Insight from Revelation 5:<\/p>\n
It is significant that the scroll is the first thing seen in Revelation 5. The scroll is clearly very important. In fact, the contents of the scroll are the subject of most of the book of Revelation! The significance of the scroll is also seen in John\u2019s great weeping regarding the scroll remaining unopened!<\/p>\n
The scroll is a symbol of something. But what does it symbolize? It will help the reader to remember that this vision of the scroll is connected to the vision of heavenly worship in Revelation 4. Thus, this scroll is somehow connected to worship. Perfect worship in heaven was pictured in Revelation 4. That chapter ended with a declaration that all things should worship God. He is worthy of \u201cglory and honor and power\u201d. Based on Revelation 4, it is clear that God is receiving \u201cglory and honor and power\u201d in heaven. However, God is not receiving this worship on earth. The scroll is connected to this lack of worship that is taking place on earth.<\/p>\n
Based on the events that take place in later chapters in Revelation when the scroll is opened, this scroll seems to be a symbol for all of the events that are necessary to take place for perfect worship to take place. That is why the scroll has seven seals. The number seven is a symbol that the scroll contains the complete plan and there is no other plan to accomplish this task apart from what is contained in the scroll. This scroll is the plan by which God causes his will to be done on earth as it is done in heaven. The scroll contains God\u2019s plan for rescuing his people from evil, his plan for punishing the wicked, and his plan for bringing in full worship. Who is the one who is worthy to bring about God\u2019s plan?<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4742","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/om\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}