The horns and the beast join in hating the whore. THE TIME IS NEAR AND THE TIME IS PAST ( Revelation 22:10-11 ), 22:10,11 And he said to me: "Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is near. Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 19:10; Ezekiel 47:12). It is not therefore a question of virtual idols suitable to ensnare the children of God, but of that which is adapted to the earth itself, thorough-going palpable idolatry. But there is no power by which he can be overcome but that of God. They shall be full of wisdom and comfort, continually walking in the light of the Lord; and this not for a time, but for ever and ever. "The hit dog hollers; so the lawyer complained. Let us bear this in mind. 22, Revelation (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. Here too we have in God's ways another remarkable type; for having first chosen Israel, He afterwards (as we know, because of their sin) was pleased to take the Gentiles to Himself. p. 325. because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. Here we found ourselves in a pretty situation: we had kept the lower road on the side of the hill, instead of that towards the summit, until we could proceed no farther; we were now obliged to gain the heights, in order to recover the road, in performing which we drove our poor camels up such steeps that we had the greatest difficulty to climb after them. Let it be carefully observed here that the first resurrection does not mean all rising exactly at the same moment. . It is the part of a Christian to abhor evil as much as to love what is good. After "the nations" in verse 24 omit the words "of them which are saved." [24] See the introduction to this chapter. The Spirit of God regards it in its final shape and completeness, as far as it was permitted to attain it, "The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls." Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness. He does not quote from Deuteronomy 28:1-68. [24] William Hendriksen, op. In Daniel, for instance, we read: "Seal up the vision, for it pertains to many days hence" ( Daniel 8:26). Supposing, for instance, a drunken father: if the sons had one spark of right feeling, not only must they feel the utmost shame and pain on account of their parent, but they would endeavour (like the sons of Noah who had a due sense of what was proper to their father) to cast some mantle of love over that which they could not deny, yet would not look at, but surely above all things they would watch against that shameful sin. Then Moses sings of His wonderful love and goodness and patience to that people and their falling into every kind of iniquity, sacrificing even to demons ("he-goats" they are contemptuously called), not to God, but "to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. And at one and a half miles from its source the river was one to swim in. The spoils = the souls rescued from Satan by the Lord. and even after Solomon (!!). Zahn, as quoted by Geldenhuys, suggested that Jesus might have used such a simile as this "ten or twenty times" during his ministry; and all denials of such things were unhesitatingly declared by Geldenhuys to be "devoid of all foundation."[37]. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God." These would appear to be (save Judas Iscariot, of course) the twelve apostles that were peculiarly associated with Christ in His suffering path on the earth. It was his before it became the apostle's. If a person drew from this, for instance, that the boast was to carry the woman, Babylon, when it had as a fact all that is meant by the seven heads and the ten horns, it would be an error. (No way to imagine one tree on either side.) In the earlier episode, the wandering demon was used as a prophetic warning; here it was repeated as an explanation of what had already occurred. The apostle John used the term frequently (Matthew 5:20 ,Matthew 5:20,5:36; Matthew 7:3; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 14:11-12; Matthew 15:24 ). He was trying to counteract the jealousy of the disciples who would not follow Jesus by repeating the deduction which he had made following the baptism of Jesus, namely, that God had given all things into Jesus' hands, a deduction he could not have avoided, for "beloved Son" would have required it. Having been healed from the curse of sin, they can now enjoy the blessings of the tree of life that God originally intended for them. Thus, the author of John did not impute his own words here, but gave an accurate account of what was truly said. God's invitation to you to come and to share in the glories of His eternal kingdom. The previous verse revealed the two elements of the new birth, this the requirement that both flesh and spirit participate in it. Furthermore, the connective, "for," at the beginning of the paragraph shows that there is no break. It was impossible that the fault of Moses could be slighted without weakening the authority of law. The song reminded the people of Gods loving care for them and of the need for faithfulness on their part towards him. *The description here is simply character, not dates. The things contrasted here: loaf and stone, fish and serpent, egg and scorpion, are superficially alike. The borrower = all who would be a blessing to others. After this, inDeuteronomy 31:1-30; Deuteronomy 31:1-30, we find Moses about to close his ministry. They were caught in flagrant treason and rebellion: what further need of any process of judgment whatsoever? "And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse." The only way is to stir up the nest, to get him fired from his job at Thriftys. "It is gross hypocrisy to condemn that in those who reprove us which yet we allow and applaud in those who flatter us."[28]. This refers to a murder which those very persons whom Jesus was addressing had committed. 3. (2) How does God answer prayer? "Let him that heareth say, Come." He wants what will be in heaven, and not merely in the field or in the city. "Upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth.". The enemies of Jesus were completely frustrated and confounded by the Master's wisdom. . The Song of Songs is of a uniform composition as throughout the book the following persons appear again and again: the bridegroom, the bride, and the daughters of Jerusalem. Nicodemus' question is therefore one of remarkable interest to all. There is a difference made, which consists in this, that the priests are regarded more as a part of the people, not so much as an intervening class between God and them. Earned? Enoch 25:2ff; IV Esdras 7:53; 8:52; II Enoch 8:3). This seems to me most clearly shown in our chapter. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. It is no wonder that John never forgot such a confrontation as this; and no wonder that some of the words in this interview became a part of his permanent vocabulary, appearing even in the writings of his old age, as in "And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 John 2:2). It is perhaps more likely that he did not finally set in order this last chapter and that we have it in unfinished form. is typical of the gimmickry employed in vain efforts to talk the rite of baptism out of this passage and out of the whole New Testament. Wherever there are dark and knotty problems, or things hard to be understood, there man stands, the great inquisitor, demanding to know, "How can these things be?" He would not have dared use it otherwise; and he used it because he had heard our Lord thus express himself.[18]. With God, says the Psalmist, is the fountain of life ( Psalms 36:9). Known unto God are all his works from the beginning to the end (Acts 15:18), but they are not so to us, Ecclesiastes 3:11. Even ordinary spiritual perceptiveness would have saved him from such a reply as this, which was merely another way of saying, "What you ask is an impossibility!" We have already considered a very similar list in Revelation 21:8 of those who were cast into the lake of fire. No angel could his place have taken, Highest of the high though he; The loved one on the cross forsaken Was one of the Godhead three![19]. "Every word of God proves true. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you, and you be found a liar" ( Proverbs 30:5-6). He is looking at law as that which brings in the curse for ever. *It now appears that the Cod. In this verse, Jesus changed to the plural "we," a change that may be viewed (1) as inclusive of the disciples there gathered with him and also sharing in the witness of the power of the new birth, or (2) as an employment of the editorial "we" instead of the first person singular. This parable of the wandering demon, like all the words of Jesus, is true either in or out of context; and out of context, this is a marvelous teaching of the futility of negative morality, or religion. But it may well be that there is something simpler here. They said that, since God was the beginning, he received his power from no one; since he was the middle, he shared his power with no one; and since he was the end, he never handed over his power to anyone. The idea is, that the tree bore every month in the year, so that there were twelve fruit-harvests. The very name indeed shows something similar; not of course that the church can ever be earthly. The particulars are reserved for a later point in this prophecy. Dr. Kenneth Gangel offers a summary of the reasons Peter wrote his second letter. Angels we know from other scriptures will be there, but of this we hear nothing here. Let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. "And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the Jehovah God of thy fathers hath promised thee. Such is the hard bondage which mere historical tradition imposes on its votaries. "Living waters," says Zechariah, "shall flow out from Jerusalem" ( Zechariah 14:8). "[20] This was another in the countless miracles of healing wrought by the Son of God, the marvel of the multitudes suggesting that perhaps the "sons of the Pharisees" had tried in vain to exorcise the evil spirit which was so easily cast out by the Saviour. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely ( Revelation 22:17 ). Oh, how God wants you to be wise and to look ahead and to see what the end result is of the lifestyle you've chosen. One of the things, in this dispensation of mercy, that one must have in addition to faith is the experience of the new birth. It is plain that what the verse contemplates is neither the Roman power when there was one head of the empire, nor the eastern or Byzantine part of it after that partition, nor the western state of division under the kings who succeeded the deposition of Augustulus; for in the medieval state there may have been ten kings (in contrast with the ancient state of the beast without them but no beast or imperial system with its chiefs.
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