And sware by him that liveth for evermore, which created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things that therein are, [a]that [b]time should be no more.

But in the days of the [c]voice of the seventh Angel, when he shall begin to blow the trumpet, even the mystery of God shall be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the Prophets.

[d]And the voice which I heard from heaven, spake unto me again, and said, Go, and take the little book which is open in the hand of the Angel, which standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 10:6 Neither time itself, nor the things that are in time: but that the world to come is at hand which is altogether of eternity and beyond all times.
  2. Revelation 10:6 There shall never be anymore time.
  3. Revelation 10:7 Whereof Rev. 11:15 and 16:17.
  4. Revelation 10:8 The other part of this Chapter, concerning the particular calling of Saint John to the receiving of the prophecy following which is enjoined him, first by sign in three verses, then in plain words in the last verse. Unto the setting forth of the sign belong these things: That Saint John is taught from heaven to demand the book of the Prophecy in this verse: for these motions and desires God doth inspire: that demanding the book, he is charged to take it in a figurative manner, the use whereof also is expounded, the ninth verse, (as in the second Chapter of Ezekiel and the ninth verse) whence this similitude is borrowed: lastly, for that Saint John at the commandment of Christ took the book, and found by experience that the same as proceeding from Christ was most sweet, but in that it foretelleth the afflictions of the Church it was most bitter unto his spirit.

And he swore(A) by him who lives for ever and ever,(B) who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it,(C) and said, “There will be no more delay!(D) But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet,(E) the mystery(F) of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”(G)

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven(H) spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll(I) that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”

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