I appreciate you sharing this with me, but I genuinely can't keep delving into separate areas of discussion. Needless to say, I don't prescribe to your reasoning. I'm of the belief that different words can be used to describe the same thing, although I know that this isn't always the case, depending on the context. In this particular instance, I don't believe the two separate Hebrew words used for the daily sacrifice denote two different historical contexts. This is because of the overall prevailing patterned language shared between the passages. Rather, I believe that, together, they offer a fuller picture of one historical event to take place in the future.
If you'd like to know my stance on how the locusts related to end-time prophecy, you're just going to have to read my article, The Great Tribulation and The Day of The Lord, as it's too much for me to get into here.
*I had to delete some of you text if this quote due to post word-count limits*
I'm aware of the connection of the mighty angel of Revelation 10 with the "man in linen" mentioned in Daniel. I'm not denying that, but this don't mean that the mighty angel isn't Jesus. Consequently, such a connection would just mean that the "man in linen" is also Jesus.
The two passages you listed (Daniel 11:31-39 and Revelation 9:13-21) don't describe "angels 'swearing an oath to heaven' after the occurrence of the abomination".
The first passage is a part of an allegory about the end-times. If you want to know what exactly those verses are referring to you can find them here. Just scroll down to the allegory part where Daniel 11 is broken down verse-by-verse. The second one has to do with the sixth seal, which details what is happening right before Jesus returns. There was nothing mentioned about "swearing an oath to heaven" in either of these passages.
You ask: if this this mighty angel is Jesus, why isn't he identified as such?" Yet, I just shared a color-coded proof to demonstrate that very fact. The mighty angel's words being sealed up doesn't mean he's not Jesus, it just means that they weren't meant for us to know before Jesus returns. You're equating the revealing of the Mystery of God with the breaking of the covenant, yet the text don't say that. It just says: "But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets."
Scriptures teaches us that this mystery is both the revelation of Jesus and the unveiling of what will happen in the end times, as denoted below:
"My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" -- Colossians 2:2-3
"Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality." -- 1 Corinthians 15:51-53
The first verse tells us that the revelation of Jesus is the Mystery of God, while the second passage connotates that the end times are also a part of this Mystery. We can be sure that this is what Revelation 10:7 is talking about because both of these were prophesied by God's servants prophets.When Jesus tells us not to swear or make oaths in Matthew 5:33-37, he was giving us (imperfect/fallible humans) a command. It didn't apply to himself or God because they're one-and-the-same (i.e., perfect). This is why it's only proper for God to make oaths, because only He can make sure to follow though with them.
Here is another way of putting it. When I say that only God can make oaths, I'm not saying only He is capable of making them. I'm saying that it is only morally permissible for Him to make them because He can be sure to follow though with them. We as humans are fallible and are prone to make errors. Not to mention, there are many things out of our control which can prevent us from following though with our word. So, this is why we need to be careful not to make an oath or swear. This doesn't mean the covenant made in Daniel 9:27 is made by God/Jesus. In fact, we know it wasn't because it will be broken, which is something God/Jesus wouldn't do.
On a side note, here's another confirmation that the mighty angel in Revelation 10 is Jesus. Looking back at the passage we're told that this mighty angel has a scroll, "which lay open in his hand," as demonstrated below:
"Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion." -- Revelation 10:1-3a
Similarly, when we read of John's vision of the scroll in Revelation 5, we learn that only Jesus was worthy to open it, as demonstrated below:
"But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals... And they sang a new song, saying: 'You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.'” -- Revelation 5:3-5, 9
So, when we read Revelation 10 and see that this mighty angel has a scroll, "which lay open in his hand," it's further clarification that this mighty angel is, in fact, Jesus himself.
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