This name indicates the meaning of revelation it uncovers matters that had been hidden and discloses events that would happen long after it was written. Read revelation commentary using john gills exposition of the bible. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. The enemy against whom these foes are gathered is the great world lost in false thoughts, luxurious ways, dishonest customs. The assembly also plays a subordinate part in the nt prophecies. The scriptures never refer to death as the mere cessation of life, but instead as the unnatural separation of something from that to which it belongs. The opening of the books and i saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne.
The woman, the child, and the dragonnow a great sign appeared in heaven. Study the bible online using commentary on revelation 20. Revelation 20, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The star was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. Revelation chapter 20 continued discover revelation. They are judged from two sets of books see article book of life all books. Revelation 20, new living translation nlt the bible app.
And i saw the dead an account being given of the judge, next the persons to be judged are described, and in this clause, by the state and condition in which they had been. Study the bible online using commentary on revelation and more. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. This interest grew even stronger when i began to teach the book of revelation in a bible school on java and wrote a commentary on revelation in the indonesian language. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. Here, whatever special interpretations we may adopt, is an illustration of the psalmists words. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer. Hcsb books were opened as unbelievers stand before the great white throne alone, without a defense, and with no escape john notes that books were opened. Revelation 2021 esv the thousand years then i saw an. Revelation 20 is the twentieth chapter of the book of revelation or the apocalypse of john in the new testament of the christian bible. The book is giving a linear description of the things. Every category of man now stands on an individual basis before god. And the books were opened, including the book of life.
And when the thousand years are ended, satan will be loosed from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations which are at the four corners of the earth, that is, gog and magog, to gather. This chapter contains the notable account of the millennium and the judgment of the dead. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant john, 2 who bore witness to the word of god and to the testimony of jesus christ, even to all that he saw. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues the twothirds left from the population prior to the sounding of the sixth trumpet rev. And i saw the dead, small and great, standing before god. Revelation, new king james version nkjv the bible app. And i saw the dead, small and great, stand before god.
The greek name of the bible book of revelation, apoka. And this rapture will happen anytime compare revelation 22. This heavenly companys expectation is not centred on happenings of the last days. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant john. Revelation 1 english standard version esv prologue.
Home revelation bible study seeing jesus revelation 1. Revelation 1, english standard version 2016 esv the. Revelation chapter 20 9 and they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city. Books is from the hebrew, sefar word number h5609 in strongs concordance.
Revelation united states conference of catholic bishops. The first five seals described in the book of revelation are dealt with in 11 verses see revelation 6. I know about the slander of those who say they are jews and are not, but are a synagogue of satan. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. These are the words of him who is the first and the last, who died and came to life again.
Another book was opened, which is the book of life. We will return now to revelation 20, and after we read that it will bring us to the new heavens and the new earth. The psalmist has told us that great plagues remain for the ungodly. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and satan, and bound him for a thousand years. As the cross stands as the great equalizer among people of faith on the road to salvation, so the great white throne judgment is the equalizer among those on their way to eternal damnation. We must be prepared to observe in the book of revelation the things that were currently happening in the first century when the book was written and observe the things that would happen after those first century events. And i saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. And i saw the dead, small and great, standing before god, and books were opened. The importance of understanding, interpreting, applying, and then. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. The book of revelation, a prophecy of warning and hope. If you had asked me this question when i was a young christian, i might have said, to help us discover when jesus will return to earth, to help us make sense of events in the middle east, to give us nightmares about the tribulation so that we dont get lax and miss the rapture, to give christians something to argue about, or. And i saw the dead, small and great, stand before 22 god.
Revelation commentary john gills exposition of the bible. Revelation 20 the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. It is much rather centred on the coming of the lord jesus to rapture the believers. The book of revelation starts with this is a revelation from jesus christ, which god gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. And i saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. So, the divine author of revelation is jesus christ and the human author is the apostle john. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to. As the cross stands as the great equalizer among people of faith on the road to salvation, so the great white throne judgment is the equalizer among those on their way to. Revelation with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Revelation 9 new international version niv 9 the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and i saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. Revelation 12, new king james version nkjv the bible app.