He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. The Majestic Angel John sees a mighty angel coming down from heaven . He comes from heaven robed with the clouds, and a beautiful rainbow circles his head. John s description points to this angel as Jesus Christ the King of Glory. Because the symbols portray the angel as our Savior, I shall consider the angel as the real Christ.
Clouds surround the angel.
Jesus spoke of returning in the clouds in the Gospels. He told the high priest that in the future he would see the Son of Man sitting at God s right side. In the Bible, rainbows symbolized God s covenant with the people on the earth. God told Noah after the flood that he would never destroy the earth with water again. The prophet Ezekiel saw the same God of splendor and power that John saw.