Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 14:1
The Triumph of Christ
SUMMARY OF REVELATION 14: The Lamb and His Saints on Mt. Zion. The New
Song. The Angel of the Everlasting Gospel. Blessed Are Those That
Die in the Lord. The Son of Man in the Clouds. The Harvest of the
Earth. The Elect Gathered. The Clusters of the Vine of the Earth Cut
Off. Trodden Down in the Wine-Press.
And I looked, and, lo. This is the usual formula in Revelation
which introduces a new vision.
The Lamb stood. In Revelation 13:11, a false lamb has been seen, one
that had a voice like a dragon. Here, in contrast, is seen the Lamb of
God, the same as in Revelation 5:6, taking the book with seven seals.
On the Mount Sion. Here and in Hebrews 12:22 are the only places
in the New Testament where this expression occurs. It is equivalent to
the "Jerusalem above" of Galatians 4:26 Heb 12:22. Mount Zion, the city
of the great King, the seat of the worship of God in Jerusalem, was a
type, and is used as a symbol of the true Church. In Hebrews 12:22, the
saints who have entered into the covenant of Christ are said to have
come, not to the mount that could not be touched, but to Mount Zion,
the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. It is there used
for the church of the saints, and such is its meaning in the passage.
With him an hundred [and] forty four thousand, etc. In Revelation 7:4
the same number are spoken of as sealed from the twelve tribes of
Israel. It means there, a great, indefinite number. Here, I take that
the meaning is the same. It is a great multitude, a round number, who
are associated with the Lamb.
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