(Revelation) Book of the Great Revealing 10

A SPIRIT-MESSENGER AND THE VOICE OF SEVEN THUNDERS

1Then I saw another powerful spirit-messenger coming down from the spirit-world above. He was clothed with a cloud, and a rainbow was over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like towers of fire,

2and a small scroll lay open in his hand. He put his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

3He cried out with a loud voice that roared like a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders spoke with rumbling voices.

4I was about to write down the message spoken by the seven thunders when I heard a voice from the spirit-world above.

“Do not reveal what the seven thunders have spoken,” the voice instructed me. “Seal up the words and do not write them down.”

THE ANCIENT MYSTERY IS FINISHED

5Then the spirit-messenger whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to the spirit-world above.

6He made a solemn promise representing the one who lives to the time beyond all days, the one who created all things in the spirit-world above, on the earth below, the great waters of the sea, and all that is in them.

“There shall be no more delay,” he cried out ,

7“for the time has come for the seventh spirit-messenger to sound his eagle bone whistle! When he sounds, the ancient mystery spoken by the Great Spirit will be complete, bringing the full meaning and purpose of the good story that he revealed to his prophets who served him.”[#10:7 Lit. trumpet , or in Hebrew shofar , meaning “ram’s horn”]

THE SMALL SCROLL IS SWEET AND BITTER

8Then I again heard the voice that had spoken to me from the spirit-world above.

“Go,” the voice said to me, “and take the scroll that is lying open in the hand of the spirit-messenger who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

9I did as I was told and instructed the spirit-messenger to give me the scroll.

“Take it and eat it,” the messenger said to me. “It will be as sweet as honey in your mouth, but it will turn bitter in your stomach.”

10So I took the small scroll from the hand of the spirit-messenger and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I swallowed, it became bitter in my stomach.

11Then I was told, “You must once again prophesy to many peoples, nations, languages, and rulers.”

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