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The phrase “the kings of the earth” occurs eight times in Revelation (Rev 1:5; 6:15; 17:2, 18; 18:3, 9; 19:19; 21:24), and only in Rev 1:5 and 21:24 are they not hostile to God and his people. The term is synonymous with the “nations” as revealed in the parallel couplets in Rev 18:3 and Rev 21:24.<ref>David E. Aune, Revelation 17–22, vol. 52C, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998), 1171.</ref> | The phrase “the kings of the earth” occurs eight times in Revelation (Rev 1:5; 6:15; 17:2, 18; 18:3, 9; 19:19; 21:24), and only in Rev 1:5 and 21:24 are they not hostile to God and his people. The term is synonymous with the “nations” as revealed in the parallel couplets in Rev 18:3 and Rev 21:24.<ref>David E. Aune, Revelation 17–22, vol. 52C, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998), 1171.</ref> | ||
“The nations” are the glorified saints, in 5:9, those “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,” in 7:9, the “great multitude, which no one is able to number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues.” | “The nations” are the glorified saints, in 5:9, those “out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,” in 7:9, the “great multitude, which no one is able to number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues.”<ref>R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. John’s Revelation (Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern, 1935), 644.</ref> | ||
R. C. H. Lenski, The Interpretation of St. John’s Revelation (Columbus, OH: Lutheran Book Concern, 1935), 644. | |||
====Comparison to Isaiah 60==== | ====Comparison to Isaiah 60==== | ||