“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”
Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures call out, as with a voice of thunder, 'Come!' — as the Lamb unseals God's purpose, each seal releases an apocalyptic judgment. The living creature's thunderous summons (deuro, come) invokes the next judgment; the first creature corresponds to the first seal, establishing the living creatures' role in enacting eschatological events.
Church Fathers on Revelation 6:1
“And when the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, I saw, and heard one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And, lo, a white horse, and He who sat upon him had a bow.” The first seal being opened, he says that he saw a white horse, and a crowned horseman having a bow. For this was at first done by Himself. For after the Lord ascended into heaven and opened all things, He sent the Holy Spirit, whose words the preachers sent forth as arrows reaching to the…
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