The Significance of the Scroll in Revelation 5

Revelation 5 depicts a scroll, but does not offer any significance for it. Since John is still on earth and is only seeing the scroll in a vision, he becomes sorely distraught when no one in heaven, earth or under the earth can open the seals on the scroll.

Perhaps, John’s reaction gives you a clue as to the significance of the scroll in Revelation chapter 5. Could it be that the scroll is the title deed to the earth that Adam gave to Satan when he rebelled in the Garden? Since no one could open the seals on the title deed, John became distraught because the earth would always belong to Satan.

Without the scroll’s being opened, the battle for earth’s supremacy could never begin. The breaking of the seals begins the last seven years of tribulation of the earth. In order for Jesus to return and take ownership for the planet that is rightfully his, the seals must be broken.

Therefore, it is believed that the significance of the scroll in Revelation 5 is because it contains the title deed to Christ’s earth. Without being able to break the seals, the title to the earth could never be obtained.

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