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The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill one third of mankind.
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God's Precise Timing
Commentators emphasize that the angels were "prepared" and released at a specific "hour and day and month and year." This shows that God's judgments are not random or chaotic. Scholars like Ellicott and Robertson stress that these events unfold according to God's sovereign, meticulously planned, and precise timetable, even when the details are mysterious to us.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the four angels were loosed. They had this mighty host under restraint. The loosening of the angels was, in fact, also a letting loose…
Were loosed (ελυθησαν). First aorist (ingressive) passive indicative of λυω, "were let loose."
Which had been prepa…
19th Century
Anglican
And the four angels . . .—Better, And there were loosed the four angels who had been made ready unto (or for, meaning,
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The sixth trum pet: The second woe. Here we find a description of disasters that reach to the death of a third of humankind (vv.15, 18; cf. 8:7). “…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the four angels were loosed The time being come, fixed by the decrees of God, making use of the Turks for the de…
The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems to be the subject. Their time is limited. They not only killed in war but also broug…
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