Rev Donald A Davis's Blog – August 2011 Archive (19)

Revelation Chapter  22 

¹And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 

²In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. …

Revelation Chapter  21 

¹And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 

²And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 

³And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he…

Revelation Chapter  20 

¹And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 

²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 

³And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till…

Revelation Chapter  19 

¹And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 

²For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. …

Revelation Chapter  18 

¹And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 

²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. …

Revelation Chapter  17 

¹And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 

²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. …

Revelation 16 

¹And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. 

²And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. …

Revelation 15 

¹And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. 

²And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of…

Revelation 14 

¹And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. 

²And 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: 

³And they sung as it were a…

Revelation 13 

¹And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 

²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his…

Revelation 12 

¹And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 

²And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 

³And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten…

Revelation 11 

¹And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 

²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. …

¹And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 

²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore…

Revelation 9 

¹And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 

²And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 

³And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the…

Revelation Chapter  8 

 ¹And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 

²And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 

³And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the…

Revelation Chapter  7 

¹And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 

²And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt…

Revelation Chapter  6 

¹And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 

²And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

³And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the…

The Book of Revelation Matthew Henry Concise Commentary ( Verses 1-8)

 Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal: observe what appeared. A rider on a white horse. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, or the early progress of the Christian religion, seems to be intended; its going forth in purity, at the time when its heavenly Founder sent his apostles to teach all nations, adding, Lo! I am with you alway, even to the end of the…