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This chapter contains the writer's vision of "the Four Angels of the Four Winds", the sealing of the 144,000 and the "Praise of the Great Multitude of the Redeemed". [5] The passage in this chapter is 'an intercalation in the numbered series of seven'. [6]
And what of the angels ascending and descending, which occurred formerly with Jacob's ladder in his dream (Gen 28:12)? Lapide enumerates the many possibilities: 1) when Christ suffered His agony in the garden of Gethsemane, and an angel appeared, strengthening Him (Luke, 22:44). 2) At His baptism; because then by the ministry of angels a dove ...
The text depicts the angel as an exalted figure and thus prompting great importance. [2] The other gospels have a more muted description of the angel: Mark 16:5 and John 20:12 refer to a figure clad in white, while Luke 24:4 in the Revised Standard Version and some other translations describes the clothes as "dazzling", perhaps combining the ...
There are many parallels in this verse to earlier events in Matthew. "Angels of the Lord" play an important role in the infancy narrative, appearing at Matthew 1:20, 1:24, 2:13 and 2:19. [3] That an angel appears again at the end of the story links it back to the opening chapters. [4] "
After this, a great many more angels appear, praising God with the words "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." [ 2 ] Deciding to do as the angel had said, the shepherds travel to Bethlehem, and find Mary and Joseph and the infant Jesus lying in the manger , just as they had been told.
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
It was Michael who reminded Ahasuerus that he was Mordecai's debtor; [162] and there is a legend that Michael appeared to the high priest Hyrcanus, promising him assistance. [163] According to Legends of the Jews, archangel Michael was the chief of a band of angels who questioned God's decision to create man on Earth. The entire band of angels ...
"The Angel Song" is a song by the American rock band Great White. It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, ...Twice Shy (1989). Charts