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:
Liveth forever and ever - `unto the ages of the ages.'
Created heaven ... earth ... sea ... This detailed designation of the Creator is appropriate to the subject of the angel's oath-namely, the consummating of the mystery of God (Revelation 10:7), which can surely be brought to pass by the same Almighty power that created all things, and by none else.
That there should be time no longer - `that time (i:e., an interval) no longer shall be.' The martyrs shall have no longer to wait for the accomplishment of their prayers for the purgation of the earth by judgments to remove their and God's foes from it (Revelation 6:11). The appointed time of delay is at an end [the same Greek as Revelation 6:11, chronos (G5550)]. Not, time shall end and eternity begin.