The Little Book and the Seven Thunders

2005-11-8 11:38:00

The next verse to consider reads:

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, Revelation 10:2

The last scroll or book was sealed with seven seals. It was a great book with a lot of writing on both sides of the papyrus. This second book was very small and is not sealed but open and is readily available for John to consume.

A small scroll was not a document with a long message, a new scripture or anything of the like. Instead, such a scroll was used for a short message or announcement of some kind. When the disciple uses the intuition and then begins to perceive the will of God he finally sees what his mission is to be. He may have read many books in the past, in a quest to discover what he is supposed to do or to be. He wants to be of the greatest possible service to mankind, but when the moment of revelation finally arrives the answer is reduced to a small number of words on a scroll. It may be just a sentence or two.

A thrill goes through the disciple. He is to finally find out exactly what it is that God wants him to do. No longer does he have to surmise and guess. Now is the time of discovery through the soul (the angel).

... and he (the angel) set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

Remember the angels feet were as "pillars of fire" which represents great spiritual strength. The door to the soul is open and the higher spiritual life descends like a fire and anchors itself in the emotional and passionate part of the disciple (right foot on the sea) and finally blends the highest (spirit) with the lowest, or the physical nature (left foot on the earth).

The disciple is now "soul infused." He and the Father are one.

And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. Revelation 10:3

When the disciple realizes his unity with God the inner voice is no longer a "still small voice" that one has to pay a lot of attention to even be sure it is real. Instead the voice of God is his voice and the fire of the voice is swelling up in him to the extent that the voice is so profound and overwhelming that it is as if it is the voice of a lion roaring.

When the voice of God penetrates him to the soul the "seven thunders uttered their voices."

Thunder signifies an awakening. Seven thunders tells us there is an additional awakening of the disciple throughout his whole being, which is governed by the seven centers. Every part of his life energy is stimulated by the voice of God and is awakened to a new purpose, unrealized before.

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. Revelation 10:4

The disciple has received a full realization of who he is and his purpose and he feels like telling the world but the voice of the spirit says no. "Write them not" - do not announce your mission. Seal it up in your heart and mind. Your mission will have no herald. Only your works will proclaim you. Thus it must be, so the lights of the earth can discern he who has the consciousness of Christ from the many who have the consciousness of the ego.

Here are the next verses to study - feel free to give your interpretation:

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:
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.
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.

Revelation 10:5-11

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