Revelation 10:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and earth and sea[a] and all that is in them, “There shall be no more delay.(A) 7 At the time when you hear the seventh angel blow his trumpet, the mysterious plan of God[b] shall be fulfilled, as he promised to his servants the prophets.”(B)
8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
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- 10:6 Heaven and earth and sea: the three parts of the universe. No more delay: cf. Dn 12:7; Hb 2:3.
- 10:7 The mysterious plan of God: literally, “the mystery of God,” the end of the present age when the forces of evil will be put down (Rev 17:1–19:4, 11–21; 20:7–10; cf. 2 Thes 2:6–12; Rom 16:25–26), and the establishment of the reign of God when all creation will be made new (Rev 21:1–22:5).
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