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Book of Revelation – Chapter 10

We are now at another lull in the judgments. This break lies between the sixth and seventh trumpet blasts and continues throughout chapter 10 and into chapter 11, verse 14. Did you wonder what God and Satan have been up to during the blowing of the trumpets? We are about to find out. Be assured that God has not abandoned this besieged planet to His foes.

We now turn our eyes upon Jesus in the first three verses of chapter 10. Check out His character. “And I saw another angel (this is the Lord Jesus Christ) come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud and a rainbow was upon His head, and His face was as it were the sun, and His feet as pillars of fire.” A few things to notice:

(a) Christ, in His deity, is usually surrounded by a cloud. Refer to these passages: Psalm 97:2, Exodus 16:10, 19:9 & 16, 40:34 & 38, Matthew 17:5, Luke 21:27, Revelation 1:7.

(b) The rainbow pictures mercy amid judgment. After the great flood, God made a covenant with Noah by placing a rainbow in the sky, symbolic of His mercy.

(c) Often, pictured as One with a shining face like the sun is Christ.

(d) Christ’s feet as pillars of fire picture judgment. Refer to chapter 1, verse 15.

Verse 2 draws attention to Christ’s claims. “He had a little book open (containing the record of judgments to be unleased) in His hand, and He set His right foot upon the sea and His left foot on the earth.” Jesus Christ is preparing to take control of the earth and sea. They all rightfully belong to Him. At any moment, He will rise from the throne and make the formal assertion of His right to reign. But this is not His final coming, for other things must first occur. 

Verse 3 draws attention to His cry. The Angel “cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars and seven thunders uttered their voices when He had cried.” This cry is a cry of warning of impending danger. John was about to write down what he heard the seven thunders said, but he was forbidden to do so by God. “Seal up those things the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.” We will know someday, but presently GOD commands that this one portion of Scripture be kept secret.

With the final trumpet blast, the Tribulation hour comes to an end. There will be no more waiting periods, no more delays from this point forward. We are now at midnight on the prophetic time clock. There will be great rejoicing in heaven at the proclamation of this news.

Taken out of Christ’s hand is the open book of judgments. John eats or devours the book (he studies and digests the information and knowledge in God’s Word). Absorbing God’s Word through study and personal application it’s both sweet and bitter at times, as it should be with us. John must prophesy before many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings. He is faithful to the end, proclaiming the good news and the bad, presenting the sweet and the bitter. He does this in the following chapters.

Special note to the reader: chapters 12 through 19:15 run concurrently with the judgments already discussed and are considered a repeat of chapters 6 through 11.

February 3, 2024 - Posted by Bill Wyler | Bible, Last Days, Love, Religion | Bible, Future, GOD, Truth, vision