Morning Bible Study Revelation 15 International Standard Version® Words of the Messiah in Red Version 2.0.0 Copyright © 1996-2010 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Rev 15:1 I saw another sign in heaven. It was both spectacular and amazing. There were seven angels with the seven last plagues, with which Gods wrath is completed. Rev 15:2 Then I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who had conquered the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing on the sea of glass holding Gods harps in their hands. Rev 15:3 They sang the song of Gods servant Moses and the song of the lamb: Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations. Rev 15:4 Lord, who wont fear and praise your name? For you alone are holy, and all the nations will come and worship you because your judgments have been revealed. Rev 15:5 After these things I looked, and the Temple, which is the Tent of Testimony in heaven, was open! Rev 15:6 The seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the Temple wearing clean, shining linen with gold sashes around their chests. Rev 15:7 One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. Rev 15:8 The Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and his power, and no one could enter the Temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels came to an end. My Commentary We are not to love the things of this world but to relay on Jesus to provide for us. There no way that we can love the things of this world and love God at the same time. When we look at Moses and all he did to follow Jesus, we find that here is a leader that was unable to change the heats and minds of his people. Every chance they had they turned from God and to worldly possession. We are call to lift our relationship to God Up as the first and foremost the most import thing in out lives. We are to live for God and not for our selves. Nelsons New Illustrated Bible Commentary General Editor Earl D. Radmacher, Th.D. Old Testament Editor Ronald B. Allen, Th.D. New Testament Editor H. Wayne House, Th.D., J.D. Copyright © 1999 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Revelation 15:1 Another sign looks back to Rev_12:1, Rev_12:3, where the symbolism of the woman and the dragon also appeared in heaven. This sign is great and marvelous, apparently because it deals with the seven last plagues sent by the Lord. The plagues, “the bowls of the wrath of God” (Rev_16:1), are much stronger and more widespread than the trumpet judgments in 8:2—11:19. The wrath of God is complete with the seven last plagues (15:1—19:5). They are immediately followed by the Second Coming and the marriage supper of the Lamb (Rev_19:6-21). Revelation 15:2 A sea of glass is mentioned in Rev_4:6 as a place of worship before the throne of God. Here it is seen mingled with fire, which is often a sign of Gods judgment. The fire shows that the wrath of God acting in judgment has reached its zenith. The sea of glass also serves as the Lords victory stand for all of His overcomers. Those who have the victory over the beast are believing martyrs who “did not love their lives to the death” (Rev_12:11). Revelation 15:3-4 The song of Moses is a reference to Exo_15:1-18, in which Israel celebrated its deliverance from Egyptian bondage, specifically from Pharaohs army (Ex. 14). That song, remembering the great OT redemption, was sung by Jews in their Sabbath gatherings, as well as by early Christians at Easter. The song of the Lamb compares the completed redemptive work of Jesus Christ with Gods deliverance in the Exodus. Perhaps the victorious overcomers in v. Rev_15:2 are “safe on the other side,” and the intensifying judgments of the preceding chapters are comparable to the climactic destruction of Pharaohs army when the Red Sea closed in upon them. Considering Gods great … works and character, every person should fear the Lord and glorify His name by trusting Jesus Christ. All nations is the same phrase found in Mat_28:19 and Luk_24:47, expressing the scope of the Great Commission, Jesus command to proclaim Good News to all nations. Worship means “to prostrate oneself,” calling to mind Pauls description of the time when “every knee should bow” to Jesus Christ, the Lord (Php_2:10-11). Revelation 15:5 The temple of the tabernacle links the powerful imagery of the heavenly temple in Rev_11:19 with the strong parallels in ch. 15 to the Exodus period, when the majestic presence of God was clearly seen in the tabernacle. The tabernacle of the testimony calls attention to the Law or the tablets of testimony given to Moses (Exo_31:18; Exo_32:15). In the new heaven and new earth the tabernacle of God will be with believers because He will dwell eternally with them (Rev_21:3). Revelation 15:6 Seven angels come forward to administer the seven plagues, which are the last plagues (v. Rev_15:1) God will send forth before Christ returns. clothed in pure bright linen … golden bands: Because their garments signify purity and righteousness, the angels are representatives of spotless justice. Revelation 15:7 The golden bowls of wrath recall the similar golden bowls that in Rev_5:8 hold incense, representing the prayers of the saints. Revelation 15:8 The smoke that filled the temple had its source in the power and glory of God and prohibited access into the most holy place. The smoke signified Gods resolve to act in judgment as an expression of His character and authority. Judgment was now irreversible, with no place for intercession (Lam_3:44). John Wesleys Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible Revelation 15:1 And I saw seven holy angels having the seven last plagues - Before they had the phials, which were as instruments whereby those plagues were to be conveyed. They are termed the last, because by them the wrath of God is fulfilled - Hitherto. God had borne his enemies with much longsuffering; but now his wrath goes forth to the uttermost, pouring plagues on the earth from one end to the other, and round its whole circumference. But, even after these plagues, the holy wrath of God against his other enemies does not cease, Rev_20:15. Revelation 15:2 The song was sung while the angels were coming out, with their plagues, who are therefore mentioned both before and after it, Rev_15:1-6. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire - It was before clear as crystal, Rev_4:6, but now mingled with fire, which devours the adversaries. And them that gained, or were gaining, the victory over the wild beast - More of whom were yet to come. The mark of the beast, the mark of his name, and the number of his name, seem to mean here nearly the same thing. Standing at the sea of glass - Which was before the throne. Having the harps of God - Given by him, and appropriated to his praise. Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses - So called, partly from its near agreement ,with the words of that song which he sung after passing the Red Sea, Exo_15:11, and of that which he taught the children of Israel a little before his death, Deu_32:3-4. But chiefly because Moses was the minister and representative of the Jewish church, as Christ is of the church universal. Therefore it is also termed the sons of the Lamb. It consists of six parts, which answer each other: Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty. For thou only art gracious. Just and true are thy ways, O King of the nations. For all the nations shall come and worship before thee. Who would not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thy judgments are made manifest. We know and acknowledge that all thy works in and toward all the creatures are great and wonderful; that thy ways with all the children of men, good and evil, are just and true. For thou only art gracious - And this grace is the spring of all those wonderful works, even of his destroying the enemies of his people. Accordingly in Psa. 136:1-26., that clause, For his mercy endureth for ever, is subjoined to the thanksgiving for his works of vengeance as well as for his delivering the righteous. For all the nations shall come and worship before thee - They shall serve thee as their king with joyful reverence. This is a glorious testimony of the future conversion of all the heathens. The Christians are now a little flock: they who do not worship God, an immense multitude. But all the nations shall come, from all parts of the earth, to worship him and glorify his name. For thy judgments are made manifest - And then the inhabitants of the earth will at length learn to fear him. Revelation 15:5 After these things the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony - The holiest of all. Was opened - Disclosing a new theatre for the coming forth of the judgments of God now made manifest. Revelation 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple - As having received their instructions from the oracle of God himself. St. John saw them in heaven, Rev_15:1, before they went into the temple. They appeared in habits like those the high priest wore when he went into the most holy place to consult the oracle. In this was the visible testimony of Gods presence. Clothed in pure white linen - Linen is the habit of service and attendance. Pure - unspotted, unsullied. White - Or bright and shining, which implies much more than bare innocence. And having their breasts girt with golden girdles - In token of their high dignity and glorious rest. Revelation 15:7 And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels - After they were come out of the temple. Seven golden phials - Or bowls. The Greek word signifies vessels broader at the top than at the bottom. Full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever - A circumstance which adds greatly to the dreadfulness of his wrath. Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke - The cloud of glory was the visible manifestation of Gods presence in the tabernacle and temple. It was a sign of protection at erecting the tabernacle and at the dedication of the temple. But in the judgment of Korah the glory of the Lord appeared, when he and his companions were swallowed up by the earth. So proper is the emblem of smoke from the glory of God, or from the cloud of glory, to express the execution of judgment, as well as to be a sign of favour. Both proceed from the power of God, and in both he is glorified. And none - Not even of those who ordinarily stood before God. Could go into the temple - That is, into the inmost part of it. Till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled - Which did not take up a long time, like the seven trumpets, but swiftly followed each other.
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