What Does Revelation 10:7 Mean?
But in the days of the voice of the seventh messenger, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God will reach its end, as he brought good news to his servants, the prophets.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
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 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.
“brought good news” in this verse is euēngélisen. 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.
“will reach its end” in this verse is telesthē. 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.
For the Lord GOD does nothing, unless he uncovers his secret to his servants the prophets.But we speak the wisdom of God in a sealed thing, even the hidden wisdom, which God marked out before the ages to clothe us in weight.Now to the one who can set you firm according to my good news and the heralding of Jesus, the anointed one, according to the unveiling of the mystery, which was hushed through the ages. But now is brought into the light, through the writings of the prophets, according to the command of the God of the ages, made known to all nations for the hearing and response of trust.THE THREAD
But we speak the wisdom of God in a sealed thing, even the hidden wisdom, which God marked out before the ages to clothe us in weight.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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