REVELATION 5.8 Now when (the Lamb) had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
5.9 They sang a new song, saying, “You
are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and
bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and
nation, 5.10 and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign
on the earth.”
5.11 I saw, and I heard something
like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the
elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and
thousands of thousands; 5.12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb
who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor,
glory, and blessing!”
5.13 I heard every created thing
which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything
in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the
blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!” -WEB
Bible.
In Revelation 5, we are told that the Lion of Judah is also
the Lamb of God. All the heavenly beings rejoice that the Lamb of God,
Jesus Christ, has the power to set mankind free from corruption and redeem them
for God.
Have you been redeemed by the blood of Jesus? Revelation is
not merely a doomsday book: it also preaches the gospel of hope in Jesus
Christ.
The next chapters of Revelation tell us what will happen when
those seven seals are broken: earth as we know it will eventually be destroyed.
But this chapter 5 tells us why: it is necessary and essential for
corruption on earth to come to an end. It is time for righteousness to be
established on the earth!
People ask me, "Why does God allow evil to happen?"
Well, God won't allow it forever. He's already beginning the process of putting
an end to it. That's why things are getting worse: God is sifting the good from
the bad. What's in the heart of each of us will be revealed to all.