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The Lamb Takes the Scroll. 5 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. 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, () “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.
Revelation 5:6. New International Version. 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[ a] of God sent out into all the earth. Read full chapter.
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The seven eyes, like the seven lamps (Revelation 4:5), represent the Holy Spirit in H's manifold girts of grace; but as they are described as eyes of the Lamb, they betoken His omniscience who is in heaven and yet, by His Spirit, everywhere (Matthew 28:20); whose eye is on all events, great and small; whose eyes behold the children of men. Note ...
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What does it mean that the Lamb was worthy? Remember that the sacrifices of the Old Testament were never meant to be permanent – that’s why Jesus came. While “it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins,” we rejoice that “we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” (Hebrews 10:4, 10...
The Lamb of Revelation 5 is worthy because of his sinlessness. 1 John 3:5 says: “You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin.” He is also worthy because he sacrificed himself. Ephesians 5:2tells us that “Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Finally, the lamb is...
The reference to Jesus as the Lamb of God is not unique to Revelation 5. In fact, “the Lamb” is mentioned often throughout the book of Revelation, including: Jesus is also called a lamb in prophecies about his coming: When Jesus came to earth and was about to be baptized, John the Baptist “looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, ‘Behold, the Lamb...
Seven times in chapters twenty-one and twenty-two, John mentions the Lamb. (1) The city is called “the Lamb’s wife” (21:9), because it will be the dwelling place of His beloved ones for all eternity. (2) The twelve foundations of the city wall have “the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb” written on them (21:14).
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.
As we shall see, Jesus' fulfilment of the Jewish hope of the Davidic Messiah is prominent in Revelation. The word ‘Lamb’, referring to Christ, occurs 28 (7 × 4) times. Seven of these are in phrases coupling God and the Lamb together (5:13; 6:16; 7:10; 14:4; 21:22; 22:1, 3). Four is, after seven, the symbolic number most commonly and ...
