The marriage supper invitation was first extended to the Jews (Matthew 10:5-6). In His parable of the marriage feast, the king and Father is preparing a marriage feast for His son and sent servants to call them who had been invited to the feast but they did not come. He sent forth other servants to…
The marriage has come and the bride of Christ has made herself ready to be joined to her husband. Marriage is an occasion of great rejoicing and this union is no different. Paul writes about this relationship in Ephesians 5. Verses twenty-five through thirty-three read, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the called-out…
After the judgment of the Harlot, John hears a great sound coming from a great multitude in heaven, saying, “HALLELUJAH; SALVATION, AND GLORY, AND POWER, BELONG TO OUR GOD.” As was true with the Old Testament prophets, it is true in this text that we find salvation for a remnant along with the punishment of…
The only material for trade that Judea provided was stone. The only other products could be gained from cattle, sheep, and the olive tree. Water had to be carefully monitored and brought into their cisterns by aqueducts, especially during seasons of drought. Jerusalem had one spring of any significance, the Shiloah in the south. Despite…
Another angel, powerful and glorious, cried, “FALLEN, FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT, AND IS BECOME A HABITATION OF DEMONS, A HOLD OF EVERY UNCLEAN SPIRIT, AND A HOLD OF EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD.” This is an accurate account of Jerusalem during the Roman siege. Verse three reveals the cause of God’s wrath. The fault…
The angel who tells John about the Beast in chapter 17 does not leave John in the dark regarding the visions he received. The angel reveals the mystery of the woman and of the Beast that carries her. 1) The beast, whom we have identified as the historical figure named John of Gishala, is about…
One of the angels that revealed the seven plagues had John follow him where he would be shown the judgment of the Great Harlot that sits upon many waters. The many waters are “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues” (17:15). This is probably a reference to the Jewish Diaspora and this imagery depicts the…
Having predicted the earthquake, John uses symbolic language (verse 20) in the disappearance of the mountains and islands (cf. Rev. 6:14). This is the divine shaking of heaven and earth as promised by God (Heb. 12:25-29) to make way for an unshakable kingdom or new heavens and new earth. The seventh plague includes great hail…
These seven bowls of God’s wrath were poured on the land, sea, and air. This bowl, affecting the air and was accompanied by a great voice coming from the temple that said, “IT IS DONE.” Jesus finished his cries from the cross with, “It is finished” (Jn. 19:30). He had come into the world for…
1. So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. 2. The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and…