E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 11:16
sat = sit. on. App-104 . seats = thrones. fell, &c. See Revelation 4:10 . read more
sat = sit. on. App-104 . seats = thrones. fell, &c. See Revelation 4:10 . read more
Almighty = the Almighty. See Revelation 1:8 . and . . . come. The texts omit. Now, here, He h as come. See Revelation 1:4 . to Thee. Omit. power. App-172 .1; Rev 176:1 . hast reigned = reignedst. read more
is come = came. See Isaiah 26:20 , Isaiah 26:21 . time. Greek. kairos. See App-195 . dead. App-139 . judged. App-122 . See Revelation 20:12-15 .John 5:24 .Romans 8:1 . that Thou shouldest = to. reward = the reward. servants. App-190 . prophets. App-189 . See Hebrews 11:32 . saints. See Revelation 13:7 , Revelation 13:10 ; Revelation 14:12 ; Revelation 16:6 . This special term for O.T. saints is found in Daniel 7:18 , &c. See Acts 9:13 . small . . . great = the small . . . the... read more
was . . . heaven. The texts read "which is in heaven was opened". seen. App-133 . testament = covenant. Greek. diatheke. Only occurrence in Rev. great hail. Corresponds with Revelation 16:21 . read more
And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.This does not signal the approaching end of the world; that event has already occurred. Only then, or after then, shall it be true that the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of the Lord and of his Christ. As we were told in Revelation 10:7, "In the days of the seventh angel, when he... read more
And the four and twenty elders who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,These represent the church. They were those made "a kingdom" (Revelation 1:6). They therefore fitly take up the burden of praise to him who has now established his universal and everlasting kingdom.[90]Who sit before God on their thrones ... These thrones suggest the truth that the redeemed have already been reigning with Christ throughout the whole dispensation. read more
saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign.Who are and who wast ... Many have commented on the omission here of "and who is to come," as in Revelation 1:8. Why? "He has come!"[91]And didst reign ... Note the past tense. The reign began long ago and continued throughout all the time between the two Advents of the Son of God. Indeed, the reign of God has never, for an instant, ceased since the beginning of... read more
And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.These terse references are to what has already taken place, as clearly indicated by the consistent use of the past tense, the great fact of the execution of those events being here the theme of perpetual thanksgiving and praise... read more
And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven ... "Temple" here is a figure of speech; there is going to be no actual temple in heaven. It is used here as a symbol of the presence of God. See Revelation 21:22. "Only a glimpse of heaven is afforded here; the chief description is... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 11:15
seventh angel. This seventh trumpet embraces the seven vials, or last seven plagues, which make up the third woe, and reaches on to Revelation 18:24 , if not Revelation 20:15 . were. Literally came to be. kingdoms. The texts read "kingdom", i.e. sovereignty. world. App-129 . are = is. Christ. App-98 . He . . . ever. See Exodus 15:18 . Psalms 146:10 . for . . . ever. See Revelation 1:6 . read more