Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Revelation 7:2
East [α ν α τ ο λ η ς η λ ι ο υ]. Rev., more literally, the sunrising. See on Matthew 2:2; Luke 1:78. Compare Ezekiel 43:2.
The four angels. Compare Matthew 24:31.
East [α ν α τ ο λ η ς η λ ι ο υ]. Rev., more literally, the sunrising. See on Matthew 2:2; Luke 1:78. Compare Ezekiel 43:2.
The four angels. Compare Matthew 24:31.
Verse Revelation 7:2. _THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD_] This angel is represented as the chancellor of the supreme King, and as _ascending from the_ _east_, απο ανατολης ηλιου, _from the rising of the sun...
AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL - Evidently having no connection with the four, and employed for another purpose. This angel, also, must have been symbolic; and all that is implied is, that something would be...
CHAPTER 7 Revelation 7:1 . This is the first parenthesis. It must not be taken chronologically. The six seal judgments extend over the entire period of the ending age. The rider upon the white horse...
THE SEALING OF THE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR THOUSAND. Revelation 7:1. Four angels are here represented as holding the winds, which are to bring disaster upon the world, in leash, until the seal of prot...
THE FOUR WINDS WITHHELD. While the sixth seal may be styled the seal of _Revolution,_ the mighty changes of this period are not all violent. If the reader will turn to the seventh chapter he will fin...
RESCUE AND REWARD (Revelation 7:1-3)...
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that the wind might not blow upon the earth, or upon the sea, or against any tree. An...
ANOTHER. App-124. EAST. Literally sunrising. THE. a. LIVING. App-170. GOD. App-98. LOUD. great....
_ascending_ Probably the Heaven from which St John looks down on the earth formed a vault over it, or at least rested on walls surrounding the earth; cf. Enoch xviii. 8, "I saw, from the end of the ea...
Revelation 7:1-3. THE VISION OF THE FOUR ANGELS OF THE FOUR WINDS...
ἈΝΑΒΑΊΝΟΝΤΑ. Probably the Heaven from which St John looks down on the earth formed a vault over it, or at least rested on walls surrounding the earth; cf. Enoch xviii. 5, ἴδον πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ στήριγ...
_THE WINDS ARE RESTRAINED REVELATION 7:1-3:_ After the previous visions John saw four angels standing at the Four Corners of the earth. God's power restrained the destruction from the north, south, ea...
ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) нисходить, ΆΝΑΤΟΛΉ (G230) восход; восход солнца, то есть восток, ΈΧΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ ...
_REVELATION 7:2_. A_ND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL,_ &C.— This chapter, says Bishop Newton, contains a description of the state of the church in the time of Constantine; of the peace and protection which it s...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 21 Text Revelation 7:1-8 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth,...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VII SEALING OF GOD'S SERVANTS _Text (Revelation 7:1-17)_ 1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,...
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, FROM THE...
__ Throne section-The 144,000 12 Compare Mat_24:29. 12 This cataclysm affects heaven as well as earth. There will be many quakes at the time of the end (Rev_8:5; Rev_8:11-13; Rev_8:19; Rev_16:18)....
THE REDEEMED Two visions interposed between the sixth and seventh seals. There are similar episodes between the sixth and seventh trumpets and bowls. 1-3. Four angels are holding in check the four wi...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 7 SECURITY AND *SALVATION - REVELATION 7:1-17 V1 After this, I saw four (4) *angels who stood at the four corners of the earth. The...
AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL... — Translate, _And I saw another angel going up from the rising of the sun, having a seal of the living God, and he was crying with a great voice to the four angels to whom i...
CHAPTER V. CONSOLATORY VISIONS. Revelation 7:1. SIX of the seven Seals have been opened by the "Lamb," who is likewise the "Lion of the tribe of Judah." They have dealt, in brief but pregnant senten...
THE MULTITUDE BEFORE THE THRONE Revelation 7:1 Before times of unusual trial God prepares for the safety of His people. See Genesis 7:1; Genesis 19:16;...
Under the sixth seal we have seen and heard the portents of coming divine intervention. At the sounding of the seventh seal these will be resumed. Chapter seven describes a pause, and first deals with...
A seal was used by kings to identify things, particularly messages or commands, as his. It left an impression in hot wax that belonged only to him. (Genesis 41:42; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:2) A fifth ang...
(3) And I saw (4) another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, (3) N...
_Having the seal. This sign is generally supposed to be the sign of the cross. In the East, it was the custom to impress some indelible mark upon the soldiers. This sign [the sign of the cross] amongs...
(1) And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Redeemed In Peru I remember well a conversation I once had with a little old man who lived on the outskirts of the village where I had my parish. He lived in a miserable hut, with his only possess...
First, the perfect number of the remnant of Israel is sealed, before the providential instruments of God's judgments are allowed to act; 144,000 = 12 x 12 x 1000. They are secured for blessing accordi...
AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL,.... Not Constantine, who came from the eastern parts to the empire, with the true knowledge of God, and the authority of God to propagate it; and who repressed the four angels...
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Ver. 2. _Ano...
_And I saw another angel ascending from the east_ To intimate the progress which the gospel should make from the east to the west; _having_ in his hand _the seal of the living God_ In order to impress...
ASCENDING FROM THE EAST; perhaps as the seat of the rising sun. HAVING THE SEAL; to mark the servants of God, that they might be distinguished from others....
AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL ASCENDING FROM THE EAST HAVING THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD; AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE TO THE FOUR ANGELS, TO WHOM IT WAS GIVEN TO HURT THE EARTH AND THE SEA,...
THE COMFORT OF THE CHURCH IN SPIRITUAL AFFLICTIONS. The sealing of God's servants:...
TWO INTERVENING VISIONS This entire chapter intervenes between the sixth and seventh seals. Similarly, between the sixth and seventh trumpets, we shall see an even longer intervention (Revelation 10:1...
_ 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea,_ A. No...
1-8 In the figurative language of Scripture, the blowing of the four winds together, means a dreadful and general destruction. But the destruction is delayed. Seals were used to mark for each person...
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...
Revelation 7:2 Then G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) another G243 angel G32 ascending G305 (G5631) (G5625)...
‘And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising having the seal of the living God, and he cried with a great voice to the angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying “Do not...
Revelation 7:2-3. The more peculiar contents of the vision follow. AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL ASCENDING FROM THE SUNRISING, from the quarter whence issues that great orb of day which is the symbol of the...
ASCEND (αναβαινοντα). Present active participle of αναβαινω, "ascending," "going up," picturing the process.FROM THE SUN-RISING (απο ανατολης ηλιου). Same phrase in Revelation 16:12. From the east...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Revelation 7:1. _And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, no...
Revelation 7:1. _And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, no...
CONTENTS: A parenthetical chapter on the saved of the tribulation period. The remnant of Israel sealed. CHARACTERS: God, John, four angels. CONCLUSION: In the great time of unexampled trouble which i...
This whole chapter seems to be an episode, thrown in between the opening of the sixth and the seventh seal. Revelation 7:1. _And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of th...
AND I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL. This angel has the seal of the living God [which shows he is acting on God's instructions]. He puts into effect a "hold" on Judgment until all God's people are sealed. A "seal...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 7:1 There are three “interludes” in Revelation 1:1 (vv. Revelation 7:1;...
Four angels were standing on the four corners of the earth holding the four winds. This shows that all the agencies of nature, all the instruments of judgment, are in God's hand. Not a wind can blow,...
SEALING OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter is in the nature of an _episode_. Before the enemies of the gospel are finally destroyed, St. John sees the admission of be...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 7:1 AND AFTER THESE THINGS. Μετὰ τοῦτο, or, as some cursives read, μετὰ ταῦτα_, _is generally regarded as denoting the close of the sixth seal and the commencement of a new...
CHAPTER 7 - THE SEALING OF THE 144,000 JEWS In the last chapter, we saw that everyone was hiding in the rocks and caves because they correctly saw that wrath or judgment was coming upon the earth from...
In chapter four of the book of Revelation, we were taken into the heavenly scene where John beholds the throne of God, the cherubim about the throne as they worship God and the twenty-four elders as t...
1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 1:22;...
JEWISH OUTCOMERS FROM THE GREAT TRIBULATION Revelation 7:1; _Revelation 14:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some people who see but one Rapture. For our part we see several. 1. THERE IS THE RAPTURE...
And I saw another (a good) angel ascending from the east — The plagues begin in the east; so does the sealing. Having the seal of the only living and true God: and he cried with a loud voice to the fo...
Observe here, 1. The special and distinguishing care which God took of his church and faithful people before he suffered the approaching storm to come upon the world: he did by another angel cry to th...