Revelation 10 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll

SLIDE 1 Revelation 10

·        The Mighty Angel 10:1-7

·        The little scroll 10: 8-11

SLIDE 2 Revelation10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.

More than 60 references to angels made in Revelation. They are God's army sent to accomplish his purposes on earth. This angel has some characteristics that belong especially to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Who is this angel? Angel of the LORD (Theophany or a Christophany in the OT)

·        Strong and Powerful

·        Clouds- remind us of scenes of heaven

·        Rainbow over his head- Authority from Throne: symbol of God’s faithfulness and mercy (rainbow of Noah’s time)

·        Face as the sun-Matthew 17:2 Jesus face at the transfiguration

·        Legs like pillars of fire.

SLIDE 3 

1.     Does the Angel makes promises that only the LORD can make?

2.     An angel will rebuke a man for bowing at his feet.

3.     If the angel says “thus saith the Lord” -probably an angel.

Let us recall Revelation 1:15-16 the One in the midst of the lampstand: his feet - like burnished bronze, his voice - like the roar of many waters, his face was- like the sun shining in full strength. Who is this One?

SLIDE 4  2 He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,

·        Has a little scroll in His hand-Jesus only one worthy

·        His stance on the sea and the land of a conqueror taking possession of his kingdom

Only Christ can hold open scroll only Christ can take possession of this territory.

SLIDE 5 Psalm 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.⁴In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Christ is Lion of Judah, He roars to announce victory

3 …and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring.  When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.

Voice like thunder  Psalms 29 uses “the phrase” 7 times in 11 vv.  ⁴The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.

SLIDE 6  4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down."

·      No angel could proclaim this message.

·        What did the “seven thunders” ? Why seven?

·        Why was John told not to record it? That a question you can ask when you see Him.

SLIDE 75-6 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,  HERE we have a puzzle:  Would God swear?

· Hebrew 6:13-20  For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

· Hebrews 7:23-20 He with an oath by Him who said unto Him: “The Lord swore and will not repent, ‘Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.’”

·  Acts 2: 29-30 God had sworn an oath to him (David) that from the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh He would raise up Christ to sit on his throne,

SLIDE 8 10:6 no more delay,⁷but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.

What is the Mystery? Deut. 29:29 “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, Daniel and Job talked of mysteries. The gospel and most of Paul letters speak of the mystery, and reveal how we as sinful creations can receive full salvation through Jesus Christ. The mystery of God is the completion of HIS plan to bring His kingdom in Christ to fulfillment.

SLIDE 9 1 Peter 1:3-5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,⁴        to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,⁵               who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

SLIDE 10 ⁸      Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."

⁹     So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, "Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey."

Two other prophets that that were instructed to digest God’s word

·        Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I consumed them.

·       Ezekiel 3:3-4 “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.”

SLIDE 11 Psalms 19:9b sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Psalms 119:103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.

¹¹And I was told, "You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings."

Throughout the Bible, God’s Word is sweet to those who trust and obey, but bitter for those who reject it.

SLIDE 12 Taste and see that the Lord is good! We must receive God's Word in our inner being consume it. God's word is compared to bread, milk, meat, and honey. God will not thrust His Word into our mouth and force us to receive it. He holds it out to us and we must take it. Read and digest His sweet promises, but also believe his warnings and prophecies of judgment. WW