Commentaries
Commentaries for Revelation Chapter 19
The Rejoicing of Heaven and Earth
Emotionally there is no greater commentary on this passage than the famous Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah, yet the only word this piece has in common with the passage is "hallelujah," the ancient Hebrew expression for "praise the Lord" (see, for example, Ps 104:35; 106:48; Tob 13:17)...
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John and the Angel
The interpreting angel has not been heard from since 17:18, yet no other angel has provided John with any interpretations since then...
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The Battle
For the last chapter and a half, John's vision has been more auditory than visual...
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The Mounted General
One of Flannery O'Connor's short stories is about Walter Tilman, whose mother worried about him because, she thought, "He read books that had nothing to do with anything that mattered now...
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The Grim Invitation and Its Outcome
That the battle's outcome is a foregone conclusion is clear from the two scenes that follow (each introduced by I saw, vv...
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