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and swore by him who lives forever and ever and who created heaven and earth and the sea and everything that is in them: “There will be no further delay. When the time comes for the seventh angel to sound his trumpet, the mysterious purpose of God[a] will be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the Prophets.”

Then I again heard the voice that had spoken to me from heaven, and it said, “Go and take that open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

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  1. Revelation 10:7 The mysterious purpose of God: literally, “the mystery of God,” i.e., the end of the present age when the power of evil will be overcome (see Rev 17:1—19:4, 11-21; 20:7-10; Rom 16:25f; 2 Thes 2:6-12) and the Kingdom of God is established and all creation is renewed (see Rev 21:1—22:5).