“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;”
Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains — the five-fold enumeration of earthly powers (baseis, megas, stratēgoi, plousioi, ischyroi) reveals the false security of human hierarchy; all without distinction (panta, everyone) seek shelter in futile self-protection. Their hiding acknowledges the judgment's reality.
Church Fathers on Revelation 6:15
“And the heaven withdrew as a scroll that is rolled up.” For the heaven to be rolled away, that is, that the Church shall be taken away. “And every mountain and the islands were moved from their places.” Mountains and islands removed from their places intimate that in the last persecution all men departed from their places; that is, that the good will be removed, seeking to avoid the persecution.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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