Revelation L-19, The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll
Revelation 10 is the text for this sermon entitled, "The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll."
When the first mighty angel appears in 5:2, he asks John who is worthy to open the sealed scroll. Once the seventh seal is opened (8:1), that scroll is not mentioned until this chapter 10. Now, the mighty angel holds the little scroll. After making an oath to heaven, the angel declares to John that time (chronos) will be no more.
Next, the voices of the 7 thunders speak. John is told not to write down these prophecies. But toward the end of Revelation, God commands John NOT to seal them up because the time is near. This refers to the distinct differences in the two types of prophecy. The ongoing spiritual warfare in this earthly life will go on until God's final judgment arrives and earthly time will end. John must write about that prophesy.
The sweetness of God’s word will sustain us and remain in us eternally, no matter what brief bitterness in this ungodly world initially results. The final prophecy is universal—the call of the gospel.
