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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.
Revelation 11:15 — KJV
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Revelation 11:15
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on Revelation 11:15
Theological / DevotionalThe seventh angel. This marks the beginning of the third woe (see on v. 14) and the end of the parenthesis between the sixth and seventh trumpets (chs. 10:1 to 11:14; see on ch. 11:1). Seventh-day Adventists date its beginning as 1844 (see on v. 19).
Great voices. These were probably those of the heavenly hosts (cf. ch. 5:11, 12). Similarly, in the seventh plague, a great voice is heard from the temple in heaven (ch. 16:17).
Kingdoms. Textual evidence attests (cf. p. 10) the reading “kingdom.” Christ receives the kingdom a short time prior to His return to this earth (see on Dan. 7:14). At the time of His coming all earthly opposition is crushed (see on Rev. 17:14).
His Christ. That is, His Anointed (see Ps. 2:2). The hosts of heaven, who themselves have not received salvation through Christ, refer to Him as “his [God’s] Christ,” probably because the title “Christ” particularly refers to the second person of the Godhead in His function as the One anointed for the work of redemption.
He shall reign for ever. See Dan. 2:44; 7:14, 27; Luke 1:33.
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