JOHN & THE LITTLE BOOK
This page is intended to address the contention that the apostle
John did not fulfill the command of Christ to prophesy again Rev 10:11 and that
some other person must fulfill this command in John's name.
John was called to be a disciple of Jesus Christ and was His disciple throughout
the Ministry of Christ Acts 1:21-22. After the ascension of Christ, John
witnessed to the things of his Lord throughout his remaining life.
When he became old and tired, in the later years of his life, he was banished to
the isle of Patmos. There he remained during the last decade of the first
century. Thinking that his life was over and his race had been run and
desiring nothing more than to be with his Lord he was ready to die.
It was at this point that the LORD JESUS CHRIST appeared to him in a vision and
said; "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and
tongues, and kings" Rev 10:11. At that time John was given a little
book and told to eat it; And I took the little book out of the angel's
hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had
eaten it, my belly was bitter. Rev 10:10.
Perhaps, some of us have at some time eaten something that tasted good only to
experience a sour stomach later. Only by experience can one understand
just how vile a bitter stomach can make one feel. In the case of the
little book, the sweet taste represents the wonderful delight that we have, when
discussing the coming of our Lord. While the bitter stomach represents the TERRIBLE
BITTERNESS of the things that men must suffer during the fulfillment of the
events surrounding our LORD'S RETURN. For the LITTLE BOOK itself, is the
book of revealings that John must write, thereby prophesying again before
all the world.
By eating the book, John internalized it's content and was then able to write it
out. John, through this book, has appeared before millions during the last
nineteen hundred years, prophesying before them through the power of the
pen. The fact that men have not understood does not mean that the word was
not proclaimed. Indeed, the word of God has never been understood by the
average man.
YES friends, John prophesied again by writing the prophetic book of REVELATION.
And that book is fascinating and wonderful to talk about, but it will be very
bitter in the fulfilling. John fulfilled the command of Christ to prophesy
again. This command does NOT need to be fulfilled by another.
The scripture speaks of another Elijah, but nowhere speaks of another Apostle
John!
How BEAUTIFUL and SIMPLE is the TRUTH OF HOLY SCRIPTURE! And, oh how
often, does man read into it, things that are NOT THERE! No John is to
come again, for John did indeed successfully perform his mission!
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