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I. THERE IS IN THE DIVINE MIND A PLAN OF UNIVERSAL DESTINY.

1. Destiny is planned.

2. Destiny is comprehensive. The scroll was full of writing.

3. Destiny is effective. The book was in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It was not carelessly thrown on the ground.

II. THE PLAN OF UNIVERSAL DESTINY IS CONCEALED.

1. It is concealed by the mystery in which it is inherently involved.

2. It is concealed by the intellectual inability of man.

III. THE PLAN OF UNIVERSAL DESTINY SOMETIMES AWAKENS MENTAL ANGUISH ON THE PART OF MAN.

1. Men often experience mental anguish as they contemplate the mystery of destiny. Fears of —

(1)  Disappointment.

(2)  Misapprehension.

(3)  Sympathy.

2. There is much to console the mental anguish which the thought of destiny may awaken.

IV. THE PLAN OF UNIVERSAL DESTINY IS REVEALED BY CHRIST IN HIS MEDIATORIAL RELATIONSHIP TO MANKIND.

1. Destiny is unsealed by strength.

2. Destiny is revealed by humiliation.

3. Destiny is revealed by sacrifice. Lessons:(1) That all the events of the future are arranged according to a wise and comprehensive plan.

(2) That in contemplation of the future, all mental distress which may arise should be consoled by the revelation which Christ has made.

(3) That Christ is above all created intelligence in His mediatorial relationship to the future.

(J. S. Exell, M. A.)

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KJV: And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

WEB: I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.