"And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne" (Revelation 5:6-7).

That scroll will be opened in God's timing, and God's timing alone. This fact is both a comfort and a rebuke to believers.

The Lord's sovereignty at the end of the age is a rebuke to us, first because we have worried so much about the end of days. Second, because we have made an industry out of end-time speculations. And third, and most dangerously, because despite our sometimes expansive knowledge of the last things, we have failed to prepare our hearts for it.

His sovereignty should instead be a comfort to us because, in all the chaos of the nations and their struggling for dominance, we can rest upon His wisdom and faithfulness in not just guiding but actively steering all things to their conclusion.

All the great end-time mysteries—the mystery of Israel, the mystery of the Church, the mystery of lawlessness—these are all His mysteries, and He is the One driving them. 

If we will rest upon it, our trust in His goodness and sovereignty can be both our confidence and the antidote for so many fears as we see the end approaching. -Nick Uva