LHC Midday Word: The REVELATION of Jesus Christ

1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, ‘Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.’

5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, ‘There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.’

8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: ‘Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.’

9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, ‘Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but “in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”’ 10 I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, ‘You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.’

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Word by Word Meditations

by Fred Ursell

Revelation 10: “accomplished” (v.7)

There have been times in history when some have naively felt that Utopia was just round the corner. It wasn’t; and it isn’t now either. What may not be far ahead of us is the sci-fi style havoc painted in this book of Revelation.

The opening of 6 seals has been pictured already. John writes solemnly for the record now, “in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished” (v.7).

Despite cataclysmic events, it won’t ‘end in tears’ –‘ God is working His purpose out’, as the words from an old hymn put it. He will “accomplish” it 100% (Isaiah 9 v.7)!

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READINGS

The REVELATION of Jesus christ

Chapter Ten

Read by Sir David Suchet