Q: The Spirit while setting up a vision before John presents a scene and begins with the expression another angel doing yet something else. In Ch.7:1 we read,"I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,." The next verse we have,"And I saw another angel ascending from the east." Yet again in ch.8:2 "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God". Next verse we have,"And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer." What has trumpets to do with altar?"
A: An interesting question. First we shall take up the four corners of the earth in Re.7:1 Four is the command number of the Word. Heaven is set word-based so east west north south the Law of the Spirit reigns supreme. The angel 'another angel' ascending from the east refers Eden, which is associated with the Garden of God.(Ez.28:13-14). Judgment comes from the north; "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden" so east refers to the blessing associated with the Son. By inference another angel signifies to the Son of man. The 144,000 as a group are 'servants of our God' and for these reason the four angels should not do a thing," till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."(7:3). They have stepped into the breach of the nation of Israel. The 'another angel' is narrative mode to go back to the transition of the worlds framed by the word of God. In this case from the calling of man into the fellowship of God with Man the servants of our God have to be sealed from condemnation.
In the second instance (Re.8:2-3) we have the seven trumpets while another angel stood before the altar. The Spirit is going back to the judgment beginning with the covering cherub, "therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.' (Ez,28:16) Altar is associated with fire as the two sons of Aaron was judged by fire from God.
Q: The Spirit while setting up a vision before John presents a scene and begins with the expression another angel doing yet something else. In Ch.7:1 we read,"I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth,." The next verse we have,"And I saw another angel ascending from the east." Yet again in ch.8:2 "And I saw the seven angels which stood before God". Next verse we have,"And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer." What has trumpets to do with altar?"
A: An interesting question. First we shall take up the four corners of the earth in Re.7:1 Four is the command number of the Word. Heaven is set word-based so east west north south the Law of the Spirit reigns supreme. The angel 'another angel' ascending from the east refers Eden, which is associated with the Garden of God.(Ez.28:13-14). Judgment comes from the north; "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden" so east refers to the blessing associated with the Son. By inference another angel signifies to the Son of man. The 144,000 as a group are 'servants of our God' and for these reason the four angels should not do a thing," till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."(7:3). They have stepped into the breach of the nation of Israel. The 'another angel' is narrative mode to go back to the transition of the worlds framed by the word of God. In this case from the calling of man into the fellowship of God with Man the servants of our God have to be sealed from condemnation.
In the second instance (Re.8:2-3) we have the seven trumpets while another angel stood before the altar. The Spirit is going back to the judgment beginning with the covering cherub, "therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.' (Ez,28:16) Altar is associated with fire as the two sons of Aaron was judged by fire from God.
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