Verse 7
In contrast to (Gr. all’) delay, when the seventh (trumpet) angel spoke God would fully reveal His mystery. The "mystery of God" probably refers to previously unrevealed details of God’s plans for humanity that He was about to make known. Specifically it refers to what will take place so the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of Christ (Revelation 11:15). The mystery is finished (the aorist passive of teleo) in the sense that God would then have no more to reveal about these kingdom plans beyond what He revealed to John. He had revealed His plans for the future kingdom to His servants the prophets in former times, but only partially (cf. Hebrews 1:1-2). "His servants the prophets" is a common description of the Old Testament prophets in particular (Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Amos 3:7).
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