The Sealed Book

{ April 22, 2010 @ 2:24 am } · { Uncategorized }

The Sealed Book – Revelation 4-5

In Revelation 5:1, John writes, “And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.”

• “He” that holds the book in his right hand is God the Father, sitting on His throne in heaven. Daniel 7:9 says, “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit.” The Ancient of Days is God the Father.

• This book is the same book that God told Daniel to seal in Daniel 12:4, “But thou O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.” The book that was to be sealed in the 2300 Day vision of Daniel 8:26 which says, “…shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.” The 2300 days to be sealed because they relate to the period between 457 to 1844.

A sealed prophecy means that it is an unfulfilled prophecy. Daniel was told to seal up the prophecies because they were meant for the time of the end. They would be opened when they were fulfilled at the time of the end. 1844 is when the seals started to be opened, because that is when prophecy was fulfilled and Jesus entered the Most Holy Place to begin the judgment to determine who is worthy to go to the marriage. The seals are a series of events beginning at 1844 and ending at the Second Coming.

• “The book that was sealed was not the book of Revelation, but that portion of the prophecy of Daniel which related to the last days. The Scripture says, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” [Dan. 12:4]. When the book was opened, the proclamation was made, “Time shall be no longer.” [See Revelation 10:6.] The book of Daniel is now unsealed, and the revelation made by Christ to John is to come to all the inhabitants of the earth. By the increase of knowledge a people is to be prepared to stand in the latter days.” {17MR 6.3}
• “The prophecies present a succession of events leading down to the opening of the judgment. This is especially true of the book of Daniel. But that part of his prophecy which related to the last days, Daniel was bidden to close up and seal “to the time of the end.” Not till we reach this time could a message concerning the judgment be proclaimed, based on the fulfillment of these prophecies. But at the time of the end, says the prophet, “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Daniel 12:4.” {GC 355.3}
• “Revelation is a sealed book, but it is also an opened book. It records marvelous events that are to take place in the last days of this earth’s history. The teachings of this book are definite, not mystical and unintelligible. In it the same line of prophecy is taken up as in Daniel. Some prophecies God has repeated, thus showing that importance must be given to them. The Lord does not repeat things that are of no great consequence.–Ms 107, 1897, pp. 1, 2. (Search the Scriptures,” undated.) Released October 26, 1978.” {8MR 413.2}

5:2 “And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and loose the seals thereof?

5:5 “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

5:7 “And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.”

• Jesus, the Root of David, was the only one who could open the seals of the book.
• When He opens the seals in Revelation 6, each seal that is opened is a fulfillment of prophecy in history, an event that takes place during the time of the end.
• The sealed book of Revelation 5 is the book of redemption because it could not be opened until Christ started His work of redemption and intercession for humanity in 1844.

In Revelation 10:2, it says, “And he [God] had in his hand a little book open.” This little book the same as sealed book of Revelation 5. Revelation 10:9 says, “And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.” Rev. 10:10, “And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.”

• In 1844, the Millerite movement had interpreted the 2300-Day prophecy of Daniel 8:14 which says, “…Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” They believed that the earthly sanctuary would be cleansed in 1844 by Jesus at His Second Coming and would take all His people to heaven. The message was “sweet as honey” to them because they were excited about the message. But when the day passed and Jesus didn’t come, they were disappointed and their “belly was bitter.”

The seals of this book are opened during the time of the end, and the opening begins in 1844. 1844 is the day that they began to be fulfilled.

The first seal is opened in Rev. 6:1 (also Rev. 10:4). The noise of thunder correlates with the seven thunders of Rev. 10:4 is when the 1^st & 2^nd Angel’s Messages are being proclaimed as Jesus starts the judgment of the dead in the Most Holy Place. It is opened at the opening of the judgment in 1844.

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