What is the significance of the phrase “what seemed to be”?
Revelation 19:1 (ESV)
1After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
John listens to heavenly sound with earthly ears. That distance necessitates that John can only use approximate language to describe what he hears.
1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,