In the Throne room, there is more to see. The One who is worthy to open the scroll is in fact Jesus. And it is this scroll that introduces the judgment to come. See if you can imagine it as you read.
Revelation 5 – Amplified Bible
Please read Revelation 5:1-4
The Scroll with Seven Seals
1 I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, “Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to [a]break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] was able to open the scroll or look into it. 4 And I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look into it.
Who is worthy? All over this room thus far we’ve not seen anyone worthy. But He’s about to be revealed. And we know who He is.
Please read Revelation 5:5
5 Then one of the [twenty-four] elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look closely, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome and conquered! He can open the scroll and [break] its seven seals.”
Look closely. More Names for Him. We’ve heard them before and we know whose they are. Jesus. It’s Jesus. Our Lord and Messiah; Christ our Lord. He alone is worthy.
Please read Revelation 5:6-9
6 And there [b]between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, [bearing scars and wounds] as though it had been slain, with seven horns (complete power) and with seven eyes (complete knowledge), which are [c]the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth. 7 And He came and [d]took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. 8 And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb (Christ), each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of fragrant incense, which are the prayers of the saints (God’s people). 9 And they sang a new song [of glorious redemption], saying,
“Worthy and deserving are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Worthy are you, Lamb who was slain, Holy, Holy is He… Revelation Song. I can hear it all through this, mostly because that song quotes a lot of this.
But think about it…people for God from every tribe and language, people and nation.
Please read Revelation 5:10
10“You have made them to be a kingdom [of royal subjects] and priests to our God; and they will reign on the earth.”
This is what He did… You are a royal priesthood. Royal subjects under Christ our Lord and King. Who is by our adoption, our brother and the first born of our royal family.
Please read Revelation 5:11-12
Angels Exalt the Lamb
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and [the voice] of the living creatures and the elders; and they numbered myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands (innumerable), 12 saying in a loud voice,
“Worthy and deserving is the Lamb that was sacrificed to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
Then the angels join the song! Everything in the Throne room participates in this song and has their own parts to it too.
Here they tell us He’s worthy to receive power, riches, wisdom, might and honor, glory and blessing.
There are so many wonders in the words. Each one tells us some other way He is worthy and inspires worship.
Please read Revelation 5:13-14
13 And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together],
“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
14 And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped [Him who lives forever and ever].
Then everyone else in heaven and on earth and under the earth joins the song! And there is no other response but Amen!
It’s just a full of worship room. Then the scroll, because we who live on earth and those who fell from heaven are not all faithful. We will see that when the seals open. And if it also makes your heart ache, pray who else you can help Him save.
Footnotes
[a] Revelation 5:2 – “Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to [a]break its seals?” – When the seals are broken, the consummation of history, focused in the judgments, is unveiled.
[b] Revelation 5:6 – 6 And there [b]between the throne (with the four living creatures) and among the elders I saw a Lamb (Christ) standing, – The Lamb is Jesus Christ, who stands “between,” in other words both as one with God upon the throne and as one with humanity around the throne.
[c] Revelation 5:6 See note 1:4. – which are [c]the seven Spirits of God who have been sent [on duty] into all the earth –
[d] Revelation 5:7 – 7 And He came and [d]took the scroll from the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. – Lit has taken. This is the Greek perfect tense, which John sometimes uses to emphasize the lasting significance of an action or event.
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