X. THE INTERPOSED VISIONS. THE WITNESS AGAINST EVIL (Revelation 10:1 to Revelation 11:14.) — As between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals there was interposed a two-fold vision — the sealing of the hundred and forty-four thousand and the glimpse of the great multitude (Revelation 7) — so is... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST SCENE OF THE INTERPOSED VISION. (1, 2) AND I SAW... — Translate, _And I saw another mighty angel descending out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the_ (not “a”) _rainbow upon his head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, and having in his hand a little book_ (or, _... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE... — Better, _and he cried with a loud voice, even as a lion roareth._ Another token of the presence of Christ with the Church. The voice is the voice of a courage and strength derived from Him who is the “Lion of the TRIBE of Judah.” AND WHEN HE HAD CRIED... — Translate,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE SEVEN... — Translate, _And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven, saying, Seal up the things which the. seven thunders spoke, and write them not._ He could have written down their utterances. It was no mere thunder-like sound he heard... [ Continue Reading ]
(5-7) AND THE ANGEL... — Translate, _And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted his right hand to the heaven, and sware in_ (or, by)_ Him who liveth unto the ages of the ages, who created the heaven, and the things in it, and the earth, and the things in it, and the sea... [ Continue Reading ]
(8-9) AND THE VOICE... — Translate, _And the voice which I heard out of the heaven_ (I heard it) _again talking with me (it is not the angel that speaks, but the voice which had bidden him seal up the thunders is heard again speaking), and saying, Go, take the roll_ (or, the little roll; there is a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I TOOK ... — The Evangelist takes the roll, as he was bidden, out of the angel’s hand, eats it up, and finds it, as he was told, “in his mouth as honey, sweet.” In this his experience resembles that of Ezekiel, who found the roll in his mouth as honey for sweetness (Ezekiel 3:3). So the Psalmist... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE... — Better, _And they_ (not “he,” as in the English version, but _they say:_ an equivalent for “It was said,”) _say to me, Thou must again prophesy concerning_ (or, _with regard to) peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings many._ He is told that the bitterness will arise in connection wi... [ Continue Reading ]