Revelation 14:9

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, A B C, Andreas read, 'another, a third angel.' Compare Revelation 13:15....

6-13 The progress of the Reformation appears to be here set forth. The four proclamations are plain in their meaning; that all Christians may be encouraged, in the time of trial, to be faithful to their Lord. The gospel is the great means whereby men are brought to fear God, and to give glory to him. The preaching of the everlasting gospel shakes the foundations of antichrist in the world, and hastens its downfal. If any persist in being subject to the beast, and in promoting his cause, they must expect to be for ever miserable in soul and body. The believer is to venture or suffer any thing in obeying the commandments of God, and professing the faith of Jesus. May God bestow this patience upon us. Observe the description of those that are and shall be blessed: such as die in the Lord; die in the cause of Christ, in a state of union with Christ; such as are found in Christ when death co...

Verse Revelation 14:9. _AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED_] Bishop Bale considers these three angels as three descriptions of preachers, who should bear their testimony against the corruptions of the _papal Church_. _THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE_] See the notes on Revelation 13:1. _MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD_] Such as the _sectarial marks_ of the idolatrous Hindoos, as has been observed before....

AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM - This was a new vision designed to represent the removal of all the obstructions to the final prevalence of the gospel. We are not necessarily to suppose that this event would succeed those mentioned before in the order of time, though this would be the natural construction. The design of this is to show that the worshippers of the beast and his image would be certainly and finally destroyed. SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE - Making a loud proclamation. Revelation 14:7. IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE - See the notes on Revelation 13:4, Revelation 13:8,

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 THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM,.... The two preceding ones, and that very quickly; by whom is meant not Luther, and his associates in the Reformation, as some think; nor his successors, or the ministers of the Gospel in general from his time till Christ's second coming, as others have thought; but a set of Gospel ministers in the spiritual reign of Christ: the first set of them publish the everlasting Gospel, which leads on to the ruin of antichrist; the second set proclaim the downfall of Rome, and this third set denounce the wrath of God upon all that have professed the Popish religion: SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE; as the first angel did, with like authority and vehemence, in order to strike terror, and express indignation: IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST AND HIS IMAGE; give in to the idolatries of the church of Rome, and embrace, maintain, and defend the Popish religion, which bears a...

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

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

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)...

THE VISION OF THE THREE ANGELS. Revelation 14:6. an eternal gospel: it is doubtful whether gospel is here used in its technical sense. It probably means a proclamation of good news. The proclamation here is one which urges men to fear and worship God in view of the coming judgment (_cf._ Mark 1:15). Revelation 14:8. Babylon: there can be no doubt that Babylon here means Rome. There are traces in other apocalyptic literature of the same usage of the word. FORNICATION: probably in a metaphorical sense to denote idolatry. Revelation 14:9. worshippeth the beast: a reference to Emperor-worshi