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SUBJECT: Revelation 14:6
QUESTIONS: When does this take place? Where does the
angel fly? Which heaven is the verse talking about?
ANSWER:
Verses in question:
Revelation 14:1-6
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and
with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his
Father's name written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the
voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and
before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could
learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand,
which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they
are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are
without fault before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having
the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people,
Timing: The
timing is evident from verse 1. Christ has just returned
from heaven to rule all nations. The 144,000 who were
called at the time of the Heavenly Signs are standing with
Him as spirit beings.
Which heaven:
Clearly, since the angel is preaching the gospel to all that
dwell on the earth; the physical beings left alive after the
Great Tribulation, this angel is flying in the first heaven
or the atmosphere that surrounds the earth. Notice a
commentary…
Revelation 14:6
[Fly in the midst of heaven]
In the air; so as to appear to be moving along the face of
the sky. The scene cannot be in heaven, as the gospel is not
to be preached there; but the word must denote "heaven" as
it appears to us-the sky. Prof. Stuart renders it correctly
"mid-air." He is represented as flying, to denote the
rapidity with which the gospel would spread through the
world in that future period referred to.
~from Barnes' Notes
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