Seven spirits of god revelation 5 full#

John weeps loudly because no one can open the book or look into it. No person, alive or dead, can open the book. No one is worthy “in heaven or on earth or under the earth to open the scroll and to look into it” (v. A powerful angel cries out with a loud voice, asking “Who is worthy to open the scroll and its seals?” The response to the query is silence.

He controls the course of all of history. And this sovereign God who is the ruler of the world has a scroll in his hand that has writing on both sides. In chapter 4 we see worship of God as creator. In order to understand Revelation 5 we must return to Revelation 4. He weeps for a different reason as we shall see shortly. Is it just sound and fury signifying nothing? Do we come into the world by chance, live by chance, and die by chance? Is love just an illusion? Do we live for a short while and then just return to the dust? John does not weep because he thinks life will be without meaning if the sealed book remains unopened. Why does John weep in this passage? Is it because if the book is not opened life would be without meaning? Modern people often ask whether life has any meaning. The first truth we see in these verses is that apart from Christ there is no hope. And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.” Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” And 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 blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Seven spirits of god revelation 5 full#

And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 3:15) become a reality? Let’s read Revelation 5:1-14. 12:1-3) be fulfilled? Will the promise that the offspring of the woman will triumph over the serpent (Gen. But what will happen to the human race? Will God’s promise of universal blessing given to Abraham (Gen. He is sovereign over every event that occurs. The course of history is found in the seven sealed book, and God holds history in the palm of his hand. One of the greatest texts in all of the scriptures is found in Revelation chapter 5.