10And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)Here, I. The apostle beholds this book taken into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to its being unsealed and opened by him. Here Christ is described, 1. By his place and station: In the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and of the elders . He was on the same throne with the Father; he was nearer to him than either the elders or ministers of the churches. Christ, as man and M…
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