And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: As there was an episode between the sixth and seventh seals, so there is one (Revelation 10:1) after the sixth, introd... [ Continue Reading ]
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, HE HAD - `having.' IN HIS HAND - in his left hand: as in Revelation 10:5 (note), he lifts up his right hand to heaven. A LITTLE BOOK - a roll, little in comparison with the "book... [ Continue Reading ]
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. AS ... LION. Christ, whom the angel represents, is often so symbolized (). SEVEN THUNDERS - `the seven thunders.' Being part of the apocalyptic symbolism, they have the article as we... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. WHEN. So A C, Vulgate; but 'Aleph ('), 'whatsoever things.' UTTERED THEIR VOICES. A B C 'Aleph... [ Continue Reading ]
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, LIFTED UP HIS HAND. So A, Vulgate; but B C 'Aleph ('), Syriac, Coptic, 'his right hand.' It was customary to lift up the hand toward heaven, appealing to the God of truth, in a solemn oath: an allusion to... [ Continue Reading ]
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: LIVETH FOREVER AND EVER - `unto the ages of the ages.' CREATE... [ Continue Reading ]
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. BUT. 'There shall be no longer time (Revelation 10:6, delay), but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is abo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. SPAKE ... AND SAID. So Syriac and Coptic; but 'Aleph (') A B C, '(I heard) again speaking with me, and saying'... [ Continue Reading ]
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 'I went away.' John leaves heaven, his standing-point heretofore, to be near the angel standing on t... [ Continue Reading ]
And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. THE LITTLE BOOK. So A C; but B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, 'the book.' WAS BITTER - `embittered.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. HE SAID. A B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, read, 'they say unto me:' indefinite for 'it was said unto me.' THOU MUST - as the servant of God, bound to prophesy at His command. AGAIN - as thou didst... [ Continue Reading ]