The meaning is, that these were echoing and re-echoing sounds, as it were a multitude of voices that seemed to speak on every side.Īnd there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne - Seven burning lamps that constantly shone there, illuminating the whole scene. The word "voices" here connected with "thunders" perhaps means "voices even thunders" - referring to the sound made by the thunder. Of smoke, and lightning flame, and sparkles dire." "And from about him fierce effusion rolled. We are at once reminded by this representation of the sublime scene that occurred at Sinai Exodus 19:16, where "there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud." Compare Ezekiel 1:13, Ezekiel 1:24.
(Comp, also Ezekiel 1:4.)īarnes' Notes on the BibleAnd out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices - Expressive of the majesty and glory of Him that sat upon it. The rainbow, the token of the covenant with Noah the flaming torches, tokens of the covenant with Abraham and the thunderings and lightnings, the tokens of the covenant at Sinai, are ever with Him. If this be correct, the vision of this chapter reminds us that God is ever mindful of His covenant. 1Corinthians 3:13, and Hebrews 12:29.) May there not be allusion to the covenant with Abraham, which was ratified by fire? Lamps, or torches, of fire (lampades puros, LXX., same as in this passage) went between the divided pieces of the heifer and the she-goat. It is an unquenchable fire against all evils, whether in men’s hearts or in men’s lives, or in the world. The flaming presence purges the spirit from sin.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a baptism of fire ( Matthew 3:11-12). The Spirit of God in His manifold powers is thus described under emblems of fire. They are the constant tokens of that power of GodĪnd there were seven lamps (or, torches) of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.-See Revelation 3:1. “Clouds and darkness are round about Him righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His throne” ( Psalm 97:2). There the clouds and lightnings were not so much tokens of coming judgment as the symbols of that righteous power which can show itself in judgment. The scene at Sinai ( Exodus 19:16) was no doubt in the prophet’s mind.
Perhaps it is better to view them as the tokens of God’s power of judgment than as hints of immediately approaching judgments. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And out of the throne proceeded (rather, proceed there is a change in the tense used) lightnings and thunderings and voices.-These are viewed by some as the indications of approaching judgments.
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