Closed until the time of the end and now it is opened. This means that we are in the time of the end. However, unlike many believe, the time of the end doesn't mean it's the end, but the TIME of the end. If I tell you it's closing time does that always mean instantaneous closing, or that it's time to prepare for impending closing? Go to any store at closing time and you'll be told it's time to leave, but the store isn't instantly closed, people have to leave first. The time of the end is a period of time leading up to the end. And what end are we talking about? The end predicted in the prophecy of the book already- the time when the stone made without hands is thrown and the statue of ALL earthly kingdoms is completely destroyed.
Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Dan 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
That end has NOT yet happened, it is FUTURE, your future, my future. And to have a couple hundred or so years to bring about this end is so SHORT a time when you comprehend the prophecy was given thousands of years before, approximately 2500 years ago.
Prophecy continues to UNFOLD, you live in a time of predicted prophecy, it is so important to know all we can about the future. The future of Christ's followers, the future concerning the return of our SAVIOR to meet us in the air to take us with Him. Is there ANYTHING more important?
Luk_21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
1Jn_5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
******* Continuing our prophecy study-- Please GO back and READ the study from the beginning to gain full understanding of where we are if you haven't been following this study daily. Thank you :) We are on lesson number 86. God bless you! ******
Rev 10:1 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
BRILLIANT!
Rev 10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Little book open. (Book of Revelation)
Seal the book. (Book of Daniel)
One book was written LONG before the other. Daniel was written long before Revelation. In Daniel we have a sealed book, a book that would remain sealed until the time of the end when many would be running to and fro and knowledge would increase. The book would be opened and in Revelation we read of an open book. A MIGHTY angel has this little open book in his hand.
Rev 10:2 ...and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth
One foot of the might angel was put upon the sea the other on the earth.
If the sea represents - multitudes, nations, tongues, people
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Then the earth it stands to reason would represent an area without multitudes.
Remember this- Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
We KNOW where those four beasts came up don't we? The land of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
We know where the sea is… in a very populated area, hence we know where the earth is. A land that was largely unpopulated and becoming newly populated, the United States. A vast land founded hugely unpopulated except for the small population of Native Americans. I say small because compared to the highly populated lands of Europe, Middle East, and Asia America was practically empty.
This mighty angel planted a foot on the sea and on the earth and the little open book rested upon his hand. The time would come when this open book would go to the people, the same time would see a great increase in knowledge- biblical and secular.
'The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times. It began in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spread throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world.
The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way.'
'The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation. The period of time covered by the Industrial Revolution varies with different historians. Eric Hobsbawm held that it 'broke out' in Britain in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s,[7] while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830.[8]'
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We've established a bit of a time frame for this little book open appearing, haven't we? Late 1700's right on through …well, we are still advancing aren't we? I don't think we've ever stopped not since it was started. If fully felt in the 1830's - 40's we can most assuredly understand the amazing Biblical advancement in the understanding of prophecy- can't we?
For the moment - back to Revelation.
With one foot on the sea and another on the earth this mighty angel CRIED out with a loud voice- as a LION ROARING!
Rev 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth
You know what a lion's roar sounds like, don't you? Surely you've heard one on television if not in person. If you've never heard a lion's roar check it out on youtube
http://youtu.be/aUfDxRelPHg
Do a search for lions roaring and listen to them. One video caption mentioned the lion's roar being heard throughout the entire zoo they were in. There is no doubt that the lion's roar is deep and ferocious, loud and worthy of great notice. This mighty angel, this brilliant, striking angel cried out in that manner- loud, strong, commanding. What was his cry? It doesn't say. In fact immediately after the cry seven thunders spoke. Thunders spoke! An angel cries out like a lion and then thunders speak!
Rev 10:3 ...and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Rev 10:4 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.
Amazing! Thunders utter their voices and they are not to be heard! Thunder! So loud, so commanding, we all have been known to jump a bit when we've been surprised by a particularly loud clap of thunder haven't we? Just imagine what John must have heard. He wanted to write it down but he was stopped. The utterances of the seven thunders were stifled, they were sealed. Amazing too is the fact that just as an open book appears the message of the seven thunders were sealed. There are things we CANNOT know. We are way too arrogant if we believe we should have all access to everything of God and that He should have nothing hid from us. All that is necessary to our salvation is revealed to us and not hidden, but God's ways are not our ways.
Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 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
Who did this angel sware by?
Our Savior! Our God! Our Creator! The Creator of the heaven and all in them, the Creator of earth and all in them, the Creator of the sea and all in them.
What did he sware? That there should be time no longer!
Rev 10:7 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 before there would be time no longer the voice of the SEVENTH angel would sound, the mystery of God finished.
Rev 10:8 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 voice from heaven spoke to John again- the voice told John to TAKE the little book which is open in the hand of angel standing upon the sea and earth. The mighty, brilliant angel held a book which you KNOW has to be very important, there's nothing about this angel that doesn't scream important.
Rev 10:9 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 didn't ask for the little book. John commanded the mighty angel to GIVE him the little book. John TOLD the angel to GIVE him the little book. But the mighty angel did NOT give the book to John, did he? No, he did not. He told John to TAKE IT, just as the other voice told John told john to TAKE the book. This book was willingly taken as directed, as commanded. And the mighty angel added something else after telling John to take the little book. He told John to eat the little book. Eat the book and your stomach is going to ache, but oh will it taste sweet!
How many times have you eaten something that tasted wonderful only to have it cause you a stomach ache afterwards? It's happened, yes? Now what if I baked you a treat and told you it was going to taste great but afterwards it was going to upset your stomach, what would you think? Seriously? Take a moment to consider such a situation. Would you WANT to eat that sweet knowing what the end result would be? I'm sure you'd have to really think about it, I know I would. Because who likes having a bitter stomach? No one I know that's for sure. We avoid stomach aches for the most part, don't we? We take lots of antacids and bloating/gas relief products just to keep ourselves feeling comfortable, don't we? How many people take heartburn medicine? It's so common, so incredibly common for people to take medicine so they can continue to eat foods that would upset their digestion without that medicine. They don't want an upset digestive system because it's very unpleasant.
Here John is told to take a book- eat the book- it will taste wonderful but it's going to upset his stomach.
Prophecy! The little book is the prophecy book of Daniel which had been sealed and would be unsealed at the time of the end. When people became enlightened to what the prophecies were, when they connected history so completely, so wonderfully to prophecy and saw the hand of God working undeniably in it all they were thrilled! How sweet, how wondrous the amazing insights unfolding before their eyes, their understanding was opened. Only… it didn't last. Why didn't it last? Because that sweet book was going to cause a lot of stomach misery later on. The disappointment was huge when the prophecies which so clearly seemed to point to the end of the world in their day, did NOT come to pass! Did that mean all the prophecies were wrong, that all the history proved prophecy was not what it seemed to be? So many questions, so much heartache, such incredible dismay was felt. The bitter belly was awful!
Rev 10:10 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.
Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
John heard the mighty angel tell him what would have to come to pass. Those who ate this little book and received a bitter belly would have to PROPHESIZE AGAIN and not in a small measure but in a huge one! The time of the very end wasn't there yet, but it was on its way and people needed to be warned. Those who newly discovered the wonderful truth in these prophecies so long hidden needed to go and take the truth of them to the entire world! Yes, it was a bitter disappointment to have to stay on earth after having such great expectation of Jesus' second coming, but it was for a purpose - God is long suffering towards us not willing that any of us should perish.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
PRAISE GOD!
More tomorrow by His will and through His grace!
Amen.
Dan 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Dan 2:45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
That end has NOT yet happened, it is FUTURE, your future, my future. And to have a couple hundred or so years to bring about this end is so SHORT a time when you comprehend the prophecy was given thousands of years before, approximately 2500 years ago.
Prophecy continues to UNFOLD, you live in a time of predicted prophecy, it is so important to know all we can about the future. The future of Christ's followers, the future concerning the return of our SAVIOR to meet us in the air to take us with Him. Is there ANYTHING more important?
Luk_21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
1Jn_5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
******* Continuing our prophecy study-- Please GO back and READ the study from the beginning to gain full understanding of where we are if you haven't been following this study daily. Thank you :) We are on lesson number 86. God bless you! ******
Rev 10:1 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
BRILLIANT!
Rev 10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Little book open. (Book of Revelation)
Seal the book. (Book of Daniel)
One book was written LONG before the other. Daniel was written long before Revelation. In Daniel we have a sealed book, a book that would remain sealed until the time of the end when many would be running to and fro and knowledge would increase. The book would be opened and in Revelation we read of an open book. A MIGHTY angel has this little open book in his hand.
Rev 10:2 ...and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth
One foot of the might angel was put upon the sea the other on the earth.
If the sea represents - multitudes, nations, tongues, people
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Then the earth it stands to reason would represent an area without multitudes.
Remember this- Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
We KNOW where those four beasts came up don't we? The land of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome.
We know where the sea is… in a very populated area, hence we know where the earth is. A land that was largely unpopulated and becoming newly populated, the United States. A vast land founded hugely unpopulated except for the small population of Native Americans. I say small because compared to the highly populated lands of Europe, Middle East, and Asia America was practically empty.
This mighty angel planted a foot on the sea and on the earth and the little open book rested upon his hand. The time would come when this open book would go to the people, the same time would see a great increase in knowledge- biblical and secular.
'The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the times. It began in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spread throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world.
The Industrial Revolution marks a major turning point in human history; almost every aspect of daily life was influenced in some way.'
'The First Industrial Revolution, which began in the 18th century, merged into the Second Industrial Revolution around 1850, when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, and later in the 19th century with the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation. The period of time covered by the Industrial Revolution varies with different historians. Eric Hobsbawm held that it 'broke out' in Britain in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s,[7] while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830.[8]'
Pasted from
We've established a bit of a time frame for this little book open appearing, haven't we? Late 1700's right on through …well, we are still advancing aren't we? I don't think we've ever stopped not since it was started. If fully felt in the 1830's - 40's we can most assuredly understand the amazing Biblical advancement in the understanding of prophecy- can't we?
For the moment - back to Revelation.
With one foot on the sea and another on the earth this mighty angel CRIED out with a loud voice- as a LION ROARING!
Rev 10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth
You know what a lion's roar sounds like, don't you? Surely you've heard one on television if not in person. If you've never heard a lion's roar check it out on youtube
http://youtu.be/aUfDxRelPHg
Do a search for lions roaring and listen to them. One video caption mentioned the lion's roar being heard throughout the entire zoo they were in. There is no doubt that the lion's roar is deep and ferocious, loud and worthy of great notice. This mighty angel, this brilliant, striking angel cried out in that manner- loud, strong, commanding. What was his cry? It doesn't say. In fact immediately after the cry seven thunders spoke. Thunders spoke! An angel cries out like a lion and then thunders speak!
Rev 10:3 ...and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Rev 10:4 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.
Amazing! Thunders utter their voices and they are not to be heard! Thunder! So loud, so commanding, we all have been known to jump a bit when we've been surprised by a particularly loud clap of thunder haven't we? Just imagine what John must have heard. He wanted to write it down but he was stopped. The utterances of the seven thunders were stifled, they were sealed. Amazing too is the fact that just as an open book appears the message of the seven thunders were sealed. There are things we CANNOT know. We are way too arrogant if we believe we should have all access to everything of God and that He should have nothing hid from us. All that is necessary to our salvation is revealed to us and not hidden, but God's ways are not our ways.
Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Isa 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Rev 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
Rev 10:6 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
Who did this angel sware by?
Our Savior! Our God! Our Creator! The Creator of the heaven and all in them, the Creator of earth and all in them, the Creator of the sea and all in them.
What did he sware? That there should be time no longer!
Rev 10:7 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 before there would be time no longer the voice of the SEVENTH angel would sound, the mystery of God finished.
Rev 10:8 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 voice from heaven spoke to John again- the voice told John to TAKE the little book which is open in the hand of angel standing upon the sea and earth. The mighty, brilliant angel held a book which you KNOW has to be very important, there's nothing about this angel that doesn't scream important.
Rev 10:9 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 didn't ask for the little book. John commanded the mighty angel to GIVE him the little book. John TOLD the angel to GIVE him the little book. But the mighty angel did NOT give the book to John, did he? No, he did not. He told John to TAKE IT, just as the other voice told John told john to TAKE the book. This book was willingly taken as directed, as commanded. And the mighty angel added something else after telling John to take the little book. He told John to eat the little book. Eat the book and your stomach is going to ache, but oh will it taste sweet!
How many times have you eaten something that tasted wonderful only to have it cause you a stomach ache afterwards? It's happened, yes? Now what if I baked you a treat and told you it was going to taste great but afterwards it was going to upset your stomach, what would you think? Seriously? Take a moment to consider such a situation. Would you WANT to eat that sweet knowing what the end result would be? I'm sure you'd have to really think about it, I know I would. Because who likes having a bitter stomach? No one I know that's for sure. We avoid stomach aches for the most part, don't we? We take lots of antacids and bloating/gas relief products just to keep ourselves feeling comfortable, don't we? How many people take heartburn medicine? It's so common, so incredibly common for people to take medicine so they can continue to eat foods that would upset their digestion without that medicine. They don't want an upset digestive system because it's very unpleasant.
Here John is told to take a book- eat the book- it will taste wonderful but it's going to upset his stomach.
Prophecy! The little book is the prophecy book of Daniel which had been sealed and would be unsealed at the time of the end. When people became enlightened to what the prophecies were, when they connected history so completely, so wonderfully to prophecy and saw the hand of God working undeniably in it all they were thrilled! How sweet, how wondrous the amazing insights unfolding before their eyes, their understanding was opened. Only… it didn't last. Why didn't it last? Because that sweet book was going to cause a lot of stomach misery later on. The disappointment was huge when the prophecies which so clearly seemed to point to the end of the world in their day, did NOT come to pass! Did that mean all the prophecies were wrong, that all the history proved prophecy was not what it seemed to be? So many questions, so much heartache, such incredible dismay was felt. The bitter belly was awful!
Rev 10:10 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.
Rev 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
John heard the mighty angel tell him what would have to come to pass. Those who ate this little book and received a bitter belly would have to PROPHESIZE AGAIN and not in a small measure but in a huge one! The time of the very end wasn't there yet, but it was on its way and people needed to be warned. Those who newly discovered the wonderful truth in these prophecies so long hidden needed to go and take the truth of them to the entire world! Yes, it was a bitter disappointment to have to stay on earth after having such great expectation of Jesus' second coming, but it was for a purpose - God is long suffering towards us not willing that any of us should perish.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
PRAISE GOD!
More tomorrow by His will and through His grace!
Amen.
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