Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
R E V E L A T I O N.
CHAP. XX.
This chapter is thought by some to be the darkest part of all this prophecy: it is very probable that the things contained in it are not yet accomplished; and therefore it is the wiser way to content ourselves with general observations, rather than to be positive and particular in our explications of it. Here we have an account, I. Of the binding of Satan for a thousand years, Revelation 20:1 - 3 . II. The reign of the saints with Christ for the same time, Revelation 20:4 - 6 . III. Of the loosing of Satan, and the conflict of the church with Gog and Magog, Revelation 20:7 - 10 . IV. Of the day of judgment, Revelation 20:11 - 15 , &c.
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
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EXPOSITION,
W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,
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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.
