The Ministry Of The Angels In Daniel And The Revelation Of Jesus Christ

The last three trumpet judgments, also called “woes”, are more complex, bringing additional and increasingly devastating effects upon the earth’s inhabitants with the sixth trumpet killing one third of the planet’s population (Revelation 9:1-21).

Between the sixth and seventh trumpet another angel appears:

“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 right hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth, And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.” (Revelation 10:1-3)

When the “seven thunders had uttered their voice” John was told to “seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not” (Revelation 10:4). However, he does record the words of the mighty angel:

“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven And swore by Him that lives for ever 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 [delay] no longer: But, 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 has declared to His servants the prophets.” (Revelation 10:5-7)

John is then told to take the little book from the mighty angel and the angel told him to literally:

“Take it and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.” (Revelation 10:9)

John obeys, experiencing those same inward results, and is told:

“And he [the mighty angel] said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.” (Revelation 10:11)

This refers to the remainder of the Day of the Lord judgments which includes the seventh trumpet and the seven vials, the judgment of Babylon, and the climactic battle of Armageddon. Chapter eleven begins with an angel directing the Apostle John:

“And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them [Jews] that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city [Jerusalem] shall they tread under foot forty and two months [3-1/2 years].” (Revelation 11:1, 2)

This chapter, along with chapters twelve, thirteen and fourteen, provide details that will occur during the last half of Daniel’s 70th Week. John is told to measure the temple. Then, after the ministry of the “two witnesses” is recorded (11:3-14), the seventh trumpet is sounded:

“And 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 FOR EVER AND EVER.” (Revelation 11:15)