Chapter nineteen picks up the chronology again with worship in heaven that approximates chapter Revelation 5:11-14, the enormous multitude in chapter 7, and the seventh trumpet. A new detail is that this celebration is called “the wedding celebration of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:7) and “the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). […]
Chapter fourteen begins with John’s vision of the 144,000 Jews from chapter seven. John saw these people standing with Jesus in Jerusalem. This means that the Tribulation has ended and Jesus’ kingdom is being established. Whether they were martyred during the Beast’s war on the saints or whether they survived is unclear. However, they will
Chapter thirteen finally introduces the main human antagonist of the drama – the Beast. He is never called “antichrist” in the Revelation; that term appears only in 1 and 2 John in reference to the general deceptive spirit and anyone who denies Jesus. However, it is appropriate to consider him as the ultimate embodiment of
