<p>10:10 <i>And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey. But when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter</i>- Taking the book of life from the hand of the Angel is exactly what the Lord Jesus did. John is being asked to identify with how the Lord Jesus will actually feel at the last day. As noted on 5:1 and 10:1, I suggest that the scroll is the book of life, with blessings for the faithful written on one side and judgments for the wicked on the other. But in the actual realization of all these things, the Lord literally feels bitter-sweet, just as John did. He is not the impassive judge.</p><p>The &quot;little book&quot; is a <i>bibliaridion</i>, a term used in :8,9,10, and Ez. 2:9 LXX in a closely similar episode. The book in Ezekiel is &quot;written within and without&quot; (like that in 5.1) and carries a message of &quot;lamentations, mourning and woe&quot;, very much the theme of this part of Revelation. Ezekiel was required to eat the roll, as John is here (10.9); but though Ezekiel was to speak its message to Israel, John must prophesy &quot;again over many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings&quot; (10.11). For each the book was &quot;sweet as honey&quot;, and while in John's case his &quot;belly was made bitter&quot;, in Ezekiel's the prophet went about &quot;in bitterness&quot;. </p>