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Revelation 10

A mighty angel descends with a small scroll, straddling sea and land, declaring that when the seventh trumpet sounds, God's mystery will be accomplished. John is told to eat the scroll—sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach—and to prophesy again about many peoples and nations.

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Then I saw another mighty angel coming down 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.

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He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

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Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

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When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

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Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

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And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!

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But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

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Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

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And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”

Ezekiel 3:1Direct Quote

Take the scroll and eat it — sweet as honey in the mouth

“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

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So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

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And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”

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