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AN EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE
Sixth Edition, 1915
By Dr. John Thomas (first edition written 1861)
Chapter 11
I. POSITION OF THE ONE BODY IN THE PRESENT STATE
Zechariah does not aid us here. He was briefly informed, that the two olive branches emptying the golden oil through the two golden pipes into the bowl, were "the two Sons of Oil standing before the Lord of all the earth." They represented Sons generated by the Golden Oil, or "word of truth" -- the "unction from the Holy One, which teacheth of all things, and is the truth" (1 John ii. 20,27). They stand before the Lord, !Hebrew! al-adon, or before the Ruler of all the earth. True; but who is the ruler here referred to? Is it the Spirit-King, Yahweh Tz’vaoth, Isaiah saw? (vi. 1,5). Is it he exclusively, or is there a truth concealed, indicating some other ruler as well? The answer to this question must be deferred until we come to the exposition of Apoc. xi. 4. We shall proceed now to the consideration of the first verse of this chapter.