King James Version
Revelation 9
21 verses with commentary
The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
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<strong>And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic langua...
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(1) **And the fifth angel . . .**—Translate, *And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star out of the heaven fallen *(not “fall,” as in English version; the seer saw not a falling, but a fallen, star) *upon the earth.* The emblem of a fallen star is used elsewhere in the Bible. Isaiah (Isaiah 14:12) speaks of Lucifer fallen from heaven. Christ described Satan as lightning falling from heaven. Som...
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4. Sin is incompatible with birth from God (1Jo 3:1-3). John often sets forth the same truth negatively, which he had before set forth positively. He had shown, birth from God involves self-purification; he now shows where sin, that is, the want of self-purification, is, there is no birth from God.
**Whosoever--**Greek, "Every one who."
**committeth sin--**in contrast to 1Jo 3:3, "Every man th...
Read full commentary →And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
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<strong>And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic mean...
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(2) **And he opened . . .**—Translate, *And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun was darkened, and the air, by reason of the smoke of the pit.* The first result of the opening of the pit is the diffusion of such a dense smoke that light and atmosphere are darkened. In the previous vision there was an obscuration of lig...
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5. Additional proof of the incompatibility of sin and sonship; the very object of Christ's manifestation in the flesh was to take away (by one act, and entirely, aorist) all sins, as the scapegoat did typically.
**and--**another proof of the same.
**in him is no sin--**not "was," but "is," as in 1Jo 3:7, "He is righteous," and 1Jo 3:3, "He is pure." Therefore we are to be so.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
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<strong>And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language...
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(3) **And there came . . .**—Better, *And out of the smoke there came forth locusts upon the earth; and there was given to them power, as the scorpions of the earth* (? land-scorpions) *have power.* The outcome of the gloom is the power of devastation and pain. We still have reference to the Egyptian plagues—this time to the locusts (Exodus 10:12-15): “They covered the face of the whole earth, so ...
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6. He reasons from Christ's own entire separation from sin, that those in him must also be separate from it.
**abideth in him--**as the branch in the vine, by vital union living by His life.
**sinneth not--**In so far as he abides in Christ, so far is he free from all sin. The ideal of the Christian. The life of sin and the life of God mutually exclude one another, just as darkness and light. ...
Read full commentary →And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
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<strong>And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symb...
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(4) **And it was commanded **. . .—Translate, *And it was commanded them that they shall not injure the grass of the earth, nor yet any green thing*, *nor yet any tree; but only* (or, *except) the men whosoever have not the seal of God on their foreheads.* The locusts which are sent not to injure the vegetation are clearly not literal locusts, and the security of those who have the seal of God in ...
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7-8. The same truth stated, with the addition that he who sins is, so far as he sins, "of the devil."
**let no man deceive you--**as Antinomians try to mislead men.
**righteousness--**Greek, "the righteousness," namely, of Christ or God.
**he that doeth ... is righteous--**Not his doing makes him righteous, but his being righteous (justified by the righteousness of God in Christ, Ro 10:3-10)...
Read full commentary →And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
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<strong>And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic mean...
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(5) **And to them . . .**—Better, *And it was given to them that they should not kill them (i.e.,* those who had not the seal of God in their foreheads), *but that they should be tortured five months.* The general period of a locust plague is about five months: “as the natural locusts commit their ravages only for five months, so the ravages of these symbolical ones will be only for a short period...
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7-8. The same truth stated, with the addition that he who sins is, so far as he sins, "of the devil."
**let no man deceive you--**as Antinomians try to mislead men.
**righteousness--**Greek, "the righteousness," namely, of Christ or God.
**he that doeth ... is righteous--**Not his doing makes him righteous, but his being righteous (justified by the righteousness of God in Christ, Ro 10:3-10)...
Read full commentary →And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
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<strong>And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language characte...
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(6) **And in those days **. . .—Translate, *And in those days men shall seek death, and shall not find it; and they shall yearn to die, and death flees from them. *The change of tense from the future (“shall seek— shall yearn”) to the present (“death flees”) gives graphic force to the description. Men will seek for death in vain; they will long to die, and lo ! death is seen fleeing from them. We ...
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**9. Whosoever is born of God--**literally, "Everyone that is begotten of God."
**doth not commit sin--**His higher nature, as one born or begotten of God, doth not sin. To be begotten of God and to sin, are states mutually excluding one another. In so far as one sins, he makes it doubtful whether he be born of God.
**his seed--**the living word of God, made by the Holy Spirit the seed in us o...
Read full commentary →And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
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The locust-army's description employs symbolic imagery to depict demonic forces or divine judgment agents. Horses prepared for battle suggest military power; gold crowns indicate authority; human faces show intelligence beyond mere natural creatures. This apocalyptic symbolism communicates spiritual realities through vivid imagery. Reformed theology interprets such visions as revealing principalit...
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(7) **And the shapes . . .**—Translate, *And the shapes (or, forms) of the locusts were like horses made ready for war. *The resemblance of the locust to the horse (especially in the head) has been remarked upon by travellers, and has found expression in the Italian and German names cavalletta and heupferd. The resemblance is more distinct when the horses are made ready for battle: the hard shell ...
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**10. children of the devil--**(See on 1Jo 3:8; Ac 13:10). There is no middle class between the children of God and the children of the devil.
**doeth not righteousness--**Contrast 1Jo 2:29.
**he that loveth not his brother--**(1Jo 4:8); a particular instance of that love which is the sum and fulfilment of all righteousness, and the token (not loud professions, or even seemingly good works) th...
Read full commentary →And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
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Women's hair suggests seductive deception, while lion's teeth indicate destructive power. This combination warns against underestimating spiritual threats that appear attractive but destroy. The imagery recalls Joel 1:6's description of locusts. Reformed theology recognizes that Satan's tactics blend deception (appearing beautiful) with destruction (concealing deadly intent). The detailed descript...
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(8)**And they had hair . . .**—Translate, *And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions, and they had breastplates as iron breastplates; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of* (having, *i.e.,* drawn by) *many horses, running to war.* The hair: It is said that some locusts are hairy, and the passage in Jeremiah (Jeremiah 51:27) has been q...
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**11. the message--**"announcement," as of something good; not a mere command, as the law. The Gospel message of Him who loved us, announced by His servants, is, that we love the brethren; not here all mankind, but those who are our brethren in Christ, children of the same family of God, of whom we have been born anew.
And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
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Iron breastplates suggest invulnerability to human resistance, while chariot-like sound evokes overwhelming military advance. The imagery emphasizes judgment's inexorable nature—human power cannot prevent God's decreed judgments. The sound 'as the sound of chariots' recalls Joel 2:4-5, connecting these visions to Old Testament prophecy's fulfillment. Reformed theology affirms that God's judgments,...
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**12. who--**not in the Greek.
**of that wicked one--**Translate, "evil one," to accord with "Because his own works were evil." Compare 1Jo 3:8, "of the devil," in contrast to "of God," 1Jo 3:10.
**slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous--**through envy and hatred of his brother's piety, owing to which God accepted Abel's, but rejected Cain's offering. Enmity ...
Read full commentary →And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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Scorpion-like tails with stings emphasize the localized, targeted nature of their torment. The five-month duration (v. 5, 10) suggests limited, measured judgment—not eternal hell but temporal warning. Scorpion venom causes excruciating pain without death, illustrating torment that cannot be escaped through death. Reformed theology sees such judgments as medicinal warnings, giving space for repenta...
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(10)**And they had tails . . .**—Better, *And they have tails like to scorpions, and stings, and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.* In this verse the secret of their power is mentioned: they have tails like scorpions’ tails, and stings which wound and so cause agony to men. On the period of five months, see Revelation 9:5. In the exposition of this passage it is utterly vain t...
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**13. Marvel not--**The marvel would be if the world loved you.
**the world--**of whom Cain is the representative (1Jo 3:12).
**hate you--**as Cain hated even his own brother, and that to the extent of murdering him. The world feels its bad works tacitly reproved by your good works.
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. Apollyon: that is to say, A destroyer
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<strong>And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek ...
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(11) **And they** **had a king . . .**—Better, *They have over them as king* (not “*the* angel,” as in English version) *an angel of the abyss; his name* (is) *in Hebrew Abaddon, and in the Greek he has a name*, *Apollyon. *There is more than one point in which the seer wishes us to mark the contrast between these symbolical and the natural locusts. Locusts have no sting; these have. Locusts have ...
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**14. We--**emphatical; hated though we be by the world, we know what the world knows not.
**know--**as an assured fact.
**passed--**changed our state. Col 1:13, "from the power of darkness ... translated into the kingdom of His dear Son."
**from death unto life--**literally, "out of the death (which enthrals the unregenerate) into the life (of the regenerate)." A palpable coincidence of lan...
Read full commentary →One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter .
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The announcement that one woe is past with two more coming creates dramatic tension and emphasizes escalating judgments. The Greek 'ouai' (woe) pronounces divine curse and impending calamity. This structure reveals judgment's progressive intensification—resistance to earlier warnings brings more severe consequences. Reformed theology affirms that God's judgments are both just and merciful; each st...
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(12) **One woe is** **passed . . .**—Better, *The one woe has passed; behold there cometh* (the verb is in the ( singular) *yet two woes after these things.* Here is the patience and faith of the saints. The troubles which pass only yield place to more, the rest and the victory are not yet; the powers of evil have not exhausted themselves, the iniquity of the social and spiritual Amorites is not y...
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**15. hateth--**equivalent to "loveth not" (1Jo 3:14); there is no medium between the two. "Love and hatred, like light and darkness, life and death, necessarily replace, as well as necessarily exclude, one another" [Alford].
**is a murderer--**because indulging in that passion, which, if followed out to its natural consequences, would make him one. "Whereas, 1Jo 3:16 desires us to lay down our ...
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And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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<strong>And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,...</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language characteristic of ...
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16. What true love to the brethren is, illustrated by the love of Christ to us.
**Hereby--**Greek, "Herein."
**the love of God--**The words "of God" are not in the original. Translate, "We arrive at the knowledge of love"; we apprehend what true love is.
**he--**Christ.
**and we--**on our part, if absolutely needed for the glory of God, the good of the Church, or the salvation of a brother...
Read full commentary →Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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<strong>Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language characteris...
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**17. this world's good--**literally, "livelihood" or substance. If we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren (1Jo 3:16), how much more ought we not to withhold our substance?
**seeth--**not merely casually, but deliberately contemplates as a spectator; Greek, "beholds."
**shutteth up his bowels of compassion--**which had been momentarily opened by the spectacle of his brother's need. Th...
Read full commentary →And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. for an hour: or, at an hour
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<strong>And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic ...
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(15) **And the four angels . . .**—Better, *And there were loosed the four angels who had been made ready unto* (or *for, i.e.,* ready for) *the* (not “an hour,” but *the) hour, and day, and month, and year, that they should slay the third part of mankind.* The English version reads as though the hour, day, month and year were to be understood as the length of time over which this plague of war sh...
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18. When the venerable John could no longer walk to the meetings of the Church but was borne thither by his disciples, he always uttered the same address to the Church; he reminded them of that one commandment which he had received from Christ Himself, as comprising all the rest, and forming the distinction of the new covenant, "My little children, love one another." When the brethren present, wea...
Read full commentary →And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
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<strong>And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language characteristic of...
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(16) **And the number . . .**—Translate, *And the number of the armies of the cavalry was two myriads of myriads. I heard the number of them.* The writer heard, perhaps from some herald angel, the number of this vast army of horsemen; it was twice ten-thousand times ten thousand—*i.e.,* two hundred millions. The number is like an echo from Psalm 68:17—“The chariots of God are twenty thousand *(two...
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**19. hereby--**Greek, "herein"; in our loving in deed and in truth (1Jo 3:18).
**we know--**The oldest manuscripts have "we shall know," namely, if we fulfil the command (1Jo 3:18).
**of the truth--**that we are real disciples of, and belonging to, the truth, as it is in Jesus: begotten of God with the word of truth. Having herein the truth radically, we shall be sure not to love merely in wo...
Read full commentary →And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
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The vision's vivid colors—fiery red, hyacinth blue, sulfur yellow—suggest judgment by fire and plague. The riders' breastplates and horses' heads breathing fire, smoke, and brimstone depict supernatural destructive power. These are judgment agents executing divine wrath. The imagery recalls Sodom's destruction (Genesis 19:24) and prophetic warnings of fire-judgment. Reformed theology interprets su...
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(17) **And thus I saw . . .**—Better, *And after this manner saw I the horses in the vision, and those who sat upon them*, *having breastplates fiery and jacinth-like, and brimstone-like, and the heads of the horses were as heads of lions; and out of their mouths goeth forth fire and smoke and brimstone.* The seer proceeds to describe the general appearance of the horses and horsemen. After this f...
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20. Luther and Bengel take this verse as consoling the believer whom his heart condemns; and who, therefore, like Peter, appeals from conscience to Him who is greater than conscience. "Lord, Thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love Thee." Peter's conscience, though condemning him of his sin in denying the Lord, assured him of his love; but fearing the possibility, owing to his past fall, ...
Read full commentary →By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
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The threefold plague (fire, smoke, brimstone) killing a third of mankind demonstrates judgment's massive scale. The fraction 'third part' appears throughout Revelation's judgments, indicating partial rather than total destruction—still leaving opportunity for repentance. These plagues parallel the Egyptian plagues' escalation. Reformed theology sees such judgments as common grace warnings; God res...
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(18) **By these three **. . .—Better, *From these three plagues were the third part of mankind slain, by the tire and the smoke and the brimstone which goeth forth out of their mouths. For the power of the horse is in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails were like serpents, having heads, and with them they hurt* (or, *injure).* The destructive power in this vision is in mouth and tail,...
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**21. Beloved--**There is no "But" contrasting the two cases, 1Jo 3:20, 21, because "Beloved" sufficiently marks the transition to the case of the brethren walking in the full confidence of love (1Jo 3:18). The two results of our being able to "assure our hearts before Him" (1Jo 3:19), and of "our heart condemning us not" (of insincerity as to the truth in general, and as to LOVE in particular) ar...
Read full commentary →For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
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The dual threat—mouths and serpent-like tails—indicates comprehensive danger from these judgment agents. Mouths issuing plagues suggest proclamations or teachings, while tails with serpent heads recall the serpent's deception (Genesis 3). This combination warns of both frontal assault (direct false teaching) and rear attack (subtle deception). Reformed theology recognizes that false doctrine both ...
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**22. we receive--**as a matter of fact, according to His promise. Believers, as such, ask only what is in accordance with God's will; or if they ask what God wills not, they bow their will to God's will, and so God grants them either their request, or something better than it.
**because we keep his commandments--**Compare Psa 66:18; 34:15; 145:18, 19. Not as though our merits earned a hearing f...
Read full commentary →And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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<strong>And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, a...</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusi...
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(20, 21) **And the rest . . .**—Translate, *And the rest of mankind who were not slain in these plagues did not even repent of* (or, *out of*—*i.e.,* so as to forsake) *the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons* (evil spirits), *and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass*, *and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: and they did not repent...
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23. Summing up of God's commandments under the Gospel dispensation in one commandment.
**this is his commandment--**singular: for faith and love are not separate commandments, but are indissolubly united. We cannot truly love one another without faith in Christ, nor can we truly believe in Him without love.
**believe--**once for all; Greek aorist.
**on the name of his Son--**on all that is r...
Read full commentary →Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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<strong>Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts....</strong> This verse from Revelation's vision of fifth and sixth trumpets - demonic torment and massive army, unrepentant humanity employs apocalyptic imagery rich with Old Testament allusions and symbolic meaning. The Greek text uses vivid apocalyptic language characteristic of...
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**24. dwelleth in him--**The believer dwelleth in Christ.
**and he in him--**Christ in the believer. Reciprocity. "Thus he returns to the great keynote of the Epistle, abide in Him, with which the former part concluded" (1Jo 2:28).
**hereby--**herein we (believers) know that he abideth in us, namely, from (the presence in us of) the Spirit "which He hath given us." Thus he prepares, by the men...
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