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启示录 16:14

他們原是鬼魔的靈,施行奇事;牠們到普天下的眾王那裡去,叫他們在全能 神的大日聚集作戰。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Good and Evil;   Miracles;   Temple;   Wicked (People);   Scofield Reference Index - Armageddon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Demons;   Evil;   Lying Wonders;   Magic;   Satan-Evil Spirits;   Spirits, Evil;   Wonders;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Day of the Lord;   Gathering;   Israel/jews;   Nations;   War/weapons;   Wrath;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Devil, the;   Miracles through Evil Agents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Gog and Magog;   Mouth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Millennium;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Dead Sea Scrolls;   Demon;   False Prophet;   Judgment, Day of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Order;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Daemon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Babylon, Mystical;   Devil;   Divination;   Idol;   Josiah;   Lucifer;   Sadducees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esdraelon;   Miracles, Signs, Wonders;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Devil;   Esdraelon;   Frog;   Plagues of Egypt;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Ascension of Isaiah;   Day and Night;   Day of Judgment;   Demon;   Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Exorcism;   God;   Har-Magedon;   Miracles;   Sign ;   Spirit Spiritual ;   World;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Day;   Demon;   God;   Vials;   Wars;   39 War Fighting;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Smith Bible Dictionary - An'tichrist;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armageddon;   Gog and Magog;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esdraelon, Plain of;   Miracle;   Omnipotence;   Revelation of John:;   War;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 们 本 是 鬼 魔 的 灵 , 施 行 奇 事 , 出 去 到 普 天 下 众 王 那 里 , 叫 他 们 在 神 全 能 者 的 大 日 聚 集 争 战 。

Contextual Overview

12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates so that the water in the river was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the east to come. 13 Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 These evil spirits are the spirits of demons, which have power to do miracles. They go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. 15 "Listen! I will come as a thief comes! Blessed are those who stay awake and keep their clothes on so that they will not walk around naked and have people see their shame." 16 Then the evil spirits gathered the kings together to the place that is called Armageddon in the Hebrew language.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the spirits: Revelation 12:9, 1 Kings 22:19-23, 2 Chronicles 18:18-22, Ezekiel 14:9, John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, 1 Timothy 4:1, James 3:15

working: Revelation 13:13, Revelation 13:14, Revelation 19:20, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:2, Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:9

which: 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:10, 1 Kings 22:11, 1 Kings 22:19-22, Acts 13:8-10

the whole: Revelation 3:10, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 13:3, Luke 2:1, Romans 1:8, 1 John 5:19

to gather: Revelation 16:16, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:19, Revelation 20:8, Isaiah 34:1-8, Isaiah 63:1-6, Ezekiel 38:8-12, Joel 3:11-14

God Almighty: Revelation 16:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:2 - frogs Joshua 8:16 - drawn away Joshua 9:2 - gathered Joshua 10:4 - and help Joshua 11:5 - all these 1 Kings 22:22 - a lying spirit 2 Chronicles 11:15 - for the devils 2 Chronicles 14:9 - Zerah 2 Chronicles 18:11 - all the prophets Job 24:22 - draweth Job 26:4 - whose spirit Psalms 56:2 - many Psalms 105:30 - brought Isaiah 54:15 - they shall Ezekiel 13:5 - to stand Ezekiel 38:15 - and many Joel 3:2 - also Joel 3:14 - multitudes Micah 2:11 - a man Zephaniah 3:8 - to gather Zechariah 12:3 - though Zechariah 13:2 - unclean Zechariah 14:1 - General 1 Timothy 4:2 - lies Revelation 1:8 - the Almighty Revelation 4:8 - Lord God Almighty Revelation 6:17 - the great Revelation 11:17 - Lord God Almighty Revelation 16:13 - three Revelation 20:3 - should deceive Revelation 21:22 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh). They defeated all the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon Tamar.
Genesis 21:31
So that place was called Beersheba because they made a promise to each other there.
Genesis 24:62
At this time Isaac had left Beer Lahai Roi and was living in southern Canaan.
Genesis 25:11
After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac was now living at Beer Lahai Roi.
Numbers 13:26
They came back to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelites at Kadesh, in the Desert of Paran. The men reported to them and showed everybody the fruit from the land.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they are the spirits of devils,.... They are of their father the devil; they are acted and influenced by him, he works effectually in them, and leads them captive at his will; they do his lusts, and are murderers and liars, and false teachers, like him:

working miracles; lying ones, to deceive men; this clearly points out who are meant, namely, the followers of antichrist, who, as they spread the doctrines of devils, endeavour to confirm them by signs and lying wonders:

which go forth unto the kings of the earth: those who have committed fornication with the Romish antichrist, such of them as will remain:

and of the whole world; as many Pagan princes as they can come at, and engage by any ways and means in their interest; they will go forth to them like the lying spirit to Ahab's prophets, 1 Kings 22:22

to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty; that is, they will persuade them to gather together, to fight against the saints, the Gentile Christians in the several parts of the world, and the Jewish Christians, now settled in their own land; and this will be the battle of the Lord, who is God Almighty, and it will be fighting against him; and therefore the attempt must be vain and fruitless, and issue in the ruin of those who are gathered to it, who will be deceived and drawn into it by these diabolical spirits: and this is called "the battle of that great day of God"; not of the day of judgment, for it will be before that time; but of that day of vengeance upon all the remains of his and his church's enemies, both Pagan, Papal, and Mahometan, who will for this purpose be gathered together; "which", as the Ethiopic version renders it, "God has appointed".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For they are the spirits of devils - On the meaning of the word used here, see the notes on Revelation 9:20. It is used here, as it is in Revelation 9:20, in a bad sense, as denoting evil spirits. Compare the notes on Matthew 4:1-2, Matthew 4:24.

Working miracles - Working what seemed to be miracles; that is, such wonders as to deceive the world with the belief that they were miracles. See the notes on Revelation 13:13-14, where the same power is ascribed to the “beast.”

Which go forth unto the kings of the earth - Which particularly affect and influence kings and rulers. No class of people have been more under the influence of pagan superstition, Muhammedan delusion, or the papacy, than kings and princes. We are taught by this passage that this will continue to be so in the circumstances referred to.

And of the whole world - That is, so far that it might be represented as affecting the whole world - to wit, the pagan, the Muhammedan, and the papal portions of the earth. These still embrace so large a portion of the globe, that it might be said, that what would affect those powers now would influence the whole world.

To gather them - Not literally to assemble them all in one place, but so to unite and combine them that it might be represented as an assembling of the hosts for battle.

To the battle of that great day of God Almighty - Not the day of judgment, but the day which would determine the ascendency of true religion in the world - the final conflict with those powers which had so long opposed the gospel. It is not necessary to suppose that there would be a literal “battle,” in which God would be seen to contend with his foes; but there would be what might be properly represented as a battle. That is, there would be a combined struggle against the truth, and in that God would appear by his providence and Spirit on the side of the church, and would give it the victory. It accords with all that has occurred in the past, to suppose that there will be such a combined struggle before the church shall finally triumph in the world.


 
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