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This continuing belief is a witness to three things--to the unquenchable immortal longings in man's soul, to man's inherent sense of sin and to man's faith in God. "I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth" ( Psalms 89:27). All nations shall be gathered to Jerusalem, and shall recognize it as the throne of the Lord, and will no more stubbornly follow their evil heart ( Jeremiah 3:17). [ 2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. Again John is hearing the voice that the great prophets had heard, "I am the first, and I am the last; besides me there is no God" ( Isaiah 44:6). It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. God is the beginning and the end. 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its temple, and the Lamb. When the beast dares to fight with the Lamb He shall overcome the beast; and they that are with Him, "called and chosen and faithful" terms, as a whole, entirely inapplicable to the angels. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. John may simply have used the breast-plate as his model. I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. So, there are glorious things. "For God put [it] into their hearts to do his mind, and to do one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled." I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Sorcerers Persons who, by drugs, philtres, fumigations, c., pretend to produce supernatural effects, chiefly by spiritual agency. 8 She is permitted to wear the cleanest and whitest and finest of linens. (Fine linen represents the good deeds done by the people of God.) Babylon must hear, I do not doubt, the final testimony of God the gospel of the kingdom that is to go forth in the last days; but she loves her pleasure and power, and refuses truth. How can it be said that this vile, corrupt, idolatrous system of the last days was guilty of the blood of all martyrs? But there is one curious point. (John 5:24 compared with Romans 14:1-23 and 2 Corinthians 5:1-21.). "I will be his father," said God, "and he shall be my son" ( 2 Samuel 7:14). Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. We are going to inherit the whole new universe that God creates. Revelation 21 Greek interlinear, parsed and per word Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. What the symbolism of that would be it is impossible to tell, unless it is John's way of saying that the city of the gods is made new in the city of God. Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. All flesh will be silent before God ( Zechariah 2:13). There were names written on the 13 gates which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. And they said Alleluia a second time; and her smoke goeth up unto the ages of the ages." This it is precisely which will bring out the indignant judgment of God upon the last phase of Babylon, so that the guilt of all the blood shed on the earth shall be imputed to her, and she may be judged accordingly. Revelation 18:1-24 need not delay us long. It is very possible. This is probably a reference, primarily, to participants in the rites of paganism and the unmentionable perversions and debaucheries that attended them. WebRevelation 21:8 N-DNS GRK: NAS: with fire and brimstone, which KJV: and brimstone: which is INT: with fire and brimstone which is. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? Now again one of the seven angels. All peoples, nations and languages will serve the one who is like a son of man ( Daniel 7:14). Instead of. And when God does judge, it is not merely for the evil of those then judged, but of all from the first budding of it till that day. Directly he had sinned, the word of God came, and he was called. Here it is the city described in itself, on which we need not now enlarge. Strong's Greek: 1169. (deilos) -- cowardly, fearful SKENE ( G4633) --SHECHINAH (compare the Hebrew verb, shakan, to dwell, H7931) --the connection in sound brought it about that men could not hear the one without thinking of the other. , . The Spirit of God implies that it is decidedly not the righteousness here which is by another, and we thereby imputed righteous, but righteousnesses personal and actual. It is an evident contrast with the state supposed in the wheat-and-tare field of Christendom which is found at the end of the age. In one sense it would be an eighth, and in another sense it would be of the seven; the eighth perhaps because of its extraordinary resurrection character, yet one of the seven because it is outwardly old imperialism again. "Let him that heareth say, Come." But the fearful,. Not the timorous sheep and lambs of Christ, the dear children of God, who are sometimes of a fearful heart, on account of sin, temptation, and unbelief; but such who are of cowardly spirits, and are not valiant for the truth, but who, through fear of men, either make no profession of Christ and his Gospel, or having made it, drop it, lest they should be exposed to tribulation and persecution; these are they that are afraid of the beast, and live in servile bondage to him. Consequently they sat upon the thrones at once; while the two latter classes, described in the rest of the verse, were still in the separate state "and the souls." You can trust it. But, in point of fact, in giving the description of Babylon, the Holy Ghost enters even more into an account of her relations with the beast, the imperial power of which we saw not a little last night. Separate Line. "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." V. The truth and certainty of this blessed state are ratified by the word and promise of God, and ordered to be committed to writing, as matter of perpetual record, Revelation 21:5; Revelation 21:6. (ii) We must note the city's dimensions. That, too, had been the dream of the ancient prophets. Bad as pagan Rome was, it would be false to affirm that it ever had come out of the bottomless pit. Round the city is a great high wall. But there are those who are condemned. 7. 18 The building material of the wall was jasper, and the city was of pure gold like pure glass. It is no longer a question of sustaining His saints in grace, but of sovereign power for judging the earth. Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8). The ideal is a challenge, which, even if it is not worked out in this world, can still be worked out in the world to come. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. Its gates will never be shut by day, 26 for, as for night, there will be no night there. This is the second death." This is most important, because it might be (as it has been) forgotten by some who make the gospel and the corresponding presence of the Spirit to be the same at all times; as others have thought, because Revelation 4:1-11 and sequel treat of Jew and Gentile, and the state of the world under God's judgments, that this cannot be a testimony of Jesus at all. Webevery sinful man is so in the sight of God; but here it denotes such who are the worst of sinners, given up to sinning; who are abominable, and to every good work reprobate; who The day will come when the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day there will be one Lord ( Zechariah 14:9). "And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white, pure.". God will give all men a pure language in which they may with one consent call upon him ( Zephaniah 3:9). In the wall are twelve gates, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. On these I may say but a very few words. Indeed it must be so, because, as we read in the end of the last chapter, there the lost were cast. Again, that it supposes Rome after it had professed the name of Christ I think is not to be doubted, if only from the expression "mystery" attached to Babylon. Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein. Who does not see that this is precisely analogous to the verse which opened the description of Babylon? The fulness of it. Usually God is pictured as dwelling in heaven and people as dwelling on earth. Nothing more is to be done. It should not be "and which had not," but rather, "and those who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, neither had received his mark upon their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." As far as the display of government goes, it is according to God morally, and for His glory, though I deny not for a moment that there are elements of evil which are never allowed, but kept under if not expelled. The altar of the burnt offering, the altar of the incense, and the High Priest's breast-plate were all in the form of a cube ( Exodus 27:1; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 28:16). That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. On this evidence Griesbach has admitted it into the text. Revelation 21 Surely this stands for the catholicity of the Church. fashioned it in size of many furlongs, with a giant tower, touching the very clouds, and seen of all, so that all the. In the ancient world pearls were of all stones most valued. They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". Paul expressed the same thing when he said perhaps a little more philosophically: "For from him, and through him, and to him are all things" ( Romans 11:36), and when he spoke of "one God and Father of us all, who is above all, and through all, and in all" ( Ephesians 4:6). The sins of those who perish, among which are first mentioned their cowardliness and unbelief. While these sins do mark some believers who follow the dictates of their flesh (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21), they more generally identify the lost. The whole material universe following the natural laws with the protons repelling each other, and this whole material universe will go out of existence in a moment's time.And then God said, "Behold, I create all things new," Isaiah sixty-six. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. In the city of God these foundation stones were all precious stones. He remains in that condition of readiness from the time when He sat at God's right hand till the present. In as many things as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give to her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and I shall in no wise see sorrow.". There is no paradox in the message whatever. It is impossible to refer it to the past with any show even of reasonable probability, I will not say of reality or truth. It is not till modern times that we come on people who rejoice in being sea-faring. It is true that we find sayings like: "God created the Gentiles to be fuel for the fires of hell." "And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire." And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and those are the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. It sounds like a dream, doesn't it? The Bringer Of The Vision ( Revelation 21:9-10), The personality of the bringer of the vision of the heavenly Jerusalem must come as a surprise. There is a distinct contrast between the city John describes and the ancient Babylon, in that the latter was built on the plain of Shinar, while the former is expressly said to have seven heads, and these explained to mean seven mountains. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful ( Revelation 21:5 ). 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and honor him; for the time has come for the wedding banquet of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. How this precisely fits in, let me say, with the state of feeling in these modern times; for "constitutionalism," as men call it, is the fruit of the Teutonic system supervening on that of the broken up Roman empire. What a privilege and what a blessing. , , , 21:8 Greek NT: Nestle 1904, 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881, 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants], 21:8 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005, 21:8 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church, 21:8 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Edition, 21:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894, 21:8 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550. Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! A solemn, serious warning about people with these kinds lifestyle traits who will be eternally lost. Tears and grief and crying and pain are gone. "Behold I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book." "I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you," God said to Abraham, " to be God to you and your descendants" ( Genesis 17:7). It is not meant that he who was more honoured in service than any of the twelve, he whom the Lord used for bringing out the church of the heavenly places, will not have his own most singular dignity in this glorious scene. [20] William Barclay, The Revelation of John (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1976), p. 206. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Zechariah hears God say: "I will be to her a wall of fire round about" ( Zechariah 2:5). He saw their condition: it was part of the vision. WebThis lesson is a study of Revelation 21:1-8. It may be that John wishes us to see that the servant of God does not choose his task but must do whatever God sends him to do, and must speak whatever word God gives him to speak. You can believe it. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Again and again it has happened that an age of brilliance has been followed by an age of darkness. We have already come upon this claim by the risen Christ in Revelation 1:8. "The tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. They did not possess the compass; and, therefore, as far as possible, they coasted along the shores. There is at least the possibility that John was thinking of the city of God as the consummation of the old idea of the city of the Gods, but far outshining it. "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. This world is not now newly created, but newly opened, and filled with all those who were the heirs of it. His grace be with all! I go to prepare a place for you. All his life the merchantman would seek the pearl of great price and then count it worth selling all his possessions to buy it ( Matthew 13:46). And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years." Since the lake of fire still exists after the passing of the present heaven and earth, hell is probably not in the center of the present earth nor is it connected to this earth spacially. They need not fear the future, because God is always in control. It is therefore no wonder that both the Apostles speak of it as a real crime connected with murder and other works of the flesh, as well as with idolatry. Consequently Christianity, as being directly aggressive on the falsehood of heathenism, was of all things the most offensive to Rome. These are the martyrs of Revelation 6:1-17, those long since seen under the altar, poured out like burnt-offerings to God. The bride is in view. But whatever subsisted then, that which the Spirit here presents as a whole cannot be found realized at any point of time in the past. It is not the repentant sinner, but the defiant sinner, who is barred from the city of God. Greek , . In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. Part at least of that picture John got from Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 48:30-35). This fellowship with God in the golden age brings certain things. "I am Alpha and Omega," says God to John, "the beginning and the end." Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. It is an added digression for the purpose of describing an object already named passingly in the foregoing series, which closes at Revelation 21:8. 21:5-6 And he who is seated upon the throne said: "Behold, I make all things new." From the manner in which resurrection is referred to in scripture, does not God leave room for this? Everything that belongs to the body of Christ is unearthly and unworldly. . The angel implies nothing of the sort. What empire has existed, then sunk, and finally reappeared, with higher pretensions and power, only to perish horribly? See the notes on Mark 16:16. A stade is very nearly a furlong; therefore, each side was 1,500 miles long, and the total area of the city was 2,250,000 square miles. This is of immense moment doctrinally, because it decisively proves that it is altogether unfounded to assume, as is popularly done, that the Lord only returns at this juncture. The fearful Who are the fearful, if not all men? It will be remembered that it was said to them that they must wait. In describing the state of things as it will be in eternity, John has to use the language of this world, for he has no other. Those condemned are those who are afraid to do their duty, not those who do it, though timidly and in spite of the fears of nature: still less those who do it with fear and trembling in St Pauls sense. This is known so well, and on such decided grounds, that it would be unbecoming to withhold the fact. But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.". And unbelieving Unbelief is a gross, unpardonable sin, unless repented of. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Reference-Verse. They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. These gates could stand for the way into the holy city of those who have come to Christ through their emotions, whose love ran over at the sight of the cross. Let us bear this in mind. It is often said that the Jews looked for nothing but the destruction of the Gentiles. God will save all Israel and all the Gentiles (Testament of Asher 7:3). WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:1-13. And he said to me: "It is done. Blessed art thou, O Lord, the builder of. [Note: See Peterson, "Does the . They were judged every man according to their works. That which we highly prize and value that men will lie for, kill for and steal for will have no value up there. Bear this in mind: to leave the last part out is fatal to any accurate understanding of the Revelation. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. All this is possible because the effects of sin in the previous order have now been removed (21:1-4).This promise of a new life encourages persecuted believers. (ii) John, like the ancient prophets, repeatedly speaks of the Gentiles and their kings bringing their gifts to God. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. God has not told us how, nor is it our business. The Sinai MS. has both. So, there will be limited access.Now, perhaps God is going to create another new order upon the earth, the new earth. There is a repelling force of positive charges, tremendously powerful repelling force.The atom bomb illustrates to us the true nature of an atom. Are we then to understand that the elders and the living creatures are together taken absolutely as the bride now? In eternity, where there is no death to deliver a person from the , . "And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. I admit that there may be something more in the symbol than the literal hills of Rome, because they are said to be also seven kings. New Testament, Vol. In short, no testimony can avail, no work, power, or glory without the word of God applied by the Spirit of God. see notes at Revelation 9:17; and Revelation 14:10; and Revelation 19:20; and Revelation 20:10. which is the second death . WebREVELATION 21 Parallel KJVand Greek Bible (New Testament) 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was It is in this way that Ezekiel also describes his experience. But most important of all, in Solomon's temple the Holy of Holies was a perfect cube ( 1 Kings 6:20). "Come ye blessed of the Father inherit," Jesus said, "the things that were prepared for you from the foundations of the earth"( Matthew 25:34 ). To bad surfers, but I am sure God will have something quite superior. Revelation 21:8 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary For I am not aware that any scripture treats of the subject, beyond laying down principles such as we have sought to apply to the case. It is certain that we ought to read (not "upon" but) "and* the beast." No one can soberly deny that Babylon in some sort had a place then; but that the special, and above all, the full character of Babylon was manifested as here portrayed is another matter. The fornicators are those who lived lives of immorality. [1169 /deils is always used negatively in the NT and stands in contrast to the positive fear which can be expressed by 5401 /phbos ("fear," see Phil 2:12).]. There were two particular effects of her evil: the one, illicit commerce with the kings of the earth; the other, intoxicating the inhabitants of the earth with the wine of her fornication. It sounds too good to be true. Nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see the glory of God (Wis 17:34). Enduring Word That, too, had been the dream of the prophets of the ancient days. He is all in all. . That the unsaved are in view seems clear since their part (i.e., their destiny) will be in the lake of fire. Without price I will give to the thirsty of the fountain of the water of life.". Accordingly the resuscitated Roman empire will carry men away by a storm of wonder at its revival. Verse Only. It further means that God is the source of all ideals. (Revelation 21:5). There never has been a like experience. We had Babylon with a spuriously ecclesiastical but a really murderous character, and at the same time guilty of corruption with the kings of the earth. It sounds like a fairy tale. Capnionis, which was used by Erasmus, and lately discovered after a long obscurity by Dr. Delitzsch, reads (not ) . bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. Violence, shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction, within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your, gates Praise. There is no comparison between the height of the wall and the size of the city. And the city lieth foursquare, and its length is as much as the breadth." Some things which seem unbearable are seen to be a path to glory when seen in the light of God. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! Third, it was made in a Psalm which the Jewish scholars always interpreted of the Messiah. He is , Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked , Revelation 20:14,15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Those who will not lay aside the evil of their ways are barred from the city of God. "Five are fallen, one is, the other hath not yet come." It is hard to see how Roman city, or anything civil connected with it, could be called "mystery." WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:6. WebRevelation 21:8 King James Version 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have 21:9-27 9 There came to me one of the seven angels who have the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and he spoke with me. Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 21:8 - King James That is not at all the way in which the guests are spoken of. And had a wall great and high, twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel ( Revelation 21:12 ): So, the company includes those believers of the Old Testament time, Abraham and all of those who God imputed righteousness through their faith, but also the foundations with the names of the apostles representing the church. This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. "And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is near."

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