Revelation 4:8 NIV
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
Revelation 4:11 NIV
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Revelation 5 shows us—
> Heaven is roaring with , but Heaven is also .
Revelation 5:1 NIV
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.
> The story is not .
“Pessimism is merely lazy thinking and nothing more.” —Richie Norton
Revelation 1:2 NIV
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
Revelation 5:3-4 NIV
But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
Luke 2:13-14 NIV
13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
Revelation 5:5 NIV
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
> Christ is the only one .
Revelation 5:6-7 NIV
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 of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
Three “contradictions”:
1. The , not the
2. The Victor is , not .
Rome offered peace by life.
Jesus offered peace by His.
3. the throne and the throne
Revelation 5:8-9 NIV
And when he had taken it, 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 God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song…
God’s peace comes through and His .
Revelation 9:20-21 NIV
The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.
Revelation 11:13 NIV
The survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
“God is in control.”
We are of Christ’s peace.
Book Recommendations:
Reading Revelation Responsibly – Michael Gorman
Advent – Fleming Rutledge
Answer Key: worship, waiting; finished; worthy; lamb, lion; slain, slaying; taking, giving; on, approaching; instruments