Revelation 10:5-7

REVELATION—NOTE ON Revelation 10:5 The angel’s stance—one foot on sea, one on land, and right hand raised to heaven—unites the created order (see Revelation 5:13; Genesis 1:6). The divine Creator is asked to witness the angel’s oath (compare Daniel 12:7; also Genesis 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:40). The angel swears that the time of God’s patience, which entailed delay of his martyrs’ vindication (Revelation 6:10), will end when the last trumpet sounds. The mystery of God to be fulfilled is his plan to unite all things in heaven and earth under Christ’s headship (Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 1:20). This “mystery” includes the full expression of God’s wrath toward all who resist his reign.