The Seven-Sealed Book
John saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the heavenly throne a book. This was after the rapture because God’s program for the church was shifted to heaven. All the raptured believers now appeared in heaven before this throne and He that sat on it.
‘And 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’ (Revelation 5:1).
‘And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe’ (Ezekiel 2:9-10).
This book, actually a scroll, written within and on the backside, was rolled up and sealed seven times. A seal was a device, often made with wax and having an imprint pushed upon it which forbade an unauthorized person from opening it. Once broken, a seal was impossible to repair perfectly. So, this seven-sealed book has never been opened and the contents were full of lamentations, mourning and woes. The one that John saw was a full booklet with seven sealed chapters written within and without, sealed with seven seals, closed up and the content was unknown. It is very dangerous to have a seal containing information about you, your family, community, city, people or nation without being able to access its content. Many people are living without the full detail of why they are living.
Belshazzar’s Quest for Understanding
‘And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego’ (Daniel 5:5-7).
When King Belshazzar saw a man’s hand with fingers wrote against him upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, he was greatly disturbed. His countenance was changed and his thoughts troubled him. His joint, lions were loosed and his knees smote against each other. He cried aloud for help. He needed an interpreter, someone who is capable of reading the writing, show him the interpretation.
Many people on this earth do not know their purpose on earth and they are not bordered or worried. Yet, both God and the devil have written so many things concerning them. To be born again is good but you have to know God’s master plan for your life; what He wants you to do on earth. You have to be able to have access to His written will, interpret it and apply them here on earth before you die.
The bible is God’s will for every man, but you have to discover personally, what God wants you to achieve from birth to death. You are not born to beat about the bush or to live by the will of the devil. You have to show concern, get worried, and make research through prayer to know why you are here. Belshazzar cried, made effort to discover what was written against him. Though he sought for help in a wrong way, from astrologers, soothsayers and later from the right source.
The important thing was that he never gave up until he discovered the meaning. You may have been struggling in life, looking for the interpretation of certain things in your life, do not give up. Paul spent good number of years trying to find why he was created, God’s purpose for creating him.
‘For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood’ (Galatians 1:13-16).
He made so many mistakes but he never gave up. He tried it in the Jews religion, persecuted Christians beyond measure. He profited in the Jews religion above many of his equals. He was so zealous to keep to the traditions of his fathers. He was circumcised on the eight day of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews and a Pharisee. Though, he went the wrong way but God knew he was sincere. If you have not found Christ, you have found nothing and achieved nothing. Your foundation, where you are born is very important. Paul left his foundational bondage the day he found Christ.
‘Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless’ (Philippians 3:6).
‘But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood’ (Galatians 1:15-16).
Paul’s Transformation and Self-Discovery
Paul was living in self-righteousness that was of the law, the traditions of the Jews. But when he found Christ, immediately, he conferred not with flesh and blood. If you are still living in sin, depending upon your own way or religion, you are observing the seal of the devil. You need to break out from the evil pattern of your place of birth or church tradition that contradicts God’s word.
‘Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ’ (Colossian 2:8).
‘And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up’ (Matthew 13:3-4).
If you are born or sown where fornication, violence, murder or any character devours people’s life, destiny, you need to search for God’s plan. It is not God’s will for poverty or any problem to devour your life; you are under Satan’s seal. If you are born or you fell on wrong place, hard foundation, where you have just little or no opportunity to survive, you are under Satan’s seal. It is not God’s will for the sun to scorch your destiny or to cause your root to be withered.
‘Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them’ (Matthew 13:5-7).