Then we have another glorious description. The words here could not have been spoken by the mother of Jesus, but were quite properly spoken concerning her. On Deuteronomy 32:40, in which God is described as swearing by Himself, compare Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 22:5; Hebrews 6:17. As long as Rome was pagan, there was neither the full bearing of the seven heads, nor did so much as one of the ten horns exist. His goods = the souls whom Satan holds captive. For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever." Still another concept that finds support is the doctrine of the ubiquitousness of Jesus. 2. 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.". It is no longer a question either of celebrating the ways and counsels of God, or of the war with the beast and king. No generation was ever punished for the sins of its ancestors, except in the sense of their receiving the consequences of choices made by their ancestors, the great example of this being the sufferings of humanity due to the sin of Adam; but, in this place, more was intended. There are two possibilities. [2] Brooks Foss Westcott, The Gospel according to St. John (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971), p. 248. Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22) With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18).Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed No wonder Israel was in trouble spiritually when even her noblest teachers rejected the idea of being born of water and of the Spirit. When we realize this truth we will be able to sing--, "Love of Christ so freely given, Grace of God beyond degree, Mercy higher than the heaven, Deeper than the deepest sea. The Church Fathers identify him as John He does not quote from Deuteronomy 28:1-68. If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book. Long, bombastic prayers and vain repetitions are sinful. The dog may, then, be a symbol of all that is disgusting. And God goes on to tell of the calamities that will come, the song they are to sing, so that when the calamities did come they would remember this is the reason. Rather: Vengeance is mine and recompence, at the time when their foot slideth. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren. And now, as to this tree, observe, 1. Here it is the positive worship of the creature besides the Creator, yea, and notoriously more than He.
Lamentations Commentaries & Sermons Everything that could attract the natural man was there; and all that which to him looks fair enough on the side of religion. on StudyLight.org.Jeremiah 32:17 - Ah Lord GOD! "[20] This was another in the countless miracles of healing wrought by the Son of God, the marvel of the multitudes suggesting that perhaps the "sons of the Pharisees" had tried in vain to exorcise the evil spirit which was so easily cast out by the Saviour. For what does the apostle use them? (1.) All power, ability, talent, intelligence, skill, beauty - everything comes from God (Deuteronomy 8:18). cit., Vol. Acts 21:37 , Acts 21:38
The request uttered in the Greek language startled the captain. Victorious power put forth to subdue is the meaning of the white horse. Life would have been enough, had we never been sinners. But they are irrigating tomato plants now with Mediterranean Sea water. Just as there are two elements in the new birth, there are two elements in man that require it. We therefore find two different pictures of Israel. You don't get salty tomatoes.
Commentaries The gospel had been preached there, as she of Chaldea was not without law and prophet. None but Rome corresponds. "Up to this chapter, the New Jerusalem seems to be all mineral and no vegetable. He alone is perfection, and has shown this for our profit and example. It must have been a matter of deepest wonder on John's part that his own disciples, many of them, rejected Jesus, heedless of his own emphatic identification of Jesus as the Lamb of God, the Son, and the Christ. This is what drove men to the idea of making the pope to be the beast. There, it was the mother of Jesus and his brethren who interrupted; here it is a woman who spake of Mary. Both titles carry the same great weight; but "Christ" had a sharper and more dramatic meaning for Israel. He has appointed a day in which the unredeemable portion of humanity will be judged and punished, and when evil will be cast out of God's universe. Thus the second beast is no longer seen as an earthly power, but as a prophet-of course a false prophet. [Note: See G. Ernest Wright, "The Lawsuit of God: A Form-Critical Study of Deuteronomy 32," in Israels Prophetic Heritage, pp. We want all that can lift us above our own littleness and our own lowness. He takes the allusion in the verse to be to David's living at a distance from Saul in banishment; while the twelfth verse he applies to Gibeon, whither the tabernacle had been brought after Nob had been destroyed by Saul. Human behavior is so corrected and disciplined that the whole life and all of its actions are wrought "in God." in the midst of the street thereof. All the dispensational names of God disappear.
2 Peter Commentaries & Sermons Instead of worshipping him, they worshipped other gods (10-18). The sense is, so He spread out His wings, took them up, etc. 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. The person of Shulamite (chap. Further He says, "Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever." The light does not need to seek him; he seeks the light and shuns the works of darkness. The only way is to stir up the nest, to get him fired from his job at Thriftys.
Christian head covering Such a tree there was in the earthly paradise, Genesis 2:9. We've entered on into the eons of the eternity, the future. for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Yet one allows freely a partial application already. [25] Herschel H. Hobbs, An Exposition of the Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1966), p. 192. Thousands of Israel had already responded; but the Pharisees never made it. And the blood shall be forgiven them.". Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible. This far excels it. cit., p. 515. Exodus 2:11-12. Last of all is a prayer; for no matter how God may bless us, to whatever extent He is pleased to make us a means of blessing to others (and both these are clearly the points we have had), there is this further consideration that we are not taken out of the place of dependence. If it be the truth, can it be too high? When the beast dares to fight with the Lamb He shall overcome the beast; and they that are with Him, "called and chosen and faithful" terms, as a whole, entirely inapplicable to the angels. 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. Here occurs a remarkable change in the sequence of the visions, though easily understood; for it must be evident that there is nothing to follow this in point of time. True, John was more concerned with the credentials of the King, the burden of the Gospel being to prove the deity and Godhead of Jesus Christ; but the kingdom was never far from his thoughts. But this should never be, unless it be implied from the chief clause, which is not the fact here. They were cunning enough to see that they had been defeated; and, as is ever the case, when they had no logical reply, they had recourse to murder of the one who spoke the truth. This is another trait; that is, the heart going forth towards those that are poor, despised, miserable in the earth. Westcott wrote that these words were "omitted by many very ancient authorities, and appear to be an early gloss bringing out the right contrast between the ascent of a man to heaven and the abiding of the Son of man in heaven. *It now appears that the Cod. I.Song of Solomon 1; Song of Solomon 2:1-7 Certainty of Love, II.Song of Solomon 2:8-17; Song of Solomon 3:1-5 Search for Love, III.Song of Solomon 3:6-11; Song of Solomon 4; Song of Solomon 5:1 Fellowship of Love, IV.Song of Solomon 5:2-16; Song of Solomon 6:1-9 Restoration of Love, V.Song of Solomon 6:10-13; Song of Solomon 7; Song of Solomon 8:1-4 Testimony of Love, VI.Song of Solomon 8:5-14 Perfection of Love. H. B. Swete identifies the river of life with the Spirit. The tree of life in the Garden of Eden could perpetuate life forever (Genesis 3:22; Genesis 3:24). John the Apostle (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: Ioannes c. 6 AD c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ;) or Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome.His brother James was another of the Twelve Apostles. But in a most striking manner God guards against the very snares into which the king, though he were the wise son of David himself, fell away, and so brought shame on God and misery on His people. You know it is going to be new, because these don't exist anymore here. It is no longer a question of sustaining His saints in grace, but of sovereign power for judging the earth. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely ( Revelation 22:17 ). "[45] The result was that the Lord promptly pronounced three "woes" against the lawyers. Man alone is to blame who has misapplied it. Although there is such a levelling of human distinctions, and men have to do directly with God that is men raised from the dead or in their changed condition we still see the holy Jerusalem "the holy city, new Jerusalem," separate from the rest of those that fill the new heaven and earth. It is altogether above a question of creature condition. John was particularly fond of using sign to denote miraculous activity (see John 2:11 ,John 2:11,2:18 ,John 2:18,2:23; John 3:2; John 4:54; John 6:2 ,John 6:2,6:14 ,John 6:14,6:26; John 7:31; John 9:16; John 10:41; John 11:47; John 12:18; John 37:1; John 20:30; Revelation 12:1 ,Revelation 12:1,12:3 ,; Revelation 13:13-14; Revelation 15:1; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:20 ). "And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God; that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong [men], and flesh of horses, and of those that sit on them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, both small and great." Christ and his apostles accepted the baptism of John and submitted to it; and that baptism was intended as preparatory for the kingdom of heaven; and, therefore, it is impossible to suppose that Nicodemus should have been excused for not knowing what Jesus meant by being "born of water," mentioned in the next breath: the excuse for Nicodemus being founded upon the sophistry that the baptism of the great commission was not announced by Jesus until long after this interview; but there was another water baptism much nearer at hand, of which Nicodemus did know, and which he had rejected along with others of his class. 16, Luke, p. 303. Hobbs also observed that although some of these events and teachings are recorded in Mark and Matthew as having taken place in Galilee, "There is no reason why they could not have taken place in Judea also. "And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, nor light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever ( Revelation 22:3-5 ). We saw that every soul of Israel perished in the wilderness except the two spies who stood for God even against their fellows as well as the multitude, and certainly, if God caused that all Israel should fall in the wilderness because of their sins, if He did not even spare the single fault of Moses which he himself records, where can men complain justly of the doom that befell such corrupters of the race, sure above all to be the moral destroyers of Israel had they been spared? "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is found in the Book of Exodus of the Hebrew Bible.It is considered the sixth commandment by Roman Catholic and Lutheran authorities, but the seventh by Jewish and most Protestant authorities. It is reigning. Are we then to understand that the elders and the living creatures are together taken absolutely as the bride now? With salvations walls surrounded, Thou mayst smile at all thy foes. The camp of Israel? That the pagan should thus be constrained to bear witness to the supremacy of Israels God heightened the folly of Israels apostasy. This tree of life is fed by the pure waters of the river that comes from the throne of God. Next we come to another and a very important division of this book. This is accomplished not by the ceremony but by God WHEN the ceremony is obeyed, and not otherwise. Jehovah does not forget where it is a matter of government. They were blessed with glorious victories over their enemies (Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 32:13): He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that is, he brought him on with conquest, and brought him home with triumph. "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse." It does not hinder, of course, that in the judgment of the dead each man is judged for his own sin. "There is none like the God of Jeshurun, riding the heavens for thy help, and for his excellency the Skies. They should be concerned first with the honor and glory of God. In the future state of the blessed, that tree will abound, and all may freely partake of it; the emblem, the pledge of immortal life, will be constantly before the eyes, whatever part of the future abode may be traversed, and the inhabitants of that blessed world may constantly partake of it. Yet grace despised necessarily ends in judgment. the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit . The blessing of Benjamin* alludes to Jehovah's dwelling there; for Jerusalem was within the limits of that tribe which Judah just skirted. "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. In the midst of the broadway of it, and of the river, on this side and on that, [the] tree of life," bearing not merely as the original one did, but now according to the fulness of the provision of God's grace for man, for man in glory first, but for man on the earth also, but for man in glory "producing twelve fruits, in each month yielding its fruit: and the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations." But John is overwhelmed again; he is just wiped out, overwhelmed that the guy tells him that, so he falls down at his feet again to worship him. If they would have kept this song and sung this song, they would know why all the calamities befell them because they had forsaken God, and thus they had been forsaken by God.And so God tells of the. God's invitation to you to come and to share in the glories of His eternal kingdom. Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. Further, we find that anything like an advantage taken where feelings were raised against another is rebuked in the sternest manner. Thus such as were in the separate state were reunited to their bodies, and lived and reigned like those who were already on the thrones. "[14] We still use this idiom, for example, when we remark that, "The date palm grows in southern California." As a child of God the gift of eternal life is just that, it is God's gift to me. There is no need to suppose that Jesus here quoted from "some lost Jewish apocryphal book";[49] for only Jesus promised and sent out apostles. There it was born, and nursed, and educated, that all might appear to be divine and from heaven, since they had there no communication with any part of this earth either for food or learning. Scholars differ as to the exact location of Aenon; but, true to the Holy Spirit which provided this information, the essential fact that there were "many waters there" is given. because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. b) The bridegroom in the OT is Jehovah respectively His anointed, the Messiah, while in the NT it is the Lamb. He was a divine person, whatever new position He assumes for the world. With him - i. e., with God. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. "Every word of God proves true. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar" ( Proverbs 30:5-6). Even so, come, Lord Jesus ( Revelation 22:20 ). Now we've closed things out. He with the glorified saints will have their home on high, but none the less shall they reign over this very world for the allotted time.
Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Gilmour thought "the argument here is obscure";[47] but it is actually quite clear. Well, that was almost nineteen hundred years ago that He said, "Behold, I come quickly." In short, it would seem that God has hedged round His own draft of Babylon so as to make it quite plain that Rome, city and system, figures in the scene; and this too necessarily involving a medieval description, though the full result will not be till the end of the age; for she rides the beast or empire characterized so as naturally to involve the past barbarian irruption and the resulting ten-kingdomed state. Only an evil eye could find want of order or harmony here. The, nature of the case exempts of course the saints of the millennium;* and this very simply, because they are never said to die at all. This allegation, in a sense, is not important; for there would have been no impropriety on the author's part: if, under the guidance of the Spirit, this paragraph had been added from his own inspired thoughts. And he said to me: "See that you do not do this. This and the following reasons for rejection of the idea of a break at this point are weighty enough for doing so. The captain of the robbers seeing the obstacles we had to overcome, wisely sent all his camels round the mountain where he knew there was a defile, and only accompanied us with the beast he rode. Holman Bible Dictionary. It had been a secret murder, of course, not in the court, but between the "altar and the sanctuary"; and by these words Jesus revealed that he knew all about the secret lives of his diabolical enemies. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/m/miracles-signs-wonders.html. 3) The description of this trees location is debatable, but perhaps John saw the river dividing and flowing on both sides of it. 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. Since there will be no death in the new earth these leaves will evidently promote wellbeing. There was a common belief that a demon actually inhabited the idols of these gods. Thus God now as it were says, Here you are on the very borders of the land, and I will bring you in. That a corrupt religion is better than none I will not say: at any rate it troubles men; it is a thorn in the side of those who want no religion at all. The third commandment in the Decalogue forbade taking God's name in vain (Exodus 20:7); and the Christian also is instructed to hold the name of God in highest reverence and awe. We must be impressed by the number of times John insists that Christ will come at any moment ( Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:10; Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20). This then will suffice, I trust, to make plain the folly of distrusting scripture, and the wisdom of always setting to our seal that God is true, and that He is righteous. How we need to walk in the light of God's Word.I'm sort of excited about the possibility of starting all over again, getting back into Genesis where it all began and see how the Lord works from the beginning to the end. He has pity upon the people because they are as sheep without a shepherd ( Matthew 9:36; Mark 6:34). 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. But it seems very improbable that there should be such a difference between the first two parts and the third. For example, he said, "The use of the title `Son' (used singly and absolutely) appears to be alien from the position of the Baptist. Of course the application to the Roman empire would be immediately in the mind of any Christian at Rome. There is therefore much to be said for the ]Protestant application of the chapter as compared with the Praetorist theory of pagan Rome. "And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. By the mouth of two witnesses or three it was ordained that he who was worthy of death should die. Further, there is the supposition even of a king being called for in due time. "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. Compare Exodus 19:4. Compare Psalms 22:12; Ezekiel 39:18. They broke up the beast yet more than Babylon. And now, behold, I have brought the first-fruits of the land." Undoubtedly every word has acquired a force far beyond what could be looked for before this revelation, but each expression now is bright when we see its verification in the Lord Jesus. It was just a thing of grafting into the basic root system the various types of citrus fruits. Whereas for the Jew, there are necessary dates and momentous changes that must take place; and hence, as Daniel represents the Jew, we have the difference kept up. Render: For I lift up my hand to heaven and say, As I live forever, if I whet, etc. c) Finally the union of the Messiah and His earthly bride will happen after His appearing on earth while the wedding of the Lamb will take place earlier in heaven. Nicodemus apparently permitted his puzzlement over the "how" of the new birth to prevent his ready acceptance of Christ's word. John was a servant carrying out God's orders; and Jesus was a Son doing the same thing; but in order not to mislead anyone, Jesus refrained from administering God's baptism personally, doing so only through his disciples. When any wrong is done, it will be dealt with. ", We observe that no great cities can exist without rivers. Here too we have in God's ways another remarkable type; for having first chosen Israel, He afterwards (as we know, because of their sin) was pleased to take the Gentiles to Himself. It is the church of God; and although we know many shrink from this as high ground, it is just so much the better. Trench has this: Such shamelessness in prayer (for that is what the Greek word means) is exemplified by Abraham who pleaded for Sodom and the cities of the plain (Genesis 18:23ff), by Jacob who wrestled with the angel of the covenant (Genesis 32:28), and by pleading of the Syro-Phoenician woman (Matthew 15:21). Then the prophet falls down to pay homage to the angel; and this gives rise to a weighty admonition. This was a master stroke. "Now I'm fired. The midnight = the ultimate of all human need. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? No river of water of life and health can bring life to the desert of mans life unless it takes its source in the inexhaustible heights of the throne of God. In the waste howling wilderness - literally, in a waste, the howling of a wilderness, i. e., a wilderness in which wild beasts howl. However, the question of "how" God does this or that is not necessary to the enjoyment of God's gifts. It is forbidden to offer to God money that has been made by prostitution. Note too that "street" is not a reference to one street but to all streets. In short, Babylon, the disgusting counterpart of the holy city, in earthly ambition seeks the kings and the masses for her own present objects, while the other suffers now and will reign then. In a spiritual sense, the leaves of the tree of life, in this present age, are the healing of the nations. [17] Richard C. Trench, op. In the early Greek manuscripts all the words are written in capital letters and there is no space left between them. The river deepened the further it flowed. In Deuteronomy 28:1-68 we have law, not looked at in its own nature as a question between God and man, but regarded as the rule of earthly government, as having to do with the circumstances of man. In Deuteronomy 33:1-29 we have a blessing pronounced on the various tribes of Israel. 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. He has particular expectations from it, as a man has from his portion, has a much greater rent of honour, glory, and worship, from that distinguished remnant, than from all the world besides. 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." That is, the sixth head (reigning then in John's day) was the imperial form of government. What a glorious way to end this glorious book. Grace, which like the Lord, the Giver, Never fails from age to age.". [11] William Barclay, The Revelation of John (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1976), p. 221. At the same time the attempt to apply Babylon to ancient Rome is almost as unhappy; and for a plain reason. He saw in the evil character of his hearers the certainty of their hatred and murder of the holy apostles. This is what is next introduced. But now, when those symbols disappear, because of a new action of God (namely, the consummation of the church's joy), the elders and the living creatures disappear, and we have not the bride alone, but another class of saints, who at once come forward. And there also is the tree of life bearing its 12 fruits for 12 months (Notice the "12"--Always a symbol of the church.) [14] A. Plummer, The Pulpit Commentary, Vol. Perhaps, as noted above, it was to avoid any mistaken notion that Jesus was one of John's subordinates. Further, "Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee."
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