THE SEVENTH VISION - THE COMING OF CHRIST, THE LAST BATTLE, THE FINAL JUDGMENT (REVELATION 19:1 TO REVELATION 20:15). The Scarlet Woman and the Pure Bride (Revelation 19:1). This scene parallels, although more briefly, the scenes in Chapter s 4 & 5, with the participation in worship and praise of l... [ Continue Reading ]
‘After these things I heard as it were a great sound of a vast crowd in Heaven, saying, “Halleluyah. The salvation and glory and power are of our God, for true and righteous are his judgments, for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged the... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And her smoke goes up for ever and ever, and the twenty four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen. Halleluyah”.' And her smoke goes up for ever and ever.' This refers to the demise of Babylon the Great (Revelation 19:2). That too c... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And a voice came out from the throne, saying, “Give praise to God, all you his servants (Psalms 113:1; Psalms 134:1), you who fear him, the small and the great (Psalms 115:13)”. And I heard as it were the voice of a vast crowd, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, s... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And it was given to her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure. For the fine linen is the righteous behaviour of God's people.' It is the privilege of God's people that they can array themselves in beauty, because God has made them beautiful. We must ever be mindful that we ar... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And he says to me, “Write, blessed are those who are bid to the marriage supper of the Lamb”.' Those who are bid to the marriage supper of the Lamb are truly blessed for they are invited as the Bride. The ‘he' must be the angel of Revelation 1:1, who brought to John his visions. Those visions are... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I fell down before his feet to worship him, and he says to me, “See that you do not do it. I am a fellow-servant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God”.' How necessary is this verse. After the visions of the activities of the heavenly beings there may wel... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GREAT LAST BATTLE (REVELATION 19:11). The purpose behind this narrative is to exalt Him Who is the Word of God and to demonstrate the total defeat of the forces of evil. As with much in Revelation it is not to be taken literally. But the scene is magnificent. The last judgment is described in ma... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw Heaven opened and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness. And his eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written which no one knows but himself. And he is clothed in a garmen... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened, and another book was opened which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of the things that were written in the books, according to their works.' All who die must give account, as indeed m... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the armies which are in Heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure.' In the Old Testament one of the names of God was ‘the Lord of Hosts'. Here we may well therefore see His ‘hosts'. Angels are regularly seen as clad in white and He Himself told us that He would... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And out of his mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations. And he will rule them with a rod of iron, and he treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God Almighty.' The sword here is ‘romphaia' as in Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12; Revelation 2:16; Revela... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And he has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.' We may read ‘on his garment, even on his thigh' showing precisely where the name is portrayed. It is necessarily here, for to be on hand or forehead would be to mark Him as one of the redeemed, and He is th... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, “Come and be gathered together to the great feast of God, that you might eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and of the flesh of horses... [ Continue Reading ]
‘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.' There is no doubt about the aim of the forces of evil. Possibly in some way they still believe that they can prevent the coming of Christ and Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who wrought the signs in his sight, by which he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image. They two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone.' The deceivers are taken... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And the remainder were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, even the sword which came out of his mouth, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.' Those who are human die a shameful death, pictured in terms of being eaten by birds. They do not share the fate of the beast and th... [ Continue Reading ]