The days of the seventh angel--10:7. 1. Days of the voice: This was a reference to the end of the Jewish state (Matthew 24:3), which was politically the end of the old Jewish dispensation, the days when the last trumpet was about to sound the note of doom--when he shall begin to sound--hence, in the days of the last events fulfilling these visions. They were fulfilled in that generation as foretold by the words of Jesus to his disciples. (Matthew 23:36 and Matthew 24:34) 2. The mystery of God finished: This mystery of God is that divine plan of Eph 1:9-10, which was to reach its fulfillment “ in the dispensation of the fulness of times,” and here the reference is to the “ finish” of all events connected with its success. (Matthew 24:14) And it was accomplished for Jesus said, “ this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” In verse 31, of this discourse of Mat 24:1-51, the Lord said that after these events of the destruction of Jerusalem he would “ send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet” to “ gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” These statements in Matthew and Revelation are parallel in meaning and alike had reference to the universal expansion of the kingdom of Christ, after the fall of Judaism and the end of the Jewish state. The destruction of Jerusalem, the demolition of the temple, the downfall of Judaism, and the end of Jewish state, which politically and practically ended the Jewish dispensation, were all a part of the divine mystery. The Mosaic law had been “ nailed to the cross,” “ abolished” and “ taken away” ; but the Jewish state continued, and in that sense the Jewish dispensation functioned, until “ the days of the voice of the seventh angel” which sounded the final doom. This was all in and part of “ the mystery of God," the divine scheme of things, which was “ finished” in the culmination of these events. 3. As declared to the prophets: These things were all declared to the Old Testament prophets and witness borne in the prophecies to their fulfillment. (Romans 16:25-26; 1 Peter 1:10-12) These were the things that were “ manifested in last times” --the end of the Jewish world. (1 Peter 1:20) The old prophets contemplated all of the things pertaining to the kingdom of Christ, both of its inauguration and its expansion. (Genesis 49:1; Isaiah 2:2-5; Micah 4:1-4; Daniel 2:42-45; Daniel 10:14; Zechariah 14:1-21) The revelations made known to the prophets were a declaration in advance of the things to come--a witness to them--and found fulfillment in the events herein disclosed.