The Bittersweet Book
Of Revelation and I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed with the sun, closed with the 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 upon the earth.
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And when He cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth, and when He had cried seven thunders uttered their voices.
And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not.
Some mysteries remain sealed.
Some revelations are not for us to know in this time.
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up His hand to heaven and swear by Him that liveth 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 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 hath declared to His servants the prophets.
Time is running out.
The fulfillment is coming.
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And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again and said, go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
And I went unto the angel and said unto Him, give me the little book.
And He said unto me, take it and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it up.
And it was in my mouth sweet as honey.
And as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
This is the nature of God’s truth.
Sweet in the receiving, bitter in the digesting.
Sweet in the promise, bitter in the reality of what must come to pass.
The Word of God brings both comfort and conviction, both joy and judgment.
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And He said unto me, thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
End of chapter.
The work is not finished.
The message must go forth.
No matter how bitter the truth becomes in our belly, we must speak what God has given us to speak.