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"Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people." Revelation 14:6
It seems rather strange to consider a flying angel holding something that is said to be "everlasting." It seems a paradox, a contradiction, that the words "flying" and "everlasting" should be used in the same context. Yous see, to read of something flying brings to my mind that which is moving, fleeting, passing. It is the opposite of that which is permanent or everlasting. In fact, the very act of flying suggests changes of altitude, direction and environment. Thus, the angel the Revelator sees and describes is not some sedentary, stationary figure. He is in constant movement - "flying." Yet, in the hand of this flying angel is something that John says is not moving. It is something that is constant, changeless, permanent, eternal - "the everlasting gospel."
"For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:2
It is only an inward law that has the power to set me free from an outward law. Many times I am as much a descendant of Mt. Sinai as the Jew. I go through this world like a school boy walking through the classroom, remembering that there are lessons that must be learned and answered that will be recorded. I talk about my accountability and my responsibility and the judgment that is to come.
