Another Mighty Angel Revelation 10:1

As John the apostle continued to share about the “tribulation” that was to come upon the earth, he shared concerning the first six seals Jesus removed from the “scroll” in God's right hand. He began to write about what happened when Jesus, “had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets … And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. The first, second, third, fourth and fifth angels” blew their trumpets, and great judgment fell upon the earth. John continued, “And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates, and the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths, for their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” In chapter ten and verse one of Revelation John shared how he “saw another mighty angel” where we read:

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:

The verse reads, “And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: ” John began with the words “and I saw” which means “and John noticed, perceived, discerned and discovered” “another mighty angel” or “an other strong, forcible and firm messenger, envoy or one sent” “come down” which means “who descended from a higher place to a lower” “from heaven” or “away and separate from the region above the sidereal heavens where is the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings”, “clothed” or “arrayed and surrounded with a garment” “with a cloud” which means “cloudiness or a cloudy fog”. John noticed another “mighty angel” descending out of heaven who was arrayed in a “cloudy” attire.

The verse goes on to say, “and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:” John added the words, “and a rainbow” which means “like a rainbow in the sky” “was upon” or “rested on”, “his head” which means “the angel's forepart of his body”, “and his face” or “the angel's countenance and front of his head” “was as it were” which means “was like or similar to” “the sun” which refers to “to solar unit of the day”, “and his feet” or “the angel's feet upon which one walks” “as pillars” which refers to “like unto and similar to columns for support” “of fire” which means “of fiery flame like lightning”. The “mighty angel” John saw had a “rainbow” on his head, a face that was shining like the sun and feet that were like columns of fire.

When we meditate upon John's words in this verse, can only imagine how daunting this “mighty angel” was before John. He was “clothed with a cloud”, had a “rainbow” on his head, his “face shone like the sun”, and he had “fiery column like feet”. No doubt this was an awesome sight, and anyone encountering this “angel” would have been humbled. God created this “mighty angel”, and He has power and authority over all the created beings. Knowing that He does, why would anyone reject His “salvation” plan through His Son Jesus? Let this be a warning to all who will read and understand – God has some “mighty angels” to carry out His mission and directives throughout the entire world.

Next time we begin a new chapter as John shares how the “mighty angel”, “had in his hand a little book open”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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