Apocalipsis 6:14

14 El cielo fue enrollado como un pergamino, y todas las montañas y las islas fueron movidas de su lugar.

Apocalipsis 6:14 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 6:14

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together
The manner of writing formerly was on rolls of parchment; hence the word volume is used for a book, which, when rolled up, the writing within could not be seen, not a syllable nor letter of it. In like manner the Roman empire, as Pagan, which was like a large sheet, or rather like the expanse or firmament of the heaven, stretched out over all the earth, was now, as to the Paganism of it, rolled up together, so that there were no more Heathen gods, nor Heathen priests; no more idolatry, and idolatrous worship of that kind were to be seen, and not so much as the names of Heathen gods to be heard of in the empire.

And every mountain and island were moved out of their places;
by "every mountain" may be meant the places of idolatrous worship, which were usually upon mountains; see ( Jeremiah 3:6 Jeremiah 3:23 ) ; which were now shut up, or demolished, or used for Christian worship; and "every island" being moved also may show, that Paganism was not only rooted out of the provinces of the empire upon the continent, but out of the islands also; and the ecclesiastical history of these times informs us, that there were Christian churches in the isles, which enjoyed the Gospel free of persecution and distress; as in the isles of Cyprus, Crete, the Cyclades, Sardinia, Siciiy, Corsica, and in ours of England, Scotland, and Ireland ^F15. Mr. Daubuz thinks, that as "mountains" design the temples of idols, "islands" signify the revenues of them, which were now taken away, and applied to other uses.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Centuriator. Magdeburg. Cent. 4. c. 2. p. 5, 8.

Apocalipsis 6:14 In-Context

12 Mientras yo miraba, el Cordero rompió el sexto sello, y hubo un gran terremoto. El sol se volvió tan oscuro como tela negra, y la luna se volvió tan roja como la sangre.

13 Entonces las estrellas del cielo cayeron sobre la tierra como los higos verdes que caen de un árbol cuando es sacudido por el fuerte viento.

14 El cielo fue enrollado como un pergamino, y todas las montañas y las islas fueron movidas de su lugar.

15 Entonces todo el mundo —los reyes de la tierra, los gobernantes, los generales, los ricos, los poderosos, todo esclavo y hombre libre— se escondió en las cuevas y entre las rocas de las montañas.

16 Y gritaban a las montañas y a las rocas: «Caigan sobre nosotros y escóndannos del rostro de aquel que se sienta en el trono, y de la ira del Cordero;