Further Thanksgivings. Chap. 19 Revelation 19:1-6 1. _And after_ Omit "and." _a great voice_ Read, AS IT WERE A GREAT VOICE. _Salvation_&c. Cf. Revelation 7:10; also Revelation 4:11; Revelation 5:12-13; Revelation 7:12. _and honour_ Should be omitted. _unto the Lord our God_ Read, [ARE] OUR GOD... [ Continue Reading ]
For the joy of the Saints in sympathy with God's judgement, see on Revelation 14:10. There is a passage somewhat like this in Enoch xlvii. 4: "Then were the hearts of the saints full of joy, because the number of righteousness was arrived, the supplication of the saints heard, and the blood of the r... [ Continue Reading ]
_And her smoke_&c. Perhaps best taken as a part of the anthem. For the word "rose up" should be "riseth.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the four and twenty_&c. Cf. Revelation 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Praise our God_&c. Compare the opening of Psalms 134, 135. _both small and great_ Psalms 115:13. "Both" should perhaps be omitted.... [ Continue Reading ]
_great multitude_ Revelation 19:1, where the words rendered "much people" are the same. _many waters_ Revelation 1:15; Revelation 14:2. _mighty thunderings_ Revelation 6:1; Revelation 14:2. _the Lord God Omnipotent_ Read, THE LORD OUR GOD: and the last word is that usually rendered "Almighty" rat... [ Continue Reading ]
The Marriage of the Lamb, Revelation 19:7-9 7. _honour_ Better, THE GLORY. _the marriage of the Lamb_ The first suggestion of this image in the N. T. is in our Lord's parables, St Matthew 22:2; Matthew 25:1-10: it is more fully worked out by St Paul, Ephesians 5:22-32. But men's minds were prepared... [ Continue Reading ]
_And to her was granted_ Better, IT WAS GIVEN TO HER the form is the same as recurs so often throughout the vision, from Revelation 6:2 onwards. This being so, it is not likely that this clause still forms part of the proclamation of the voice: it is the Seer's description of the "making herself rea... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he saith_ Who speaks? Plainly an angel (see Revelation 19:10), presumably the angel of Revelation 17:1. _Blessed are they_, &c. St John, and "they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein" (Revelation 1:3) are made to realise heartily what our Lord'... [ Continue Reading ]
The Error of the Seer, Revelation 19:10 10. _to worship him_ Perhaps understanding from the last words that the speaker was God Himself. In the O. T. God had revealed Himself to men by means of angels, and men had, by falling at the feet of angels, rightly worshipped the God Who was present in them... [ Continue Reading ]
The Victory of the Rider on the White Horse, Revelation 19:11-21 11. _heaven opened_ Ezekiel 1:1; St Matthew 3:16, and parallels, St John 1:51; Acts 7:56; Acts 10:11. Something more seems to be implied than in Revelation 4:1; the "door" through which the seer was called up is not sufficient to let o... [ Continue Reading ]
_His eyes_, &c. Revelation 1:14. _many crowns_ These are distinctively _kingly_crowns, see on Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:2. Their _number_marks Him as King of kings, Revelation 19:16: perhaps also as both King and Priest, as in Zechariah 6:11 sqq., and in the use of the triple crown by modern pop... [ Continue Reading ]
_vesture_ Or, CLOAK: it is the _outer_garment that is so described. _dipt in blood_ There is almost equal authority for this reading, "dipped," or "dyed," and for "sprinkled." Either is almost equally supported by the language of Isaiah 63:1; Isaiah 63:3, "With _dyed_garments … their blood shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
_the armies_which were _in heaven_ According to ordinary O. T. usage (e.g. 1 Kings 22:19) this would mean the holy Angels exclusively, or at least primarily. But some think that the glorified Saints are at least included: it seems in harmony with the ideas of this Book to represent them, not indeed... [ Continue Reading ]
_out of his mouth_ Song of Solomon 1:16, proving, if proof were needed, the identity of the "Son of Man" of that passage with "the Word of God" of this. For the meaning, see the notes there. _sharp_ Some ancient authorities insert "two-edged," from the parallel passage in ch. 1. _smite the nations... [ Continue Reading ]
_on his vesture and on his thigh_ i.e, probably, beginning on the lower part of the cloak, and continued where the thigh projected from it as He rode whether this continuation was on the bare flesh, or (as seems likelier) on the skirt of the tunic. _King of Kings and Lord of Lords_ Revelation 17:14... [ Continue Reading ]
_an angel_ Lit. ONE ANGEL. _in the sun_ Perhaps he is the Angel of the Sun (like the other elemental angels in Revelation 16:5 and perhaps Revelation 14:18): but the "one" makes this less likely. Probably he is stationed there only as a position commanding the "mid-heaven" (on this word See on Reve... [ Continue Reading ]
_captains_ Lit. CAPTAINS OF A THOUSAND; see on Revelation 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the beasts and the kings_ Their confederacy under his leadership has been already intimated, Revelation 16:14; Revelation 16:16; Revelation 17:12-14. The so-called battle of Armageddon, there foretold, is here described.... [ Continue Reading ]
_was taken_ Scarcely a strong enough word "was seized" or "overpowered." _the false prophet_ So called in Revelation 16:13: see Revelation 13:11 sqq. _miracles_ Should be "the signs" those described in Revelation 13:13 sqq. _were cast alive_&c. In Daniel 7:11 the Beast is slain and his body burnt... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the remnant were slain_ They are not, at least at once, consigned to the same eternal torment as their leaders: but see Revelation 14:10; Revelation 20:15. _with the sword of him_&c. None of His followers have need to bear part in the battle: indeed they seem to bear no arms, Revelation 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]