The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 10)

• Between the breaking of the 6th and 7th seals we have another interlude.

• Now between the 10th chapter and 11th chapter we have another interlude.

• The sixth trumpet has already sounded, but the seventh trumpet does not sound until later (11:15).

In this short passage of Revelation chapter 10 we want to look at several things.

First, we want to look at a…

I. MIGHTY ANGEL

Look at Revelation 10:1-3 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Notice, this is not just an angel, but a MIGHTY ANGEL that came down from heaven. He is referred to as…A Mighty Angel

Notice, this mighty angel came down from heaven.

This angel is not to be identified with any other angel previously mentioned; he is not one of the seven, this is a MIGHTY ANGEL!!!

There has been definite disagreement among Bible expositors as to the identity of this Mighty Angel.

Is he Jesus or is he just an angel with great power and authority?

Let me state that some say this MIGHTY ANGEL can not be the Lord Jesus, they believe it is Michael or Gabriel.

There argument is that it can not be the Lord because angels are created beings and of course the Lord Jesus is not a created being.

That is true, it is difficult for us to understand that God has always existed.

Sometime you might hear someone say, I admit I have a hard time believing that God has always existed. After all, everything around us had a beginning, so might that not be true of God also? How could God have always existed? Can you understand this?

One reason we have difficulty understanding this is because even time itself was created by God. Before time began, God already existed!

This is why the Bible calls Him “the Alpha and the Omega (which are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet), the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13).

Part of God’s greatness is that He is eternal. Unlike us, He had no beginning and He has no end.

But those who believe that this MIGHTY ANGEL was not Christ they forget for example, they over look like “Son of Man,” is a title, and doesn’t imply that the One who bears the title is a created being.

For example, through out the scripture the Lord is referred to as THE SON OF MAN, and man is a created being.

The SON OF MAN like the MIGHTY ANGEL is a title, not a created being.

But there are many Bible scholars believe this mighty angel could be Michael or Gabriel.

As we work out way through Revelation chapter 10 I can show you from Scripture this mighty angel is the Lord Jesus Christ with certainty. ABSOLUTLELY!!! POSITIVELY!!!

The “Mighty Angel” is not named. However, there are a number of things about Him which identify Him as Jesus Christ.

This Mighty Angel is God’s only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let me outline somethings that gives us a hint that this Mighty Angel is the Lord Jesus.

After I outline these hinst I will go into more detail, such as…

1) This Angel came down from Heaven.

2) This Angel is clothed with a cloud.

3) The face of this Angel is like the sun.

4) The feet of this Angel are as pillars of fire.

5) He stands with one foot on the land and one on the sea—denoting universal ownership and authority. “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof” (Psalm 24:1).

6) The “little book” (scroll) (v. 2; 5:5) contains the rest of the prophetic message that John will deliver. Since our Lord was the only One worthy to take the “little book” and break the seals, it might well be concluded that He is the only One worthy to give his servant the rest of the message.

These six facts give us some hints that this Angel could be none other than the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us look at these hints more closely. Let us look more closely at this description of this MIGHTY ANGEL.

We read in Revelation 10:1-2 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth.