God reveals Himself to special select people under the Law
and to all believers under Grace.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he
revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
(To deny this is to say that the so-called ‘Great
Commission’ of the end of Matthew does not apply to every believer but only the
Apostles).
To signify is to make something
apparent, to reveal it, or to make it clear or to declare it.
Acts 11:28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Acts 21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day
purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that
an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts 23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he
bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more
perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Acts 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a
prisoner, and not withal to signify
the crimes laid against him.
1Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in
them did signify, when it
testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow.
What is an angel?
An angel is an appearance of someone or some group of
individuals who are somewhere else. It is that person or group’s presence.
Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and
the angel of his presence saved
them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and
carried them all the days of old.
Matthew 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these
little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Acts 12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate,
a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. 14
And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness,
but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and
when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
For all intents and purposes it is that individual.
Judges 2:1 ¶ And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal
to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you
unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break
my covenant with you.
Judges 13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear
to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall
surely die, because we have seen God.
Daniel 9:21 Yea,
whiles I was speaking in
prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision
at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the
evening oblation.
Luke 1:26 And in the
sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee, named Nazareth,
Galatians 4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye
despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ
Jesus.
Revelation 21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the
angel.
Angels are also the spirits of people made perfect and
complete by the Lord Jesus Christ, through faith in Him in a spiritual body
that can never die.
Hebrews 12:23 To the
general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and
to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
At the end of this chapter angels are the appearance of
seven churches.
Verse 2 - John is called to relate all of the things he is
about to be told and to see, which he does. You may not understand it all yet
and perhaps he didn’t understand everything he saw. But, you are told about it
so that when you see it you will know. See Jesus’ talk with his disciples in
John 14:29 and 16:25. A prophecy can be given so that when it comes about you
will understand it, even if you don’t beforehand.
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