Angel of Revelation 10

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"Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke. 4 And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.”

5 Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. 6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.” Revelation 10:1-7

I was reading through this passage today and it just struck me how this angel appears different both in authority and in appearance. Somewhat like Jesus appears in the early part of Revelation, yet he is called an angel. This happens after the events of Revelation 9 where a third of mankind is killed. Yet all of these deaths don't cause man to repent of their sins. Why do you think this angel appears so different? What are your thoughts about this passage?

Some resources to study Revelation https://bible.org/book/Revelation

 

[New Age Outlaw]

Revelation 10: A Preterist Commentary | Revelation Revolution

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Revelation 10: A Preterist Commentary | Revelation Revolution

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Okay, I'm not going to read some link you provided. This is a discussion board and I want your opinion and not just some link you found on the internet

 

[New Age Outlaw]

ok I believe the angel is christ and the land represents Israel and sea represents the gentiles

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ok I believe the angel is christ and the land represents Israel and sea represents the gentiles

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The problem with that is the word "another" in verse 1 means another of the same kind referring to an angel. It is not a different kind which would be the most likely word if this was Christ, but it is the same kind as the other angels mentioned throughout Revelation. I don't believe this is Jesus at all, but simply a very strong angel

 

[New Age Outlaw]

Angel in Greek means aggelos-a messenger, envoy, one who is sent,a messenger from God, an angel.

The angel of verses 1-2 is endowed with divine qualities. His face and legs beam with radiance and a rainbow is arched above his head similar to Ezekiel’s vision of the Lord in Ezekiel 1:27-28. Interestingly, a rainbow also arches over the throne of the Lord according to Revelation 4:3. This being is also robed in a cloud resembling the God of Israel in Exodus 19:9 and Ezekiel 10:4. This cloud is the Glory Cloud. The Glory Cloud is the cloud that marks the presence of God. It is amidst this cloud that the Lord is said to come on the clouds in judgment in the Bible (Revelation 1:7). Furthermore, this angel’s legs “were like fiery pillars” similar to the way Jesus’ feet are pictured in Revelation 1:15. According to v. 1, this angel has a face “like the sun.” This same expression is used to describe the appearance of Christ in Revelation 1:16. Then in v. 3 this angel “gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion” implicitly pointing to Revelation 5:5 where Jesus is called “the Lion of the tribe of Judah.” The shout of this angel which is like the roar of a lion also appears to imply divinity in light of Amos 3:8: “The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken—who can but prophesy?”1 Holding the scroll opened by the Jesus in Revelation 5:5, this angel is Christ.
Despite the highly suggestive evidence cited above, many commentators shy away from claiming that the angel in the opening verses of Revelation 10 is Jesus even though Jesus is identified as a lamb in Revelation 5:8, a lion in Revelation 5:5, the son of man in Daniel 7:13, a vine in John 15:5, and a shepherd in John 10:11-18. Given all the diverse ways in which Jesus is symbolized in the Bible on what grounds are we to assume that Jesus may never be depicted as an angel?2 The fact that Jesus could be a lamb and a lion does not mean that He is literally a lamb or a lion, thus the fact that Revelation 10:1-2 depicts the Son of God as an angel also does not necessarily mean that He is literally an angel as many commentators fear. Furthermore, it should also be noted that Revelation 10:1-2 is not the only time Jesus is depicted as an angel, let us not forget that the preincarnate Christ is often called “the angel of the Lord” throughout the Old Testament just as He is also often called “the Son of Man” in both the Old and New Testaments. There are several examples throughout the Bible in which the supreme deity is called an angel (Genesis 32:24-32, Hosea 12:3-4, Exodus 3:2-6, Acts 7:30, Exodus 14:19-24, Acts 7:38).


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