Revelation 10

The Rainbow Messenger

1Then I saw another extremely powerful messenger # 10:1 This mighty messenger is Jesus Christ, whose face shines as bright as the sun (Matt. 17:1–2). coming out of heaven, robed in a cloud. There was a halo over his head like a rainbow; # 10:1 The Aramaic can be translated “a rainbow of heaven was over his head.” his face shined bright like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire. # 10:1 This extremely powerful messenger is Christ (Dan. 10:5–6; Rev. 1:12–16). He holds the scroll (Rev. 5–8) and now gives it to John. He is like the roaring Lion of Judah (Isa. 31:4–5; Jer. 25:29–36; Hos. 11:10–11; Joel 3:16; Amos 3:8) and will give the two witnesses their power (Rev. 11:3). 2He held an opened scroll # 10:2 Although some manuscripts have “little book/scroll,” it is likely the same scroll opened by the Lamb in chapters 5–7. in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land 3and gave a tremendous shout, like a lion’s roar. When he shouted, the seven thunders responded, rumbling out their messages. # 10:3 Or “with their own voices.” See Ps. 29. The seven thunders are the complete message of God sent out by the seven Spirits of God. This is the thunderous voice of God (John 12:28–29). 4I was about to write the messages of the seven thunders, but I heard a heavenly voice # 10:4 The Aramaic can be translated “I heard a voice from the seventh heaven.” say to me:

Don’t write a word, but place a seal on what the seven thunders have spoken.

5Then the mighty angel whom I saw astride the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven 6and swore an oath by him who lives for an eternity of eternities, the Creator of heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them:

No more delay! # 10:6 Or “You will not have to wait any longer” or “Time’s up!” 7For in the day when the seventh angel is to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, # 10:7 Or “accomplished.” The mystery of God is a description of the whole content of the book of Revelation. just as he announced to his servants the prophets.

John Eats the Scroll

8Then the heavenly voice spoke to me again:

Go, take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.

9I went up to the angel who stood on the sea and the land and told him to give me the little scroll. Then he said to me, “Take it, and eat it. It will be sour in your stomach # 10:9 Or “innermost being” or “womb.” The message of the unrolled scroll would be bittersweet. but sweet as honey in your mouth.”

10I took the little scroll from the hand of the mighty angel and ate it. Indeed, it was sweet as honey to taste, # 10:10 Honey is a picture of revelation-knowledge (Ps. 19:7–13). See also Ezek. 2:8–9; 3:1–3. but after I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

11Then they # 10:11 Some Greek manuscripts read “he.” said to me, “You must go back and prophesy again to many peoples, and nations, and languages, and kings!” # 10:11 See Jer. 1:10. This was an encouragement to John that he would be freed from his exile on Patmos to yet prophesy to us today through his writings.

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Revelation 10

The Mighty Angel with the Little Book

1I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. #Ezek. 1:26–28; Rev. 4:3And a rainbow was on #Matt. 17:2; Rev. 1:16his head, his face was like the sun, and #Rev. 1:15his feet like pillars of fire. 2He had a little book open in his hand. #Ps. 95:5; Matt. 28:18And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, #Ps. 29:3–9; Rev. 4:5; 8:5seven thunders uttered their voices. 4Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, #Dan. 8:26; 12:4, 9; Rev. 22:10“Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”

5The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land #Ex. 6:8; Deut. 32:40; Dan. 12:7raised up his hand to heaven 6and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, #Gen. 1:1; Ex. 20:11; Neh. 9:6; Rev. 4:11who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, #Dan. 12:7; Rev. 16:17that there should be delay no longer, 7but #Rev. 11:15in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

John Eats the Little Book

8Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”

9So I went to the angel and said to him, “Give me the little book.”

And he said to me, #Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8; 3:1–3“Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”

10Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, #Ezek. 3:3and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, #Ezek. 2:10my stomach became bitter. 11And he said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

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