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The Scroll and the Lamb
Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
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And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
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And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,
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and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
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And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.
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And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
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The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
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The Angel and the Little Scroll
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
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He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,
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Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
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So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
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And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
