ACC ~ Revelation 22 v6

NOTHING IS SO CERTAIN AS THE PROMISE OF CHRIST. APRINGIUS OF BEJA: What is so faithful and true as the promise of Christ and the future hope of the saints? He who spoke through his servants, the prophets, did so that he might be recognized as the Lord of the living and be called “the Spirit of the Lord.” For the Spirit is life, and all flesh is made alive by the Spirit. TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.6-7.

THROUGH THE REVELATION WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT JOHN SAW. OECUMENIUS: By “spirits of the prophets” he means the prophetic gifts, as we learn from the all-wise Paul, who said, “and the spirits of the prophets are subject to prophets,” and from the holy prophet Isaiah: “We have conceived, O Lord, because of fear of you, and we have been in birth pangs and have brought forth the breath of your salvation that you have wrought upon the earth.”“To show his servants what must soon take place,” it says. By means of John and his writings, all have learned what he saw. And appropriately he says “soon,” for as we have noted earlier, in comparison with the everlasting ages that are coming, all time is short, even if someone might think it a very long while. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.6-9.

THE REVELATION IS COMMENDED. PRIMASIUS: He is not expressing any doubts about the trustworthiness of John. Rather, he is commending this vision to the whole church as true, for he knew that in the future there would also be those who are to learn from it. [By speaking of his angel], he teaches that he has always looked after the welfare of all. He is the Spirit of the prophets who is also the Holy Spirit and indeed is the Lord. For this reason the prophet said, “I will hear what the Lord God speaks to me,” and “The beginning of the speaking of God to Hosea.” Because of the essence of the one, divine Trinity, he also fittingly mentions here the Holy Spirit, since above he had mentioned the Father and the Son.For when we read that “God is spirit,” it refers to the entire Trinity. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.6.

CHRIST KNOWS THE TIME OF THE CONSUMMATION. ANDREW OF CAESAREA: These words are “trustworthy and true” because they come from the Truth. … Since Christ is “the God of the prophets, who sent his angel” by means of the blessed John who saw this vision, “to show his servants what is to take place,” it is clear that he gave the Revelation for the sake of the flesh according to the condescension of the economy of the Son, as it said at the beginning. For he who is the God of the prophets and who sent his angels as ministering spirits for the revelation of coming things would not be ignorant of the hour or the day of the consummation, so that he who has all “the hidden treasures of wisdom and knowledge”would learn [these things] only now from the Father. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22.6.

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