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The Revelation of Jesus Christ in warning Israel of the approaching captivity. There, "in the court of the prison," the business transaction was made. To quote the prophet: '"Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah. And I bought the field ... and I subscribed the deed, and sealed It .. . So I took the deed of the purchase .. , and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch ... in the presence of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and In the presence of the witnesses that sub scribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard" (Jer. 32:8-12, R.V.). As we have observed, this deed was written upon a scroll, rolled up, and sealed, pending the day when God's promise was to be fulfilled: "For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this land" (Jer. 32: 15, R. V.). Now this scroll which was "sealed" was Jeremiah's title deed to the field which he had purchased; and the day came when his heir took the scroll, broke the seal. and claimed the land. We have gone into detail to consider this incident recorded in Old Testament prophecy-now an historical fact -because it shows us the meaning of the seven-sealed scroll, or book, which John saw "in the right hand of him that sat on the throne." This seven-sealed book represents the title deed to the earth. When God created the earth, He gave it to Adam. He gave him, as it were, the title deed. He gave him dominion over the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, the beasts of the field; and He made him lord over the whole earth. But when Adam sinned, he lost not only his dominion, but the title deed to the earth as well; for it reverted to God. Now, in this fifth chapter of Revelation. we see what will take place when the church age is over, and God begins to deal with the earth once more. In His hands John saw the title deed to the earth in the form of a seven-sealed book. "The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof" ( Psa. 24 :1 ); and to Him alone is given the right to open the seals of the title deed to His own possession.
ONLY ONE WoRTHY TO OPEN THE BooK
Plainly the vision which John saw set forth this fact, for
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