Revelation Ch. 10 and 2 Corinthians Ch. 6

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[Faith Presses On]

"But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets."

"We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."

"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"

Revelation 10

1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

2 Corinthians 6

1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.

13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

[Faith Presses On]

Other versions:

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[Fledermaus]

I don’t mean to be degrading at all but, what was that writer on? Opium?
Reads like Xanadu.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Amen.

Thanks, Faith.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Let me pitch in for a moment. The Apostle John, of great age at that time, some say possibly 90 years old, said he was writing “in the spirit” on the Lord’s day. He is reporting what he saw and heard, as far as I can tell, in a vision. For me, it is the most difficult book of the New Testament.

But it is prophecy about the end of the world. Old Testament prophets like Daniel and Isaiah, also hard to decipher, were writing about future events in times we can all relate to. They are not as hard to understand as John, but their subject matter covers things we are generally familiar with. Clearly we have no frame of reference for the end of the world.

But human prophecy is all, at best, a murky vision of things to come. In the mind of God, everything is as clear as a bus schedule or a map of our home town. But we are mere humans.

My greatest fear, though, on reading Biblical prophecy, is what Jesus said, him who has ears to hear, let him hear. Perhaps I was not intended to understand. Even some simple parables of Jesus make no sense to me. Jesus said He spoke parables so some individuals would NOT understand. That’s pretty scary to me. But it is somewhat like John being told, don’t write some of that stuff down that you saw.

Just my two bits.

[Faith Presses On]

You’re welcome, Cincinnatus.