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Revelation 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.
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.
REVELATION 10:10 biblari,dion In view of the variation between biblari,dion in verses Revelation 10:2 and...
Verse Revelation 10:10. _IT WAS IN MY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY_] There was in it some pleasing, some unpleasing, intelligence. I read of the consolations and protection of the true worshippers of God, and...
AND AS SOON AS I HAD EATEN IT, MY BELLY WAS BITTER - The effect immediately followed: that is, as soon as he was made acquainted with the contents of the book, either, as above explained, requiring hi...
CHAPTER 10 Revelation 10:1 . The proclamation of the mighty angel is the first recorded event in this parenthesis. Who is this angel? It is Christ Himself. We saw our Lord in angel's form before the...
THE VISION OF THE STRONG ANGEL AND THE LITTLE BOOK. Revelation 10:1. The strong angel. We have no means of identifying this angel. To suppose that he represents Christ is contrary to all analogy and p...
"And the voice which. 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. And. went unto...
And I heard the voice which I had heard from heaven speaking again to me and saying: "Go, take the little roll which lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." And...
THE UNUTTERABLE REVELATION (Revelation 10:1-4)...
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Revelation 8:2; Revelation 8:6 to Revelation 11:19. THE SEVEN TRUMPETS 10. THE ANGEL WITH THE LITTLE BOOK...
_TAKE THE LITTLE BOOK AND EAT IT REVELATION 10:8-11._ The message of the little book was that His people must continue to preach the word. The voice John heard was likely the voice of God. The little...
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I SAW ANOTHER MIGHTY ANGEL COME DOWN, &C.— St. John, in the conclusion of the last chapter, having touched upon the corruption of the Western church,proceedsnowtodeliversome prophesies relating to thi...
AND ATE IT UP, &C.— See Jeremiah 15:16. Our blessed Saviour uses the same metaphorical expression with the prophet and St. John, when he speaks of himself as the _bread of life,_ in many passages of t...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 32 Text Revelation 10:1-11 And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, a...
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. THE LITTLE BOOK. So A C; but B 'Aleph...
__ Throne Section-The Seven Thunders 1 The symbol of the rainbow suggests the covenant of God with creation. 2 The planting of the messenger's feet on the sea and on the land is a token of possessio...
THE LITTLE BOOK Between the sixth and seventh trumpets, as between the sixth and seventh seals, is an episode consisting of two visions. The first vision is related in this c. Another mighty angel (cp...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 10 THE STRONG *ANGEL AND THE LITTLE BOOK - REVELATION 10:1-11 V1 And I saw another strong *angel come down from heaven. His clothes...
AND I TOOK ... — The Evangelist takes the roll, as he was bidden, out of the angel’s hand, eats it up, and finds it, as he was told, “in his mouth as honey, sweet.” In this his experience resembles th...
CHAPTER VII. FIRST CONSOLATORY VISION. Revelation 10:1. AT the point now reached by us the regular progress of the Trumpet judgments is interrupted, in precisely the same manner as between the sixth...
The prophet absorbs the word of God; in our phrase, he makes it his own or identifies himself with it (Jeremiah 15:16). To assimilate this revelation of the divine purpose seems to promise a delightfu...
THE ANGEL WITH THE LITTLE BOOK Revelation 10:1 If _one_ of God's angels is so strong and glorious, what must the _Lord_ of angels be! From the splendor of His retinue, we may estimate the wealth of t...
Still under the period of the sixth trumpet, an interlude follows, chronicling events preparing for the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet. An angel comes to make a most important announcement,...
John went to the angel and asked for it but was told again to take it. Coffman sees this as meaning God's message cannot be given to a man but he must take it through his own study. (2 Timothy 2:15; A...
Take the book, and devour it. See Ezechiel ii. and iii. It was sweet in my mouth; I was delighted to read and hear the victories and glory of God's faithful servants; but it became bitter in my belly,...
(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. (9) And I...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Interlude On the wall of a Baltimore estate: "Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law - Sisters of Mercy." I. INTRODUCTION A. The sixth trumpet judgment has just passed and...
These were preliminary woes on the body of Jews and Christianized Gentiles, not the direct antagonism of the power of evil with God. This is now unfolded but first, in the little open book, put in its...
AND I TOOK THE LITTLE BOOK OUT OF THE ANGEL'S HAND, AND ATE IT UP,.... As he was bid to do: AND IT WAS IN MY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY; so is the Gospel in the mouth of a faithful minister of it, who has...
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. Ver. 10. _Sweet as honey_] The word is so...
_And the voice said, Go_ up to the angel standing upon the sea and the earth, _and take the little book which is open_ To signify that its contents were not to be kept secret like those of the seven t...
SWEET AS HONEY-BITTER; the reception of the revelation was pleasant, but its contents filled him with distress, for they related to the afflictions of God's people. Compare, for this whole symbol of e...
A LONG INTERVAL BEFORE THE SEVENTH TRUMPET We find a long interval between the sixth and seventh trumpets, continuing from Revelation 10:1 to Revelation 11:14. There is no doubt as to the identity of...
_ 10 Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter._ A. It happened just as it had been e...
8-11 Most men feel pleasure in looking into future events, and all good men like to receive a word from God. But when this book of prophecy was thoroughly digested by the apostle, the contents would...
AND I TOOK THE LITTLE BOOK, AND ATE IT UP; according to the command, REVELATION 10:9. AND IT WAS IN MY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY; as it was the revelation of God's will. AND AS SOON AS I HAD EATEN IT, MY B...
Revelation 10:10 Then G2532 took G2983 (G5627) book G974 of G1537 angels G32 hand G5495 and G2532 ate...
THE STRONG ANGEL DECLARES THAT GOD'S TIME HAS COME - JOHN IS COMMANDED TO PROPHESY TO KINGS AND NATIONS (REVELATION 10:1)....
‘And the voice which I heard from Heaven, I heard again speaking to me and saying, “Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth”. And I went to th...
It can hardly be doubted that the whole of chap. 10 and the first part of chap. 11 (Revelation 10:1-11) are episodical, after the same manner and with the same purpose as chap. 7. The sixth Trumpet, o...
Revelation 10:10. The effect of eating the roll is next described. IT WAS, says the Seer, IN MY MOUTH SWEET AS HONEY, AND WHEN I HAD EATEN IT MY BELLY WAS MADE BITTER. The double character of this eff...
I TOOK--AND ATE IT UP (ελαβον--κα κατεφαγον αυτο). Second aorist active indicatives of the same verbs to show John's prompt obedience to the command. The order of the results is here changed to the...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
Contents: Parenthetical explanation (to Revelation 11:14). The angel and the little book. The book eaten. CHARACTERS: John, mighty angel. CONCLUSION: The day is approaching when all those mysterious...
Revelation 10:1. _And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven._ Sir Isaac Newton says, a created angel, because he does not swear by himself. But it must be recollected that Christ assumes di...
BUT AFTER I HAD SWALLOWED IT. Not only must John (and each Christian) understand and digest the _message_ of the Good News; he (and we) must live it and experience it (Ephesians 2:10). But this very p...
_Go and take the little book._ THE MAKING OF A MINISTER (with Ezekiel 2:8; Ezekiel 3:1):--The symbolical scene in the case of Ezekiel was enacted over again in the case of John; only with such surrou...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 10:8 Ezekiel ate a scroll and found it SWEET AS HONEY in his MOUTH. John must do the same. He must receive God’s words before he speaks them (compare...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 10:1 This interlude represents God’s patient delay in inflicting his full and final wrath. It assures believers that God will protect his people during the coming terribl...
Here we are shown that John, at the command of the voice from heaven, takes the book from the angel's hand and eats it. In his mouth it was sweet and in his belly it was bitter. There were some things...
THE OPEN BOOK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ “AND yet, notwithstanding all these calamities—last appeals from the Divine holiness to the conscience of man—men do not come to themselves. They continu...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 10:1 AND I SAW. We have here the commencement of what many writers call an episode, or rather two episodes, which intervene between the sixth and seventh trumpets, just as Reve...
_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._ _ 9 AND I...
We have been going through the trumpet judgments; the catastrophes that they have brought upon the earth. Now, for a moment we leave the trumpet judgments after the sounding of the sixth, and before w...
Ezekiel 2:10; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 3:3; Proverbs 16:24; Psalms 104:34
THE TWO WITNESSES Revelation 10:1 _and Revelation 11:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the study of the eleventh chapter of Revelation we wish to say a word about the tenth chapter. 1...