Study
13 From the Book of Revelation is: Revelation 10
Rev.
10:1 – 11:13 is an interlude between the sixth and seventh trumpets.
Corresponding to chapter 7. The seer first tells of his new commission
(10:1-11) and then describes the church as God’s sanctuary (11:1, 2), and as
bearing witness in the world (11:3-13).
1-
In what two ways does chapter 10 show that the revelation thus
far given to John, though it extends to the end of the age (verses 6, 7), is by
no means a complete disclosure of the hidden counsel of God? Cf. Dt. 29:29; Jb.
26:14. Of what was John now solemnly assured concerning truths which had been
revealed?
2-
What made God’s Word sweet to taste, but bitter to digest? What
responsibility did the reception of such revelation place upon John? Cf. Ezk.
2:8-3:4; 1 Sa. 3:15-18; 1 Cor. 9:16, 17. Have you any comparable privilege and
responsibility?
Note. Verses
6, 7. The mysterious purpose of God, as revealed through the prophets and
worked out in earthly history, is thus to be completed or finished.
