,, 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. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 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. 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; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”
Rev.5: 6-10
John's attention was drawn to Leo
,,, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda,,,,”
Rev.5: 5
but we read further that John looked and instead of Leo he saw the Lamb "The Lamb was standing" and John was astonished because he wrote "and behold" which indicates surprise. John expected to see the Lion and now he sees the Lamb which is in fact the same The Lord Jesus was previously the Lamb and then became the Lion, and this is not possible without each other. Jesus is still the Lamb, but he is also the Lion at the same time. As the Lamb, Jesus overcame, four beasts, and in the midst of the elders the Lamb stood as if he had been slaughtered. "
We see Jesus the victor in the center in the middle of the throne with the Father and the Holy Spirit and around Him living beings and elders and there are the Church and angels, we see Jesus who was crucified and who won like the Lamb on the cross.
"We saw that the Lamb was not slain, but we see that the Lamb does not lie but stands, which indicates that Jesus is the victor and that this is the vision that John saw the remembrance of the cross and His death on the cross" as the Lamb "but also the resurrection and victory. , Like a Lion "
John further sees, "and he had seven horns," which speaks of the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ who has absolute authority over all things. Unlike Him the false prophet has only two horns
,, And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
Rev. 13:11
"The Lamb was standing" Jesus stands but no longer before Pilate, the soldiers, the Pharisees, the Sadducees or the raging mass with the crown of thorns on his head but stands like the Lion who has prevailed in the midst of the throne of God ready to take the book and break the seals planets.
"and the seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the world."
We further see that Jesus is All-Seeing and All-Knowing, "and the seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the world," and there is no secret before Him because He sees all and knows all, He acts with all sevenfold perfection of the Holy Spirit.
The fullness of the Holy Spirit is described in Isaiah:
,, And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;”
Isa 11: 2
,, And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.”
Luke 12: 7
and that is why He is the only one worthy to take the book and break the seals.
"And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne." Christ approaches the throne and takes the book because He alone is worthy to do so. He approaches the Father without danger of approaching eternal glory because it is His glory because He and The Father is one and they have a perfect communion with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus takes a book that is a deed or a document that is proof of property rights for our country. We find the explanation for this in the Old Testament in the book of the prophet Jeremiah, where Jeremiah prophesies that King Nebuchadnezzar will come and conquer Jerusalem and that the people will be taken into captivity and will be there for seventy years.
,, For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord. For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.”
Jer.29: 8-14
So it goes on to write
,, For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.”
Jer.30: 3
And finally we read
,, And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver. And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances. So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.”
Jer.32: 9-12
So Jeremiah had an uncle named Anameil who had little land and he realized that he would grow up and the land would be useless and he decided to sell it to Jeremiah as well. Anameil's plan and he was told that he would come to visit him and that he should buy a field and that way it would be preserved until Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled.
Jeremiah bought the field for sixty shekels of silver, and then they made a contract of sale and sealed it in front of the witnesses, and then they put that contract in the land court. Jeremiah voluntarily paid and bought the field and when the Jews returned from slavery this document would be important and the field could be obtained. When the time came Jeremiah was not alive to open this document or deed but his successor kinship with Jeremiah proved that he had the right to open the sealed deed and thus take the field.
Now let's see what happened in brief and what happened to our earth. In the beginning, Jesus created the heavens and the earth, and on the earth of man, who was in the beginning the lord of the earth, in other words, Adam received a title deed. But Satan deceived Adam and Adam he lost the right to it and Satan took over the earth for a while and thus the title deed. Having become "the prince of this world" (John 12: 31,14: 30 and 16:11) and in 2 Corinthians he is called "the god of this world" (2 Cor. 4: 4) Satan offers Jesus a land if Jesus gifts
,, And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 4: 9
In order to better understand the redemption of the land, it must be explained what the man lost by sinning.
.. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Gen. 2:17
,, The soul that sinneth, it shall die…”
Ezek.18: 20
So man lost his soul first and the next he lost his body because he began to grow old and eventually died, and that is the promise he received from God.
,, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Gen. 3:19
and in the end he lost his land because he was no longer lord of the land but wrote:
,, And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”
Gen. 3: 17-19
When it comes to salvation and redemption, it should be said that salvation is involved, complete salvation is needed, which includes conversion, rebirth, coming into communion with God by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ, then the resurrection of the body, the glorification of the body when Christ comes to the Church. The redemption of the earth and the kingdom of Christ follow. The salvation of soul and body and the redemption of the earth were performed by Christ when he died on the cross and for that he has a deed and only the ascension of the Church is needed and then Jesus breaks the seals and opens the book.
When Jesus was on the cross, he had a crown of thorns on his head and the thorns came to earth because of sin, but the time will come when Jesus will wear the crown of "king of kings" and that is exactly what we are waiting for and that is what the earth itself is waiting for. it will be soon and surely because the book or deed of the earth is in the hand of God the Father and the days of Satan's reign on earth are coming to an end,
,, For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.”
Rom.8: 19-23
so far, many conquerors have dreamed of ruling the earth, but no one has succeeded and will not be the last to try, and that is the Antichrist. No one has the right to land, neither the conquerors nor the Antichrist nor Satan He Leo he overcame.
While we are still here on earth in the last days, Jesus as the Lamb mercifully calls us:
,, Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11: 28-30
We studied part of the sixth verse earlier, and we talked about four animals or four living beings and then we have Jesus as the Lamb of God standing which indicates to us His death on the cross where He died as an innocent Lamb but was resurrected and now we see that stands what it means that death ,, as Lamb "behind him and now the whole universe sings ,, you are worthy to take the book" .Dalje see a picture of authority of God as indicated seven horns and seven eyes .video earlier on what relating the seven spirits of God, or that again we see it briefly: the seven aspects of the work of the Holy Spirit through which the Lord exercises control over all created visible and invisible and also brings us God's graces, so Paul could write in 1 Corinthians:
,, Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.”
1 Cor.12: 4-12
,, And he came and took the book from the right hand of him that sat on the throne. "We see here that Jesus rose, and came prepared to cleanse sin and lawlessness and the first step is taking knjige.I when taking a book we read what is happening,
"And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one fiddle, and golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a song ..."
When it began opening books and heard the song of celebration every creature will acknowledge Christ and His sovereignty wherever they are at that moment, the sky, the earth or under the earth.
Only Jesus is worthy of that glory and not created beings like humans or angels.
When Peter came to Cornelius' house, Cornelius fell before him and bowed to him, but Peter corrected him:
"And Peter lifted him up, saying, Arise, I also am a man."
Acts 10:26
The following example, when Paul and Barnabas healed a man in Iconium by the power of God, the people wanted to offer sacrifices to them, but Paul rebuked them:
,, And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:”
Acts 14:15
Next we have an example from Revelation where John worshiped an angel but now the angel corrects him:
,, And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Rev. 19:10
So only God should we worship and while Jesus was on earth He did not correct people when they worshiped Him.
,, Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.” Mt.14: 33
and there is nowhere rebuke or correction as in the previous verses already written
,, And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.”
Mt.14: 34
Here are a few more examples:
,, Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.”
Mt.15: 25
,, And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.”
Mt. 28: 9
,, But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,”
,, And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:”
Lk.24: 52
We have seen that Jesus never rebuked anyone because He alone is worthy to worship Him. So it will be in heaven as John describes.
"They fell before the Lamb, each with a fiddle, and golden cups full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints."
It says fiddle here, but other translations say harp or guitar, here is Bakotić's translation
"holding each harp one harp ..."
and this is how Carnic translates
,, and everyone had a guitar ,,, "
So everyone will know how to play because it says that everyone has harps and everything in the sky is perfect so this "orchestra" will play perfectly and that is part of the celebration that belongs to God. But in addition to this we read on
"and golden cups full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." When Jesus takes the book, everyone will receive the hours full of incense which are the prayers of the saints. Throughout history, incense has been a symbol of prayer. needed.
,, To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.”
Jer.6: 20
These prayers of the saints are prayers that have been prayed but have not yet been fulfilled, and these are the prayers of the part of the prayer "Our Father"
,, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10
The fulfillment of these prayers will be fulfilled when Christ breaks the seals of the book that is the title deed of our country and when Christ comes to reign.
,, I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling”
Ps.2: 7-11
Christ takes the book and breaks the seals and can begin to cleanse the earth, but in heaven is the glorification of God, "And they sang a new song," and it is new because this song is sung for the first time in heaven by members of Christ's Church who are redeemed and now glorify God.
"And they sang a new song, saying, 'Let us see the text of this song of praise and what it tells us:'
"You are worthy to take a book, and to open its seals; for thou hast sworn, and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood.
The only one worthy to take the book is the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Advocate and Savior, because He alone overcame sin, the world, Satan and Hell.
"because you swore" only Jesus came to earth, incarnated, lived on earth to die on the cross for us because "the wages of sin is death"
,, For the wages of sin [is] death;”
Rom.6: 23
The requirements of God's law are very high and no one who does not fulfill them can enter heaven and all people are far from those standards and no one has managed to meet them. People are trying to meet those standards but no one has succeeded yet and no one will ever be able to meet them. People usually say, "I'm good, I didn't do this or that" but that's not enough to go to heaven, to be "good" "It is enough to go to Hell, but no one has or will enter heaven by their own merits or force.
In this regard we can read what Jesus said:
,, But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:…”
Matthew 5:22
Or
,, But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
Matthew 5:28
and what can we say about this:
,, And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12: 30-31
We see God's standard here, and now we can ask ourselves, "Who managed to fulfill this" because without fulfillment there is no heaven and we know that God does not change.
,, For I [am] the Lord, I change not; …”
Mal.3: 6
And when we see the truth that we cannot satisfy, the only hope for us remains, the only way to heaven is the Lord Jesus Christ.
,, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John 14: 6
Only Jesus could say this for himself and only for Him it says, "because you have been slaughtered." Since we are all under God's condemnation, Jesus endured God's wrath and judgment for us, fulfilled God's commandments, and suffered for us.
,, For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”
1 Pet.3: 18
Jesus took all our transgressions upon Himself.
,, Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”
1 Pet.2: 24
Jesus became our deputy, he took our sins upon himself and gave us his justice, and only in that way do we have access to God because there is no other way and salvation.
,, But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:”
1 Cor.1: 30
"and you redeemed us to God" It is clearly written here that Jesus redeemed us and there is no other way for someone to be redeemed before God, no man, organization or church can redeem us, only someone who is "Worthy" can do it and that is the Lord Jesus Christ who paid the price for us.
,, Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Rom.3: 24-25
,, Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].”
Hebrews 9:12
We were redeemed once and now we belong to God forever
,, For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.”
Rom.6: 10
So now we are alive to God and the price of redemption is "with our blood"
,, Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:”
1 Peter 1: 18-19
It is written here that nothing helps in redemption, neither silver nor gold, nor a vain life, not even Christ redeems people with his life on earth or teaching, but only with "his blood". Christ was crucified even though he had no sin, he was pierced His hands, feet and spear are in His ribs, He shed His blood and God poured out His wrath on Him for us to save us and bring us closer to God.
,, But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.”
Eph.2: 13
There is no other way to approach God.
,, Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,”
Heb.10: 19
We are redeemed and become God's property.
,, And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every [sort] shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.”
Gen..6: 19-20
And all this happened only with the blood and merits of Jesus,
,, If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
John 8:36
"from every generation and language and people and tribe" Some peoples, nations or tribes and among them the Jews thought that if someone does not belong to them they do not have the right to belong to the Church of Christ but here we clearly see that it is not
"You have redeemed us to God with your blood from every tribe and tongue and people and tribe."
Christ does not have a special church from some nations, but there is only one Church of Christ to which all newborn people belong, regardless of their nation, people, state, tribe, tribe or language. Everyone who is born again and believes in God, regardless of where he comes from, has eternal life. .
,, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
“
John 3:16
"And thou hast made us God our kings and priests" in the New Testament there is no division into secularists, priestly order and others but the apostle Peter writes:
,, But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
1 Peter 2: 9
Every newborn man who believed in Jesus and was redeemed became a priest and a king not on the basis of our merits or because we proclaimed ourselves so on the basis of the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Apostle Peter writes about the duties of a priest.
,, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ”
1 Pet.2: 5
These spiritual offerings can take the form of worship.
,, By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.”
Heb.13: 15
or in the form of a material sacrifice
,, But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”
Heb.13: 16
The Apostle Paul received such an offering and writes:
,, But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.”
Philippians 4:18
and finally the offering can also be a "self-sacrifice"
,, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
“
Rom.12: 1-2
"And we will reign on earth" This reign refers to the millennial kingdom on the new earth, currently on this earth are the world, troubles, problems, sin and Satan, but the time will come when we will reign with Jesus.
,, If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]:”
2 Tim.2: 12
He who has opened the door of his heart to Jesus is the victor and he will have communion with Jesus and will sit together with Jesus in the cart when the throne is on earth and we read.
,, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
Rev. 1: 6
Today we may have a problem with the world and unfaithful people but it says:
,, Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?”
1 Cor.6: 2
,, And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:”
Revelation 2:26
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