Revelation 5
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The Scroll and the Lamb
1And I saw that the one seated on the throne was holding in # 5:1 Or “upon (the palm of) his right hand.” The scroll is being offered to anyone who can break open its seals. his right hand an unopened scroll with writing on the inside and on the outside, # 5:1 See Isa. 29:11; Ezek. 2:9–10; Dan. 12:4. The revelation God gave to Daniel was to be sealed, but what John saw was a book that is to be broken open. and it was sealed with seven seals. 2Then I saw an incredibly powerful angel # 5:2 There are twenty-six unidentified angels mentioned in the book of Revelation. Additionally, there are possibly fifteen angels identified as men. proclaiming # 5:2 The Greek word for “proclaiming” is related to the task of a herald to shout out a royal proclamation. with a great, loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and able to break # 5:2 Or “release” or “untie.” its seven seals?” 3But no person could be found, living or dead, in all of creation # 5:3 Or “on heaven or on earth or under the earth.” —no one was worthy to open the scroll and read its contents. 4So I broke down weeping with intense sorrow, because there was found no one worthy to break open the scroll and read its contents. # 5:4 Or “look into it.” Some see this scroll as the title deed of the universe that contains the right of ownership and the timing and plans of fulfilling the eternal destiny of all creation.
5Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping. Look! The mighty Lion of Judah’s tribe, # 5:5 See Gen. 49:10. the root of David—he has conquered! He is the worthy one who can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6Then I saw a young Lamb # 5:6 Or “Lambkin.” Jesus is both a fierce Lion and a gentle Lamb. The Lamb holds the scroll. standing before # 5:6 Or “in the middle of the throne (area).” the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders. He appeared to have been slaughtered but was now alive! # 5:6 This is our Lord Jesus Christ with the marks of sacrifice still upon him. He had seven horns # 5:6 Horns are a picture of power and authority (Ps. 89:17; Dan. 7:8), while seven is the number of perfection. Perfect authority now belongs to the Lamb who was slain. and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out to the ends of the earth.
7I saw the young Lamb approach the throne and take the scroll from the right hand of the one who sat there. 8And when the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures saw the Lamb had taken the scroll, they fell facedown at the feet of the Lamb and worshiped him. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls brimming full of sweet fragrant incense—which are the prayers of God’s holy lovers. 9And they were all singing this new song of praise to the Lamb:
“Because you were slaughtered for us,
you are worthy to take the scroll and open its seals.
Your blood was the price paid to redeem us.
You purchased us to bring us to God
out of every tribe, language, people group, and nation.
10You have chosen us to serve our God
and formed us into a kingdom of priests
who reign # 5:10 The present tense of the Greek verb indicates that the reign of believers on earth has already begun. See Henry Alford, Alford’s Greek Testament: An Exegetical and Critical Commentary, vol. 4, 1875 (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980); Henry Barclay Swete, Commentary on Revelation (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1977); G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation, A Commentary on the Greek Text, The New International Greek Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999). on the earth.”
Angelic Worship of the Lamb
11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of myriads of angels in circles around the throne, as well as the voices of the living creatures and the elders—myriads and myriads! # 5:11 Or “ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands.” If taken literally, this would exceed 110 million angels. 12And as I watched, all of them were singing with thunderous voices:
“Worthy is Christ the Lamb who was slaughtered to receive great power and might, wealth and wisdom, and honor, glory, and praise!”
13Then every living being joined the angelic choir. Every creature in heaven and on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and everything in them, were worshiping with one voice, saying:
“Praise, honor, glory, and dominion
be to God-Enthroned
and to Christ the Lamb
forever and ever!”
14Then the four living creatures responded:
“Amen!”
And the twenty-four elders threw themselves facedown to the ground and worshiped. # 5:14 This powerful scene of heavenly worship begins near the throne and then races outwardly to every being in heaven until it extends even further, cascading upon the earth like a waterfall.
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1And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back,#Ezek. 2:10 having been sealed with seven seals.
2And I saw a strong messenger proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loosen its seals?”
3And no one in the heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.
4And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
5And one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Yehuḏah,#See Gen. 49:9, 10; Heb. 7:14 the Root of Dawiḏ,#See Isa. 11:1; Isa. 11:10 overcame to open the scroll and to loosen its seven seals.”
6And I looked and saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing, as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of Elohim sent out into all the earth.
7And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him sitting on the throne.
8And when He took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the set-apart ones.
9And they sang a renewed song, saying, “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals, because You were slain, and have redeemed us to Elohim by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,#This fact is given in 6 other texts in the Book of Revelation.
10and made us sovereigns and priests to our Elohim, and we shall reign upon the earth.”#See Dan. 7:18-27
11And I looked, and I heard the voice of many messengers around the throne, and the living creatures, and the elders. And the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,
12saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb having been slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, and strength and respect and esteem and blessing!”
13And every creature which is in the 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, “To Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing and the respect and the esteem and the might, forever and ever!”
14And the four living creatures said, “Amĕn!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and bowed before Him who lives forever and ever.
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