These are they, &c. In the style of the prophets, by fornication is meant idolatry, and virginity signifies cleanness from all sacrilegious worship. These, therefore, are virgins in this sense, who have not fallen into the impurities of creature worship. But others, as St. Augustine, understand it of persons who have lived in continency. The first, however, is the more literal sense. (Calmet)
Verse Revelation 14:4. _THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN_] They are pure from idolatry, and are presented as unspotted _virgins_ to their Lord and Saviour Christ. See 2 Corinthians 11...
THESE ARE THEY - In this verse, and in the following verse, the writer states the leading characteristics of those who are saved. The general idea is, that they are chaste; that they are the followers...
CHAPTER 14 Grace ancient _ 1. The Lamb and the 144,000 (Revelation 14:1)_ 2. The everlasting gospel (Revelation 14:6) 3. Fall of Babylon anticipated (Revelation 14:8) 4. Wrath fo
REVELATION 14:1. After the horror and tragedy of the last two Chapter s, we have another pause in the movement of the drama, a new vision of heaven and the bliss of the redeemed. REVELATION 14:1. THE...
The reader has learned that the thirteenth chapter is devoted to. description of two mighty powers of wickedness which, hand in hand, have waged war upon the Church of Christ. It is. gloomy picture, w...
THE FATHER'S OWN (Revelation 14:1) _ 14:1 I saw, and behold the Lamb stood on Mount Sion, and there were with him one hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name, and the name of his Father writ...
VIRGINS. The reference is to the pollut _i_ ons connected with the great religious system under antichrist in the coming days. FROM AMONG. App-104. MEN. App-123. BEING. Read " _to be_ ". FIRSTFRUI...
_for they are virgins_ The first instance of the use of the word as a masculine. It was adopted in ecclesiastical language, and applied e.g. to St John himself. It is best to understand the word liter...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΜΟΛΥΝΘΗΣΑΝ. One MS of Primas[470] reads _non inquinaverunt vestimenta sua_, which is supported by Tert[471] Hieron[472] [470] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [471] Tertullian as quoted by Ha...
Revelation 14:1-5. THE LAMB UPON MOUNT SION...
_THE LAMB ON MOUNT ZION REVELATION 14:1-5:_ The Lamb is the Christ of God. It is through Him that salvation is possible. “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) O...
ΈΜΟΛΎΝΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΜΟΛΎΝΩ (G3435) осквернять, пачкать, пятнать, ΠΑΡΘΈΝΟΣ (G3933) девственник. Это может быть описанием целомудрия в фигуральном смысле — они чисты, так как избегали связ...
DISCOURSE: 2515 THE FELICITY OF HEAVEN Revelation 14:1. And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Fathers name written in their...
I LOOKED, AND, LO, A LAMB, &C.— After the account of the rise and reign of the beast (says Bishop Newton), the Spirit of prophesy delineates, by way of opposition, the state of the true church during...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 40 Text Revelation 14:1-5 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XIV PARENTHETICAL VISION OF THE TIME OF THE END _Text (Revelation 14:1-20)_ 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and fo...
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God...
__ Temple Section-The 144,000 18 All will be obliged to have one of three marks to indicate their worship of the wild beast: either its symbol, its name, or its number. The number, we are told, is t...
THE LAMB AND HIS FOLLOWERS. JUDGMENT ON HIS ENEMIES In the last two Chapter s were seen the enemies of the Church, and their fierce power. Now, by way of contrast, and to encourage the Church to resi...
_Being_] RV 'to be.' 6F. An angel announces the glad tidings for those who fear God, that He is about to be manifested for the salvation of His oppressed people....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LAMB ON THE HILL CALLED ZION - REVELATION 14:1-5 V1 Then I looked, and there was the *Lamb. He was standing on the hill cal...
THESE ARE THEY... — The characteristics of the servants of the Lamb are given in this verse and the following. The first is _purity_: they are virgins. The expression can hardly be limited to the unma...
CHAPTER XI THE LAMB ON THE MOUNT ZION AND THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE WORLD. Revelation 14:1. THE twelfth and thirteenth Chapter s of this book were designed to set before us a picture of the thr...
Revelation 14:1-5, introduced as a foil to what precedes and as an anticipation of 21 22, is “a sort of Te Deum” (Wellhausen), a vision of the Lamb no longer _as slain_ but triumphant (militant on the...
THE LAMB'S CHOSEN WORSHIPERS Revelation 14:1 The blessed ones with whom this chapter opens are only the first-fruit sheaf from the great harvest field. Think of it! If one sheaf consists of 144,000,...
The attention of the seer was now turned again to the heavenly order. The redeemed are seen standing with the Lamb, a company of obedient souls who follow Him "whithersoever He goeth." In distinction...
These verses seem to describe in symbolic terms the spiritual purity of the men and women who make up the bride of Christ. (2 Corinthians 11:2; James 4:4) Their purity is in clear contrast to the spir...
(1) And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (2) And I heard a voice from heaven, as...
We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation. The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
_FIRST FRUITS UNTO GOD_ ‘These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.’ Revelation 14:4 In our Chu...
Heavenly Announcements I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we took a little time to discuss the "name and number" of the beast! 1. We concluded that this system is already in place and some of it has been...
In Chapter 14 we have the dealings of God with the evil, only first owning and setting apart the remnant. The remnant belongs entirely to the renewed earth: they are seen on that which is the centre o...
THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN,.... With the whore of Rome, and her harlots, she is the mother of; while the kings and inhabitants of the earth were drunk with the wine of their forn...
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, _being_ the firstfruits unto Go...
_I looked, and_ behold _a Lamb_ The Lord Jesus, in the form of a lamb, or as the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, and not only with horns like a lamb; _stood on mount Sion_ Namely...
NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN; with spiritual fornication; compare chap Revelation 17:1-18, where the apostate church is represented as a harlot, and her followers as those who commit fornication with her....
OF THE CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION AND THE FALL OF SPIRITUAL BABYLON. The Lamb and His followers:...
THEY ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN; FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS. THESE ARE THEY WHICH FOLLOW THE LAMB WHITHERSOEVER HE GOETH. THESE WERE REDEEMED FROM AMONG MEN, BEING THE FIRST-FRUITS UNTO GOD...
THE LAMB AND 144,000 ON MOUNT ZION In the first five verses of this chapter we find another striking preview of the blessing of the godly remnant in Israel. This preview is given at the time when the...
_ 4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and...
WERE REDEEMED: _ Gr._ were bought...
1-5 Mount Sion is the gospel church. Christ is with his church, and in the midst of her in all her troubles, therefore she is not consumed. His presence secures perseverance. His people appear honour...
THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN; FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS; that is, that would not comply with antichristian idolatry and superstition; for idolatry is all along in holy writ compared to...
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth Having, therefore, received the seal, they had one understanding and one mind; and their faith became one, and their love one, and with the name they bore also the...
Revelation 14:4 These G3778 ones G1526 (G5748) who G3739 were G3435 not G3756 defiled G3435 (G5681) with...
‘These are they who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were purchased from among men to be the firstfruits to God and to the...
Revelation 14:4-5. THESE ARE THEY WHICH WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN, FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS. The description is in three clauses each beginning with the word ‘These.' (1) ‘They are virgins' not all of t...
WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN (μετα γυναικων ουκ εμολυνθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of μολυνω, old verb, to stain, already in Revelation 3:4, which see. The use of this word rules out marr...
REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb_ John always writes of Jesus as the «Lamb.» His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always «the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the wo...
The Church of God had undergone a very great trial; there had arisen a cruel and wicked persecuting system, described by John in his vision as a beast, a terrible dragon, of which we read that «it was...
Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written on their foreheads._ The great question for...
CONTENTS: Vision of the Lamb and the 144,000 sealed Israelites. The angel with the everlasting gospel. Fall of Babylon. The doom of the beast worshippers. Blessedness of the holy dead. Vision of Armag...
Revelation 14:1. _Lo, a Lamb,_ the Lord Christ, _stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand,_ whom he had redeemed to God by his blood. Here is the church of the firstborn, bo...
THE LAMB STANDING ON MOUNT ZION. _"Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion"_ (Psalms 125:1) Compare Hebrews 12:22; and see note on Revelation 7:9. 144,
_A Lamb … and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand._ THE 144,000 I. Who are these 144,000? They are the identical 144,000 sealed ones spoken of in chapter 7., with only this difference, that...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:4 HAVE NOT DEFILED THEMSELVES WITH WOMEN, FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS. Soldiers often avoided having sex during the wars God commanded (see...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 14:1 The vision sequence leading to the seven last plagues (which will be described as “bowls” of God’s wrath, Revelation 16:1) opens and closes with scenes o
Here is seen the Lamb of God standing on Mt. Zion with 144,000 redeemed souls. There was a great anthem in heaven that rose in mighty crescendo like the roar of the sea and the roll of mighty thunder....
THE VISION OF THE FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THAT we may be assured of the safety of God’s faithful ones, even during the time of the triumph of the beast and false prop...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 14:1 AND I LOOKED; _and I saw, _indicating a fresh phase of the vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). Having described (Revelation 12:1
_2 AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS, AND AS THE VOICE OF A GREAT THUNDER: AND THE VOICE WHICH I HEARD WAS AS THE VOICE OF HARPERS HARPING WITH THEIR HARPS:_ _ 3 AND THEY...
And I looked, and, lo, there was a Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads (Revelation 14:1). Now back in...
1 Corinthians 16:15; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:26;...
Were not defiled [ο υ κ ε μ ο λ υ ν θ η σ α ν]. The verb means properly to besmear or besmirch, and is never used in a good sense, as miainein (John 18:28; Jude 1:8), which in classical Greek is somet...
MERCY AND PUNISHMENT Revelation 14:1, _Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapte
JEWISH OUTCOMERS FROM THE GREAT TRIBULATION Revelation 7:1; _Revelation 14:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some people who see but one Rapture. For our part we see several. 1. THERE IS THE RAPTURE...
These are they who had not been defiled with women — It seems that the deepest defilement, and the most alluring temptation, is put for every other. They are virgins — Unspotted souls; such as have pr...
St. John proceeds here in describing the true worshippers of God, which would not comply with antichristian idolatry: 1. He styles them VIRGINS, thereby intimating that they are the chaste spouse of...