REVELATION 11 PART 3 of 3

REVELATION 11  PART 3 OF 3

VERSES 15 - 19

15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

   16) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

   17) Saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, Which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned.

   18) And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy Name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

   19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament:  and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.  King James Version (KJV) public domain.

COMMENTARY

   As we close our study on Chapter 11, we see the 24 elders anticipating God's possession of His creation, being restored as it was intended with the sound of the seventh trumpet.  These things have been set in motion with the sounding of the seventh trumpet and all of the saints in Heaven have full confidence in our God that His will will be done, that He will prevail.  

   Dr. Henry Morris writes it this way:  "The term "reigned" should be rendered "shown thyself as king."  Christ at this point has not yet actually taken the earthly kingdoms and inaugurated His millennial reign, but He has demonstrated Himself to be the eternal and omnipotent Creator, and therefore absolute sovereign of all."

   "The time of the dead" needs to be understood that they will not be raised for judgment until after the 1000 years that Christ will reign on earth.

   Now, let us address verse 19:  In 2 Chronicles, 36:18, we remember that Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple when he took Judah into captivity to Babylon.  "all of the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord" were also looted and carried away....all but the ark of the covenant, which has not been mentioned again after the Babylon victory, until now.  Within the ark was a pot of manna, Aaron's rod, and the two tables of God's law.  The ark was the most sacred aspect of the temple, because it was where God could commune with His people, above the mercy seat, which covered the ark.  The ark of the Covenant was obviously transported to Heaven during that time, to the temple of God there!

   Remember in Matthew 27: 51, that when Jesus died on the cross, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.  Now, we who have accepted Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, can boldly enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus.  (Hebrews 10: 19 - 25)

   

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