Revelation 10:1 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Finally…
Seven is the number of Spiritual maturity and perfection. This perfection must be accompanied by intent of Love. Our perfection cannot be accomplished unless we die to the old Adamic man and become the new creation in Christ. John who was selected to write the book of Revelation also wrote these words:
1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
19 We love Him because He first loved us.
The Sons of Love have fully embraced the revelation of Jesus Christ and have settled for nothing less. They have set aside every other doctrine, creed, philosophy, theory, and tradition in order that they may fully embrace Christ. More church programs and meetings were not the answer. Erecting bigger buildings did not satisfy the requirements. No works of the old man could ascend to full acceptance. Only putting off the old man could bring forth the new creation. Any focus other than Jesus Christ is but vanity, death, and destruction.
This mighty angel or messenger is none other than Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is HE who brings forth specific Words to us in order that we might ascend into full maturity. He is clothed with a cloud just as He is described later in the book:
Revelation 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
16 So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
This angel is simply another facet or ministration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He is a king and a priest, each office requiring a different administration of Love. The king’s office is a royal administration of ruling while the priestly office reigns in grace and mercy. In this book, Jesus is described as a king, priest, lion, a lamb, a root, an offspring, a witness, a star, and a messenger. Each description provides a different and distinct view. I am a man, son, father, grandfather, friend, and businessman yet I am the same but looked at differently depending on the relationship.
This mighty angel comes down from Heaven and His power and authority originate there, superior to any earthly opposition. This angel operated in the Spirit of Might, one of the seven spirits of GOD presented in Isaiah 11:
1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
This mighty angel operated in the fullness of the seven spirits as HE is bringing forth the seventh trumpet. This angel is clothed in a cloud which is a representation of GOD’S Presence. Throughout Scripture the cloud was used to describe the manifested presence of GOD. In Exodus HIS unique and specific presence was depicted as a pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night. In Exodus 19, Moses entered a thick cloud to go before THE LORD. In Leviticus 16:
1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered profane fire before the LORD, and died;
2 and the LORD said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
As you see, in each case a single cloud describes the manifested glory of THE LORD. This mighty angel is clothe with a singular cloud. To what end? He comes to bring forth many Sons who will also operate in the fullness of HIS Spirit. They will not settle for an earnest of the Spirit as experienced in the Age of Pentecost. No, they seek the fullness as mature Sons being the express image of FATHER to all the world. They too will show up in many clouds. This is what John faithfully recorded in the first chapter of the book of Revelation:
7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
We too will be wrapped in Glory as we minister unto the multitudes HIS everlasting Love! Daniel saw this very same event in the vision of the Ancient of Days:
Daniel 7:13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
Jesus Christ is wrapped in a cloud of glory. This glory is to be also given to the Sons for the ministry unto all mankind and will be an expression of the power and authority given to those who have been called, chosen, and matured into the fullness of their individual callings. These Sons will be the myriads of Holy Ones seen by John and will also appear with Him in glory. As Paul described, “being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord”.