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.
Ask a Follow-up Question
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.
Revelation, Chapter 4a
60-1231 §82
...ks now, on earth. The rapture had done come. He was in glory, sitting on His throne. I want you to notice. On down we'll find even in the 5th chapter, it was not the throne of mercy. It wasn't a throne of mercy any more. It was a throne of judgment. It wasn't a throne of grace. It was a throne of judgment because fire and lightning and thunders issued forth from it. No more mercy. It was over. The church age was finished. "He that's filthy is filthy still; he that's righteous is righteous still; he that's holy is h...
Souls that are in prison now
63-1110M §85
Notice. It was to be the seventh angel's Message that was to reveal the Seven Seals. (Revelation 10:7, now you'll find it.) " And he saw this angel come down, put His foot on the land and on the sea, (that was Christ) had a rainbow over His head. (Notice Him, you'll find Him in Revelation 1, again with the rainbow over His head---look upon the jasper and sardus and so forth. Here He come, put one foot upon the land, one upon the water, raised up His hand, (He had a rainbow over His head yet; that's a covenant. He w...
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §124
Where are we at, sirs? What's all of this about? I'm asking you. The other angels was messengers, men of the earth. But this angel... Said, "to the angel of the church of Laodicea"; "to the angel of the church of Ephesus"---messengers of the earth, see, men, messengers, prophets, and so forth to the church. But this one didn't come from the earth. He come down from heaven, because the mystery's all finished. And when the mystery's finished, the angel said, "Time shall be no more," and seven thunders throwed their v...
Is this the sign of the end sir?
62-1230E §83
Now, listen close. The seventh angel of Revelation 10:7 is the seventh church age messenger, see. Now watch. "In the days..." Now watch here. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished... Now, sounding forth, this messenger, the seventh angel here, is sounding forth his message to the Laodicean church. Notice his type of message. Now, it wasn't to the first angel (wasn't given that), second angel, third, fourth, fifth, sixth; but it is the...
Revelation, Chapter 5, part 1
61-0611 §28
And, oh, my, no one could stand the judgments of God. The only thing that we can look for is mercy---not judgment, not righteousness. We cannot approach his justice because his justice... He'll have to keep his Word; and keeping his word, "The day you eat thereof, that day you die." Who would want justice? I don't want justice. I call for mercy. My, let the mercy of God... And the mercy seat's sprinkled. But there was a time of the cleansing of the sanctuary, when it was a judgment seat, as long as the blood was of...