It is the fault, however, of the bad Greek text of Erasmus, Stephens, etc. They shall be his people; their souls shall be assimilated to him, filled with all the love, honour, and delight in God which their relation to him requires, and this will constitute their perfect holiness; and he will be their God: God himself will be their God; his immediate presence with them, his love fully manifested to them, and his glory put upon them, will be their perfect happiness; then he will fully answer the character of the relation on his part, as they shall do on their part. New Testament, Vol. The thousand years of peace and plenty will have given occasion for an ever-growing population, spite of a world thinned by divine judgments which open that era. The fearful denote those who had not firmness boldly to maintain their professed principles, or who were afraid to avow themselves as the friends of God in a wicked world. Revelation 21:19 f. [ 3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. This conception of preexisting forms may seem strange. The name of the star is Wormwood. The Mighty One will shake creation only to renew it (Baruch 32:6). is a myth. To bad surfers, but I am sure God will have something quite superior. 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 rabbinic dreams of the re-created Jerusalem were vast enough. It is in this way that Ezekiel also describes his experience. "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." I do not acknowledge the language to be either difficult or ambiguous. This too must not be viewed as if it were a loss. (1) THE NEW JERUSALEM ( Revelation 21:2 ). It is no longer a question of sustaining His saints in grace, but of sovereign power for judging the earth. Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. Third, it was made in a Psalm which the Jewish scholars always interpreted of the Messiah. 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). Accordingly it is another figure. 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). 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. But the attempt, again, to apply what is said here to a future city of Babylon in Chaldea seems to me no less vain. (ii) There are two words totally different in meaning but similar in sound which in early Christian thought became closely connected. 21:8 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005T , , , . In Daniel's time, and even to Daniel himself, the book was sealed. (ii) John, like the ancient prophets, repeatedly speaks of the Gentiles and their kings bringing their gifts to God. But the holy city was not only square; it was in the form of a perfect cube. And the hope of those who are troubled of heart. Try to put them together and they will fight each other. This is not unrighteous, but, on the contrary, the highest justice from a divine point of view. , . They shall bring 27 to it the glory and the honour of the nations; but nothing unclean shall enter into it, nor shall he who practises abominable things or uses falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. The church cannot hear of Him as the bright morning star without at once desiring that He should come. All who have looked back on the history know, that when the ten kings appeared, there was no beast or imperial power. ", He that overcometh shall inherit all things ( Revelation 21:7 ). Peculiar energy indeed attaches to symbolic language. "The ten horns which thou sawest AND the beast" would give unquestionably the right form of the verse. John's vision of the new Jerusalem uses and amplifies many of the dreams of the prophets. Many people and the inhabitants of many cities will come to Jerusalem. As it releases them, you have this tremendous release of energy and power and you see the tremendous power released when protons within an atom are set free. "Let him that heareth," then, be encouraged to "say, Come." Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. "And he had a name written, that no man knew but he himself." But, Rev. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. It was blood-red, and was the commonest of all stones used for engraving gems. Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. Verse Revelation 21:8. In short, one may be described as corruption, and the other as violence. Thus eternal judgment was executed at once. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. "And he said unto me, It is done. . Now, this new earth will be orbited by the New Jerusalem. We may illustrate it by the members of a family. The city of God needed no created light, because God the uncreated light was in the midst of her. And now the eternal state comes into view. What makes it the more notable is this, that the rod of iron is promised to us not the sword. The elders do show us the heavenly heads of priesthood (embracing, as I believe, the Old Testament saints and those of the New); i.e., they are not limited to the church, Christ's body. We read that in the Messianic Age the Jerusalem which is invisible will appear ( 2Esther 7:26). of mourning shall be ended ( Isaiah 60:10-20). 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. 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had gone; and the sea was no more. It is the way to all, if it be not the actual entrance into and enjoyment of it. In fact, he makes it clear that the future state of things is vastly different from the present. Again, it was not the modern sapphire. It cannot be done till the moment comes. 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. Observe, 1. For all things work in sympathy with them and. . These would appear to be (save Judas Iscariot, of course) the twelve apostles that were peculiarly associated with Christ in His suffering path on the earth. The glorious incandescent light, of the Shekinah of God, the glory of God. But now heaven is opened for yet graver facts, and of incalculable moment for man and the universe and the enemy. (2) THE NEW JERUSALEM ( Revelation 21:2 continued). "* There is no thought of making such a paradox to perplex the mind. Their punishment: They have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. The old oracles were sealed then: not so John's. The angels are never "called," although they may be "chosen;" and though termed holy, I do not recollect that they are ever spoken of as "faithful." Nothing more is to be done. Idolaters and liars Idolatry, whether the worship of pagan gods, as in the days of John, or the worship and adoration of self above the God of heaven, can never be pleasing to God. "Come," he said, "and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." Lit. Observe another very important fact. Champion of humanity, Most High liberate to set free, vindicating to reconcile the inhabitants without delay, to answer, return and revive. 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. On that account it was altogether out of place to pay homage to him instead of to the God who had sent him to serve. He put an oar on his shoulder and set out with the intention of journeying inland until he reached people who knew so little of the sea that they asked him what strange thing he carried on his shoulder. 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." "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. And the beast was taken" (taken alive), "and with him the false prophet that wrought signs in his presence, with which he deceived those that received the mark of the beast, and those that worshipped his image." Further, after this Jesus introduces Himself, as well as sends His angel. "So he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness" a thorough waste as to the knowledge or enjoyment of God. 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. The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for, brightness shall the moon give light to you by night; but the Lord. To the woman at the well He said, "If you drink of this water, you will thirst again, if you drink of the water that I give you will never thirst again"( John 4:13-14 ). The first foundation was jasper; the second was sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. From deos (dread); timid, i.e. They received their power as kings when the beast ceased to exist. They lived, and were put therefore into a place and condition suitable for reigning with Christ, no less than the Old Testament saints and the church itself. (1) FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD ( Revelation 21:3-4 ), 21:3-4 And I heard a great voice from heaven. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. Sometimes, again, they have sought to turn it aside toward Jerusalem in her corrupt state. She followed and had inherited the spirit of all, from the days of Cain, who had lifted up their hands against their righteous brethren. Murderers are those He taught that in the invisible world there existed the perfect form or idea of everything upon earth, and that all things on earth were imperfect copies of the heavenly realities. The voice is that of one of the Angels of the Presence. Let us look at the different groups that are seen to have part in the first resurrection. It is God's promise: "I will transform the heaven and make it an eternal blessing and light; and I will transform the earth and make it a blessing" (Enoch 45:4). The west is the land of the dying day and the setting sun. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. You can believe it. There is a sinner who sins against his will; there is a sinner who deliberately sins. WebRevelation 21:8 Interlinear: and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake Do not wonder at the vast numbers, or at their defection. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1969), p. 246. Here observe, (1.) Isaiah has a picture of the day when all nations will go up to Mount Sion to be taught the law and to learn to walk in the ways of God ( Isaiah 2:2-4). This is probably a reference, primarily, to participants in the rites of paganism and the unmentionable perversions and debaucheries that attended them. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. See the notes on Mark 16:16. Patience or endurance of hope is what becomes us. In short, it is not tropical language, as when it is said of the prodigal son "This my son was dead, and is alive again;" or of the restoration of Israel, which is compared to a resurrection from the dead for the rest of the world. These compose the third class here spoken of. * Even the Complutensian editors give the right text here; and it would seem that Erasmus failed to use his MS. aright. Faith is the wall behind which the saints of God are secure against the assaults of the world, the flesh and the devil. There will be a new creation accomplished which will endure to eternity (Enoch 72:1). 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. [1.] And then comes the gathering and the battle. First, it was made to Abraham. Their misery helps to illustrate the glory and blessedness of the saints, and the distinguishing goodness of God towards them, Revelation 21:8; Revelation 21:8. 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. 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. The horns have constantly opposed each other, and even sometimes the pope. The cowards are those who loved ease and comfort more than they loved Christ, and who in the day of trial were ashamed to show whose they were and whom they served. It was ruled in general that the worldly powers were ordained of God. It is called "the first resurrection." But he tells us further that the Spirit of prophecy, who prophesies in this book, is the testimony of Jesus. "Let him that is unrighteous be unrighteous still: and let the filthy be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! The woman was allowed to ride the beast to influence and govern the empire first, but at last to be the object of hatred to the ten horns and the beast, who expose, rob, and destroy her. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. It will be approximately the size of the moon. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, or whatsoever works abomination, or a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life ( Revelation 21:24-27 ). 207-209. In Jewish dreams the end of the sea is the end of a force hostile to God and to man. But no; it was an absolute decree that went forth, and this indisputably, from a single head of the undivided empire. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it. Let others speculate, if they will: I am persuaded that he who essays to conceive the details is merely striving to draw a bow beyond the power of man. In short, Babylon, the disgusting counterpart of the holy city, in earthly ambition seeks the kings and the masses for her own present objects, while the other suffers now and will reign then. help them, the heaven, and God's chariot the sun, and the moon. That which we highly prize and value that men will lie for, kill for and steal for will have no value up there. VI. It will be cubed however rather than round and it will be fourteen hundred miles cubed.Now, if we lived dimensionally at that time, you know we live on the surface of the earth, but if you had a cube and we lived dimensionally, it is interesting to get out your pencil and notepad and figure how many square miles you could get in a cube that was fourteen hundred miles in each direction. All image worshippers are idolaters in every sense of the word. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Man has always sinned in one or other of these two ways, looking now at sin in its broadest forms. The gospel of John and the Revelation perfectly disclose both, whether in grace or in judgment. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. Strangely enough it is different when we come to the wall. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, "The woman" is the more general symbol designating her as the great imperial city; "the harlot" is her corrupt religious character, embracing papal Rome, but not ending with Popery as it is. So, there are glorious things. 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 "On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. see notes at Revelation 9:17; and Revelation 14:10; and Revelation 19:20; and Revelation 20:10. which is the second death . The sins of those who perish, among which are first mentioned their cowardliness and unbelief. In the first eight verses of Revelation 21:1-27 we have the new heaven and the new earth, but besides, awful to say, the lake of fire. (ii) On the gates are the names of the twelve tribes. And unbelieving Those who resist against full evidence. As man does not believe in the resurrection of man, it is no wonder that he does not believe in the resurrection of an empire. He equally expresses what God is. 1. "They have one mind, and give their own power and authority to the beast." The heavens will be on fire. T , , , . 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). Is not this reason enough for saying that not even the shadow of solid ground appears for the system? 21:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894 , . 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. Whether it were the Old Testament saints and the church, or the Apocalyptic saints, if I may so distinguish them, it was in an instant that each were raised, but there was some space between them. 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). 1 A New World The vision pictures a new heavens and a new earth with a new Jerusalem. But is there any reason why we should content ourselves with the measure enjoyed of old? He is no longer to be allowed to prowl about the world ensnaring and destroying. The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. If some few have joined on one side, some are sure to help the other, because they are jealous of any one acquiring such a preponderant authority: and power as to govern the rest. It was the same with the Jews. Nothing of the sort can be plainer. In this new world the apostle saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, not locally, but as to its original: this new Jerusalem is the church of God in its new and perfect state, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, beautified with all perfection of wisdom and holiness, meet for the full fruition of the Lord Jesus Christ in glory. 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. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. But the graphic account does not end until the Spirit of God shows us another view of Babylon altogether. Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein. He has reserved the matter, though not without enough to guide our thoughts, as we have seen. how is itINT: to them Why fearful are you still no, Hebrews 12:28 N-GNSGRK: INT: fear and reverence, Revelation 21:8 Adj-DMPGRK: NAS: But for the cowardly and unbelievingKJV: But the fearful, and unbelieving,INT: but to [the] fearful and unbelieving. This idea is equally strong between the Testaments. 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. WebCHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1 . (i) Skene ( G4633) is the word used for the Tabernacle. "The Spirit of prophecy" and such it is all through the Revelation after the seven churches are done with "is the testimony of Jesus." 15. Moral unfitness has its just censure; but sovereign grace must be asserted also. Babylon is the parent of the "abominations of the earth." It refers to times in history when a "Christian" tries to save his/her life by giving another Christian up to the persecuting totalitarian regime. These were simply the characters of provisional judgment that filled the interval after the church was gone, and before the reign with Christ. What is there to hinder it? The thrones were already filled. These gates could stand for the way into the holy city of those who come to Christ in the evening of their days. "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). Finally they will destroy her. In presence of grace I do not think this is for His glory, any more than for their own blessing.
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