And i went unto the angel, and said unto him, give me the little book. The reign of the saints with christ for the same time, rev. Revelation 20 niv the thousand years and i saw an angel. Revelation 20 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Now is the time when satan will be taken, bound and put into the bottomless pit abyss, where his influence will not have any effect on the tribulation. John looked up and saw an open door, the one he had first heard about when he wrote down the letter to the church in philadelphia. Revelation 20 niv bible and i saw an angel coming down. Verse 20 and the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand six hundred furlongs. Osbourne becnt, 2002 is also good for survey of views. John is told to write down everything god shows him, and boy is god going to show him some strange things.
The prominent theme of the book certainly concerns the conflict with evil in the form of human personalities energized by satan and his worldwide system, and the lords triumphant victory to overthrow these enemies to establish his kingdom both in the millennium the 1,000 years of revelation 20 and in eternity. The two witnesses and the seventh trumpet 1 and there was given me a reed like unto a rod. Four times in the revelation does the apostle john use the expression, in the spirit 1. Nine times out of ten, when people ask, how do you interpret the book of revelation. Revelation 15 bible commentary john darbys synopsis. The content is thought to be one of the most, if not the most puzzling portions of the entire bible. Then i saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. The book of revelation abounds in allusions to passages in the socalled old testament. Enduring word bible commentary revelation chapter 20. The greek verb to witness is only used here and in rev. It unrolls before the prophet another scene, the last plagues or judgments of god, and specially that of babylon, before christ comes. This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy.
Pastor mark correll teaches 4newthe book of revelation chapter 111214 32720. Describe johns situation when he received this revelation. An angel shows john the holy city, the new jerusalem, revelation 21. Mounce is very clear with a good understanding of apocalyptic genre and a cautious premillennial hermeneutic. The usa is in the bible, in revelations, see that this is clearly so. John also saw lightings, voices, heard thundering, felt an earthquake, and witnessed great hail. However, it is one of the new testaments favorite verbs for the proclamation of the gospel acts 10. The portent in this verse shows us that john is looking into the future. New international version 1 and i saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. John observes the temple of god, opened in heaven, and he saw the ark of his testament in the temple. Revelation 20 satan, sin and death are finally eliminated a.
Of the loosing of satan, and the conflict of the church with gog and magog, rev. Revelation 21 is the twentyfirst chapter of the book of revelation or the apocalypse of john in the new testament of the christian bible. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or satan, and bound him for a thousand years. See the meaning of the seven seals, seven trumpets and bowls of wrath. And if anyones name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. And i saw the dead an account being given of the judge, next the persons to be judged are described, and in this clause, by the state and condition in which they had been. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. And i saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. As a result, many christians read the new testament up until the book of revelation, and then they stop. The sea of glass verse 1 1 and i saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of god is complete commentary.
Identifying such intertexts amplifies and elucidates the passages in question. Chapter 20 matthew henrys commentary bible gateway. Once inscribed in the book of life, ones name will remain there eternally, except in the case of his apostasy, in which event it will be blotted out revelation 3. Commentaries for revelation chapter 21 the new creation. Revelation chapter 14 coffmans commentary of the new.
They want to know whether an approach is premillennial, amillennial or postmillennial, to use the jargon by which some evangelical institutions and even individuals define themselves. Key no doubt symbolic of being able to imprison or. The order of events in the book of revelation revelation 11. Chapter 15, the shortest in this book, serves as an introduction to chapter 16, where gods wrath is fulfilled. Depending upon how old you are, you have probably heard that the book of revelation speaks about everything from dispensations, hitler, kyser, rome, the pope, computer cards, a. This was the place for worship during the 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, exodus 40, and in use until the. God hits him with a doozy of a revelation hey, thats not a bad idea for a title. For instance, the allusion gog and magog in revelation 20. Also he sees the earth and sky flee from the presence of god and the dead of all rank in life were before the throne. The events described dont necessarily take place in chronological order, and the language used often relies on symbols and obscure references most christians dont understand.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life. As the grounds of the academy were illuminated, very impressive. As the second half of the tribulation week progresses from the seal judgments to the trumpet judgments, the intensity of gods dealing increases by at. The events in the book of revelation will happen in a particular order. The book of revelation is probably the most avoided and misunderstood book in the bible. Beale nigtc, 1999 is solid, technical, amillennial. Revelation 20 is the twentieth chapter of the book of revelation or the apocalypse of john in the new testament of the christian bible. Biblical studiesnew testament commentariesrevelation. Obviously, your preference for a revelations commentary will depend on your theology. Revelation, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The two witnesses, measuring the temple revelation. John identifies himself by the two messages he proclaimed. A reign before or after the great tribulation as a prelude to this verse by verse exposition of revelation chapter 20, a introduction to the thousand year reign controversy is in order. Who bore witness john the apostle whom jesus loved, bore witness.
The last days of babylon, chapter 23, the beast and his mark. Revelation chapter 20 is one of the most controversial chapters in the bible, not because it contains anything essentially complex, but because it touches on a subject of preconceived bias. But first and foremost this book is the revelation of jesus christ. John saw a great white throne and the father seated on it. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation, pagels analyzes other revelations of the time they were common and examines how johns particular version of apocalypse made it into the worlds most popular book.
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