What Does Revelation 10:7 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
God’s hidden purpose reaches its completion as good news already announced to the prophets comes fully into view.
THE MEANING
The verse places you at the threshold of God’s purpose coming into view: what is hidden is moving toward completion, and its arrival is already announced as good news. The seventh angel’s sound marks the turning point where the mystery reaches its end.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that God’s mystery must remain permanently sealed: here it has a promised completion and has already been announced as good news.
THE ROOT
εὐηγγέλισεν
euēngélisen
GROWS FROM
ἀγγελ- (angel-), with εὐ- (eu-, “good”)
The ἀγγελ- stem carries the sense of announcing or bringing a message; εὐ- marks it as good news.
The verb translated “declared” means that God announced good news to the prophets. The mystery’s completion is presented not as a bare disclosure, but as news of good arriving.
ALSO GROWS
angelos: Messenger
ἄγγελος
The messenger word reveals the shared idea of a message being carried and announced.
euangelion: Good news
εὐαγγέλιον
This is the good news noun from the same word family, linking the mystery’s announcement with the gospel.
μυστήριον
mystērion
GROWS FROM
μύω
myō
To close or shut, especially the eyes or lips.
The Greek word belongs to a family associated with what is kept closed or concealed. Here, the mystery does not stay sealed: it is announced and moves toward completion.
ALSO GROWS
mystēs: One initiated into a mystery
μύστης
The branch suggests a secret entrusted to be known, rather than a riddle with no answer.
mystikos: Secret or pertaining to a mystery
μυστικός
It keeps the sense of hiddenness in view while this verse shows the hidden purpose coming to its end.
τελεσθῇ
telesthē
GROWS FROM
τέλος
telos
End, goal, or intended outcome.
The word for “finished” carries the sense of reaching an end or goal. The mystery does not merely stop; it arrives at its appointed completion.
ALSO GROWS
teleios: Complete or brought to full development
τέλειος
This branch holds completion as reaching a full measure, illuminating the mystery’s arrival at its goal.
teleioō: Bring to completion or fulfill
τελειόω
The same word family links finishing with bringing something to its intended outcome.
THE PATTERN
What is held hidden in God is disclosed through prophetic speech and moves toward its appointed completion.
Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:THE THREAD
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:This verse uses the same Greek noun μυστήριον (mystērion, “mystery” or hidden purpose). First Corinthians describes the wisdom as hidden yet spoken; Revelation 10:7 adds that this mystery reaches completion as good news announced to the prophets.
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