Revelation 10 Table Revelation 10:1-11 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and 1 a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, 2 and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven 3 thunders uttered their voices. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I 4 heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his 5 hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things 6 that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the 7 mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and 8 take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said 9 unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my 10 mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, 11 and tongues, and kings. See Dr Ruckman’s commentary The Book of Revelation pp 198-212 and the Ruckman Reference Bi- ble p 1655. 1. Revelation 10:1-3. These scriptures identify “another mighty angel come down from heav- en...And he had in his hand a little book open” Revelation 10:1-2. “As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD...” Ezekiel 1:28. “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen...And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength” Revelation 1:7, 15-16. 2 “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne” Revelation 5:5-7. In sum the above scriptures identify “another mighty angel come down from heaven...And he had in his hand a little book open” Revelation 10:1-2 to be He of Whom Paul declares “...the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve...It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us” Acts 27:23, Romans 8:34. “...and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices” Revelation 10:2-3 because: 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalm 18:13, 29:3 “The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High ut- tered his voice...The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice...The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters” Psalm 95:3, 5 “...the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods...The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land” Jeremiah 25:30, Hosea 11:10 “...The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth...the LORD...shall roar like a li- on.” Concerning “...in his hand a little book open...the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth” Revelation 10:2, 8 see for additional details and helpful materials the attached studies Identity of “the little book” Revelation 10:8, 9, 10, AV1611 Authority – Absolute, Bible Believers Basics. Today’s believer should therefore seek to abide by the exhortations of the Lord through Amos and Paul. “The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?...Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain” Amos 3:8, Philippians 2:16. 2. Revelation 10:4. Revelation 10:4 is a reminder that the Lord says when to write and what or what not to write as these scriptures show together with the permanence of what God says to write. Isaiah 30:8 “Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever” Jeremiah 30:2 “Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.” Anything that today’s believer writes should of course always be after the manner of King Solo- mon according to Ecclesiastes 12:10 “The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.” 3. Revelation 10:5-7. Revelation 10:5-7 illustrate Hebrews 6:13 “For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself” insofar as “In the be- ginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” John 1:1, 3. 3 Revelation 10:6-7 “...that there should be time no longer: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets” are consistent with and indicative of: God’s precise timing for events e.g. “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come” Psalm 102:13 God’s explicit revelation of His intentions e.g. “the mystery of God” to and via His servants “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the proph- ets” Amos 3:7 God’s commitment to fulfilment of His intentions e.g. “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do” John 17:4. Today’s believer should have the same attitude as expressed in Genesis 6:8, 22 “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD...Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.” 4. Revelation 10:8-11. Revelation 10:8-11 testify to: God’s command with respect to “the little book” Revelation 10:8, 9, 10. “And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth” Revelation 10:8. John’s obedience with respect to and desire for “the little book” Revelation 10:8, 9, 10. “And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book...” Revelation 10:9. The outcomes of assimilating “the little book” Revelation 10:8, 9, 10. “...And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter” Revelation 10:9-10.