The Sealed Book

~Revelation 5~

Rev. 5:1 – “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.”

Now first of all, we need to know who this “he” is that is holding the book. And from what we can gather from context and previous relating verses in the book of Daniel, we can conclude that this “he” is speaking of the Ancient of Days (or God the Father):

Dan 7:9-10 – “I (Daniel) beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit…A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times then thousand stood before him; the judgment was set, and the books were opened.”

In Daniel 12:4, it also speaks of a book that is sealed to till the time of the end: “Daniel 12:4  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. “

But to see that these verses in Daniel actually relate to the verse in  Revelation is shown in the spirit of prophecy. “Revelation following Daniel, as giving fuller light on the subjects dealt with in Daniel…they both relate to the same subjects.” (TM117.2). So here it is saying that both Daniel and Revelation have similar topics, thus we can make conclusions with both books in mind.

Now why is this book sealed and what is it being sealed? According Daniel 8:13,14,17 26, the sealed part of this book is the 2300 day vision.  So knowing about that the 2300 day vision stops at the time of the end), we can see that this sealing process stops at the time of the end also. and we’ll see later on that the unsealing process starts at 1844 till the second coming of Jesus.

Revelation 4:1,2 … “a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.  And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”

These verses in Revelation are related to this whole subject of the sealed book. the door is opened in the Most Holy Place because this is taken place during the time of the end.  And this throne in Revelation, doesn’t it sound familiar to the verses in Daniel 7 when we were trying to find out who was holding this book?

Daniel 7:9-10 – “I (Daniel) beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit…”

Now about this door being opened, Revelation 3:7-8 talks about the “door” to the Most Holy Place was opened during the era of the church of Philadelphia. This Church was named “the Church of the Second Advent Awakening.” The final atonement and the judgment takes place in the Most Holy Place,  therefore this time period happens during the large part of the redemption plan.

To know how this sealed book fits in the redemption plan, we need to see what the redemption plan is. It starts all the way back at the the fall of man, through to the time of the end, past the marriage ceremony and the investigative judgment, and ends at the second coming. It is the plan that God created to save man from eternal death by sending His son to die in our stead(John 3:16). Now seeing that this sealed book is sealed until the end of the 2300 days, it starts to be unsealed from the 1844 till the second coming. 1844 is when the cleansing of the sanctuary begins so therefore the unsealing process starts at the first cleansing of the sanctuary. W

we’re past 1844 at this point and time in history, so the book must be unsealed if it begins the unsealing process at 1844, correct? So then what does that mean? Well, the investigative judgment  of the wicked starts during this time period.  At this time, the wicked are being judged and after a time, the judgment of the righteous will commence, and Jesus’ coming will finally happen.