“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:”
And swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it: 'There will be no more delay' — the oath is sworn by God (the one living unto the ages of ages, eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn), Creator of all realms. The proclamation 'There will be no more delay' (chronos ouketi estai, time will not be any longer) signals that the final age is imminent; the eschaton's arrival is assured.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:6
“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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