Revelation 19

Is a virgin afraid to be matched into the crown? Now is but the contract, at death is the marriage-supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9). What hurt does death do but take us from among fiery serpents, and place us among angels?

I told you before what a glorious palace they shall have; but a man may starve in a house if there be no cheer. The saints at Death shall have a royal banquet, shadowed out in Scripture by a marriage supper (Revelation 19:9). Bullinger and Gregory the Great understand by that ma…

Resp. In subduing us to himself, and in restraining and conquering his and our enemies. Now of Christ's regal office, (Revelation 19:16) And he has on his vesture, and on his thigh a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords. Jesus Christ is of mighty renown, he is a King;…

That soul who has tasted how sweet the Lord is, should long for a fuller enjoyment of him in Heaven. Has Christ put this ring of assurance on your hand, and so espoused you to himself, how should you long for the marriage supper of the Lamb, (Revelation 19:9). O Christian, think…

He has the key of justice in his hand, to lock up whom he will in the fiery prison of Hell; and he has the key of mercy in his hand, to open Heaven's gate to whom he pleases. This is the name engraved upon his vesture, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords (Revelation 19:16). He sits…

A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. 3. He has his crown royal (Revelation 19:12). On his head were many crowns; he has his Iura Regalia, his kingly prerogatives; he has power to make laws, to seal pardons, which are the flowers and jewels belonging to his…

White robes denote three things: 1. Their dignity; the Persians were arrayed in white, in token of honor. 2. Their purity; the magistrates among the Romans were clothed in white, ergo called candidati, to show their integrity: Thus the queen, the Lamb's wife, is arrayed in fine…

They shall reign for ever and ever. (2.) A royal feast: It is called, The marriage supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9), which Bullinger and Gregory the Great understand of the magnificent supper prepared in the Kingdom of Heaven. A glorious feast it will be in respect of the fo…

All the torments of this life are but Ludibrium & Risus, a kind of sport to hell-torments; what is a burning fever, to the burning in hell? It is called the wrath of the Almighty (Revelation 19:15). The Almighty God inflicts the punishment, therefore it will be heavy; a child ca…

2. It has influence to obstruct folk's giving him credit, which is of the very essence of faith; so then, where he is not esteemed of, he is not, he cannot be believed on; the former says, that we will not marry him, this says, we will not trust him, nor trust the reality of his…

Sinful men have been stricken with fear at the sight of them; they are persons of a more excellent country than the earth. John the Apostle did overvalue an angel (Revelation 19; Revelation 21), and fell down to worship him. 2. Angels elect and chosen, never lost their birth-rig…

Position 2. The Scripture and all the ordinances are but created things, and not the ultimate object of our faith, and highest and completest love, that is reserved to God in Jesus Christ. Indeed, the most perfect we read of, Paul a chosen vessel stood in need of comfort from Ti…

2. Christ was never weaker and lower than now, and never more glorious in his working (Isaiah 63:2): "Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like one that treads in the wine-press?" (Revelation 19:15): he himself was trodden on in the wine-press, and the fierceness a…

He obtained it from pagans and idolaters, not from Christ. The angel deprecates and detests it (Revelation 19:10): "And I fell at his feet, to worship him, and he said to me, see you do it not, for I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren, that have the testimony of Jesus;…

Now from the [illegible], God will be distinguished by his jealousy, that he will not endure any partners in his worship. It is against examples (Revelation 19:10 and 22:8). When I had heard, and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel, which showed me these th…

See Exodus 6:3 then he was known to them by his name Jehovah, in giving being by his Providences to the mercies promised. Thus when Christ shall give his people the last and greatest deliverance from Antichrist, he shall shew himself to his people in a vesture dipt in blood, and…

While it's said, he has a crown, hereby is not signified any material crown, but majesty and glory, as Psalm 21:3, You set a Crown of pure Gold on his head, etc. And so Christ conquering on the white horse (Revelation 6:3) is said to have a crown: And (Revelation 19:12) it's sai…

So also (Psalm 45:14) and (Psalm 119:63), "I am a companion of all that fear you," etc. And this title is given them for these two reasons: 1. Because there is jointness and communion among them, in all their interests, both of duties and privileges, and also in sufferings, etc.…

3. What is the scope of these allegories, in other Scriptures, as that of Psalm 45, that of planting a vineyard (Matthew 21), that of marriage (Matthew 22), (which none can deny) is meant of espousing spiritually. (See this same allegory of marriage, Jeremiah 3, Hosea 2-3, Ezeki…

2. If the same allegories in other places of Scripture, will bear solid doctrines concerning Christ, his covenant, faith, etc. even such as are in plain Scriptures; then must this Song do the like, seeing it is the word of God, tending to the same scope with these. But it is cle…

When God treads the winepress of his wrath without the city, and the blood comes out of the winepress even to the horses' bridles (Revelation 14:20). In a word, when the Lord shall come forth upon his white horse with his armies, and shall destroy the Beast, and all the powers o…

This was the first thing of the nature that ever was done in the world; and it was a great thing that God did towards further advancing this great building of redemption. There had been before occasional prophecies of Christ, as was shown; but now the time drawing nearer when th…

They were all forerunners of the great prophet. The main end why the spirit of prophecy was given them was, that they might give testimony to Jesus Christ, the great Redeemer, that was to come; and therefore the testimony of Jesus, and the spirit of prophecy, are spoken of as th…

It is represented as a battle; it is called the battle of the great day of God Almighty. There will be some way or other a mighty struggle between Satan's kingdom and the church, and probably in all ways of opposition that can be; and doubtless great opposition by external force…

I answer, all that will be found in the King's House without Grace when the King comes in to see the Guests, are doubtless Reprobates. If it be questioned, whether by the Wedding-Garment be meant true Piety, or whether hereby is not intended moral Sincerity, let the Scripture in…

The Devil has ever shown a mortal spite and hatred towards that holy Book, the Bible: He has done all that has been in his power to extinguish that light, and to draw men off from it: He knows that it is that light by which his kingdom of darkness is to be overthrown. He has had…

As to those prayers against his enemies, which we find in some of his Psalms, and which sometimes sound a little harsh, surely they did not proceed from any such irregular passion, as did in the least clash even with the evangelical laws of meekness: we cannot imagine, that one…

But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but contradict it, and rebel against the light and laws of it, being resolved to obey unrighteousness, to them he will render, with a just and Almighty hand, indignation and wrath, the effect of which will be such trib…

As the Tree falls at Death and Judgment, so it lies for ever. If in Heaven, there you are a Pillar, and shalt go forth no more, Revelation 3:12. If in Hell, no Redemption from there, but the smoke of their torments ascends for ever and ever, Revelation 19:3. REFLECTION.

This also renders him graceful: by his whiteness, he fulfilled the law, by his redness he satisfied justice: this is our beloved, O you daughters of Jerusalem. 3. His endearing excellency in the administration of his kingdom, is hereby also expressed: He is white in love and mer…

Thus he sets out his whole communion with his church under this allusion: and that most frequently. The time of his taking the church unto himself, is the day of his marriage, and the church is his bride, his wife (Revelation 19:7-8). The entertainment he makes for his saints, i…

4 They witness against sin by this, that they will not suffer men to sin, that would do it to honor them. When John fell at one of their feet to worship him, says the Angel, See you do it not (Revelation 19:10); do not that to me, which is to be done to God alone: And again (Rev…

So we read of God's fierceness. Revelation 19:15: there we read of 'the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.' The words are exceeding terrible: if it had only been said, 'the wrath of God,' the words would have implied that which is infinitely dreadful.

The greatness of these celestial comforts is most fitly in Scripture expressed by the joy of a feast; mourning shall be turned into feasting. And it shall be a marriage-feast, which is usually kept with the greatest solemnity (Revelation 19:9): Blessed are they which are called…

This is acknowledged by some of the angels themselves. Revelation 19:10: I am your fellow-servant. Here is a parallel made between John the divine and the angel; the angel says to John, 'I am your fellow-servant.'

In regard to Christ: it is suitable to his dignity and state; he is Lord Supreme. This name is written on his robe and on his thigh: King of Kings (Revelation 19:16). Shall not a King appoint laws to his subjects?

The sight may be dazzled in nearness to God, and we take our marks by the Moon; and the liberty of praying is terminated upon the fiducial acts, and we think it is fastened upon the particular thing we seek: and here the antecedent is true, as heaven, and the consequence folly a…

Fourth, to triumph eternally over enemies, the devils, malignant opposers of his reign, sin, and hell is an act of a Mediatory King; when head and members do both triumph, no less than it is a part of his royal Mediatory power to crush them all, and make them his footstool (Psal…

Christ's Blood and Incense, are the two hinges on which our Salvation turns. 3. Christ's Regal Office is precious, Revelation 19. 16. He hath on his Vesture, and on his Thigh, a name written, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords. Christ has a preeminence above all other Kings for Ma…

Every thing that befalls us, every thing that we hear of, which has the Least of Danger in it, will discompose our Minds, and either make us tremble like the leaves of the Forrest that are shaken with the wind, or betake our selves to foolish or sinful relief, unless we are firm…

Why should we weep immoderately for them who have all tears wiped from their eyes? they enter into the joy of their Lord; and why should we be swallowed up of grief for them who are swallowed up of joy; they that die in the Lord, are not amissi, but praemissi, they are not lost,…

Now, while they were thus drawing towards the gate, behold a company of the heavenly host came out to meet them: to whom it was said by the other two shining ones, These are the men that have loved our Lord when they were in the world, and that have left all for his holy name; a…

But what a dreadful curse from Christ, did some of God's professing people Israel, bring upon themselves, by lying still at that time, and not putting to a helping hand? (Judges 5:23): "Curse Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they…

And so in many other Places. So we read of GOD's Fierceness. Revelation 19:15. There we read of the Wine-Press of the Fierceness and Wrath of Almighty GOD.