Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Revelation 20:12
the dead. Those of Revelation 20:5. See App-139.
small, &c. Read "the great and the small".
stand. standing.
God. The texts read "the throne".
the. Omit.
life. App-170.
judged. App-122.
those. the.
the dead. Those of Revelation 20:5. See App-139.
small, &c. Read "the great and the small".
stand. standing.
God. The texts read "the throne".
the. Omit.
life. App-170.
judged. App-122.
those. the.
Verse Revelation 20:12. _THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT_] All ranks, degrees, and conditions of men. This description seems to refer to Daniel 7:9. _AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED_] See Daniel 12:1. "Rab.
AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT - All the dead - for this language would express that - the whole race being composed of the “small and great.” Thus, in other language, the same idea might be expr...
CHAPTER S 20:7-22:5 After the Thousand Years and the New Jerusalem _ 1. Satan's last revolt (Revelation 20:7)_ 2. The great white throne (Revelation 20:11) 3. The eternal state (Rev
THE GENERAL RESURRECTION. Revelation 20:11. great white throne: in contrast to the thrones of Revelation 20:4. In the final judgment there is but one throne, since there is but one judge (Swete); whit...
THE THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST AND THE SAINTS (Revelation 20:1-15) Since the great importance of this chapter is that it is what might be called the foundation document of Millennarianism or Chili...
_small and great_ Read THE GREAT AND THE SMALL. The sense, as in Revelation 19:5, is probably to indicate the nothingness of human distinctions before God. Those who are "great in the Kingdom of Heave...
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THE GREAT WHITE THRONE, THE GENERAL RESURRECTION, THE JUDGEMENT ON ALL THE DEAD AND ON DEATH AND HELL...
_SINNERS FACE THEIR DESTINY REVELATION 20:11-15:_ These few verses provide a brief glimpse into the final state of the wicked. They will stand before the throne of God to be judged by the things writt...
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DISCOURSE: 2528 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT Revelation 20:11. I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And...
I SAW A GREAT WHITE THRONE, &C.— _Great,_ to shew the largeness and extent; _white,_ to shew the justice and equity of the judgment; and _one siting on it,_ that is, the Son of God; for _the Father ha...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER XX THE THOUSAND YEARS _Text (Revelation 20:1-15)_ INTRODUCTION 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his ha...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 68 Text Revelation 20:11-15 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place fo...
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writt...
__ Temple Section-The Former Resurrection 4 Those who have suffered death for their loyalty during the great persecutions of the end time are especially included in the former resurrection. This is...
SATAN CONQUERED. THE LAST JUDGMENT In this chapter the visions of the overthrow of Christ's enemies are continued. The devil is bound for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1); the martyrs reign with Christ f...
THE BOOKS] RV 'books': cp. Daniel 7:10. WORKS] cp. Matthew 16:27; Romans 2:6. 13, 14. HELL] RV 'Hades.'...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 20 THE RULE OF CHRIST - REVELATION 20:1-15 THE *ANGEL BINDS *SATAN - REVELATION 20:1-3...
AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT... — Or rather, _And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before_ (not “God,” as in text, but) _the throne, and books_ (or, _rolls_)_ were opened; and...
CHAPTER XVI. JUDGMENT OF SATAN AND OF THE WICKED. Revelation 20:1. IN now approaching chap. 20, with its yet unsolved difficulties of interpretation, it is of essential importance to observe, in the...
The books opened in God's court contain the deeds of men, whose fate is determined by the evidence of these “vouchers for the book of life” (Alford); the latter volume forms as it were a register of t...
The moral dignity and reticence with which this sublime vision of the last assize is drawn, show how the primitive Christian conscience could rise above its inheritance from Jewish eschatology. The la...
BEFORE THE GREAT WHITE THRONE Revelation 20:7 Gog and Magog take us back to Genesis 10:2; see also Ezekiel 38:1; Ezekiel 39:1
Victory having been gained over the earthly manifestation of godlessness, it remains to deal with the power lying behind. The archenemy is described as "the dragon," "the old serpent," "the devil," an...
All of the dead will be raised in the same hour. (John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15) There willnot be multiple judgments, as some have suggested. Instead, all people of every generation will be judged in one g...
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before (22) God; and the (23) books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] (24) of life: and the dead were judged out of those things...
(11) And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (12) And I saw the dead, small and great, stand...
It is necessary that we should all bear in mind, if we have not observed it before, that Revelation 17:1-18 does not pursue the chronological course of the prophecy. It is a description, and not one o...
_THE JUDGMENT_ ‘And I saw a great white throne.… And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God … judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.’ Revela...
A Thousand Years I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we saw the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS victorious at the battle of Armageddon! 1. All those that opposed the lord and His saints were killed and a...
We now come, evil power having been set aside, to the exercise of judicial authority in peace; and this is conferred on the saints. The prophet does not merely see the thrones as set in Daniel 7., but...
AND I SAW THE DEAD,.... An account being given of the Judge, next the persons to be judged are described, and in this clause, by the state and condition in which they had been; for it cannot be though...
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is _the book_ of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writ...
_And I saw the dead, small and great_ Of every age and condition, rank and degree; as well those who perished at sea, and were buried in the waters, as those who died on land, and were buried in grave...
AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STAND BEFORE GOD; AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED; AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE; AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE WRITTE...
The last judgment:...
SATAN BOUND FOR 1000 YEARS Though the Beast and the False Prophet have been (inRevelation 19:1) consigned to the Lake of Fire, the wicked spirit Satan who influenced them is not immediately sent there...
_ 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the...
11-15 After the events just foretold, the end will speedily come; and there is no mention of any thing else, before the appearing of Christ to judge the world. This will be the great day: the Judge,...
The former verses gave us an account of Christ, the great Judge of the quick and the dead in the last day; the Lord Jesus Christ sat upon a throne of glory, about to execute his last holy and righteou...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Moreover," he says, "the book of life was opened, and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works; and death and...
Revelation 20:12 And G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) dead G3498 small G3398 and G2532 great G3173 standing G2476 ...
The vision before us contains an account of the last judgment, and it will be well to examine it before endeavouring to determine more particularly the meaning of the thousand years spoken of in the f...
Revelation 20:12. AND I SAW THE DEAD, THE GREAT AND THE SMALL, STANDING BEFORE THE THRONE, AND BOOKS WERE OPENED. Is this a general judgment? Such is the view generally, though not always, taken. All...
THE DEAD, THE GREAT AND THE SMALL (τους νεκρους τους μεγαλους κα τους μικρους). The general resurrection of verse Revelation 20:13 is pictured by anticipation as already over. No living are mentione...
JUDGED The final judgment. The subjects are the "dead." As the redeemed were raised from among the dead one thousand years before (Revelation 20:5) and have been in glory with Christ during that peri...
Revelation 20:12 Standing before God. I. What is meant by standing before God? We are apt to picture to ourselves a great dramatic scene, host beyond host, rank behind rank, the millions who have liv...
Revelation 20:11 _And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them._ Driven, like chaff before the win...
CONTENTS: Satan bound for the Kingdom age. The first resurrection. Satan loosed at the end of the millenium, and his final doom. Judgment of the great White Throne. CONCLUSION: When the Tribulation da...
Revelation 20:1. _I saw an angel come down from heaven,_ the high sheriff, as it were, with a divine commission, probably the same angel who had descended with glory like a morning star, and unlocked...
AND I SAW THE DEAD. This is the raising of all the dead, both soul (spirit) and body. See John 5:28-29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 1:7. The apostles stressed the resurrection of the complete man (_see_...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 20:11 All the dead will be raised from the grave and the sea, to be judged either by their _deeds_ recorded in “the books” (v. Revelation 20:12) or
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 20:12 THE DEAD, GREAT AND SMALL include God’s saints (Revelation 11:18;...
And now the chapter closes with the scene of the final and general judgment. "And I saw a great white throne and him that sat upon it from whose face the earth and heaven fled away." Then follows a de...
THE THOUSAND YEARS _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ EMINENT expositors, ancient and modern, regard the opening of this chapter as referring to an early period in the history of the Church, but there a...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 20:1 AND I SAW AN ANGEL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN; _coming down out of heaven. _The usual mode of introducing a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1, etc.). On account of...
_12 AND I SAW THE DEAD, SMALL AND GREAT, STAND BEFORE GOD; AND THE BOOKS WERE OPENED: AND ANOTHER BOOK WAS OPENED, WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE: AND THE DEAD WERE JUDGED OUT OF THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE W...
I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand (Revelation 20:1). Now, earlier under the fifth trumpet there was a fallen angel that had the k...
1 Corinthians 15:21; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:10;...
Before God. Read qronou throne for Qeou God. So Rev., before the throne. The books [β ι β λ ι α]. No article. Read books. Compare Daniel 7:10. Book of life. See on ch. Revelation 3:5....
THE FIRST AND LAST RESURRECTIONS Revelation 20:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Perhaps we had better take up briefly the various judgments as preparatory for the study of the first and last resurrections. The...
And I saw the dead, great and small — Of every age and condition. This includes, also, those who undergo a change equivalent to death, 1 Corinthians 15:51. And the books — Human judges have their book...