OK...so I copied this post from another thread (dialectic) to continue with this important subject..
The Little Book:
This could be a thread in and of itself. But the chapter is so important to understand why we need to remain in the whole counsel of God.
Revelation 10
"1 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:
2 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,"
The mighty angel is said to be standing astride both land and sea. This speaks of the proper balance between what is known and what is unknown...or order and chaos. In the Hebrew mindset the sea, or water means chaos. We can't see within the sea so it is the unknown. We are land creatures so then the land is known.
"3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 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.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth 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 no longer:"
We have been given time to get things straight. But many people will resist the truth till the end.
"7 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."
The mystery of God is hidden from they who have not sought Him diligently. These will be fooled into an ideology that is one-sided...according to what is known and familiar...thereby leaving the mystery of God untouched. For these....He remains the unknown God...as in...depart, I never knew you.
God has set His trap and sent strong delusion that men who aren't careful may believe a lie. And these will not repent no matter how strongly you try to make them understand.
"8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."
The small book is the shortened gospel that contains only the "sweet" parts that religious self-interest has any desire for. The book is small because there are so few verses that are agreed upon by these. Anything that sounds bitter will have been discarded. So their bible is indeed much smaller than the whole counsel of God. They take the sweet and discard the bitter as being for other people.
If we don't take the bitter with the sweet now...then we will experience the bitter in eternity.
The Little Book:
This could be a thread in and of itself. But the chapter is so important to understand why we need to remain in the whole counsel of God.
Revelation 10
"1 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:
2 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,"
The mighty angel is said to be standing astride both land and sea. This speaks of the proper balance between what is known and what is unknown...or order and chaos. In the Hebrew mindset the sea, or water means chaos. We can't see within the sea so it is the unknown. We are land creatures so then the land is known.
"3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 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.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth 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 no longer:"
We have been given time to get things straight. But many people will resist the truth till the end.
"7 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."
The mystery of God is hidden from they who have not sought Him diligently. These will be fooled into an ideology that is one-sided...according to what is known and familiar...thereby leaving the mystery of God untouched. For these....He remains the unknown God...as in...depart, I never knew you.
God has set His trap and sent strong delusion that men who aren't careful may believe a lie. And these will not repent no matter how strongly you try to make them understand.
"8 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.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."
The small book is the shortened gospel that contains only the "sweet" parts that religious self-interest has any desire for. The book is small because there are so few verses that are agreed upon by these. Anything that sounds bitter will have been discarded. So their bible is indeed much smaller than the whole counsel of God. They take the sweet and discard the bitter as being for other people.
If we don't take the bitter with the sweet now...then we will experience the bitter in eternity.
