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 eating the book, Ezekiel's eating the roll, Ezekiel 3:1-3. Joys and sorrows will be intermingled in coming events. They should be met as they occur, with submission and gratitude; and if rightly improved, they will both conspire to work out an exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

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