Christ is no where represented as an angel, in Rev. unless it can be
proved that he is so, in the 8th ch. 3-5 vs. He tells us that the 7 stars
in his right hand are the angels, or messengers; see i: 20. He is called
“one _like_ unto the _son_ of _man_.” Read his description i: 13-18; xiv:
14; the same in Dan. vii: 13; x: 5, 6; xii: 6, 7. He is also called the
Lamb 26 times; see v: 6, 8, 12, 13 vs.; vi: 1, 16; vii: 9, 10, 14, 17;
xii: 11; xiii: 8, 11; xiv: 1-4; xv: 3; xvii: 14; xix: 7, 9; xxi: 9, 14,
22, 23, 27; xxii: 1, 3. This Lamb is the Lord of Lords, and king of kings;
and they that are _with him_ are _called_ and _chosen_, and faithful; see
xvii: 14; xix: 16. He is called the _word_ of God, and “the armies” the
“chosen and faithful” ones follow him; see xix: 13, 14. He is called the
_first_ and the _last_ i: 8, 17; ii: 8; xxii: 13. And the one which _was_,
and _is_, and _is to come_, i: 4, 8; iv: 8; xi: 17. He is the _true and
faithful witness_ i: 5; iii: 14. Also the root of David, the morning star,
xxii: 16; ii: 28; also Mich. xii: 7. And faithful witness i: 5; iii: 14;
xix: 11. Please examine this subject:
TYPE. Now turn to Lev. xxiii: 10, 11; when you reap the harvest (in the
spring,) then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits, and the Priest
shall wave it before the Lord—on the morrow after the Sabbath, (as in 3d
v.). And ye shall count from the day after the Sabbath, (the some 7th day
Sabbath in 3d v.) the day after ye offer the wave sheaf, 7 Sabbaths shall
be complete; that is, counting the next day after the 7 Sabbaths, which
will make 50 days, 16, 17 vs.; then with the sacrifices they are to offer
two wave leaves, the bread made from the harvested grain; see 17-20. Now
turn to Exo. xxxiv: 21, 22: here we see God required the people to keep
the 7th day Sabbath, i. e. to rest in caring time, and harvest, but they
were to observe the first fruits in their place, Deut. xvi: 9, shows
where; begin to count the 50 days from the time thou beginnest to put the
sickle to the corn. Now send the reapers forth the next morning after the
Sabbath, what day is that? why, it is Sunday in the morning; so we see in
the anti-type the morning of the resurrection instead of being a holy day
(and as the world will have it the Sabbath) it was the day for the
laborers to go out into the fields to reap the spring harvest. How could
that be a holy day.