“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever' — the seventh trumpet's sound triggers the eschatological proclamation (phone megale): the world's kingdom (basileia tou kosmou) becomes God's and Christ's (basileia tou kyriou...tou Christou). The Messiah's eternal reign (eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn) is established; this is the central declaration of Revelation's purpose.
Church Fathers on Revelation 11:15
“And their dead bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt.” But He calls Jerusalem Sodom and Egypt, since it had become the heaping up of the persecuting people. Therefore it behooves us diligently, and with the utmost care, to follow the prophetic announcement, and to understand what the Spirit from the Father both announces and anticipates, and how, when He has gone forward to the last times, He again repeats the former…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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