PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Revelation
Alfred Plummer [1841-1926] · 535,750 words · 528 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — Revelation — Section 481
Vers, 1-8._:Z71e spiriltMd kingdom. Now, to the eye:of the.weary seer-and in him to the eye.of the weary, suffering. Church-there appea.f new soenes., ·'l'he darkness is· past. The judgm.ents of the Lord upon the evil powers, and upon all-who take pa.rt with them as an:tagonists of the good, the pure, a.nd the, true,, …
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· Ver1J.~.---The;New JermaMtn. <We musi,;se!) in- this a, portrayal of ,that,holy oommunity w-hichis'i~itne,bride,the,wife,of .the Limlb.'1 dttjl. the ideaL,repteseJilialion, of vital Ohristianity.,..Cliristiaiiity a.B71 •aystem,,.but,as, a llj'St6m .embodiediil' .the lives· of menl Tlie. descriptions .·are, of :a g…
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,,:iiet.. l,4Tlwnaorld without a. ~·=:,•'·The~~WBB :oo more sea." A. worW witaout.,. pliyaicabiiii, we confess, does·not strike 118 as attracti"'e: 'Dhe sea la 011.e; <i£,.t1- ~ au mosb;beneficent parta of-this wod<l.· It is'to,tbe earth whit tibe blood ii· W.fibe 11ody.:;c,it ,circulates through ita. 'evtry:part, aunw…
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remoies.the dross,'the·fan that wmnows those·gl'l!,inil and bears away the,chaff> Pain tried Abra.bam and/Moses; ·Pa.in tried Job. Lt came to him in its most torturing, character f but -his priaciples/stood. firm before it; mid he said, ." Though· be slay me;,ym, will I, trust: fa him." r;Pain · iiied Paul; Hear ·his, …
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·::t,).'8'..~.;.s,.~ n,w.mor'4,pr~. "~nd he.SIP.id unt.o me/Write.for theee~orda a.reJ~alJ4.JaitWul,r etc, §ollle,reroarks,on -the new meral ereation were offered in ow Ja.11t; hoinily:, and. w•re -aµg~, by the l&11t: .c>,&use of the fiftll verse-. 'l'he sub• i~t ·119w js,thti OMffl'I~ Q,:~wr. •. Who is, he that itings…
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tAe Wi'nM"N. "He that &YeroomeM!: shall inliiitit all !bi'ngs;" ,!T]ie ·iiiilliom';of 1men wh6. hve in· the universe• d& not inherit •iC f · it' inherits; posteslfes them, lu!ieif]Ji'l,,tia, plays with them, absorbs them. But the man who has conquered himself conies''U\iiiflit the oontrohf ~ympathy'witli'th-e great•Oed…
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be ia All ill ,a}l...;...;the ·Centre~ the Circumference, the Beginning, e.ud tie End of all. 6ocHHhe Light of it. · UL Ssomnn.~ "And hsd:'(baving] a wall great and high,and had (having] twelve gate&, and: Ml"the gates· twelve angels," etc. (vers.12-14). The metropolis of thls spiritual oommonwealth is abundantly prot…
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for, the Lord,God Almighty," etc. There are three ways of deecrjpjng_ to others .Jl®Jl'31 Mliu those w.~th which. they are acquainted. 1. A 11tatement of thO!leJ.hin~ w\ueh are not there, but whioh are founi elsewhere.within their sphere of ob~~,-tio_n.. 2, A statement; of those things which are found . in them in comm…
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~t'bhlilai7'}' ])eatn ll'ere is the king1ofterrors. Thtodgn fl!ar of death' !l'e- are all our Iiffiiiiiie ilubjectt\rll<iridag&; but deatb:wiU never ent.et there. 'l'he gates, then,•might' well1fieleftopentf!>1'there·is1)0°fe&i";' ,,,·"' · · ,, · 1 ,. · · .- '· " • 11V:"Til:AT ll!I 'l'ltA:T'\ro:tiLD TimilE'W11iL BE. N…
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wi&h "Ii ring wawr," Ila..., C••• hut ia pro- is yielded twelve tlmee u often as ordin,nv perly distinguuhed from lt in traUBlation. fruit. The signifioa.tion, therefore. ia that 1'he two -eicpresaiona are peonli.ar to St. there is an e..-er-present supply. Tbe jmt John's writings in the New Telitameut; the is not of t…
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eueh. It ia the reward plt\OOd before those had heard and 1een, I fell IIOW'll to womip who strive, in order to induce them to" over- before the feet of the angel which showed - "(1100 on ver. 5 above, u.nd eh. iii. 12). me these thmgs; and uhen I fuard and V 01', 6.-A,n'd he aaid unto me. Pl'Obably ,au,, etc. The ten…
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ae well as.those immediately preceding, are &nd makoth a lie; wiOwm (omit." for") m connected with the ju<lgment. tluJ dog&, and tJui &oroe1'61'&, and tJui fomi- . Ver. 12.-And, behold, I eoma quickly. oaton, etc. The attiolo renders 81!,0h term Omit "and" (cl'. vers. 7; 10, etc.: see also general in its aignifleation…
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fteel7. Omit "&nd." Again the active tioned. E11e11 /row, tAe thing• tOriU. ·,R thil Jl&l,'t.iciple iudicaiea the voluntary ua.ture of book 118ems to be the real meaning of the le.st thelOtion: though the living watur be freely clauae : ~ merely the t,-~ and- lil'1J whioh ffiven without IDOMJ and without price, it ar…
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.:>llnd•nd pass i,on-'Come' I" So that it iaevident that the fint" Oome"i&e.ddrWslled t.o. th1dndividual who is here exhorted to pass on the S-Oubd. , Fot ,this. reason 1ft deem ourselvea abut up to the specific interpretation we ban here &liopled. Vitt, tl.refore, regard the verse as an invitation to every one to come…
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IV. Tuts lBVITA'l'IOlf IS TBllOWN nm> VARIBD PollltS. These are four. 1. Tht, Spirit saith, "OUIM." In three ways. (1) In the visions of glory which are deaigned to attract. (2) In the clear 11tatements of those for whom the glory ia designed. (3) fo the tact of his inspiring the apo8tle to pen these Vf11NS, the Holy…
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Vel'II. 18, 19.-0loaing WfJf'ds .of warning. It would be deemed an unpardonahle offence for an an1bassador to add words to, or to subtract them· from, any royal manrlate which he was comn1issioned to deliver. And if any one in dispensing a physicia11's prescription, when the life or death of a patient trembled in the b…
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fir&t homily in this !'lletion,) In ver. 16 we have the explicit statement, .. I Jena have tet mine angel," etc. In ver. 18 we have ihe emphatic M.,,....,,,.. ~ 1 beginning t,he vene. It. i.l not absolutely clear whether . the speaker in the aeoond case ia Jesus himself or bit, angel. If the latter, the angel testi…
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and adoro the far--see 1ngness of the ~reat Inspirer in inditing lllch wordsu theae. For who cloea oot know that one "Chureh," at any mte, has heaped words on words, aDfl added them tot.he faith, to be accepted.under 1J&in and penalty of .. GMU- ,w•t Aud not content with this, but as if in,ordei' t.o prevent the discov…
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tion thereof. Looking, however, at his coming u taking plRCe at the restitution of all things, we must needs include in our aspirations. after that glorious g011,l of human pro- F"sa every dep on tlMJ way thither. Th686 steps towards the final bltllll8dnesa are ahoWII 111 the N.ew 'l'estament in the tiillowing order : …
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be brought about I If men were all righteous, if they were like him who went abou& doi.:.g good, our race would forthwith have Parl\dise again I · 6. Now, aa a. matter of fact, .J.O founder or a religion baa ever set on foot a scheme of truth or an ~ af power with the expl'ellS purpose of putting down wrong aµd of brin…
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the Lord JestUI in heaven and his saints on ellrlh, and the comm'Q1lie&bl811e81 of the 1J11C9 which is in him to them. Otherwise the words are unintelligible. . If he could not cmnmunicat.e· his grace, it could not be 1.Dith 118. 4,. They involve also the,t.ruth that ihe disposal of. this grace is acoording to the will…
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constitution and circumlltanees, no one can even approximately guess the want.a of the Ell8t. But when we say, "Th& grace of the Lord Jesus be with. them "-that meeta every case. It is, indeed, a prayer sent up for them to heaven-a prayer which will be auswered, not according to our imperfect knowledge and thinking, bu…
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pa.rent&. But it outlifflf the flesh; for mental existence, which ia independent of the body, belongs to the eoul. Re11,11on all well as Scripture seem to teach this. And, unlike the spirit,, ii II not immo.rtal. With the body, it can be destroyed. But the ci:pirit iB heaven-bora; is superior to the soul; is immortal, …
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leave& sugges; similar onee in ,oonduct. 'l'he leaves are the conapieuo111 parts of thQ tree; by their elevation; their colour, their number, their sound, their movements; their beauty, their shadow, and much else. So that everybody notice11 the leavee.' For trnl most part ii is all they can see, and always the most ma…
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done•for men, At the beginning of their life as his diaciples, when filled with fear because they had seen somewhat of the iniquity of their sin, the seeing of Jesus allayed that fear and gave them peace. During the progress of that lifo, when sin has reasaerted its cruel power, and they have been heart-cr11Shed in con…
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this great truth of permanency of character-the fact that after a while character becomes fixed. stereotyped as it were, and therefore unalterable; IIO that he that is unrighteous remains unrighteo\18 still, and, thank: God, he that is holy remains holy still. But this it1 uot their true meaning, though by their for…
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completed character, whatever it be, is brought together and remain ■ permanently fixed. There are harbours round our coast within whose llhelter large and numerous Bllips were wont to gather, so that important towns grew up on tooir banks, and much trade w~ dQne. Bnt rivers that flowed into those harbours brought do…
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Ver. 12.-7'/ie day o/reoompMIM. "My reward is with me, to give every man acoording as his work shall be." It is related of Daniel Webster, the regality of whose moral endowment no one disputea, that when once asked what was the greatest thought tliat had ever occupi•d his mind, he replfod, "The faot of my personal acco…
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up the chiefrlaco in our atu<ly, no matter from what Bide we contemplate the _,. and work& o God. We behold "him first., him midst, him lut, him without e11.d." So is it- . L IN TIDI UBIVERSl!l OP Goo. For~ 1. He is first,'" tim& " In the 'beginn.ing, wu the Word." Ere ever aught was he was. 2. /-,. poBitiO'M and rank…
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many think it can, and so leave 11t1eking it till then. 3. .And haw obtained ii. For i1 iii ilaid "they wash," that is, they come to him whose it is to impart this cleansing, and they gain it. -i. And this they continue to do. It is not an act done once for all. It is not true that" there is life for a look at the Cruc…
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its glory'a.11 gone, that 811 a st.em out of the ancient root Ohrillt appeared. -True, he W&I¼ of the house and lineage of David, but the forlunee of that house were at their Joweet when Jesus was born. The crown of Judah had left the line of David, and had passed into the Asmonean, and then into the Mll,C(lll,bean, …
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reoviYes;, strengthen& the souL 8. .And, a6 a riwr of H.vi11g water; abide,. A pool, • shallow stream, dries, up, but a river goes on for ever, 'fhe permanence, therefore, of the grace of Christ is thas set forth. 4. And thia gifC is the very one man ·needa. A gift. may be ever tlO valnable, but if I do not want it I …
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Yer. 20.,- Longing for <Jhrist', a;dvmt. A1 to the expression "quickly," it. is to .be understood either on tlle principle (1) that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years; or (2) that there are many advents of Christ besides that last glorious one of which the New Testament says so much. . In support of this it i…
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ancient prophecies which told of what literally came true in the life and death of our Lord. The Scriptures were fulfilled in him In no figurative, but in a literal sense. Bo was it, and, therefore, we believe, so will' it l:ie. And when we think of what ia involved in the coming of our Lord to reign-of glory to God, o…
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Vers. 1-6~--The conditions 6/ ble::sedness. These must be thought of u 6nt on earth, afterwards in heaven. The river of the water of Hfo must be the life-giving and ·sustaiuing power of the fl.,Jy Spirit. -It is life-life indeed and of a truth. But man has no life apart from God, and most tmly no spiritual nnd blll8s…
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in movement. 2. It is a "pure" river. No Impurities have been drained into it. Ita channds are clean; it is fresh and pure from the holy hea>'ens. How pure is Chris- tianity I How holy its morals, how morally perfect its leading character, Christ I 3. It is 11 "pure" river of life. It not only diffuses life through all…
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Ve,. 1.-Sabjectlve <Jlwiwtianity: 1. .A river. "A.pd he showed me .a pure river of :water of life, clear [bright) as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God .and of the Lamb." All along this book of gorgeous imagery and symbol we have been looking at Christianity as a s'libjective reality. Objective Christianity i…
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V. IT IS UNIVERSALLY HEALING. "The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." Even the leaves of this tree are salutary to all. All the nations of the earth are morall_y diseased. Their disease is a leprosy-the leprosy of siu. Living C'hristianity in the soul is the antidote.-D. T. Vera. S-5.-Subjecti'!f…
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IL THl!I BIIATil"IED, " Blessed are they that wash their robet!, tbat they mAy have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the oity." Wherciin does the true blessedness of man consist? Not in his professions, or theories, or ceremonies, but. in bis "deeds." "Show me thy faith by th…
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flision i, «icquieitelg suitable, Wha.t can qnench the thint like water? What water is to the thirsty body, the gospel is to the ever-craving aoul, e:i;:quuitely fitted to meet ~ ~ . 2. The proviaion is absolutely free. It is free to us alL " Whosoever will.• All tcibes and classes of men are included in this "whosoeve…
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-Amen.• What· an lnexprllllllible blewg 1B here anxiously desired tor all mankind l -A higher willh for the. whole hwuan race cannot be imagined. • ·· · ' L To OBIU GOOD. It is " grace." Maurice takes the ttpress{on to mea.n • grace- ,fulnela of cha.raote,-graeefnlness of J811Us Christ." This means,! think, something m…
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in- the synagogue, a." clerk " or " precentor" to cond act the devotions of the worshippers; it becomes very improha~e that such a ter_m or title. would have. been employed to describe the· presiding elder fJf a Christian ChW'.ch. Turning to t!J,e: Old TeiiiaIQ.!!Ut.,, it is true that the word ''angel" is used in a hig…
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God, for the angel-nature beholds God's face. It ls this thought which gives fol'C8 and 80lemnity t.o our Lord's warning (Matt. xviii._ 10). The angel of the Church, then, would be the spiritual personification oT the Church ; but it mnat not be conciluded from this, as Lillig does, that these angels are in " the mind …
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Babylon. The dragon being a kind of anti-God, the wild beast an anli•Christ, the false prophet an anti-Spirit, the Babylon an anti-Church. The minor feature.s in the 81l1De way eorrespond; the true Christ died and rose again; the anti-Christ, the wild beast, was wounded nntodea.th, but his deadly wound was healed. The …
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Powers which were diverse and even politically hostile were yet ethically one power o ~ to the fundamental principles of righteoUBDess and peace, of purity and true gpillinesli.. The first wild beast, then, becomes the symbol of confederated and age- lµng,worlq.powers. 2. The second wild beast a1J alliecl toitA the fir…
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of the world and the corruptions of Christianity, saw in many who occupied the papa] chair the very representatives of the false prophet, the antichrist. Nut. more need it. surprise UB to find the same thought pasaing through men's mind& when pretensions which would be ridiculous if they were not blasphemous have be…
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THEKB P&OB TR'Jl!IIB •.t.G ■ (4) The Epistle to the Church in Man's Higher Sphere of Being: Thyatira: the Growing Church ex- (1) Humanly Acoossible ••• 158 posed to Corruption of Doctrine .. , 9S Man's Higher Bp~ere of Being: The Seven Eputlee oompared: Homi- (2) Spiritnally entered 159 letio Prologue ... 94 Man in …
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nm p.a.o• Tll1!ltll l'&G■ The Triumphant Host ... ••• 870 A Pictnre of Moral Error •" ... 428 ,. The Everlasting Gospel•• 871 The Greut Moral Campaign ... ¼SO A Further Vision of Triumph ••• 872 Punishment . . ,,, ... 372 CHAPTER XVIII. '1'he Blessedneaa of the Departed Faith-. f.ol ... ... ... 811 Lamentations …
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