Suggestive-If we attend carefully to the "words" of the 10th chapter of the Book of Revelation we may be kept clear of much of the perplexity and confusion which prevail in the Church of God with respect to this momentous and deeply-interesting portion of God's Holy Word. Chapter 10, "The mighty angel (verse 1) sware (verse 6) by Him that liveth forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: but (verse 7) in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished as he /Lath declared to his servants the prophets."
In chap. 11 ver. 15, to the end we have the fulfillment of this oath-confirmed prophecy. "And (verse 15) the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wart, and art to come, because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned." "And (verse 18) the nations were angry, and Thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that Thou shouldest give reward unto Thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear Thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." "And (verse 19) the—temple of God was opened in Heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His testament: and there were lightnings and voices and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail." My object is to call attention to the thought, that the 18th and 19th verses of this 11th chapter contain a complete general account of the finished mystery of God. That, in fact, the Book of Revelation has AN end here.
That which follows consists of circumstantial scenes or detailed pictures, which compose the eventful history so wonderfully generalized and condensed as to be comprised in the last two verses of the 11th chapter. M.
Worcester.