Revelation 10:5 Revelation 10:5-7 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. These three verses contain the oath of Christ, for the confirmation of the truth and certainty of what He Himself spake and witnessed unto his servant John. Hebrews 6:13-17 God willing to show the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. Whence we may observe, first, that an oath is a sacred and solemn adoration and invocation of the only true living God. Secondly, that it is lawful in some cases or matters to swear by Almighty God. Thirdly, that the most usual gesture of them that sware was by lifting up their hands towards heaven, Genesis 14:22; Daniel 12:7 and our Lord Jesus Christ (as Man and Mediator between God and men) 1 Timothy 2:5 here lifted up his hand to Heaven. And sware by him that liveth forever and ever that is, the eternal JEHOVAH. \ The matter of Christ’ s oath here was, that there should be time no longer; that is, for the beast, the great whore, and the false prophet; and those kings of the earth, (that give their kingdom, power and strength unto the beast) to reign, rule and exercise dominion after the seventh trumpet begin to sound, (Revelation 11:15 compared with 1 Corinthians 15:24-25). And this 7th verse. \ But in the days of the voice of the Seventh Angel when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished. By the mystery of God here, we may understand the conversion of the Jews unto Jesus Christ. \ Also the building and restoring of the church of God unto its primitive purity of worship and ordinances, according to the institutions of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Head of the Church, \ As he hath declared to his servants the prophets, \