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Who Holds a Scroll

Episode 31
10m | Apr 18, 2022

When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God's great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. The best is yet to come, when we see Jesus face-to-face. Corrie Ten Boom

Last week we finished Revelation 4, what I call the fascination litmus test. John’s encounter in heaven continues in Revelation 5, we will be looking at verses 1-5. This is the first part of a story line involving the scroll.

The Passage

 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Now keep in mind the mystery of heaven, we don’t know how this all works with time and space…John saw it, in it’s context, it is describing a future event when he breaks the seven seals and sets in to motion the final events of this current age. This is again just a note and not a detailed study into that.

The List:

  1. He holds a sealed scroll in his right hand, with writing front and back
  2. He sits on a throne 
  3. He has announcing angels with loud voices
  4. From this throne room, there is mysterical access to see what’s going on in heaven, on earth and under the earth (Take note, this is not a flat earth reference, I don’t condone that theology)
  5. There is only one person in all created order that is worthy to open this scroll.
  6. The elders in heaven are able to respond to what is happening in the throne room
  7. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah (this literally means he still gives himself ties to the earth and a human bloodline)
  8. He is the root of David
  9. He has conquered
  10. He is worthy to open the scroll and it’s seven seals

The Declarations:

You hold a scroll in your right hand

You sit enthroned in heaven

You’ve created powerful announcing angels with loud voices 

You access from your throne room the goings on in all of your created order

Only one is able to open the scroll

The elders around your throne respond, they are real, they interact with saints

You are the Lion of the tribe of Judah, you keep and acknowledge your human bloodline and ties to the earth

You are the root of David

You have conquered and therefore 

You Jesus are the only one in all of heaven, earth and under the earth that is worthy to open the scroll and it’s seven seals


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