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==What the Bible says== | ==What the Bible says== | ||
Revelation 10:7 states that: | Revelation 10:7 in the New American Standard Bible, a word for word translation, states that: | ||
:'' | :''but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, '''when he is about to sound''', then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Re 10:7</ref> | ||
===When does this take place?=== | |||
The Greek can literally be translated, “but in the days of the voice [phonē] of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound his trumpet.” Since the seventh angel does not speak, however, the word phonē must refer to the “sound” that the angel’s trumpet makes. Fulfillment does not come when the angel is “about to” blow the trumpet but occurs after the trumpet sounds in Revelation 11:15.<ref>Craig R. Koester, Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, ed. John J. Collins, vol. 38A, Anchor Yale Bible (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2014), 480.</ref> | |||
When the seventh angel, who is about to trumpet his message, sounds his instrument, then the mystery of God preached through the prophets will be accomplished or completed.<ref>Paige Patterson, Revelation, ed. E. Ray Clendenen, vol. 39, The New American Commentary (Nashville, TN: B&H, 2012), 233.</ref> | |||
===Is the angel of Revelation 10:7 the same angel as Revelation 3:14?=== | |||
The Bible speaks of an angel (or messenger) to each of the churches in Revelation chapters 2 & 3. There is '''no''' indication that these are the same angels as indicated in Revelation 8:1 which states: | The Bible speaks of an angel (or messenger) to each of the churches in Revelation chapters 2 & 3. There is '''no''' indication that these are the same angels as indicated in Revelation 8:1 which states: | ||