Revelation 10:11; Thou Must Prophesy Again

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Revelation 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. 

Again indicates John was being commissioned a second time (cf. 1:19) to write the rest of the prophecies God was going to give him.

Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

What he was about to learn would be more devastating than anything yet revealed—and more glorious. He was to be faithful to his duty to record all the truth he had seen and would soon see. The prophecies John would receive would relate to everyone (summed up in the four people groups of 5:9 and 7:9) everywhere.

Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 

Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 

So John is to warn of all the bitter judgments coming in the seventh trumpet and the seven bowls. As an exile on Patmos (1:9) he had no opportunity to preach to all nations, but he was to write the prophecies and distribute them, so as to warn all people of the bitterness of judgment to come, and of death and hell. Sinners everywhere may know because John recorded these prophecies that, while judgment is presently restrained, a future day is coming when the seventh angel will sound his trumpet and sin’s dominion will be broken, the freedom of Satan and his demons will come to an end, godless men will be judged, and believers will be glorified.

Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

This chapter presents an interlude of hope tinged with bitterness that reminds all Christians of their evangelistic responsibilities to warn the world of that day.

 MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (1999). Revelation 1–11 (p. 288). Chicago: Moody Press.

The hymn “So Send I You” brings to mind by Margaret Clarkson / John W. Peterson by way of completion for our study of this chapter.

(Publishers Brentwood-Benson Music/LifeWay Publishing – Writers/Arrangers/New Spring Publishing/Word Music, LLC). [Revival Hymns and Choruses, Hymn 459]

So send I you to labour unrewarded
To serve unpaid, unloved, unsought, unknown
To bear rebuke, ot suffer scorn and scoffing
So send I you to toil for Me alone

So send I you to bind the bruised and broken
Over wandering souls to work, to weep, to wake
To bear the burdens of a world a-weary
So send I you to suffer for My sake

So send I you to loneliness and longing
With hart a-hungering for tthe loved and known
Forsaking kin and kindred, friend and dear one
So send I you to know My love alone

So send I you to leave your life’s ambition
To die to dear desire, self-will resign
To labour long, and love where men revile you
So send I you to lsoe you life in Mine

So send I you to hearts made hard by hatred
To eyes made blind because they will not see
To spend, though it be blood to spend and spare not
So send I you to taste of Calvary.

Amen.