Verse 19
19. To this divine ascription there is given from God a divine response, not uttered to the ear, but shown to the eye. The temple (see note Revelation 4:11) is the same as in Revelation 11:2, but not as same symbol. It here stands, as in Revelation 15:5, (see note,) for the literal temple, and in the holiest of that temple is the testament divine covenant by which God pledges himself to his people for the final triumph of good in glory. In answer to the predictive thanksgiving of the elders’ worship, God displays that covenant. He answers not a word, he only shows his pledge; as much as to say, “You see that MYSELF am bound for the consummation you predict.”
Lightnings… hail All the most powerful elements of nature pour forth their celebration over this pledge of the final glorification of nature with man.
The panorama moves on, and the two great princes of good and of evil appear in antithesis. This is the beginning of the scenic war.
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