Revelation 19:9

And he saith unto me, write,.... What follows, because of the importance of it, and to show the certainty of it, and that it may be regarded and remembered: the person speaking is either the voice from the throne, Rev 19:5 or the angel that attended John all along, and showed him this revelation, Rev 1:1 or the angel that proposed to show him the judgment of the great whore, Rev 17:

And he - The angel, saith to me, Write - St. John seems to have been so amazed at these glorious sights, that he needeth to be reminded of this. Happy are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb - Called to glory.

And he saith unto me - The angel who made these representations to him. See Rev 19:10. Write, Blessed are they - See the notes on Rev 14:13. Which are called unto the marriage-supper of the Lamb - The idea of a festival, or a marriage-supper, was a familiar one to the Jews to represent the happiness of heaven, and is frequently found in the New Testament. Compare the Luk 14:15-16; Luk 16:22; Luk 22:16 notes; Mat 22:2 note. The image in the passage before us is that of many guests invited to a great festival.

The "unto," or into," seems to express this: not merely invited to (Greek, "epi"), but called INTO, so as to be partakers of (Greek, "eis"); compare 1Co 1:9. marriage supper--Greek, "the supper of the marriage." Typified by the Lord's Supper. true--Greek, "genuine"; veritable sayings which shall surely be fulfilled, namely, all the previous revelations.

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You will perceive that there was an exhortation to John to "Write." Why was he especially to write these words down? I conceive that it was, first, because the information here recorded was valuable—"Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." It was worth while that this new beatitude should be recorded, so the angel of God said to the Apostle, "Write." It was also to be written because of its absolute certainty—"These are the true sayings of God."

You will perceive that there was an exhortation to John to "Write." Why was he especially to write these words down? I conceive that it was, first, because the information here recorded was valuable—"Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." It was worth while that this new beatitude should be recorded, so the angel of God said to the Apostle, "Write." It was also to be written because of its absolute certainty—"These are the true sayings of God." This blessedness was not a thing to be spoken of once and then to be forgotten, but it was to be recorded so that future ages might see that it is surely so, assuredly so beyond all question! God has bidden this record to be written in black and white, yes, engraved as with an iron pen and lead in the rock, forever—"Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." It was to be written, no doubt, to bring it under our consideration as a thing worthy of being weighed, a text to be read, marked, learned and inwardly digested—not merely spoken to John by the angel of God, but written by the Apostle at the express order of the Spirit of God. Lord, did You say to John, "Write it," and shall I not read it? Did you bid the beloved disciple write it and do You not, thereby, virtually bid me consider it and remember it? Lord, by Your Spirit, write this message on my heart, "Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb." I find that my text is succeeded, as well as preceded, by something remarkable—"He said unto me, These are the true sayings of God." Lest any doubt should arise in our minds about the marriage supper of the Lamb, or about the fact that many are called to that supper, or about the blessedness of such as are called, the angel says, "These are the true sayings of God." Some things appear to be too good to be true.

BEFORE I use our text in a larger sense, it is due to our reverence for the Word of God to expound this short sentence in its immediate connection, for the angel here declared that certain things which had been spoken in John's hearing were "the true sayings of God." You will observe that he bade the Apostle "write" what he had heard. It was so weighty that John was not to trust it simply to his memory.

BEFORE I use our text in a larger sense, it is due to our reverence for the Word of God to expound this short sentence in its immediate connection, for the angel here declared that certain things which had been spoken in John's hearing were "the true sayings of God." You will observe that he bade the Apostle "write" what he had heard. It was so weighty that John was not to trust it simply to his memory. It was so necessary that it should be remembered that he had to record it so that it might be handed down to future generations. "Write," said the angel, and then, as if to give John reasons for writing—reasons why these Truths of God should be permanently recorded—he added, "These are the true sayings of God." What were those true sayings? I shall not dwell long upon them, but just hastily allude to them. The first which appears in this Chapter is the great fact that God will judge and condemn the harlot church. There are two churches in the world today. The one is the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ composed of Believers in Him who worship God in spirit and in truth, whose creed is the Word of God and whose power for life and service is the indwelling Spirit of God. There is another church—you know what a shameful name is applied to her in this Chapter—and you also know that she deserves to be called by that name for she has, indeed, corrupted the earth with her fornication. In the old Jewish time, idolatry was called spiritual harlotry—and there are millions of idolaters daily bowing down before images, rags and bones that ought long ago to have been buried in the earth.

Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper - This is an evident allusion to the marriage of the king’s son, Mat 22:2, etc., where the incarnation of our Lord, and the calling of Jews and Gentiles, are particularly pointed out. See the notes on Mat 22:2. Blessed are all they who hear the Gospel, and are thus invited to lay hold on everlasting life.