“But 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.”
But in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as he announced to his servants the prophets — the delay's end coincides with the seventh trumpet's sounding (chapter 11); at that moment, the mystery of God (mystērion theou) will be completed (teleō). This mystery was announced (euangelizomai) by the prophets, linking the prophetic heritage to the apocalyptic fulfillment.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:7
“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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