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Verse Only. Thus there is a completeness and perfection about it suited to its present character. God is sovereign. 4. Then comes not the destruction only of these rebels by divine judgment, but the dissolution of heaven and earth. The Whole Earth For God ( Revelation 21:24-27). We had seen Babylon twice: first, in the circle of God's warnings and testimonies; and then as the object of God's judgment under the seven bowls. But that idea is wholly insufficient to cover or meet the word of God, which gives clear and strong reasons that prove the mistake of applying this to the pope as its complete fulfilment. The bride is in view. As for the earthly land and city, the moon will have her light increased to that of the sun, and the sun shall be sevenfold. The curious thing is that the signs of the Zodiac have as their corresponding precious stones exactly these twelve. Bringing in history here embroiled the subject; and those who appeal most to its evidence are the very men who seem in this to ignore its facts. It is not therefore his final judgment. It has been remarked by another, and justly, that the expression "they shall be priests of God and of Christ" summarily puts out of court the interpretation that supposes a figurative resurrection. But we have already noted that the city is built in the shape of a perfect cube, indicating that it itself is the Holy of Holies. Champion of humanity, Most High liberate to set free, vindicating to reconcile the inhabitants without delay, to answer, return and revive. "I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress" ( Isaiah 65:19). WebRevelation 21:8 N-DNS GRK: NAS: with fire and brimstone, which KJV: and brimstone: which is INT: with fire and brimstone which is. The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. See note on the "second death" at Revelation 20:6; (cf. would embrace a lamentably large portion of the world as it has hitherto been. We have not to learn what the other mystery means; we know well that it is according to God and godliness. This is of great importance. But He "treadeth the winepress of the fury of the wrath of the Almighty God" another character of judgment never attributed to the saints, that I know of. The sardonyx was an onyx in which the white was broken by layers of red and brown; it was specially used for cameos. Web21:8 whoremongers. Surely this stands for the continuity of the Church. God didn't reveal the truth of the church until the New Testament times. But even in this present world those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted, and death is swallowed up in victory for those who know Christ and the fellowship of his sufferings and the power of his Resurrection ( Matthew 5:4; Php_3:10 ). For that which comes distinctly before us in this one verse is the twofold fact, that the ten horns here contemplated receive their kingly power for the same hour or time as the beast, and not subsequently, when his rule was extinguished. What would be the meaning, if so read? All the effects of former trouble shall be done away. of men that are dead (Sibylline Oracles 3: 710-723). Why then is the book of life mentioned? "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. The, nature of the case exempts of course the saints of the millennium;* and this very simply, because they are never said to die at all. 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. The city of God needed no created light, because God the uncreated light was in the midst of her. These words must be taken down and remembered; they are true and absolutely to be relied upon. I admit that afterwards no doubt the new heaven and the new earth are seen; but who contends that this is the sphere to which the Lord comes? But when Christ and the church peacefully reign, such is the imagery that suits "a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2. Now, this new earth will be orbited by the New Jerusalem. 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. "And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, that hath kingship over the kings of the earth." But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. Surely this stands for the catholicity of the Church. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? Here observe, (1.) THE GLORY AND THE SHAME ( Revelation 21:7-8 ), 21:7-8 "He who overcomes will enter into possession of these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son. Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. In his synagogue form of prayer the Jew still prays: And to Jerusalem thy city return with compassion, and dwell, therein as thou hast promised; and rebuild her speedily in our, days, a structure everlasting; and the throne of David speedily, establish there. But here there is none; a temple is for the earth. 1 A New World The vision pictures a new heavens and a new earth with a new Jerusalem. "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). [ 2] In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death. It could be a yellow beryl or a gold-coloured jasper. The reason is manifest there is a hinderer "one that letteth." There was not yet fairly out before men what God foresaw as that which must finally provoke His judgment. Or does it mean that the radiance which played over all the city was like the glitter of a jasper? It "shall go into perdition," it is therefore added, "and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present." But "nations of them which are saved," is a most anomalous expression, and betrays man as the author of it. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. And whoremongers Adulterers, fornicators, whores, prostitutes, and rakes of every description. 15 He who was speaking with me had a golden measuring rod, that he might measure the city and its gates and its walls. They are not pictures of the physical characteristics of the new heaven and the new earth. She will despise everything really divine; she will only use whatever of God's word she can pervert for increasing her own importance, and gaining a greater ascendancy over the consciences of men, and enjoying herself more luxuriously in this world; for she will go far to obliterate all remembrance of heaven, and to make this world a kind of paradise which she embellishes, not with pure and undefiled religion, but with the arts of men and the idolatries of the world. After that we have the admonitions to the end of this book. All these shall have their portion, , their share, what belongs to them, their right, in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. He nails the core problem of fearat the end, it can cause us to reject God in favor of self. And idolaters - 1 Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 5:19. But a city with that area would stretch nearly from London to New York. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. The simplest interpretation of the wall is that it is "the insurmountable bulwark of faith." Hence we have to own the divine source of government even when its holders abandon all such thoughts themselves, and maintain their rule in the world as a thing flowing from the people irrespective of God. "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS - Be an heir of God in all things. The promise to Ezekiel is: "My dwelling-place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people" ( Ezekiel 37:27). 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. But in the new age the darkness will be gone and there will be nothing but light. He has to use whatever language and illustrations he can find in an attempt to describe the spiritual quality of life in the eternal state.Johns visions symbolize spiritual realities. that those who were meant under the figures of the elders and of the living creatures assume the name and figure of the bride? The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. It is Israel's task to declare God's glory among the Gentiles ( Isaiah 66:19). Separate Line. The beloved city is Jerusalem; the camp of the saints, I presume, is a larger circle and embraces all of Israel and the Gentiles who, being converted, refuse Satan's deceit. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. WebRev 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." Again and again it has happened that an age of brilliance has been followed by an age of darkness. They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". The north is the cold land with a certain chill in it. WebRevelation 21:8 New King James Version 8 But the cowardly, [ a]unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the But far from that he has, on the contrary, persevered in the same evil course, as badly or worse than his father. Who were they? Webwhich is to be understood not of the renovation of persons at conversion, when a new heart and spirit are given, and men are made wholly new creatures; for this is the work of the Spirit, and which is done daily, and is not peculiar to any particular period of time; nor of the renewing of the church state at the beginning of the Gospel, when the "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. John goes on to speak of the twelve foundations of the city. Verse Only. This conception of preexisting forms may seem strange. When John pictured the nations walking in the light of the city of God and the kings bringing their gifts to it, he was foretelling the consummation of a hope which was always in the hearts of the greatest of his countrymen. Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. 21:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894 , . There the gods dwelt; the sun and the moon and the stars were its lights; the Milky Way was its great street; there were twelve gates through which the stars went in and out upon their business. The word for "end" is telos ( G5056) , and does not simply mean end in point of time but the goal. The church goes on according to the will of the Lord, who might according to His own purpose lengthen or abridge the space. Finally, in Rev. This is probably a reference, primarily, to participants in the rites of paganism and the unmentionable perversions and debaucheries that attended them. The Church shall be the metropolis of the world; it shall be honoured and esteemed among the nations of mankind. You need no meeting place where you go to meet God. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. No physical infirmities, no weaknesses, no tiredness, and no weariness. There is a repelling force of positive charges, tremendously powerful repelling force.The atom bomb illustrates to us the true nature of an atom. And thus it was but a little glimpse they had of prophecy. - CBSC. Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." 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. Bad as pagan Rome was, it would be false to affirm that it ever had come out of the bottomless pit. But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". And once again the invitation for those that are thirsty, "He will give the fountains of living water freely. The natural meaning of the word would rather be poisoners; and in fact in St Johns days the two generally went together, and no line could be drawn between them. 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 is true that there is a strain of Jewish thought which expected the annihilation, or at least the enslavement, of the Gentiles; but there is much on the other side, and voice after voice speaks of the time when all men shall know and love God. and conjunction There is, however, a great deal more than this on the subject, and given with great precision in scripture, because this is merely the principle of sin in one or other form from the beginning. The fearful lead the van in this black list. WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:3. 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. "Let him that heareth say, Come." Satan will bring forth an empire suited to his purposes, as it springs from Satanic principles which deny God; and this is part of what appears to be meant by the beast ascending out of the bottomless pit. Day 223 of the year = 8/11 symbolizes Revelation 8:11 WORMWOOD = Greek number 894 894 days - 365 - 365 = 164 George h w bush born in a leap year 6/12/1924 was day 164 of the year. The fallen angels are not called, and the holy angels never need to be they are kept. The greatness of this future felicity is declared and illustrated, 1. Strangely enough it is different when we come to the wall. Jesus, that day on the temple mount, cried, "If any man thirst let him come unto Me and drink." I think that God is doing that to show us that the value system is totally different in heaven as it is here. Now manifestly, if the Lord does not come before this, there is no world to come to; for the earth and heavens are fled. See the notes on Mark 16:16. It is often said that the Jews looked for nothing but the destruction of the Gentiles. By and by, after our translation to heaven, He will work, and as vitally in those who bow to God, when it will be the reception of the prophetic testimony which is here owned to be none the less the testimony of Jesus. The topaz was a transparent, greenish-gold stone, very highly valued by the Hebrews. Such lists are probably given so that believers can identify such people and that such people should take warning and repent. This remains true also in its own place, as we shall find; and when it is a question of reward, this is precisely the grand point; but when it is a question of the bride above, that is the way in which it is presented here, as we may see clearly from verse 8. "Alive the two were cast into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." God in His providence did sanction the great empires of old; and the principle continues as long as the church is here below. does not exist independently in the verse, but is clearly tied to , or unbelieving, as the grammatical cases of each word indicate. The Presence Of God ( Revelation 21:22-23). Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. It is not a syllogism that is wanted or that can satisfy here: only require, only believe, the word of God. There is no greater honour in all the universe than that which God gives to the man who is true to him. It is possible that John is here accentuating a feature of the earthly Jerusalem. "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. We read that in the Messianic Age the Jerusalem which is invisible will appear ( 2Esther 7:26). Scholz's note ("rec. Strong's Greek The beryl was like an emerald; the best stones were sea-blue or sea-green. It is not now lightnings and thunders and voices. They stand in contrast with those who overcome, Revelation 21:7. Thus the second beast is no longer seen as an earthly power, but as a prophet-of course a false prophet. "He that testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Zechariah hears God say: "I will be to her a wall of fire round about" ( Zechariah 2:5). The picture is always there and its elements are always the same. "Having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel." This is a mistake. Here, again, is a dream of the Jews which never died--the dream of the restoration of Jerusalem, the holy city. Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. For her sin., have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities." Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8). There is no real proof that man is the first order that God created upon the earth here. The ten horns with the beast are all to receive authority the beast of course wielding the imperial power, they as kings, all during one and the same time before the end comes. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. It is an equivalent power that holds them together. Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw, itself; for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days. For in speaking matter into existence, He brought the protons and electrons and assembled them together. A mystery clearly points to something undiscoverable by the natural mind of man a secret that requires the distinct and fresh light of God to unravel, but which when revealed thus is plain enough. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. These are the martyrs of Revelation 6:1-17, those long since seen under the altar, poured out like burnt-offerings to God. The city which God loved he made more radiant than the stars, and the sun and the moon; and he set it as the jewel of the, world and made a Temple exceeding fair in its sanctuary, and. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. faithful and the righteous may see the glory of the invisible God. It was common enough for cities to be built in the form of a square; both Babylon and Nineveh were like that. Sorrow is to be forgotten; sin is to be vanquished; darkness is to be at an end; the temporariness of time is to turn into the everlastingness of eternity. WebBehold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. There are probably but few, if any, here who do not understand it as the fore-shadow of a real resurrection. Such is the meaning of the verse "The rest of the dead lived not again till the thousand years were finished. Next they will seize her resources. 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. There are three gates on the south. . For remark, the beast or Roman empire is described here as that which once existed, which then ceased to exist, and which assumes a final shape when it reappears from the bottomless pit. The murderers may well be those who in persecutions slaughtered the Christians. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". fashioned it in size of many furlongs, with a giant tower, touching the very clouds, and seen of all, so that all the. Even the worst of governments is better than none. Reference-Verse. Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. He has to liken what he sees in the vision to things that his readers can see in the present world, for this is the only world they know. Here we learn at once of what His train consists. The woman was there seen sitting on a scarlet-coloured beast, i.e., the well-known imperial power of the Roman Empire, "full of [the] names of blasphemy" in its wicked opposition to God, and clothed with the forms we have already seen "seven heads and ten horns." John is saying that all life begins in God and ends in God. This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. It is partly because of this that many excellent men have endeavoured to apply the vision to Romanism; and I admit that there is found a measure of analogy. John may simply have used the breast-plate as his model. Between the twelve gates there were twelve spaces, and the idea is that between these spaces there was one vast foundation stone. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and the sea is no more. Thi Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible (_c)_ THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY. This misery will be their proper part and portion, what they have justly deserved, what they have in effect chosen, and what they have prepared themselves for by their sins. H. B. Swete points out that it is wrong to take this literally; the lifting up stands for the elevation of spirit in which a man sees the visions and hears the words which are sent to him by God. It is not the enjoyment of all, but it is the hinge on which all depends. [practice magic arts; evil magic] . I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." John's vision of the new Jerusalem uses and amplifies many of the dreams of the prophets. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. All this description closes in verse 5. The highest courage is to be desperately afraid and in spite of that to do the right thing and to hold fast to loyalty."[20]. "And when the thousand years are completed, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to war." Reference-Verse. 21:8 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550 , Revelation 21:8 Hebrew Bible , Revelation 21:8 Aramaic NT: Peshitta , Deuteronomy 20:8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall , Judges 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, , Isaiah 51:12 I, even I, am he that comforts you: who are you, that you should , Isaiah 57:11 And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and , Matthew 8:26 And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Here is seen the holy city coming down out of heaven from God, which is declared to be the bride, the Lamb's wife, in the plainest contrast with the great harlot. The God who revealed himself to the patriarchs is the God who also, and far more fully, revealed himself in Jesus Christ; the God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament. We shall set down some of these dreams and it will be clear at once how the Old Testament again and again finds its echo in the Revelation. 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 no more sea. To make way for the commencement of this new world, the old world, with all its troubles and commotions, passed away. Come, let us all fall upon the earth and supplicate the Eternal King, the. Yet one allows freely a partial application already. But it was no such evil which astounded the prophet. These gates could stand for the way into the holy city of those who come to Christ in the evening of their days. It sounds like a fairy tale. There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. "Behold," it said, "the dwelling-place of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them; and he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor will there be any grief or crying, nor will there be any more pain, for the first things have gone.". A solemn, serious warning about people with these kinds lifestyle traits who will be eternally lost. What empire has existed, then sunk, and finally reappeared, with higher pretensions and power, only to perish horribly? One of the most approved axioms is, that kingdoms are just like men in this respect, that they begin, rise, and fall. Thus the divine testimony is not confined to the gospel or the church, but the prophetic Spirit which characterizes the Revelation as a whole, after the church is translated, is equally a testimony of Jesus. We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. 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. WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:1. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". John goes on to amplify this statement. The Jews a speak of several distinct places in hell, for several sorts of sinners, as particularly for sabbath breakers, adulterers, and liars; and say of the wicked, that when he is condemned he shall take , "his part" in hell b; Revelation 9:20- : which is the second death; Revelation 9:20- :. Men have been beguiled here and there, and from an early date, to set aside the true bearing of this chapter. It was but an imperfect view they got even of justification; a far scantier perception, if they could be said to have had any, about Christ's Headship of the church, His priesthood, or almost anything else. 24 The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth 25 will bring their glory to it. But there is a time coming when power will cease to be ordained of God; and this is the point to which the last condition of the beast refers. Death and hades, which had so long been executioners in a world where sin reigned, and were still doing their occasional office where righteousness is to reign, themselves disappear where all traces of sin are consigned for ever. No hint whatever is given that they constitute the city, but there is the inscription of their names outside. In the ancient times the shechinah (compare H7931) took the form of a luminous cloud which came and went. "I am Alpha and Omega," says God to John, "the beginning and the end." (ii) We must note the city's dimensions. To them, as Plato said, "the unexamined life was the life not worth living," and so the unexamined faith was the faith not worth having. We can easily understand that the overthrow of the ecclesiastical power is necessary to leave a full field unimpeded for the imperial power to develop itself in its final form of violence and rebellion and apostacy against the Lord. And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it ( Revelation 21:22 ). The only thing the wall can do is delimit the area of the city; and the fact that it is so low shows that delimitation is comparatively unimportant. The highest promise of all is intimate fellowship with God, in which we can say: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine" (SS 6:3). For a short time (what a mercy that it must be only for a short time!) (i) We must note the city's shape. For what is happening is the nucleus of an atom is bombarded with slow moving neutrons that upset the delicate balance of the protons in the heart of the atom and it releases them. "In thy light," said the Psalmist, "do we see light" ( Psalms 36:9). I have already touched on the double force of the symbol mountains. What is true of the Old Testament is true of the literature between the Testaments. Pulon ( G4440) can also mean the gate-tower in a great city, like the gate leading into a battlemented castle. Pliny describes it as sky-blue, flecked with gold. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. 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. there is no sword proceeding out of our mouth; nor are the saints or heavenly hosts said to be arrayed in such a sort as the Lord. Thus was concluded all dealing on the Lord's part with both soul and body, and all that pertains to either. mighty, everlasting God. "He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces" ( Isaiah 25:8). Skene ( G4633) is one; and the Hebrew shechinah, the glory of God, is the other. There is another remark to make. Here were joined good and evil in godless union, for the worse, not for the better, this alliance, unholy in principle, irremediable therefore in practice, between God and the natural man, who substitutes rites for the grace and word of God, for the blood of Christ, and the power of the Spirit, and employs the name of the Lord as a cover for grosser covetousness and ambition, yet more aspiring than the vulgar world.

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