1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll
written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
John sees a scroll in the hand of
YHWH. This scroll has seven seals holding it together.
2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is
worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”
An angel asks a questions very
loudly concerning the scroll and seals.
3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to
open the scroll, or to look at it.
No man could even look at the
scroll, let alone open it.
4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the
scroll, or to look at it.
John cries about the scroll not
being able to be opened due to man’s lack of worthiness.
5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of
the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to
loose its seven seals.”
One elder mentions to John,
Yeshua can open this scroll. The Messiah is worthy.
6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four
living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had
been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
God sent out into all the earth.
Yeshua appears as a slain lamb
with seven horns and seven eyes. These are stated to be the seven Spirits of
God, and they are sent out to all the earth.
7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat
on the throne.
The lamb takes the scroll from
YHWH.
8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the
twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden
bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
The four creatures bowed down to
the lamb. Each of the creatures had a harp and a bowl full of the prayers of
men (believers).
9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your
blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us
kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”
The creatures began a new song in
honor of the lamb. Their song seems to be in reference to believers. Due to the
lamb being slain, men are redeemed and are now kings and priests in the eyes of
YHWH.
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the
throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten
thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud
voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and
wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
Hundreds of thousands of voices
cites the statement concerning the lamb.
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, I heard saying:
“Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And
to the Lamb, forever and ever!”
Every creature in the world
including the sea cited the phrase.
14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four
elders fell down and worshiped
Him who lives forever and ever.
The elders fell down and
worshiped when the creatures said amen.
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