Observe here, 1. That if. temporal judgment on the Jews be here intended, then this vision represented to St. John, God's decree and purpose for suspending the dreadful execution of the threatened and intended vengeance upon Judea for. time, namely, until God had SEALED his number, that, marked them... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the four angels that were ready, as God's executioners, to hurt the earth, that they should hurt nothi... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe here, 1. That the true church is represented in this book by the name of the Jews, and the false church by the Gentiles; so that the tribes of the children of Israel is to be understood the whole universal church of sincere and serious Christians, all that profess and practice the faith of A... [ Continue Reading ]
St. John having had in the former verses. visionary view of the church militant, under the denomination of SEALED ones, in these verses. prospect is given him of the church triumphant in heaven;. most magnificent description of which we have here before us. Where note, 1. The triumphant church abov... [ Continue Reading ]
As if John had said, One of the elders, not out of ignorance as to himself, but out of desire to inform me, asked me, Whether,. knew what these were that stood arrayed in white? And. told him. did not know, but desired him to imform me. He replied, They were such as had suffered great tribulation fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Here St. John proceeds in giving. farther description of the place and state of the blessed; he acquaints us both with the private evils they shall be everlastingly delivered from, as also with the positive good they shall eternally rest in. As to the former he assures us that glorified souls shall... [ Continue Reading ]