Revelation 5:1

WORSHIPING GOD AND THE LAMB.-- Revelation 5:1-14.

GOLDEN TEXT. -- Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever. -- Revelation 5:13. TIME and PLACE. --Patmos, on the Lord's day, as in the preceding lesson. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Ezekiel 2:9 to 3:3; Revelation, chap. 4; Isaiah 53:7-9; Revelation 14:1-3. LESSON ANALYSIS. --1. The Retinue Around the Throne; 2. The Sealed Book; 3. The Lamb who takes the Book; 4. The Doxology of the Universe.

INTRODUCTION.

The first chapter of Revelation is. vision of the Son of man. The second and third Chapter s are letters to the Seven Churches. The fourth chapter is. vision of the throne of God And scenes witnessed around the throne. Thus far the Book has not begun its revelation of future events. The fifth chapter introduces the reader to it delineation of the future. In the hand of him who sitteth on the throne is the sealed book, sealed with seven seals; the book of the future, sealed from human knowledge. As these seals are opened the panorama of the future passed before the eyes of the prophet.

1.. saw in the right hand of him who sitteth on the throne. book.

In the preceding chapter John tells its that he saw heaven opened and God sitting on the throne, or rather, saw. vision of God on his throne. He now sees in his hand. book sealed with seven seals. It is not. printed book, for there were none then, but. roll of manuscript, probably containing seven leaves, each sealed with. seal, so that when each seal was loosed one leaf would be so released that it could be read. "This sealed book is the book of the future, sealed to human vision, unknown even to the angels of heaven. It was held in the strong right hand of Him who sits on the throne, the omnipotent disposer of the future, who controls the destinies of churches, men, and nations."-- Vision of the Ages.