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Revelation 4:5

Revelation 4:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thundering and voices. The present tense (see on ). The whole symbolical of the power and majesty of God, as of old he manifested his presence on Sinai.

"There were thunders and lightnings and … the voice of the trumpet" (). And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. The Holy Spirit, represented in his sevenfold operation, by lamps, which illumine.

The same idea is expressed under another figure in , where the searching, enlightening power of the Holy Spirit is typified by seven eyes.

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