After such richness of revelation, it is understandable that John felt overwhelmed: "Well, I John was the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that had been showing me these things. But he tells me: 'Be careful! Do not do that! All I am is a fellow slave of you and of your brothers who are prophets and of those who are observing the words of this scroll. Worship God.' " ( Revelation 22:8, 9, compare Revelation 19:10) This twice-state warning do not worship angels was timely in John's day, when some evidence pursued such worship or claimed special revelations from angels. (1 Corinthiand 13:1; Galatians 1:8; Colossians 2:18) Today, it highlights the fact that we must worship God alone. (Matthew 4:10) We should not corrupt pure worship with the worship of anyone or anythign else. - ISAIAH 42:5, 8.
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