And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." This fellowship with God in the golden age brings certain things. They did not possess the compass; and, therefore, as far as possible, they coasted along the shores. The great city was either guilty Jerusalem or Babylon. Then, as we have seen, comes the final test of the nations of the earth after that kingdom has run its course, and the devil let loose once more deceives flesh and blood after the analogy of all other dispensations. (2) FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD ( Revelation 21:3-4 continued). Have we not all heard of the balance of power? Revelation 21 At the same time we are not at liberty to eliminate such a feature out of the description. Here observe, (1.) (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Romans 1:29-32; Galatians 5:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:2-5; cp. That is, they will be excluded from heaven, and punished for ever. 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. See Romans 1:31. And unquestionably God has been awakening the attention of His people in a remarkable manner to the value of His word, and not least of all to the portion we are now examining. 2. b T. Bab. Here is a tremendous thing. 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, is its temple, and the Lamb. V. The truth and certainty of this blessed state are ratified by the word and promise of God, and ordered to be committed to writing, as matter of perpetual record, Revelation 21:5; Revelation 21:6. "The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works." 12 It had a wall great and high with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels. One of them showed him the destruction of the religious Babylon system in chapter seventeen. Some evade the difficulty by referring the desolation to the Gothic powers; and these Protestants, as if they were mere Praeterists! He is coming, and coming soon for us. What a solemn and weighty fact in the government of God! All who have looked back on the history know, that when the ten kings appeared, there was no beast or imperial power. A single verse dispels clouds of arguments. But whatever subsisted then, that which the Spirit here presents as a whole cannot be found realized at any point of time in the past. WebAnd the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. Thus the language of symbol is as definite as any other. But this is not to emerge from the bottomless pit. Scripture is positive in Isaiah 65:1-25 that death during the millennium only comes as a specific judgment because of open rebellion. 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. Hence the effort of some to prop up a manifestly false reading. She does not, it is true, say, "Come quickly." Thus it would include those who live in open sin; who practice detestable vices; whose conduct is suited to excite disgust and abhorrence. 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. lake which burns with fire and brimstone . The decem-regal division of the broken empire in the West, as all know, was long after Rome had ceased to be heathen. I'm not going to add to it. He shall be a stall to the righteous whereon to stay themselves. Some things which seem permissible enough are seen to be dangerous when seen in the light of God. The first were such as came out of heaven after Christ, being already raised from the dead and glorified. 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 All flesh will be silent before God ( Zechariah 2:13). Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. The chalcedony was a green silicate of copper, found in mines near Chalcedon. We know that if He tarries, it is not that He is "slack concerning His promise," but that "His long-suffering brings salvation to many." Man converted will then not merely reach the natural term if I may so say of a thousand years, but pass that bound. 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. The race was now in the resurrection state either for good or for evil; and thus it must be for ever. They have been often before in tears, by reason of sin, of affliction, of the calamities of the church; but now all tears shall be wiped away; no signs, no remembrance of former sorrows shall remain, any further than to make their present felicity the greater. One of the great contributions to the world's philosophical thought was Plato's doctrine of ideas or forms. Revelation 2:11; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 20:14; Revelation 21:8). I am the, Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. But in the time really contemplated here all this political shuffling will be over. And unbelieving Unbelief is a gross, unpardonable sin, unless repented of. To this earth He is coming, and not merely to the new earth in the eternal state. The very reverse is the undeniable fact. All this description closes in verse 5. For the old Jerusalem, though we saw (Revelation 20:9, and note) that it is to be again a holy city in the last days as of old, will have passed away with the first earth. "I will make my abode among you and I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people" ( Leviticus 26:11-12). IV. Revelation 21:8 NIV - But the cowardly, the unbelieving, But outside the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, the drug abusers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. "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.". It is not now lightnings and thunders and voices. Pulon ( G4440) can also mean the gate-tower in a great city, like the gate leading into a battlemented castle. In the coming of the Lord all include His coming to the habitable earth. (i) It has a background in the great mythological beliefs of John's time. His grace be with all! "But it is not of natural fear and timidity that John speaks; it is that cowardice which in the last resort chooses self and safety before Christ. 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. Even the proclamation of the grace of God is powerless save it be brought home by the quickening energy of His own Spirit. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter. There were names written on the 13 gates which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. "Come ye blessed of the Father inherit," Jesus said, "the things that were prepared for you from the foundations of the earth"( Matthew 25:34 ). This falls in with what we have seen of the book in general; but I do not deny that certain elements which figure in the Apocalypse then existed and still exist. "This is the first resurrection. Then we have a description of Babylon given. The Mighty One will shake creation only to renew it (Baruch 32:6). It is just asphalt. That is what Paul is thinking of when he speaks of the Jerusalem that is above ( Galatians 4:26), and also what is in the mind of the writer to the Hebrews when he speaks of the heavenly Jerusalem ( Hebrews 12:22). 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). Peace. Indeed, being fearful in this context is tied to faith..not showing faith outwardly that is. God gives us each a measure of faith and it Greek And the devil that deceiveth them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where both the beast and the false prophet [are], and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages.". Such is God's account of Babylon the great. WebRevelation 19:6-8Living Bible. 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants] / / , . Again and again it has happened that an age of brilliance has been followed by an age of darkness. Isaiah speaks of the new heaven and the new earth which God will make, in which life will be one continual act of worship ( Isaiah 66:22). Thus nothing can be simpler or more beautiful than the way in which this verse sums up the Revelation as a whole. And as for the twelve tribes of Israel, they are merely written there, nothing more. "The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour unto it" not into but unto. All these things have their place in Babylon the great. Verse Only. Greek 3. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. God didn't reveal the truth of the church until the New Testament times. 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. Enduring Word Not because any of their names were written therein, but in proof that they were not. Justly does she gather her title from the old fountain of idols and of combined power without God: confusion being here the characteristic element, the designation is taken from the renowned city of the Chaldeans, the first spot notorious in both respects. In Jewish dreams the end of the sea is the end of a force hostile to God and to man. The seventh bowl contained under it the fall of Babylon, which "was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.". They were judged every man according to their works. 23 The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine for it, for the glory of God illumines it, and its lamp is the Lamb. In short, it is as we saw in Revelation 17:1-18, after Babylon had been brought before us in the course of the prophecy. These gates could represent the way into the holy city of those who find Christ in the glad morning of their days. Read full chapter This may suffice for Revelation 18:1-24. It was the destruction of the imperial unity of Rome that gave occasion for the well-known ten kingdoms which the barbarians set up afterwards. WebRevelation 21:8 Lexicon: "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part It is of the seven in that point of view, because it is imperialism; but it is an eighth, because it has a diabolical source when raised up again. It is not the enjoyment of all, but it is the hinge on which all depends. On these I may say but a very few words. In general this has been either passed over in the chapter, or some unsatisfactory inference has been flung out, which can only embroil the prophecy. Greek We must face difficulties; we must bow to the word; we must seek to learn through all. "The tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. I will give to him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. "At the last day" does not mean merely an instant of time. God has got a lot of secrets that He hasn't told us yet. Observe, 1. And what kind God may create after us, who knows? . , , , 21:8 Greek NT: Nestle 1904, 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort 1881, 21:8 Greek NT: Westcott and Hort / [NA27 and UBS4 variants], 21:8 Greek NT: RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005, 21:8 Greek NT: Greek Orthodox Church, 21:8 Greek NT: Tischendorf 8th Edition, 21:8 Greek NT: Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894, 21:8 Greek NT: Stephanus Textus Receptus 1550. It is not what Christ puts on them, but a recognition even at this time of whatever has been of God the working I do not deny of the Spirit of Christ. And when God does judge, it is not merely for the evil of those then judged, but of all from the first budding of it till that day. 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. Observe, 1. Then we have another glorious description. 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. The east is the place of the rising sun and the beginning of the day. There is nothing in Jesus to harm him; there is every thing to bless there is Himself to be enjoyed, even if they have failed in the full knowledge of it here below. No physical infirmities, no weaknesses, no tiredness, and no weariness. Line-By-Line Order: Verse-Reference. shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. For the first time God himself speaks; he is the God who is able to make all things new. We know that the change of all those caught up takes place in the twinkling of an eye. Eze 48:3035 ) Tools Rev 21:9 The beast is the expression of the will of man setting itself up in direct antagonism to God. of men that are dead (Sibylline Oracles 3: 710-723). If ancient times failed fully to meet the requirements of the chapter, it is evident that the middle ages are passed without its fulfilment as a whole. Round the city is a great high wall. The sapphire appears in the Old Testament story as the stone of the paving on which God stood ( Exodus 24:10). Needless to say, you could all have a square mile and if we need more space what you do is just move your ceiling down to a half-mile and you double again the capacity. In the city of God these foundation stones were all precious stones. God will set up an ensign to which all the nations will come ( Isaiah 11:12). This would have been altogether inappropriate for such a progress: when the King comes forth riding to victory in the judgment of wicked men of the world, it is not in the quality of bride, but of armies or hosts, that the saints follow Him; and these include no doubt the guests as well, i.e., all the glorified take their place in His train. This explains, it seems to me, the wounded head that was afterwards healed. John goes on to speak of the twelve foundations of the city. abominated; probably alluding to crimes yet fouler than those named. The Whole Earth For God ( Revelation 21:24-27). A mighty angel takes a stone and says, when he cast it into the sea, "Thus with violence shall be thrown down Babylon the great city, and shall be found no more at all." And thus it was but a little glimpse they had of prophecy. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. If that be so, John gives the signs of the Zodiac in precisely the reverse order! WebCHAPTER 21 Revelation 21:1 . The subject-matter of this vision is so great, and of such great importance to the church and people of God, that they have need of the fullest assurances of it; and God therefore from heaven repeats and ratifies the truth thereof. It takes an equivalent power to hold the nucleus of an atom together that is released when the nucleus is unbalanced.Now, God who holds together the universe by the word of His power, and we are told this in the scripture; He created it by the word of His power and by Him all things are held together. Take notice of this (which confirms the application just now contended for), that when John saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus, he wondered with great wonder. 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. 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 a wholly unwarranted interpolation. It sounds too good to be true. Separate Line. The fearful lead the van in this black list. "Let him that heareth," then, "say, Come." Reference-Verse. To bad surfers, but I am sure God will have something quite superior. "I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth" ( Psalms 89:27). We have here a note of time of signal value. "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away." Thus, whether the books or the book be examined, all conspire to declare the justice, the solemn but most affecting righteousness, of God's final irrevocable sentence. Do you stillKJV: so fearful? This also is a no less important element for understanding the chapter. Directly he had sinned, the word of God came, and he was called. 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. Revelation 21 "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast." You need no meeting place where you go to meet God. 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. Now there was nothing more repulsive and fatal to paganism in every form than the truth revealed in Christ, which exposed every thing that was not itself not the truth, definite and exclusive. That inheritance that has- "If we are sons of God then we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ"( Romans 8:17 ). Unhallowed love will end in hatred. Revelation 21:8 - Bible Verse Meaning and Commentary 15 He who was speaking with me had a golden measuring rod, that he might measure the city and its gates and its walls. You must with the best authorities leave out this addition, if you would have the true force of the verse. 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. John 8:31) (MSB), abominable . For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. But it is blessed that He says, "I come quickly;" and it is only Christ who in scripture ever says so. God is sovereign. 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. What is there to hinder it? But the church consists of souls called out from the earth, and is not of the world: consequently to the church the time is always at hand. In verse 14 John has said that the stones are inscribed with the names of the twelve apostles. . The highest courage is to be desperately afraid and in spite of that to do the right thing and to hold fast to loyalty. The fulness of it. Instead of judgment being executed on them, it was given to them. Separate Line. The jasper was not the modern opaque jasper but a translucent rock crystal, green in colour. It is altogether foreign to history. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. But along with that God warns of her ruin, and calls on His people (verse 4) to come out of her. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful ( Revelation 21:5 ). It is the eternal state; and also, in fact, the fullest description of that state which is furnished in the Bible. John 16:7-11 (KJV) 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come u In Jeremiah's account of the new covenant the promise of God is: "I will be their God, and they shall be my people" ( Jeremiah 31:33). But for the eternal judgment heaven and earth are fled away; and then we see the new and eternal universe. "And he that sat upon him called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war." Thus the misery of the damned will illustrate the blessedness of those that are saved, and the blessedness of the saved will aggravate the misery of those that are damned.
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