Analysis Of The Chapter This chapter Revelation 15:1 has a close connection in design with the previous chapter. In that, pledges and assurances had been given that all the enemies of religion would be cut off, and that the church would be ultimately triumphant, and particularly that that formidabl... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAW ANOTHER SIGN IN HEAVEN - Another wonder or extraordinary symbol. The word “sign” here - σημεῖον sēmeion - is the same which in Revelation 12:1, Revelation 12:3; Revelation 13:13, is rendered “wonder” and “wonders,” and in Revelation 13:14; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:20, “miracles.”... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAW AS IT WERE A SEA OF GLASS - In Revelation 4:6, a similar vision is recorded - “And before the throne there was a sea of glass, like unto crystal.” See the notes on that passage. The sea of glass here means a sea clear, pellucid, like glass: an expanse that seemed to be made of glass. There... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SING THE SONG OF MOSES THE SERVANT OF GOD - A song of thanksgiving and praise, such as Moses taught the Hebrew people to sing after their deliverance from Egyptian bondage. See Exodus 15. The meaning here is, not that they would sing that identical song, but that, as Moses taught the people... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO SHALL NOT FEAR THEE, O LORD - Reverence and adore thee; for the word “fear,” in the Scriptures, is commonly used in this sense when applied to God. The sense here is, that the judgments about to be inflicted on the beast and his image should and would teach people to reverence and adore God. The... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AFTER THAT I LOOKED - After I had seen in vision the redeemed thus referred to, celebrating the praises of God, I saw the preparation made for the execution of these purposes of judgment. AND BEHOLD, THE TEMPLE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY - Not the whole temple, but only that part to whic... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SEVEN ANGELS - See the notes on Revelation 15:1. CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE - Were seen to come from the temple; that is, from the immediate presence of God. HAVING THE SEVEN PLAGUES - See the notes on Revelation 15:1. Each one entrusted with a single “plague” to be executed upon the earth. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ONE OF THE FOUR BEASTS - See the notes on Revelation 4:6. Which one of the four is not mentioned. From the explanation given of the design of the representation of the “four beasts,” or living creatures, in the notes on Revelation 4:6, it would seem that the meaning here is, that the great princ... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE TEMPLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE - The usual symbol of the divine presence in the temple. See the notes on Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 6:4. FROM THE GLORY OF GOD - From the manifestation of the divine majesty. That is, the smoke was the proper accompaniment of the Divine Being when appearing in majesty.... [ Continue Reading ]