5And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
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And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. …
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: …
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The prophet is forward to receive this vision, and, as if he expected it, he turned and lifted up his eyes and looked . Though this was the seventh vision he had had, yet he did not think he had had enough; for the more we know of God and his will, if we know it aright, the more desirous we shall be to get a further acquaintance with God. Now observe here the sight that the prophet had of four cha…
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