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Revelation 5:2
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2 And [kai] I saw [eido] a strong [ischuros] angel [aggelos] proclaiming [kerusso] with a loud [megas] voice, [phone] Who [tis] is [esti] worthy [axios] to open [anoigo] the book, [biblion] and [kai] to loose [luo] the seals [sphragis] thereof [autos]? KJV-Interlinear
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?" NASB
Jesus Christ sits on the throne of heaven, holding in His right hand, a sealed document containing the details of the final events of history.
Written in eternity past as a part of the divine decrees, and sealed for all time until the proper date in history to be unsealed and revealed.
And that date does not occur until history has played itself out, covering the rebellion and fall of Satan, the creation and fall of man, the promise of a savior, the fulfillment of that promise, the assembly of a royal family, together with its removal from this world, and then Satan’s last and final attempt to take the throne for himself.
All the while Christ sits in heaven waiting for Gods very detailed plan for history to unfold and complete itself as prophesied.
And now, even with all of the events of history, which cover many thousands of years and more, a mighty angel, one who was appointed for this task alone.
Proclaiming, ‘kerusso,’ is a word assigned to one who is appointed to make an announcement.
Strong, ‘ischuros,’ indicates an extremely high position, occupied by one who possesses overwhelming qualifications and abilities for such a position.
And this angel, for he is identified as such, holds a very high office in heaven, and he makes an announcement, asking the entire universe a question, one in which he himself does not have an answer for, ‘Who is worthy…?’
And his question is greeted with total silence.
Worthy, ‘axios,’ means to be qualified physically, morally, spiritually. Who has lived for all of eternity and possesses the answers to all questions? Who has lived for all of eternity and has been witness to all events of history? Who has first hand and intimate knowledge of all things? Who has lived an exemplary life?
Who has the rank and attributes that are so comprehensive and complete, so as to qualify Him to unseal the last and final book which will not only reveal, but gives the one opening it, the rightful authority to carry out that which it is about to reveal?
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