REVELATION 7. This chapter seems to be an interlude in the movement of the drama. It is not easy to see how it fits on to the previous narrative. Some scholars have regarded it as an interpolation. Others have imagined that the writer of the Apocalypse had no sense of unity, and threw the various vi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 protection has been placed upon the Christians. Revelation 7:2. The object of the sealing may be to pro... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VISION OF THE REDEEMED IN HEAVEN. A great multitude is contrasted with the 144, 000, which is a difficulty for the theory that the two visions refer to the same body of Christians. ARRAYED IN WHITE ROBES: _ cf. Revelation 3:5_, Revelation 6:11. Charles thinks that these white robes represent the... [ Continue Reading ]