Chapter 14:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Jude Genesis
Revelation 14
Concise Complete
Those faithful to Christ celebrate the praises of
God. (1-5) Three angels; one proclaiming the everlasting gospel; another, the
downfal of Babylon; and a third, the dreadful wrath of God on the worshippers of
the beast. The blessedness of those who die in the Lord. (6-13) A vision of
Christ with a sickle, and of a harvest ripe for cutting down. (14-16) The emblem
of a vintage fully ripe, trodden in the wine-press of God's wrath. (17-20)
Verses 1-5
Mount Sion is the gospel church. Christ is with his church, and in the midst of
her in all her troubles, therefore she is not consumed. His presence secures
perseverance. His people appear honourably. They have the name of God written in
their foreheads; they make a bold and open profession of their faith in God and
Christ, and this is followed by suitable actings. There were persons in the
darkest times, who ventured and laid down their lives for the worship and truth
of the gospel of Christ. They kept themselves clean from the wicked abominations
of the followers of antichrist. Their hearts were right with God; and they were
freely pardoned in Christ; he is glorified in them, and they in him. May it be
our prayer, our endeavour, our ambition, to be found in this honourable company.
Those who are really sanctified and justified are meant here, for no hypocrite,
however plausible, can be accounted to be without fault before God.
Verses 6-13
The progress of the Reformation appears to be here set forth. The four
proclamations are plain in their meaning; that all Christians may be encouraged,
in the time of trial, to be faithful to their Lord. The gospel is the great
means whereby men are brought to fear God, and to give glory to him. The
preaching of the everlasting gospel shakes the foundations of antichrist in the
world, and hastens its downfal. If any persist in being subject to the beast,
and in promoting his cause, they must expect to be for ever miserable in soul
and body. The believer is to venture or suffer any thing in obeying the
commandments of God, and professing the faith of Jesus. May God bestow this
patience upon us. Observe the description of those that are and shall be
blessed: such as die in the Lord; die in the cause of Christ, in a state of
union with Christ; such as are found in Christ when death comes. They rest from
all sin, temptation, sorrow, and persecution; for there the wicked cease from
troubling, there the weary are at rest. Their works follow them: do not go
before as their title, or purchase, but follow them as proofs of their having
lived and died in the Lord: the remembrance of them will be pleasant, and the
reward far above all their services and sufferings. This is made sure by the
testimony of the Spirit, witnessing with their spirits, and the written word.
Verses 14-20
Warnings and judgments not having produced reformation, the sins of the nations
are filled up, and they become ripe for judgments, represented by a harvest, an
emblem which is used to signify the gathering of the righteous, when ripe for
heaven, by the mercy of God. The harvest time is when the corn is ripe; when the
believers are ripe for heaven, then the wheat of the earth shall be gathered
into Christ's garner. And by a vintage. The enemies of Christ and his church are
not destroyed, till by their sin they are ripe for ruin, and then he will spare
them no longer. The wine-press is the wrath of God, some terrible calamity,
probably the sword, shedding the blood of the wicked. The patience of God
towards sinners, is the greatest miracle in the world; but, though lasting, it
will not be everlasting; and ripeness in sin is a sure proof of judgment at
hand.
Chapter 14:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
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