Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Revelation Chapter 5 (R05)

       Scene in Heaven

Rev 5:1-4  And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?" And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
    God was seated on the throne and was holding a scroll which was sealed with seven seals. When no one was found worthy to open the scroll, John cried, because the mysteries of God in the scroll could not be revealed to them.

Rev 5:5-7  But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals." 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.
   An elder comforted John by telling him that One from the tribe of Judah, a descendant of David had overcome and was found worthy of opening the scroll. In the midst of the throne, stood a Lamb who was resurrected from the dead and was filled with the seven Spirits of God, our Lord Jesus Himself. He came and took the scroll from the hand of God.

Rev 5:8-10  Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth."
   When our Lord Jesus took the scroll, the four living creatures and twenty-four elders fell before Him and sang a new song. Thanking Him for redeeming them back to God with His blood on the cross and for awarding them to be His kings and priests.
Note the four living creatures and twenty-four elders were human beings for they too were redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

Rev 5:11-14  Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing!" And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!" Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
    Whenever the saints are gathered before the throne of God, spontaneous worship erupts. They bow down in honour of the Father and to the Lamb for their sacrificial love to mankind. Expressions of gratitude for their salvation on earth and for their eternal inhabitance with God, are beautiful sound of praise in the heavenly realm.