The Rainbow Angel

The Rainbow Angel

The Seventh Seal Ministry

Revelation Chapter 10

¹And 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.

²And 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,

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

⁴And 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."

⁵And the angel, whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven.

⁶And he swore by Him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer,

⁷but that 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.

⁸And the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke unto me again and said, "Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth."

⁹And 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."

¹⁰And 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.

¹¹And he said unto me, "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations, and tongues and kings."

The angel was clothed with a cloud. A cloud refers to a great number of witnesses, (Heb. 12:1) as a result of this angel sounding the trumpet, a great cloud of witnesses is manifested. He came down from heaven or was sent by God, not man. God’s approval or anointing rested upon him. His credentials came from God.

· A Rainbow was upon his head, this bow being the word, God’s promise. Bit it being positioned upon his head, he was acknowledging Christ a his head. When the word comes from our Head, which Christ, the body will benefit from it. God has sealed his forehead with the knowledge of the word.

· His feet were as pillars of fire. They supported the truth and were shod with the preparation of the gospel. They would carry a fiery gospel, a gospel accompanied by the Holy Ghost fire. It would have burning affects that would burn, stubble, or chaff.

· He had a little open book in his hand. There are two sealed books in the revelation one in the 5^th chapter and other in the 10^th chapter. The one in the 5^th chapter contained the vision itself. Because as these seals was open, the vision unraveled and continued. He opened one seal at a time. But his other little book in Revelation the 10^th chapter is the “the book of Revelation” itself with the complete vision. The fact the book was opened in his hand shows us that a complete understanding was offered to the people.

· The angel set one foot on the sea, which represents degenerate people, and the other foot on the earth, earthly creeds or Protestantism. Remember those feet were carrying fiery gospel. As they were set (the feet) on the sea and earth. They burned Babylon.

· This voice from heaven was Jesus, The Rainbow angel was a symbol of the seventh seal ministry. Jesus came to John and thundered out the understanding of what John had already seen. And as John was about to write that down, Jesus told John to seal up these things. “I don’t want you to put the understanding in the vision, but seal it up”.

Our thought is there are two sealed books taught in Revelation. One contained the vision itself, but it was open up one seal at a time, as it was opened up John wrote down, what each seal said, which is in the last book of your bible, called the book of Revelation.

The other sealed book taught, John did not write what he saw down which was the understanding of what all these things meant. Jesus didn’t want John to write it down. Seal it up until the days of the voice of the seventh angel, then the mystery shall be finished.

We are living in the seventh seal age where the understanding of the book is no longer sealed up. The mystery is revealed, which enables us to understand the complete Revelation message and to be the church of God in our day.

· “The time should be no longer” means there is o be no further delay in preaching all the judgments of God. The seventh seal ministry is bringing the wrath of God. (Rom 1:18).

· “In the days of the voice of the seventh angel” means it isn’t going to take days to call the world into judgment. That will occur in a twinkling of an eye. “In the days” is time period when the voice (the gospel preaching), would sound, by the Seventh Trumpet angel.

· “The mystery of God will be finished” A mystery, remember, is unrevealed truths, the gospel and the end of it. It will be revealed before we get to heaven.

⁸And the voice which I heard from Heaven spoke unto me again and said, "Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea and upon the earth."

· This voice is Jesus again speaking with John, who said “ Go and take the little book which is open the hand of the angel. Jesus had commissioned his ministry to go and take the book, It is important that the ministry have the revelation message, a ministry is not complete without it. This message is not just given, you must take it. Some things we may have to wrestle a angel like Jacob did, to get a blessing. Some things come not but by prayer and fasting, however a minister is not complete without it. For it is the end time message that distinguishes us from Babylon, they don’t have the true end time message. This message is what seals the truth in the saint’s forehead. This message will distinguishes us from False apostles, and apostates, who daily misrepresent the church of God.

· The fact that the book was open in the angels hand lets us know that the complete message of the revelation must be preached. This Rainbow Angel, uttered seven thunders, that is the complete understanding of the message for the seventh seal age.

· John said I went unto the angel, and said unto, Give me the little book. This angel symbolized in the vision the seventh seal ministry, who had the complete understanding of the revelation message. This message is the vision of the church of God, John went unto the angel, where do you go to get your understanding of the message, I challenge every church of God preacher to say Give me the little book and mean it. I guaranteed you that God will show you great and heavenly things. Without this message and vision you cannot seal the saints, they are open for Babylonian deception.

· The Angel said take it and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. After John did what the angel said do. It was bitter in his belly, Some things are hard to swallow, some things at times will not set right with us. But it is for our own good. And some things are sweet, and we have no problem spiritually digesting it.

¹⁰And 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. ¹¹And he said unto me, "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations, and tongues and kings."

· In verse 11 we see that the preacher receives this great commission, “Thou must prophesy again before many peoples and nations, and tongues and kings”. For the Seventh Seal ministry, this is your last call to make known the mystery of the revelation to the world.