1. And I (John) saw in the right hand of Him (Christ) who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
2. Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its 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.
4. So I (John) wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
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.'
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 (horns is symbolically represent 'Strength' in 1 Kings 22:11) and seven eyes, which are seven Spirits of God (symbolically represent the HS (Zech 3:9 & Rev. 1:4, 4:5)sent out into all the earth. To me Jesus as the Lamb refers to His first coming as a suffering servant with His death,and the Lion refers to His 2nd Coming with His sovereign judgment of the world.
7. Then He (the lamb) came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.( Dan. 7:9)
8. Now when He ( the lamb~Christ) had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders( I believe is the 'church) fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full on incense( interprets as the prayers of the saints of Ps. 141:2), which are the prayers of the saints.
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,
10. And have made us
kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign
on the earth.
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,
12. 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!
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!
14. Then the four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
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It is clear from John's revelation that heaven is 'real', not imagined.
These chapters reveal the 'indescribable glory' and ' infinite majesty' of the Godhead in heaven.
We can all anticipate the glory and the wonder of the heavenly scene that we will someday see with our own eyes~
