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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO REVALATION 14 This chapter contains three visions; one of the Lamb on Mount Zion, another of the three angels preaching against Babylon, and the third of the harvest and vintage. The vision of the Lamb is in Revelation 14:1, which is no other than Christ, described by his similitude, as a Lamb; by the place where he was, Mount...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, read "the Lamb"; the same that had been seen before in, the midst of the throne, Revelation 5:6; and all the Oriental versions have the same article also; the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, for mention is made of his Father in a following clause; the King of Zion, where...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
After an account of the great trials and sufferings which the servants of God had endured, we have now a more pleasant scene opening; the day begins now to dawn, and here we have represented, I. The Lord Jesus at the head of his faithful followers, ver. 1-5. II. Three angels sent successively to proclaim the fall of Babylon and the things...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb — John always writes of Jesus as the “Lamb.” His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always “the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world” by the shedding of his blood. “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb” — Rev_14:1. Stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, Jesus is not dead, he still lives. He is not defeated: “a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.” He is not disturbed or troubled, but he stands in the posture of quiet confidence. “A Lamb stood on the mount Sion;” Jesus is not driven out of his Church, but he is still dwelling in the midst of his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written on their foreheads. The great question for us is, — shall we be among the number? If we have the Father’s name engraved upon our hearts, we may conclude that we shall, one day, have it written in our foreheads,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And I heard a voice from heaven,.... The same with the voices heard in heaven upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, Revelation 11:15; as the voice of many waters; very loud, and uttered by a great multitude of people, signified by waters in this book, Revelation 17:15; the same with those that praise the Lord for the destruction of antichrist,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: It was very loud, but very sweet. It is not easy in earthly music to blend the two: but in heaven, all the energies of living men shall be thrown into the song; and yet it shall be sweet as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and so the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: As loud as thunder, and yet as musical as the choicest notes from a band of harps, — such is the testimony of the saints, such is the expression of their exultant joy in their Lord.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they sung as it were a new song,.... The song of redeeming grace; the same with that in Revelation 5:9; see the note there: this is to be understood of the 144,000, who sung it before the throne, and before the four beasts and the elders; that is, publicly in the church, the ministers and members being present; of these; [See comments on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, They could not sing any old song there. The songs of earth, sweet as some of them are, are not good enough to be sung in heaven. With a new experience, new delights, and a clearer vision of their Lord, they must have a new song. Rev_14:3. And before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: See brethren, how little the powers of darkness can do; not only are the saints all there, but they are singing. The devil cannot rob Christ of a single sonnet; the stanzas of our grateful praise shall continue to be poured forth though all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These are they which were not defiled with women,.... With the whore of Rome, and her harlots, she is the mother of; while the kings and inhabitants of the earth were drunk with the wine of their fornication, or committed idolatry with them, which is spiritual fornication, and is here meant by being defiled with them, these were free from such...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. They were pure and chaste in the sight of God. Rev_14:4. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. His choice attendants, his body-guard.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: “No lie.” They were truthful, they were truth-speakers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. This is the Scriptural metaphor for those who have not turned aside to idol gods, or to false opinions, or to unholy practices. You remember how Paul longed to present the Corinthian Christians “as a chaste virgin” to Christ; he desired that Christ might have all their love....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgin. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, these were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Now we have another vision.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And in their mouth was found no guile,.... Or "a lie", as the Complutensian edition, the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions read; by which may be meant idolatry, for idols and idolatrous practices are often called lies, and lying vanities; see Jeremiah 16:19; and the sense is, that the superstition and idolatry of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they are without fault — Or, blemish. Rev_14:5. Before the throne of God. Like him with whom they associated, the Lamb of God, they were without blemish and without spot.