6. liveth for ever and ever--Greek, "liveth unto the ages
of the ages" (compare
Da 12:7).
created heaven . . . earth . . . sea,
&c.--This detailed designation of God as the Creator, is appropriate to
the subject of the angel's oath, namely, the consummating of the
mystery of God
(Re 10:7),
which can surely be brought to pass by the same Almighty power that
created all things, and by none else.
that there should be time no longer--Greek, "that time
(that is, an interval of time) no longer shall be." The martyrs shall
have no longer a time to wait for the accomplishment of their prayers
for the purgation of the earth by the judgments which shall remove
their and God's foes from it
(Re 6:11).
The appointed season or time of delay is at an end (the
same Greek is here as in
Re 6:11,
chronus). Not as English Version implies, Time shall end
and eternity begin.
JFB.
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