1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:



Ver. 1. Come down from heaven] Not from the bottomless pit, as Antichrist, that opposite to Christ’s unction and function. Christ cometh down from heaven, 1. By the assumption of our nature. 2. By the preaching of his word. 3. By punishing his enemies. 4. By relieving and delivering his people; and in this last sense chiefly it is here to be understood.



Clothed with a cloud] Not yet so clearly to be seen and enjoyed by his as when he shall come in the clouds.



A rainbow upon his head] The effect of the sun shining against a cloud, and is Nuncius foederis et serenitatis, the angel of God’s covenant, and of fair weather.



His feet as pillars of fire] His meanest members stand out the hottest persecutions. Or, he will burn up his enemies as chaff and stubble.