SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:2
Y vi otro ngel que subía del nacimiento del sol, teniendo el sello del Dios vivo; y clam con gran voz a los cuatro ngeles, a los cuales era dado hacer dao a la tierra y al mar,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 7:2
Verse 2. The seal of the living God] This angel is represented as the chancellor of the supreme King, and as ascending from the east, apo anatolhv hliou, from the rising of the sun. Some understand this of Christ, who is called anatolh, the east, Luke i. 78. Four angels, to whom it was given to hurt] Particular agents employed by Divine providence in the management of the affairs of the earth; but whether spiritual or material we know not.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. And I saw another angel , etc.] Not Constantine, who came from the eastern parts to the empire, with the true knowledge of God, and the authority of God to propagate it; and who repressed the four angels, or evil spirits, contention, ambition, heresy, and war, from doing the mischief they otherwise would; and sealed the saints, by giving them a platform of doctrine at the council of Nice, as Brightman and others think. But the uncreated angel, the angel of the covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ; for who but he should have the privy seal of heaven, who is the angel of the great council, as the Septuagint render ( Isaiah 9:6) and who could speak in such an authoritative manner to the four angels, saying, hurt not the earth, etc. but he who is the head of all principality and power? and who should seal the servants of the Lord, but he who has them in his hands, and keeps them by his power, so that none of them shall perish? And to him agrees all that follows: ascending from the east ; from Judea, from Zion, from whence Christ, as the salvation, or Saviour of Israel, came, ( Psalm 14:7); and whose name is the east, as some render ( Zechariah 3:8); he is the dayspring from on high, the sun of righteousness, who rose from the east, the place of the rising sun, and brought light, life, and joy to his people, when he came to seal them. Compare with this ( Ezekiel 43:1,2,4 44:1-4 46:1,2) ( Ezekiel 47:1). Having the seal of the living God ; having the impress of deity upon him, being the brightness of his Father's glory, and the express image or character of his person; having a testimony, an authentic proof and demonstration of his being the Son of God, of his being the true and living God; as also a commission from God, as Mediator, being sealed by him; and having all power and authority from him, to seal and secure the people which were given unto him, and for which purpose he now came: to which may be added, that Christ has the Spirit, with his gifts and graces, without measure, by which the saints are sealed unto the day of redemption; and moreover has likewise the seal of the book of life, or of eternal election, in his hands; the elect are chosen in him, and the book of life, in which their names are written to eternal life, is in his keeping, and is therefore called the Lamb's book of life. The Jews speak of the east gate of one of the palaces they suppose above, which they say is shut all the six days, and on the sabbath day is opened, and the governor of this palace has two ministers, one on his right hand, and one on his left, and two seals in their hands, yyj twj , the seal of life, and the seal of death, and all the books of the world, before them; an, some are sealed to life, and some to death, with which this passage may be compared. They speak also of an angel that presides at the eastern part of the heavens, who receives the prayers of the Israelites, whose name they call Gazardia f218 , as this same angel is said to offer up the prayers of the saints, ( Revelation 8:3). And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels ; to show his power and authority over them, they being his creatures and ministers; and to express his great concern for his people, his care of them, and affection for them; and to signify the danger they were in through the calamities that were coming on, should they not be sealed: to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea : they had a commission from God to let loose the winds, or to bring on wars, devastations, calamities, and plagues, of various sorts, upon the Roman empire, now Christian; and on the seat of the beast, not only on the continent, but upon the islands also, even upon all the nations, tongues, and people subject to the see of Rome.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - In the figurative language of Scripture, the blowing of the four wind together, means a dreadful and general destruction. But the destructio is delayed. Seals were used to mark for each person his ow possessions. This mark is the witness of the Holy Ghost, printed in the hearts of believers. And the Lord would not suffer his people to be afflicted before they were marked, that they might be prepared agains all conflicts. And, observe, of those who are thus sealed by the Spirit, the seal must be on the forehead, plainly to be seen alike be friends and foes, but not by the believer himself, except as he look stedfastly in the glass of God's word. The number of those who wer sealed, may be understood to stand for the remnant of people which God reserved. Though the church of God is but a little flock, in compariso with the wicked world, yet it is a society really large, and to be still more enlarged. Here the universal church is figured under the type of Israel.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 ειδον 1492 5627 αλλον 243 αγγελον 32 {1: αναβαντα 305 5631 } {2: αναβαινοντα 305 5723 } απο 575 ανατολης 395 ηλιου 2246 εχοντα 2192 5723 σφραγιδα 4973 θεου 2316 ζωντος 2198 5723 και 2532 εκραξεν 2896 5656 φωνη 5456 μεγαλη 3173 τοις 3588 τεσσαρσιν 5064 αγγελοις 32 οις 3739 εδοθη 1325 5681 αυτοις 846 αδικησαι 91 5658 την 3588 γην 1093 και 2532 την 3588 θαλασσαν 2281
Vincent's NT Word Studies
2. East (anatolhv hliou). Rev., more literally, the sunrising. See on Matt. ii. 2; Luke i. 78. Compare Ezek. xliii. 2.
The four angels. Compare Matt. xxiv. 31.
