“And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.”
Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, 'Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and the land' — John receives a new command: take the little scroll from the angel's hand. The scroll represents the message of the second half of Revelation (chapters 11-22), the final judgments and consummation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:8
“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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