Revelation 15:7 Cross References - AUV

⁷ And one of the four living beings gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

⁹ For those people themselves report on what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you people turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God.

⁶ And there was an ocean, as crystal-clear as glass, in front of the throne. And at the center, surrounding the throne were four living beings, covered with eyes in the front and back of them. [Note: In view of Isa. 6:1-3 and especially Eze. 10:20ff, these “living beings” appear to be some special order of heavenly beings who inhabit the presence of God]. ⁷ And the first being was like a lion, the second one was like a calf, the third one had the face of a man and the fourth one was like a flying eagle. ⁸ And each of the four living beings had six wings [and] were covered with eyes all around them and [even] within them. And day and night they never stop saying, [Note: Some translations have “singing” here and at other places below], “Holy, holy, holy [is] the Lord God Almighty, who was [in the past] and who is [in the present] and who will come [in the future].” ⁹ And whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to God, who sits on His throne and who lives forever and ever,

⁸ And when He had taken the book, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down in front of the Lamb [i.e., to worship Him]. Each one of them held [in his hands] a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints [See Psa. 141:2; Rev. 8:3-4].

⁶ and took an oath to God, who lives forever and ever, and who created heaven and earth and [all] the things in them, and the ocean and [all] the things in it [saying], “There will be no further delay [i.e., before God’s purposes are fulfilled].

¹ Then I saw another great and marvelous [supernatural] sign in heaven. There were seven angels that had the seven last judgments which would complete the wrath of God.

² So, the first [angel] went and poured out his bowl onto the earth and a terrible and painful sore broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue.

⁹ Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues [i.e., judgments, See 15:1], came and spoke to me, saying, “Come here, [and] I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”