8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 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.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s 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.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
As chapter 10 concludes we see the angel that is standing on the sea and the earth once again with the little book, God’s word. The voice tells John to take the book and the angel gives it to him and tells him to eat it. It says it will be as sweet as honey in the mouth but bitter in the belly. This is symbolic of reading the word of God and the message of salvation be the good part, the eating of the word, and the destruction that has to come at the end for God to regain His creation. The angel also tell John now he has to prophesy again which we will now go back to the beginning of the tribulation talking about the personages of the first 3and1/2 years which will then bring us to the final judgements of God.