John Prophesying Again Revelation 10:11

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, fifth and sixth angels” blew their trumpets, and great judgment fell upon the earth. John continued, “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: And he had in his hand a little book open … And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands upon the sea and upon the earth. 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. 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.” In chapter ten and verse eleven of Revelation John shared how the angel told him, “you must prophesy again” where we read:

And he said unto me, you must prophesy again before many peoples,

and nations, and tongues, and kings.

The verse reads, “And he said unto me, you must prophesy again before many peoples, ...” John began with the words, “and he said” which means “and the messenger, envoy and one sent uttered, proclaimed and declared” “unto me” or “to John the apostle”, “you must prophesy” which means “John was to speak forth by divine inspiration and predict with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God” “again” or “anew, further and moreover” “before” which means “in front of and in the presence of” “many peoples” or “a great and abundant number of people groups, tribes, nations and those who of the same stock and language”. John was told by the angel that he was to “again” “foretell” many more people about future events.

The verse continues, “... and nations, and tongues, and kings.” John added the words, “and nations” which means “multitudes of individuals of the same nature or genus, people groups or tribes”, “and tongues” or “languages or dialects used by particular people distinct from that of other nations”, “and kings” which refers to “leaders of the people such as princes, commanders and lords of the land”. John was also to “prophesy” before “multitudes” of people who spoke different “languages” as well as to the “rulers or commanders” who were among them.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how he was to continue sharing these “prophesies” with people from all over the world. “People groups, nations, tribes and countries” were to hear the Revelation given to John, and though they had diverse languages and rulers, they were to listen to his “prophesy”. God desires people from every nation and tongue to receive His Son Jesus Christ as “Savior and Lord” today, and as we studied earlier in this book of Revelation in chapter seven and verses nine through ten, “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne, and unto the Lamb”, and this is God's plan from the beginning. Let every person from every nation who read these words listen to and adhere to the “prophesy” given to John.

Next time John we begin a new chapter and see John share how “there was given me a reed like unto a rod”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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