1. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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2. Revelation 10 – The angel and the little book
Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
Revelation 10 – The angel and the little book
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3. Who was this mighty angel?
Many think it was Jesus Christ
Exodus 40 v 34 – the glory of The Lord
Psalm 104 v 3 – clouds His chariot
Revelation 1 v 7 – comes with the clouds
Matthew 24 v 30 – darkness and then He comes in the clouds with great glory.
Also the sign of the Son of Man – a rainbow?
Matthew 24 v 27 – like lightning: visible to all
Psalm 89 v 1 & 2, also v 8 & 33 – covenantal God
Revelation 4 v 3 – rainbow: the covenantal sign
Revelation 1 v 16 – countenance like the sun

4. Who was the mighty angel?
Revelation 1 v 15 – Feet like burnished bronze as though they had been burned in a fire
So! Lots of symbolism suggesting Jesus!
However, this is not an exact fit: God’s word is always an exact fit.
Another mighty angel
Allos not heteros
Revelation chapter 5 v 2 – the strong angel is the same Greek word
This is another of the same kind

5. Who was the mighty angel?
Also in verse 5 he raises his right hand: a sign that he is swearing an oath to a higher power and to someone who lives forever and ever.
Therefore not an Jesus, but a very special angel who carried the glory of Jesus
Gabriel is a contender – Strength of God
Michael an even better contender – ‘Who is like God’
Disputed with Satan over the body of Moses – Jude 9
Comes to assist the angel: a chief prince – Daniel 10 v 13
Also chapter 12 v 1 – A champion of Israel
Revelation 12 v 1 Michael V the Dragon

6. Control, command and seven thunders
Absolute control of land and sea
Ownership – taking back what is His
Declaring it as a roaring lion
Job 4 v 9 & 10 God’s blast breaks the roar and the teeth of lions
Isaiah 31 v 4 & 5 – roaring when defending Israel
Hosea 5 v 14 – like a lion in His judgement
Also Chapter 11 v 10
Amos 3 v 8 – probably a direct application
Keeping the thunders a secret seems counter intuitive

7. Control, command and the seven thunders
The purpose of Revelation is usually to ‘reveal’
Revelation 22 v 10 reverts to “seal not up the prophecy”
Daniel 12 appears to be speaking of the same time and had the same instruction
Possibly because of the terrible suffering of God’s people
Possibly because of the great devastation of the earth
The angel takes charge of earth and sea
Swears by Jesus: Hebrews 6 v 13 Jesus swears by Hmself, as there was no one greater
And says “no more time/delay”

8. All that was prophesied would be finished
Finally
The head of Satan crushed
Death vanquished
Heaven and Earth filled with righteousness
The prophetic message of all the feasts fulfilled
Satan bound
No more pain or sorrow
This has to be no more delay rather than no more time, as the process of finalising all that the prophets spoke takes some time – at least 3.5 years

9. All that was prophesied would be finished
Verse 7 – the mystery of God will be finished
Teleo – completed, executed, discharged
Rev 15 v 1 & 8 uses the same word
This is the run-up to the completion of all prophecy
The answer to the question, “Why do the righteous suffer and the wicked prosper?” (Psalm 73)
Psalm 11 v 6 seems to say the opposite, yet it is our experience that the wicked seem to prosper.
Job 21 v 7 and following is on the same topic

10. Eating the scroll He eats the scroll
This illustrates a previous revelation – Ezekiel 2 v 9 – 3 v 3
Demands a response
Carries a powerful responsibility
Sweet because it is the word of God coming to pass
Salvific for those who respond
Glorifies and magnifies Him
Shows he is faithful and true
Bitter because of the devastation that follows

11. Teaching the “whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27)
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