启十1 我又看见另一位大力的天使，从天降下，披着云彩，头上有虹，脸面像日头，两脚像火柱。

　　　四3 那位坐着的，显出来的样子好像碧玉和红宝石，又有虹围着宝座，显出来的样子好像绿宝石。

　　从〔启示录十章一至十一节〕，我们可以清楚看见基督要来据有全地。在这章里，基督是“另一位大力的天使”，如在七章二节，八章三节，十八章一节者。……这异象暗示，在第七号之前，基督仍是在来地上的途中。

　　十章一节又说，基督“披着云彩”。此时祂不是驾着云，如在十四章十四节，马太二十四章三十节，二十六章六十四节者。驾着云是公开地来，披着云彩是隐密地来。这指明即使到了第六号之后，就是大灾难的中期，基督还是隐密地来临；直到……地上的众支派都要看见祂〔启一7〕。……甚至在第六碗，众军聚拢在哈米吉顿的时候，基督仍发出警告说，祂来要像贼一样（十六15）。……借此我们看见，一般所说基督要在大灾难之前来临，是不正确的（启示录生命读经，三六○至三六一页）。

　　Rev. 10:1 And I saw another strong Angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon His head, and His face was like the sun, and His feet like pillars of fire.

　　4:3 And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance.

　　In Revelation 10:1-11 we have a clear vision of Christ coming to take possession of the earth. In this chapter Christ is “another strong Angel,” like the One in 7:2; 8:3; and 18:1. This vision is a hint that, before the seventh trumpet, Christ is still on His way to earth.

　　Revelation 10:1 also says that Christ is “clothed with a cloud.” He is not yet on the cloud, as in 14:14 and in Matthew 24:30; 26:64. To be on the cloud is to come openly, whereas to be clothed with a cloud is to come secretly. This indicates that even after the sixth trumpet, which will be in the midst of the great tribulation, Christ will still be coming secretly, not openly, until He will be seen by all the tribes of the earth [Rev. 1:7]…Even at the time of the sixth bowl, during the gathering at Armageddon, Christ will give the warning that He is coming as a thief (16:15)…By this we see that the general teaching that Christ will come before the great tribulation is inaccurate. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 296)

　　在〔启示录十章〕这个异象里，基督的“头上有虹”。这里的虹指明基督在审判地并来据有地时，信守神与挪亚关于地所立的约（创九8~17）。……虹是神与人并活物立约的记号，说明祂不会再用洪水灭绝他们（8~17）。在〔启示录〕中，神

　　要审判地和其上一切的居民。彩虹围着祂的宝座〔四3〕，表征神是立约的神，是信实的神，在祂审判地时，要遵守祂所立的约，不再用洪水审判人，也不再将全人类灭绝，乃要保留一些人，成为新地上的列国荣耀祂（二一24、26）。这彩虹指明神在祂对人类的行政管治上是信实的。在〔四〕章里，神要对人类施行审判，但在执行审判时，祂仍记念与挪亚所立的约。祂是审判的神，也是守约的神。

　　这虹“显出来的样子好像绿宝石”。绿宝石是草绿色的，表征地上的生命。这指明神在地上施行审判时，仍要记念祂的约，并保留一些生命在地上，如创世记九章十一节所指明的。绿宝石是一种坚硬的宝石；那提醒神遵守祂约的，是坚定不移的。这个坚定的提醒，围绕着宝座。

　　启示录四章五节告诉我们：“有闪电、声音、雷轰，从宝座中发出。”这一切都表征神审判中的忿怒。在书信中，从施恩的宝座出来神的怜悯和恩典，给一切借着基督赎罪的血亲近神的人。但在这里，从审判的宝座有闪电、声音、雷轰发出来，作为向罪恶世界的警告。在启示录里，神执行了一切审判之后，神的宝座就成为永远生命供应的宝座，从那里流出来一道生命水的河，有生命树长在其中。所有今天来到神施恩的宝座，有分于神的怜悯和恩典的信徒，将会享受从神宝座出来的生命河与生命树，作他们生命的供应，直到永远；但那些要受神审判的宝座所审判的不信者，就与神那永远宝座所发出来的永远享受，无分无关（启示录生命读经，三六一、二五六至二五八页）。

　　参读：启示录生命读经，第十七篇。

　　In this vision Christ has a rainbow upon His head. Here the rainbow indicates that Christ in His judgment upon the earth and in His coming to take possession of it will keep the covenant that God made with Noah concerning the earth (Gen. 9:8-17). The rainbow is a sign of God’s covenant with man and all living creatures that He will not destroy them again with a flood (vv. 8-17). The book of Revelation shows that God will judge the earth with all its inhabitants. The rainbow around His throne [4:3] signifies that God is the covenanting God, the faithful God, who will keep His covenant while executing His judgment upon the earth. He will not judge mankind again with a flood nor destroy all mankind, but will keep a part of mankind to be the nations of the new earth for His glory (21:24, 26). This rainbow indicates that God is faithful in His administration toward mankind. In chapter 4 God is about to judge mankind, but in exercising His judgment, He will remember His covenant with Noah. He is the judging God, and He is also the covenant-keeping God.

　　This rainbow around God’s throne is like an emerald in appearance. An emerald is a precious stone whose grass-green color signifies the lives on earth. This indicates that as God is executing His judgment upon the earth, He will remember His covenant and will spare some of the lives on earth, as indicated in Genesis 9:11. An emerald, being a precious stone, is solid. God’s reminder to keep His covenant is solid. There is this solid reminder around the throne.

　　In Revelation 4:5 we are told that “out of the throne come forth lightnings and voices and thunders.” All of these signify God’s wrath in His judgment. In the Epistles, out of the throne of grace come the mercy and grace of God for anyone who approaches Him through the redeeming blood of Christ. But here, out of the throne of judgment come forth lightnings, voices, and thunders as warnings to the sinful world. In the book of Revelation, after all of God’s judgments have been executed, the throne of God will be the throne of eternal life supply, out of which will proceed the river of water of life with the tree of life growing in it. All the believers who are participating in God’s mercy and grace today by approaching God’s throne of grace will enjoy the river of life and the tree of life out of God’s throne as their life supply for eternity, while the unbelievers, who will be judged by God’s throne of judgment, will have no share in the eternal enjoyment issuing out of God’s eternal throne. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 296-297, 208-209)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 17