ACC ~ Revelation 15 v1

THE WRATH OF GOD WILL REACH ITS END. OECUMENIUS: “And I saw,” it says, “seven angels with seven plagues.” He speaks of “seven” to indicate the many [plagues] prepared for the sinners through which the wrath of God will reach its end. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 15.1-4.

INJUSTICE WILL BE RESTRAINED. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: Everywhere he uses the number seven, signifying that the injustices done brazenly during the seven days of the present age will be held back by the seven plagues and the seven angels. After these, the future life of the saints, symbolized by the glass sea, will commence. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 15.1.

THE WRATH OF GOD. BEDE: The “seven angels” are the church full of the sevenfold grace. … He calls [the seven plagues] the “last,” because the wrath of God always smites a rebellious people with seven plagues, that is, he smites them utterly and completely, as it is often stated in Leviticus, “I will smite you with seven plagues.”These will be the final [persecutions], since the church will come out from the midst of them. EXPLANATION OF THE APOCALYPSE 15.1.

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