An angel, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, offers to serve as the seer’s guide and interpreter. An interpreting angel is a familiar figure in apocalypses, and in 1:1 John has avowed that his entire series of revelations was communicated to him by an angel. In chapter 18 God himself speaks to his people. Christians are bidden to forsake the city of Rome lest they be tainted by her sins and become involved in her punishment. In chapter 19 the seer comes at last to the event that has freauently been anticipated, the battle of Armageddon.
An angel, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, offers to serve as the seer’s guide and interpreter. An interpreting angel is a familiar figure in apocalypses, and in 1:1 John has avowed that his entire series of revelations was communicated to him by an angel. In chapter 18 God himself speaks to his people. Christians are bidden to forsake the city of Rome lest they be tainted by her sins and become involved in her punishment. In chapter 19 the seer comes at last to the event that has freauently been anticipated, the battle of Armageddon.
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