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What did johns revelations mean to the seven churches who read his letter. Phillips new testament phillips the sealed book of future events. A modern replica of an ancient papyrus scroll sealed with multiple clay seals. It contains, as our revelations tell us, the revealed will, mysteries, and. And i saw a mighty angel who called out in a loud voice, who is fit to open the book and break its seals.

Revelation 5 phillips the sealed book of future events then. It is similar to the book of daniel, which god told daniel was sealed until the time of the end. John writes, i saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals revelation 5. Book of revelation read, study bible verses online. Revelation was written when christians were entering a time of persecution. Thus he makes known unto his servants the revelation which god had given. The book of revelation was given as a mysterious, closed and sealed book. In the book of revelation, the seven seals of god are the seven symbolic seals greek. In old testament days when a kinsman desired to redeem a property he took his position, with ten men elders as witnesses, in the gate of the city and advertised his purpose. The seven sealed book and the lion who was also a lamb. In chapter five the scene is still in heaven and continues the vision of the throne, only now the focus is on a new item of vital importance, the sevensealed book actually, a scroll, the greek biblion and its recipient. The lamb and the sevensealed scroll understanding the book of. Upon the lamb opening a seal from the book, a judgment is released or an apocalyptic event occurs.

The book contains the prophecy of events to be unfolded in the rest of the book of revelation. The seven sealed book is the title deed to the redeemed inheritance. God raised up another prophet, the apostle john, to open the book that the prophet daniel had closed and sealed. A few suggest a date during the reign of vespasian. It is similar to the book of daniel, which god told. And i saw in the right hand of him seated on the throne, a book written within and. These horses either speak of a time past or a time yet to come and still others think that these horses are already being ridden in history today. The covenant book, which with the downfall of the israelite monarchy and the termination of the david kingship became sealed, is transferred to christ, the true. T he book of revelation was given as a mysterious, closed and sealed book. The background and meaning of the sealed book of revelation 5. The first of the four seals are what are sometimes called the four horsemen of the apocalypse or unveiling.

This is the word of god and the testimony of jesus christ. The opening of the seals of the document occurs in revelation chapters 58 and marks the second coming of the christ and the beginning of the apocalypse. John the revelator saw in the hands of the great god a book sealed with seven seals. Revelation 5 1599 geneva bible gnv 5 1 the book sealed with seven seals, 3 which none could open. This is beautifully illustrated in the story of boaz and ruth. The two periods most often mentioned are the latter part of neros reign a.