II. Victory for the Lamb, 14-18
A. “And the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Victory belongs not only to the Lamb but also “to those who are with him.” These are the faithful. These are those who would not give their worship to the beast. These are the overcomers. These are those who had kept their first love, who had not defiled their garments.
B. “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.” In other words, the sea of humanity.
C. “And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.” The nations turn against Jerusalem, Ezekiel 16:39.
D. “For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.” This betrayal of Jerusalem by the confederate nations was the work of God who “put it in their hearts.” These nations align with Rome against Palestine and this fulfilled the words of God.
E. “The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
1. The woman, the “great city” = Jerusalem
2. “Reigns over the kings of the earth.” This depiction of Jerusalem actually come out of Deuteronomy 7:17-26 where God promised Israel before they entered Canaan that they would be victorious over the kings of the earth. “He will deliver their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them,” 24.
A. “And the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.” Victory belongs not only to the Lamb but also “to those who are with him.” These are the faithful. These are those who would not give their worship to the beast. These are the overcomers. These are those who had kept their first love, who had not defiled their garments.
B. “The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.” In other words, the sea of humanity.
C. “And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.” The nations turn against Jerusalem, Ezekiel 16:39.
D. “For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled.” This betrayal of Jerusalem by the confederate nations was the work of God who “put it in their hearts.” These nations align with Rome against Palestine and this fulfilled the words of God.
E. “The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
1. The woman, the “great city” = Jerusalem
2. “Reigns over the kings of the earth.” This depiction of Jerusalem actually come out of Deuteronomy 7:17-26 where God promised Israel before they entered Canaan that they would be victorious over the kings of the earth. “He will deliver their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them,” 24.