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And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and those are the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. To the same world in which He suffered, according to the scriptures, He will come back. So, there are glorious things. Moral elements too were not wanting: the mystery of lawlessness had long been at work, though the enemy had not yet brought in the apostacy, and still less the manifestation of the lawless one. Accordingly the rapture of the church with the Old Testament saints must have already taken place, all (as I have no doubt) being caught up at the self-same time to be with the Lord above. It is Israel's task "to gather the righteous from among the Gentiles" (Testament of Naphtali 8:3, 4). The Spirit of God contrasts with the fall of Babylon the marriage. We gather up three further points before we leave this chapter. Then heaven is opened, and for a sight most solemn. "And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." is a word to him that hears. God didn't reveal the truth of the church until the New Testament times. WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:6. Had it been simply a persecution from pagans, what was there to wonder at in their deadly hatred of the truth and of those who confess it? But we as properly say, "Come." [3.] Hence this certainly must be future. There was the sad register of undeniable sin on the one side; there was no writing of the name on the other side. This would not be fitting for the church nor the Christian. II. Then the word is, "Award her even as she awarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. Beloved now are we the sons of God. As long as they feel their need of him, he will supply that need (5-6). Do you stillKJV: so fearful? We have just seen that it is the eternal state. When the thousand years expire, Satan reappears on the scene to the sorrow and ruin of the Gentiles who were not born of God. In short, no testimony can avail, no work, power, or glory without the word of God applied by the Spirit of God. Now, the church was a mystery. The heavenly city, which is the full expression of blessedness on high, has no temple because it is all a temple. But the most ordinary knowledge suffices; for who does not know from the Bible that there was a Roman empire when Christ was born, one emperor, and no such state as that empire divided into ten kingdoms? This is never the case with an angel. In the eternal state no such distinction exists, because God now dwells with his people in an order of life never before experienced. When Christ at God's right hand was announced, even from the very beginning, He was ready to judge the quick and the dead. When a person dies, it will be a positive curse from God; if he die even a hundred years old, it will be like a baby dying now. In other words, here is a picture of universal salvation. Synonymous with the second death, and the concept which Jesus called Gehenna (a Greek term which does not appear in Revelation). And sorcerers - See the word used here - pharmakeusi - explained in the notes on Galatians 5:19, under the word witchcraft.. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. Champion of humanity, Most High liberate to set free, vindicating to reconcile the inhabitants without delay, to answer, return and revive. But here there is neither; and this again is an evidence of gain, not of loss. "* There is no thought of making such a paradox to perplex the mind. Man converted will then not merely reach the natural term if I may so say of a thousand years, but pass that bound. It might be better translated cowardly . The word appears only three times in the New Testament - here and in two of the Gospels: And he saith unt 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." It is plain that they are not in this city. WebRevelation 21:8 New International Version 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all VI. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. His blows on this world come more nationally as on Israel; incomparably more severe, as in possession of greater privileges, is the judgment of corrupt Christendom, or Babylon as it is called here. Here, again, is a dream of the Jews which never died--the dream of the restoration of Jerusalem, the holy city. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. - CBSC. This is significant. This being so, it adds immense clearness in the understanding of the book. See the notes on Mark 16:16. "And fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured them. There are three gates on the south. 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. Thus nothing can be simpler or more beautiful than the way in which this verse sums up the Revelation as a whole. Web[ 1] Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. But most important of all, in Solomon's temple the Holy of Holies was a perfect cube ( 1 Kings 6:20). "And no curse shall be any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him." Verse Only. God will save all Israel and all the Gentiles (Testament of Asher 7:3). It is only God and man now. - DBSC, fearful -- [cowards] . Men are so apt to limit their Churches, to shut out those who do not believe as they do or who do not administer as they do. From Rome saints had suffered; and it was easy to see that the revealed persecutress is called Babylon, and identified with the governing city of Rome. Reuchlin. WebCHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1 . 1169 deils (an adjective derived from deid, "fear-driven") properly, dreadful, describing a person who loses their "moral gumption (fortitude)" that is needed to follow the Lord. 207-209. No lie, however small, is a light thing in the eyes of God; and those whose lives are founded upon deceit and falsehood are indeed proscribed. The most staggering use of precious stones in this picture is that the gates of the city of God each consist of one vast pearl. I do not, of course, complain of particular persons, but of the general vagueness in which the passage has been taken unless, indeed, the more common course be not to ignore it. 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. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. It is matter of wonder that a holy God should ever dwell with any of the children of men. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. 1. 21:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894 , . It is all plain and simple "the beast that was, and is not, and shall be present.". Buildings do not make a Church nor liturgy, nor form of government, nor method of ordination to the ministry. He will not fail to take up the gage He has given our hearts. And so he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal ( Revelation 21:9-11 ); So you see how light refracts in a crystal and the brilliance or in a diamond the refraction of light, the glorious colors that are coming forth from the new Jerusalem as it descends out of heaven to take its place of orbit around the new earth. Verse Only. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? That age of visible glory is inefficacious to change the heart of man, though in the absence of the enemy and the controlling presence of the great King, they render feigned obedience for a long while. These compose the third class here spoken of. Then and thus is aggravated guilt in the case of this wicked son. Polyglot, and all editions of the least critical value. And thus it was but a little glimpse they had of prophecy. Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8). The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. Even when Jerusalem was obliterated, the Jews never lost confidence that God would restore it. Here is symbolism which is plain for all to see. The one thing which makes a Church is the presence of Jesus Christ. WebGreek Reverse Interlinear Layout for Revelation 8:1. Amen. Yet to this heavenly city, after Christ comes, the kings of the earth bring their offerings and their homage; but there is no excitement of the nations, no filthiness of fornication, no abominations, no blood-guiltiness. God can take a man and re-create him, and will some day create a new universe for the saints whose lives he has renewed. See the notes on Romans 8:17. The beryl was like an emerald; the best stones were sea-blue or sea-green. Both Plato and Aristotle refer to the fact that in Greece the good man was called "four-square" (Plato, Protagoras 339 B; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Second, it was made to the son who was to inherit David's kingdom. We can quite understand that God would comfort His people in the dark ages by this book; and a very imperfect glimpse at its real meaning might in His grace serve to cheer them on in their trials as far as it went. Behold, I am doing a new thing" ( Isaiah 43:18-19). It was the same with the Jews. It will be observed that in this case it is one of the angels that had the seven bowls who comes forward and says to John, "Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore (or harlot) that sitteth upon [the] many waters." The wall cannot be for defence, for all hostile beings, spiritual and human, have been obliterated or cast into the lake of fire. Nobody can dispute that this remarkable cluster of kingdoms in Europe was the fruit providentially of the destroyed unity of the Roman empire when the barbarians invaded it. there was no more sea in Revelation 21 1 1:11 means that there will be no oceans no 1:14 seas and no large bodies of even fresh 1:17 water in the new Heavens in the new 1:21 Earth now this point is based simply on 1:24 the apparent Clarity of the statement 1:27 here in this verse there no effort is 1:30 made to obtain a theological 1:32 We do not mend matters by hasty conclusions, we only complicate the truth. 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. If the books proclaim the evil works of the dead that stand before the throne, the book of life offers no defence on the score of God's grace. It is entirely in His hand, and in none other's. The city needs no temple because the presence of God is continually there. There are two main ideas here. Little do they know, because they believe not what is here written, that it is about to come out of the abyss or bottomless pit. I think that God is doing that to show us that the value system is totally different in heaven as it is here. It is not fear that is condemned. The splendour of God is used to satisfy the thirst of the longing heart. "He brought me in the visions of God into the land of Israel, and set me down upon a very high mountain" ( Ezekiel 40:2). The friendships of the evil are not lasting. This is accordingly traced in our chapter with considerable detail, and with the sorrow and vexation of all the different classes who on the fall of Babylon groaned over her destruction, and the loss of their wealth and enjoyment. This is a promise for the future. They will then treat her with contempt and shameful exposure. That way of thought left its mark on Jewish visions between the Testaments. The abominable Those who are polluted with unnatural lust. Separate Line. The Sinai MS. has both. (2.) But it was no such evil which astounded the prophet. [We've already looked at that] And there came unto me one of the seven angels ( Revelation 21:8-9 ). Reference-Verse. It was said that it would reach to Damascus and would cover the whole of Palestine. It was most likely the stone now known as lapis lazuli. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. The Greeks brought the power of their intellect. It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. These gates could represent the way into the holy city of those who find Christ in the glad morning of their days. Lit. But there is a message also for others. Garland approaches the text from a literal perspective and also assesses the weaknesses of various non-literal interpretations. "I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God" (alluding to this very city) "[is] with men." We are told about the glorious inheritance of the saints in light. Then another and immensely important act is described the binding of Satan. And sinners, , is added here by about thirty excellent MSS., and is found in the Syrian, Arabic, some of the Slavonic, and in Andreas and Arethas. They are all to reign concurrently with the beast. At the end of the millennium the righteous and the wicked form two distinct arrays, though even then there would appear to be a line drawn between the surrounding camp, and the beloved city Jerusalem on earth, where the Jews were. "I am Alpha and Omega," says God to John, "the beginning and the end." All these shall have their portion, , their share, what belongs to them, their right, in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Strangely enough it is different when we come to the wall. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. 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. It is not till modern times that we come on people who rejoice in being sea-faring. And murderers Those who take away the life of man for any cause but the murder of another, and those who hate a brother in their heart. If there was any Gentile power since John's day, which did not sustain but persecute and suppress Jerusalem, it was Rome, instead of being a gaudy harlot mounted on that vast empire. The emerald was the modern emerald, which Pliny describes as the greenest of all green stones. see that it is in connection with the foregoing not merely His coming for us who will keep the sayings of it, but for those whom He will find here below "to give to each as his work is.". And Paul said, "that He has hid these things from the Old Testament prophets, but now He has revealed them unto us"( Colossians 1:26 ), the mystery of the church. A new world now opens to our view (Revelation 21:1; Revelation 21:1): I saw a new heaven and a new earth; that is, a new universe; for we suppose the world to be made up of heaven and earth. Web21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,[ a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. But then while there is such a call to Christ, while the believer is not to be afraid, but to call on the Lord to come, the church does not forget those that are poor sinners, let them be deeply conscious of it, or let them be those that are only made willing by the grace of God (which is the feeblest expression of the sinner's need, just as you have the feeblest expression of the saint in the previous call). He gives us his titles of honour as a pledge or surety of the full performance, even those titles of Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Again, it was not the modern sapphire. And the building of the wall was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. That an openly heathen metropolis, devoted to the worship of Mars, and Jupiter, and Venus, and other wicked monstrosities of pagan mythology should be irritated with the gospel which exposes it all, and should consequently seek to injure the faithful, was to be expected, and a necessary result, directly that the uncompromising spirit of Christ was known. These words must be taken down and remembered; they are true and absolutely to be relied upon. You would be amazed what fourteen hundred cubed becomes. 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? We must therefore look a little into the two objects Babylon and the beast. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. Verse Only. WebThe Bible in Basic English for Revelation 21:8 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who Who are the persons thus invested with judicial authority of so glorious a nature and to reign, as we see later, with Christ? "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. (ii) John, like the ancient prophets, repeatedly speaks of the Gentiles and their kings bringing their gifts to God. And whoremongers - See the notes on Galatians 5:19. All flesh will be silent before God ( Zechariah 2:13). And he said: "Write, for these are words that are trustworthy and true." The identification of the chrysolite is uncertain. Their punishment: They have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. 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. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. The only right principle in everything is to go to the source of divine truth, and to seek there refreshment and strength and fitness for whatever our God calls us to. 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. 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. And Jesus sits on the great white throne. And what kind God may create after us, who knows? 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. Man alone is to blame who has misapplied it. * Let us be glad and exult, and give the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready." By the new earth we may understand a new state for the bodies of men, as well as a heaven for their souls. (i) More than once John insists that there will be no night in the city of God. I am the, Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. His grace be with all! * It is to Him that God has given all judgment not necessarily to us. A man can come by many roads into the kingdom, for "there are as many ways to the stars as there are men to climb them.". All the energy to mislead men in the presence of the first beast was long in his hands, and now nothing more is spoken of. God uses them for this object,-the setting aside of her, the great religious corruptress, whose centre is found at Rome. We can understand a remnant saved out of one or more nations; but who ever heard of "nations of them which are saved"? "To the thirsty I will give water without price from the fountain of the water of life." There is no uncertainty whatever in the case. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. Reference-Verse. lake which burns with fire and brimstone . "And the nations shall walk in the light of it." The glory of the kingdom does not preserve when men in their natural state are exposed to the adversary. We find a decree going forth that all the world shall be enrolled. But this temple appeared to strangers, when they were at a distance, like a mountain covered with snow, for as to those parts that were not golden, they were exceeding white" (Josephus: Wars of the Jews 5.5.6). It will be a state of nature unexampled for the fruits of the earth and the enjoyment of all that God has made here below. Had those who preached said nothing about heathen vanities, had they merely presented the gospel as a better thing than anything the pagans could boast, I do not doubt that the pagans themselves would have acknowledged thus much. [2.] But, Rev. And the gates of Jerusalem shall be builded with sapphire and. It is very evident, therefore, that the saints in a glorified state are here represented as following the Lord out of heaven. Usually God is pictured as dwelling in heaven and people as dwelling on earth. 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. But no believer comes into judgment. Connected with the city of the gods there are the signs of the Zodiac, the signs of the parts of the heavens through which the sun passes. abominated; probably alluding to crimes yet fouler than those named. This verse declares it, and there is no other interpretation that can stand even a moment's fair discussion. Scripture records no name whatever among those judged written there. Men are not regarded as composing this tabernacle; they co-exist. Accordingly these are the two main objects of judgment brought before us in the chapter. 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. Thus it would include those who live in open sin; who practice detestable vices; whose conduct is suited to excite disgust and abhorrence. Next they will seize her resources. People of all races and tongues shall "take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you" ( Zechariah 8:20-23). Its length and breadth and height are equal. It is not into a wilderness the prophet is carried, but he is set on "a mountain great and high," and shown not the great, but. ", He that overcometh shall inherit all things ( Revelation 21:7 ). carbuncles, and all your wall of precious stones" ( Isaiah 54:11-12). This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. IV. You can't limit God. Their doom was awful, but by no means after the same sort as their two leaders. There was no doubt at all of the character of the emperor; there never had been a worse than he; yet God took that very opportunity to lay this on the Christians as their duty to the worldly authority outside and over them. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." First, it was made to Abraham. To the Christian this book is not sealed. Those who deny Christ through fear of persecution prove that their faith is false, and will join their tempter in the lake of fire (7-8). God is much more eager to bring men in than to shut them out--and his Church must be the same. (1) FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD ( Revelation 21:3-4 ), 21:3-4 And I heard a great voice from heaven. 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. 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. WebThe third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. It is the word of God: "If ye work that which is good, my children, both men and angels will bless you; and God shall be glorified among the Gentiles through you." Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome.

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