Hitherto all had been bright, full of the largeness of the gifts of
God; of God’s favor to His people ; the removal of their enemies ;
the restoration and expansion and security of God’s people and
Church under His protection ; the acceptance of the present typical
priesthood and the promise of Him,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE - (the interpreting angel) said unto me It cannot be without
meaning, that the dimensions of the roll should be those of the
tabernacle , as the last vision was that of the candlestick, after the
likeness of the candlestick therein. The explanations of this
correspondence do not exclude each... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH - primarily land, since the perjured
persons, upon whom the curse was to fall Zechariah 5:4, were those who
swore falsely by the name of God: and this was in Judah only. The
reference to the two tables of the law also confines it primarily to
those who were under the... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BRING IT FORTH - Out of the treasure-house, as it were; as he
says, “He bringeth forth the wind out of His treasures” Jeremiah
10:13; Jeremiah 51:16; and, “Is not this laid up in store with Me,
sealed up among My treasures?” To Me belongeth “vengeance and
recompense” Deuteronomy 32:34. And it... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE ANGEL WENT FORTH - From the choirs of angels, among whom, in
the interval, he had retired, as before (Zephaniah 2:3 (7 Hebrew)) he
had gone forth to meet another angel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE EPHAH THAT GOETH FORTH - Theodoret: “We too are taught
by this, that the Lord of all administers all things in weight and
measure. So, foretelling to Abraham that his seed should be a
sojourner and the cause thereof, He says, “for the iniquity of the
Amorites is not yet full” Genesis 15:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND BEHOLD THERE WAS LIFTED UP A TALENT OF LEAD - the heaviest Hebrew
weight, elsewhere of gold or silver; the golden talent weighing,
1,300,000 grains; the silver, 660,000; here, being lead, it is
obviously an undefined mass, though circular , corresponding to the
Ephah. The Ephah too was the large... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CAST HER INTO THE MIDST OF THE EPHAH - As yet then the measure was
not full. Ribera: “She had the lower part within the Ephah, but the
upper, especially the head, without. Though the Jews had slain the
prophets and done many grievous things, the greatest sin of all
remained to be done. But when... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE CAME OUT TWO WOMEN - It may be that there may be no symbol
herein, but that he names women because it was a woman who was so
carried; yet their wings were the wings of an unclean bird, strong,
powerful, borne by a force not their own; with their will, since they
flew; beyond their will, since... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BUILD IT AN HOUSE IN THE LAND OF SHINAR - The name of Shinar,
though strictly Babylonia, carries back to an older power than the
world-empire of Babylon; which now too was destroyed. “In the land
of Shinar” Genesis 11:2 was that first attempt to array a
world-empire against God, ere mankind was y... [ Continue Reading ]