The Mighty Angel of Rev 10:1, with the Book Open Said Time Shall Be No More. Did That Mean Mercy Was Over?
No. “Time shall be no more” in Revelation 10:6 does not mean mercy was over. It means there will be no more delay to finish God’s mystery.
Scriptural Explanation
- Revelation 10:6–7: The Mighty Angel swears there should be time no longer, “but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel… the mystery of God should be finished.” Notice, the oath points to the finishing of the mystery, not the ending of mercy at that moment.
- As long as Christ is our High Priest, mercy is available (Hebrews 7:25; 9:12, 24). The call of grace continues until the last member of the Bride is gathered and sealed (Ephesians 4:30), and then the door shuts (Matthew 25:10).
- After the Bride is complete and caught up, God turns to Israel under the two witnesses (Revelation 11:3–7), and the 144,000 are sealed (Revelation 7:3–8; Romans 11:25–27). That shows God’s redemptive dealings still continue according to His plan, even as judgment begins to fall on the nations.
- The open Book in Revelation 10 is tied to the finishing of the mystery that gathers and perfects the Bride shown in Revelation 7:9–17 and reigning in Revelation 20:4.
Simple Clarifying Logic
- If “time no more” meant mercy instantly ended, then who would call and seal the 144,000 in Revelation 7 and 11? Why would Scripture still show God saving according to His covenant with Israel (Romans 11:26–27)?
- The oath is God’s declaration: no more delay. The mystery will be finished, the Bride will be fully called, and then the door closes for the Gentiles and judgment strikes. Mercy does not end until the last predestinated member of the Bride is in.
Conclusion
“Time no more” announces no further delay to finish the mystery, not the immediate end of mercy. Mercy continues until the Bride is completed and taken; after that the door shuts for the Gentiles, and God deals with Israel while judgments fall.
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
The Angel of the Lord
51-0718 §2
...; He always tells the truth. Well, God bless you, sister. And if I don't meet you no more in this life, I will at the other side, by God's grace. Amen. I'd like to set down with all my friends on the other side, and just talk it over, where we have plenty of time to talk it over by it.
The Angel of the Lord
51-0502 §14
And now, to think that here on the platform in this tabernacle where once stood great men, the founder, our brother, Paul Rader, and many of those great men who stood here. And tonight, the Christ that they preached is coming down in great power, manifesting Himself, sending forth His Angel to declare His Light. O God, have mercy upon us. And may we pinch, as it was, our conscience, waking ourselves up to the realization that the time is drawing nigh. Deliverance is at the door. And we're ready for the journey. Hel...
The Angel of the Covenant
54-0301 §6
But we'll be gone at that time. Yes, sir. There's a part of us that's immortal. No atom, no hydrogen or nothing is needed for that. It's spirit. We'll be caught up in a moment, in a twinkling of the eye, to meet the Lord in the air. There's three comings of the Lord; you know that. There's three of everything in the Scripture. Three is God's perfect number. Threes, sevens, twelves, twenty-fours, forties, fifties. But three times... He came, once to redeem His bride. He comes the next time, we meet Him in the air, t...
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §115
Now look. When it is time for the seven voices (and it's time for the seven voices when the book's completed) of Revelation 10 to be revealed... Now notice, listen. (Now I won't keep you too much longer, I know I'm wearing you out here. It's twenty minutes till ten. Listen close, now. I know ... standing up and you all changing positions and things. I'll be glad when the church gets fixed so we won't have to be cramped up. We can take all day to preach it.) Now, notice. Now note. The seven voices was thunders---bla...
The junction of time
56-0115 §34
But then, just before that God brought the showdown to show who was God, there come a time that there was a prophet came into the land, by the name of Elijah, who was anointed with the message of God. And he performed the miraculous and proved that omnipotence still was miraculous. The prophet stood out there and closed the heavens, that it didn't rain in the days of his ministry. And he brought the rains down out of the heavens and give the earth... And angels appeared on the scene (Hallelujah!), baked him some co...