In this week’s study, I go into Chapter 1o with the Mighty Angel having the open Book. I start off with a rant on Christians not living the life that Yahweh wants us to.
Sadly, many people assume that Bible prophecy is so mysterious, so mysterious that it cannot be understood. Scripture is defined revelation. It unveils. It discloses. It reveals truth.
The reason so many people think Bible prophecy is incomprehensible is because they have made it so. Rather than recognizing the fact that Yahweh is as clear about the future as he is about the past and the present, many go to enormous lengths to avoid the normal meaning of Scripture, to look into the Old Testament and other passages to help explain the present passage.
In our study thus far we have learned about the unimaginable judgment that will one day be poured out upon the earth, upon all those who mock the Lord Yahshua Messiah and who despise all who love him and serve him. And as we look around us today we can see the insanity of sin. We see that the world today is being prepared for the rise and, I might add, the fall of the antichrist.
1. And I saw another mighty angel = It is not of the Trumpet Angels, but "Another" and a "mighty" (is-khoo-ros') one.
coming down out of heaven arrayed with a cloud = This would be the positive aspect as He comes "down from heaven," wherefore, as the great adversary of the "angel of the abyss," who comes up from below, and is enveloped in the cloud of the smoke of the pit.
and the rainbow was upon his head, = the symbol of covenant mercy to Yahweh’s people, amidst judgments on Yahweh’s foes. Here the symbol would mean that the angel came not for wrath, but for purposes of peace; that he looked with a gentle aspect upon people, and that the effect of his coming would be like that of sunshine after a storm.
And his face was as it were the sun = Bright like the sun ; that is, he looked upon people with:
(a) an intelligent aspect - as the sun is the source of light; and,
(b) with kindness of the heart- not covered with clouds, or darkened by wrath. The brightness is probably the main idea, but the appearance of the angel would, as here represented, naturally suggest the ideas just referred to. As an emblem or symbol we should regard his appearing as what was to be followed by knowledge and by prosperity, unshine after a storm.
And his feet as pillars of fire = Fire in the Word of Yahweh symbolizes divine wrath and divine judgment that consumes the ungodly on the one hand, but interestingly enough it also provides the warmth of divine healing for the righteous, even as the Egyptians saw the glory and the fire of Yahweh’s presence: it was death to them and protection to the Israelites where on the other side they were warmed, shall we say, by the blaze of his glory.
We can now conclude that within this symbol, we have the following things:
(a) An angel - as the messenger of Yahweh, indicating that some new communication was to be brought to mankind, or that there would be some interposition in human affairs, which might be well represented by the coming of an angel;
(b) the fact that he was “mighty” - indicating that the work to be done required power beyond human strength;
(c) the fact that he came in a cloud - on a convoy so grand and magnificent as to make this symbol of majesty proper;
(d) the fact that he was encircled by a rainbow - that the visitation was to be one of peace to mankind; and,
(e) the fact that his coming was like the sun - or would diffuse light and peace.
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