Ascended up before God; in token of the acceptance of their prayers. The prayers of saints being presented by the great interceding Angel, and perfumed with his merits, ascend with acceptance before God, and will be answered in rich and lasting blessings on his friends, and in the ruin of his foes.
Verse Revelation 8:4. _THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE - WITH THE PRAYERS_] Though incense itself be an emblem of the prayers of the saints, Psalms 141:2; yet here _they_ are said to _ascend before God_, as...
AND THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE ... - The smoke caused by the burning incense. John, as he saw this, naturally interpreted it of the prayers of the saints. The meaning of the whole symbol, thus explained...
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...
SMOKE. Greek. _kapnos._ Occurs thirteen times, all in Rev., except Acts 2:19. Except here, always associated with "judgment" or the "pit". OUT OF. App-104....
_which came with_ Again a misleading gloss: the most literal translation is, AND THERE WENT UP THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE FOR THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS, OUT OF THE HAND OF THE ANGEL, BEFORE GOD. It went...
ΘΥΜΙΑΜΆΤΩΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΑΙ͂Σ. Primas[288] reads _supplicationum orationum_. [288] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. 4. ἈΝΈΒΗ … ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΑΙ͂Σ. The dative here again is quite unlike any other in th...
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...
ΆΝΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подниматься, ΚΑΠΝΌΣ (G2586) дым. Соприкосновение ладана с горячими углями вызывает ароматный дым, который является символом того, что Бог принимает жертву (S...
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,...
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...
_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...
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. THE SMOKE ... WHICH CAME WITH THE PRAYERS ... ASCENDED UP - rather, 'the smo...
__ 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)....
8:4 with (b-9) There is no Greek preposition here for 'with;' the sense is 'associated with and giving its efficacy to,' according to ver.3....
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....
_WHICH CAME_] RV omits....
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 SMOKE OF... — _Better, And there went up the smoke of the incense for (or to, i.e., designed for, and to give fragrance to) the prayers of the saints, out of the hand of the angel, before God....
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...
As an agent of God, the angel is commissioned to ratify with Divine approval the petitions of the saints for the end; this involves retribution on the impenitent and hostile world. The prophet is sure...
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...
Prayers are often associated with incense. (Revelation 5:8; Psalms 141:2; Luke 1:8-10) Since the incense was given to the angel, it could be, as some have suggested, this represents the Lord's mediati...
And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers of the saints, (b) ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. (b) Our prayers are worth nothing, unless the true and sweet savour of t...
(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 PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS_ ‘The prayers of the saints.’ Revelation 8:4 The language of the opening verses of this chapter is beautifully figurative of the work of our great Intercessor, the Lord J...
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 SMOKE OF THE INCENSE,.... For the incense being put, as it was used to be, upon burning coals of fire, caused a smoke to arise like a cloud, Leviticus 16:13; so that the whole house, or temple...
And the smoke of the incense, _which came_ with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. Ver. 4. _The smoke of the incense_] The saints' prayers perfumed with Christ...
_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 THIRD VISION AND THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEAL. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:...
AND THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE WHICH CAME WITH THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ASCENDED UP BEFORE GOD OUT OF THE ANGEL'S HAND....
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...
_ 3 Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was befor...
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...
This only denotes the acceptableness of Christ's intercession, and God's people's prayers, through the virtue of that intercession, unto God....
Revelation 8:4 And G2532 smoke G2586 incense G2368 prayers G4335 saints G40 ascended G305 (G5627) before G1799 God...
‘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 8:4. THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE, now added to the prayers of the Church, WENT UP BEFORE GOD, reminding the Almighty of the sufferings of His people, and of the answer for which they cried....
THE SMOKE (ο καπνος). Old word, in N.T. only Acts 2:19; Revelation 8:4; Revelation 9:2; Revelation 9:17;...
ANGEL'S (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Revelation 8:4 Christ the Bearer of Prayer and Praise. I. It was a thought very dear to our Master, especially just before He left this earth, to tell His people that they should pray in His name. Fi...
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...
ANOTHER ANGEL. Before the Trumpets are blown, another angel comes. He has a gold incense container, and he is _given_ much incense to add to the prayers of all God's people. Christ is our "go-between...
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;...
Another angel appears with a censor and much incense, and offers it with the prayers of all saints. And the smoke of the incense and the prayers of the saints ascend up before God. This is not the fir...
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...
Exodus 30:1; Luke 1:10; Psalms 141:2; Revelation 15:8; Revelation 8:3
Which came with the prayers. An awkward rendering, followed by Rev., though with the omission of the italicized which came. The construction is ajnebh went up, with the dative case, to the prayers. "T...
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...
And the smoke of the incense came up before God, with the prayers of the saints — A token that both were accepted....