Revelation 10 - Introduction
The Angel with the Little Book. Chap. 10... [ Continue Reading ]
The Angel with the Little Book. Chap. 10... [ Continue Reading ]
We are not told yet, as we might expect, that "the second woe is past," nor does the seventh trumpet and the third woe immediately follow: but just as in ch. 7 the two descriptions of the sealed Israelites and the palm-bearing multitude came after the sixth seal, so here the vision of the mighty ang... [ Continue Reading ]
_a little book_ The diminutive perhaps suggests comparison (but hardly contrast) with the book of Revelation 5:1 seqq.... [ Continue Reading ]
_seven thunders_ Lit. THE SEVEN THUNDERS. The only reason that we can imagine for the presence of the article is, that to St John's mind "the seven thunders" formed one element in the vision; as we might speak of "the seven seals," "the seven trumpets," "the seven vials" these being known to us, as... [ Continue Reading ]
_I was about to write_ See Revelation 1:19. It is useless to speculate how far the book was written at the same time that the vision was seen: possibly it may have been in part, but it is enough to suppose that, having been bidden to write, the seer seemed to himself to write, or (so to speak) saw h... [ Continue Reading ]
_lifted up his hand to heaven_ Read, "his RIGHT hand." Cf. Daniel 12:7, where the angel lifts up _both_hands: here, his left is occupied with the book. For the gesture symbolic of an oath see Genesis 14:22, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sware by him_ This angel therefore is in no sense a divine Person.... [ Continue Reading ]
_that there shall be time no longer: but_ i.e. as we say, "there shall be no more time _lost_, but" …: "there shall be delay no longer." It is not in harmony with the usual language of Scripture to suppose that finite "time" is meant to be opposed to eternity.... [ Continue Reading ]
_when he shall begin to sound_ More accurately, "when he shall be ABOUT TO SOUND." _the mystery of God_ Here Abp. Whately's paradox is hardly an exaggeration, that for "mystery" one might substitute "revelation," without altering the sense: see on Revelation 1:20. _shall be finished_ The construct... [ Continue Reading ]
_spake unto me again_ The true reading is scarcely grammatical, but must mean "[I heard] again speaking unto me.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I went_ Apparently from his place in heaven to the earth: but there are difficulties in tracing coherently the changes in the point of view. _and said unto him, Give me_, &c. Read, SAYING UNTO HIM THAT HE SHOULD GIVE ME. _eat it up_ Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 3:3. _it shall make thy belly bitter_ This... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he said_ Read, AND THEY SAY. _Thou must prophesy again_ Some try to make out that there is here a new commission given to the Apostle, and that in the remainder of the book there are higher mysteries than in the foregoing part. But it is surely simpler to take it as a personal warning to the A... [ Continue Reading ]