Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 20:9
And they went up on the breadth of the earth. They spread over it.
Compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city.
Assailed the true Church and sought to destroy it. How the Church shall
be assailed cannot now be told, but there will be a determined attempt
to extirpate it. The beloved city, the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church,
shall be surrounded, but in the day of her extremity the Lord will hear
her cry for help. Fire from heaven will descend on her enemies. Christ
shall come. "As the lightning flashes from the east unto the west, so
shall the coming of the Son of man be" (Matthew 24:27). Then shall the
Lord consume the wicked "with the spirit of his mouth and the
brightness of his coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:8). "The day of the Lord shall
come, when the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat, and all its works shall be
burned up" (2 Peter 3:10).
Fire came down from heaven, and devoured them. For a comment on
this read 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10. They shall come in flashing fire to destroy
his enemies. The time will have come for the arm of the Lord to be
revealed in might.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 12:31
Revelation 20:4
Revelation 20:11
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