Matthew Poole on Revelation (cont.)

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Our nation certainly has a troubled history with respect to race.

The doctrine of the Bible provides the only solution, revealing man's common origin and destiny.

See Poole on Revelation 7:9.

Poole on Revelation 7:9: The Elect of All Nations

Verse 9:[1] After this I beheld, and, lo, (Rom. 11:25) a great multitude, which no man could number, (Rev. 5:9) of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, (Rev. 3:5, 18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:14) clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands…...

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E.B. Elliott asserts that the rise of the Augustinian theology in the fourth/fifth century is prophesied in Revelation 7 in the Sealing and Palm-bearing visions (Election and Perseverance respectively). Could he be right?

Elliott thought Augustine's theology worthy of the such a prophecy, asserting that for a thousand years, if there was anything good in the world, it was because of Augustine.

See Dr. Dilday's Sermon: "The Bishop of Hippo" in the "Comments".

Poole on Revelation 7:9: The Elect of All Nations

Verse 9:[1] After this I beheld, and, lo, (Rom. 11:25) a great multitude, which no man could number, (Rev. 5:9) of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, (Rev. 3:5, 18; 4:4; 6:11; 7:14) clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands…...

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"If you love Christ at all, you love him with a superlative love; above [family], houses, goods and worldly comforts... and if you love him at all, the vail is rent, and you have got into the holiest." --Ralph Erskine

Poole on Revelation 7:10: "Salvation to Our God!"

Verse 10:[1] And cried with a loud voice, saying, (Ps. 3:8; Is. 43:11; Jer. 3:23; Hos. 13:4; Rev. 19:1) Salvation to our God (Rev. 5:13) which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. [They were crying (namely, those Confessors of the Jews and those that were gathered from the Gentiles...

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If the holy angels, who are not beneficiaries of redemption, nevertheless marvel at it, and praise God for it...how much more should we!

Oh, our adorable Redeemer!

Poole on Revelation 7:11, 12: Angelic Praise

Verse 11:[1] (Rev. 4:6) And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God… [The Angels (namely, of inferior order: for the four living creatures are archangels, as we said [Piscator]: Now, the...

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"The way to heaven lies through many tribulations; but tribulation, how great soever, shall not separate us from the love of God. Tribulation, when gone through well, will make heaven more welcome and more glorious." -William Tong

Poole on Revelation 7:13, 14: The White Robes of the Elect

Verse 13:[1] And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in (Rev. 7:9) white robes? and whence came they? [And he answered] That is, he said (Menochius, Ribera, Grotius, similarly Beza, Drusius), as in Matthew 11:25 and elsewhere (Grotius), after the manner...

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We think too little of heaven. We have been created and re-created for spiritual things and the heavenly realm. Why do we obsess over matter and mud?

Poole on Revelation 7:15, 16: The Blessedness of Heaven, Part 1

Verse 15:[1] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall (Is. 4:5, 6; Rev. 21:3) dwell among them. [Therefore] That is, because they washed, etc. (Cluverus, Durham). [They are before the Throne of God] That is...

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Weeping?

"God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. They have formerly had their sorrows, and shed many tears, both upon the account of sin and affliction; but God himself, with his own gentle and gracious hand, will wipe those tears away, and they shall return no more for ever; and they would not have been without those tears, when God comes to wipe them away. In this he deals with them as a tender father who finds his beloved child in tears, he comforts him, he wipes his eyes, and turns his sorrow into rejoicing. This should moderate the Christian's sorrow in his present state, and support him under all the troubles of it; for those that sow in tears shall reap in joy; and those that now go forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them." --William Tong (for Matthew Henry)

Poole on Revelation 7:17: The Blessedness of Heaven, Part 2

Verse 17:[1] For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne (Ps. 23:1; 36:8; John 10:11, 14) shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: (Is. 25:8; Rev. 21:4) and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. [The Lamb, etc.] Christ, σύνθρονος, enthroned with, the...

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Matthew Poole's "Synopsis" on Revelation 1-7 is available in print! with a revised translation, expanded notes, and complete Greek text!

Synopsis of Biblical Interpreters: Revelation 1-7

"[Y]ou will find in Poole's Synopsis a marvellous collection of all the wisdom ... of the critics.... Query--a query for which I will not demand an answer--has one of you ever beaten the dust from the venerable copy of Poole which loads our library shelves? Yet as Poole spent no less than ten...

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Matthew Poole's "Synopsis" on Revelation 7 in now available in its entirety!

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Jonathan Edwards' History of Redemption: 'Another way that Satan attempted to restore paganism in the Roman empire, was by the invasions and conquest of heathen nations. For in this space of time, the Goths and Vandals, and other barbarous nations from the north, invaded the empire, and obtained great conquests. They even overran the empire, and in the fifth century took the city of Rome, and finally conquered and took possession of the western half of the empire, and divided it amongst them. It was divided into ten kingdoms, with which began the ten horns of the beast; for we are told, that the ten horns are ten kings, who should rise in the latter part of the Roman empire: these are also represented by the ten toes of Nebuchadnezzar's image. The invasion and conquests of these heathen nations are supposed to be foretold in Revelation 8, in what came to pass under the sounding of the four first trumpets. Now by their means heathenism was again for a while restored after it had been rooted out.—So much for the opposition of Satan against the success of the gospel during this space before the rise of Antichrist.'

Poole's Outline of Revelation 8

The seventh seal opened, 1. Seven angels receive seven trumpets, 2. An angel presenteth the prayers of the saints with incense on the golden altar before the throne, 3-5. Four of the angels sound their trumpets, and great plagues severally follow, 6-13.

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Synopsis of Biblical Interpreters: Revelation 1-7

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Synopsis of Biblical Interpreters: Revelation 1-7

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Poole on Revelation 8:1: A Half-Hour's Silence in Heaven

Verse 1:[1] And (Rev. 6:1) when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. [And when He (that is, the Lamb [Durham[2]]) had opened the seventh Seal] The final decree containing seven parts concerning the causes of the siege, and the siege of the...

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God's judgments come on by degrees, and with the sounding of the trumpet, so that a people might repent and sue for peace through the blood of the cross.

Does anyone here the sounding of the trumpet in our land?

Poole on Revelation 8:2: The Seven Angelic Trumpeters

Verse 2:[1] (Tob. 12:15;[2] Matt. 18:10; Luke 1:19) And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; (2 Chron. 29:25-28) and to them were given seven trumpets. [I saw the seven, etc., τοὺς ἑπτὰ, etc.] Those seven (emphatically, or, that are soon to be discussed [Cluverus]; or, who were...

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