Saturday, October 4, 2008

My Updated Comment On Revelation 10:5-7

REVELATION 10

5 And the angel which I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And swore by him who lives forever and ever... that there should be time no longer:
7 ... the mystery of God will be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets. AKJV

6 ... there would be no more delay. ESV

Time is revealed and defined
in relation to the mystery of God in the world.

The mystery of God, as revealed to his prophets,
finally being completely brought forth and unfolded in history means
"the end of time",
or the end of delay in the revelation or manifestation of God.
Yet the translation that is often given, "there shall be no more delay",
can give the wrong idea.

In the unfolding of a mystery it is not that there is unwanted delay
but that there is necessary and purposeful suspense involved
in order for hearers of a story to become prepared
to understand the conclusion and whole purpose of the story.
Likewise here, God created the world with a mystery and a suspense.

That mystery and that suspense take time, delay...
It is thus that time as we know it is created.

Why was Creation not made eternal at once in the beginning?
So that the world could come to know God as God desired to be known.
So that the world could come to rest with God,
in a true and pure knowledge of God
on an Eternal Sabbath Day.
According to The Book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ,
the beginning of the end of the story,
of the suspense, of the mystery, of time,
will happen when the Angel of the 7th Trumpet
begins to blow.
At that time all the servants of God,
of all the tribes of Israel,
and all who are grafted into those tribes,
who are sealed with the knowledge of the name of God
in their foreheads,
shall prepare the world for the final days of the mystery.
They will declare the good news that Jesus did not condemn
but forgave his nation Israel.
Therefore he shall return to Jerusalem
and they will receive him, saying,
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
(Habakkuk 2:14)

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