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.
2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”
What an awesome sight! This mighty angel who is none other than Our Lord Jesus Christ manifested in His glory is described by John with such beauty and majesty. The Son has taken on the fullness of the glory of Our Heavenly Father. The rainbow upon His head is a clear indication that this is not one of the three angels Gabriel, Michael, or Peniel, but it is One who has become the Glory of His FATHER and is describe in Ezekiel’s Vision in chapter 1:
25 A voice came from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood, they let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD.
The rainbow is a prophetic symbol of promises made to mankind as given to Noah. It is a symbol of FATHER’S Covenant not to destroy but to restore and was given to all flesh. It is not dependent upon man to keep this covenant but was given to us solely by Our Heavenly Father who has the power to enforce any Word HE speaks. Our Lord Jesus Christ is recalling and reconfirming this covenant and promises by its very presence above His head.
The placement of His feet denote rulership over both the earth and the sea. There is none greater than Him for He is KING of Kings and LORD of Lords thus as He speaks it is as though a Lion who is King over all beasts roars. The Lion of Judah is speaking for us to hear and it is with the full and complete authority of His manifested glory.
It is not unusual to pronounce dominion based on where the feet are placed. The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY spoke to Abram in Genesis 13 and gave him a promise according to the placement of his feet:
14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;
15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.
16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
17 Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”
This was just a type and shadow of what was laid claim and being given to HIS Most Holy Son… the whole earth! At a personal level, the earth refers to the soul and the sea refers to the flesh. Our Lord Jesus Christ has been given rulership over all aspects of the called-out ones. He has laid claim to the Sons in the fullness of their maturity. Each level of Spiritual progress was intended to complete the perfecting process for this very day where His claim is fully realized and manifested in our lives. How appropriate is it that His right foot of mercy and grace is placed on the flesh to redeem it from the sea of wickedness. His left foot of judgment was needed to judge our selfish and religious thoughts and intents. Nothing is withheld hence nothing is off limits. This is when the long battle with the soul and flesh is complete. His feet have successfully walked out the inheritance process and they have landed on us. His enemies have become His footstool. The manifestation of inheritance is now being accomplished in the Sons, the “first” third of men.
His feet were like pillars of fire. The pillar of fire was given for light at night before the new day was at hand. It represents the brightness of HIS coming as well as the purging and refining process. It is HIM who completes this process, not any one of us as individuals. We have no inherent power and authority and thus we cannot add an inch to our own stature. As His Presence and dominion overtakes us, we become like Him. We accept His Word in us and reject the world’s ways. We disjoin from the world and enjoin ourselves to Him by fully accepting His Word to arise within us. Paul presented this reality in the book of Philippians chapter 3:
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
Jesus does the transforming and conforming, not us. Accept it, receive it, embrace it, and enjoin yourself to HIM! This is the seventh and last trumpet. It is the trumpet of spiritual completion and maturity. Paul eludes to this trumpet in 1 Corinthians 15:
51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—
52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
As we put the pieces to the puzzle together and these mysteries are now being revealed in these last days, our level of anticipation must be dramatically increasing. The mysteries are revealed to the “initiated”. Think about it. Where does Love play into this? 1 John 3 reveals the Divine Intent of Love:
1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called Sons of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
2 Beloved, now we are Sons of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
This is a cleansing and purifying Word, simply receive it!