoke of "one God and Father of us all, who is above all, and through all, and in all" ( Ephesians 4:6). 7. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! To whom else could they say it? We have already come upon this claim by the risen Christ in Revelation 1:8. Pliny describes it as shining with a golden radiance. May our hearts answer freely to His word of love and truth with our "Amen." People of all races and tongues shall "take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you" ( Zechariah 8:20-23). To the Christian this book is not sealed. (i) It has a background in the great mythological beliefs of John's time. 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. [ 2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. The writer of Enoch hears the voice of God say: "All the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations shall offer adoration, and shall praise me, and shall worship me" (Enoch 10:21). And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, or whatsoever works abomination, or a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life ( Revelation 21:24-27 ). 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and honor him; for the time has come for the wedding banquet of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. But the graphic account does not end until the Spirit of God shows us another view of Babylon altogether. of the bride, the Lamb's wife. Babylon was the spurious church as long as it was a question of the church, and the final corrupter when it could be no question of this longer, and there went forth the closing testimony of God. 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants] / / , . 23 The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine for it, for the glory of God illumines it, and its lamp is the Lamb. I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ( Revelation 21:1 ); Now, we are beyond the thousand years. there was no more sea in Revelation 21 1 1:11 means that there will be no oceans no 1:14 seas and no large bodies of even fresh 1:17 water in the new Heavens in the new 1:21 Earth now this point is based simply on 1:24 the apparent Clarity of the statement 1:27 here in this verse there no effort is 1:30 made to obtain a theological 1:32 But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. There is no expression in the word of God which binds all to rise at the same instant. The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. "I am Alpha and Omega," says God to John, "the beginning and the end." The Mighty One will shake creation only to renew it (Baruch 32:6). Besides the bride thus arrayed, "He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb." 4. Such lists are probably given so that believers can identify such people and that such people should take warning and repent. Its Hebrew name means the stone of Tarshish. see that it is in connection with the foregoing not merely His coming for us who will keep the sayings of it, but for those whom He will find here below "to give to each as his work is.". See the notes on Romans 8:17. Further, a negative point of great importance is presented by the seer, "And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb. "Let him that heareth say, Come." In the ancient world pearls were of all stones most valued. The passage is summed up in the words of the reigning Christ: "Behold, I am making all things new." This brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. Thus eternal judgment was executed at once. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. The first heaven is passed away. In describing the state of things as it will be in eternity, John has to use the language of this world, for he has no other. Who were they? Here were joined good and evil in godless union, for the worse, not for the better, this alliance, unholy in principle, irremediable therefore in practice, between God and the natural man, who substitutes rites for the grace and word of God, for the blood of Christ, and the power of the Spirit, and employs the name of the Lord as a cover for grosser covetousness and ambition, yet more aspiring than the vulgar world. God has got a lot of secrets that He hasn't told us yet. He nails the core problem of fearat the end, it can cause us to reject God in favor of self. You can't limit God. Sorrow is to be forgotten; sin is to be vanquished; darkness is to be at an end; the temporariness of time is to turn into the everlastingness of eternity. Verse Only. There the gods dwelt; the sun and the moon and the stars were its lights; the Milky Way was its great street; there were twelve gates through which the stars went in and out upon their business. 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. I say not on but over the earth. But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". One of the most approved axioms is, that kingdoms are just like men in this respect, that they begin, rise, and fall. 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. Here is symbolism which is plain for all to see. 24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth 25 will bring their glory to it. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. on the other, she had, when she could, gone on increasing in both, until at last the blow of divine judgment came. But the fearful Those who, for fear of losing life or their property, either refused to receive the Christian religion, though convinced of its truth and "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. In the east there was the idea of the city of the gods in the skies. The polluted are those who allowed themselves to be saturated by the abominations of the world. The sardonyx was an onyx in which the white was broken by layers of red and brown; it was specially used for cameos. ", All things are thus made new; and, further, "these words are faithful." Separate Line. This new and blessed state will be free from all trouble and sorrow; for, 1. There is a repelling force of positive charges, tremendously powerful repelling force.The atom bomb illustrates to us the true nature of an atom. All this gives us a true and just view of the various parties that have a share in the resurrection. 1. The seventh bowl contained under it the fall of Babylon, which "was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.". Instead of. Pulon ( G4440) can also mean the gate-tower in a great city, like the gate leading into a battlemented castle. martyn ford imogen ford, vermont court records, loyola university medical center pharmacy residency,
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