1And 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.
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And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; …
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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. …
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Hitherto the apostle had seen only the great God, the governor of all things, now, I. He is favoured with a sight of the model and methods of his government, as they are all written down in a book which he holds in his hand; and this we are now to consider as shut up and sealed in the hand of God. Observe, 1. The designs and methods of divine Providence towards the church and the world are stated…
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