The Study of the Book of Revelation Revelation's Triumphant End Chapter 19 Review: Throughout our studies of the prophecies in Daniel and Revelation, we have referenced the prophetic principle used in Scripture of “REPEAT AND ENLARGE.” We have seen how God often starts out giving us a prophetic overview then subsequently give us another prophetic view that repeats all or part of a prior prophetic revelation, only in the repetition He expands or enlarges the detail of a portion of the prophecy giving us greater detail. Revelation chapter 19 is an instance of this “REPEAT AND ENLARGE” concept. In Revelation 11:15- 19, we saw the seventh trumpet being sounded. We have not studied the seven trumpets yet, but we will see an historical view of prophecy known as “The time of the end,” starting in the 1798-1844 period, and corresponds to the last hours of earth’s history before the second coming of Jesus Christ. Revelation 19 expands on the period of the seventh trumpet referenced in Revelation 11:15-19 Revelation 11:15-19 “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.” Let’s start this study by reading all of Revelation 19. Then we will go back through the chapter verse by verse. Revelation 19:1-21 "1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. 1 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; 18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh." Revelation 19:1 “And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:” “After these things” – We have seen this phrase before. John is saying that after he had seen the 2 vision recorded in chapter 18, that another vision was given him, but not necessarily that the vision of chapter 19 follows that of chapter 18 in time. “A great voice of much people in heaven” – John heard the voice of “Much people in heaven.” This is the response of the heavenly beings of the universe to what has occurred in the judgments of God. In Daniel 7:9-10 we saw the beginning of the heavenly judgment scene and we saw the “Much people,” represented, the heavenly universe is present to observe the judgment. Now, we see their response to the judgments. Revelation 19:2 “For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.” “True and righteous are his judgments” – The universe has seen the judgments of God upon the beast and those that follow the beast, that persecuted God’s people. The universe says that the “judgments” (seven last plagues) are “True and righteous.” “True” – God is a covenant keeping God. He had said that certain plagues and judgments would come upon Israel if they failed to follow Him and become apostate (see Leviticus 26). God has done just what He prophesied that He would do. “Righteous” – The Greek word used here is “Dikaios” which is frequently translated “Just.” Thus the universe sees that God’s judgments are just. Deuteronomy 28:58-61 “If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.” These are statements of the character of God that He is righteous (just) and true! Romans 3:3-4 “For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.” “For he hath judged the great whore” – Judgment has been given against the harlot in favor of the saints of God. (See Daniel 7:21-22) Note that the “Little horn power” [Papal Rome] is the same as the “Great whore.” 3 Dan 7:21-22 “I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.” (Judgment was given to the saints is more correctly stated “Given in favor of the saints.”) “Corrupt the earth with her fornication” – The word used here for corrupt (diaphtheiro) means to corrupt or destroy.