The very first thing you should notice is that the dragonfly is not flying. Given the low angle of attack of the wings and the near-zero phase angle between front and hind wings, I’d say he just woke up. You see, muscles this powerful don’t beat 40 times a second from a cold start. Every morning, the dragonfly must exercise before gaining the ability to fly.
In everything you do, put God first, and He will direct you and crown your efforts with success. - Psalm 5:6
Prepare your minds for service and have self-control. All your hope should be for the gift of grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ is shown to you. - 1 Peter 1:13 (NCV)
He’s not carrying the word; he’s definitely standing on it. The dragonfly has chosen to stand on the Word because it cannot be moved, and he will be as solid as his grip on the Word.
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ""If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 (first hand eye witness testimony)
The spiral at the end of the scroll represents the endless word that no human will ever be able to fully comprehend. Though many millions have studied it for their lifetime, none have attained more than a mere glimpse of the beauty that it contains.
Who knows the thoughts that another person has? Only a person’s spirit that lives within him knows his thoughts. It is the same with God. No one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 1 Corinthians 2:11 (NCV)
The scroll is telescoping because the Word of God has so many layers above and below the meaning that is in front of you. For example, Jesus made prophecies that were fulfilled twice, once in the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and once in the future. Daniel did the same thing regarding the conquest of Alexander the Great and also events in our future. You also have poetry that contains prophecy, narrative that contains poetry, and narrative with promises of blessings so certain that they become prophecy.
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,
knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:16
Then you’ve got the got the word written in three languages that you don’t speak. There are idioms and customs and figures of speech we might not fully understand the way the author meant to say it. And that’s okay, you can still get into heaven if you don’t understand all the writing. No one understands all the writing.
There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. 1 Corinthians 14:10-12
Whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24 (NIV)
The bronze bands around the scroll represent purity, strength, authority, and glory. That’s why when we see Jesus again, he will have bronze feet. The scroll in the middle contains the opening blessings of Revelation.
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. Revelation 1:3
Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.
As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.