sealed scroll

Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on. Compare this with verse 11. He gives us the scroll and we can’t read it because it is sealed up. Every year they kept the cycle of festivals not realizing that they depicted...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 5 “But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” BUT ONE OF THE ELDERS: (Those which we saw introduced in Chapter 4) This verse could be very...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 4 “So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.” SO I WEPT MUCH: It is certainly possible that the literal John had this reaction. The expectancy aroused by Chapter 4 would have him in great anticipation of the...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 2 and 3 “Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals? And no one in heaven OR ON THE EARTH OR UNDER THE EARTH was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.” “The same unworthiness which was found...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 2 and 3 “Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals? AND NO ONE IN HEAVEN or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.” “The Apostle was impressed with the...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 2 “Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” THEN I SAW: Here is another marker. John wants now to draw our attention away from the hand and book and toward something else. A STRONG ANGEL: Who...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 1 continued, “And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.” “Since a book or scroll is usually held in the left hand, this detail concerning the right hand should not be considered a more...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 1 continued, “And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.” “To the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the...

Revelation Chapter 5 VERSE 1 “And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.” AND I SAW: This is one of those phrases which mark changes in the Book of Revelation. In this case it shifts emphasis to the sealed book...