WEEK 5: He Is Wrthy! Revelatin 5:1-14 Last week - Jhn has been invited by Jesus int heaven There He sees Gd Almighty n His thrne It is a scene filled with amazing imagery Jhn is watching a never-ending wrship service taking place And the center f attentin is Gd Himself Then I Saw - The scene shifts - There is a new pint f emphasis - Jhn ntices smething in Gd s right hand: A scrll biblin a small bk, a scrll, a written dcument written within and n the back sealed with seven seals It is sme kind f fficial dcument The seven seals are sequential in nature Each must be brken in rder t reveal the next part f the dcument s cntent But what is this scrll? Sme ptins: 1. The Lamb s bk f life (Revelatin 21:27) 2. The Old Testament cntaining blessings and curses 3. A last will and testament, centering n the inheritance f the saints 4. A bill f divrce, utlining the unfaithfulness f Israel 5. A cntract deed, cntaining the rightful prperty f Christ 6. A heavenly bk, cntaining Gd s redemptive plan - But why are we speculating n what the scrll is? Jesus is ging t reveal the exact cntents f the scrll He is ging t pen it and shw us what it means In a sense, the scrll is all f the things abve There is s much cntained in this scrll, that the writing takes up bth sides 2018 Ken Miller BAND f BROTHERS is spnsred by MOMENTUM, the ministry t men at Christ Chapel Bible Church
It has been sealed by Gd and can nly be pened by an fficially apprved designee This presents a prblem Wh is wrthy? - axis having weight r wrth Wh has the weight r wrth t pen the scrll? Wh meets the qualificatins set by Gd? - N ne! N ne meets the criteria N ne has the prper weight r wrth N ne in heaven, n earth, r under the earth N angel. N man. N demn. S, there is n ne t reveal what Gd has planned - Jhn s reactin? He breaks dwn in tears Because n ne was able dynamai pwer, might, ability N ne had the right r the resurces N ne was wrthy - Weep n mre! Jhn is tld t stp crying There is npe all is nt lst Mary was standing utside the tmb crying, and as she wept, she stped and lked in. She saw tw white-rbed angels, ne sitting at the head and the ther at the ft f the place where the bdy f Jesus had been lying. Dear wman, why are yu crying? the angels asked her. Because they have taken away my Lrd, she replied, and I dn t knw where they have put him. She turned t leave and saw smene standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn t recgnize him. Dear wman, why are yu crying? Jesus asked her. Wh are yu lking fr? She thught he was the gardener. Sir, she said, if yu have taken him away, tell me where yu have put him, and I will g and get him. Jhn 20:11-16 NLT The Lin Judah is a lin s cub; frm the prey, my sn, yu have gne up. He stped dwn; he cruched as a lin and as a liness; wh dares ruse him?
The scepter shall nt depart frm Judah, nr the ruler s staff frm between his feet, until tribute cmes t him; and t him shall be the bedience f the peples. Genesis 49:9-10 ESV The Rt There shall cme frth a sht frm the stump f Jesse, and a branch frm his rts shall bear fruit. And the Spirit f the Lrd shall rest upn him In that day the rt f Jesse, wh shall stand as a signal fr the peples f him shall the natins inquire, and his resting place shall be glrius. Isaiah 11:1-2, 10 ESV Jesus is the descendant f David He is the rightful heir t the thrne His the Lin f Judah Fierce Prtective Pwerful T be feared He is the Rt f David The surce f all things The bearer f all future fruit And yet! These tw titles explain wh He is But the emphasis will be n what He has dne The Lamb - Jhn sees the image f a Lamb arnin little lamb Like a pet, raised fr the sacrifice (Exdus 12) Sptless, clean and withut blemish - He is standing Speaks f His resurrectin He is alive and well - But as thugh slain sphazō slaughtered, butchered, put t death by vilence Speaks f His crucifixin He was ppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he pened nt his muth; like a lamb that is led t the slaughter Isaiah 53:7 ESV
- He has seven hrns and seven eyes The hrns a symbl f pwer He has perfect pwer The eyes symblic f the Spirit He is pervasive and penetrating - The harps assciated with wrship, but als prphecy yu will meet a grup f prphets cming dwn frm the high place with harp, tamburine, flute, and lyre befre them, prphesying. 1 Samuel 10:5 ESV David and the chiefs f the service als set apart fr the service the sns f Asaph, and f Heman, and f Jeduthun, wh prphesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. 1 Chrnicles 25:1 ESV - The glden bwls f incense the priestly wrk f intercessin They cntain the prayers f the saints Fr deliverance, mercy, frgiveness, peace, healing, and restratin I have surely seen the afflictin f my peple wh are in Egypt and have heard their cry because f their taskmasters. I knw their sufferings Exdus 3:7 ESV Wrthy is the Lamb! - Jesus is wrthy t take the scrll and pen it - Why? fr because yu were slain yu ransmed yu have made A kingdm and priests Present reality They shall reign Future hpe Because Gd s children are human beings made f flesh and bld the Sn als became flesh and bld. Fr nly as a human being culd he die, and nly by dying culd he break the pwer f the devil, wh had the pwer f death. Only in this way culd he set free all wh have lived their lives as slaves t the fear f dying. Hebrews 2:14-15 NLT he [Jesus] disarmed the spiritual rulers and authrities. He shamed them publicly by his victry ver them n the crss. Clssians 2:15 NLT - Jesus is wrthy as Gd as wrthy wrthy axis having weight r wrth, deserving f praise t receive lambanō t take what is ne s wn pwer dynamis pwer residing in a thing by virtue f its nature wealth pluts riches, fulness, that with which ne is enriched wisdm sphia supreme intelligence
might ischys frcefulness (frm is and sche) t hld neself t a thing, t hld in the hand hnr timē hnr which ne has by reasn f rank and state f ffice; deference, reverence glry dxa a thing belnging t Gd magnificence, majesty, exalted status blessing eulgia praise, laud, t celebrate with praises Wrship f the Lamb - might krats dminin, manifested pwer They lng fr Jesus pwer t be displayed Fr hw lng? Frever and ever eternally - Amen! S be it! May it be fulfilled! They lng fr it t happen They eagerly anticipate it happening DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Why dn t mst Christians shut, Amen! when they hear the call fr the Lamb t have dminin frever? This passage tells us that Gd cllects the tears f His saints and views them as incense. What wuld yu say is ur typical perspective regarding prayer? Why d yu think it is s significant that Jesus is deemed wrthy? What wuld it mean if was nt?
Week 6 Hmewrk: The Six Seals Revelatin 6:1-17 Read Revelatin chapter 6, as well as pages 54-65 f the Devtinary blg. As yu read thrugh this chapter, write dwn all that yu see assciated with each f the first six seals: First seal: Secnd seal: Third seal: Furth seal: Fifth seal: Sixth seal:
Read Matthew 24:4-14, 23-31. What similarities and differences d yu find between the sequence f events intrduced by the seals and by what Jesus describes? Lk clsely at Revelatin 6:10-11. Why shuld these verses give us hpe as we wait fr the return f Jesus? Lk at verses 15-17. Think back n the descriptins f Gd and The Lamb fund in chapters 4 and 5. Hw d all these characteristics fit int the actins f Gd and the reactins f thse living n the wrld when these events unfld? There is a lt f fantastic imagery in this chapter. But ignring ur tendency t try and figure ut what each and every image means, what d yu think is the primary message Gd is trying t cnvey thrugh the imagery?