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 and the commission
50-0821 §56
I got some ministers today... or a couple of days ago, to--told me... Some lady come in here, dying, laying on a cot. Just in the last stage to be healed. She said when she brought the mother sitting here at the... They had an awful time getting her in here. Said, "While I was preaching... I looked down at her and said, 'sister,' and begin telling her the things of her life, and what was wrong." I said, "Do you accept my word?" Nodded that she did. I said, "Go on, Jesus Christ has healed you. And now, she's just gl...
Seals 10: The Seventh Seal
63-0324E §81
And the four and twenty elders that stood before God there harping with their harps, they quit playing their harps. The angels hushed their singing in heaven. Think, the holy cherubims and seraphims, that... Isaiah saw it in the temple with six sets ... or three sets of wings---two over his face and two over his feet, and flying; and day and night there before God, singing "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty." And even when they walked in, or come into the temple, the posts of the temple moved with their pr...
The Angel of God
48-0304 §12
Now, that's the Angel of God. He's been seen many times in the services. And I know that He's here tonight. I know that He's here. I've felt Him three or four times since I been here. Now, that someone might know... Now, many people misunderstand. Now, this is in no means, friends, an Angel worship. It is not. I do not pray in the name of the Angel, or even know His name. But if you'll check the Scriptures, when God sends His people, it's an Angel that directs them. Moses... You say, "Well, how about the New Testam...
Daniel 9: The sixfold purpose of Gabriel's visitation
61-0730E §61
...d I take that? Well, let's find out what really is the sealing up. Watch, He come to do that, to seal up the vision and the prophecy. Now, let's just turn right back to the book of Daniel where we was at. Over in the book of Daniel we will find out just what it said. Now, let's turn to Daniel, the twelfth chapter. Now, as we get to Daniel 12, now, we could begin and read from... When you go home, I want you to read from the first verse on. Let's just read from the first verse down to the fourth. And at that time Mi...
Revelation, Chapter 4c Throne of mercy and judgement
61-0108 §46
Over in the New Testament here, too, "And the sanctuary." That's where the jury... in the sanctuary, the judge on the seat in the sanctuary. Now, that judgment seat in the sanctuary become full of smoke. What was it? Like Mount Sinai, judgment! Mercy had left the throne of God. God will judge the world without mercy. How many knows that? Only one thing He'll recognize in that day. What is it? Blood. That's the only thing that appeased an angry God.