The Seven Sealed Book (Part 2)

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,

the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David,

hath prevailed to open the book, and

to loose the seven seals thereof. 

         We are now approaching one of the most dramatic moments in the Revelation, The Lamb appears in the center of the scene. The elder tells John that Jesus Christ has won such a victory that he is able to open the book and to loosen the seals. That means three things. It means that because of his victory over death and all the powers of evil, and because of his complete obedience to God he is able to know God's secrets; he is able to reveal God's secrets; and it is his privilege and duty to control the things which shall be. Because of what Jesus did, he is the Lord of truth and of history. He is called by two great titles.
         His the Lion of Judah. This title goes back to Jacob's final blessing of his sons before his death. Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? (Gen. 49:9). He is the Root of David. This title goes back to Isaiah's prophecy;  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (Is. 11:1)
        Here is the supreme moment of this vision of the Lamb in the scene of heaven, and the Lamb is the center of the whole scene. This same Lamb, with the marks of sacrifice still on it, is the Lamb with the seven horns and the seven eyes. The seven horns stand for omnipotence, and in the Old Testament the horn stands for two things, "sheer power, and for honor."  The Lamb bears the sacrificial wounds upon it; but at the same time it is clothed with the very might of God which can now shatter its enemies. The Lamb has seven horns, and the number seven stands for perfection; so the power of the Lamb is perfect, beyond withstanding.
        The Lamb has seven eyes, and the eyes are the Spirits which are dispatched into all the earth. The picture comes from Zechariah. There the prophet sees the seven lamps which are "the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth" (Zech. 4:10). It clearly stands for the omniscience of God, and says that there is no place on earth which is not under the eye of God.  After John had seen all this, he saw the Lamb, which is "Christ" take the Book From God's right hand.
        Amen!!

Reading: (Rev. 5:5-7)
Ref: (HGSB; BSB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry