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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After this I beheld, The Gentile Church. Rev_7:9. And, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, It will do some people good to see that sight, for they fancy that all the saints go to their place of worship. There are no good people anywhere except those that think exactly as they do....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne. In the outer ring and about the elders that represent the church, who stand in the inner ring, nearest to Christ, and nearest akin to the Son of Man.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; This is the great gathering of the Gentile multitude redeemed by blood, numbered by God, never to be numbered by men,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, — Our numbering can go a very long way, what, therefore, must be the countless hosts of the redeemed who are to be “a great multitude, which no man could number?” And what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon, the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, The angels form the outer ring. The elders, who represent...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After this.- I thought I would read this familiar and very precious passage once more as so many of our number have gone home to heaven during the past few weeks. There has been a great flight of the Lord’s doves upward to the heavenly dovecotes lately. We will think of them as we read these well-known words:-“After this”- Rev_7:9. I beheld, and,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And cried with a loud voice,.... To show the strength of their affection, and the greatness of their joy, and how sensible they were of the favour they enjoyed, and how hearty they were in the following ascription of glory to God, and the Lamb. Saying, salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb; by "salvation" is meant,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. In Jerusalem they cried Hosanna, which was “Save, Lord,” but now they have risen a little higher, and they sing, “Salvation to our God.” It is the same melody but it is pitched to a loftier key, and there are more to sing it; and they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. They all sing one song, and it is the same song that we sing on earth, “Salvation to our God.” They know nothing up in heaven of any salvation by the works of the law or by human merits. Oh, no! they sing, “Salvation to our God which sitteth...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the angels stood round about the throne,.... The holy and elect angels, even all of them, the ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, the innumerable company of them, who are represented in the same position; [See comments on Revelation 5:11]; and [about] the elders, and the four beasts; the churches and ministers;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And about the elders and four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God. Saying, Amen: Blessing and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen. Grand ascriptions of praise to make the worship perfect, as all worship should be which is presented to God —...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Not some of the angels, nor many angels, nor even an innumerable company of angels, but all the angels; they shall all gather on that august occasion around the throne of God and the Lamb.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. You see that all the glory is given to God; man is lost...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Saying, Amen,.... As approving and confirming what the great multitude of men had said in Revelation 7:10; in ascribing the glory of salvation to God, and the Lamb: the angels, though they have no part in it themselves, yet highly approve of it as right and just, that men should give the glory of it where it is due. Blessing, and glory, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. What a deep, sonorous Amen that will be! What a mighty volume of sound! How full and rich, how hearty! Oh, that our ears may be there to hear it, and our tongues to swell it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, these are they which came out of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,.... This elder was not the Apostle Peter, as some Popish interpreters have thought; and still less Pope Silvester, who lived in the times of Constantine; be is much more likely, according to others, to be Constantine himself, the first of the elders, or the chief magistrate when the church sprung out...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these This vast crowd — what are these?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth...