What is the true meaning of the 'little opened scroll' in Revelation 10?

by - 13:34

 📰The Bible is one of the best-selling and most widely distributed books in history, yet it is also considered to be among the least understood. The Bible, which is referred to as the New Covenant and Promise of God, in which 'the way to heaven and salvation' is presented, differs in theologians' interpretations that make it difficult to understand. These differing interpretations have been the cause of the rise of denominations with each one establishing their own doctrine. With the increase in online church services and gatherings resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there has been growing interest in the comparison of various church doctrine. This paper, therefore, attempts to provide readers with the opportunity to compare differing Biblical teachings without interpretation. Among a host of online sermons and Bible-based teachings, the contrasting doctrine between the established Church and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has drawn public interest throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, is hereby compared and summarised. Best efforts have been made to provide a summary of Shincheonji Church of Jesus' understanding of the Bible. Judgment as to what is right or wrong is left to the reader’s discernment.


The reality of the fulfilment of Revelation according to the promise
Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
                                                                        ===========================

In Revelation 10:1~2, it is said that an angel came down from heaven and was holding a little opened scroll in his hand. This scroll (book) was originally sealed with seven seals in God's right hand in Revelation 5. Because the scroll was sealed in this way, it is written that John wept aloud because there was no one in heaven who could open it or look inside it. What was written in this scroll that John wept so heavily?

Fortunately, however, Jesus took this scroll became he had overcome, broke its seals, opened it, and delivered it to John through an angel. The angel instructed John to eat it and go and tell it to the world. If this invaluable scroll has been delivered from heaven, shouldn't we know what this scroll is and what is written in it?

The 
opened scroll is the 'Book of Revelation' because it has been opened and shown.

Conversely, as in Revelation 5, something that is tightly enclosed to prevent it from being opened can be said to be sealed. So let's begin with what is sealed. In Daniel 12:4 and Isaiah 29:11, it is said that all the visions delivered to the prophets were sealed.

Therefore, it can be seen that what is sealed is a prophetic book in which the history of the future is recorded. Until the time when the reality of the written prophecy is revealed, everything remains sealed with parables, so no one can understand it until the reality appears and is revealed.

Conversely, the opened 
scroll, or 'revelation', refers to seeing, hearing, and testifying to the reality of the prophecy hidden in parables when it is revealed at the appointed time. Therefore, the little opened scroll in the main reference is the word of revelation that testifies to its reality as prophesied in the Bible.

The reason God gave us prophecies was so that we could believe when they come true as in the words of John 14:29. However, if we do not receive the word of revelation, which is the opened scroll that comes down from heaven in Revelation 10, then even if the reality of the prophecy appears, one cannot recognise it. So, shouldn't believers also receive the message of this revelation? Let's find out how and through whom we can receive this revelation.

God planned in advance the process of delivering the revelations of the Old and New Testaments, and when the time comes, He fulfils them. First, let's look at the process of delivering the revelation of the Old Testament, and then look at the process of delivering the revelation of the New Testament.


In the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah 29:9-13, God saw that the shepherds (pastors) of the world would become blind, and that all visions would be like a sealed scroll to them. It is said that these blind shepherds would teach only the commands of men. The believers honour God with their lips, but their hearts are far from God.

So when would this sealed scroll be opened? In Habakkuk 2:2-3, this vision awaits an appointed time, and that is the time when the prophecy is fulfilled. When that time comes, according to Ezekiel 1-3, there will be the fulfilment of one who eats the opened scroll from heaven. That fulfilment was Jesus. The first coming of Jesus was the time when the prophecies of the Old Testament were fulfilled, as in John 19:30. At that time, God came to Jesus and gave him an opened scroll, the word of revelation, and instructed him to deliver it to the rebellious people of Israel, who had been taught only human commands.

In Matthew 11:27, it is said that no one knows God except the Son and those to whom the revelation is given according to the Son's wishes. In John 17:3, it is said that only by knowing the true God and Jesus can we gain eternal life. It is by receiving revelation through Jesus alone that one can receive salvation and eternal life and enter the desired kingdom of heaven.

Now, let's take a look at the all-important route of conveyance of the New Testament revelation. The process of delivering the revelation of Jesus in the New Testament is well described in Revelation 1:1. The order of delivery is from God-Jesus-Angel-John-Servants. First, Jesus took the scroll sealed with seven seals from God's hand in Revelation 5 because he had overcome, and he opened it in Revelation 6 and 8.


In Revelation 10, Jesus gave the opened scroll to the angel who had a shepherd like apostle John receive it and eat it, and the angel instructed John to deliver it to the servants. After all, the reason the opened scroll 
was given from heaven was to show it to the servants on the earth.

These servants are the 144,000 of the 12 tribes sealed in Revelation 7 and the multitude in white washed in the blood of Jesus. They are those who are sealed with the word of revelation and become the kingdom and people of God.

Therefore, as at the first coming, even at the second coming, when the prophecies of Revelation are fulfilled, one pastor of the promise must appear. This promised pastor is the only witness who saw and heard the events of the war in Revelation, and this promised pastor is the messenger of Jesus whom Jesus sent to testify the word of revelation to the churches.

Therefore, today, no one in the world can know the word of revelation other than through this promised shepherd. Also, it is said that those who hear and keep the word of revelation testified by this promised pastor are blessed. Every believer in the world can receive the blessing of salvation and eternal life and enter the desired kingdom of heaven only if they receive the word of revelation through the one promised pastor. It must be made plain and clear that there is one promised pastor at this time.

“This is different to the sealed scroll of Revelation 5. It contains a message about what will happen in the next 3.5 years
Korean Church

Pastor, Full Gospel Church
This little scroll contains messages that prophesy what will happen in the next three and a half years (during the seven-year tribulation period), and he tells John to eat it.

In the Old Testament, before receiving the prophet's mission, God gave us a scroll and told us to eat it. Likewise, by telling John to eat, Jesus let John speak the words of prophecy for the next three and a half years.

After the three and a half years, the world will end, the Millennial Kingdom will come, and the everlasting world of the new heaven and new earth will come, and those words are incomparably sweeter. But on the other hand, in the next three and a half years, the Antichrist will rise up as a beast and commit atrocious deeds and not only kill many Jews, but also all those who do not bow down to him.

At that time, the scroll was so bitter to John when he thought of the terrible tribulation and suffering of unrepentant mankind.


                                                              ============================
Related Bible Blogs
What is the true meaning of 'the angel standing on the sea and on the land' in Revelation 10?

The true meaning of the 'seven thunders' in Revelation 10

The true meaning of the '200 million mounted troops' in Revelation 9

What are the 'Breastplates of Iron' in Revelation 9?

What is the true meaning of the 'four angels bound at the great river Euphrates' in Revelation 9?

What is the 'locust' in Revelation 9?

What is the true meaning of the 'fire, smoke, and sulphur' in Revelation 9?

What are the 'Three Woes' in Revelation 8?

What are the 'Three Woes' in Revelation 8?

What is the true meaning of, ''A third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark'', in Revelation 8?

What is the true meaning of 'hail' in Revelation 8?

What is the true meaning of Revelation chapter 8?

What is the 'huge mountain, all ablaze' in Revelation 8?

The true meaning of 'a third of the ships were destroyed' in Revelation 8

What is the 'fire from the altar' in Revelation 8?

What are the Seven Trumpets in Revelation 8?

Who are the 'multitude in white' in Revelation 7?

Who are the 144,000 in Revelation 7 and 14?

What are the 'four angels of the earth' in Revelation 7?

In Revelation 6, what is the meaning of 'hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains'?

In Revelation 6, What Does 'Every Mountain and Island Was Removed from Its Place' Mean?
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/12/in-revelation-6-what-does-every.html

What is the Actual Meaning of the 'Heavens Departed' in Revelation 6?

The True Meaning of the Sun, Moon and Stars that Fall from the Sky in Revelation 6

When is the 'Great Day of Wrath' in Revelation 6
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/11/when-is-great-day-of-wrath-in.html

The Death of a 'Quarter of the Earth' in Revelation 6
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-death-of-quarter-of-earth-in.html

What is the 'Sword', 'Famine', 'Plague' and 'Wild Beasts of the Earth' in Revelation 6?https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-is-sword-famine-plague-and-wild.html

What Kind of 'Oil' is the Olive Oil in Revelation 6?
https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-kind-of-oil-is-olive-oil-in.html

What Does it Mean to Weigh 'Two Pounds of Wheat' and 'Six Pounds of Barley' for 'A Day's Wages' in Revelation 6?
https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/10/what-does-it-mean-to-weigh-two-pounds.html

What is the 'Large Sword' in Revelation 6:3-4?

What are the 'Red Horse' and 'Black Horse' in Revelation 6?

What does it mean that Jesus 'rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest' in Revelation 6:2?

What is the 'Book Sealed with Seven Seals' in Revelation 5:1?
What are the 'Seven Seals' in Revelation Chapter 5?

What are the 'Seven Horns of the Lamb' in Revelation 5?

Who are the '24 elders' in Revelation 4?

What is 'Ascending to Heaven' and the 'Open Door' in Revelation 4?

Who is the 'One who Overcomes' who Sits on the Throne of Jesus in Revelation 3?

What is the 'Pillar  in the Temple of God' in Revelation 3?

What is 'Salve' that Opens the Eyes of the Blind in Revelation 3?

What are the 'white clothes' Jesus gives in Revelation 3?


What is the True Meaning of the 'Open Door' in Revelation 3?

Who is the Woman 'Jezebel' in Revelation 2?

What is the 'food sacrificed to idols' that should not be eaten in Revelation 2?

What does, 'I will remove your lampstand', mean in Revelation 2?

What is the 'Sword of My Mouth' in Revelation 2?


Who is the 'One who Overcomes' in Revelation 2 and 3?

Who are 'Those Who Pierced' the Lord in Revelation 1:7?

What is the 'Mystery' of the Seven Stars in Revelation 1:20?

Where are the Seven Churches  in Revelation 1?

What does 'It is finished' mean in John 19?
How can I get to Heaven at the Second Coming of the Lord in John 14?

What are the 'Dry Bones' and the 'Resurrection' in Ezekiel 37?

Who is the 'one who reads', and who are those who 'hear' and 'keep' its words in Revelation 1? 

Who are the 'Servants' in Revelation 1?

Is the Book of Revelation Really an 'Epistle'?

What is the 'iron sceptre' that Jesus gives in Revelation 2?

What is the 'white stone' that Jesus gives in Revelation 2?

What is the 'hidden manna' in Revelation 2?

What is the 'abomination that causes desolation' in Matthew 24:15?

Who are the 'pregnant women' and 'nursing mothers' in Matthew 24?

Who are the Two People in the Field in the Last Days of the Second Coming? 

Who is 'someone like a son of man' in Revelation 1? 

Who are the 'Kings of the Earth' in Revelation 1?

What does it mean that Jesus 'is coming on the clouds' in Revelation 1:7?

Who are the 'Children of the Light' in 1 Thessalonians 5?

What is the Spring of Water that Wells Up to Eternal life in John 4:14?

What is the 'Expanse of the Sky' (Firmament) in Genesis 1:6?

Who Are Those Who Invaded the Kingdom of Heaven in Matthew 11? 

Who is the Merchant Who Finds Fine Pearls in Matthew 13?

Where is 'Heaven' in John 14?

Who are the 'Two Witnesses' in Revelation 11? 

Who is the 'Rider on the White Horse' in Revelation 6?

Where is the 'Mountain' We Must Flee to to be Saved in the Last Days?

Where is the 'East' from which the Angel Comes Up in Revelation 7?

What is the 'Key of the Kingdom of Heaven' that Jesus gave Peter in Matthew 16?

What is the 'Kingdom of Heaven' in Matthew 13, where the Mustard Seed is Sown to Become the Largest of Trees for Birds to Nest? 

What is the 'New Thing' in Jeremiah 31:22? 

What is the 'Book of Life' in the Book of Revelation?

What is the True Meaning of 'Hades' in Revelation Chapter 6?

What is the True Meaning of the 'Sun of Righteousness' and the 'Healing in its Rays' in Malachi 4?

What Kind of Place is the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony in Revelation 15?

Where is Mount Zion in Revelation 14?

What is the 'first heaven and first earth', and the 'New Heaven and New Earth' in Revelation 21? 

What is the 'Temptation and Distress' Recorded in Matthew 24 at the Time of Jesus' Second Coming?

Who or What is "The Man of Lawlessness" in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2?

Who was John the Baptist who Appeared at the First Coming?

Who are the 'Spirit' and the 'Bride' in Revelation 22?

What is the True Meaning of the 'Advocate' Recorded in John 14?

Who is the One Who Gives 'Food at the Proper Time' at the Second Coming of the Lord?

Who are the Nicolaitans who Destroy God's Kingdom in the Book of Revelation?

What is the True Meaning of 'Idol' Recorded by the Old Testament Prophets and in the New Testament?

Who can call God 'Father' and What is the Qualification for doing so? 

What is the True Meaning of 'Your Kingdom Come' in the Lord's Prayer Jesus Taught?

Why did Jesus Speak about the Secrets of Heaven in Parables at the First Coming?

What is the 'Israel' Recorded in Chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation?

What are the 'Four Living Creatures' Centred Around God's Throne?

Where Are the 'Seven Spirits' Recorded in the Book of Revelation?

What is the Reality of the 'Four Beasts from the Sea' Recorded in the Book of Daniel?

What are the 'Tree of Life' and the 'Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil' in the Centre of the Garden of Eden, and their Fruits?

How did "Satan" Come to Be According to the Bible?

What is the True Meaning of the 'Two Seeds' in Jeremiah 31:27? (Shincheonji Church) 

What is the True Meaning of 'Circumcision' Recorded in the Bible? 

What is the True Meaning of the 'Light' Created on Day One in Genesis 1?

What is the "Earthquake" at the Lord's Second Coming in Matthew 24?

Where is the 'Wilderness' that the Woman Clothed with the Sun, Moon and Stars Flees to in Revelation Chapter 12?

What is a 'Liar' Who Lives Outside the City of Heaven?

What and Where is the 'Paradise' Jesus Spoke of?

What is the True Meaning of 'Eternal Life' Recorded in the Gospel of John Chapter 6?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-true-meaning-of-eternal-life.html

What Really is the 'Serpent' that Deceived Adam and Eve into Eating the Fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?

What is the True Meaning of the 'Famine' Promised to Occur at the End Times and the Second Coming?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-true-meaning-of-famine-promised.html

What are the Biblical Characteristics of Speaking in Tongues and Why were Tongues Given?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/speaking-in-tongues-and-reason-they.html

What is the True Meaning of the Sacrament of 'Communion' Eating the Bread and Wine?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-true-meaning-of-sacrament-of.html

What is the True Meaning of the 'Talents' in the Parable of Matthew 25?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-true-meaning-of-talents-in.html

What is the True 'War' in Matthew 24?

What is the True Meaning of 'Rapture' and 'Being Caught Up in the Clouds to Meet the Lord in the Air'?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-true-meaning-of-rapture-and.html

Where is 'Armageddon' in Revelation 16?

What is the Reality of '666' in Revelation Chapter 13?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-reality-of-666-in-revelation.html

How and When Will Jesus' Promised 'Time of Harvest' Appear?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/how-and-when-will-jesus-promised-time.html

When will the Promised 'End Times' recorded in Matthew 24 Fulfil, and What will Be its Signs?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/03/when-will-promised-end-times-recorded.html

What are the 'Four Fields' recorded in Matthew Chapter 13?http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/02/what-are-four-fields-recorded-in.html

What is the Biblical Significance of Jesus' Birth?

What is the True Meaning of 'Being Born Again with Water and the Holy Spirit?' Is it a Condition to Go to Heaven?

The 'Trinity' - What is It and How Did It Originate?

What is the 'Daily Bread' Recorded in The Lord's Prayer, and Where Can I Find It?

You May Also Like

0 comments