“And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,”
He held a little scroll open in his hand — and set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land — the angel holds an open scroll (biblion mikron), different from the sealed scroll (chapter 5); this scroll's contents are readable. The angel's stance—feet on sea and land—claims dominion over all creation, transcending the boundary between heaven and earth.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:2
“I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: and he had in his hand an open book: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.” He signifies that that mighty angel who, he says, descended from heaven, clothed with a cloud, is our Lord, as we have above narrated. “His face was as it were the sun.” That is, with…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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