A reading & study, verses R paraphrased, Book of Revelation. in a year [ ] references { } thots
8 - Then the voice that I [John] had heard from heaven spoke to me again, “Go and take the open {meant to be understood?} scroll from the hand of the angel who’s standing upon sea and land.”
9 So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. And he said, “Take and eat it.” [Katesthíō - from katá - down, and esthíō - eat all the way down.] “It will turn your stomach sour {it’s a bitter cup} “but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.” [From ‘Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary’ - “when this book of prophecy was thoroughly digested by the apostle, the contents would be bitter”.]
{The little scroll, prophecy, highlighted like this, shows its importance. Prophecy puts the jigsaw pieces together. The consummation, the full and mature fruit, consequences, results, tells the whole story. Straying cannot work. God is Life, the life force, and he “is perfect”. Also, self first and the extreme, dog eat dog, cannot work. Life as we presently know it is a living ‘parable’ and an unavoidable, all important contrast. ..An ant farm is no paradise.. Isaiah 45:23 - “I - God - have sworn by my own name [there is none higher to swear an oath to]. I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word —every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.” [“Swear allegiance” - shaba - to seven oneself, i.e. swear as oath, as if by repeating a declaration seven times (the Hebraic.] {Surely “all” will joyfully swear allegiance.. And I think that’s an understatement.}
10 So I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and I ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth but when I had eaten it, my stomach became sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy more about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.” {Truth during this contrast is both sweet and bitter?}
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