Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Revelation 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. In this passage and in
Revelation 22:7, the apostle offers worship to a fellow creature, an
angel. In each place the prohibition is prompt. This episode is
introduced in order to teach the sinfulness of all creature worship. It
is likely that the fate of a great apostate church, in which worship is
offered to its human head, is being declared, is the reason why here
this symbolical act occurs. Man created in God's image is to worship
only that which is divine.
Of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus. The angel
declares himself "of thy brethren". In Revelation 22:9 he adds, "of thy
brethren, the prophets". Here the explanation is added that the
testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. In testifying of Jesus
the angel became one of the prophets.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 6:3
Revelation 16:15
Revelation 19:12
Revelation 19:17
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