4And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
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But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here we have an account of another vision the apostle was favoured with, between the sounding of the sixth trumpet and that of the seventh. And we observe, I. The person who was principally concerned in communicating this discovery to John—an angel from heaven, another mighty angel , who is so set forth as would induce one to think it could be no other than our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! 1. He…
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