...hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God ; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And ''the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God...

...saints; and of the acceptableness of their prayers thus perfumed, and their prevalence with God. Ver. 3. And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God...

...part of his intercession, and that he is the angel who is represented as ministering at the altar: "And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand."J In the third place, He answers the charges which are brought against his disciples. Satan is...

...before God; therefore "another angel," which may with propriety be called the angel of preparation. "came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer...saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. The incense ascending up before God, shows that the prayers were accepted; and when the incense was...

...heaven." Still not one word authorizing prayer to them. Last of all, we are referred to Rev. viii. 3, 4. " And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne." This passage is highly figurative. No one, of course, imagines the existence of a material altar, or...

...thy friend and advocate,, trusting to that most glorious description of him in Rev. viii. 3, 4. .' And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...saints ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.' O thou great Angel of the covenant thus present my prayers. They are nothing worth, but as perfumed...

...usage is to be explained what we find in the Revelation, viii. 3, 4 ; for there it is said, " that an angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden...ascended up before God, out of the angel's hand." For the angel here mentioned, is the angel of the covenant, Christ our Lord, who intercedes for us...

...acceptable unto God, the worship of the church here below. So it is expressed, Rev. viii. 3, 4. ' And an angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden...which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up unto God out of the angel's hand.' It is a representation of the high priest burning incense on the...

...the figures of the true ; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.'f ' And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...of the incense which came with the prayers of the taints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.'lf The intercession of Christ was significantly...

...heaven." Still not one word authorizing prayer to them. Last of all, we are referred to Rev. viii. 3, 4. " And another angel came and stood at the altar, having...upon the golden altar which was before the throne." This passage is highly figurative. No one, of course, imagines the existence of a material altar, or...