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Rev. 7:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the sealn of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,*

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

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And I.

Rev. 8:3• ³And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give efficacy to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which was before the throne. (Rev. 8:3)

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Rev. 10:1• ¹And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire, (Rev. 10:1)

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Mal. 3:1• ¹Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me; and the Lord whom ye seek will suddenly come to his temple, and the Angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:1)

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Mal. 4:2• ²And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves. (Mal. 4:2)

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Acts 7:30‑32• ³⁰And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
³¹And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,
³²*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider it. (Acts 7:30‑32)

having.

Rev. 7:3‑8• ³saying, Hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we shall have sealed the bondmen of our God upon their foreheads.
⁴And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
⁵out of the tribe of Juda, twelve thousand sealed; out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand;
⁶out of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Nepthalim, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand;
⁷out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand;
⁸out of the tribe of Zabulun, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand; out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand sealed. (Rev. 7:3‑8)

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Rev. 5:2• ²And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals? (Rev. 5:2)

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Rev. 10:4• ⁴And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Seal the things which the seven thunders have spoken, and write them not. (Rev. 10:4)

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Song of Sol. 8:6• ⁶Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. (Song of Sol. 8:6)

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John 6:27• ²⁷Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God. (John 6:27)

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2 Cor. 1:22• ²²who also has sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. (2 Cor. 1:22)

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Eph. 1:13• ¹³in whom *ye* also have trusted, having heard the word of the truth, the glad tidings of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (Eph. 1:13)

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Eph. 4:30• ³⁰And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for the day of redemption. (Eph. 4:30)

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2 Tim. 2:19• ¹⁹Yet the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those that are his; and, Let every one who names the name of the Lord withdraw from iniquity. (2 Tim. 2:19)

living.

Deut. 5:26• ²⁶For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived? (Deut. 5:26)

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1 Sam. 17:26,36• ²⁶And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that smites this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
³⁶Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God. (1 Sam. 17:26,36)

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2 Kings 19:4• ⁴It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left. (2 Kings 19:4)

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Matt. 26:63• ⁶³But Jesus was silent. And the high priest answering said to him, I adjure thee by the living God that thou tell us if *thou* art the Christ the Son of God. (Matt. 26:63)

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1 Thess. 1:9• ⁹for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, (1 Thess. 1:9)

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Heb. 12:22• ²²but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, (Heb. 12:22)

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Rev. 1:3• ³Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is near. (Rev. 1:3)

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Rev. 8:7‑12• ⁷And the first sounded his trumpet: and there was hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
⁸And the second angel sounded his trumpet: and as a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea, and the third part of the sea became blood;
⁹and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea which had life died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
¹⁰And the third angel sounded his trumpet: and there fell out of the heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters.
¹¹And the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood, and many of the men died of the waters because they were made bitter.
¹²And the fourth angel sounded his trumpet: and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so that the third part of them should be darkened, and that the day should not appear for the third part of it, and the night the same. (Rev. 8:7‑12)

• It is not till we reach the trumpet series that our Lord ever assumes the angelic form and title. (“Lectures on Revelation 7” by W. Kelly)

• Seal: That which marks for preservation (Ezek. 9:4; Hag. 2:23; 2 Tim. 2:19). (“Revelation 7 Symbols” by A.H. Burton)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I saw another angel ascending from the sunrising, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it had been given to hurt the earth and the sea,

W. Kelly Translation

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And I saw another angel rising up from the easta, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

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Or, "sun-rising." In the RV we have "sun-rising" for "east."

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)