Revelation (New Testament) · Apocalyptic prophecy
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John sees four angels standing at the four corners (γωνίαι, gōniai) of the earth, holding the four winds so no wind would blow.
'Four corners' is a Hebrew idiom used throughout Scripture (Isa 11:12; Ezek 7:2) for the four directions. Whether Revelation intends the idiom literally or figuratively is interpretation.
Four literal corners of a bounded earth-plane, with angels stationed at each.
Apocalyptic imagery and Semitic idiom for the four cardinal directions of the whole earth — not a geometric claim.
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