Apocalipse 5

Apocalipse 5

Morgan - And Songs before Unknown Now that you’ve put away “Joy to the World” for another year, try some of Isaac Watts’ other 600 hymns, such as “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” and “Jesus Shall Reign Wher’er the Sun.” As you do, remember that Watts’ very first hymn was based on Revelation 5. The writing of hymns by an upstart teenager was a bold move, for in the years following the Reformation, Protestants were divided on the question of hymns. Lutherans and Moravians loved them. But most English churches, especially in the Calvinistic tradition, clung to the singing of Psalms alone. One Sunday in 1692, Isaac Watts, 18, did not sing during church services. When his father rebuked him, Isaac retorted that the music wasn’t worth singing, that the Psalms didn’t rhyme, that they were wooden and awkward in form and phrase. “Those hymns were good enough for your grandfather and father,” said the senior Watts, “and they will have to be good enough for you.” “They will never do for me, father, regardless of what you and your father thought of them.” “If you don’t like the hymns we sing, then write better ones!” “I have written better ones, father, and if you will relax and listen, I will read one to you.” Isaac told his father he had been studying the song of the angels in Revelation 5:6–10, and had rewritten it, giving it rhyme and rhythm. Behold the glories of the Lamb Amidst His Father’s throne; Prepare new honors for His name, And songs before unknown. His astonished father took his son’s composition to the church, and the following Sunday the congregation loved it so much that Isaac was asked to bring another the next Sunday, and the next, and the next, for over 222 consecutive weeks! Today Isaac Watts is called the father of modern English hymnody. He did indeed bring much joy to the world. (BORROW From this verse : 365 inspiring stories about the power of God's word) Here is a table comparing what has been called the MOST BEAUTIFUL MIXED METAPHOR in all of Scripture, the Lion and the Lamb: Jesus as the Lion Jesus as the Lamb refers to His second coming refers to His first coming His majesty His meekness He is sovereign He is Savior He is Judge He is judged the government of God the grace of God Source: Hampton Keathley III (adapted from J Vernon McGee) Meekness and Majesty Meekness and majesty Manhood and deity In perfect harmony The Man who is God Lord of eternity Dwells in humanity Kneels in humility And washes our feet Oh what a mystery Meekness and majesty Bow down and worship For this is your God This is your God Father's pure radiance Perfect in innocence Yet loves obedience To death on a cross Suffering to give us life Conquering through sacrifice And as they crucified, pray's "Father forgive" Oh what a mystery Meekness and majesty Bow down and worship For this is your God This is your God Wisdom unsearchable God the invisible Love indestructible In frailty appears Lord of infinity Stopping so tenderly Lifts our humanity to the heights of His throne Oh what a mystery Meekness and majesty Bow down and worship For this is your God This is your God This is your God Revelation 5:6 And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. BGT Revelation 5:6 Καὶ εἶδον ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἀρνίον ἑστηκὸς ὡς ἐσφαγμένον ἔχων κέρατα ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑπτὰ οἵ εἰσιν τὰ [ἑπτὰ] πνεύματα τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεσταλμένοι εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. KJV Revelation 5:6 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. NET Revelation 5:6 Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. CSB Revelation 5:6 Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. ESV Revelation 5:6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. NIV Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. NLT Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth. NRS Revelation 5:6 Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. NJB Revelation 5:6 Then I saw, in the middle of the throne with its four living creatures and the circle of the elders, a Lamb standing that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits that God has sent out over the whole world. NAB Revelation 5:6 Then I saw standing in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and the elders, a Lamb that seemed to have been slain. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the (seven) spirits of God sent out into the whole world. YLT Revelation 5:6 and I saw, and lo, in the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb hath stood as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the Seven Spirits of God, which are sent to all the earth, MIT Revelation 5:6 I also saw stationed there in the center between the throne, the four animate creatures, and the senior men, a lamb that had been slaughtered. It had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the spirits of God sent into all the earth. between the throne: Rev 4:4-6 a Lamb Rev 5:9,12 6:16 7:9-17 12:11 13:8 17:14 21:23 22:1,3 Isa 53:7-8 Joh 1:29,36 Ac 8:32 1Pe 1:19-20 seven horns: 1Sa 2:10 Da 7:14 Mic 4:13 Hab 3:4 Lu 1:69 Php 2:9-11 seven eyes: 2Ch 16:9 Zec 3:9 4:10 the seven spirits: Rev 4:5 Related Passages: Isaiah 53:7-8+ (LAMB PROPHESIED AS SACRIFICE FOR SIN) He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. 8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? Acts 8:32+ Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: “HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. John 1:29; 36+ The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! (1:36) and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 1 Peter 1:19-20+ (REDEMPTION ACCOMPLISHED NOT BY SILVER OR GOLD) but with precious blood, as of a lamb (amnos) unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you Daniel 7:7, 20+ “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had TEN HORNS. 7:20 and the meaning of the TEN HORNS that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts and which was larger in appearance than its associates. Zechariah 4:10 (SEVEN EYES) “For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel–these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.” Revelation 4:5+ (SEVEN SPIRITS) Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; JOHN SEES THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD