Bible Commentary

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 12. small and great ] Read the great and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:12”

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. The great white Throne, the General Resurrection, the Judgement on all the Dead and on Death and Hell, Rev 20:11-15 11. a great white … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:11”

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are,] and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever 10. And the devil that deceived them ] Lit. that deceiveth, but the sense is general: as if we were to say … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:10”

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. 9. And they went up &c.] The Seer does not pass easily over the immense space of time during which the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:9”

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea. 8. the nations which are &c.] It almost seems as though the kingdom of Christ and of His … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:8”

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, The Loosing of Satan, the War of Gog and Magog, the Judgement on the Devil, the Beast, and the False Prophet, Rev 20:7-10 7. Satan shall be loosed ] “for a little season,” as we heard in Rev 20:3. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:7”

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. 6. Blessed and holy &c.] He is sure of eternal blessedness, absolutely and indefeasibly consecrated to God. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:6”

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection. 5. But ] Should be omitted; there is more authority for reading “and.” This is the first resurrection ] Here, as with the Millennium, there is the question whether these words are to be understood … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:5”

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:4”

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 3. and shut him up upon him ] Read, and shut and sealed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 20:3”