启示录 5 章有七印的书卷。 谁可以打开它？

启示录 5 章有七印的书卷。 谁可以打开它？

The scroll was of papyrus or leather.

Pieces of fragile papyrus about 10 inches wide were pasted together to make a long roll.

The Old Testament was written on these rolls.

It was a painful labor to copy without errors the rolls, therefore a very costly and precious piece.

One sroll contained a part of the Old Testament book.

The complete Old Testament was kept in the synagogue.

And on the Sabbath, a roll was requested to read from (Luke 4:16-20).

Normally only on the inside was written.

Here in Revelation the roll was written on the inside as well as the outside and sealed with seven seals.

A scroll written on the inside and outside was called an opishograph, representing the fullness of the divine foreknowledge and counsels.

History will not end until God's purposes has fully consummated.