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Revelation 5

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1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals. ✦ 2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” ✦ 3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it. ✦ 4And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it. ✦ 5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.” ✦ 6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ✦ 7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne. ✦ 8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. ✦ 9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. ✦ 10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.” ✦ 11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. ✦ 12In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!” ✦ 13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!” ✦ 14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped. ✦

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Concept The Lion of Judah

Where this chapter connects

Rev 5 ·23Rev 4 ·16Rev 7 ·8Dan 7 ·4Rev 6 ·4Rev 1 ·4Rev 22 ·4Rev 19 ·4

Christ at the center

Revelation ends the story with the slain-yet-standing Lamb who is worthy, the Lion of Judah, the Alpha and Omega, the returning King who makes all things new and dwells with his people forever.

How Revelation 5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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