2. What is the purpose of prophecy?
The 2nd Interlude:
What is the purpose of prophecy?
Forthtelling/Foretelling

3. “If you’re a believer, do you think of yourself as someone who was a slave until God redeemed you from slavery? If you’re a believer in Jesus, that’s your identity, and that identity matters more than your image, your style, and your reputation. The defining truth about who you are, about your identity is that you are someone whom God has gone to extravagant lengths to redeem.”
James Hamilton Jr., Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches

4. The Angel & Little Scroll
Chapter 10:
The Angel & Little Scroll
“Another Mighty Angel”
Clouds, Rainbow, Sun, & Fire descriptions
Little Scroll is open, in his hand
Right foot Sea, Left foot Land
Voice of a Roaring Lion
Another…
Some – Christ himself, but never referred to as an Angel in Rev.
Descriptions
Clouds, Fire – continuing Exodus imagery
Rainbow – Salvation through judgment – Noah
Some – refracted light from clouds and face
Sun – Reflection from Christ – 1:16 – like Moses
Scroll
Different word than used in 5
Open – not sealed
Angel holding it – not God
What scroll?
Same as 5 – process of redemption
Too many differences
Word of God/Gospel
Doesn’t seem to fit context
Contents of the rest of interlude – 11:1-13
What happens to believers, church
Right Foot, Left Foot
Vision of Colossus
Symbol of Dominion
Psalm 8:6
Representation of God’s sovereignty
Constant reminder for comfort for God’s people
Voice of a Roaring Lion
Voice of the Lord in judgment and salvation
Joel 3:16
Amos 1:2
Brings the Thunder!
Psalm 29:3
Angel – God Will SAVE through Judgment!
The Lord is much more impressive than this Angel

5. No More Delay Seven Thunders – Sealed up Angel raises hand to heaven
Chapter 10:
No More Delay
Seven Thunders – Sealed up
Angel raises hand to heaven
Oath to “Him who lives forever and ever”
There is NO MORE DELAY – 7th trumpet
Mystery to be fulfilled
Seven Thunders
Sealed up, not to be written
Could be more judgments
While not exhaustive in revelation – trust worthiness is not affected
Angel’s stance
Hand raised – 3 Spheres – OT Oath practices
Referenced as what God has made
No place where God’s word does not apply!
Oath
By the only living God – Exodus 20:4
Background – Dan. 12:6,7
No Delay
Response from Daniel
7th Trumpet issues in the final days
Culmination of events – the last of the tribulation (Daniel)
No more Soon – It is here
Mystery Fulfilled
God’s plan completed
Eph. 1:9,10

6. The Little Scroll John involved in the action Take the Scroll – eat it
Chapter 10:
The Little Scroll
John involved in the action
Take the Scroll – eat it
Bitter to stomach, but sweet in mouth
More to Prophesy – 1:19
Eating the Scroll
Parallel – Ezekiel 2:9-3:4
Eat – then Speak pattern
Prophecy to be ingested before given
Able to appropriate the Word of God – for application!
Bitter/Sweet
Taking in of Word of God is sweet
Psalm 119:103
Jer. 15:16
Bitterness – speaks to contents
Sweet is the final victory
Bitter is the suffering and martyrdom endured
Speaks of the believers – the church – 11:1-13
More to Prophesy
Rest of interlude and final moments

7. “It is a very sad thing indeed when truth is simply held in the intellect with no particular bearing upon life…It is a truth that should affect the believer at every angle of his life. Anyone who really believes it cannot afterward live for self or for the world. If one professes to hold the second coming of Christ and yet lives like the world, it but evidences the fact that, whatever he may hold mentally, the truth of the Lord’s coming does not hold him. That truth believed makes carnal Christians spiritual, it makes worldly people heavenly, it makes covetous people generous, and it makes careless people earnest. I want to be very frank with you. If you do not desire to let this truth have its sway over your lives, it might be better to cease studying this book of Revelation right here because all of God’s truth has been made known for the obedience of faith…”

8. “…And I am certain that these truths are either going to change the lives of some people completely or harden them in their waywardness and be the means of searing their consciences as with a hot iron.”
H.A. Ironside, Revelation
* Terrible Judgment – Call to repent!

9. God’s Word was meant to be ingested into the life, not pass through the ears!
Takeaway Thought.