Scene in Heaven - Before Rapture
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 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.
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.
Note the four living creatures and twenty four elders were human beings for they were redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.