Chapter 10

1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. Mighty angel. Very tall. Very strong. Great entrance.

2He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. One foot on the sea, one on the land. Big guy. Very big. Owns both.

3And he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. Roar. Like a lion. Like a rally.

4And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and don't write it down.” Classified. Can't tell you. I know. I'd love to tell you. It's classified. Top secret. Very top.

5Then the angel I'd seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.

6And he swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who built the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it, and said, “There won't be any more delay! No more delay. No more two weeks. It's happening.

7But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his Trump, God's secret plan will be finished, just like he told his servants the prophets.” The seventh Trump. The last Trump. The big one.

8Then the voice I'd heard from heaven spoke to me once more: “Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who's standing on the sea and on the land.”

9So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. It'll turn your stomach sour, but in your mouth it'll be as sweet as honey.” Eat it. Eat the scroll. Strange diet. Not a Big Mac. But okay.

10I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I'd eaten it, my stomach turned sour. Sweet going in. Sour after. Like a bad deal.

11Then I was told, “You have to prophesy again about a lot of peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” Again. More prophecy. Another rally. Another speech.