John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 97:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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His lightnings enlightened the world, etc.] Either the doctrines of the Gospel, compared thereunto, because of the swift progress they made, and the large extent of them in the world, in a very little time; by the apostles they were published in all nations, and were the means of enlightening them in the true knowledge of themselves, and of the way of salvation by Christ: hence they are called the “lights of the world”, (<400514>Matthew 5:14), as the coming of Christ, in his kingdom and power, by them, is compared to lightning, and so are the arrows of his word, (<402427>Matthew 24:27 <380914>Zechariah 9:14), or else his judgments on the Jewish nation are meant, which were manifest and clear, and obvious to all the world; (see <191814>Psalm 18:14), the earth saw, and trembled; the inhabitants of the earth, of the Gentile world, saw the judgments of God upon the Jews, and were astonished at them; (see <052924>Deuteronomy 29:24), it is usual for lightnings and earthquakes to go together; (see <661119>Revelation 11:19 16:15).

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