Revelation 11:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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The Seventh Trumpet and the Third Woe. The story which was broken off at Revelation 9:21 is now resumed. The seventh trumpet heralds the approach of the Kingdom of Christ.

Revelation 11:15. great voice: in contrast to the silence which followed the breaking of the seventh seal (Revelation 8:1). our Lord: God the Father. his Christ: God's Anointed One.

Revelation 11:16. elders: Revelation 4:4 *.

Revelation 11:17. Cf. with this doxology those in Revelation 4:11; Revelation 5:12; Revelation 7:12.

Revelation 11:19. the temple of God: i.e. the heavenly temple (cf. Revelation 7:15, Revelation 15:5 ff.). The judgment was followed by the manifestation of the glory of God in the opening of His Temple. the ark of his covenant: according to the tradition preserved in 2Ma_2:1-8, the Ark had been hidden away by Jeremiah in a cavernous chamber until God should gather His people together again. That time had now come, though not in the sense predicted by Jeremiah, and the Ark stood revealed in the open Temple of heaven, the symbol of God's faithfulness in keeping His covenant (cf. Revelation 2:17 *). The rest of the drama of the book is worked out in full view of the open Temple.

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Revelation 11:14-19

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.d

19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.