Underneath the altar are "the souls of those slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the witness work that they used to have." What does this mean? These could not be disembodied souls-like those believed by the pagan Greeks. (Genesis 2:7; Ezekiel 18:4) Rather, John knows that the soul, or life, is symbolized by the blood, and when the priests at the ancient Jewish tabernacle slaughtered a sacrificial animal, the sprinkled the blood "round about upon the altar of burnt offering." (Leviticus 3:2, 8, 13; 14:7; 17:6, 11, 12) Hence the animal's soul was closely identified with the altar of the sacrifice./ But why would the souls, or blood of of these particular servants of God be seen underneath a symbolic altar in heaven? Because their deaths are viewed as sacrificial.
Next time: REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Seventeen - 'Slaughtered Souls' Rewarded -Continuie
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