Chapter 15:
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Revelation 15
Verse 1. And I saw seven holy angels having the seven last plagues -
Before they had the phials, which were as instruments whereby
those plagues were to be conveyed. They are termed the last,
because by them the wrath of God is fulfilled - Hitherto. God had
born his enemies with much longsuffering; but now his wrath
goes forth to the uttermost, pouring plagues on the earth from one
end to the other, and round its whole circumference. But, even
after these plagues, the holy wrath of God against his other
enemies does not cease, chap. xx, 15.
Verse
2. The song was sung while the angels were coming out, with
their plagues, who are therefore mentioned both before and after
it, verses 1-6. chap. xv, 1-6, And I saw as it were a sea of glass
mingled with fire - It was before "clear as crystal," chap. iv, 6, but
now mingled with fire, which devours the adversaries. And them
that gained, or were gaining, the victory over the wild beast -
More of whom were yet to come. The mark of the beast, the mark
of his name, and the number of his name, seem to mean here
nearly the same thing. Standing at the sea of glass - Which was
before the throne. Having the harps of God - Given by him, and
appropriated to his praise.
Verse
3. And they sing the song of Moses - So called, partly from its
near agreement,with the words of that song which he sung after
passing the Red Sea, Exod. xv, 11, and of that which he taught the
children of Israel a little before his death, Deut. xxxii, 3, 4. But
chiefly because Moses was the minister and representative of the
Jewish church, as Christ is of the church universal. Therefore it is
also termed the sons of the Lamb. It consists of six parts, which
answer each other: 1.Great and wonderful are thy 2.For thou only
art gracious. works, Lord God Almighty. 3.Just and true are thy
ways, O 4. For all the nations shall come King of the nations. and
worship before thee. 5.Who would not fear thee, O 6.For thy
judgments are made Lord, and glorify thy name? manifest. We
know and acknowledge that all thy works in and toward all the
creatures are great and wonderful; that thy ways with all the
children of men, good and evil, are just and true. For thou only art
gracious - And this grace is the spring of all those wonderful
works, even of his destroying the enemies of his people.
Accordingly in Psalm cxxxvi, 1-26., that clause, "For his mercy
endureth for ever," is subjoined to the thanksgiving for his works
of vengeance as well as for his delivering the righteous. For all the
nations shall come and worship before thee - They shall serve thee
as their king with joyful reverence. This is a glorious testimony of
the future conversion of all the heathens. The Christians are now a
little flock: they who do not worship God, an immense multitude.
But all the nations shall come, from all parts of the earth, to
worship him and glorify his name. For thy judgments are made
manifest - And then the inhabitants of the earth will at length
learn to fear him.
Verse
5. After these things the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony
- The holiest of all. Was opened - Disclosing a new theatre for the
coming forth of the judgments of God now made manifest.
Verse
6. And the seven angels came out of the temple - As having
received their instructions from the oracle of God himself. St.
John saw them in heaven, verse 1, chap. xv, 1 before they went
into the temple. They appeared in habits like those the high priest
wore when he went into the most holy place to consult the oracle.
In this was the visible testimony of God's presence. Clothed in
pure white linen - Linen is the habit of service and attendance.
Pure - unspotted, unsullied. White - Or bright and shining, which
implies much more than bare innocence. And having their breasts
girt with golden girdles - In token of their high dignity and
glorious rest.
Verse
7. And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels -
After they were come out of the temple. Seven golden phials - Or
bowls. The Greek word signifies vessels broader at the top than at
the bottom. Full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever
- A circumstance which adds greatly to the dreadfulness of his
wrath.
Verse
8. And the temple was filled with smoke - The cloud of glory was
the visible manifestation of God's presence in the tabernacle and
temple. It was a sign of protection at erecting the tabernacle and at
the dedication of the temple. But in the judgment of Korah the
glory of the Lord appeared, when he and his companions were
swallowed up by the earth. So proper is the emblem of smoke
from the glory of God, or from the cloud of glory, to express the
execution of judgment, as well as to be a sign of favour. Both
proceed from the power of God, and in both he is glorified. And
none - Not even of those who ordinarily stood before God. Could
go into the temple - That is, into the inmost part of it. Till the
seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled - Which did not
take up a long time, like the seven trumpets, but swiftly followed
each other.
Chapter 15:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
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
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