Scripture reading Revelation 19.10

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(Revelation 19.10)
And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am your fellow slave, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
 
Wesley - are you inquiring about this passage and the one from 1 Corinthians?
 
Here is what I wrote in my commentary on Revelation
The most important thing that we need to recognize here is that John was not giving divine worship to this angel, but a lower kind that shows honor to those who are very holy, because John would not make that mistake and give divine worship to an angel, much less do it twice as we see he did in Rev. 22:8. The angel saw St. John as one of the foundations of the Church, the disciple whom Jesus loved (John 13:23), and one of the sons of thunder (Mark 3:17). And the angel probably felt a little awkward getting honored like that from such a bulwark of the Church, so he told John not to.
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The link is here litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Chapter+19
 
Wesley7 said:
No, I picked the verse out of my Bible.
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Ok…

I thought that was understood. The “Revelation 19:10” was a pretty easy clue.

I think NHInsider was asking you, “what’s your question” and does it relate to 1st Corinthians (also in your Bible).
 
Since the question has still been left unsaid, let’s take a look at some commentary on this quote…
Wesley7 said:
(Revelation 19.10)
And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am your fellow slave, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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Scott Hahn speaks of this passage (from AgapeBibleStudy.Com):
The Greek word used for ‘worship’ in this passage is proskyneo*,* which literally translates “to prostrate oneself”*. * It is only one of several Greek words that are translated as ‘worship’ in the New Testament. He suggests a better translation might be “do homage” since to prostrate oneself was the common sign of respect one gave to someone in authority. Dr. Hahn’s point is that the angel is telling John that he is not in authority over John any longer, their relationship to one another has changed.
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With Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross opening the “gates of heaven” to believers through the forgiveness of their sins, for the first time human beings “in spirit” have access to God just as the angels have access to God. We are now “fellow-servants” and “fellow witnesses” to Christ along with the heavenly beings. *
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“the*** witness of Jesus**” is the word of God to which Jesus testifies and which is implanted in every “re-born from above” (baptized) Christian believer and which inspires the prophets down through Salvation History. (See Rev. 1:2; 6:9; 12:17).
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Wesley7 said:
(Revelation 19.10)
And I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, Behold! Stop! I am your fellow slave, and of your brothers, having the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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fellow slave - it seems humans created in the image and likeness of God and once more restored to that image and likeness are greater than angels.It was in not submitting to this that caused the fall of Lucifer - twinc
 
juliamajor said:
Yeah- it’s from YOUR special bible
.What do you wish? I mean do you want to make another statement or does the whole thing end here?
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Basically, I want to catch up on Bible study.

For example, see next post.
 
After reading the first verse I picked about prophecy ~ I looked up this passage.

(2 Peter 1.20) knowing this first, that every prophecy of Scripture did not come into being of its own interpretation; (21) for prophecy was not at any time borne by the will of man, but having been borne along by the Holy Spirit, holy men of God spoke.

. . .Can you see the connection when it concerns prophecy?
 
Wesley7 said:
After reading the first verse I picked about prophecy ~ I looked up this passage.

(2 Peter 1.20) knowing this first, that every prophecy of Scripture did not come into being of its own interpretation; (21) for prophecy was not at any time borne by the will of man, but having been borne along by the Holy Spirit, holy men of God spoke.

. . .Can you see the connection when it concerns prophecy?
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Doesn’t it simply mean that the ability to witness to Jesus (through our actions and our worship…) comes through receiving the Holy Spirit.

We can walk the walk and talk the talk, but its not til we receive the Holy Spirit that we are truly witnessing to Christ. Without the Holy Spirit, our actions are simply false testimony.
 
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