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Revelation 6:14-16

King James Version (KJV)

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14. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16. And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Revelation 6:14-16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 6:14

Theological / Devotional

Scroll. Gr. biblion (see on ch. 5:1). The picture here is of the sky being rolled up like a roll of parchment. In ancient cosmology the sky was considered to be a solid vault above the earth. The prophet now sees the sky rolled back, that the earth may stand unshielded before God. Isaiah (ch. 34:4) presents the same picture. This event is doubtless the same as that described by Jesus when He said, “The powers of the heavens shall be shaken” (see on Matt. 24:29). This event is yet future and is closely connected with the actual appearance of the Son of man in the heavens.

Every mountain and island. In ch. 16:20 these fearful convulsions are presented as events taking place under the seventh plague.

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