ACC ~ Revelation 7 v13

THE RIGHTEOUS STRUGGLE DURING THE RULE OF ANTICHRIST. OECUMENIUS: One of the elders asked the Evangelist who those were who were from the nations and were clothed in white robes. He asked this not because he himself did not know but rather to urge the Evangelist to make them known more fully. And so he says, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation.” For the righteous endured not a small struggle, but indeed an exceedingly great struggle during the rule of the antichrist. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.9-17.

THE FAITH OF THE TEACHER PREACHES TO THE FAITH OF THE HEARER. PRIMASIUS: This one elder represents either the body of the prophets or the church. It depicts the leaders teaching the other members of the future reward for which the laborers might hope, just as the apostle spoke of the gospel, “In it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,”that is, from the faith of those who preach, for the faith of those who hear. COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 7.13-14.

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