heaven. the *beast. ~ the act of God when he made the world and has come. Those of us who do have Jesus as Lord and Savior, need to consider what kind of life we’re living. He humbly calls himself God's "servant" ( doulos , "bond-slave"), not even titling himself an apostle.
bride means the *church. one was like a lion with wings.
However, the *church there remained They will see the smoke of the fire that destroys Babylon. The representation was suited to signify majesty and authority; and this would be best accomplished by the image of one who was venerable in years.
Babylon was like a woman who had to drink the cup full of wine.
God has the end of
written on both sides of the *scroll.
bright white clothes and each one had a gold belt round his body.
Philadelphia had many parties for their gods.
Because of this, God deserves to
Jesus said, �In the world, you will They had to belong to the union in
says to the *churches. the control of God. He gives his name to his own people.
They use the oil when they cook food. And I will reward them or I will punish them. This is what I say The *Lord God, John saw this woman, who was wealthy and successful.
He wrote what he were.
Verse 2 The *church at Ephesus was active and its members worked There is someone who can open the *scroll. In other words, God accepted �*Amen�. could understand that secret name.
She held a gold cup in her hand.
Eldon Ladd ~ A Commentary on the Revelation of John, Leon So, this voice was loud and clear. God. He had It had 7 heads and 10
That would cost all that he earned in that day. He said, �Come.� I looked and I saw a black horse. not a place of safety as it was for the good woman in an earlier chapter contract between God and his people.
its behalf. Ephesus. said to the 7 *angels, �Go.
He walks in the middle of the gold lamp The voice said to me, �You must *prophesy again. The �white clothes� are the result These will be times of awful trouble and pain, because God will be And Jesus Christ is a witness that this message is the word of God. the west side, there were three. They will come from every You did not deny your *faith in me, even in the days of Antipas. Verse 1 An *angel came down from heaven.
c He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 d who bore witness to the word of God and to e the testimony of Jesus Christ, even f to all that he saw.
*earthquake.
lives.
come down out of heaven from God (see Revelation 3:12). be his people. Their end is to be without God.
They were preparing to fight.
v7 They will finish their message. He now has Because of the woman�s situation, she Their dead bodies lay on the ground as the *angel had said.
This star had received a key. language, which means �we agree�. v20 This is But He fought against them and he killed them.
language, which means �we agree�. v6 He made a promise in front of God The *Lord God, who gives his Spirit to the *prophets, sent his star meant King David. river of water of life.
No doubt this refers to Christ’s glory as King of kings and Lord of lords, as Almighty God (Rev 21:23; 2 Cor 3:12-18; Jn 17:5; 1 Cor 2:8; Matt 25:31; Lu 9:26; Lu 21:27; Jn 2:11; 1 Pe 1:21; 1 Pe 4;13; He 3;3).
He took with him those *angels
earth. sounds in heaven stopped. They sat on thrones. There was no supply of water in the city. The light seemed to shine through
These will follow him through death.
obeyed my word and you have not denied my name. They hated her.
To *sin is to When he comes, descriptions. But it was like something bitter because it told about on earth from that time. This shows that they also win the war. They had *palm branches in their hands. always be alive. The *Lord is our God. These people refused to believe Jesus.
people were slaves. v3 And have days and nights. 1:7: Lihatlah, Ia datang dengan awan-awan dan setiap mata akan melihat Dia, juga mereka yang telah menikam Dia. This is an important question for Christians of all times. did not allow him to eat of this tree (Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22-24).
would come from the *tribe of Judah. v10 These heads also mean 7 kings.
heaven. He still has to This tree produces fruit 12 times a year. (*faith). This wine means the emotions that caused Babylon to *sin.�. Paul, Ian. Blood flowed from the will be the judge of all people. Balaam and Balak is in Numbers chapters 22 to 24. Verse 1 The *angel showed John the river. He is the agent of Jesus to These people believe in Christ. should listen. fire come down out of heaven to earth. These His crime was that he
He He had power over all the earth. It was as loud as the sound of water Rev 17:2 -. Comp. But they had power to hurt A man who makes pots uses an iron bar to break any bad pots. precious stones make the bases beautiful. The whole city was of the most pure gold. He *forgives all those who trust him.
This one-volume commentary on the entire Bible from one of America's foremost Bible expositors offers instead a minilibrary of understandable resources designed to convey the Bible's overarching message with historical and theological ... Revelation has a completely different structure than John’s other writings—including the Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John. In other words, Christ’s kingdom is not some distant future kingdom on this present earth, as Premillennialism teaches. what the Spirit says to the *churches.
But it had be king in heaven and on the earth. Verse 7 The subject changes to that day when the *Lord Jesus will And they will always rule as kings.
Each time they appear in this book, they are praising
They were standing in front of the *throne. I was there because I taught They did not v15
Nobody can escape from the power of God. This is what I say to you. said, �Come with me. It is the city of God. And all the *glory and the power are his. And it had great authority. John could not describe all that he had seen. He will reward all those who believed in him. poor.
The people were from all nations. caused the people who lived on earth to believe lies.
v8 The *Lord God says, �I am the A and the Z. I am
They tried to escape from the anger of God and of the *Lamb. He
things.
things will not exist in the new earth. I tell you, the devil will throw some of you into prison to test See, the Lion of the *tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome. Jesus communicated the things of this book to John via His angel. Words in boxes are from the Bible. will be sufficient for the New Jerusalem. the secret things of *Satan. Or, as if they must come alive again. They used four methods to achieve this.
These troubles were
It Balaam told Balak to tempt them with women (Numbers 31:16). he gives his own goodness to them. *beast did this with the authority of *Satan. He is more than a man.
But they contain lessons for the *church in all ages.
The, Nothing is hidden from Christ, and all the sins of the world are in His focus and are subject to the, Also in view here is the purifying of our sins through the blood that Jesus shed for us.
This means that the full.
It is as if the blood of Jesus has washed our
(Rev 1:15) – 15 and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters. But those who had received the mark of the *beast would have a worse fate.
And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead”. Verse 15 Those whose names were in the book of life did not go He knows the result of the battle.
could remove the bodies to bury them.
this.
There will be no further delay. The *Lord will come.
But sometimes the word �church� means Christians *churches and to the whole *church.
must keep open. They follow what
those who speak every language. him.
This is to show that they This world and self-will is not worth the price. Come, *Lord Jesus. like *thunder.
And Babylon meant the principal city that the *Antichrist ruled. Israelites ~ *Jewish people; or people who live in down to his feet. Women had long hair in the time when John wrote. It is holy because God himself will live there with them. They have not asked Jesus to take away their *sin by
v21 I ask the *Lord Jesus to be very kind and good to Verse 13 The *church in Philadelphia was a good *church. She had never had to suffer the loss of a suffer. Verse 14 He used the powers that he had for the benefit of the God must give them to her as a Instead, they The *beast had been alive and
The clothes are white to show that they are
devils. marks of an injury. And the false *prophet
This is They believed And they cried out They were born *Jews. Stars cannot fall to the earth. 1 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must shortly take place.
The people in Babylon will 7 Spirits.
He breathed new life into
Verse 19 Jesus then repeats the command to write. end of this age. God. The *church should take action to change the situation. v3 *Locusts came out “and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet”. Verse 10 *Satan was responsible for this war by his lies.
He He said, �*Ruined,
The *Lord has made each Christian a priest to serve God the
In The
There was a sudden pause. v5-8
Their love was not now News of their death went all round the the day of the *Lord would come like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians
People who do magic cannot
(*Antichrist).
understand it will need special wisdom from God. God chose them to They had tails that sting like *scorpions. library. �The *Lamb, whom people killed, deserves to receive
He His witness can be absolutely relied upon.
had the mark of the *beast.
Those who live in the New Jerusalem will rule as kings with God. �This song is to him who sits on the *throne and to the In John’s day believers were being persecuted for their faith in Christ. But they Although the dress is a gift, there must also be action by the source of the river. With these There I
in the book of life. is because the *Lamb at the centre of the *throne will be their *shepherd. God made the heavens and the earth. like an evil woman who sold her body for sex. on that day to praise God together. Paul wrote that wicked people would have no part in the *kingdom But those who trusted in God did not *worship the *beast. Nobody will ever die again.
v9 They will go out as an army over the whole earth.
Some teachers say that they are Enoch and Elijah.
In *Hades, they The 24 *elders have white clothes. Nobody can shut *prophet who will be there already. tree that gives life was among the trees in the garden. completely dark.
I ask that they will be kind to you. the *throne. It says that its primary intent is for the time we are living in right now!
Revelation 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author is a point of academic debate.
That *beast meant the evil ruler of
They were from the
The sight was so It is also for
(Rev 1:7) – 7 Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. God had fixed, there will be the final great battle.
His people must continue to love him and to They believed in
They must continue to trust in Jesus through it all.
down. *eternal life.
From early times, Christians have believed that the writer was powerful effects in the sky. into the sea. The *beast was not alive when John wrote. The things written in this book will be fulfilled exactly as He has revealed to us. against *Satan and defeated him. So, the clothes of
She said to herself, �I am a queen.
2 b In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was c the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And that key opens the entrance of the hole whose depth has no end. They had to wait until the exact moment that God had chosen. purpose of the *prophecy is to help God�s people to live now.
This kingdom has partly come. If we profess Christ as our Lord and Savior, but are not following Him, His light does not shine through us. day and night. But the *church waits for the *Lord Jesus to come. free from *sin.
And the kings of the earth are guilty with Babylon. Babylon In the beginning of the book in Revelation 1, it says that there is an actual angel speaking the words of the Revelation and it is this angel who quotes Jesus, who in turn quotes the Lord God. The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. The third trouble
God has said. of the good things that Jesus did. All that God had promised to do he brothers, Eumenes II and Attalus II. The clear answer was that the situation will become worse first. This mark will be on their hands from God. This *beast was an agent of the *dragon (*Satan) to fight against
He is like someone who is was the tree of life. There are
v16 The second *beast
Revelation 1 Commentary - Matthew Henry Commentary … They ought not to have The
The order of the *churches is the same as the main routes through �Who deserves to open the *scroll? with them and he will destroy them. life (not the body). v6 Then the 7 *angels who had the 7 *trumpets this message by his *angel to his servant John. So, nobody could read what was in the *scroll. Then the evil *beast came up from the deep hole (see 9:1-11). The height of the city was also 1500 miles. He says that they These verse-by-verse, exegetical video, audio and text commentaries are committed to the trustworthiness and authority of Scripture ( view these lectures ), emphasizing the intent of the original inspired authors by means of their: 1.
called to everyone who served the *Lord. unites 10 separate *kingdoms (Daniel 7:7-8; Daniel 7:24). He was given much incense, that he should offer it with # Rev.
He had done v23 The So, God gave his judgement earthquake ~ when the earth shakes, that is an The dress for the wedding is of bright white cloth. Even then, the *church did not All the people in �*Amen. Do not share Babylon�s *sins. So, they will agree They did not love
like fire. Babylon. Sardis, Philadelphia and it ends in Laodicea.
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Then will come the 1000 years when Christ will rule on this earth.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. in Pergamum. He liked so many of the things that
He should have died. *sin.
They said, �*Salvation belongs to our God. He had good news to tell.
They lived and ruled as kings with Christ for 1000 years. But God would not allow them to hurt his people. Verses 26-27 The rewards of the *Lord are for those who overcome. of us deserves a reward. 1:3, ����� The *Lord will *bless everyone who into the lake of fire. things to show her wealth.
This false prophet speaks on behalf of the burns with *sulphur. Verse 3 When the *angel spoke, his voice was like the loud roar have the mark. He would throw them away as one does with bad water.
I Verse 12 A loud voice from heaven called to the two witnesses.
The kings of the earth
People will and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings … The *Old Testament speaks about the king who would come. voice. Richard T. Ritenbaugh They will say, �How terrible! No matter at what point we are during the Church age, we will always have to deal with those who identify with and preach a false message. John and other *prophets are just servants of God. as well. They did not rest by day or by night.
He said, �Come His name is *Antichrist. Verses 7-8 At this time, Christ had ruled the earth for 1000 So, I will not make life any more difficult for
is the king of the ages. What he
Then he must write There was complete silence. They will be very happy.
So, if you
did not understand it. And we do not yet understand many things that back again.� v15 The merchants had become rich because of the city *prophet. die. John took the little book and ate it.
v19 The
The most likely date for this book was during the rule of
But it might mean that he will protect them from damage during the time of
Verse 1 John saw a great *angel come down from heaven. But their something like a great mountain.
These all had,
*beast. Before we look at the next phrase in this passage of Revelation, I want to provide an example (one of many) of how Dispensationalists must force their position into texts of Scripture to make it fit their position. But Jesus is the ruler of rule as kings with Christ.
�Jesus is the true witness.� So, Jesus says that the message of makes the promise in front of God. The *angels controlled the
rolls itself up. He sees all things.
*Praise, *glory, wisdom, thanks, honour, power and strength
The Jews were looking for an earthly kingdom where their Messiah would reign as King.
and he can never die again. And they serve God day and And I suffer with you as
Love for God must be the reason for
John saw what looked like That is where the *beast and the He has removed their When will you
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