Chapter II.
"1. Verse 2: "A great people and a strong; there hath not been
ever the like, neither shall be any more after it."a. Previous world crises were too feeble to serve as an illustration of this scene. Ex. 10: 14; Dan. 12: 1.
b. After the seven last plagues and after Armageddon, Jesus and His angel armies are revealed from heaven.
c. This revelation of the flaming hosts is recited before the terrible scenes of Armageddon in Joel 3, because, if it came after, one might confound the heathen armies of Armageddon with the armies from heaven. Rev. 19: 11-14.
"1. Verse 2: "A great people and a strong; there hath not been
b. After the seven last plagues and after Armageddon, Jesus and His angel armies are revealed from heaven.
c. This revelation of the flaming hosts is recited before the terrible scenes of Armageddon in Joel 3, because, if it came after, one might confound the heathen armies of Armageddon with the armies from heaven. Rev. 19: 11-14.
2. Verse 3: "A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth."
a. "Our God shall come, . . . a fire shall devour before Him." Pa. 50: 3.
b. "When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed . . . with His mighty angels, in flaming fire." 2 Thess. 1: 7, 8.
3. Verse 4: "The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run."
a. "The armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses." Rev. 19: 14.
4. Verses 5 and 6: Verse 5 portrays the crashing noise of overspreadihg ruin. (See also Zech. 1: 10.) Verse 6 indicates that they are irresistible "all faces shall gather blackness."
5. Verses 7.9 describe their order, innumerability, and success:
a. "They shall not break their ranks." Verse 7. This could not be said of human warriors.
b. "When they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded." Verse 8. This also could not be said of human warriors. No fatal stroke reaches their glorious body, as it would a human.
c. "They shall enter in at the windows like a thief." Verse 9. Prison windows, and other inaccessible places they enter in order to deliver God's people. "Behold, I come as a thief." Rev. 16: 15.
6. Verse 10: "The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble." The planet-shaking power of God's angels is here revealed."
B.G.Wilkinson/1928
a. "Our God shall come, . . . a fire shall devour before Him." Pa. 50: 3.
b. "When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed . . . with His mighty angels, in flaming fire." 2 Thess. 1: 7, 8.
3. Verse 4: "The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run."
a. "The armies which were in heaven followed Him upon white horses." Rev. 19: 14.
4. Verses 5 and 6: Verse 5 portrays the crashing noise of overspreadihg ruin. (See also Zech. 1: 10.) Verse 6 indicates that they are irresistible "all faces shall gather blackness."
5. Verses 7.9 describe their order, innumerability, and success:
a. "They shall not break their ranks." Verse 7. This could not be said of human warriors.
b. "When they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded." Verse 8. This also could not be said of human warriors. No fatal stroke reaches their glorious body, as it would a human.
c. "They shall enter in at the windows like a thief." Verse 9. Prison windows, and other inaccessible places they enter in order to deliver God's people. "Behold, I come as a thief." Rev. 16: 15.
6. Verse 10: "The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble." The planet-shaking power of God's angels is here revealed."
B.G.Wilkinson/1928