And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
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Bede
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east: The Lord incarnate, Who is the Angel of the great counsel, that is, the Messenger of His Father's will, has visited us, "the day-spring from on high," bearing the ensign of the cross, with which to seal His own in their foreheads.