Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
7. give glory to him ] See on Rev 11:13.
the sea, and the fountains of waters ] Distinguished as (so to speak) different elements, as in Rev 8:8; Rev 8:10, Rev 16:3-4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Saying with a loud voice – As if all the nations were summoned to hear.
Fear God – That is, reverence, honor, obey God. Render homage not to the beast, to his image, or to any idol, but to the only true God. This is the substance of the gospel – its end and design – to turn people from all forms of idol worship and superstition, to the worship of the only true God.
And give glory to him – To give glory to him is to acknowledge him as the only true God; to set up his pure worship in the heart; and to praise him as the great Ruler of heaven and earth.
For the hour of his judgment is come – His judgment on the beast and on those who worship him. The imagery here is substantially the same as in Dan 7:9-10, Dan 7:14, Dan 7:26-27; and there can be no doubt that there is reference to the same subject. See the notes on those verses. The main idea is, that when God shall be about to cause his gospel to spread through the world, there will be, as it were, a solemn judgment on that anti-Christian power which had so long resisted his truth and persecuted his saints, and that on the fall of that power his own kingdom will be set up on the earth; that is, in the language of Daniel, the kingdom, and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High.
And worship him that made heaven, and earth, … – The true God, the Creator of all things. As already remarked, this is the ultimate design of the gospel, and, when this is accomplished, the great end for which it was revealed will be reached.
The design of this portion of the chapter Rev 14:6-7, also, was to comfort those to whom the book was addressed, and in the same way to comfort the church in all the persecution and opposition which the truth would encounter. The ground of consolation then was, that a time was predicted when the everlasting gospel would be made to fly speedily through the earth, and when it would be announced that a final judgment had come upon the anti-Christian power which had prevented its being before diffused over the face of the world. The same ground of encouragement and consolation exists now, and the more so as we see the day approaching; and in all times of despondency we should allow our hearts to be cheered as we see that great anti-Christian power waning, and as we see evidence that the way is thus preparing for the rapid and universal diffusion of the pure gospel of Christ.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. Fear God, and give glory to him] This is the general language of the sacred writings. Worship the true God, the creator and governor of all things; and give him glory, for to him alone, not to idols or men, all glory and honour belong.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These angels, or ministers of God, whether civil or ecclesiastical witnesses, cried aloud against the papal idolatry, in worshipping saints and images, admonishing all men to give Divine adoration only to the true and living God, who was the Creator of all things. The worshipping of images began soon after antichrist began to reign: we find it decreed in a synod held at London about the year 710, but it was abolished by a synod at Constantinople, 712. In 723, it was again established by a synod at Mentz. By a synod in Syria it was defended, Anno 725, and the emperor Leo Isaurus was excommunicated for opposing it; but in 730, a synod at Constantinople decreed for Leo against it. Another synod, held there Anno 755, under the emperor Constantinus Copronymus, decreed against it; but two other synods held in Bavaria, 765, 766, again decreed for it. In the year 786 the second synod of Nice established it; since which time it hath constantly obtained amongst the papists. But as from the first broaching of this idolatry it was opposed by five emperors of Constantinople, so it hath all along been declaimed against by the faithful ministers of Christ, preaching the everlasting gospel, and calling upon men to perform Divine adoration only to
him who made heaven and earth.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
7. Fear Godthe forerunner toembracing the love of God manifested in the Gospel.Repentance accompanies faith.
give glory to himandnot to the beast (compare Rev 13:4;Jer 13:16).
the hour of his judgment“Thehour” implies the definite time. “Judgment,”not the general judgment, but that up on Babylon, the beast, and hisworshippers (Re 14:8-12).
worship him that madeheavennot Antichrist (compare Ac14:15).
sea . . .fountainsdistinguished also in Rev 8:8;Rev 8:10.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Saying with a loud voice,…. These ministers shall lift up their voice like a trumpet, and cry aloud, and deliver out the Gospel fully and faithfully, with great authority and power, and with much vehemence, zeal, and fervency:
fear God; or “the Lord”, as some copies, the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions, read: not the antichristian beast and his followers, as men formerly had done; but God the Lord, and him not with a servile fear, or a fear of punishment, of wrath, hell, and damnation; nor with a distrust of his grace, love, power, and providence, much less with an hypocritical fear; but with a godly fear, which has the goodness of God for its object, and springs from a sense of the love of God, and is a reverential affection for him, and is attended with faith and spiritual joy, and includes all worship of him, both internal and external; hence the Syriac version renders it, “serve God”: and this shows that the duties of religion are to be inculcated by Gospel ministers; and that they will be urged by them when the everlasting Gospel is preached in its greatest purity:
and give glory to him; and not to graven images, which he will not allow; and glory is to be given to him, on account of the perfections of his nature, and, the works of his hands; and is given when men ascribe greatness to him, praise his works of creation, and acquiesce in those of Providence, acknowledging the power, goodness, and wisdom of God in all; and when they give thanks for all his mercies, temporal and spiritual, and especially for Jesus Christ; and when they exercise faith on him as their God in Christ, and ascribe their salvation to him and to the Lamb, and not to the works of their hands; and when they attend his worship, and the duties of religion, and so glorify him with their bodies and spirits, which are his:
for the hour of his judgement is come; not of the great and last judgment, but of the government of the Lord Christ, committed to him by God the Father; in which sense the word is used in Joh 5:22 for now will the time be come, when the kingdoms of this world will be his; and he will take to himself his great power, and reign, in a spiritual manner, in the world; and now also will be his time of judging the dead, or of avenging his people, whose blood has been shed for him, and of his judging the great whore, or of inflicting his judgments upon antichrist and his followers; all which will be under the sounding of the seventh trumpet, to which this vision is contemporary; see Re 11:15
and worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters; God, the Creator of all things; and not the beasts, nor idols, the works of men’s hands.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
And he saith (). See above.
Fear God ( ). First aorist passive (deponent) imperative of , here transitive with the accusative as in Lu 12:5. It is a call to judgment with no hope offered except by implication (Ac 14:15ff.).
Give him glory ( ). Second aorist active indicative of . For the phrase see 11:13.
The hour is come ( ). Second aorist (prophetic use) active indicative of . Common idiom in John’s Gospel (Rev 2:4; Rev 4:21; Rev 4:23; Rev 5:25; Rev 5:28; Rev 7:30, etc.).
Worship (). First aorist active imperative of with the dative case. Solemn call to the pagan world to worship God as Creator (Rev 4:11; Rev 10:6), as in Ps 96:6; Acts 14:15. For “the fountains of waters” see 8:10.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) Saying with a loud voice, (legon en phone megale) “Saying (making clear) in a loud (megaphone-like) voice,” that all might hear.
2) “Fear God and give glory to him,” (phobethete ton theon kai dote auto doksan) “Fear ye (all) God, and give out glory to him.” He is creator, redeemer, and judge; this is much as Ecclesiates concludes after advising what is best for man “under the sun,” Ecc 12:13-14; 1Co 15:58.
3) “For the hour of his Judgment is come” (hoti elthe he hora tes kriseos autou) “Because the hour of his Judgment came (arrived),” has been reached, apparently bringing to a conclusion the tribulation the great, Rev 6:14-17; 2Th 1:6-10.
4) “And worship him that made the heaven,” (kai proskunesate to poiesanti ton ouranon) “and you all worship him who made, formed or fashioned the heaven; He can be worshipped only “in spirit and in truth,” Joh 4:24. All others, those who have not Christ, his Spirit, and the truth can not worship him and are quarantined from his presence; Rom 8:9; Rev 21:27.
a) “And the earth-,” (kai ten gen) “and the earth, the land;- men are called to worship him as creator of heaven, earth, the sea, and fountains of water, even as the 24 elders and four living creatures had formerly done. Rev 4:9-11; Rev 5:13-14.
b) “And the sea,” (kai thalassan) “and (the) sea, that which (in division by continents) is also called seas, Gen 1:10; Gen 1:22; Dan 11:45; Act 27:41.
c) “And the fountains of waters,” (kai pegas hudaton) and (the) fountains of waters,” the flowing streams beneath the earth and oceans’ surfaces, referred to as “the fountains of the deep,” Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2; Rev 8:10; Rev 16:4. The creatures of earth, sea, and fountains (streams) of waters are all here called to worship the creator, Rev 5:12-14.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(7) Saying . . .These words declare what ought to be the effect of the gospel. Those to whom it is preached are sitting inactive on the earth. They must be roused to fear God and give Him glory. They must not fear the powers of evil, the wild beasts, &c., or be afraid of their terror (1Pe. 3:14-15). They must realise that there is an hour of judgment at hand, which will discriminate between the worshippers of the world and of God. Let them learn to worship the Creator of all, and to turn from the worship of lesser and lower.
If we ask when this gospel angel appeared, our answer must be that the whole cycle of the gospel preaching is included in the vision, though doubtless there have been ages when the light of the glad tidings of God has gone forth with revived lustre, and when the warnings against easy acquiescence in evil have been given with unmistakable distinctness.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. Fear God glory to him And not to saints, angels, Mary, the wafer, or to images. The absolute universality is again shadowed by the cosmical four heaven earth sea fountains. The clear proclamation of this gospel is destruction to Babylon. And this its aim is rendered more specific by the announcement of the next angel.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Ver. 7. Fear God ] Let one fear drive out another (as one fire doth another); the fear of God, the fear of your fellow-creatures, who draw you to idolatry. For this it is that the second commandment is the first with punishment.
Give glory to him ] By confessing your sins and amending your ways. See Jos 7:19 ; Jer 13:16 .
For the hour of his judgment is come ] The judgment that he will exercise upon idolaters and their mawmets, as once in Egypt. See Joh 12:31 ; Act 17:30-31 Act 14:15 .
And the fountains of waters ] Quantum miraculi sit in admiranda illa fluminum perennitate, nemo, credo, philosophorum satis explicare haetenus potuit, saith Bucholcer.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Rev 14:7 . . . . Since he who has created has the right to judge his creatures, as well as to receive their worship ( cf. Rev 4:11 f., etc.). = the fixed (cf. Rev 14:15 ), the fit, moment for action. Contrast with this summons Lucan’s fulsome appeal to Nero (1:57 f.): “librati pondera cli Orbe tene medio,” etc. The second angel of the trio announces the faults and fall of (Rev 14:8 ) Rome as a second Babylon. The prophet quotes from the postexilic oracle appended to Jeremiah (Jer 51:7-8 ). has probably the double sense carried by the English term “passion”. As history proves, the Cssar cult fairly intoxicated people, especially in the East. In Asia Minor it became a perfect passion with many communities. They will find it a different kind of passion, the prophet grimly writes, drawing on a powerful O.T. figure; the passion of God’s hot indignation will be forced down their throats, like a bitter draught (Rev 14:10 ). , however, besides translating a Hebrew equivalent for “fury” (Isa 51:17 f.), is occasionally a LXX rendering for the analogous idea of “venom” or “poison” ( or , cf. Job 20:16 ), and this would yield a good sense here.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
loud = great.
glory. See p. 1511.
the hour, &c. Compare Isa 61:2 and the point where our Lord stopped in His reading (Luk 4:19).
judgment. App-177. Here; Rev 16:7; Rev 18:10; Rev 19:2.
worship. App-137.
the. Omit.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Rev 14:7. , of judgment) D. Lange, Epicr. p. 402, refers this preaching to the last times: but this however ought not to be fixed too late. The passage from Mat 24:14, which he compares, has been considered above, on ch. Rev 6:2.-, fountains) The article is not added: for fountains are now in some measure contained under the sea; although these, in themselves, also are something great in the universe. See Beemanns Hist. Geogr. eap. iii. part 4.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
with: Isa 40:3, Isa 40:6, Isa 40:9, Isa 44:23, Isa 52:7, Isa 52:8, Isa 58:1, Hos 8:1
Fear: Rev 11:18, Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5, Gen 22:12, Psa 36:1, Psa 89:7, Ecc 12:13, Ecc 12:14
give: Rev 4:9, Rev 16:9, Jos 7:19, 1Sa 6:5, Isa 42:12, Mal 2:2, Luk 17:18
hour: Rev 11:18, Rev 15:4, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:17, Rev 18:19, Eze 7:2, Eze 7:6, Dan 8:19, Mat 25:13, Joh 5:25-29, 1Pe 4:7
worship: Rev 4:11, Exo 20:11, Neh 9:6, Psa 33:6, Psa 95:5, Psa 124:8, Psa 146:5, Psa 146:6, Pro 8:22-31, Jer 10:10, Act 14:15, Act 17:23-25
Reciprocal: Gen 1:1 – God 1Ch 16:26 – the Lord Psa 33:8 – the earth Psa 34:3 – let us Psa 76:7 – even thou Psa 96:3 – General Psa 96:7 – glory Eze 9:1 – cried Dan 12:4 – many Zec 8:23 – out Luk 12:5 – Fear Rom 1:21 – they glorified Gal 1:5 – whom Phi 4:20 – unto Rev 10:5 – lifted Rev 11:13 – gave Rev 16:4 – and they Rev 19:10 – worship Rev 22:9 – worship God
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rev 14:7. The angel is announcing the glorious work of giving the word of God back to the people, and bidding them rejoice over it and give Him glory for it. Hour of his judgment means the time is come when the great apostate institution is to be judged by having her power broken through the work of the reformers. Worship him that made heaven and earth, instead of the superstitious objects held before them by Rome.
Comments by Foy E. Wallace
Verse 7.
2. Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come–Rev 14:7.
The loud proclamation of this angel was a strong expression of the truth that the gospel has a message of fear and condemnation as well as of joy and salvation.
The message of the evangelistic angel is concluded with the exhortation to worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. These words declare that God is over every realm of the activities of the two beasts–the emperor and his satellite rulers–and that all should acknowledge and worship him.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Rev 14:7. The angel now utters his cry, Fear God, and give glory to him, because the hour of his judgment is come. The fear and the giving glory spoken of are those of unbelief and hardness of heart (comp. chap. Rev 11:13). On the word hour comp. Dan 4:33. There is no great era of Christian missions here.
And worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters. For the worshipping of God spoken of comp. on chap. Rev 15:4.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
14:7 {6} Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
(6) That is, Babylon is destroyed by the sentence and judgment of God: the execution of which John describes in chapter 18. This voice of the ministers of Christ has continued since the time that Babylon (which is Rome) has by deliberate counsel and malice questioned the light of the gospel offered from God.
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The angel spoke loudly, revealing his urgency and concern. The loudness of his voice implies that everyone will hear his message. He called earth-dwellers to fear God (cf. Ecc 12:13; Luk 12:5), to acknowledge their accountability to Him (cf. Rom 1:32). To give God glory means to repent having acknowledged His attributes (cf. Deu 6:13; Deu 10:20; Mat 4:10; Act 14:15-17). [Note: Swete, p. 182; Lenski, p. 430.] The positive response to this invitation appears in Rev 15:4 and the negative response in Rev 16:9; Rev 16:11; Rev 16:21. The reason for fearing God is that the hour of His judgment has come. This is the very last chance that these unbelievers will have to change their allegiance from Satan to God before the final judgments of the Great Tribulation begin.
The angel referred to natural revelation in making this appeal. Some commentators believed the eternal gospel is the witness of natural revelation that has gone out since Creation. [Note: E.g., Wiersbe, 2:607.] God is worthy of worship because He is the Creator, and He has the right to judge what He has created (cf. Neh 9:6; Psa 33:6-9; Psa 146:6). The four categories of creation encompass all of it. The first four bowl judgments will affect each of these four aspects of creation (Rev 16:2-9).