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Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application. Editors Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton, and Jay A. Sklar have...

The scene in the throne room shifts. God is holding a scroll with seven seals (Rev. 5:1). The question echoes throughout creation: Is anyone worthy to break the seals on the scroll (v. 2)? The key word in the chapter is “worthy” (axios): no one in all creation is worthy to break the seals (v. 3). The seals represent redemptive history and God’s plan for history, including saving human beings, so if no one can open the scroll or break the seals, the human race is doomed. Hence John
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