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Scroll (5.1)

Then 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 5.1)

Open Scroll John is seeing a similar vision to what he had read in Ezekiel, "And, when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me; and lo, "a written scroll" was in it; and he spread it before me; and it had writing on the front and on the back; and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe."¹ In John's day, books were written on "scrolls" which were pieces of papyrus or vellum up to 30 feet long, rolled up and sealed with clay or wax. The "scroll" that John sees contains the full account of what God has in store for the world.

Ancient Scroll We must note that it was a roll and not a book which was in the hand of God. This is similar to the Dead Sea Scrolls found in a cave near the Dead Sea. In the ancient world, down to the second century A. D., the form of literary work was the roll, not the book. "The scroll" was made of papyrus, manufactured in single sheets about ten inches by eight. The sheets were joined together horizontally when a great deal of writing had to be done.

¹ Ezekiel 2:9, 10

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