Q: Is the angel in Re.10:1 in the same sense as other instances?
A. The Revelation is about the testimony of Jesus Christ. Another angel as a narrative mode is a cue to us that there is a going back to the transition of worlds unseen from what is revealed. Thus the silence of half an hour spelled the beginning of Gospel and the age of grace given to the peoples on the earth. Here it is the Angel of the Lord. "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire." The Spirit having presented Jesus Christ as the Law of the Spirit so the inaugural vision of John leads us from the Ancient of days in the vision of Daniel the Seer. Here he commands the Apostle to eat as with Ezekiel and "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."(10:11). Also see Re.18:1 where the angel carries the narrative forward,"and the earth was lightened with his glory." The Spirit is referring to the glory of the Gospel. "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee./For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee./And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."(Is.60:1-3) This is Zion as fulfilled, "And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it."(Re.21:24)
For other instance of the narrative mode we have several instances in ch.14.
Q: Is the angel in Re.10:1 in the same sense as other instances?
A. The Revelation is about the testimony of Jesus Christ. Another angel as a narrative mode is a cue to us that there is a going back to the transition of worlds unseen from what is revealed. Thus the silence of half an hour spelled the beginning of Gospel and the age of grace given to the peoples on the earth. Here it is the Angel of the Lord. "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire." The Spirit having presented Jesus Christ as the Law of the Spirit so the inaugural vision of John leads us from the Ancient of days in the vision of Daniel the Seer. Here he commands the Apostle to eat as with Ezekiel and "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."(10:11). Also see Re.18:1 where the angel carries the narrative forward,"and the earth was lightened with his glory." The Spirit is referring to the glory of the Gospel. "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee./For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee./And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."(Is.60:1-3) This is Zion as fulfilled, "And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it."(Re.21:24)
For other instance of the narrative mode we have several instances in ch.14.
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