Revelation Chapter 10
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"And I saw another mighty angel 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: "
"John sees another powerful angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in cloud, with a rainbow over his head, a face shining like the sun, and legs like blazing pillars."
Even in the middle of judgement, I make space to pause, to reassure, to reveal more before pressing on. I'm never in a rush to simply get through the hard parts - I want you to understand, not just endure.
"And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, "
"He holds a small scroll, already open, in his hand, and plants one foot on the sea and the other on the land."
What I have to say isn't locked away in some far-off mystery - it's open, and it's for you, right now. I don't make truth harder to reach than it needs to be.
"And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. "
"The angel shouts with a voice like a roaring lion, and when he cries out, seven thunders answer with their own voices."
There will always be things I know that I haven't shown you yet, and that's not me withholding love - it's me trusting you to walk by faith with what you do have, rather than needing every detail spelled out.
"And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. "
"John is about to write down what the seven thunders said, but a voice from heaven stops him and tells him to seal it up and not write it down."
I don't owe you every answer, and needing to control every detail of what's coming will only exhaust you. Trust doesn't require full information - it rests on knowing the one who holds it.
"And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, "
"The angel John saw standing on the sea and on the land raises his hand towards heaven."
When I promise you something, I mean it fully, with everything behind it. You can build your life on my word without hedging your bets.
"And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things 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: "
"He swears by the eternal, ever-living God who made heaven, earth, sea and everything in them, declaring that there will be no more delay."
I know waiting is one of the hardest things I ask of you. But I promise you this - the delay has a purpose and it has a limit, and it will not go on forever.
"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. "
"But when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, God's hidden plan will be fully completed, exactly as he had told his prophets it would be."
Nothing I've promised through history has been forgotten or lost along the way - it's all been heading somewhere, and that somewhere is very close now. Stay with me to the end of the story; it resolves.
"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. "
"The heavenly voice speaks to John again, telling him to go and take the small open scroll from the mighty angel's hand."
I don't just want you to watch what I'm showing you from a distance. I want you to take it in, let it become part of your own story, and carry it forward.
"And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. 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. "
"John goes to the angel and asks for the little scroll. The angel tells him to take it and eat it - it will taste sweet as honey in his mouth, but turn bitter in his stomach."
Following me is not going to feel one single way all the time. There will be real sweetness in it, and there will be real weight and cost too - I never promised you one without the other, because that wouldn't be honest.
"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. "
"John takes the little scroll and eats it - it is sweet as honey in his mouth, but once he has swallowed it, his stomach turns bitter."
When something I've shown you delights you, let it. And when carrying it out into the world feels heavier than you expected, know that I felt that same weight before you did - you're not carrying it alone.
"And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. "
"John is told that he must prophesy again, this time about many peoples, nations, languages and kings."
What I'm showing you was never meant for a small, closed circle. It's for everyone, everywhere, whatever language they speak or power they hold - including you, wherever you're reading this.