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Seals on the Roll (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)

Seal for Scroll The scroll "was sealed with seven seals." When a roll was finished, it was fastened with threads and the threads were sealed at the knots with wax. One ordinary document sealed with seven seals was a will. Under Roman law the seven witnesses to a will sealed it with their seals, and it could only be opened when all seven, or their legal representatives, were present.

Will with Seven Seals

seal of California The roll may be what we might describe as God's will, his final settlement of the affairs of the universe. The "seven seals" indicate the great secrecy, the completeness and importance of its contents. The "seven seals" are located throughout the scroll so that as each one is broken, more of the scroll can be read to reveal another phase of God's plan for the end of the world.

"The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John."

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