No one could open the sacred scroll - except Jesus - the Lamb of God. Only the one who had been Man - and defeated Death (Satan) was qualified. I believe that the scroll was the Final - and seventh - Covenant between God and Man, and only Jesus could break the seals. This Covenant restored Man to full communion with God. Before the fall of Adam (and Eve), man is depicted as walking in the garden with God at the end of the day. However, once Death (sin) entered the scene, man hid because he knew he was naked. Now, through the completed work of Jesus, he is clothed in Jesus, thus fully presentable to walk again with God in the cool of the evening. This is the miracle of Revelation, as reveled as Jesus opens the scroll.
Keep up the good work - accepting this has changed my relationship with God!!
“...Before the fall of Adam (and Eve), man is depicted as walking in the garden with God at the end of the day.”
It does not say that Adam walked with God. It says that God walked with Adam in the cool of the day.
It says that Enoch walked with God.
It says that Noah walked with God.
I believe that God created Man to have some to commune with who were willing communicants. Adam was not that. Enoch and Noah were. THEY walked with God!
That is our choice...to walk with God, or not to do so. We call it Free Will.
And we, who accept the work that Jesus did on the Cross, are fully clothed in His Righteousness, and WILLINGLY walk with God, as joint heirs with Jesus, the Christ, in the cool of the day.
And be blessed! You have it right! And remember, Apocalypse means Revelation...not some cataclysmic event. The Book, as John states in the first verse, ...the Revelation of Jesus Christ...