The “little book” mentioned in the book of Revelation introduces the lukewarm Laodicean era of God’s Church. While the world catapults into self-annihilation, the little book discusses a deadly spiritual falling away. God gave His people a message to deliver, but they quit prophesying.
However, God won’t be stopped by a few rebels; He raised up the ruins through a loyal remnant. The little book explains this miracle in great detail.
Once the little book is revealed, the Great Tribulation and the work of the two witnesses are imminent. Beyond that, the little book points to the soon-to-come return of Jesus Christ. Readers of the truth inside the little book will understand this powerful King will end mankind’s disastrous rule and set up a perfect eternal government.
he late Herbert W. Armstrong delivered the mystery message, largely through his greatest work, Mystery of the Ages. Through him, God explained who and what is God, angels and evil spirits, why man is here on Earth, who built our present civilization, the modern identity of biblical Israel, what is the Church, and the magnificent purpose of the Kingdom of God. Request and study Mystery of the Ages to build a spiritual foundation before you read the little book.
Because the mystery message has been delivered and the little book is on the scene, we can know that a powerful angel “is about to sound” the seventh trumpet blast, which will announce Jesus Christ’s return to intervene and change the kingdoms of this world into the Kingdom of God! This is an incredibly urgent and dramatic message. We don’t know the day or the hour of Christ’s coming (Matthew 24:36), but specific prophecies like this one show us it is extremely near.
God reveals both the mystery message and the little book to a prophet or an apostle (Ephesians 3:5), as He does with all revelation. His end-time apostle, Mr. Armstrong, boldly proclaimed the good news of the coming Kingdom of God. There is another apostle today who is teaching the little book message, which has been sealed until the end time.
A Bittersweet Message
“And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter” (Revelation 10:8-10).
God wants us to eat up the little book! We must devour and digest this bittersweet message.
The message is bitter because it discusses an unparalleled catastrophe that wrecked the spiritual lives of 95 percent of God’s people. Every one of them will be plunged into the Great Tribulation. Fifty percent of them will refuse to repent of their rebellion and thus die forever.
The message is sweet because God always follows correction with compassion and mercy. All who turn to Him will live forever.
Prophesy Again
“And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before [or concerning] many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings” (Revelation 10:11).
We have a message for the world. Most of God’s people became lukewarm and stopped supporting this message, so God raised up another work—a loyal remnant—to prophesy again. The little book explains what happened to God’s Church: where it went off track, how that took place, and what the rebellion means for us today.
When you talk about prophesying again, you’re really talking about a church split—the greatest disaster that could ever strike any church!
There is a specific man who prophesied before, meaning another specific man came after him to prophesy again. God commands the loyal remnant still doing His work to prophesy again. He doesn’t give us a choice. Most of His people have already chosen just to act religious instead of delivering the prophecies pertaining to this dangerous age. But God says no one will stop the message.
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