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Verse [Revelation 15:1](../../../kjv/revelation/15/1). ***Seven angels having the seven last plagues*** — Under the emblems of *harvest* and *vintage* God's judgments on the enemies of his Church have already been pointed out: but these are farther signified by the *seven vials*, which are called the seven last plagues of God. The seven last plagues appear to fall under the seventh and last *trumpet*. As the *seventh seal* contained the *seven* *trumpets*, so the seventh trumpet contains the *seven vials*. And as seven angels sounded the seven trumpets, so seven angels are appointed to pour out the seven vials, angels being always the ministers of Providence. This chapter contains the opening vision which is preparatory to the pouring out of the vials.
The Targum of Jonathan on [Isaiah 51:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/17), *Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the* *hand of the Lord the cup of his fury*, uses the same words employed by the evangelist here: "Jerusalem, thou hast received from the face of the Lord the cup of his wrath; ית פילי כסא דלוטא *yath* *pailey casa dilvata*, "the PHIALS of the cup of malediction " find again on [Isaiah 51:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/22): *I will take out of thy hand the cup of malediction*; ית פילי כסא דחמתי yath PAILEY casa dechemti, "the PHIALS of the cup of my indignation."

Verse [Revelation 15:2](../../../kjv/revelation/15/2). ***A sea of glass*** — A spacious lucid plain around the throne, from which fiery coruscations were continually emitted: or, the reflection of the light upon this lucid plain produced the prismatic colours of the most vivid *rainbow*.
***Over the beast, and over his image*** — See the notes on [Revelation 13:1-18](../../../kjv/revelation/13/1-18).

Verse [Revelation 15:3](../../../kjv/revelation/15/3). ***They sing the song of Moses*** — That which Moses sang, [Exodus 15:1](../../../kjv/exodus/15/1), when he and the Israelites, by the miraculous power of God, had got safely through the Red Sea, and saw their enemies all destroyed.
***And the song of the Lamb*** — The same song adapted to the state of the suffering, but now delivered Christians.
***Great and marvellous*** are *thy works*] God's works are descriptive of his *infinite power* and *wisdom*.
***Lord God Almighty*** — Nearly the same as *Jehovah, God of hosts*.
***Just and true*****are*****thy ways*** — Every step God takes in grace or providence is according to *justice*, and he carefully accomplishes all his *threatenings* and all his *promises*; to this he is bound by his truth.

Verse [Revelation 15:4](../../../kjv/revelation/15/4). ***Who shall not fear thee*** — That is, *All should fear* and worship this true God, because he is just and true and holy; and his *saints* should love and obey him, because he is their *King*; and they and all men *should* acknowledge his judgments, because they are *made manifest*.

Verse [Revelation 15:5](../../../kjv/revelation/15/5). ***The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony*** — The *temple* which succeeded the *tabernacle*, in which was the *testimony*, viz., the two tables, Aaron's rod, pot of manna, holy anointing oil, &c. All bearing *testimony* to the *truth* of God and his miraculous interposition in their behalf.

Verse [Revelation 15:6](../../../kjv/revelation/15/6). ***The seven angels came out of the temple*** — To show that they were sent from God himself.
***Clothed in pure and white linen*** — Habited as *priests*. For these habits see [Exodus 28:6](../../../kjv/exodus/28/6); [Exodus 28:8](../../../kjv/exodus/28/8); and [Revelation 1:13](../../../kjv/revelation/1/13).

Verse [Revelation 15:8](../../../kjv/revelation/15/8). ***The temple was filled with smoke*** — So was the tabernacle when consecrated by Moses, [Exodus 40:34-35](../../../kjv/exodus/40/34-35), and the temple when consecrated by Solomon, [1 Kings 8:10-11](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/10-11); [2 Chronicles 5:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/5/14). See [Isaiah 6:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/4). This account seems at least partly copied from those above.
When the high priest entered into the holy of holies, and the ordinary priest into the holy place, they always carried with them a great deal of *smoking incense*, which filled those places with smoke and darkness, which prevented them from considering too attentively the parts and ornaments of those holy places, and thus served to produce an air of majesty in the temple, which none dared to approach without the deepest reverence. To this *Calmet* thinks the allusion may be here.

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