Revelation 5:6 ¶ And I beheld,
and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of
the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the
right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty
elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden
vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and
people, and nation; 10 And hast made us
unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many
angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of
them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And
every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and
such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and
honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and
unto the Lamb for ever and ever. 14 And
the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and
worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Here is a multitude of the
redeemed from every ethnicity and language praising Christ as God. A numberless
amount of angels, representing the saved on earth stand praising Him along with
the beasts around the throne and the elders. Every living creature praises God
and every creature which is in heaven.
Here is more evidence that there are creatures other than men and women in the
spiritual world, and in Heaven. Some preachers will assert that there are no
animals in Heaven or the world of the spirit ignoring not only the prototypes
for all creatures around the throne but also things like the scene in 2Kings 6
where Elisha prays that a young man’s eyes are opened and they see chariots and
horses around the city.
PART 2, do this again and read
the verse, Verse 6 – John sees a Lamb. Remember how in Exodus the Bible
took us from a Lamb, to the Lamb, to your lamb?
Exodus 12:3 Speak ye unto all
the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall
take to them every man a lamb,
according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour
next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man
according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it
out from the sheep, or from the goats:
There is a lamb that is the lamb
but He must become your lamb.
Abraham, in his testing, recited a
prophecy that God would provide himself a lamb for the sacrifice even though in
the literal context a ram caught in a thicket was the immediate sacrificial
victim.
Genesis 22:7 And Isaac spake
unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son.
And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt
offering? 8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them together…13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went
and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his
son.
Jesus Christ is the Lamb of the
world.
John 1:29 The next day John
seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh
away the sin of the world.
This was ordained because of God’s
foreknowledge of man’s rebellion from when the world was founded.
Revelation 13:8 And all that
dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book
of life of the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
The Lamb standing as if it had
been slain has seven horns and seven eyes and these are the seven Spirits of
God sent out to cover the earth. Remember;
Revelation 3:1 And unto the
angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven
Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name
that thou livest, and art dead.
Revelation 4:5 And out of the
throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven
lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
Seven lamps of fire are the seven
Spirits of God. Seven stars, as per 3:1, also represent the seven Spirits of
God. The seven stars are;
Revelation 1:20 The mystery of
the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden
candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the
seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
These seven Spirits of God are
these seven churches that were sent forth unto all the earth. Clearly, John is
seeing a vision that has a great deal of figurative importance. This is a
fundamental fact of prophecy. What is happening in the spiritual world, the
unseen world, is far greater than we can understand or envision by simply eye
to brain interpretation.
2Corinthians 12:4 How that he
was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not
lawful for a man to utter.
Seven stars, seven lamps burning,
seven churches, seven Spirits of God. Seven is an immensely important number
representing completion; seven days of creation, seven seals, seven trumpets,
seven vials.
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