Friday, 26 June 2015
Revelation 11:15-19
일곱째 천사가 나팔을 불었습니다. 그 때에 하늘에서 큰 소리가 났습니다. "세상 나라는 우리 주님의 것이 되고, 그리스도의 것이 되었다. 주님께서 영원히 다스리실 것이다."그리고 하나님 앞에서 자기 보좌에 앉아 있는 스물네 장로도 엎드려서, 하나님께 경배하고,
말하였습니다. "지금도 계시고 전에도 계시던 전능하신 분, 주 하나님, 감사합니다. 주님께서는 그 크신 권능을 잡으셔서 다스리기 시작하셨습니다.
뭇 민족이 이것에 분개하였으나 오히려 그들이 주님의 진노를 샀습니다. 이제는 죽은 사람들이 심판을 받을 때가 왔습니다. 주님의 종 예언자들과 성도들과 작은 사람이든 큰 사람이든 주님 이름을 두려워하는 사람들에게 상을 주실 때가 왔습니다. 땅을 망하게 하는 자들을 멸망시킬 때가 왔습니다."
그러자 하늘에 있는 하나님의 성전이 열리고, 성전 안에 있는 하나님의 언약궤가 보였습니다. 그 때에 번개가 치고, 요란한 소리와 천둥소리가 나고, 지진이 일어나고, 큰 우박이 쏟아졌습니다.The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great-- and for destroying those who destroy the earth."
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
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As seen in Chapter 4, the 24 elders are most likely representatives of the church.
The most likely option is that the elders represent the raptured Church which sings songs of redemption (Revelation 5:8-10). They wear the crowns of victory and have gone to the place prepared for them by their Redeemer (John 14:1-4). For sure, they were seated on their thrones with God. It's also visible that the rewards of the servants of our Lord God Almighty will eventually reap the benefits of their faithfulness as God's judgment and wrath will fall on the dead - the ones who destroy the earth created through the hands of our God.
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