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Revelation 19
“…behold a white horse; and he that sat
upon him was called Faithful and True…”
Chapter Outline:
I.
JOHN HEARS THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN SAYING ALLELUIA,
VV. 1-3
II.
THE 24 ELDERS AND THE 4 BEASTS AROUND THE
THRONE SAY ALLELUIA, V. 4
III.
ALL SERVANTS AND GOD FEARERS ARE CALLED TO
PRAISE THE LORD, VV. 5-6
IV.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB AND THE BRIDE OF
CHRIST, VV. 7-8
V.
THE FOURTH BEATITUDE OF REVELATION, VV. 9-10
I.
JOHN HEARS THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN SAYING ALLELUIA, VV. 1-3
“And after these things…”
A. This is a long awaited for phrase.
Since chapter 6 till now we have seen the
wrath of God thunder down on a world of Christ rejecters.
The chapters of his
wrath are behind having been summed up by the 18th chapter where we saw
Babylon and all it stands for hurled as a millstone with irreversible inertia into
judgment.
B. We were told in the 20th verse of chapter 18 to “Rejoice over her (Babylon), O
heaven, and you holy apostles1 and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"
Chapter 19, in a sense, picks up that theme of rejoicing and praising God for the
destruction of Babylon but then adds to the reason of rejoicing the second
coming of Christ.
C.
These two chapters are connected by the rejoicing and jovial spirit which
commenced by commandment in 18:20 and continues in chapter 19.
However
this chapter will also present a contrast to us.
In 18 we saw a whore with all her
entrapments abased by Godʼs wrath.
In 19 we see the Bride of Christ glistening
in fine linen robes prepared for the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And so we see
a complete shift of gears and change of tone as we come to this long waited for
phrase, “And after these things…”
D. As J. Vernon McGee said, that chapter 19
“marks a dramatic change in the tone of Revelation.
The destruction of Babylon,
the capital of the Beastʼs kingdom, marks the end of the Great Tribulation.
The
somber gives way to song.
The transfer is from darkness to light, from black to
white, from dreary days of judgment to bright days of blessing.
This chapter
makes a definite bifurcation in Revelation, and ushers in the greatest event for
this earth–the Second Coming of Christ.
It is the bridge between the great
tribulation and the millennium.”2
“…I heard a great voice of much people in heaven…”
A. The phrase “much people” in the greek is the same phrase as is found in chapter
7:9 where it says “a great multitude.”
B. These whom John hears were no doubt the martyred saints of the tribulation.
We
also see this same group in chapter 6:9-11.
“ 9.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them
1
NU-Text and M-Text read saints and apostles.
2
Reveling Through Revelation, II, pg.
66.
Taken for these notes from The Revelation Record, John F. Walvoord, pg.
268
2
that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10.
And
they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou
not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11.
And white
robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they
should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.”
C. The cry of these saints in chapter 6 is how long will it be till you (God) will avenge
us.
In the chapter before us now we see the time come for the saints to see
judgment given and vengeance exacted on the world which rejected their Christ
and which put them to death.
“…saying, Alleluia…”
A. This most pleasant word in song and speech only occurs here in the entire NT.
In
fact we see this word no less than 4 times in this chapter.
The fact that these 4
Alleluias are clustered like vibrant shining stars into a single chapter in the NT
can only tell us one thing–that the circumstances in this chapter are of
remarkable and utmost importance to the reader.
B. The meaning of the word is “praise the Lord.”
The Hebrew is hallelujah
“…Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:”
A. The tone of the praise (alleluia) is one of ascribing the Salvation, the glory, the
honor and the power unto the Lord.
The much people in heaven had one voice,
i.e. they were in unison together, as they worshiped the Lord and ascribed all
these attributes wholly and only to God.
B. As they worshiped the Lord for who he was there was an incredible unity.
In
heaven this is just the way things will be.
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