Catholics solve “The Mystery of The Scrolls” in Today’s Reading! #65.

Question 1:  “What is ‘The Mystery of The Scrolls’ in Today’s Reading?”

Answer:  “‘The Mystery of The Scrolls’ begin in Ez 2:8-3:4:  ‘The Lord God said to me: ‘As for you, son of man, obey me when I speak to you:  be not rebellious like this house of rebellion, but open your mouth and eat what I shall give you.
It was then I saw a hand stretched out to me, in which was a written scroll which He unrolled before me.  It was covered with writing front and back, and written on it was:  Lamentation and wailing and woe!’”

The Mystery Includes: ‘How and why should we ‘eat’ a ‘scroll’?”

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Question 2:  “Is a ‘scroll written front and back’ mentioned again in The Bible?”

Answer:  “Rev. 5:1 tells us what John saw when he was taken to Heaven:  ‘Then I saw in the right hand of Him Who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.’”

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Question 3:  “Could anyone open and read ‘the scroll written on both sides’?”

Answer:  “Rev. 5:7 tells us that Jesus opened it:  ‘And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of The One seated on the throne.’”

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“Question 4:  ‘Are  ‘scrolls’ mentioned elsewhere in The Bible?”

Answer:  “Ezra 6:2,  ‘And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it about the Temple to be built in Jerusalem.’“
Psalm 40:7, ‘Then I said, “Here I am, I have come; it is written about me in the scroll’
Jeremiah 36:2,  ‘Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.’
Ezekiel 2:9,  ‘Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,’
Ezekiel 3:1,  ‘Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.'”