Revelation 11:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The nations

Revelation 11:2

Revelation 17:12

Revelation 19:19

And thy

And the time

Revelation 6:10

Revelation 20:4

Hebrews 9:27

And that

And them

Revelation 19:5

Luke 1:50

Shouldest

Revelation 13:10

Revelation 18:6

Revelation 19:19

General references

2 Thessalonians 1:6

Bible References

The nations

But omit the court outside the Temple, and do not measure that, for it has been given up to the nations; and the holy City will be under their heel for forty-two months.

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings. who have not yet received their kingdoms, but for an hour they receive the authority of kings, together with the Beast.

Then I saw the Beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to fight with him who sat on the horse and with his army.

And thy

Then all the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the generals, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free man, 'hid themselves in the caves and under the rocks' of the mountains;

that man shall drink the maddening wine of God that has been poured unmixed into the cup of his Wrath, and he shall be tortured with fire and sulphur before the eyes of the holy angels and before the eyes of the Lamb.

Then I saw another portent in the heavens--a great and marvelous portent--seven angels with the seven last Curses; because with them the Wrath of God is ended.

From his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which 'to smite the nations; and he will rule them with an iron rod.' He 'treads the grapes in the press' of the maddening wine of the Wrath of Almighty God;

And the time

They cried in a loud voice--'How long, O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, before thou wilt give judgment and avenge our blood upon all who are living upon the earth?'

Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats upon them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the Message of God, for they had refused to worship the Beast or its image, and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.

And, as it is ordained for men to die but once (death being followed by judgment),

And that

('I will come quickly. I bring my rewards with me, to give to each man what his actions deserve.

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

These persecutions will vindicate the justice of God's judgment, and will result in your being reckoned worthy of God's Kingdom, for the sake of which you are now afflicted;

He preferred sharing the hardships of God's People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.

And them

and from the throne there came a voice which said-- 'Praise our God all you who serve him, You who reverence him, both high and low.'

From age to age his mercy rests On those who reverence him.

Shouldest

'Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.' Whoever shall kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's People.)

Pay her back the treatment with which she has treated you; yes, repay twice over what her actions deserve; in the cup which she mixed for you, mix for her as much again;

Then I saw the Beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to fight with him who sat on the horse and with his army.

General references

Since God deems it just to inflict suffering upon those who are now inflicting suffering upon you,