that is, on their enemies, the antichristian party; for otherwise it must rain on those to whom they minister, their prophecy itself being rain in a spiritual sense: so rain is explained of prophecy in the Targum on (Isaiah 5:6) , which paraphrases the words thus; ...
Clearly, it is the piercing sound of this first trumpet that shatters the “silence” (Verse 1), while the praise service in heaven (Revelation 7:11, 12) probably takes place a little later, although we are not told when. According to the Commentary (looking at this trumpet from the his...
Verse 11: And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. This “king” is the “star” John saw “fall from heaven unto the earth” (Verse 1),” referencing the...
There the seven heads are explained as seven kings, and the heads here are crowned; the ten horns are also explained as ten kings. The sevenfold kingship and the tenfold power of the world are thus described as belonging to the dragon. The picture here, as the picture of the wild beast...
Chapter 18The revelations of Babylon the Great are explained. Chapter 19Jesus begins His reign on earth and destroys the armies of the Beast that come against Him atIsrael. Chapter 21A new Heaven and a new earth are created - the Holy City of the Lamb's wife is seen in Heaven. ...
explained on the basis of its similarity to the last three letters of the verb “repent” (μετανόησον, metanoēson; since οὖν is a postpositive conjunction in Greek, the final three letters of the verb [-σον, -son] would have been immediately followed by ουν)....
The seven kingdoms, or heads of the wild beast, are more distinctly explained in Revelation 17:10. There we read that five are fallen, one was in possession of power, and the seventh had not yet arisen. The key is thus placed in our hands. The sixth head is imperial Rome, the ...
Revelation 22:10 That is, the angel speaking Christ’s words here, as explained in v 6 and 16. Or, He, Christ Himself speaking. Likewise throughout this paragraph. Revelation 22:11 That is, morally filthy. The point of this verse is, Do what you are going to do. Make your choices ...
And so the minds of people have been blinded by one called Satan the devil. But now, there is good news. Revelation 11 and verse 15 (Revelation 11:15), a prophecy for the future, and this is just ahead of us. "And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven,...
All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that hath been made. (John 1:3) This verse reveals the fact that Jesus not only pre-existed the creation, it announces that it was indisputably through Him that the creation came into being. In one of his letters John...