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“Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.  To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood.” – Revelation 1:5

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.” – Job 16:19

“The witness in the sky is faithful.” – Psalm 89:37

“Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.” – Isaiah 30:8

“ ‘Behold, I have made Him a witness to the peoples.’ ” – Isaiah 55:4

“ ‘I am He who knows and am a witness,’ declares the Lord.” – Jeremiah 29:23

“Listen, O earth and all its contains, And let the Lord God be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.” – Micah 1:2

“ ‘Therefore wait for Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.’ ” – Zephaniah 3:8

“ ‘Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who…do not fear Me.’ ” Malachi 3:5

“ ‘Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven.’ ” – Matthew 10:32

“The man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” – 1 Timothy 2:5-6

“And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.” – Revelation 1:5

“ ‘He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.’ ” – Revelation 3:5

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God.’ ” – Revelation 3:14

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.” – Revelation 19:11

“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming quickly.’  Amen.  Come, Lord Jesus.” – Revelation 22:20

The Angel and the Little Scroll 

Revelation 10:1 “I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

10:2 and he had in his hand a little book which was open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land…

10:8 Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, ‘Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.’

10:9 So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he said to me, ‘Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.’

10:10 I took the little book out of the angel’s hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

10:11 And He said unto me, ‘Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.’ ” 

The mystery of the Little Scroll:

I present my theory that this ‘little scroll’ that John was handed is the scroll/book/tablet written about in Isaiah 30:8.  Readers, please understand this is purely speculative, but a strong possibility to consider.

“Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever.” – Isaiah 30:8

Isaiah 30:8 breakdown:

• it’s a scroll
• ‘before them’ (‘before many peoples’ – Revelation 10:11) means it is left open to read – it’s not sealed as other scrolls were (ie: Daniel 12:4) – so here is an open scroll like Revelation 10:2
• twice it’s described as a tablet/scroll/book – anytime something in the Bible is repeated, the reader should pay extra attention because it’s an important message
• ‘in the time to come’ – future time, Isaiah wrote about prophecies.  John was instructed to prophesy concerning what was written on the scroll which he ate
• ‘as a witness’ – only the Lord Jesus Christ may be called ‘a witness’.  For everyone else’s testimonies, two or more witnesses are always required – Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15.  Whereas the Lord Jesus Christ stated: “ ‘If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true.  There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.’ ” – John 5:31 and “ ‘I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.’ “ – John 8:18
• a witness forever

In the Book of Revelation, the Angel and the Little Scroll will occur right before the seventh trumpet and the rapture.  John’s commanded to prophesy the Lord Jesus Christ’s imminent return as – ‘a witness forever’.  What else could possibly be left to prophesy about – except to announce the glorious return of the Lord – the Faithful and True Witness – come to judge the world, in truth and righteousness.

Again, Revelation 10:11 reads,“And He said to me, ‘You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.’ ”   A bitter-sweet prophecy for the whole world – one about either salvation or condemnation.

There isn’t a greater prophecy that John could be blessed to reveal.  The disciple ‘whom Jesus loved’ (John 13:23), the only apostle faithful to stand at the foot of the cross (John 19:25-27), the man entrusted to write the Book of Revelation.  And now John is bestowed the great honour and privilege of proclaiming the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, on the Day of the Lord.

“ ‘Therefore wait for Me,’ declares the LORD,

‘For the day when I rise up as a witness.’ ” – Zephaniah 3:8

Click here for article detailing the sequence of events about the little scroll, the seventh trumpet and the rapture: Third of Three Part Series: Revelation Scripture