Revelation 7:2 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:2

And I saw another angel ascending from the east; from the rising of the sun. Again no individual angel is particularized, though an archangel may be intended, as he has authority over the first four. He proceeds from that quarter whence comes light; and, like the Sun of Righteousness, he rises with healing in his wings; for his mission is to render secure the servants of God. Wordsworth thinks Christ, or a messenger from Christ, is meant—a view shared by Hengstenberg; Vitringa says the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:2-3

The sealed of God. This chapter tells of a time of suspended judgment. All things were ready. The awful calamities told of when the sixth seal was broken are on the point of descending upon the earth. "But a whole chapter intervenes. Might it not be apprehended that amidst convulsions so terrific the Church itself might founder? Who shall secure Christ's servants against being involved in that catastrophe? Such is the misgiving to which the particular revelation now before us would... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 7:2

And I saw another angel - Evidently having no connection with the four, and employed for another purpose. This angel, also, must have been symbolic; and all that is implied is, that something would be done as if an angel had done it.Ascending from the east - He appeared in the east, and seemed to rise like the sun. It is not easy to determine what is the special significancy, if any, of the east here, or why this quarter of the heavens is designated rather than the north, the south, or the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 7:2-3

Revelation 7:2-3. And I saw another angel ascending from the east To intimate the progress which the gospel should make from the east to the west; having in his hand the seal of the living God In order to impress a mark upon those who should believe and obey the gospel, and dedicate themselves to his service. And he cried with a loud voice Thus showing the great importance of what he uttered; to the four angels to whom it was given At present to restrain the winds, but afterward to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1-17

Interval before the seventh seal (7:1-17)God gives John two additional visions before he reveals the vision of the final seal. He wants to reassure his people that he does not forget them during the difficult days when an ungodly world is preparing itself for judgment. God does not allow the winds of judgment to blow across the earth without thought for his people’s security. He knows those who are his and marks them out for his special protection (7:1-3; cf. Ezekiel 9:4-6). The repetition of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 7:2

another. App-124 . east. Literally sunrising. the = a. living. App-170 . God. App-98 . loud = great. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 7:2

And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea.Another angel ... from the sunrising ... The east is often mentioned in Revelation, and "from the sunrising" seems to mean "from that direction," the source of earth's light. Certainly, for one of God's messengers, it is more appropriate that he should come from the sunrising, than from the sunset. Who this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 7:2-3

Revelation 7:2-3. And I saw another angel, &c.— This chapter, says Bishop Newton, contains a description of the state of the church in the time of Constantine; of the peace and protection which it should enjoy under the civil powers; and of the great accession which should be made to it both of Jews and Gentiles. Four angels are ordered by another angel to restrain the four winds from blowing with violence on any part of the world; to shew that these were quiet days, wherein the former wars... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown