in a loud voice, went out across all of creation to find someone worthy to bring history to its appointed end. But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could be found who had the authority and purity to open the scroll or even look inside it. This emphasizes the sovereignty and centrality of Christ. He alone was able to open the scroll. THE ONE John recorded his vision of God holding a scroll containing all that would happen to the world (5:1). Such a vision pictures God in complete