Rev 11:10, 12:12, 13:8, 12, 14, 14:6, 17:8 | PNT | STEP | And they that dwell upon the earth . This expression, often used in Revelation, always refers to enemies of Christ. See . Shall rejoice over them, and make merry . These rejoice because the witnesses are slain. They make merry over their death, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth . These witnesses, then, prophesied; that is, they spoke the will of God. Their warnings, exhortations, and denunciations of sin tormented the dwellers of the earth.

Revelation of John 11:10

And they that dwell upon the earth. This expression, often used in Revelation, always refers to enemies of Christ. See Re 3:10 6:10 Re 11:10 12:12 13:8,12,14 14:6 17:8.

Shall rejoice over them, and make merry. These rejoice because the witnesses are slain. They make merry over their death, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. These witnesses, then, prophesied; that is, they spoke the will of God. Their warnings, exhortations, and denunciations of sin tormented the dwellers of the earth.

Revelation of John 12:12

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! "Woe for the earth and for the sea" (Revised Version). Not an imprecation, but a prediction. Satan, cast down, will take another form to do his wicked work.

Revelation of John 13:8

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him. All except the true and faithful saints, hidden in obscurity but known above and recorded in the book of life, shall give him homage.

Revelation of John 13:12

He . . . causeth the earth . . . to worship the first beast. The spiritual power of Rome is exercised before, or in the presence of, the temporal power. They have dwelt together, and it is the spiritual power that has made those that dwell upon the earth regard and pay homage to the temporal. If an earthly ruler refused to heed the mandates of the Pope, his subjects were absolved from allegiance and bidden to depose him. If they refused, the whole kingdom was laid under interdict, the churches were closed, religious rites were suspended, the dead were not buried in the consecrated grounds, and a superstitious population soon demands deliverance by submission. It was by the terrors of the spiritual power that the earth was brought into subjection to the imperial temporal sway of the Popes. The second beast has made men worship the first.

Revelation of John 13:14

And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles. The object of these false miracles was to rivet the chains of the spiritual dominion, so as to build up the temporal sway of the papacy. The dragon-lamb commanded men to make an image of the beast, and to offer it homage.

Revelation of John 14:6

Revelation of John 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not. See notes on Re 13:1-10. The beast that existed then, when John wrote, was to receive a deadly wound, and to appear again in a new form.

They . . . whose name were not written in the book of life. Are not of God's spiritual children.

From the foundation of the world. The meaning of this expression is to be sought in Re 13:8. Their names were written in the book of life which had existed from the time referred to in Re 13:8, when the plan of redemption was prepared in the counsels of God.