Rev 19:10 | PNT | STEP | And I fell at his feet to worship him . In this passage and in , the apostle offers worship to a fellow creature, an angel. In each place the prohibition is prompt. This episode is introduced in order to teach the sinfulness of all creature worship. It is likely that the fate of a great apostate church, in which worship is offered to its human head, is being declared, is the reason why here this symbolical act occurs. Man created in God's image is to worship only that which is divine. Of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus . The angel declares himself "of thy brethren". In he adds, "of thy brethren, the prophets". Here the explanation is added that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. In testifying of Jesus the angel became one of the prophets.

‏ Revelation of John 19:10

And I fell at his feet to worship him. In this passage and in Re 22:7,8, the apostle offers worship to a fellow creature, an angel. In each place the prohibition is prompt. This episode is introduced in order to teach the sinfulness of all creature worship. It is likely that the fate of a great apostate church, in which worship is offered to its human head, is being declared, is the reason why here this symbolical act occurs. Man created in God's image is to worship only that which is divine.

Of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus. The angel declares himself "of thy brethren". In Re 22:9 he adds, "of thy brethren, the prophets". Here the explanation is added that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. In testifying of Jesus the angel became one of the prophets.