And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb (1) stood on the mount Sion, and with him (2) an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's (3) name written in their foreheads. (1) The history of the Church of Christ being finished for more than a 1300 years at which time Boniface the eighth lived as has... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And I saw (5) another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, (4) The other part (as I said in the first verse) See Revelation 14:1 is of the acts of the Lamb, the manne... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (6) That is, Babylon is destroyed by the sentence and judgment of God: the execution of which John describes in... [ Continue Reading ]
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the (a) wrath of her fornication. (a) Of her fornication, by which God was provoked to wrath.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, (7) If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, (7) That is, will not worship God alone, but will transfer his divine honour to this beast, whether he do it with his heart, or counter... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (8) The patience, sanctification and justification by faith: the results of which are rest, happiness and eternal glory in the heavenly fellowship of God and his angels.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die (b) in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their (c) works do follow them. (b) That is, for the Lord. (c) By works, is meant the reward which follows good... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And I looked, and behold a (10) white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, (11) having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a (12) sharp sickle. (9) The second part of this chapter as I said See Revelation 14:1, of the actions of Christ in overthrowing Antichrist... [ Continue Reading ]
(13) And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. (13) Christ gives a commandment in this verse, and the angel executes it in (Revelation... [ Continue Reading ]
(14) And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. (14) The other type (as I said in) See Revelation 14:14 is the vintage: the manner of which is the same as that which went before, except for this, that the grape gathering is more exact in seeking out... [ Continue Reading ]
And the winepress was trodden without the city, (15) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs. (15) That is, overflowed very deep, and very far and wide: the speech is exaggeration to signify the greatness of the slaught... [ Continue Reading ]