Revelation 11:15
in Revelation 11Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
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ASV
And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Revelation 11
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAs a detour, the vision recounts the matters concerning the two witnesses, who are identified as prophets, and elaborates on all that pertains to them, focusing on their origin and where they have come from. They have come forth from the holy restitution of the …
This site's exposition
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord
The seventh angel sounds, and great voices in heaven declare the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, who shall reign for ever and ever, the announcement made in accomplished fact before the events of chapters 12 through 19 unfold it in narrative. This is the seventh trumpet, the last of the three woes, and it contains within it the whole remaining action of the book down to the new creation, the same telescoping the book uses with the seals and vials. Handel's setting of this verse in the Hallelujah Chorus has carried its confession into the world's ears longer than any commentary. The verse answers Daniel 7:14's everlasting dominion given to the son of man and Psalm 2:8's promise of the nations for an inheritance.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
And the seventh sounded the trumpet: and there were great voices in heaven. This seventh angel sounds the trumpet as the Lord appears for the judgment. By this angel we understand the Church, no longer preaching, but singing mercy and judgment for the Lord. This …
And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, etc. The first six trumpets, compared to the ages of this present world, announced various conflicts of wars for the Church. But the seventh, the herald of eternal Sabbath, proclaims only the victory and dominion of the true …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And of his Christ - This appellation is now first given him, since the introduction of the book, on the mention of the kingdom devolving upon him, under the seventh trumpet. Prophets and priests were anointed, but more especially kings: whence that term, the anointed, is applied only to a king. Accordingly, whenever the Messiah is mentioned in scripture, his kingdom is implied.
And the seventh angel sounded,.... The last of the seven angels, who had trumpets given them to sound, Rev 8:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Evidently "the LAST trumpet." Six is close to seven, but does not reach it. The world judgments are complete in six, but by the fulfilment of seven the world kingdoms become Christ's. Six is the number of the world given over to judgment.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
There were great voices in heaven - All the heavenly host - angels and redeemed human spirits, joined together to magnify God; that he had utterly discomfited his enemies and rendered his friends glorious. This will be truly the case when the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of God and of his Christ, But when shall this be? Some say, that is meant by these words has already taken place in the destruction of the Jewish state, and sending the Gospel throughout the Gentile world. Others say that it refers to the millennium, and to the consummation of all things.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the seventh angel sounded - See the notes on Rev 8:2, Rev 8:6-
The words behind it
32 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἕβδομος | hebdomos | seventh | G1442 → | 9 times |
| ἄγγελος | angelos | angel | G32 → | 175 times |
| ἐσάλπισεν, | esalpisen | sounded [his] trumpet, | G4537 → | 12 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐγένοντο | egenonto | there were | G1096 → | 667 times |
| φωναὶ | phonai | voices | G5456 → | 139 times |
| μεγάλαι | megalai | great | G3173 → | 243 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| οὐρανῷ | ourano | heaven | G3772 → | 272 times |
| λέγοντες· | legontes | saying: | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | Has become | G1096 → | 667 times |
| ἡ | he | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| βασιλεία | basileia | kingdom | G932 → | 162 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κόσμου | kosmou | world | G2889 → | 185 times |
| τοῦ | tou | [that] of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κυρίου | kuriou | Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
| ἡμῶν | hemon | of us | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| χριστοῦ | christou | Christ | G5547 → | 523 times |
| αὐτοῦ, | autou | of Him, | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| βασιλεύσει | basileusei | He will reign | G936 → | 21 times |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τοὺς | tous | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἰῶνας | aionas | ages | G165 → | 121 times |
| τῶν | ton | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἰώνων.¶ | aionon | ages. | G165 → | 121 times |
ΚαὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὁthe
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἕβδομοςseventh
hebdomosG1442 →9 times
ἄγγελοςangel
angelosG32 →175 times
ἐσάλπισεν,sounded [his] trumpet,
esalpisenG4537 →12 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐγένοντοthere were
egenontoG1096 →667 times
φωναὶvoices
phonaiG5456 →139 times
μεγάλαιgreat
megalaiG3173 →243 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
οὐρανῷheaven
ouranoG3772 →272 times
λέγοντες·saying:
legontesG3004 →1325 times
ἐγένετοHas become
egenetoG1096 →667 times
ἡthe
heG3588 →19766 times
βασιλείαkingdom
basileiaG932 →162 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κόσμουworld
kosmouG2889 →185 times
τοῦ[that] of the
touG3588 →19766 times
κυρίουLord
kuriouG2962 →711 times
ἡμῶνof us
hemonG3165 →1936 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
χριστοῦChrist
christouG5547 →523 times
αὐτοῦ,of Him,
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
βασιλεύσειHe will reign
basileuseiG936 →21 times
εἰςto
eisG1519 →1755 times
τοὺςthe
tousG3588 →19766 times
αἰῶναςages
aionasG165 →121 times
τῶνof the
tonG3588 →19766 times
αἰώνων.¶ages.
aiononG165 →121 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:27
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Daniel 7:27
Through
Zechariah 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:5–6
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
- Isaiah 2:2–4
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
- Deuteronomy 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Ephesians 4:5–6
Through
Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our…
it leads to
- Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- Zechariah 3:1–2
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Luke 22:31
Through
Daniel 7:27Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
it leads to
- Psalms 72:11
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
- Psalms 72:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.