Revelation 5:1 - Heaven

Then I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

Seven seals basically means this was a secure document. Access was not to be granted to just anybody. It was custom in that time for Roman scrolls to be sealed seven times. This was an indication to everyone that the scroll was very important and very secure. Therefore, the scrolls of the emperors were a mystery or secret only unveiled upon their death.

It can also be noted that the original Jewish language was Hebrew but over time changed to Aramaic. The original Torah was written in Hebrew. Therefore, there were fewer and fewer who could translate the original Torah. It would be on a scroll sealed with seven seals and typically no one could translate it, therefore no one would dare break the seals.

The indication of there being writing on both sides means this is a long document. Or it could be that the outside is a summary, I mean, that’s what I’d do so I wouldn’t have to unroll it to know what it said. But we’re not in the limited human realm here. The scrolls of the books of the Bible are very long. Romans is 11 ½ ft long; Mark is 19 ft; John is 23 ½ ft; Matthew 30 ft; and Luke and Acts are 32 ft each. This scroll is not only long but so full it has writing on both sides.

What is on the scroll?  In Ezekiel 2, he is given a scroll with writings on both sides as well and it is the "lament and mourning and woe" of the people.  It is possible that something similar is written on this scroll.  The contents are generally considered by most scholars to be God’s plan for Creation to include man, all the earth, and the spirit world. 

All people yearn deep inside to be settled and completed. C.S. Lewis said, "The fact that our heart yearns for something earth can't supply is proof that heaven must be our home." We are all insecure, somewhere inside about something.

“My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.” – Isaiah 26:9

“My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water.” – Psalm 63:1

There simply isn’t enough in this dry and weary land of earth to satisfy that which is missing deep inside. Solomon worked hard to fill it with everything available in Creation, but there was nothing in Creation that could satisfy it. Everything outside of God was a mirage. Our souls crave purpose, meaning, and completion and that is not found here on earth.

In Romans 8 Paul writes that all of Creation is yearning for this revelation of God. It wants to be the garden of Eden again as it was in the beginning as a celebration to God’s glory with man.

And here in God’s hand, is the scroll of His plan to restore all of Creation, to end the "lament and mourning and woe" of His people.