16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,
A. The 24 elders have seen and endured so much.
B. Now, it is time to rejoice. They worshipped God.
Verse Revelation 11:16. _THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS_] The representatives of the universal Church of Christ. See on Revelation 5:8....
AND THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS WHICH SAT ... - See the notes on Revelation 4:4. FELL UPON THEIR FACES, AND WORSHIPPED GOD - Prostrated themselves before him - the usual form of profound adoration. Se...
CHAPTER 11:1-18 Revelation 11:1 . We see at once how Jewish things come now into view. To apply these verses to the Church and make the temple the Church is absolutely wrong. The temple and the altar...
THE SEVENTH TRUMPET AND THE THIRD WOE. The story which was broken off at Revelation 9:21 is now resumed. The seventh trumpet heralds the approach of the Kingdom of Christ. Revelation 11:15. great voic...
"And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks,. Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;...
ANTICHRIST (Revelation 11:1-19) In the passages of the Revelation which we are now about to approach we will on many occasions meet the figure of Antichrist. This figure has exercised a strange fasci...
SAT. sit. ON. App-104. SEATS. thrones. FELL, &C. See Revelation 4:10....
_which sat before God_&c. Read, WHICH ARE BEFORE GOD, WHO SIT UPON THEIR THRONES....
Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
ΟἹ ἘΝΏΠΙΟΝ. Lach[383] omits οἱ with AB2 1. [383] Lachmann’s larger edition. ΟἻ ΚΆΘΗΝΤΑΙ. Lach[384] and Text. Rec[385] read καθήμενοι with Revelation 1; and Cyp[386] enlarged text, _in conspectu Dei...
_THE SEVENTH TRUMPET IS SOUNDED REVELATION 11:14-19:_ The seventh trumpet (third woe trumpet) pronounced final judgment on Rome. This section brings us to the end of the world and to the eternal peace...
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DISCOURSE: 2512 THE REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH Revelation 11:15. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our L...
THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED, &C.— At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the _third woe_ commences; which is rather implied than expressed, as it will be described more fully hereafter. The third woe b...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XI THE MEASUREMENT OF THE TEMPLE _Text (Revelation 11:1-18)_ 1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and th...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 34 Text Revelation 11:15-19 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of...
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, BEFORE GOD. So A C, Vulgate, Coptic; B, Syriac, read, 'before the throne of God.' S...
__ Throne Section-The Two Witnesses 4 The two olive trees remind us of Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel (Zech. 3-4), who witnessed for Jehovah in a former apostasy. The ministry of the two witn...
11:16 sit (e-6) Or 'who sat.' It is characteristic, without reference to time, save as he had seen them (ch. 4.4); 'the sitters on thrones.' I put only 'sit,' because the scene is present, though the...
THE TWO WITNESSES. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET 1-14. Second episode. There is much difference of opinion as to the meaning of this vision. Perhaps the key may be found in the parallelism of the book. There we...
SEATS] RV 'thrones.'...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 JOHN MEASURES THE *TEMPLE - REVELATION 11:1-2 V1 An *angel gave me a stick that was like a pole. He said, ‘Go. You must measure...
AND THE FOUR... — Translate, _And the four-and-twenty elders, who before God were seated upon their thrones_ (not “seats”), _fell upon their faces, and worshipped God._ The four-and-twenty elders repr...
CHAPTER VIII. SECOND CONSOLATORY VISION AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. Revelation 11:1. FROM the first consolatory vision we proceed to the second: - "And there was given unto me a reed like unto a rod:...
“HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER” Revelation 11:14; Revelation 12:1 The kingdom is even now Christ's, but it is hidden, even as He is. One day it will be manifested. For a long time David was the an...
John is called on to measure the temple. In such measurements the court of the Gentiles is not to be recognized. It shows God dealing with the world through His chosen people. The account of the two w...
The 24 elders join in the worship of Christ as the Almighty one who has reigned....
(29) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, (29) As before in (Revelation 7:11). This giving of thanks is altogether of the sa...
(15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and eve...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Rewards of Service I. INTRODUCTION A. This morning's service will be somewhat unique! 1. We are going to start where we left off last week in Revelation 12:15 and finish the chapter, but then w...
We are here at once in the centre of prophetic subjects Jerusalem, the temple, the altar, and worshipers. The worshipers and the altar are recognised and accepted of God those worshiping in the secret...
AND THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS,.... The same with those in Revelation 4:4; WHICH SAT BEFORE GOD ON THEIR SEATS; as they are also there described; and which may be expressive of their enjoyment of the...
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Ver. 16. _And the four and twenty elders_] _See Trapp on "_ Rev 4:9 _"_...
_And the seventh angel sounded_, &c. With the sounding of this angel, _the third wo_ commences, which is rather implied than expressed, as it will be described more fully hereafter. _The third wo_ bro...
AND THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS WHICH SAT BEFORE GOD ON THEIR SEATS FELL UPON THEIR FACES AND WORSHIPED GOD,...
The sounding of the seventh trumpet:...
We have seen under the sixth trumpet the desolating invasion of Israel by the King of the North, which takes place because of Israel's idolatrous image of the Beast set up in the temple at the middle...
14-19 Before the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet, there is the usual demand of attention. The saints and angels in heaven know the right of our God and Saviour to rule over all the world. Bu...
I take this to signify no more than the triumph of the saints and angels in heaven upon this victory of the Lord over antichrist, and the promoting of Christ's kingdom; and certainly if there be joy i...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI he will sit down on the four-and-twenty thrones,[191] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews And the nations were angry, and Thy wra...
Revelation 11:16 And G2532 twenty-four G1501 G2532 G5064 elders G4245 who G3588 sat G2521 (G5740) before...
‘And the twenty four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, “We give thanks Oh Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken yo...
Revelation 11:16. The voices in heaven are now answered by the twenty-four Elders, the representatives of the redeemed Church on earth. Enraptured with the prospect before them, these FELL UPON THEIR...
THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS (ο εικοσ τεσσαρες πρεσβυτερο). They follow the living creatures (verse Revelation 11:15, if correctly interpreted) in their adoration, as in Revelation 4:9. Though seated...
CONTENTS: Times of the Gentiles to end in a period of forty-two months. Two heavenly witnesses will prophecy on the earth. The seventh trumpet judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Christ, John, tw...
Revelation 11:1. _There was given me a reed like unto a rod to measure the temple of God,_ the new-testament church. The prophet of old had a similar vision, and all the prophets spake of the enlargem...
THEN THE SEVENTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET. This _introduces_ the End of the World and the Final Judgment, _but does not describe it_! The loud voices in heaven announce: "The power to rule over the worl...
_The four-and-twenty elders … fell upon their faces and worshipped God._ THE HEAVENLY LIFE I. It is a life of worship. 1. The persons who are worshipping are described as twenty-four elders. They a...
_Rise, and measure the temple of God._ THE LIVING TEMPLE OF CHRIST’S CHURCH AND THE TWO WITNESSES OF THE WORD WRITTEN AND THE SACRAMENTS The temple and altar, and them that worshipped therein, were c...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 11:15 THE SEVENTH ANGEL BLEW HIS TRUMPET. Many believe this trumpet signals Christ’s second coming. HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS CHRIST. The elders celeb...
And the seventh angel sounded. Whether the last crash of judgment on the doomed city fell at the sounding of this seventh trumpet or fell with the last woe of the sixth trumpet, is not of much importa...
THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND ITS TEMPLE _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE paragraph, Revelation 11:1, gives the contents of the “little book,” which are in part joyful and in part bitter. The marking...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 11:1 AND THERE WAS GIVEN ME A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD. We are not told by whom the _reed _is given, but in Revelation 21:1. the angel has the reed, and so also in...
_15 AND THE SEVENTH ANGEL SOUNDED; AND THERE WERE GREAT VOICES IN HEAVEN, SAYING, THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD ARE BECOME THE KINGDOMS OF OUR LORD, AND OF HIS CHRIST; AND HE SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EV...
So there was given unto me a reed like unto a rod (Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:1): That is a measuring stick about the length of a rod. and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple o...
Revelation 19:4; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 5:14;...
THE TWO WITNESSES Revelation 10:1 _and Revelation 11:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the study of the eleventh chapter of Revelation we wish to say a word about the tenth chapter. 1...
And the four and twenty elders — These shall reign over the earth, Revelation 5:10. Who sit before God on their thrones — which we do not read of any angel....
This chapter concludes with. doxolgy and solemn thanksgiving in heaven, for the victory which Christ obtained over antichrist here on earth, that is, for the begun victory over him. Here observe, 1....