Hurt not the earth, till we — Other angels were joined in commission with him. Have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads — Secured the servants of God of the twelve tribes from the impending calamities; whereby they shall be as clearly distinguished from the rest, as if they were visibly marked on their foreheads.
Verse Revelation 7:3. _TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD_] There is manifestly an allusion to Ezekiel 9:4 here. By _sealing_ we are to understand _consecrating_ the persons in a more especi...
SAYING, HURT NOT THE EARTH, NEITHER THE SEA ... - Let the winds be restrained until what is here designated shall be done. These destroying angels were commanded to suspend the work of destruction unt...
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...
NEITHER. Same as nor, Revelation 7:1. HAVE. shall have, sealed. See App-197. Compare Revelation 9:4; Revelation 14:1; Revel
_till we have sealed_ The object of the sealing is twofold. (1) to mark them as God's own, beyond the risk of loss; we may almost certainly infer, from this chapter compared with Revelation 14:1, that...
Revelation 7:1-3. THE VISION OF THE FOUR ANGELS OF THE FOUR WINDS...
ἌΧΡΙ ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣΩΜΕΝ. The object of the sealing is twofold: (1) to mark them as God’s own, beyond the risk of loss; we may almost certainly infer, from this chapter compared with Revelation 14:1, that the...
_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...
ΛΈΓΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить (об использовании этого плеонастическогораг!. _см._ Revelation 1:17). ΆΔΙΚΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΔΙΚΈΩ (G91) вредить. _Conj._ с отр. ΜΉ (G3361...
_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,...
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. HURT NOT - by letting loose destructive winds. TILL WE HAVE SEALED 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)....
7:3 bondmen (b-18) _ Doulos_ . as chs. 2.20; 10.7; 11.18; 15.3; 19.2,5; 22.3,6....
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...
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...
Hurt not the earth, &c. Some understand Christ himself, who gives his commands in this manner to the Angels; others, an Angel of a higher rank or order. --- Till we seal the servants of our God in the...
(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...
SAYING, HURT NOT THE EARTH, NEITHER THE SEA, NOR THE TREES,.... That is, as yet, for their commission was not contradicted, nor taken away by Christ; and at the time appointed, at the blowing of the s...
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Ver. 3. _Hurt not_] Reprobates often fare the better for those few righteou...
_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...
HURT NOT; let not the troubles come till we have placed God's seal or mark upon his people. Desolating judgments are often delayed for a season, to give opportunity for the spread of the gospel, and f...
SAYING, HURT NOT THE EARTH, NEITHER THE SEA, NOR THE TREES, TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD IN THEIR FOREHEADS. The seventh chapter contains the description of a vision, by which the proph...
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...
_ 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”_ A. The angel instructs that the earth not be hurt - destroyed - until the s...
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...
OLBHeb; A manifest allusion to EZEKIEL 9:4, and, as some think, to the usage of some eastern countries, for masters to set their names upon the forehead of their slaves, by which they were known to be...
Cyprian Treatise V An Address to Demetrianus As, then, when Egypt was smitten, the Jewish people could not escape except by the blood and the sign of the lamb; so also, when the world shall begin to...
Revelation 7:3 saying G3004 (G5723) not G3361 harm G91 (G5661) earth G1093 G3383 sea G2281 or...
‘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...
HURT NOT (μη αδικησητε). Prohibition with μη and the ingressive aorist active subjunctive of αδικεω, not to begin to hurt.TILL WE SHALL HAVE SEALED (αχρ σφραγισωμεν). Temporal clause of indefinite...
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...
Daniel 3:17; Daniel 3:26; Daniel 6:16; Exodus 12:13; Exodus 12:23;...
In their foreheads. Compare Exodus 28:3; 6 - 38; Ezekiel 9:4....
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...