REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Twenty Four - The Opened Scroll - Continue

 John's experience is rather similar to that of the prophet Ezekiel during his exile in the land of Babylonia.  He too was commanded to eat a scrol that tasted sweet in his mouth. But when it filled  his stomach, it made him responsible to foretell bitter things for the rebellious house of Israel.  (Ezekiel 2:8-3:15)  The opened scrol that the glorified Jesus Christ gives to John is likewise a divine message. John is to preach regarding peoples and nations and tongues  and many kings." To feed upon this scroll is sweet for him because it is from a divine source.  (Compare Psalm 119:103; Jeremiah 15:15. 16.)  But he finds it bitter to digest because -as  previously with Ezekiel-it foretells unsavory things for rebellious humans. - PSALM 145:20. 

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