Revelation 11:17

“Saying, we give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, etc.] The person addressed is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose the kingdoms are become, and who now reigns in great power and authority; he is Lord of all, and truly and properly God, and the Almighty, as his works of creation, preservation, redemption, raising himself from the dead, etc. declare; and each of these titles exceedingly well suit him, when his visible kingdom on earth will be so greatly enlarged: which art, and wast, and art to come: the everlasting, “I am”, the unchangeable Jehovah: the phrase is expressive of the eternity and immutability, (see Gill on “<660108>Revelation 1:8”); and it may be observed, whereas in this description…”

“thanks--for the answer to our prayers (Rev 6:10-11) in destroying them which destroy the earth (Rev 11:18), thereby preparing the way for setting up the kingdom of Thyself and Thy saints. and art to come--omitted in A, B, C, Vulgate, Syriac, CYPRIAN, and ANDREAS. The consummation having actually come, they do not address Him as they did when it was still future, "Thou that art to come." Compare Rev 11:18, "is come." From the sounding of the seventh trumpet He is to His people JAH, the ever present Lord, WHO IS, more peculiarly than JEHOVAH "who is, was, and is to come." taken to thee thy great power--"to Thee" is not in the Greek. Christ takes to Him the kingdom as His own of right.”

“Saying, We give thee thanks - We, as the representatives of the church, and as identified in our feelings with it (see the notes on Revelation 4:4), acknowledge thy goodness in tires delivering the church from all its troubles, and having conducted it through the times of fiery persecution, thus establishing it upon the earth. The language here used is an expression of their deep interest in the church, and of the fact that they felt themselves identified with it. They, as representatives of the church, would of course rejoice in its prosperity and final triumph. O Lord God Almighty - Referring to God all-powerful, because it was by his omnipotent arm alone that this great work had been I…”

“The Almighty - He who hath all things in his power as the only Governor of them. Who is, and who was - God is frequently styled, "He who is, and who was, and who is to come." but now he is actually come, the words, "who is to come," are, as it were, swallowed up. When it is said, We thank thee that thou hast taken thy great power, it is all one as, "We thank thee that thou art come." This whole thanksgiving is partly an enlargement on the two great points mentioned in Rev 11:15; partly a summary of what is hereafter more distinctly related. Here it is mentioned, how the kingdom is the Lord's; afterwards, how it is the kingdom of his Christ. Thou hast taken thy great power - This is the…”

“11:17 The thanksgiving prayer describes God as the one who is and who always was; the description “is still to come” (see 1:4, 8) no longer applies, because in this scene eternity has come and God has begun to reign.”

“We give: Rev 4:9; Dan 2:23, Dan 6:10; Mat 11:25; Luk 10:21; Joh 11:41; Co2 2:14, Co2 9:15; Ti1 1:12 Lord God Almighty: Rev 1:8, Rev 4:8, Rev 15:3, Rev 16:7, Rev 16:14; Gen 17:1 which: Rev 1:4, Rev 1:8, Rev 16:5 thou hast: Rev 11:15, Rev 19:6, Rev 19:11-21, Rev 20:1-3; Psa 21:13, Psa 57:11, Psa 64:9, Psa 64:10, Psa 98:1-3, Psa 102:13-18; Isa 51:9-11, Isa 52:10 Revelation 11:18”