Lesson Summary:

John sees a mighty angel from heaven and eats a bittersweet scroll.

Focus Passage: Revelation 10:3-11

References

A Respite of Grace – Part I

Introduction

Summary of the Identity of the Mighty Angel

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. The Mighty Angel’s Message: Time is Up! (10:1-7)

Principle: Christ Shows His Grace to Sinners by Declaring the Certainty and Imminency of the Final Judgment.
Application: How are you taking advantage of what God has revealed in His Word about the end of this age?
Scripture Reference

²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
²²For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,
²³so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
²⁴“Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 5:21-24 (NASB 2020)

II. The Mighty Angel’s Command: Prophesy! (10:8-11)

Principle: Christ Shows His Grace to Sinners by Directing His Church to Share the Gospel.
Application: Who do you need to warn regarding the sure, devastating judgment that God will unleash on this world?
Scripture Reference

¹⁸And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
¹⁹Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
²⁰teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB 2020)