I get so tired of seeing the Biblically illiterate play games with the written Word of God, trying to make slogans and vain philosophy out of a small piece of God's Word they pull out of a Bible Chapter.
The "seven thunders" idea of Revelation 10 which was told to Apostle John is a simple matter, IF... one stays with the actual Bible Chapter SUBJECT FLOW...
Rev 10:1-7
10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
That "seven thunders" of course is symbolic for something, but we don't know what it is symbolic for yet at this point in that Chapter.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not."
John was getting ready to write down what those "seven thunders" uttered, and he was told not to.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by Him That liveth for ever and ever, Who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
That angel John sees then declares "... that there should be time no longer:" at that point? Well that means of course the END of this world has come at this point in time. Just what... end though? Keep going...
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
KJV
That... is what the angel meant "that there should be time no longer", pointing to the END of this present world with that "voice of the seventh angel"! What "seventh angel"? The one of Revelation 11 that sounds the FINAL SEVENTH TRUMPET. That is the day of Christ's future coming to gather His Church, the last day of this present world.
That means ALL... Bible prophecy given by God and His Christ about this present world will be COMPLETED, DONE on that 7th Trumpet sounding. That is the "mystery" that above verse is pointing to being fulfilled.
What are those "seven thunders" symbolic for then, ONCE these OTHER Revelation 10 verses are understood? One can't grasp what the "seven thunders" are symbolic for until the above is understood about it being linked to that "mystery" of ALL Bible prophecy being fulfilled for this present world on that 7th angel sounding.
And God uses symbols of His natural creation in many of His Messages, and this is one example of that.
With a THUNDERSTORM, what happens next... after you see lightening strike?
You hear THUNDER! And depending on how far away the lightening hit also depends on how long a period of silence happens before you hear the resultant thunder.
Thus the "seven thunders" Message is simple, and no need for John to write them down, because when those "seven thunders" occur, it means the lightening which caused them is already DONE, PAST.
So what's the lightening in this case? It's those SEVEN TRUMPET VOICES given in God's Word, which are also included in The Old Testament prophets, Bible prophecy about events of the very end of this world, leading up to Christ's future return on the last day of this world.
The "seven thunders" idea of Revelation 10 which was told to Apostle John is a simple matter, IF... one stays with the actual Bible Chapter SUBJECT FLOW...
Rev 10:1-7
10 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
That "seven thunders" of course is symbolic for something, but we don't know what it is symbolic for yet at this point in that Chapter.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not."
John was getting ready to write down what those "seven thunders" uttered, and he was told not to.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by Him That liveth for ever and ever, Who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
That angel John sees then declares "... that there should be time no longer:" at that point? Well that means of course the END of this world has come at this point in time. Just what... end though? Keep going...
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.
KJV
That... is what the angel meant "that there should be time no longer", pointing to the END of this present world with that "voice of the seventh angel"! What "seventh angel"? The one of Revelation 11 that sounds the FINAL SEVENTH TRUMPET. That is the day of Christ's future coming to gather His Church, the last day of this present world.
That means ALL... Bible prophecy given by God and His Christ about this present world will be COMPLETED, DONE on that 7th Trumpet sounding. That is the "mystery" that above verse is pointing to being fulfilled.
What are those "seven thunders" symbolic for then, ONCE these OTHER Revelation 10 verses are understood? One can't grasp what the "seven thunders" are symbolic for until the above is understood about it being linked to that "mystery" of ALL Bible prophecy being fulfilled for this present world on that 7th angel sounding.
And God uses symbols of His natural creation in many of His Messages, and this is one example of that.
With a THUNDERSTORM, what happens next... after you see lightening strike?
You hear THUNDER! And depending on how far away the lightening hit also depends on how long a period of silence happens before you hear the resultant thunder.
Thus the "seven thunders" Message is simple, and no need for John to write them down, because when those "seven thunders" occur, it means the lightening which caused them is already DONE, PAST.
So what's the lightening in this case? It's those SEVEN TRUMPET VOICES given in God's Word, which are also included in The Old Testament prophets, Bible prophecy about events of the very end of this world, leading up to Christ's future return on the last day of this world.