Revelation 7:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 7:1-12

Here we have, I. An account of the restraint laid upon the winds. By these winds we suppose are meant those errors and corruptions in religion which would occasion a great deal of trouble and mischief to the church of God. Sometimes the Holy Spirit is compared to the wind: here the spirits of error are compared to the four winds, contrary one to another, but doing much hurt to the church, the garden and vineyard of God, breaking the branches and blasting the fruits of his plantation. The devil... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

7:1-3 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that the wind might not blow upon the earth, or upon the sea, or against any tree. And I saw another angel going up from where the sun rises, with a seal which belonged to the living God, and he shouted with a great voice to the four angels to whom was given power to harm the earth and the sea: "Do not harm the earth and the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

This vision is expressed in conceptions of the world which were the conceptions of the days in which John wrote. The earth is a square, flat earth; and at its four corners are four angels waiting to unleash the winds of destruction. Isaiah speaks of gathering the outcasts of Judah from the four corners of the earth ( Isaiah 11:12 ). The end is come upon the four corners of the earth in Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 7:2 ). It was the belief of the ancient peoples that the winds which came from due... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

Before the great tribulation smites the earth the faithful ones are to be marked with the seal of God. There are two points to note. (i) The angel with the seal comes from the rising of the sun, from the East. All John's pictures mean something and there may be two meanings behind this: (a) It is in the East that the sun, the supreme earthly giver of light and life, rises; and the angel may stand for the life and the light that God gives his people even when death and destruction are abroad.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1

And after these things ,.... After the opening of six of the seals of the sealed book, and after the demolition of Heathen deities, and of Heathen worship, and of Heathen magistrates, in the Roman empire, and the representation of these to John, he had the following vision; and which therefore does not refer to the preservation of the Christians, before and at the destruction of Jerusalem, which was under the first seal; nor to the security of the saints from the wrath of the Lamb, when it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 7:1

And after these things - Immediately after the preceding vision. I saw four angels - Instruments which God employs in the dispensation of his providence; we know not what. On the four corners of the earth - On the extreme parts of the land of Judea, called ἡ γη , the land, or earth, by way of eminence. Holding the four winds - Preventing evil from every quarter. Earth - sea, nor on any tree; keeping the whole of the land free from evil, till the Church of Christ should wax... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1

And after these things. ΄ετὰ τοῦτο , or, as some cursives read, μετὰ ταῦτα , is generally regarded as denoting the close of the sixth seal and the commencement of a new subject, interjected by way of episode between the sixth and seventh seals. But, even if not looked upon as an integral part of the revelations made under the sixth seal, the connection is so close that the two must be regarded practically as one. The incidents of the seventh chapter are evidently the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-3

A sketch of an impending judgment. "And after these things," etc. The text points to a judgment that is overhanging the world, entrusted to angels for its execution, and who are restrained in their work by a special messenger from heaven on account of the godly tenants of the earth. This is a view of the passage which scarcely admits of any data for a different opinion. From the words we see— I. THE WORLD EXPOSED TO JUDGMENT . It is represented as exposed to "the four winds... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-8

The Church on earth, sealed in the great tribulation. The visions of this chapter are set between the sixth and seventh seals. The great tribulation, to which the opening of the sixth seal is the prelude, is not that of the final day of wrath, for we are but at the sixth seal, and not the seventh. Nor can this great tribulation be any merely local calamity, for according to Revelation 7:9-14 those coming out of it are of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. It is so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-8

The Church's security assured. Although the vision of judgment has been granted to the seer, an arrest is put upon its execution, and an entirely new series of representations is given. It is illustrative of the entire character of the book. It is one long illustration of the going forth conquering and to conquer by him that sitteth on the white horse. But there is no chronology. The truth here illustrated is ever repeated. Not only in the final acts of judgment will the faithful people be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 7:1-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 7:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 7:1-8

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