Then I saw another ^amighty angel ^bcoming down from heaven, clothed in a cloud, with a ^crainbow (halo) over his head; and ^dhis face was like the sun, and his ^efeet (legs) were like columns of fire; Ex 13:21, 22; Ezek 1:26-28; Dan 7:13; Matt 17:2 2 and he had a ^alittle book (scroll) open in his hand. He set ^bhis right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land; Ezek 2:9; Hos 11:10 3 and he shouted with a loud voice, ^alike the roaring of a lion compelling attention and inspiring awe; and when he had shouted out, the ^bseven peals of thunder spoke with their own voices uttering their message in distinct words. Ps 29 4 And when the seven peals of thunder had spoken, ^aI was about to write; but I ^bheard a voice from heaven saying, “^cSeal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them down.” 2+@Cor 12:4 5 Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land ^araised his right hand to swear an oath to heaven, Deut 32:40; Dan 12:6, 7 6 ^aand swore an oath by the name of ^bHim who lives forever and ever, ^cWHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that ^dthere will be delay no longer, Neh 9:6 7 but ¹when it is time for the ²trumpet call of the ^aseventh angel, when he is about to sound, then ^bthe mystery of God that is, His hidden purpose and plan is finished, as He announced the gospel to His servants the prophets. Dan 12:6; Rom 11:25; 1+@Cor 15:55; 2+@Thess 2:7

8 Then ^athe voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking to me, and saying, “Go, take ^bthe book (scroll) which is open in the hand of the angel who is ^cstanding on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went up to the angel and told him to give me the little book. And he said to me, “^aTake it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” Ezek 2:8, 9; 3:1-3 10 So I took the little book from the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was as sweet as honey; but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was ¹bitter. Ps 119:103; Jer 15; 16 11 Then ^athey said to me, “You must ^bprophesy again concerning ^cmany peoples and nations and languages and ^dkings.” Jer 1:10