The connection between prayer and incense is shown in Psalm 141:2: ii. This represented the secret purposes of God about to be revealed. Revelation 5. : We don’t know who this angel is. “It is also possible that these prayers represent the long-standing prayer of God’s people, ‘Your kingdom come.’” (Hocking)iv. had the marks of sacrifice on it. It’s important to remember that whatever was on this scroll, no one except Jesus was (and is) worthy to open it (Revelation 5:3-4). Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details.We may request cookies to be set on your device. This is a challenge no creature can answer because no creature is worthy to open this particular scroll.No one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it: John could not have said it any stronger. : When a roll was finished, it was fastened with strings and the strings were sealed with wax at the knots. “When a fellow comes forward in all sorts of curious garments, and says he is a priest, the poorest child of God may say, ‘Stand away, and don’t interfere with my office: I am a priest; I know not what you may be. Trapp says that a Lion is a fitting image of our Messiah, “1. (5-7) The Lion of the tribe of Judah is worthy to open the scroll.But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. You have a poor foundation to rest upon.
This means that whatever information was on this scroll, there was a lot of it – almost more than the scroll can contain. In this chapter, John describes a scene of drama and praise in heaven. “Depend upon it, my hearer, you never will go to heaven unless you are prepared to worship Jesus Christ as God. : The idea is that the sacrifice of Jesus is still Having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth: Even though the marks of His sacrifice were evident, the Lamb was not presented as an object of pity. But the Lord God © Copyright - Enduring Word | Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It is a new thing to give remission of sins to men. What does Revelation chapter 5 mean? For his heroical spirit. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works l complete in the sight of my God. This is because angels are not (to the best of our knowledge) power and riches and wisdom, and strength and honor and glory and blessing to the Lamb. Revelation 5. : John couldn’t be any more complete in his description. You surely must be a priest of Baal, for the only mention of the word vestments in Scripture is in connection with the temple of Baal.’ The priesthood belongs to all the saints.” (Spurgeon)i. Revelation 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate.
It was as if the looked through the entire universe to find someone worthy, and did not find anyone worthy to even either because a previous promise to see the future may now be denied (Revelation 4:1), or more likely, because the consummation of history would now indefinitely postponed.No one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it: To look upon the scroll, one must have the right to open the scroll and possess it – and no creature 3.