Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. NOW. Now that Satan is cast out of heaven. Primarily at Jesus' resurrection and ascension: Jesus' rise is Satan's fall. Matthew 28:18, "All power [ exousia (G1849), 'authority,' as here] is given unto me in heaven and in earth:" connected with Revelation 12:5, "her child was caught up unto God and to His throne." In the ulterior sense, just before Christ's coming, when Israel shall be restored as mother-church of Christendom, Satan, who resisted her...

7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. The parties were Christ, the great Angel of the covenant, and his faithful followers; and Satan and his instruments. The strength of the church is in having the Lord Jesus for the Captain of their salvation. Pagan idolatry, which was the worship of devils, was cast out of the empire by the spreading of Christianity. The salvation and strength of the church, are only to be ascribed to the King and Head of the church. The conquered enemy hates the presence of God, yet he is willing to appear there, to accuse the people of God. Let us take heed that we give him no cause to accuse us; and that, when we have sinned, we go before the Lord, condemn ourselves, and commit our cause to Christ as our Adv...

Verse Revelation 12:10. _THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN_] There is scarcely any thing more common in the rabbinical writings than _Satan as the_ _accuser of the Israelites_. And the very same word κατηγορος, _accuser_, or, as it is in the _Codex Alexandrinus_, κατηγωρ, is used by them in Hebrew letters, קטיגור katigor; e. gr., _Pirkey_ _Eliezer_, c. 46, speaking of the day of expiation; "And the holy blessed God hears their testimony _from their accuser_, הקטיגור מן min hakkatigor; and expiates the altar, the priests, and the whole multitude, from the greatest to the least." In _Shemoth Rabba_, sec. 31, fol. 129, 2, are these words; "If a man observes the precepts, and is a son of the law, and lives a holy life, then _Satan stands and accuses him_." "_Every day_, except the day of expiation Sata

AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE SAYING IN HEAVEN - The great enemy was expelled; the cause of God and truth was triumphant; and the conquering hosts united in celebrating the victory. This representation of a song, consequent on victory, is in accordance with the usual representations in the Bible. See the song of Moses at the Red Sea, Exodus 15; the song of Deborah, Judges 5; the song of David when the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, 2 Samuel 22; and Isa 12:25. On no occasion could such a song be more appropriate than on the complete routing and discomfiture of Satan and his rebellious hosts. Viewed in reference to the time here symbolized, this would relate to the

EXPOSITION This chapter commences another series of revelations. Again St. John returns to the beginning, and traces the spiritual history of the Church and the Christian in their warfare with Satan. But the visions which now follow are somewhat different in character from those already related, inasmuch as the conflict is now described rather as between the powers of heaven and hell than between the individual Christian and his oppressors. As with the other visions, so here, the recital seems calculated to support the suffering Christian in his trials, since the overthrow of the powers of darkness is foretold; and the whole series culminates in an account of the final abasement of the devil, and the exaltation of the Church and the bliss of heaven. The following analysis will help to make clear the relation of the several parts of the vision. I. THE ORIGIN OF THE...

AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE SAYING IN HEAVEN,.... Which was a song of praise on account of the victory obtained by Michael and his angels over the dragon and his, or for the overthrow and downfall of Paganism in the Roman empire; for by "heaven" is meant the empire, now become Christian, or the Christian church state in it; and the "loud voice" heard in it by John shows that there was a great number in it, who rejoiced on this occasion, and that they were full of affection and fervency, and therefore expressed themselves in such manner, and in form following: NOW IS COME SALVATION AND STRENGTH, AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD, AND THE POWER OF HIS CHRIST; "salvation" was come when Christ obtained it by his sufferings and death, and comes to particular persons in the effectual calling, and it will only be fully come when it is perfectly enjoyed in heaven: but here it designs a deliverance from S...

Revelation 12:1. _And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:_ This is that woman of whom the promise runs, «The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head.» John saw this in a vision in the heavenly places; he saw the Church of God, enthroned, made glorious, clothed with the sun, having the brightness of divine light about her, with all that is variable, changeable as «the moon under her feet, and upon her head the crown «that her Lord had given, her « twelve patriarchs, twelve prophets, twelve apostles, a complete number of glorious lights kindled from heaven. Revelation 12:2. _And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered._

KINGDOM OF OUR GOD The Dispensation of the Kingdom (2 Samuel 7:16) refs.) begins with the return of Christ to the earth, runs through the "thousand years" of His earth-rule, and ends when He has delivered up the kingdom to the Father. (_ See Scofield) - (1 Corinthians 15:24). _ SALVATION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...

REVELATION 12:10 kath,gwr Codex Alexandrinus reads kath,gwr, a hapax legomenon in the New Testament, whereas all other witnesses (including î47 a C P 046) read the more usual Greek word kath,goroj. A majority of the Committee preferred kath,gwr, which, it was judged, was more likely to be altered to kath,goroj than vice versa. A minority of the Committee, while acknowledging that for the book of Revelation codex Alexandrinus is a remarkably good witness, preferred kath,goroj, agreeing with Tasker that in the present instance “it may well be that the fifth-century scribe of A is [merely] reflecting the usa...

REVELATION 12. THE VISION OF THE WOMAN, THE CHILD, AND THE DRAGON. This chapter has always presented difficulties to the student of Revelation. Two questions present themselves: (_a)_ What is the connexion of this chapter with the previous part of the book? (_b_) What interpretation did the writer intend his readers to put upon the vision? The first question has been answered in many ways. Some scholars regard this passage as a fresh interlude, and think that it is unconnected with the main movement of the drama. It is often explained as a fragment of a Jewish Apocalypse which the writer determined to utilise, though he failed altogether to weave it into the thread of the argument. The most probable explanation is as follows. The theme of the second part of the Apocalypse is the struggle against Antichrist, and this chapter forms the introduction. Antichrist is first introduced almost in...