Week 25, Day 3: Worthy is the Lamb
Today’s Reading: Revelation 7:1-8:13
Some thoughts from yesterday’s reading…
In Revelation chapter 5, John sees one on the throne with a scroll. The scroll was written on the inside and the outside , and it was sealed with seven seals. John was very distraught because there was no one who could open the seals. It could not be read, or looked at. But, then one of the elders told him that the Lion of the tribe of Judah would be able to open the seals. When John looked, he saw a Lamb, instead of a Lion.
This is a representation of Jesus. He was the one who would be able to open the scroll, and make it known to John. Revelation 5:9-10 are particularly interesting. The new song praises the Lamb as being worthy to open the scroll. The reason the Lamb is worthy is because he was slain, and had redeemed the lost to God by His blood. He called all men of all nations unto Him. Perhaps we do not often think about the greatness of the sacrifice of Christ, and what it accomplished. We think of His sacrifice as providing for our salvation, but His sacrifice was also the key for the unlocking of the gospel message. All truth was revealed through His apostles, after He returned to His rightful place at the right hand of His Father in Heaven. Because He was faithful, and offered Himself, God revealed all that was necessary for us to be saved.
We should certainly add our voices to those of the angels, the living creatures and the elders as they praise the Lamb for what He has done, and who He is!
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