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Nothing of the sort can be plainer. IV. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. And whoremongers - See the notes on Galatians 5:19. This misery will be their proper part and portion, what they have justly deserved, what they have in effect chosen, and what they have prepared themselves for by their sins. The blessed presence of God with his people is here proclaimed and admired: I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, c., Revelation 21:3; Revelation 21:3. [So it is a square] And he measured the wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man ( Revelation 21:13-17 ). It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. So far they were right. That a corrupt religion is better than none I will not say: at any rate it troubles men; it is a thorn in the side of those who want no religion at all. The old oracles were sealed then: not so John's. Even though this passage does not say that sin will be absent in the eternal state, is seems quite clear that there will be none since the consequences of sin will be absent. The Bringer Of The Vision ( Revelation 21:9-10), The personality of the bringer of the vision of the heavenly Jerusalem must come as a surprise. And had a wall great and high, twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel ( Revelation 21:12 ): So, the company includes those believers of the Old Testament time, Abraham and all of those who God imputed righteousness through their faith, but also the foundations with the names of the apostles representing the church. The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. VI. Then follows a description of the wall, gates, foundations, and general position. WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:3. The beloved city is Jerusalem; the camp of the saints, I presume, is a larger circle and embraces all of Israel and the Gentiles who, being converted, refuse Satan's deceit. It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. 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. We shall set down some of these dreams and it will be clear at once how the Old Testament again and again finds its echo in the Revelation. You can believe it. Instead of taking warning from the wickedness of those before her, who had seduced on the one hand, and persecuted. There were names written on the 13 gates which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. Separate Line. The ancient peoples hated the sea, even though, by the time of John, they were voyaging long and far. The Greeks brought the power of their intellect. * 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. Eternal separation from God. sorcerers . There is no expression in the word of God which binds all to rise at the same instant. The presence of God with his church is the glory of the church. He is , Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked , Revelation 20:14,15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. It could be a yellow beryl or a gold-coloured jasper. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. We gather up three further points before we leave this chapter. I admit that afterwards no doubt the new heaven and the new earth are seen; but who contends that this is the sphere to which the Lord comes? He intends us to see that the whole of the holy city is the Holy of Holies, the dwelling-place of God. "Behold I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book." "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. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter. A sweet strain shall they utter from their mouths in hymns. Web21:8 whoremongers. Scripture and facts refute all such theories. 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. He has to use whatever language and illustrations he can find in an attempt to describe the spiritual quality of life in the eternal state.Johns visions symbolize spiritual realities. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces" ( Isaiah 25:8). It sounds like a fairy tale. WebRev 21:8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, [fn] abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. The New Jerusalem ( cf. There are three gates on the west. 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.". We have already come upon this claim by the risen Christ in Revelation 1:8. And unquestionably God has been awakening the attention of His people in a remarkable manner to the value of His word, and not least of all to the portion we are now examining. To this earth He is coming, and not merely to the new earth in the eternal state. "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Behold, I am doing a new thing" ( Isaiah 43:18-19). Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. The unbelieving are those who refused to accept the Gospel or those who with their lips accepted it, but by their lives showed that they did not believe it. Since then the world has not seen the imperial power to which all bow. You would be amazed what fourteen hundred cubed becomes. I am not aware of any MS. in its favour, though some versions represent it. The bride is in view. And in creating the atoms, and bringing into the heart of the atom, the protons tightly knit together in the nucleus of the atom, He violated the law of electricity, Collins Law, which speaks of the repelling force of positive charges. (by implication) faithless -- fearful. I. We have just seen that it is the eternal state. So here a description is given of the bride, the Lamb's wife, and we learn how it is that God will use her for unmeasured goodness and blessing and glory in the millennium, as the devil during this age has used Babylon to accomplish his wicked plans here below. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." prosperity, says the Lord of hosts ( Haggai 2:9). Round the city is a great high wall. This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. First, it was made to Abraham. faithful and the righteous may see the glory of the invisible God. Strong's Greek To bad surfers, but I am sure God will have something quite superior. All image worshippers are idolaters in every sense of the word. It is one of those cases which every now and then appear where God checks and reproves our foolish curiosity, as He alone knows how to do perfectly. Finally, in Rev. The abominable are those who practice abominationsthat is, the blasphemous and licentious practices associated with idolatry. They durst not encounter the difficulties of religion, and their slavish fear proceeded from their unbelief; but those who were so dastardly as not to dare to take up the cross of Christ, and discharge their duty to him, were yet so desperate as to run into all manner of abominable wickedness--murder, adultery, sorcery, idolatry, and lying. * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. In that story the sea, the waters beneath the firmament, became the dwelling-place of Tiamat. Mark 4:40 Adj-NMPGRK: NAS: to them, Why are you afraid? The word would embrace all who are false toward God Acts 5:1-3, and false toward human beings. And all liars Every one who speaks contrary to the truth when he knows the truth, and even he who speaks the truth with the intention to deceive i.e., to persuade a person that a thing is different from what it really is, by telling only a part of the truth, or suppressing some circumstance which would have led the hearer to a different end to the true conclusion. This very naturally filled him with intense wonder. In the ancient times the shechinah (compare H7931) took the form of a luminous cloud which came and went. But still we have not the end of Babylon yet. In verse 14 John has said that the stones are inscribed with the names of the twelve apostles. 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. It is very possible. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. For remark, the beast or Roman empire is described here as that which once existed, which then ceased to exist, and which assumes a final shape when it reappears from the bottomless pit. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Thus was concluded all dealing on the Lord's part with both soul and body, and all that pertains to either. "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. And I will be his God, and he will be my son ( Revelation 21:7 ). At the end of the millennium the righteous and the wicked form two distinct arrays, though even then there would appear to be a line drawn between the surrounding camp, and the beloved city Jerusalem on earth, where the Jews were. is a word to him that hears. "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. Without that there can be no such thing as a Church; with that any gathering of people is a real Church. "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. All this description closes in verse 5. Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. See the notes on Mark 16:16. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. In the ancient world pearls were of all stones most valued. Even when Jerusalem was obliterated, the Jews never lost confidence that God would restore it. (2) FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD ( Revelation 21:3-4 continued). And Jesus sits on the great white throne. Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. As for the earthly land and city, the moon will have her light increased to that of the sun, and the sun shall be sevenfold. Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. "For the glory of God enlightened it, and the Lamb is the lamp thereof." Their misery helps to illustrate the glory and blessedness of the saints, and the distinguishing goodness of God towards them, Revelation 21:8; Revelation 21:8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. The word used for dwelling-place is skene ( G4633) , literally a tent; but in religious use it had long since lost any idea of an impermanent residence. They stand in contrast with those who overcome, Revelation 21:7. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. Consequently they sat upon the thrones at once; while the two latter classes, described in the rest of the verse, were still in the separate state "and the souls." 2. But the day is coming when Satan will be allowed to have things his own way. 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. John must have meant something by making the same angel the bearer of such different messages. And idolaters - 1 Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 5:19. On him the blow comes, not on the wretched parent. 18 The building material of the wall was jasper, and the city was of pure gold like pure glass. "I will be his father," said God, "and he shall be my son" ( 2 Samuel 7:14). This is of great importance. We are not going to sit around after that age and say, "Remember down on earth we used to". "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. We do not mend matters by hasty conclusions, we only complicate the truth. Then comes not the destruction only of these rebels by divine judgment, but the dissolution of heaven and earth. Here accordingly we have them all. For according to unquestionable testimony the Reuchlinian copy has like some half-dozen cursives, which was probably a mistake for . For certain there are two great acts of resurrection, one when the Old Testament saints and the church are caught up to heaven, the other when Satan was bound after the beast and false prophet were thrown into the lake of fire, as well as Babylon judged. He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. 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. The angel least him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal over him, that he should no more deceive the nations, till the thousand years should be completed: after these things he must be loosed a little time.". "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." Not so. The Spirit of God contrasts with the fall of Babylon the marriage. 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. He shall be a stall to the righteous whereon to stay themselves. The beryl was like an emerald; the best stones were sea-blue or sea-green. "The Lord God is the temple of it, and the Lamb as far as we can speak of any. The name of the star is Wormwood. This new and blessed state will be free from all trouble and sorrow; for, 1. I admit that there may be something more in the symbol than the literal hills of Rome, because they are said to be also seven kings. Here we learn at once of what His train consists. Next they will seize her resources. Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Revelation 21 1 Knit together with Heaven, nurtured and renewed, humanity and earth refreshed, connected, established in Way Foremost. Even so, Amen. "In thy light," said the Psalmist, "do we see light" ( Psalms 36:9). . WebThis lesson is a study of Revelation 21:1-8. We must perforce therefore look for a still more complete development before the Lamb judges the beast after the ten horns along with it shall have destroyed Babylon. See John 3:19, also article on "The Marvel of Unbelief," my Commentary on John, pp. This brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. The ends of the earth are invited to look to God and to be saved ( Isaiah 45:22). When we come to the full application of the prophecy, we must look onward to the latter day. Separate Line. 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. This is a mistake. John is saying that all life begins in God and ends in 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. They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? (2.) But there never was the thought of giving Christ the only place He could take. Observe, 1. , Matthew 10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, Luke 12:4-9 And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the , John 12:42,43 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but , 1 Peter 3:14,15 But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and , 1 John 5:4,5,10 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the , Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, , Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness , 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of , Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, , Ephesians 5:5,6 For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous , 1 Timothy 1:9,10 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for , Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of , Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators , 1 John 3:15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer , 1 Corinthians 10:20,21 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice , Revelation 2:2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you , Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies , Isaiah 9:15 The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches , John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you , 2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power . But the holy city was not only square; it was in the form of a perfect cube. 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. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. I believe the New Jerusalem will actually be an orbit around the new earth. You need no meeting place where you go to meet God. That, too, had been the dream of the ancient prophets. Creature lights are gone. Day 223 of the year = 8/11 symbolizes Revelation 8:11 WORMWOOD = Greek number 894 894 days - 365 - 365 = 164 George h w bush born in a leap year 6/12/1924 was day 164 of the year. Revelation 21:8 Interlinear: and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.' . Produced in Partnership with Discovery Bible. Here in this world and amidst the things of time our realisation of the presence of God is spasmodic; but in heaven we will be permanently aware of that presence. It is also clearly a personal reward to those who had suffered. There is no doubt of the symbolism which John intends. In Jeremiah's account of the new covenant the promise of God is: "I will be their God, and they shall be my people" ( Jeremiah 31:33). The question is, why is she thus designated? They themselves were to judge. 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? WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 10:4. Tears and grief and crying and pain are gone. When the Messiah comes "in his priesthood the Gentiles shall be multiplied in knowledge upon the earth, and enlightened in the grace of the Lord" (Testament of Levi 18:9). We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. "I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth" ( Psalms 89:27). But according to His principle of government it is not merely personal guilt, but that which, from despising the testimony of God, is thus morally accumulating from age to age in the ratio of the testimony of God and the wickedness that has been indulged by men in spite of it. All this gives us a true and just view of the various parties that have a share in the resurrection. Again, to my mind it seems demonstrably true that the relation to the beast here brought before us must in all fairness be allowed to look onward to a later stage of Babylon. No one can soberly deny that Babylon in some sort had a place then; but that the special, and above all, the full character of Babylon was manifested as here portrayed is another matter. 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. On that account it was altogether out of place to pay homage to him instead of to the God who had sent him to serve. Each side of the city was twelve thousand stades (compare G4712) . It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. And unbelieving - Those who have not true faith; avowed infidels; infidels at heart; and all who have not the sincere faith of the gospel. It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. Strong's Greek 11694 Occurrences 2 Occ. 1 Occ. 1 Occ. The bride breathes out this word to the bridegroom; and the Holy Ghost it is that gives strength to her desire that He should come. This explains, it seems to me, the wounded head that was afterwards healed. But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." The word "" translated as "fearful" in the KJV is Strong's Gr. 1169. The definition is cowardly or fearful. Many of the English translation 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates consisted of a single pearl. fashioned it in size of many furlongs, with a giant tower, touching the very clouds, and seen of all, so that all the. Thus the misery of the damned will illustrate the blessedness of those that are saved, and the blessedness of the saved will aggravate the misery of those that are damned. Only when we see things in the light of God, do we see things as they are. [19] Leon Morris, Tyndale Bible Commentaries. It supposes the effect and the exercise of faith. Connected with the city of the gods there are the signs of the Zodiac, the signs of the parts of the heavens through which the sun passes. For the first time God himself speaks; he is the God who is able to make all things new. This promise, or something very near to it, was made in the Old Testament to three different people. For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) We can fairly trust God that He will not give a worse place to Paul; yet I do not think that this is his place. I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." At the beginning there will have been carnage, as we know, among both the western powers and the eastern powers. If ancient times failed fully to meet the requirements of the chapter, it is evident that the middle ages are passed without its fulfilment as a whole. Reference-Verse. 207-209. Verse Only. Verse Only. Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein. But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.". And he carried me away in the Spirit to a 10 great and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, and it had the glory of God. Reference-Verse. And all liars; in common, and particularly such who speak lies in hypocrisy, as the followers of the man of sin, and who are given up to believe a lie, that they might be damned; all lies being of the devil, and abominable to God. Here is faith! He saw their condition: it was part of the vision. 24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth 25 will bring their glory to it. Faith is the wall behind which the saints of God are secure against the assaults of the world, the flesh and the devil. Is not this reason enough for saying that not even the shadow of solid ground appears for the system? 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. We desire that He should come quickly, but we leave this to Him, because we know His love, and can trust Him. "Yet is" is a most unfortunate expression. All is then fixed. There stands the solemn brand graven, not on the blasphemous beast, but on the forehead of its rider, "Mystery, Babylon the great." What I judge, then, is that the guests, or those that were called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb, refer clearly to the Old Testament saints. Observe another very important fact. Between the twelve gates there were twelve spaces, and the idea is that between these spaces there was one vast foundation stone. It is true that there is a strain of Jewish thought which expected the annihilation, or at least the enslavement, of the Gentiles; but there is much on the other side, and voice after voice speaks of the time when all men shall know and love God. 15 He who was speaking with me had a golden measuring rod, that he might measure the city and its gates and its walls. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. If some few have joined on one side, some are sure to help the other, because they are jealous of any one acquiring such a preponderant authority: and power as to govern the rest. There are three gates on the south. And unbelieving Unbelief is a gross, unpardonable sin, unless repented of. The wall is 144 cubits high, that is, 266 feet, not very high. Those condemned are those who are afraid to do their duty, not those who do it, though timidly and in spite of the fears of nature: still less those who do it with fear and trembling in St Pauls sense. 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. The promise of God to those who overcome is the same that was made to Abraham the founder of the nation, to David on behalf of Solomon his son, and to the Messiah himself. To the Christian this book is not sealed. "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God; that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong [men], and flesh of horses, and of those that sit on them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, both small and great." Reference-Verse. This is the witness of Paul: "If any one is in Christ, he is a new creation" ( 2 Corinthians 5:17).
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