Revelation 6:14

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together,.... The manner of writing formerly was on rolls of parchment; hence the word volume is used for a book, which, when rolled up, the…

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Rev 5:1; Rev 6:1. And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was designed to…

And the heaven departed as a scroll - The whole system of pagan and idolatrous worship, with all its spiritual, secular, and superstitious influence, was blasted, shrivelled up, and rendered null and…

In the remaining part of this chapter we have the opening of the fifth and the sixth seals.

I. The fifth seal. Here is no mention made of any one who called the apostle to make his observation,…

And the heaven departed i.e. parted asunder. The verb departwas so used (only in a transitive sense) in the Marriage Service until the last revision of the Prayer-Book, "till death us depart," i.e.…