CHAPTER XIX. This chapter stands in the closest connection with the Chapter s preceding. We have seen the vials of judgment poured out upon the beast and the seat of the beast. We have heard the declaration that Babylon is fallen. We have been shown the judgment of the great whore that rode on the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now in the opening of the nineteenth chapter we have the rejoicing of heaven over the judgment of the harlot city. A great voice of much people in heaven says: "Alleluia; salvation, and glory, and honor and power, unto the Lord our God; for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verses four to six reiterate the praise of heaven. All the elders, and living ones (four beasts) and the mighty multitudes of heaven, shout with one voice, like the roar of the ocean and the roll of thunder, saying: "Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth." Yes, the Lord reigneth, let it be... [ Continue Reading ]
In verses seven to nine we have something said about the marriage of the Lamb. But there is no marriage scene shown us either by vision or description. The things particularly stressed in this passage are the apparel of the bride, and the blessedness of those called. The bride of Christ in Scriptur... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse eleven opens a new scene, but not an entirely new subject. John sees in heaven the vision of a white horse, the rider was called Faithful and True, his eyes a flame of fire, on his head many crowns, his vesture dipped in blood and his name is called "The Word of God." Out of his mouth goeth a... [ Continue Reading ]
And now for the clash of the armies, verses 19, 20. "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." The twentieth verse adds the false prophet also as one engaged in that battle. Now it is of t... [ Continue Reading ]