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The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
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Judgment as Answered Prayer
Commentators widely agree that the angel casting fire upon the earth is a direct response to the prayers of the saints. The same censer that carried the prayers to God now carries judgment to the earth. This symbolizes that God has heard the cries of His people for justice and is now acting to vindicate them through righteous judgments upon their oppressors.
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18th Century
Theologian
And the angel took the censer (Revelation 8:3). This is a new symbol, designed to furnish a new representation of future event…
Taketh (ειληφεν). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of λαμβανω as in 5:7, "has taken." The angel had apparently ]aid aside …
19th Century
Bishop
And the angel . . .—This can be translated: And the angel has taken (or, took) the censer, and he filled it from the fire of t…
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The censer or firepan is now used to take some of the burning coals from the altar and cast them to the earth. Symbolically, this represents the an…
17th Century
Pastor
And the angel took the censer The golden one before mentioned, the use of which was to take and carry in it burning …
Minister
The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a time; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries ou…
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