revelation 21:8 greek
According to the general scope of scripture, then, we may be quite sure that these saints, kept during this universal dissolution of the atmospheric heaven and the earth, will be translated to "the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness," in a condition new and meet for the eternal state into which they are ushered. Then, when the Lamb and His purchase by blood are celebrated in heaven, the four living creatures join the elders, though each is distinct. , . The absence of a temple is therefore no loss but a gain for this city. The highest promise of all is intimate fellowship with God, in which we can say: "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine" (SS 6:3). Many people and the inhabitants of many cities will come to Jerusalem. Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. Zechariah hears God say: "I will be to her a wall of fire round about" ( Zechariah 2:5). But he ought to have withstood it I do not mean in vengeance (for that belongs to the Lord), but as holily hating the sin itself, yet withal in the deepest compassion for his parent. T , , , . WebThe Bible in Basic English for Revelation 21:8 8 But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who It would be impossible to say anything more magnificent about God. Yet to this heavenly city, after Christ comes, the kings of the earth bring their offerings and their homage; but there is no excitement of the nations, no filthiness of fornication, no abominations, no blood-guiltiness. The idolaters are those who worshipped the false gods of whom the world was full. The east is the place of the rising sun and the beginning of the day. But here is a mystery altogether different: "Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". Positive poles repel. All is opened, and this because we have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us; "for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. The word "" translated as "fearful" in the KJV is Strong's Gr. 1169. The definition is cowardly or fearful. Many of the English translation Nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see the glory of God (Wis 17:34). Reference-Verse. When the second beast appeared, he even strove to put to death those who would not worship the beast, nor pay homage to his image, nor receive his mark. Again we are back among the dreams of the ancient prophets. The question is, why is she thus designated? But alas! 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. It is not only that the angel corrects the act by asserting that he is a fellow-servant of him and of his brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Besides, many ages must pass between the time when this vision was given forth and the accomplishment of it, and many great trials must intervene; and therefore God would have it committed to writing, for perpetual memory, and continual use to his people. I think that God is doing that to show us that the value system is totally different in heaven as it is here. There is, however, a great deal more than this on the subject, and given with great precision in scripture, because this is merely the principle of sin in one or other form from the beginning. She is, the mother of the harlots, but also (and with still deeper guilt) of the abominations of the earth. 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. In Jewish dreams the end of the sea is the end of a force hostile to God and to man. of men that are dead (Sibylline Oracles 3: 710-723). I say "righteousnesses," not "righteousness." The political side of this is described here with surprising brightness and brevity. So, just what kind of order, or whatever, is only speculation and as such worthless, but it will be interesting when we get there and find out. Again there is symbolism here. On the contrary, it proved the immediateness of communion. What a privilege and what a blessing. It is written to be believed, not to be ignored or explained away. A seventh should follow; and what is more, the seventh was in one aspect to be an eighth. fol. Surely this stands for the catholicity of the Church. They "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.". He equally expresses what God is. He comes to execute vengeance, and with a sign of death for rebels. 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. 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. 6 Then I heard again what sounded like the shouting of a huge crowd, or like the waves of a hundred oceans crashing on the shore, or like the mighty rolling of great thunder, Praise the Lord. SKENE ( G4633) --SHECHINAH (compare the Hebrew verb, shakan, to dwell, H7931) --the connection in sound brought it about that men could not hear the one without thinking of the other. John 8:31) (MSB), abominable . Reception And Rejection ( Revelation 21:24-27 Continued). Their punishment: They have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. The altar of the burnt offering, the altar of the incense, and the High Priest's breast-plate were all in the form of a cube ( Exodus 27:1; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 28:16). Web[ 1] Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. Even when Jerusalem was obliterated, the Jews never lost confidence that God would restore it. "To the thirsty I will give water without price from the fountain of the water of life." That is to say, the heavenly saints are viewed still as the heads of the glorified priesthood, and also the executive in the administration of God's judgments. As long as they feel their need of him, he will supply that need (5-6). "And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb." The covenant, interest, and relation, that there are now between God and his people, will be filled up and perfected in heaven. Here observe, (1.) A mystery clearly points to something undiscoverable by the natural mind of man a secret that requires the distinct and fresh light of God to unravel, but which when revealed thus is plain enough. Separate Line. Even when God was judging providentially in the beginning of the Apocalyptic visions (Revelation 4:1-11), associated thrones were seen. Each side of the city was twelve thousand stades (compare G4712) . "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood." He will wipe away all their tears; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away ( Revelation 21:3-4 ). And idolaters; that worship devils, idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, representing God, and Christ, and the virgin Mary, and saints departed, Revelation 9:20. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.". He gets his power and they get theirs for one and the same time. We had seen Babylon twice: first, in the circle of God's warnings and testimonies; and then as the object of God's judgment under the seven bowls. And what kind God may create after us, who knows? In the passage which we have just quoted Josephus speaks of stones in the Temple foundation walls of almost 70 feet in length, 8 feet in height, and 9 feet in breadth. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that he was, and is not, and shall be present." But we can understand that the Lord could and did make that little go far, and do no little good. 4. All image worshippers are idolaters in every sense of the word. So, there will be limited access.Now, perhaps God is going to create another new order upon the earth, the new earth. A man can come by many roads into the kingdom, for "there are as many ways to the stars as there are men to climb them.". Peculiar energy indeed attaches to symbolic language. (ii) John, like the ancient prophets, repeatedly speaks of the Gentiles and their kings bringing their gifts to God. We know the Holy Spirit rather as a spirit of communion with Christ. But there is one curious point. WebRevelation 21:8 New International Version 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all 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. This is the second death. And he said unto me, It is finished. The Measuring Of The City ( Revelation 21:15-17). But to the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.". Man on the earth has his portion in the goodness of a God who is manifesting His kingdom. fashioned it in size of many furlongs, with a giant tower, touching the very clouds, and seen of all, so that all the. Thus (without speaking of the resurrection of the wicked at the close) there were certainly more acts than one, not to speak of the two witnesses put to death and caused to rise after three days and a half, when the spirit of life entered them, and they not only arose, but went up to heaven, as we know. I do not, of course, complain of particular persons, but of the general vagueness in which the passage has been taken unless, indeed, the more common course be not to ignore it. 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." This chapter explains how it was that Babylon was so offensive to God, and wherefore He judged her thus sternly. Reference-Verse. Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. The word for "beginning" is arche ( G746) , and does not simply mean first in point of time but first in the sense of the source of all things. That pagan Rome, therefore, should set itself against Christianity was to be expected, and so the fact proved. There is no scriptural reason to infer that any saint dies during the thousand years, but rather the contrary. We shall find, on the contrary, its aspect is toward the universe, yet is there the special place of Israel; and quite right it is that it should be so. And who would defraud either the soul of salvation, or the Lord of showing it? He is all in all. All who have looked back on the history know, that when the ten kings appeared, there was no beast or imperial power. The unrenewed of the nations are now compassing them with their countless hosts, as if to eat them up like grasshoppers. This brings in idolatry, real shameless idolatry too, not merely that subtle working of the idolatrous spirit that every Christian has to guard against. This, then, means that God is to make his tabernacle with men for ever, to give his presence to men for ever. If only an imperial city, what has this to do with mystery? (i) It has a background in the great mythological beliefs of John's time. "And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire." The sons of the stranger will learn to love God and to serve him. The day will come when the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day there will be one Lord ( Zechariah 14:9). It was most likely the stone now known as lapis lazuli. And now the eternal state comes into view. Exodus 20:13-17; cf. But the fearful Those who, for fear of losing life or their property, either refused to receive the Christian religion, though convinced of its truth and importance; or, having received it, in times of persecution fell away, not being willing to risk their lives. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gates was one pearl [or one huge pearl at each gate]: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass ( Revelation 21:18-21 ). The name of the star is Wormwood. It is no longer a question of sustaining His saints in grace, but of sovereign power for judging the earth. I take it, therefore, that God intended this analogy to be noted by us; that it is not a pursuance of the prophecy, but a description of the holy city previously named, just as the other was a description of the corrupt city, whose judgment had been announced. It is not the gospel, nor the Holy Spirit, but the lawless revived Latin empire with its vassal kingdoms of the west, that combine and destroy Babylon. Verse Only. But still it is a very solemn fact to read, and that which we are bound to preach that even in the perfect state of eternity, while there is the brightness of the heaven and of the earth into which no evil can enter, you have all the evil that ever has been all the wicked of every clime and of every age cast into the fixed condition of eternal judgment in the lake of fire. Here is symbolism which is plain for all to see. 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. Its gates will never be shut by day, 26 for, as for night, there will be no night there. In the city of God these foundation stones were all precious stones. The chalcedony was a green silicate of copper, found in mines near Chalcedon. This it is precisely which will bring out the indignant judgment of God upon the last phase of Babylon, so that the guilt of all the blood shed on the earth shall be imputed to her, and she may be judged accordingly. It is the divine judgment of man eternal judgment. The west is the land of the dying day and the setting sun. 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. The woman was there seen sitting on a scarlet-coloured beast, i.e., the well-known imperial power of the Roman Empire, "full of [the] names of blasphemy" in its wicked opposition to God, and clothed with the forms we have already seen "seven heads and ten horns." Webevery sinful man is so in the sight of God; but here it denotes such who are the worst of sinners, given up to sinning; who are abominable, and to every good work reprobate; who