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NASB | Revelation 6:10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 6:10 They cried in a loud voice, saying, "O Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood on those [unregenerate ones] who dwell on the earth?" [Gen 4:10; Ps 79:10; 94:3; Zech 1:12] |
Bible Question:
heavens ring, How would you interpret Matt 17:1-8? Is our God the God of the living or the dead? Do the saints who have gone before worship and pray before the throne of God? See the Revelation references in conjunction with the Hebrew reference. Emmaus |
Bible Answer: First, Matt 17:1-8. Jesus told his disciples in 16:28 "Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." Now this transfiguration, was it Jesus who was transfigured, or the disciples? See Rev 1:12-18. In otherwords did Jesus just allow them to see that which He really was? The souls you mention in Rev 6:10 are those who came through the tribulation, not those who preceded us. See 6:11 and 7:9-14 The elders in 5:8 are definitely saints because they sing "For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood" Rev 5:9 Some speculate that because of Matt 17 the two witnesses of Rev 11 are Moses and Elijah. Others say that they are Enoch and Elijah because these two have not yet ever died. (Gen 5:21-24; 2 Kings 2:11) Now also to your question - I know I've meandered - note also Luke 23:43. Jesus told the thief he would be with Him in paradise TODAY. That would be even before the Ressurrection. God is the God of the Living. |