This angel is concluded to represent our Lord Jesus Christ, the angel of the covenant: he is called. MIGHTY angel, in opposition to the mighty enemies of his church, mentioned in the foregoing chapter: he is said to COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, to intimate his signal and seasonable appearing for the relie... [ Continue Reading ]
This angel, who represented Christ the Lion of the tribe of Judah, is said to cry like. roaring lion, whose voice is both loud and terrible; this, some conceive, shadowed forth the efficacious and successful preaching of the gospel, and that the seven thunders signified the same: but others apprehen... [ Continue Reading ]
The angel that represented Christ, is here represented to St. John as SWEARING. Where observe, 1. The ceremony used in swearing, LIFTING UP OF THE HAND TO HEAVEN, appealing thereby to God as. witness and. judge. 2. The person sworn by, God; described, (1.) By his eternity. HE LIVES FOR EVER, befo... [ Continue Reading ]
Expositors generally make this LITTLE BOOK the emblem of the holy scriptures; and the command given by the angel to St. John to EAT this book, imports the great duty of studying diligently the holy scriptures, inwardly digesting them, and making them our own by particular application. What we eat is... [ Continue Reading ]