ACC ~ Revelation 1 v15b

GOD WORKS IN MANY WAYS TO FULFILL HIS PURPOSES. IRENAEUS: Thus, in a variety of ways, he adjusted the human race to an agreement with salvation. On this account also does John declare in the Apocalypse that his voice is “as the sound of many waters.” For the Spirit [of God] is truly [like] many waters, since the Father is both rich and great. And the Word, passing through all those [men], did liberally confer benefits upon his subjects, by drawing up in writing a law adapted and applicable to every class [among them]. AGAINST HERESIES 4.14.2.

HIS VOICE REACHES INTO ALL THE EARTH. OECUMENIUS: “And his voice was as the sound of many waters.” This is an appropriate way of speaking. For how would his voice reach into all the earth and the proclamation concerning him into the corners of the world, unless it were audible, and not merely by virtue of the perceptible voice but by the power of the proclamation? COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 1.12-16.

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