And cried with a loud voice
That all might hear, and to show earnestness and affection, and
that it was a matter of great importance, as well as to denote
the certainty of it; what he said is not expressed, but seems to
be the book of prophecy, or what regarded the state of his church
and kingdom, in the several periods of time to the blowing of the
seventh trumpet, when the kingdoms of this world shall become
his: and this voice of his was
as [when] a lion roareth;
loud and terrible; and indeed it was the voice of the lion of the
tribe of Judah, which was heard far and near, throughout the
whole world, by his people, and is terrible to his enemies:
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their
voices;
which some understand of the ministers of the Gospel in the times
of the Reformation, who were "Boanergeses", sons of thunder, and
think that they are the same with the angels in ( Revelation
14:6 ) or rather these may signify the denunciations of God's
judgments, and of his wrath, both upon the eastern and western
antichrist, the Turk and pope, signified by the seven vials,
hereafter to be poured out, mentioned in (
Revelation 16:1-4 Revelation
16:8 Revelation
16:10 Revelation
16:12 Revelation
16:17 ) .