10. thousand . . . ministered unto him--so at the giving of the law
(De 33:2;
Ps 68:17;
Heb 12:22;
Jude 14).
ten . . . thousand before him--image from the Sanhedrim, in which
the father of the consistory sat with his assessors on each side, in the
form of a semicircle, and the people standing before him.
judgment was set--The judges sat
(Re 20:4).
books . . . opened--
(Re 20:12).
Forensic image; all the documents of the cause at issue, connected with
the condemnation of Antichrist and his kingdom, and the setting up of
Messiah's kingdom. Judgment must pass on the world as being
under the curse, before the glory comes; but Antichrist offers glory
without the cross, a renewed world without the world being
judged.
JFB.
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