Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: FROM - `out of.' VOICE OF MANY WATERS. As is the voice of Himself (), such also is the voice of His people. I HEARD THE VOICE OF HARPERS. 'Aleph (') A B C, Origen, read, 'the voice which I heard (was) as of harpers.'...

1-5 Mount Sion is the gospel church. Christ is with his church, and in the midst of her in all her troubles, therefore she is not consumed. His presence secures perseverance. His people appear honourably. They have the name of God written in their foreheads; they make a bold and open profession of their faith in God and Christ, and this is followed by suitable actings. There were persons in the darkest times, who ventured and laid down their lives for the worship and truth of the gospel of Christ. They kept themselves clean from the wicked abominations of the followers of antichrist. Their hearts were right with God; and they were freely pardoned in Christ; he is glorified in them, and they in him. May it be our prayer, our endeavour, our ambition, to be found in this honourable company. Those who are really sanctified and justified are meant here, for no hypocrite, however plausible, ca...

Verse Revelation 14:2. _THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS_] That is, of multitudes of various nations. _THE VOICE OF HARPERS_] Though the sounds were many and apparently confused, yet both _harmony_ and _melody_ were preserved....

AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN - Showing that the scene is laid in heaven, but that John in the vision was on the earth. AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS - As the sound of the ocean, or of a mighty cataract. That is, it was so loud that it could be heard from heaven to earth. No comparison could express this more sublimely than to say that it was like the roar of the ocean. AS THE VOICE OF A GREAT THUNDER - As the loud sound of thunder. AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF HARPERS - In heaven: the song of redemption accompanied with strains of sweet instrumental music. For a description of the harp, see the notes on Isaiah 5:12. HARPING WITH THEIR HARPS - Playing on their harps. This image gives new beauty t

EXPOSITION REVELATION 14:1 AND I LOOKED; _and I saw, _indicating a fresh phase of the vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). Having described (Revelation 12:1. and 13.) the trinity of enemies with which Christ and his people contend, the vision now passes on to depict the blessedness in store for the faithful Christian, and, on the other hand, the final fate of the dragon and his adherents. We are thus once more led to the final judgment. And just as in the former vision, after the assurance of the salvation of the faithful (Revelation 7:1.), came the denuncia

AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN,.... The same with the voices heard in heaven upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Revelation 11:15; AS THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS; very loud, and uttered by a great multitude of people, signified by waters in this book, Revelation 17:15; the same with those that praise the Lord for the destruction of antichrist, and for the marriage of the Lamb, Revelation 19:1; AND AS THE VOICE OF A GREAT THUNDER; to which the Gospel may be compared for its open, loud publication, being heard far and near, as thunder is: AND I HEARD THE VOICE OF HARPERS, HARPING WITH THEIR HARPS; that is, singing the praises of

Revelation 14:1. _And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb_ John always writes of Jesus as the «Lamb.» His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always «the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world» by the shedding of his blood. «I looked, and, lo, a Lamb» Revelation 14:1. _Stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. The Revised Version has it, «having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.» Now they are known to be the Lord's; on earth that fact was questioned, but his name is written on their foreheads now. Sometimes they themselves had to question it, but now it is apparent to all, the distinguishing mark is stamped upon their brow:_ «havi

CHAPTER 14 Grace ancient _ 1. The Lamb and the 144,000 (Revelation 14:1)_ 2. The everlasting gospel (Revelation 14:6) 3. Fall of Babylon anticipated (Revelation 14:8) 4. Wrath for the worshippers of the beast (Revelation 14:9) 5. The blessed dead (Revelation 14:12) 6. The harvest and the vintage (Revelation 14:14)...

REVELATION 14:1. After the horror and tragedy of the last two Chapter s, we have another pause in the movement of the drama, a new vision of heaven and the bliss of the redeemed. REVELATION 14:1. THE LAMB: this chapter recalls the vision in ch. 5 (_cf._ Revelation 5:6). MOUNT ZION: Zion is the Christian Acropolis, but whether the reference here is to the earthly or heavenly Zion cannot be determined. For the 144, 000, _cf. Revelation 7:4_, where possibly the number covers only Jewish Christians. Here there is no suggestion of any such limitation, for in...

The reader has learned that the thirteenth chapter is devoted to. description of two mighty powers of wickedness which, hand in hand, have waged war upon the Church of Christ. It is. gloomy picture, well calculated to fill the saints with fearful foreboding.. persecuted, suffering Church, beholding these mighty enemies, their terrible work, these fearful struggles of the future, these triumphs of the wicked, might almost be led to despair of the final victory of the Redeemer's cause. Hence, for the encouragement of the saints, their eyes are turned, in the fourteenth chapter, upon. brighter vision. The dark clouds are lifted off the future, and they are enabled to look beyond and to see the glorious fruition of all the tears and sorrow, the struggles and trials of the Church. The vision of this chapter cheers the saints and encourages them to press on in the hour of darkness, by leading...