Like the scroll which the lamb takes from the enthroned one in chapter five, the Apocalypse itself might as well be sealed with seven for many in the church today. There is a variety of reason for this situation. For some the book simply does not make sense. It has no plot and there is no apparent logic in the order of the episodes. While some of the images are vaguely familiar from the Old Testament, most are opaque and originate in a strange, foreign world.