Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Revelation 8:5
And there were thunderings, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake — These, especially when attended with fire, are emblems of God's dreadful judgments, which are immediately to follow.
And there were thunderings, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake — These, especially when attended with fire, are emblems of God's dreadful judgments, which are immediately to follow.
Verse Revelation 8:5. _CAST_ IT _INTO THE EARTH_] That is, upon the land of Judea; intimating the judgments and desolations which were now coming upon it, and which appear to be farther opened in the...
AND THE ANGEL TOOK THE CENSER - Revelation 8:3. This is a new symbol, designed to furnish a new representation of future events. By the former it had been shown that there would be much prayer offered...
CHAPTER 8 Revelation 8:1 . The silence in heaven when the seventh seal is opened is indicative of the solemn things which are now to come. The scroll is now fully opened and there is an ominous hush...
REVELATION 8:1. SILENCE IN HEAVEN: the explanation of this silence has always puzzled commentators. The usual interpretation is in the words of C. A. Scott (Cent.B, p. 198): It suggests the wistful or...
We now pass down the records of the world's history to the beginning of. new period. In the seventh chapter the prophet has portrayed the four winds as held back from the work of destruction until the...
THE SILENCE AND THE THUNDER OF PRAYER (Revelation 8:1-5)...
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who stand in the presence of God, and seven trumpets were given to them. Another angel c...
AND. The seven "ands" give an instance of Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. FILLED. Greek. _gemizo._ Here and Revelation 15:8. INTO. App-104. EARTH. App-129. EARTHQUAKE. See Revelation 6:12....
_and cast it_ Probably cast the censer full of burning coals, but possibly only "scattered the fire," as Numbers 16:37. The meaning must be, to represent the same instrument as obtaining God's mercy o...
ΒΡΟΝΤΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΦΩΝΑῚ ΚΑῚ�. With אB2. Text. Rec[289] reads φωναὶ καὶ βρ. καὶ�.; A cop[290] syr[291] read βρ. καὶ�. καὶ φωναί. [289] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [290] Coptic. [291] Syria...
THE ANGEL WITH THE GOLDEN CENSER...
Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS...
_THE SEVEN ANGELS PREPARE TO SOUND REVELATION 8:4-6:_ The judgment God spoke of through John was occasioned by severe persecution against the church by Rome. God would send destruction that would stop...
ΕΪΛΗΦΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать. Об использовании perf. _см._ Revelation 5:7. ΈΓΈΜΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΕΜΊΖΩ (G1072) наполнять, заполнять, дополнять, ΠΎΡ (G4442) огонь, ΈΒΑΛΕ...
AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD, &C.— "And I saw the seven angels which I have before mentioned, and which then stood before the throne of God; and seven trumpets were given to them,...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER VIII THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED _Text (Revelation 8:1-13)_ 1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 An...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 24 Text Revelation 8:1-6 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels that stand be...
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. CAST IT INTO (UNTO) THE E...
__ Throne Section-The Trumpets 15 The fact that they perform priestly functions shows that they are of the priest nation. No other nation will have access to the temple (Exo_19:6; 1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)....
8:5 on (c-19) Or 'to,' _ eis_ , Matthew 12:20 ....
WERE] RV 'followed.' 6-13. The first four trumpets announce convulsions of nature, affecting earth, sea, rivers and the heavenly bodies. The language is in part borrowed from the narrative of the plag...
THE SEVENTH SEAL. THE FOUR TRUMPETS 1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period. REVELATION 8:2 TO REVELATION 11:19. The Seven Trumpets....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 8 THE SEVENTH (7TH) *SEAL - REVELATION 8:1 V1 When the *Lamb opened the seventh (7th) *seal, there was silence in heaven for about h...
AND THE ANGEL... — Translate, _And the angel has taken_ (or, _took) the censer, and he filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it (i.e.,_ the fire or hot ashes which filled the censer) _upon th...
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS. Revelation 8:1; Revelation 9:1. THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interr...
The censer, having offered incense to heaven, is now used to hurl fire upon the earth (adopted from Ezekiel 10:2-7; _cf._ Leviticus 16:12). As at the close of the trumpets (Revelation 11:19) and the b...
The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and cha...
The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities le...
The angel now takes coals from the altar where he had just offered the prayers and incense and pours them upon the earth. God has heard the prayers of his saints and has the angel pour out this fiery,...
(3) And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which...
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 Seventh Seal I. INTRODUCTION A. During our study of chapter 6, (during the 5th seal), we caught a glimpse "of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held....
This at once distinguishes them from the heavenly worshipers; there is no temple there; the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple. He that sits on the throne tabernacles over these, as once ov...
AND THE ANGEL TOOK THE CENSER,.... The golden one before mentioned, the use of which was to take and carry in it burning coals of fire: AND FILLED IT WITH FIRE OF THE ALTAR; of burnt offering, for up...
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast _it_ into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Ver. 5. _And filled it wi...
_And the smoke of the incense ascended before God_ In an odoriferous cloud, _with the prayers of the saints_ A testimony of God's gracious acceptance, both of the intercession of the great High-Priest...
THE CENSER; with which he had offered incense. FILLED IT WITH FIRE; a symbol of the divine wrath about to be inflicted on the wicked. CAST IT INTO THE EARTH; as the place where the divine judgments...
THE THIRD VISION AND THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:...
AND THE ANGEL TOOK THE CENSER, AND FILLED IT WITH FIRE OF THE ALTAR, AND CAST IT INTO THE EARTH; AND THERE WERE VOICES AND THUNDERINGS AND LIGHTNINGS AND AN EARTHQUAKE....
THE SEVENTH SEAL OPENED: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to...
_ 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake._ A. The angel took the censer fil...
1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven...
I doubt not but by FIRE here, is to be understood the wrath of God, often in holy writ compared to fire, poured out upon the Roman empire, or the visible church. Upon which followed great judgments, a...
Revelation 8:5 Then G2532 angel G32 took G2983 (G5758) censer G3031 G2532 filled G1072 (G5656) it...
‘And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to him in order that he should offer it with the prayers of all God's people (‘all the set apart on...
Revelation 8:5. The angel FILLED THE CENSER WITH THE FIRE OF THE ALTAR, AND CAST IT UPON THE EARTH. For the thought of ‘filling' comp. John 2:7; John 19:29; John 21:1
TAKETH (ειληφεν). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of λαμβανω as in Revelation 5:7, "has taken." The angel had apparently]aid aside the censer. Hardly merely the pleonastic use of λαμβανω ...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
CONTENTS: Opening of the seventh seal from which seven trumpets come. Four of the trumpet judgments announced. CHARACTERS: John, seven angels, angel with censor. CONCLUSION: Woe to those who, by thei...
Revelation 8:1. _When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour._ The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstracted...
AND THREW IT ON THE EARTH. God has heard the prayers, and the judgments to come are his answer to them. Peals of thunder, etc. This is to show that this is God's decree....
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:2 A brief vision of God’s heavenly temple, focusing on a golden incense altar, opens a new cycle of seven visions, each of which is introduced by an angelic trumpet bla...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 8:3 The earthly OT sanctuary had two altars. One was for sacrifice in the courtyard. The other was for incense near the Most Holy Place (Exodus 27:1;...
And the angel took the censor, filled it with fire from the altar, and cast it into the earth, and there were voices, and thunder, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Which evidently showed the immedia...
FOUR TRUMPET VOICES _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 8:1. SEVENTH SEAL.—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual aspects. Th...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford)....
_2 AND I SAW THE SEVEN ANGELS WHICH STOOD BEFORE GOD; AND TO THEM WERE GIVEN SEVEN TRUMPETS._ _ 3 AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME AND STOOD AT THE ALTAR, HAVING A GOLDEN CENSER; AND THERE WAS GIVEN UNTO HIM M...
And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour (Revelation 8:1). Silence can sometimes be an awesome thing, especially in a tremendous crowd of pe...
1 Kings 19:11; 2 Samuel 22:7; Acts 16:26; Acts 4:31; Ezekiel 10:2;...
Took [ε ι λ η φ ε ν]. Lit., hath taken. So Rev., in margin. With the fire [ε κ τ ο υ π υ ρ ο ς]. Lit., "from or out off the fire," i e., the coals or hot ashes. For ejk out off see on chapter Revelat...
THE SEVEN TRUMPETS Revelation 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1. The seventh chapter, which was studied in our last tw...