The Pulpit Commentary — Revelation — Section 97

mel!-!:< -4,c,man he received U: fl,8.God he .\onr.£ may be Jll&ll9uij.ne .in signification, give11,it;,. ; And a Ch'\ll'Ch sunk iµ spiritual and, mean those OleJUbets of ~.. ChUJ:Oh ~ S i l ,specially need11 sqo4 a gifp. Renee who have stij,J. so~ life, ~- them:, , l3iJt th.il! th~ i1;11~ijlif11 11,bout.)iaving the ~ve11 11tars, interpretation a.nticipat1111 ver. 4; which ,ap- :which a1~1'8 also in j.he addr~ ti; the parently intrpdu~ a. new l'aol;.1.•.It. seemii 0h11IOlpp 1i!phesllB (flh. ii 1). NQte, h,ow- better, th.ereftlo@. tJ;l. retain the neuter. and ev_~~ ,that here we h~ve fx!'I." for 1<p11.-r/ii11, ill-terpr~t ";ijle things _that remain" as ,whic\i, woµld not hav~ been e.ppn.pris.te to meabing the few: good elements of fa.it.h ·and exprea~ the Sol!.'s JIOBS!l!!Sion •of the Spirit. practice wb.wh still 11urvived. The extiernals It is b,e \If PO holds in l!ls hand the angels :of of the Cbrism1m life wer.e therll.;, otheooee the Chµralj \het !llso hllfl the 8Dirit ~here- it . could not have ~n. eveii.i, :llQIDll).&liy with. t'? qiµ.,"cli_en them. those tha...t·a.re 11).ive Christian. And these ext.jlrilih!;,mjght_ :be O~\' ~he:11,,lif~ JLQd growth to lrim, Th08e made ~ties to support the.ri,vived ijfe,qf t~t ~ dy.ing__or dead. may be_. ~stored to tpe Church, . For 1. ha.ve fp'IDlil JLO works (11 life by b,im. ~u .hast II name that tho1;1 $hine. The difference l>ei;welUl . the A.u- lireat; a.nd thou a.rt dea.d. This, again, is thorfzed Version and i;he R\lviBed<Veteion tb!Jroughly · fa. 1ihe style of the Fourth • he~ depenqs ,upon the ~nc;e- :or, absence Goe,pel. St. John frequently states some of the artiolE!, before Ina.. , The. balance of graci,ous fact, .anQ. in immediato sequeuce prob!!,biliiy is ~ga.inst, 'I'.~ w;i.!l iw .abspnce gi.ve~ the very opp,,site of what lllight have makes the rep,roa.eh strongeJJ., , ~ be- qeen expected to result frolII ~t., .." Thou fore . '1111 894. The substit~ of '! ful:- fau,t. ti, reputatiQn lpr life, al),d (instead w. filled" (Revisllfl ·Version) ·-10:r- f'.J)lldeot" being_ full of ~gour ,and growth) th(!u ~t a (Anthori~d v:~m,iQn) is. i.p},portaAi. The CQrP!18," , This has blljln calleq. ;• the,_~gie Gree:it is .,,,1r'J\flpb1/,Jha. (John xvi,.~;, xvii. t.9ne '.'. in St. John (ooµip. John i.. 5, iq, 11; 18, etc.),.11ot TE.\~a.'(l John iv. 18). And iACll~ 19, 82; v. 89, -~O; vi. 86, t3, ·etc.). "fulfille!l" is better th!l,1;1 ."complete" 1n all these cases the epntrast is introduced (A.lforrl, Tregell,eec), in ordel' tQ 'bring out by a simple 1.<al, whion may be. rendered tb e. col!.Dexion with the nqmerollll pla.oes \p. ~: and yet: " _but the simile " and" is more which the_ same verl!c Ql¥»ll'II, espeei&_U:,,citi fc[~qle. Bewar_.e,_of the· 1;1nworthy µteral_ ism the wriµngs of St, John-(eb., V'.< ll; •JQbn Wf-!~ 11ugge11te that 1jhe1 Bi.shop -Of Bardis ili.-~9,.,vii 8; Jtii. 83;.,~ 181 ,xv. lli,2.lt, Jl!ire,~ ,naq\e ,w~, ip\plied life, 6.g, Zer etc.:. 1 ,John, i. 4 ;, 2 John 12); . ~ .lll6Jlf "1ll;l-%·Or Vitalis. .ls ia.lready stated (aotes of which pasilll,geJ ~,®inpl~ '.' .·.W9Uld: ~ 4i. on, 1 i. 2P~ it. is .4npr,>bahle .that "ijle . ~t.and ~ a rendeQllJ.: "Fulfilled.'' Q1 " 1DMll 108 THE RltVELATION OF 8'1'..·.romr Tag l)I'VINE. [en. lIL 1-n.