{"id":25,"date":"2023-05-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/?p=25"},"modified":"2023-12-27T16:01:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T20:01:39","slug":"the-little-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/2023\/05\/17\/the-little-book\/","title":{"rendered":"2. The Little Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Revelation 10: 9 -10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it<\/em>, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. <\/a>
And I took the little book out of the angel\u2019s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible commentators are divided in their opinions about the mighty angel with the little book <\/a>in Revelation 10:9. Some believe that the messenger or angel is a literal angel \u2013 a being of exalted rank, like the seraphim or cherubim. Others hold that the mighty angel is Christ because, they say, the description here is inappropriate for a mere creature. I suggest here it is like sin, it is honey at first but later leads to bitterness in the belly and in your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please do not be deceived by sin. Although sin may look fun at the beginning, the Bible teaches that sin leads to death.  Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is<\/em> death; but the gift of God is<\/em> eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Also, consider Proverbs 3:7-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proverbs 3<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

7 <\/sup>Do not be wise in your own eyes;
    fear the Lord and shun evil.
8 <\/sup>This will bring health to your body
    and nourishment to your bones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revelation 10: 9 -10 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. And I took the little book out of the angel\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipleship-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carriersnc.com\/carrierCDB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}