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Revelation 14:2
And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps;
And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps;
Verse Revelation 14:2. _THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS_] That is, of multitudes of various nations. _THE VOICE OF HARPERS_] Though the sounds were many and apparently confused, yet both _harmony_ and _melo...
AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN - Showing that the scene is laid in heaven, but that John in the vision was on the earth. AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS - As the sound of the ocean, or of a mighty catar...
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...
And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the voice of great thunder, and the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing on their harps. And they were singing a n...
MANY WATERS. See Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:6. A. Omit. I HEARD, &C. The texts read "the voice which. heard (was that) of harpers", &c. HARPERS, &C. Accompanying the voice....
_as the voice … great thunder_ It was as loud and as _multitudinous_as these, but was harmonious, and apparently articulate....
ὩΣ ΦΩΝῊΝ ὙΔΆΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΛΩ͂Ν. This marks the volume of the sound. ΒΡΟΝΤΗ͂Σ ΜΕΓΆΛΗΣ. This marks its loudness. ὩΣ ΚΙΘΑΡΩΙΔΩ͂Ν ΚΙΘΑΡΙΖΌΝΤΩΝ. This marks that it was articulate and sweet: the harpers sing as...
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...
ΉΚΟΥΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΒΡΟΝΤΉ (G1027) гром, ΚΙΘΑΡΩΔΌΣ (G2790) играющий на арфе, арфист, ΚΙΘΑΡΙΖΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΚΙΘΑΡΊΖΩ (G2789) играть на арфе, ΚΙΘΆΡΑ (G2788...
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...
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: FROM - `out of.' VOICE OF MANY WATER...
__ 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...
A VOICE] see on Revelation 1:10. I HEARD THE VOICE OF] RV 'the voice which I heard was as the voice of.'...
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...
AND I HEARD A VOICE... — Translate, _And I heard a voice out of the heaven._ The saints stand with their Lord, the Lamb, _on_ Mount Zion, and just as of old a voice came from heaven bearing witness to...
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...
The speaker, or speakers, is not identified but the voice comes from heaven with an awesome sound like a large body of flowing waters and great thunder. It also had a sweet melody like harpers playing...
(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...
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...
AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN,.... The same with the voices heard in heaven upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Revelation 11:15; AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS; very loud, and uttered by a gre...
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: Ver. 2. _As the voice of many waters_] Th...
_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...
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...
_ 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps._ A. There are several issues that are of...
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...
AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS, AND AS THE VOICE OF A GREAT THUNDER; a loud voice, and terrible also to the followers of antichrist. THE VOICE OF HARPERS HARPING WITH THEIR HARPS; a musical, melodious vo...
Revelation 14:2 And G2532 heard G191 (G5656) voice G5456 from G1537 heaven G3772 like G5613 voice G5456 many...
‘And I heard a voice (sound) from heaven like the voice (sound) of many waters and like the voice (sound) of a great thunder, and the voice (sound) which I heard was like the voice (sound) of harpists...
Revelation 14:2. A voice is heard out of heaven. The description of it shows that it is a voice of mingled terror and sweetness....
AS A VOICE OF MANY WATERS (ως φωνην υδατων πολλων). For which see Revelation 1:15.OF A GREAT THUNDER (βροντης μεγαλης). For which see Revelation 6:1; Revelation 19:6. For this voice out of heaven...
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...
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...
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...
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 14:1 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 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Samuel 6:5; Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18; Ezek
And I heard the voice of harpers [κ α ι φ ω ν η ν η κ ο υ σ α κ ι θ α ρ ω δ ω ν]. The correct reading is, kai hJ fwnh hn hkousa wJv kiqarwdwn and the voice which I heard (was) as (the voice) of harper...
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...
And I heard a sound out of heaven — Sounding clearer and clearer: first, at a distance, as the sound of many waters or thunders; and afterwards, being nearer, it was as of harpers harping on their har...
St. John here describes the true worshippers of Christ in the midst of antichristian idolatry; where we have, 1. The acceptable worship they perform, prayer and praise, an heavenly exercise, which, l...