seekeroftruth
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Revelation 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:
“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for true and just are his judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for true and just are his judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
3 And again they shouted:
“Hallelujah!
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.”
4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:
“Amen, Hallelujah!”
5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
“Praise our God,
all you his servants,
you who fear him,
both great and small!”
all you his servants,
you who fear him,
both great and small!”
6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
“Hallelujah!
For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen, bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
For our Lord God Almighty reigns.
7 Let us rejoice and be glad
and give him glory!
For the wedding of the Lamb has come,
and his bride has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen, bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
9 Then the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!” And he added, “These are the true words of God.”
10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.”
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Here's a link to the commentary I read. Please follow the link to the commentary. I left some stuff out.
A great multitude in heaven: Back in Revelation 7:9-14, we saw a great multitude saved out of the Great Tribulation, ready for the end of the world system and the Antichrist’s reign on earth. Here, this great multitude, the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures all join in celebrating the fall of the Antichrist and the world system that supported him.
A part of this great multitude — those martyred saints who fell at the hand of Antichrist during the Great Tribulation — cried out for God’s righteous judgment in Revelation 6:10. Here, finally, their prayer is answered.
Alleluia… Alleluia… Alleluia: This wonderful word, borrowed from Hebrew, occurs four times in Revelation 19, but nowhere else in the New Testament. It belongs here — because God’s people rejoice without restraint at His victory over Babylon.
Alleluia is Hebrew for “Praise the Lord,” saying it in the imperative sense. It is an encouragement and an exhortation to Praise the Lord!
Some seem afraid of saying Alleluia, but we’ll all be saying it in heaven. It’s such a wonderful word that we should never use it without thinking.
For true and righteous are His judgments: This section is really the climax of Revelation 18. In Revelation 18, Babylon’s friends mourned her fall; but here, God’s people celebrate it.
He has judged the great harlot… He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her: Here, the focus of worship is on the great works of God, specifically, His work of righteous judgment.
Then a voice came from the throne: This voice from the throne of God might be Jesus, but more likely it is the voice of one of the angels that serve at the throne of God.
The voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings: The height of praise on earth is only a dim shadow of what these verses describe. At this point, Revelation approaches the consummation of God’s plan for all history, so we also come to a summit of praise.
The marriage of the Lamb has come: One reason this great multitude is so filled with praise is because the time has come for the Lamb of God to be joined unto His people, in a union so close it can only be compared to the marriage of a man and a woman.
Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! Blessed indeed; Jesus Himself eagerly anticipated this marriage supper. He spoke longingly of the day when He will drink of the fruit of the vine again, with His disciples in the kingdom (Matthew 26:29).
In Jewish culture, the marriage supper was the best banquet or party anyone knew; it always was an occasion of tremendous joy. According to Rabbinical teaching, obedience to the commandments was suspended during a wedding celebration if obeying a commandment might lessen the joy of the occasion.
On that day, everyone will see the church for what she really is: the precious bride of Jesus. “The Bride of Christ is a sort of Cinderella now, sitting among the ashes. She is like her Lord, ‘despised and rejected of men’; the watchmen smite her, and take away her veil from her; for they know her not, even as they knew not her Lord. But when he shall appear, then shall she appear also, and in his glorious manifestation she also shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of the Father.” (Spurgeon)
These are the true sayings of God: This is a necessary note of assurance for us. This anticipated consummation will take place, and though it seems too good to be true, it will happen.
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I have really had a hard time with the comparison of the church to a "Bride of Christ".
Jesus has a complicated relationship with the church. So many people meet in a building with a man preaching at them while they pretend to be having a religious ceremony when they are actually setting up their political agendas as gospel.
Jesus pointed out the errors of the Pharisees, Sadducees, Elders and Teachers in the Temple. He isn't here in person to condemn the "political minded church". How can I really judge who's a good guy or a demon? I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to judging people!
It kind of reminds me of one of those Westerns when the good girl loses her family, resorts to being a whore in the local saloon, meets the man of her dreams and gives up her job in the local saloon to become "the good woman". She's always going to have that "secret whore" in her background.
In the "End Times", when "the church" has left the building. will the "apostate church" show its true colors or will we only know the "Bride" has come by the way they sing their hymns?
The Apostate Church is like the Bride of Frankenstein.... a fake who offers no help at all!
If I get in the wrong "church", will I recognize the lie before I am doomed to Hell forever? I only "think" I am right. I'm an old woman, reading something from the Internet, using some guy's commentary to understand it. I don't have a clue. I judge a church by its charity. I judge a church by the truth of what the preacher is saying. What if I judge wrong? Will Jesus hear me and give me yet another chance before I am left saying "whoops"?
If the earth starts to shape shift, I better be right with Jesus.
There will come a time when it will be too late to choose. When they have a gunfight in the street during one of those Westerns, there comes a nanosecond when it's too late to say "wait". Once the hand is pulling the gun out of the holster... it's too late.
When the "church" is singing in Heaven.... and you're still here on earth... it's too late! The party has started without you, and someone has taken your seat.
The church was always meant to be a "helper" for Christians. The church was always meant to be a "helper" for those in need. The church was always meant to be a "helper" for those who are trying to figure out which side is right. Eve was created to be a "helper"... just like the "church".
Once the "church" leaves.... it's too late.
If you hear singing coming from Heaven... not thunder or wind... singing.... and you are on earth... "Whoops!"
Don't be one of those who says "whoops! I was wrong! There really is a Messiah!"
Eve was created to be a "helper". The church was created to be a "helper".
Will you say "whoops"?
