“And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?'”
April 14, 2025
In this continuation of the vision of Revelation 4, we find a holy hush in heaven as no one is worthy to take the seals of the scroll and break them. This seven-sealed scroll contains the “history” or the future. No political figure, no emperor, no king, no scientist, no scholar, no theologian, no one has the right to attempt to assume the prerogative of global and universal rule other than the Lion of the tribe of Judah. All of history is in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is no “lame duck” administrator seeking to salvage a failed plan. The destiny of all mankind is in His hands. The seven-sealed scroll is the legal authority to execute judgment on the earth and to bring to pass the kingdom of God on earth. No sinful human being is qualified to come forward and claim rulership of the universe. Satan and his demons have no right to receive the kingdom of God. Satan will not leave without a fight, but the inheritance is not his. “No one is worthy to take the role God intended for Adam and his descendants” (Randy Alcorn, Heaven). The approaching celebration of Resurrection Sunday is a shout-out to the world that Jesus Christ owns the title deed to the universe.
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This is the occasion to praise God that the arc of human history is found only in the Lamb of God, our resurrected Savior.