Rev.
10:8 Then the voice which I heard from
heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, “Go, take the book
which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the
land.” 9 So I went to the angel, telling him to give me
the little book. And he said to me,
“Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it
will be sweet as honey.” 10 I took the little book
out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and
when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 11 And they
said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations
and tongues and kings.”
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| Prayer and Bible Expo |
After the angel who stands on the sea and
land swears, what does John hear? (10:8)
the voice, which
he had heard from heaven, again speaking with him
From where does the voice speak? (10:8)
from heaven
What had this voice previously told John
to do? (10:4)
“Seal up the
things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them.”
What does the voice tell John to do now?
(10:8)
“Go, take the
book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the
land” (10:8).
In response to the voice from heaven,
what does John do? (10:9)
“So I went to
the angel, telling him to give me the little book . . .” (10:9).
What does the angel tell John to do with
the little book? (10:9)
“Take it and eat
it; it will make your stomach bitter but in your mouth it will be sweet as
honey” (10:9).
What happens to John after he takes the
little book out of the angel’s hand? (10:10)
(cf. Psa. 119:103; Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 3:1-3;
Heb 6:5)
“I took the
little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as
honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter” (10:10).
Ø Psa. 119:103 How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Ø Jer. 15:16 Your
words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the
delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts.
Ø Ezek. 3:1
Then He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; eat this
scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”
2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this
scroll. 3 He said to me, “Son of man,
feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.”
Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.
Ø
Heb. 6:5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to
come,
Concerning what must John prophesy again? (10:11)
“You must
prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings”
(10:11).
What impresses you about Rev 10:8-11?
The little book
seems to represent the Word of God, which is as sweet as honey in the mouths of
those who receive them, yet the judgment contained in the book makes the
prophet’s stomach bitter.
What do you learn about God from Rev
10:8-11?
God’s Word comes
from heaven, placed in the mouths of God’s prophets, and His Word results in
sweet delight to believers and bitter judgment to scoffers.
How could this truth transform your life?
Delight in God’s
Word, will, and ways, fully yielding to the Spirit in humble submission.
Father,
Your Word is good and endures forever. In
Your Word, You reveal both blessing and judgment. Blessing is received through reading,
hearing, and heeding Your Word. Judgment is for those who scoff, made bitter
through unbelief, cursed with eternal condemnation for rejection of the Word of
God, Your Son, the way, the truth, the life.
All Scripture was breathed by You and is
profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in
righteousness, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good
work. May You raise up faithful stewards who will wield Your Word, the sword of
the Spirit, with alacrity, accuracy, authority, tenacity, and integrity.
Your Word is living and active and
sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul
and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and
intentions of the heart. May Your people who taste Your Word today know that it
is good. Your Word is the Sword of the Spirit. May You raise up servants to
pray at all times in the Spirit, on the alert with all perseverance and
petition for all the saints.
Jesus is the Living Word of God, the embodiment
of truth and life, the light of men. Jesus is the way and the truth, and the
life; no one comes to You but through Jesus. Jesus is the resurrection and the
life; he who believes in Jesus will live even if he dies, and everyone who
lives and believes in Jesus will never die. May sinners respond to Jesus the
Messiah, the Son of God, Who died on the cross for the forgiveness of sin and
Whom You raised from the dead on the third day, with conviction and commitment.
May all who respond to Your Word with belief in Your Son be sanctified by faith
in Him. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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