# Revelation 10 📖: The Angel and the Little Scroll [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Revelation Overview]] | [[Revelation 09]] | [[Revelation 11]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Angel with the Little Scroll **Principle**: [[#Verse 01.]] Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.  [[#Verse 02.]] He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.  [[#Verse 03.]] Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.  [[#Verse 04.]] When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.”  [[#Verse 05.]] Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven  [[#Verse 06.]] and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!  [[#Verse 07.]] But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets.”  [[#Verse 08.]] Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again,“Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”  [[#Verse 09.]] So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. Hesaid to me, “Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.”  [[#Verse 10.]] So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.  [[#Verse 11.]] Then they told me: “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Chapter 10 is an interlude between the sixth and seventh trumpets, just as chapter 7 comes between the sixth and seventh seals. 2. The angel stands with one foot on the sea and one on the land (10:2), a picture of authority over the whole earth. 3. The angel raising his hand to swear by the One who lives forever (10:5-6) echoes Daniel 12:7. 4. The seven thunders (10:3-4) are the only part of the vision John is told not to write down. 5. Daniel was told to seal up his prophecy until the end (Daniel 12:4), but John is told at the end of Revelation not to seal his (22:10). 6. Eating the scroll (10:9-10) recalls Ezekiel 2:8-3:3, where the scroll tasted as sweet as honey. 7. "Sweet as honey" also echoes Psalm 19:10 and 119:103, which describe God's words as sweeter than honey. 8. The word for mystery (10:7) in the New Testament means something once hidden that God has now revealed. 9. "There will be no more delay" (10:6) answers the martyrs' cry of "How long?" in 6:10. 10. The rainbow over the angel's head (10:1) recalls the rainbow around God's throne in 4:3. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the fulfillment of the mystery of God announced by the prophets (10:7; Colossians 1:26-27). His Word is sweet to receive and sometimes bitter to carry, as John learned when he ate the scroll (10:9-10). ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. John is told to seal up what the seven thunders said (10:4). How do you handle the things God has chosen not to reveal? 2. The scroll was sweet in John's mouth but bitter in his stomach (10:9-10). How can God's Word be both sweet and hard to carry? 3. John is told he must prophesy again about many peoples (10:11). How is God calling you to share His Word with others? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: A mighty angel comes down wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. - 📖 verse 4: John is told to seal up what the seven thunders said and not write it down. - 📖 verses 6-7: There will be no more delay, and the mystery of God will be fulfilled. - 📖 verses 9-10: The little scroll is sweet as honey in John's mouth but bitter in his stomach. ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 10:1 → Ezekiel 1:28 – Radiance like a rainbow around the glory of the Lord. - 🔗 10:4 → Daniel 12:4, 9 – Seal up the words until the time of the end. - 🔗 10:5-6 → Daniel 12:7 – The angel raises his hand and swears by Him who lives forever. - 🔗 10:6 → Exodus 20:11 – The Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all in them. - 🔗 10:7 → Amos 3:7 – God reveals His plans to His servants the prophets. - 🔗 10:7 → Ephesians 3:3-6 – The mystery of Christ now revealed. - 🔗 10:9-10 → Ezekiel 3:1-3 – Ezekiel eats the scroll, sweet as honey. - 🔗 10:9-10 → Jeremiah 15:16 – Your words were found, and I ate them. - 🔗 10:11 → Jeremiah 1:10 – Appointed over nations and kingdoms. - 🔗 [[Ezekiel 03#Verse 01.|Ezekiel 3:1-3]] - Ezekiel eats the scroll, sweet as honey. - 🔗 [[Daniel 12#Verse 04.|Daniel 12:4-9]] - Seal up the book until the time of the end. - 🔗 [[Psalm 119#Verse 103.|Psalm 119:103]] - How sweet are Your words to my taste. - 🔗 [[Amos 03#Verse 07.|Amos 3:7]] - The Lord reveals His plans to His servants the prophets. - 🔗 [[Colossians 01#Verse 26.|Colossians 1:26-27]] - The mystery hidden for ages is Christ in you. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Revelation 10 - SOAP|Tell What You Know]] ## 📂 Internal Notes