CHAPTER TEN - THE BEGINNING OF THE END - DAYS OF AWE BEGIN

10:1-7 Now a mighty angel clothed with a cloud and a rainbow upon his head, a face bright as the sun, and feet of

fire appears. In his hand a little book is open. He cries with a loud voice as a lion roaring and there are seven thunderings. A voice says to seal up what the seven thunders uttered. The angel swears to God that there should be time no longer. This is a great proclamation! He says when the seventh angel sounds, the mystery of God will be finished as it has been agelessly proclaimed by the prophets!

God is proclaiming that the end of the age is near. When God proclaims it is sure to happen! When God proclaims, it takes time to unfold. All these proclamations are first spoken in heaven. What is loosed in heaven is then loosed on earth! He is saying the time of my eternal kingdom is near. The coming events will lead to my return. It will begin to unfold when the seventh angel sounds! The great tribulation is about to begin.

10:8-11 John is now told to take the little book from the angel and eat it. It will be sweet as honey in the mouth but bitter in the belly. John eats it and it is sweet, but bitter in the belly. He is told he still has more to prophesy in this revelation.

The final events are now going to begin--the beginning of the end. The word of God is sweet. We spend time in the book and it is a sweet word. Now the wrath of God is going to be loosed on the earth. This will be a time of great sorrow and bitterness. The worst time on earth. Matt 21:21-22 Sometimes in order to digest our food correctly we must eat bitters. This bitterness will result in the New Jerusalem and the Millennial Kingdom being established. The beginning of the end begins now. God’s people are not destined to God’s wrath. 1 Thessalonians 5.9