And (1) when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. (1) He returns to the history of the seals of the book, which the Lamb opens. The seventh seal is the next sign, a precise commandment for the execution of the most severe judgment of God on th... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And I saw the seven angels which (a) stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. (2) Now follows the third branch of the common history, as even now I said: which is the execution of the judgments of God on the world. This is first generally prepared, down to (Revelation 8:3). The... [ Continue Reading ]
(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 was before the throne. (3) This is the great emperor, the Lord Jesus Christ, our King and Saviour... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that only sacrifice be especially and before all things with them, that is to say, unless we are firs... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. (4) This is the work of the administers. The angels, the administers of Christ, by sounding trumpet and voice (for they are heralds) effectually call forth the instruments of the wrath of God, through his power. Unt... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. (5) The first execution at the sound of the first angel, on the earth, that is, the inhabitants of the ear... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; (6) The second execution on the sea, in this verse and all things that are in (Revelation 8:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; (7) The third execution on the floods and fountains, that is, on all fresh water, in this verse: the effect of which... [ Continue Reading ]
And the name of the star is called (8) Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. (8) This is spoken by metaphor of a commonly known bitter herb: unless perhaps a man following those that note the derivation of words w... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. (9) The fourth execution on the lights of he... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! (10) A lamentable prediction or foretelling of those parts of t... [ Continue Reading ]