Heaven is a musical place, but that’s not all! The Apostle Paul, writing about his own experience when caught up to heaven, stated something which can only make us wonder:
And I know that this man–whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows– was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. (2 Cor 12:3,4)
A definite Bible mystery centers around what Paul heard and why he wasn’t permitted to tell it.
We don’t have any other details, even as minute as they may be. However, there probably is a connection to the surpassingly great revelations he mentions several verses later:
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. (2 Cor 12:7)
John Wasn’t Allowed to Write Down What He Heard
What heavenly secrets did Paul hear, which he wasn’t allow to share with others? Could it be that John heard the same heavenly secrets when he was caught up to heaven too?
And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said and do not write it down.” (Rev 10:4)
NOTE: Repeatedly John is told to write down what we now call the book of Revelation (Rev 2:8; 2:12; 2:18; 3:1; 3:7; 3:12; 3:14; 10:4; 14:13; 19:9; 21:5), but wasn’t allowed to write down what the seven thunders spoke! Who or what are the seven thunders? That is another Bible mystery in itself! Perhaps if we had the mysterious words John heard, Revelation would not be such a mystery to us! In conclusion, this we do know – God does entrust certain truths exclusively to certain people, but not to others!
