Sealed Scrolls

"But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge."

I've often thought about what this scroll might say. It's been sealed for the time of the end and no matter where I go to try and increase my knowledge of it, these words are a mystery. Other scrolls throughout scripture come to mind. The scroll that Ezekiel ate that tasted like honey but was bitter in his stomach is the first. I wonder if Daniel felt the same way. The time of the end would be sweet but could the process have made him sick? I mean, he saw some incredibly violent things in his visions, as did Ezekiel. Could he have been happy to seal it?

The scroll in Revelation that John wept over because no one was worthy to open is another that shouts to me. No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. It wasn't until I started to really delve into the scriptures that I came to appreciate his grief. The setting he paints is the throne room of heaven. The elders laying down crowns, the flashes of lightening and display of mighty power would have been awe inspiring. Creatures and angels chanting until the mighty proclamation is shouted. "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" Silence. All revelry stopped. I would have cried too.

Since John was recording the end of time, could these be the same scroll? Hmm... Something to search out!

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings." ~Solomon