3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
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And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)In these verses we have the prelude to the sounding of the trumpets in several parts. I. The opening of the last seal. This was to introduce a new set of prophetical iconisms and events; there is a continued chain of providence, one part linked to another (where one ends another begins), and, though they may differ in nature and in time, they all make up one wise, well-connected, uniform design in…
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