"I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (19:10)
The 'angel' addresses himself as a fellow servant and it is a clue: first we shall check what Jesus had spoken, "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." ( John 15:15) Jesus Christ as the Servant King knew it first hand. He is the Son, only begotten in the sense he is the Word become flesh. So there need no other citations required.
The angel is connected to Jesus Christ as much as John is. One is in flesh and blood by circumstances living out his banishment on the isle of Patmos. Yet he is free to be in heavenly places in his master. The angel is part of the cloud of witnesses which we saw in the night vision of Daniel the Seer. "One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, "(Dan.7:13). These clouds appear from time to time and it is always in association with God. "who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind." The Psalmist inspired by God places these in heavenly places. When He accords a vision to Prophet Ezekiel he sends the four living creatures from the midst of it. "And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire./ Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures." (Ez.1:1:4-5; Ps.104:3)
Re.19:10
"I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (19:10)
The 'angel' addresses himself as a fellow servant and it is a clue: first we shall check what Jesus had spoken, "Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." ( John 15:15) Jesus Christ as the Servant King knew it first hand. He is the Son, only begotten in the sense he is the Word become flesh. So there need no other citations required.
The angel is connected to Jesus Christ as much as John is. One is in flesh and blood by circumstances living out his banishment on the isle of Patmos. Yet he is free to be in heavenly places in his master. The angel is part of the cloud of witnesses which we saw in the night vision of Daniel the Seer. "One like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, "(Dan.7:13). These clouds appear from time to time and it is always in association with God. "who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind." The Psalmist inspired by God places these in heavenly places. When He accords a vision to Prophet Ezekiel he sends the four living creatures from the midst of it. "And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire./ Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures." (Ez.1:1:4-5; Ps.104:3)
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