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hen World War I broke out,
the War Ministry in London, England sent a coded message to
the British outposts in the inaccessible areas of Africa. The
message read, “War declared. Arrest all enemy aliens
in your district.” The War Ministry received this prompt
reply: “Have arrested ten Germans, six Belgians, four
Frenchmen, two Italians, three Austrians, and an American.
Please advise immediately with whom we are at war.” What
a humorous event in the midst of a sad time. War is always
sad, but sometimes it is necessary. War is a serious time.
We will find in our study that God’s war at the end of
the world with mankind will be both sweet and bitter. It will
be sweet because sin will soon be abolished, but it also will
be bitter because it had to occur.
Another Strong Angel.
The seven seals of the Father’s
scroll have been broken by Jesus Christ (Rev. 5)
and six trumpets have been blown by six angels (Rev. 8-9).
Each one has brought destruction, suffering, and pain. The
end of the world is near because God at last is at war with
this sinful world. At the end of Revelation 9, we were told
that even with all the misery the world will not repent and
turn to God. Most of the world will continue to reject God.
As
we come to Revelation 10, we will discover that a pause in
the action has occurred and God is giving us another scene
to watch. It is one of the strong angels who have descended
from heaven. The first strong angel appeared in Revelation
5:2.
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And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven,
clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his
head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like
pillars of fire; and he had in his hand a little book
which was open. And he placed his right foot on the
sea and his left on the land; and he cried out with
a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had
cried out, the seven peals of thunder uttered their
voices. NASB) Rev. 10:1-3
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