“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.”
And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, 'Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down' — John is commanded (akouo) to seal (sphragizō) the thunders' utterances, forbidding their revelation. This mystery withheld emphasizes that God's full purposes remain hidden; not all revelation is for human understanding.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:4
“Seven thunders uttered their voices.” The seven thunders uttering their voices signify the Holy Spirit of sevenfold power, who through the prophets announced all things to come, and by His voice John gave his testimony in the world; but because he says that he was about to write the things which the thunders had uttered, that is, whatever things had been obscure in the announcements of the Old Testament; he is forbidden to write them, but he was charged to leave them sealed,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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