“And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,”
I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea — the fifth angel (likely Christ or a principal agent) bears God's seal (sphragis) and summons the four to hold back damage until the sealing is complete. The seal of the living God (theou zōntos) emphasizes God's authority to mark and protect.
Church Fathers on Revelation 7:2
“And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God.” He speaks of Elias the prophet, who is the precursor of the times of Antichrist, for the restoration and establishment of the churches from the great and intolerable persecution. We read that these things are predicted in the opening of the Old and New Testament; for He says by Malachi: “Lo, I will send to you Elias the Tishbite, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, according…
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