REVELATION CHAPTER 7 REVELATION 7:1 John seeth four angels holding the four winds, REVELATION 7:2,3 and another angel coming to seal the servants of God in their foreheads. REVELATION 7:4 The number of them that were sealed out of each of the tribes of Israel. REVELATION 7:9,10 An innumerable multit... [ Continue Reading ]
By this other ANGEL, some understand an angel by nature; some, a man, Elijah, or Constantine; others, Christ himself, called _an Angel,_ EXODUS 23:20. It is not much material whether we by this angel understand Christ, or some angel which he made his instrument. He gives a command to those _four ang... [ Continue Reading ]
OLBHeb; A manifest allusion to EZEKIEL 9:4, and, as some think, to the usage of some eastern countries, for masters to set their names upon the forehead of their slaves, by which they were known to be theirs, as we mark our sheep or other beasts. Men as vainly dispute what this seal should be, as wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 4-8. For the understanding of these five verses several things are to be noted. 1. That the whole number is one hundred and forty-four thousand, which is the product of twelve, as the original number, (setting aside the ciphers), for twelve times twelve make one hundred and forty-four. The numb... [ Continue Reading ]
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If we inquire who these were, we are told, REVELATION 7:14, by the best Interpreter: _These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, _ & c. So that they do not seem to be the one hundred and forty-four thousand mentioned for preservation in and from the evil, REVELA... [ Continue Reading ]
They acknowledge their temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation to the gift and free mercy of God, in whom they had trusted, and to the Lord Jesus Christ, by whose merits and Spirit they had got the victory.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE ANGELS STOOD ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE; the good angels, who always in heaven behold the face of their and our heavenly Father. AND ABOUT THE ELDERS; and about the twenty-four elders, mentioned REVELATION 4:4. AND THE FOUR BEASTS; and the living creatures, mentioned REVELATION 4:6. AND FELL... [ Continue Reading ]
These words only signify the union and harmony of the angels and saints in praising God: SEE POOLE ON "REVELATION 5:12".... [ Continue Reading ]
Not that he did not know, but to try whether John knew, or rather to set John upon inquiring.... [ Continue Reading ]
John confessing his own ignorance, applies himself to this elder for instruction, who tells him: These were the souls of them that came out of great sufferings and persecution; but he addeth, that they were such as were washed in the blood of Christ. Suffering will not bring us to heaven without hav... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE ARE THEY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD; not that they by their sufferings have merited heaven, but because it pleaseth God of his free grace so to reward them; therefore it was said, not only that they were such as came out of tribulation, but that they had washed their garments in the blood of... [ Continue Reading ]
This is taken out of ISAIAH 49:10. They are all metaphorical expressions, all signifying the perfect state of glorified saints; they shall have no wants, nor be exposed to any afflictive providences.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE LAMB WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE; Christ, the Lamb mentioned REVELATION 5:6. SHALL FEED THEM, &C.; shall take care of them, to satisfy and to protect them, and give them the best supplies, and both make them to forget their former sorrows, and prevent any timher cause of sorrow and a... [ Continue Reading ]