Bible Commentaries

‘THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY’

‘The mystery of God.’

Revelation 10:7

A difficult chapter to understand, yet there are one or two practical lessons we may learn from it.

I. The mystery of God.—There is much in the Divine nature and in the Divine character we cannot understand. So, too, in God’s dealings with mankind. They are often so mysterious that we cannot fathom them. Nor should we try to do so. There are many things we shall never know till ‘time [shall be] no longer.’ ‘What I do thou knowest not now,’ said the Lord to His disciples, ‘but thou shalt know hereafter.’ Never be afraid to say quite frankly, ‘I do not know,’ when you cannot discover the Divine will. But in heaven all things will be made plain.

II. The faith of the soul.—The Christian life is a life of faith. There is no need to attempt to pierce the secrets of the Most High. We know the Father loves us, and that all things work together for good to them that love Him. It is our wisdom and our strength to trust in His love. ‘In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.’ The path may seem dark and uncertain, but, if He is leading, we can trust Him to bring us right at the last.

III. The revelation of Jesus Christ.—But while there is much yet to be made known, what an abundance of knowledge has been revealed to us by Jesus Christ. He has shown us the Father; He has shown us the Father’s love; He has opened unto us the living way; He will be with us all the way; He will lead us at last to heaven, where we shall see no more ‘as through a glass darkly,’ but ‘face to face.’