And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. The destruction of his representatives, the beast and the false prophet, to whom he gave his power, throne, and authority, is followed by the binding of Satan himself a thousand years. TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, THAT OLD - ancient (). THOUSAND YEARS. As seven implies universality, so a thousand implies perfection, whether in good or evil, (Aquinas, on Revelation 11:1.) Thousand symbolizes t... [ Continue Reading ]
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. SHUT HIM. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Andreas, omit "him." SET A SEAL U... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their h... [ Continue Reading ]
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. BUT. B, Coptic, Andreas, 'and;' A, Vulgate, omit. AGAIN. A B, Vulgate, Coptic, Andreas, omit. Lived is used for lived again, as in . John saw them not only when restored, but in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. BLESSED - (cf. ; .) ON SUCH THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER - even as it has none on Christ now ris... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, EXPIRED - `finished.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. QUARTERS - `corners.' GOG AND MAGOG - (notes, Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1.) Magog represents northern nations of J... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. ON THE BREADTH OF THE EARTH - completely overspreading it. Perhaps translate, ' ... of the (holy) land.' THE CAMP OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. THAT DECEIVED - `that deceiveth,' etc. LAKE OF FIRE - his final doom: as "the bottomless pit" () was his temporary p... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. GREAT - in contrast to the "thrones" (). WHITE - emblem of purity and justice. HIM THAT SAT ON IT - the Son, to whom 'the Father hath committed al... [ Continue Reading ]
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. THE DEAD - `the rest of the dead' who did not share th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. DEATH AND HELL - Hades. The essential identity of the dying and risen body is shown; for the sea and grave give up their dead. The b... [ Continue Reading ]
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. Death and Hades personified, cast into the lake of fire, express that Christ and His people shall never more die, or be disembodied spirits. The yawning, craving Sheol, that can never be satisfied, is abolished. "In Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. The bliss of the righteous is not here specified, as it commenced before the final judgment. Compare, however, ; ; .... [ Continue Reading ]