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. THE LITTLE BOOK. So A C; but B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, 'the book.' WAS BITTER - `embittered.'...

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 be bitter; there were things so awful and terrible, such grievous persecutions of the people of God, such desolations in the earth, that the foresight and foreknowledge of them would be painful to his mind. Let us seek to be taught by Christ, and to obey his orders; daily meditating on his word, that it may nourish our souls; and then declaring it according to our several stations. The sweetness of such contemplations will often be mingled with bitterness, while we compare the Scriptures with the state of the world and the church, or even with that of our own hearts....

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 did _rejoice_; I read of the persecutions of the Church, and was _distressed_....

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 him to deliver some message of woe and wrath which it would be painful to deliver, or that the consequence of receiving it was to bring on bitter persecutions and trials....

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 Revelation 7:1. occurs between the sixth and seventh seals. But as in the latter place we saw only a greater elaboration in the introduction to the seventh seal, and not a detached relation, so here Revelation 10:1. and Revelation 11:1 form a gradual transition from the sixth to the seventh trumpet, and supplement what is set forth under those trumpets. The passage i

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 a spiritual knowledge, and a savoury experience of it; and so it is in the mouth of an understanding hearer, who finds it, and eats it, to the joy and rejoicing of his heart; and so this little book of prophecy being looked into, read, and considered by John, the first taste and knowledge he had of the things contained in it were exceeding grateful and delightful; the view it gave him of the glorious state of the church, and kingdom of Christ on earth, filled with unspeakable pleasure: AND AS SOON AS I HAD EATEN IT, MY BELLY WAS BITTER; so the ministration of the Gospel occasions bitterness, grief, and sorrow, to the preachers and professors of it, through the persecutions that attend it, t...

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

REVELATION 10:10 biblari,dion In view of the variation between biblari,dion in verses Revelation 10:2 and Revelation 10:9 and bibli,on in ver. Revelation 10:8, it is not easy to decide in ver. Revelation 10:10 between biblari,dion (A C P _al_) and bi...

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 opening of the seventh seal and then He appeared in priestly dignity. Here before the sounding of the seventh trumpet He appears again in the same form, but He is called a mighty angel and we behold Him in royal dignity. The cloud, the rainbow, the face like the sun, His right foot upon the sea, the left on the earth, the voice like a lion and the seven thunders, all declare this to be correct. The hour is rapidly approaching when the kingdoms of this earth are to become His kingdom. This is seen under the seventh trumpet. And, therefore, He is seen now in this attitude of royal dignity. The words which He speaks ...

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 precedent. COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN: the scene of the previous visions is laid in heaven, whither the seer had been transported. Here he seems to be standing upon the earth and watching the descent of the angel. Revelation 10:2. a little book: the Gr. word is an emphatic diminutive, a very small roll (or scroll). This book is supposed to contain a fragment of Divine revelation (_cf._ the book mentioned in Ezekiel 2:9)....