Revelation 13:1
I STOOD] RV 'he stood.' SAW] RV 'I saw.' CROWNS] RV 'diadems,' i.e. kingly crowns. THE NAME] RV 'names,'... [ Continue Reading ]
I STOOD] RV 'he stood.' SAW] RV 'I saw.' CROWNS] RV 'diadems,' i.e. kingly crowns. THE NAME] RV 'names,'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWO BEASTS Personification of the two powers inspired by the devil to persecute the Church. 1-10. The dragon stands by the sea (i.e. the Ægean Sea), from which there rises to meet him a 'beast,' i.e. something inhuman: signifying the Roman empire, which came to the Province of Asia, in which we... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH GAVE POWER] RV 'because he gave his authority.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY _and_ TWO MONTHS] see on Revelation 11:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEM, etc.] RV 'even them.' Christians are themselves God's 'tabernacle,' because He is 'in the midst of' them: cp. Revelation 21:3. DWELL] Gk. 'tabernacle.' IN HEAVEN] Christians are here said to dwell in heaven, because they belong to the kingdom of heaven on earth and because in Christ they... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL KINDREDS, etc.] The Roman empire was world-wide.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOK OF LIFE] see on Revelation 3:5. FROM THE FOUNDATION, etc.] i.e. in God's eternal counsel: cp. 1 Peter 1:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth' (i.e. his captivity is by God's will): 'if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed,' i.e. Christians are not to fight against the persecutors, but are to submit to God's will: cp. Matthew 26:52. A second beast is s... [ Continue Reading ]
WONDERS] RV 'signs': cp. Revelation 12:1. FIRE] The false prophet is a travesty of Elijah: cp. 1 Kings 18:38; 2 Kings 1:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIRACLES] RV 'signs.'... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE] RV 'breath,' i.e. apparently; perhaps by ventriloquism.... [ Continue Reading ]
HERE IS WISDOM] i.e. wisdom is needed to interpret that which follows: cp. Revelation 17:9.... [ Continue Reading ]