Revelation 10:6 - Exposition

And sware by him that liveth forever and ever. The Triune God (cf. Revelation 1:11 ; Revelation 4:10 , etc.; also Deuteronomy 32:40 ; Psalms 45:6 ; Hebrews 1:8 , etc.). Who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein. Though the balance of authority is in favour of the last clause, yet it is omitted by )*, A, and some cursives (cf. Exodus 20:4 ). These two characteristics of God—his eternity and his omnipotence—are referred to in order to demonstrate the certainty of the fulfilment of the prophecy which follows. That there should be time no longer ( ὅτι χρόνος οὐκέτι ἔσται ) ; that time no longer shall be. This may be rendered: