“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” (Revelation 5:1).

Book (Def): (Gr): Biblion from Biblos: Scroll of writing

Of all that has been written in the myriad of books in the earth there is one Book above all others. That Book was sealed (closed, locked up and blocked from opening) and held in the hand of God, the Father, seated on His Throne and no one was worthy to receive it from Him in all of heaven and earth.

“And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to open the Book, and to loose the Seals thereof’?” (Revelation 5:2).

The Book was so holy, so sanctified in the hand of God, the Father, that:

“No man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth was able to open the Book, neither to look thereon” (Revelation 5:3).

This caused the Apostle John to weep much before the Lord, “because no man was found worthy to open and to read the Book, neither to look thereon” (Revelation 5:4).

No man was worthy until “the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, prevailed to open the Book and to loose the seven seals thereof” (Revelation 5:5).

Seal (Def): (Gr): Sphragis from Phrasso: To block up, Signet, the Stamp impressed as a mark of privacy, or genuineness

The Book was sealed with seven seals that no one could open until One was found worthy, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, who,

“Came and took the Book out of the right hand of Him who sat upon the Throne” (Revelation 5:7)

The Mystery of the Book is revealed in Him who was found worthy, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, the Lamb of God. This One of whom the Testimony was given John:

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave to Him to show to His servants things which must shortly come to pass, and He sent and signified it by His Angel to His servant John” (Revelation 1:1).

The Book is the revealing of the Son of whom the Book was written by the hand of the Father. It is even as Christ so said:

“Then said I, ‘Lo, I come (in the Volume of the Book it is written of Me) to do Your will, O God'” (Hebrews 10:7; Psalm 40:7).

The One of whom the Book was written fulfilled those things written of Him and was thereby found worthy to look upon the Book, receive the Book from the right hand of the Father and to break the seals thereof, and ultimately open the Book and read it that the mystery might be made known to all: to Elders, Angels, and the whole of Mankind, who together can exclaim with one voice:

“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and blessing. And every creature in heaven and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them heard I saying: ‘Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him that sits on the Throne, and to the Lamb forever and ever'” (Revelation 5:12-13).

The Mystery of the Book reveals the heart of the Father for the Son of His love, His only Begotten, His firstborn, the One in Whom the Father is well pleased (cf. Matthew 3:7). The One by Whom

“All things were created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and by Him all things consist” (Colossians 1:16-17).

The Mystery of the Book has been revealed by the Spirit of God who “searches all things, yea, the deep things of God” (I Corinthians 2:10b). For even as the Scriptures testify of Him (cf. John 5:39), so too the Book in the right hand of the Father reveals Him so that we might know Him and fellowship together in the Son of His Love.

May we never despair, but ever rejoice in knowing Him who is “the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending says the Lord, who is and was and is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).

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