Wahyu 19:17

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Lalu aku melihat seorang malaikat berdiri di dalam matahari dan ia berseru dengan suara nyaring kepada semua burung yang terbang di tengah langit, katanya: "Marilah ke sini dan berkumpullah untuk turut dalam perjamuan Allah, perjamuan yang besar,

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Lalu aku melihat seorang malaikat berdiri di dalam matahari dan ia berseru dengan suara nyaring kepada semua burung yang terbang di tengah langit, katanya: "Marilah ke sini dan berkumpullah untuk turut dalam perjamuan Allah, perjamuan yang besar,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an angel: Revelation 8:13, Revelation 14:6, Isaiah 34:1-8

saying: Revelation 19:21, Isaiah 56:9, Jeremiah 12:9, Ezekiel 39:17-20

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:29 - the king 1 Samuel 17:46 - carcases 1 Kings 14:11 - that dieth 2 Chronicles 32:21 - the leaders Psalms 45:4 - right Psalms 63:10 - a portion Psalms 68:12 - Kings Psalms 68:23 - the tongue Psalms 76:12 - terrible Isaiah 13:9 - cruel Isaiah 18:6 - General Isaiah 29:2 - and it shall Isaiah 34:6 - the Lord hath Isaiah 43:17 - they shall Isaiah 66:24 - and look Jeremiah 7:33 - General Jeremiah 15:3 - I will Jeremiah 16:4 - meat Jeremiah 25:33 - the slain Jeremiah 34:20 - and their Jeremiah 46:10 - the sword Jeremiah 50:27 - bullocks Ezekiel 29:5 - I have Ezekiel 31:13 - General Ezekiel 32:4 - General Ezekiel 39:4 - I will Ezekiel 39:18 - eat Daniel 2:45 - the great Micah 4:3 - and rebuke Zephaniah 1:7 - for the Lord Zephaniah 3:8 - to gather Zephaniah 3:19 - I will undo Zechariah 10:5 - and the riders on horses shall be confounded Zechariah 14:12 - the plague wherewith Luke 17:37 - wheresoever James 5:5 - as in Revelation 11:9 - and shall not Revelation 16:16 - he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I saw an angel standing in the sun,.... By whom is meant, not the angel of the fourth vial, who poured it on the sun, taken in another sense than here, and therefore could not stand in it; nor the archangel with the last trumpet, for as yet the dead rise not, nor does the judgment come on; nor one of the ministering spirits; nor Christ himself, for he is the great God, to whose supper this angel invites, but a minister of the Gospel; or rather a set of Gospel ministers, such as in Revelation 14:1 who may be said to stand in the sun, in like manner as the woman, the church, was seen clothed with it, Revelation 12:1 and may denote the conspicuousness of Gospel preachers; for, as the church now will be established upon the top of the mountains, so her teachers shall not be removed into corners any more, but her eyes shall behold her teachers; and also the clear sight they shall have of the doctrines and mysteries of the Gospel, who shall now see eye to eye; and particularly the further breakings forth of the glory of the latter day, and the ensuing victory of Christ over all his enemies; and also shows the great strength of their sight, who, far from being like moles and bats, will be able both to look upon the sun, and to stand in it: and it may likewise signify the glory and majesty of Christ's kingdom; the comfortable influence of him, the sun of righteousness, who will now arise upon his people with healing in his wings; and the steadfastness of Christ's ministers to him, and his pure Gospel, and the glorious truths of it.

And he cried with a loud voice; that he might be heard far and near, having something of moment and importance to publish:

saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven; meaning not the barbarous nations, the Goths, and Vandals, and Saracens, which overrun and destroyed the western and eastern empires; these times are too late for them, they rose up under the six first trumpets; nor devils and unclean spirits, which will prey upon and torment antichrist, and his followers, in hell; nor military and avaricious men among Protestants, but Christian princes, and their people, are designed; they are such as are in heaven, the church, and of note there, who will share the spoils of the antichristian people, and possess their kingdoms, substance, and estates: these are invited by the angel, saying,

come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God. The Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, read, "to the great supper of God"; and so the Complutensian edition; not the Lord's supper, where not the flesh of men, but the flesh of Christ is eat, by faith; nor the marriage supper of the Lamb, which will be of another kind than this; nor is any spiritual repast intended, such as living by faith on Christ, and supping with him, being entertained with his promises, presence, and the discoveries of his love; but the slaughter of Christ's enemies, and his victory over them, which is his sacrifice; and these are the guests he bids, see Zephaniah 1:7 and whom he calls to share in the conquest and spoils, and to express their joy on this occasion: "the great God" is no other than Christ, the general of the armies in heaven, called before the Word of God, and King of kings, and Lord of lords; who will gain this victory, and will be known to be the great God by the judgment he will execute. This is a proof of our Lord's divinity; see Titus 2:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I saw an angel standing in the sun - A different angel evidently from the one which had before appeared to him. The number of angels that appeared to John, as referred to in this book, was very great, and each one came on a new errand, or with a new message. Everyone must be struck with the image here. The description is as simple as it can be; and yet as sublime. The fewest words possible are used; and yet the image is distinct and clear. A heavenly being stands in the blaze of the brightest of the orbs that God permits us here to see - yet not consumed, and himself so bright that he can be distinctly seen amidst the dazzling splendors of that luminary. It is difficult to conceive of an image more sublime than this. Why he has his place in the sun is not stated, for there does not appear to be anything more intended by this than to give grandeur and impressiveness to the scene.

And he cried with a loud voice - So that all the fowls of heaven could hear.

Saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven - That is, to all the birds of prey - all that feed on flesh - such as hover over a battlefield. Compare the notes on Isaiah 18:6; Isaiah 56:9. See also Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 39:4-20.

Come and gather yourselves together - All this imagery is taken from the idea that there would be a great slaughter, and that the bodies of the dead would be left unburied to the birds of prey.

Unto the supper of the great God - As if the great God were about to give you a feast - to wit, the carcasses of those slain. It is called “his supper” because he gives it; and the image is merely that there would be a great slaughter of his foes, as is specified in the following verse.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 19:17. An angel standing in the sun — Exceedingly luminous; every part of him emitting rays of light. From this representation, Milton has taken his description of Uriel, the angel of the sun. Paradise Lost, b. iii. l. 648:-

"The Archangel Uriel, one of the seven

Who, in God's presence, nearest to his throne

Stands ready at command and are his eyes

That run through all the heavens, or down to the earth

Bears his swift errands over moist and dry,

Over sea and land."

All the fowls that fly — The carcasses of God's enemies shall be food for all the fowls of heaven. This is according to a Jewish tradition, Synopsis Sohar, p. 114, n. 25: "In the time when God shall execute vengeance for the people of Israel, he shall feed all the beasts of the earth for twelve months with their flesh and all the fowls for seven years." It is well known that both beasts and birds of prey are accustomed to frequent fields of battle, and live upon the slain.