Revelation 10
A mighty angel descends from heaven with a little scroll open in his hand, clothed in a cloud with a rainbow over his head, his face like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire—imagery drawing together Ezekiel's throne vision with divine authority and judgment. The angel cries out with a loud voice like a roaring lion, and seven thunders sound in response, but when John attempts to write what the thunders say, a voice commands him not to seal up what the thunders have said—some divine secrets remain undisclosed. The angel swears by him who lives forever and ever that there will be no more delay: the mystery of God will be fulfilled just as he announced to his servants the prophets, and the seventh trumpet will sound at the appointed time. John is commanded to take the little scroll from the angel's hand and eat it; it is sweet in his mouth like honey but becomes bitter in his stomach—the bittersweet nature of prophecy that speaks God's judgment upon the world. The completion of John's eating the scroll leads to the command: you must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings, establishing his role as messenger of the apocalyptic vision to the churches.