Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
R E V E L A T I O N.
CHAP. XVIII.
We have here, I. An angel proclaiming the fall of Babylon, Revelation 18:1 ; Revelation 18:2 . II. Assigning the reasons of her fall, Revelation 18:3 . III. Giving warning to all who belonged to God to come out of her Revelation 18:4 ; Revelation 18:5 ), and to assist in her destruction, Revelation 18:6 - 8 . IV. The great lamentation made for her by those who had been large sharers in her sinful pleasures and profits, Revelation 18:9 - 19 . V. The great joy that there would be among others at the sight of her irrecoverable ruin, Revelation 18:20 - 24 , &c.
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
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THE DIVINE.
I T ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this book that it has been rejected by men of corrupt minds, such as Cerdon and Marcion, and doubted of by men of a better character; for this has been the lot of other parts of holy writ, and of the divine Author of the scripture himself. The image and superscription of this book are truly sacred and divine, and the matter of it agreeable with other prophetical books, particularly Ezekiel and Daniel; the church of God has generally received it, and found good counsel and great comfort in it. From the beginning, the church of God has been blessed with prophecy. That glorious prediction of breaking the serpent's head was the stay and support of the patriarchal age; and the many prophecies there were concerning the Messiah to come were the gospel of the Old Testament. Christ himself prophesied of the destruction of Jerusalem; and, about the time in which that was accomplished, he entrusted the apostle John with this book of revelation, to deliver it to the church as a prediction of the most important events that should happen to it to the end of time, for the support of the faith of his people and the direction of their hope. It is called the Revelation, because God therein discovers those things which could never have been sifted out by the reasonings of human understanding, those deep things of God which no man knows, but the Spirit of God, and those to whom he reveals them.