Matthew Poole and continuators on Revelation 19:17
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Revelation19:17
17 And I saw an Angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice , saying to all the fowls that flie in the midst of heaven , Come, and gather your selves together to the supper of the great God .
The best Conjecture I can find at the sence of these Words, is, That they signify the Preachers of the Gospel bold and clear foretelling the Ruine of Antichrist.
There are divers kinds of Fowls, amongst others some that feed on Flesh. These are those Fowls here mentioned, such as feed upon dead Carcases.
They are invited to the Supper of the Great God; called so, because it is made and prepared by the Power of him who is the great God, or because it is a Sacrifice to the Justice of God. See 1 Sam. 17.46. Isa. 8.16. Ier. 12.9. Ezek. 39.17. God's Justice upon his Enemies, is called a Sacrifice, Isa. 34.6. Jer. 46.10. Ezek. 39.17. Idolaters were wont upon their Sacrificing to have a Feast; God hath also a Feast upon this his Sacrifice, but it is for the Fowls and Beasts, that feed on dead Carcases.
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