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"Stood a Lamb"

Text: Revelation 5:6

THE DIVINE LAMB OF GOD

Who was the One who was accounted worthy to open the scroll? John looked carefully but he did not see the Lion of Judah! Instead He saw “a Lamb!”

“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.
Then He came and took the scroll
out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.”
Revelation 5:6-7

1. What John saw as he gazed at the throne of God.

a) There were the four living creatures (cherubim).

b) There were the twenty-four elders.

2. John saw a Lamb.

a) This Lamb was “as though it had been slain”.

b) The markings were there of a Lamb that was offered as a sacrifice.

c) But it was not a slain Lamb that he saw.

3. The glory of the Lamb.

a) It had seven horns

i) A horn is a symbol of power.

ii) Seven horns represent complete and supreme power.

b) It had seven eyes.

i) The eyes speak of the ability to perceive and discern.

ii) Seven eyes speak of perfect understanding and wisdom.

c) The seven spirits of God.

i) This was mentioned earlier (Revelation 1:4).

ii) This is a reference to the omniscience of the Holy Spirit.

iii) The Spirit of God had been sent out into the world (Acts 2).

4. The Lamb of God.

a) He came to the throne of God.

b) He took the scroll from the Eternal One who sat on the throne.

c) He had earned the right to take the scroll.

i) He was the Beloved Son in whom God was well-pleased.

ii) He was the Messianic King God had anointed.

iii) He was the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world.