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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 12:7-11

Revelation 12:7-11There was war in heaven.War in heavenI. The character of the war of rebel angels in heaven.1. Wilful. They brought it on themselves.2. Irreconcilable.(1) On the part of God.(2) This war is irreconcilable on the tart of rebel angels also, for when they sinned that moment their natures were changed. The passions of the soul, and the affections of the heart, which once so sweetly harmonised, were thrown into disorder and became as jarring elements, or as the troubled sea that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 12:10-17

Revelation 12:10-17Now is come salvation.The heavenly song of victoryThis is a song of heaven--of that heaven from which the dragon had been cast out.I. The salvation. It is “the salvation” that is here sung of--the salvation of Him whose name is Jesus, the Saviour. It is salvation--not consisting of one blessing or one kind of blessing, but of many; made up of everything which can be indicated by the reversal of our lost condition. It is not done at once, but in parts and at sundry times, each... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 12:12-17

Revelation 12:12-17Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.The defeatibility of the devilI. Mighty as is the master-fiend of evil, he is not proof against defeats. “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.”1. Here is a defeat implied. There is nothing permanent in error, there is no stability in wrong. As light extends, and virtue grows, all schemes of wrong, political, social, and religious, crack to pieces and tumble to ruin.2. Here is a defeat righteously exultable. It is the joy of the prisoner quitting his... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 12:11

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Ver. 11. By the blood of the Lamb ] By his merit and spirit, Christ’s blood (as Pliny saith of Polium) is a preservative against serpents. And they loved not their lives ] When one said to a certain martyr, Take heed, it is a hard matter to burn; Indeed, said he, it is for him that hath his soul linked to his body, as a thief’s foot is in a pair of fetters.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 12:12

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Ver. 12. Rejoice, ye heavens ] Ye that have your conversation in heaven, and shall shortly remove your tents thither. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth ] Earthworms that load themselves with thick clay, and strive, with the toads, who shall die with most earth in their... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 12:11

they overcame: Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 3:12, Revelation 3:21, John 16:33, Romans 8:33-Malachi :, Romans 16:20, 1 Corinthians 15:57, 2 Corinthians 10:3-Deuteronomy :, Ephesians 6:13-Job :, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Timothy 4:8, Hebrews 2:14, Hebrews 2:15, 1 John 2:13, 1 John 2:14, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 5:5 the blood: Revelation 7:10-2 Chronicles :, Revelation 14:1-Numbers :, Revelation 15:3 the word: Revelation 12:17, Revelation 1:2,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 12:12

rejoice: Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:1-Judges :, Psalms 96:11-1 Chronicles :, Psalms 148:1-Numbers :, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 55:13, Luke 2:14, Luke 15:10 Woe: Revelation 8:13, Revelation 9:12, Revelation 11:10, Revelation 11:14 because: Revelation 10:6, Hebrews 10:37, 2 Peter 3:8 Reciprocal: Nehemiah 4:7 - then Esther 3:6 - sought Job 1:7 - From going Isaiah 44:23 - Sing Ezekiel 16:23 - woe Daniel 11:30 - and have indignation Matthew 8:31 - General Mark 5:7 - that Mark 9:26... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.And they have overcome him — Carried the cause against him.By the blood of the Lamb — Which cleanses the soul from all sin, and so leaves no room for accusing.And by the word of their testimony — The word of God, which they believed and testified, even unto death. So, for instance, died Olam, king of Sweden, in the year900, whom his own subjects would have compelled... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.Woe to the earth and the sea — This is the fourth and last denunciation of the third woe, the most grievous of all. The first was only, the second chiefly, on the earth, Asia; the third, both on the earth and the sea, Europe. The earth is mentioned first, because it began in Asia,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 12:1-17

IV. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS, Revelation 7:1 to Revelation 20:10. Of the trumpets, the first four are mundane, or earthly; each of the four blasts draws down a judgment upon some creational point, as earth, sea, fountains and rivers; firmamental luminaries. It is the sins of men that draw down these bolts of wrath, rendering every point of creation hostile to our peace. “Cursed is the ground for thy sake,” (Genesis 3:17,) is the key-note. This sad status of humanity has existed through all past... read more

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