Revelation 5, the Twenty-Four Elders, and the Rapture

Revelation 5 continues the chapter 4’s scene of the heavenly court. Despite the heavenly setting, the passage starts with a scene of despair (vv 1-4). Revelation 5:1 mentions an unusual scroll, an opisthograph (a scroll written on both sides).[1] John perceives the futility of the search for someone worthy to take and to break its seals. He weeps, until learning that Jesus is worthy...