The book of Revelation chapter
5, I want to just say a few things here about a wonderful passage
of scripture in this chapter 5. I'm amazed at the, I guess
they should be editorials, they're not common They're not commenting. They're editorializing in most
of the commentaries about what's going on here. And I'm amazed
that what they have to say about Chapter 6 through 11, which is
the opening of these seven seals, what they have to say about the
events that take place there. And we've just looked at Chapter
4 and 5. Chapter four and five is coronation
chapter four and five is just it just raises the Saints to
a high level to realize that we're sitting in the heavenlies
in Christ Jesus presently and when we leave this life physically. We are resting in Christ. We're
sitting with him. We were raised with him, and
we're sitting with him in the heavenlies. He represents us
there. He represented us at the cross.
He represented us in the grave. He represented us in his resurrection. He represents us now, and we're
represented in the presence of the Father. He is our representative. All that Adam represented fell,
and all that Christ represented shall live. And he's representing
us very well right now in the presence of the Father. And this
letter, this book was sent to a group of people that were going
through some real difficult times, a lot of persecution. and the
Roman Empire was coming down on them, and the Jews were coming
down on them, and they'd been saved out of many of them, out
of Jewry, out of religion, and things were collapsing on them,
and the Lord sent them this wonderful love letter, a great expression
of his success. And if we ever come across the
part in here that shares with us that there's some adversity,
read just another verse or two, because you're going to find
out who takes care of the adversity. It's the Lord, the Lamb of God.
Here in this fifth chapter, we're in preparation for the opening
of the seals. In fact, it is the Lord Jesus that goes up to
the throne. It is the Lord Jesus that takes
that book. And as we mentioned last week,
There has to be an agreement between the one sitting on the
throne and the one that took the book. And the Lord said this
agreement is so close that my father and I are one. the agreement
on the covenant of grace, the agreement on who would be died
for, who would be represented in the death of the Lord Jesus,
and then to come up and the tremendous love that the father had to give
this scroll and the tremendous responsibility and love that
the Lamb of God took to receive it and to show us that no man
could open this book is a mystery. until he opens a book. And that's
the truth about any passage, any book, any verse, any chapter
in the Bible is it's hidden. No man can reveal it, but the
Lord Jesus can reveal it. His spirit reveals it to us.
Now they, and I'd like to spend a little time tonight in verse
nine of this fifth chapter, and it says they sung a new song.
The four and 20 elders and the four living creatures, when the
lamb took this book, this scroll, and they realized that this is
the only one that could ever represent man faithfully on the
earth and be true to God. Now we may have good representatives
for us on this earth. But they cannot represent us
to God. They cannot give a good answer
to God. So we were in desperate need
of someone that would represent us well, at the same time, be
in good position with the Father. And there was only one. the Lord
Jesus. There is one mediator between
man and God and that is the man Christ Jesus. And here he opens
or he takes this book and he begins to, he's going to open
it and the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures,
all of God's elect and all the gospel sing this song together. They sung a new song saying,
now keep that in mind and turn with me back to the book of the
Psalms, Psalm 40. In Psalm 40, it explains a desperate
situation that humanity is in and a desperate situation that
God's church is in by nature. We're in slippery places. We're
in a pit. We're in a horrible pit. The
explanation for it doesn't get better, it gets worse. In Psalm
40, beginning with verse one, we read these words with regard
to the ministry of God Almighty, the ministry of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. When it comes to
God's people, it says there, I waited patiently for the Lord,
and he inclined unto me and heard my cry. He brought me up also
out of a horrible pit. Now it wasn't the cry that brought
us out. It was the cry that we recognized
the position that we were in. And we're raised out of that
when Christ receives us, when Christ regenerates us. He brings us out of that pit.
It isn't the cry that brought it out, it's for his glory that
he brings us out. He brought me up also out of
a horrible pit. Now it's bad enough to be in
a pit, but it's terrible to be in a horrible pit. It's bad enough
to be in clay, but it's worse to be in miry clay. And then
he says, it set my feet on a rock and established my goings. Now
notice verse three with me. And he hath put a new song in
my mouth. Now, this song is the song of
redemption that we sing. I've been redeemed. I've been
redeemed. Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul. Thank you, Lord,
for making me whole. Now, this is a song of grace.
This is the song that the church can sing. This is a song angels
can't sing. They have no knowledge of grace.
The angels that fell, they lost their first estate, and there
is absolutely no hope for them whatsoever. The angels that kept
their first estate, they don't know what grace is. The fallen
angels don't know what grace is. They peer into the gospel. If perchance they could catch
a little bit of it, but they'll never understand it. But God's
people understand grace. It's this song, this new song
we sing is a song of grace. It's a song of God's grace toward
us. It's a song of lifting us out
of a horrible pit. It's a song of saving us from
our sins. It's a song that is caused to
be sung by God's people, not for what they have done, but
for what Christ has done on their behalf. It's a song of the Lamb. It's a song to the Lamb. It's
a song of the Lamb. It's a song about the Lamb. It's
a new song that God gives to us. And it tells us there, they
put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Before the
Lord regenerates us, we're enmity against the Lord. Our heart is
not settled on Him. Our heart is settled in slippery
places. But once He regenerates us, He
gives us a new heart, and that heart loves Him, and it has a
desire to worship Him, and it has a new song. We have a new
attitude towards God and a new attitude towards the Word, new
attitude towards sin. So it's a new song, never been
sung before by God's people, the embryonic sheep, I like to
call them. before they're born again. God
knows them. God's had them. He saved them
through the purpose of his son. And when he went to the cross,
he chose them before the foundation of the world. But you can't tell
the difference between a lost sheep and a goat until God regenerates
them. And he doesn't make goats into
sheep, but he makes lost sheep into found sheep. He makes unborn
sheep born sheep. That's what he does. So it's
a new song in my mouth even praise unto our God. Many shall see
it and fear and trust in the Lord. Blessed is that man that
maketh the Lord his trust and respecteth not the proud nor
such as turn aside to lies. So it's the Lord is our song
and all that has to do with it. Going back over here to the book
of Revelation, it says, they sung a new song. The gospel sings
a song, the church sings a song saying, thou art worthy to take
the book and to open the seals thereof. They recognize this. Notice that it says here that
they recognize that in verse 9, thou art worthy to take the
book. and opened the seals thereof.
Before this, it's a mystery. Before this, there was a great
angel cried out through heaven, who is worthy? John wept and
wept a great deal about this. But once that lamb took that
book, that scroll, once he entered into that contract to take that
book, It says the church understood that he is worthy to do this. He is powerful enough to do this. He's worthy to take the book
and to open the seals for and then it gives the reason why.
This is why he's worthy. Here's the because. Because for. Thou was slain. There's a lot
said in the Bible about the Lord Jesus being slain. Genesis 3,
verse 15. There's something gonna happen
to the Lord. Something gonna happen to the
Messiah. Something gonna happen to this
one. He is going to bruise the head of the serpent's descendants,
but this one, the offspring of the woman, gonna have his healed.
Something's going to happen to him. And as we follow the scriptures
throughout, we find more and more is put together. And in
fact, we find, in fact, he's going to be crucified. He's going
to be pierced. And the explanation continues. But something was going to happen
to him. The only way that he could redeem a people was to
pay the redemption price. And the price was not silver
or gold. Nor silver nor gold. been our redemption. It's the
blood of Christ. And that means it's his life.
He had to give his life a ransom. He had to use his life of redemption. There must be. And the scriptures
tell us, turn with me if you would to Acts chapter 2 and verse
23. In Acts chapter 2 and verse 23,
it talks about him being slain. In Acts chapter 2 verse 23, the
scriptures tell us here that before the world began, he was
delivered. Before creation, he was delivered. It wasn't an afterthought. It
wasn't plan B. He wasn't caught off guard by
Adam and what Adam did. It wasn't a mistake. It was on purpose that the Lamb
was slain from the foundation of the world. Now notice here
in verse 23, him being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have by wicked hands have crucified
and slain. Thou wast slain. That's what
the four and 20 elders and the four living creatures, this is
why we're saying worthy is the lamb to take the book and open
the seals. You are slain, you're the Messiah. God Almighty spoke to the Lord
from the Mount of Transfiguration and said, this is my beloved
Son in whom I'm well pleased, hear ye Him. He's identified. John said, behold the Lamb of
God. And the scriptures, Peter said, thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God. The identification of the Lamb
was made. And now it was revealed unto
the four living creatures and the four and 20 elders. And it
says, because of this, you're worthy to take the book and open
the seals. Because of this, you're able, you're worthy to reveal
these truths to your people. In the book of First Corinthians
Chapter 1, we read these words, First Corinthians Chapter 1 verse
23, about this. He was slain. Scriptures
are filled with the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And he
wasn't a martyr. He was a sacrifice. He laid down
his life. It wasn't taken from him. No
man taketh my life. I lay it down on myself. All
they that came after me, they would have taken him and slain
him a number of times, but his time was not yet come. No man
took his life, but he laid it down. He's the only one that
has been on this earth since Adam that exercised his free
will. Of his own free will, he laid
down his life, a ransom for many. Everyone else is caught in a
trap. A fly may have a will to get
released from a fly, that sticky stuff, flypaper. It may have
a will to be released, but it's stuck, and it's not gonna get
out by itself. And every man, woman, boy, and
girl that's ever been on the earth since Adam has been stuck
in sin. call miry clay, horrible pit,
stuck. And they'll not be, we will not
be released until we're lifted out. And we're gonna carry the
marks of that horrible pit in that miry clay the rest of our
life. We're gonna have the features of it. We're gonna have the thoughts
of it. But we'll have the spirit of
Christ in us. And that part does not sin. It
is in total allegiance to God. Now, here in 1 Corinthians 1,
verse 23, but we preach Christ crucified. That's just another
word for him being slain. Christ crucified. We preach Christ
crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness.
Unto the Jews, now, they didn't have the mental capability of
understanding even though they were raised in it. just like
anybody else raised in any kind of religion, and even going to
a good gospel church will not understand it until it's revealed
to them. Now, we preach Christ and Him
crucified, that's the message, unto the Jews a stumbling block,
unto the Greeks foolishness, but unto them which are called
Both Jews and Greeks, Jews and Gentiles, Christ the power of
God and the wisdom of God. So when he calls, and it's that
effectual call, he takes on a new reputation in our heart. He's
the wisdom of God. He has all wisdom. This is what
was intended. And then there in the book of
1 Corinthians chapter 2, 1 Corinthians chapter 2, we read this about
he was slain. For I determined not to know
anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. That
was the message Paul went in every place. He didn't change
the message for the people. He preached the same message
because he knew that was the only message that was going to
change Jews and Gentiles alike. That was the message of Christ.
And so you were slain on purpose and for the church was the Lord
Jesus Christ slain. It wasn't a mistake, it was on
purpose. God had him slain on purpose. And we read there in
the book of Isaiah chapter 53, it says, he shall see the travail
of his soul, and he shall be satisfied. And so God the Father
was satisfied with the sacrifice of the Son. The Son was satisfied
with the sacrifice of the Son. And the Holy Spirit was satisfied
with the sacrifice of the Son. And then it tells us over there
in Revelation chapter 5 and verse 9, they sung the new song, and
they said, Worthy is the lamb to take the book and open the
seals. Why? Because thou was slain,
and not only was you slain, but you've redeemed us, and not just
redeemed us. There's one thing about taking
someone out of prison, redeeming them out of prison, and turning
them loose. and being redeemed out of prison
and put into the hands of a benevolent master. We're seeing it doesn't do much
good to take a person out of prison and turn them loose. That's
just physical. The Lord didn't do that. He didn't
redeem us just to turn us loose. He redeemed us, it tells us there
in the book of Revelation chapter 5 and verse 9, has redeemed us
to God. We have been bought out of spiritual
prison, out of sin prison, and been given to God. We have been
taken from Adam. given to God. We've been taken
out of our natural family and placed in the family of God. We have been redeemed and so
redeemed that we've been brought into the presence of God Almighty.
Turn with me if you would to the book of Matthew chapter 13.
This word redeemed is mentioned here in the book of Matthew chapter
13 verse 44 and it's not the same word. It's a different word. It kind of gives us an idea what
is meant here when he has redeemed us. He bought us. He bought us
with his blood. He bought us with his life. And
here in Matthew chapter 13, now for years and years and years,
I thought this was just somebody. This somebody's Christ. This
is somebody's Christ, and he's talking about a field, and he's
talking about a pearl of great price. Notice here in Matthew
chapter 13, verse 44, the scriptures say, again, the kingdom of heaven
is like unto a treasure hid in a field, that which when a man
hath found, he hideth, and for joy. Now I was taught, oh boy,
you're going along through life, you look out here at a field,
and you see something, and you go sell all you have, and you
go buy that field so you can have that. And they try to make
it so that I'm getting my spiritual blessing by what I did. This
is Christ going through the world. And you know what? There is a
pearl of great price. It's called the church. pearl
of great price. And there in verse 43 it says,
Matthew 13, excuse me, 44, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
a treasure hid in a field. The witch, when a man hath found,
he hideth, and for joy therefore goeth and selleth all that he
hath. And that word buyeth is the same
word we find over there for redeemed. He buyeth it. Now he bought this
pearl of great price. He bought this treasure with
his own blood, with his life. This is not a simple price that
he paid for this treasure that was in this field. Fields the
world, treasures the church. When he came, he gave his life,
a ransom for many. He buyeth the church. He paid for the church. He bought
the church. The church has been pawned. Adam pawned this. Pawned himself
and pawned us. He pawned us to the pawn shop
of Sian. He put us in prison. He imprisoned
us. Walked down into the cellar of
a horrible prison and said, I'm placing everyone in here. When
he took that fruit, he placed everyone in prison. When he took
that fruit, he pawned everyone. He did all he could to destroy
his own posterity. knowing full well what he was
doing. Now, we're in prison, we're in
the pawn shop, and the Lord Jesus Christ comes along by the grace
of God, determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, and intentionally,
intentionally, with a forethought, intentionally, on purpose, goes
into the pawn shop, and the redemption price for that treasure is his
life. And that's what it says. He was
slain. He gave his life, a ransom. And he redeemed us. He buyeth
us. Like this one picture that went
and bought this treasure of great value. He buyeth us. We were
in slavery. And he came and purchased us
out of slavery unto himself. He made us, they're going to
go on and say, made us kings and priests. We were vagabonds. and he made us kings and priests.
We were strangers and he made us kings and priests. We were
nothings and he made us everything. We've been redeemed by Christ
to God. God is the recipient of this
redemption. He's the one that we all owe
all love to because he authorized the redemption. He gave a gift
and the son redeemed and the Holy Spirit is now applying that
redemption price, quickening people and causing them to understand
that they've been bought out of prison. I was reminded while
I was down there in rescue about a message a pastor preached one
time, and it was at the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus, and there
was a man that was in prison. It was Barabbas, and he's down
in the prison there. And they're up, he's hearing
what's going on and he keeps hearing them in the streets,
crucify him, crucify him, crucify him. And he said, oh my goodness. He just portrayed it in such
a manner that you could see it in your eye, mind's eye. Brabus
is in prison and he's a murderer. And they've captured him and
they've got him in prison and the trial is on and he's been
found guilty and the people in the streets are yelling, crucify
him, crucify him. And then the great gate is opened
and he heard that rusty hinge swing as it opened up and the
Roman soldiers come down and come to the next door and they
have him in chains and they open that up and he just knew they're
taking him out to crucify him. He's heard the sentence. He's
guilty. And those Roman soldiers grab
him by the arms and take him up this, out to the light, and
they take the chains off and say, you're set free. You've
been redeemed. You've been traded for. And they
crucified the Son of God and let a murderer go free. And that's
just what he did, God did for us. Crucified the Son of God
and let murderers go free. The redemption price was paid,
the Lord Jesus. He hath redeemed us. Turn with
me, if you would, to 1 Corinthians chapter six, and this is the
reason. We're going on to chapter six
through 11 in this book, well, the rest of the book. That's
the reason. Thou hast redeemed us to God,
and you're not gonna let us slip. You've redeemed us to God. You're
not gonna let us go. You redeemed us to God. You're
not gonna let us be overcome. We will overcome, but you'll
not let us be overcome. You're going to demonstrate your
power. And he does, throughout the book of the revelation of
Jesus Christ, demonstrates his power throughout it. Here in
the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 6. 1 Corinthians chapter 6. Again, reading about this redemption.
1 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 20. It says, for ye are bought
with a price. Therefore glorify God in your
body and in your spirit, which are God's. He owns us. You're bought with a price. It's
not silver or gold received by tradition from our fathers, but
by the precious blood of the Lamb. We've been redeemed. Bought
with a price. And then in 1 Corinthians, or
excuse me, Revelation. Revelation chapter 14. Turn over
there with me if you would. Revelation chapter 14. And there
in verse three and four. They sung as it were a new song. Revelation chapter 14, verse
three. They sung as it were a new song before the throne and before
the four living creatures and the elders. No man could learn
the song but the 144,000 which were redeemed from the earth.
Now that 144,000 is just a number that means the church. Just another
way of saying the church. It's a perfect number. It's 12,000
out of every tribe. My goodness, that's not Jews
in the national sense. It's God's people out of every
kindred, nation, people, and tongue. It's the total body of
Christ. He has redeemed us. redeemed us from the earth. These
are they which are not defiled with women, for they are virgins.
These are they which follow the Lamb wherever he goeth. That
is just another way of saying we are without spot and without
blemish. That's just the way of saying
it. We're going to read that in the scriptures God's people
are made perfect. They're justified. They're just
as if they'd never sinned. And he describes this in that
manner. He said, these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever
he goeth. My goodness, my sheep hear my
voice and they follow me. This is not this specialized
group out here. This is the church, the church
of the living God. These were redeemed from among
men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. So just
another way of describing the redeemed of God, and that's the
church, that's the elect, that's the sheep of his pasture. These
are those that were brought out of great tribulation. Life is
filled with tribulation until God saves us by his grace. Now
we have trouble from then on, but it's settled between us and
God. There is a relationship established
by the covenant of grace that causes God's people to know that
they've passed from death into life, and the trouble that comes
isn't near as serious as it once was, because we're on speaking
terms with God now. We have the privilege to come
in boldly to his throne of grace. We can come in with our requests. We have a kinship, a relationship. He is our father, and we are
his children. Now, it says over there in the
book of Revelation, he has redeemed us to God from prison to a palace
and from darkness to light, and he did this by his blood. He
has redeemed us by his blood. When his lifeblood was gone,
his life was gone. It's just not shedding blood,
it's giving his life. The life of the flesh is in his
blood. When he shed his blood, when he presented his blood,
it was a symbol that he laid down his life to the point of
death. He didn't go to sleep, he died.
He didn't go into a fog, he died. And he was buried. And he was
buried three days and three nights. He was placed in a borrowed tomb.
He died and there he wrestled death. And he has by it, he has
redeemed, bought us. He buyeth us. I like that. He buyeth us. He bought us. And it tells us here that by
his blood he bought us, and he bought us out of every kindred,
tongue, people, and nation. Now never does he say that he
paid the price, sin's price, for every man, woman, boy, and
girl that ever came into the earth, into the world. In fact,
it is so clear the other way. All that the Father giveth me
shall come unto me, and he that cometh unto me I will in no wise
cast out. Jesus said, the good shepherd
giveth his life for the sheep. That's what he did. He laid down
his life. Now, out of every kindred. That could be tribe, every kindred
or tribe. And there are places, particularly
here in the New Testament where this word is used, it means like
the 12 tribes of Israel. We know what they were like.
It's tribes, it's peoples. It's, well, turn with me if you
would to Hebrews. This word is used there and I
want to just read that. It's kindred. They're almost,
in many ways, they're synonyms for the same thing. Kindred,
tongue, people, and nation are synonyms. They're all of God's
elect out of all the places. Four winds. But these words represent
just a little bit different. Here in the book of Hebrews chapter
seven, verse three, Hebrews chapter seven, verse three. Without father,
without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days
nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God, abideth
the priest continually. Now consider how great this man
was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave tithes. It had that there was no Nothing
mentioned about this tribe Well, I've got the wrong verse written
down Oh 13 and 14 there we go 7 13 and 14 and For he of whom these things are
spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man give attendance
at the alder. For it is evident that our Lord
sprang out of Judah, of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning
the priesthood. This is the tribe. It's a family
of people. It's Irish. It's French. It's Italian. That's what it is. It's groups
of people like the tribe of Judah. And then in James chapter 1,
James chapter 1, this word is used there. And here in James
chapter 1 and verse 1, this word is used. And here again, it's
translated tribes. Out of every kindred, out of
tribes, out of people with a common family. Portuguese. Can't say that much about Americans.
We're just a melting pot. But here we are. James chapter,
or James 1. James, a servant of God and the
Lord Jesus Christ to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Now, I think this is more than just the 12 tribes of Israel,
but God's people represented here. And then it goes on to
tell us tongue, and that's a language or a dialect. Now, down there
in New Guinea, I was amazed to find that I probably still don't
have the right number, but over 100 different dialects. Was it more than that? 1,000.
A bunch. On the same island, that's not
much bigger than California on the same island, at least 100
different non-understood dialects. This group can't understand a
word this group is saying until they speak pidgin. But that's
what it says right here, dialects. Acts talks about we do here,
of the wonderful works of God in our own language. It's Italian. It's Russian in our own language,
own tongue. and people, same stock or language. And this is the word that is
found over the book of Matthew chapter one, when the announcement
was made to Joseph about the name of the Lord Jesus. It says
here in Matthew chapter one and in verse 21, as Joseph was being
instructed, shall call his name Jesus for he shall save his people. That's the people, same stock
or language. A lot of similarities between
these words. And God is saving his people
out of this group. Now there's some left in that
group, but he's saving some out of it, out of every kindred,
out of every tongue, every people. He shall save his people from
their sins. And then nation, foreign nations
not worshiping the true God. And often this word is used in
the writings of the Apostle Paul when he speaks about the Gentiles.
And one of my favorite passages that has to do with Gentiles,
and it's the same word nation, is found over in the book of
Acts chapter 13. Go over there with me. This is such a delightful
passage of scripture because The Jews, Paul tells them, you've
judged yourselves unworthy of eternal life. Therefore, we turn
to the Gentiles. We turn to the nations. We turn
to the foreign nations, not worshipping the true God. Well, they worshipped
the true God and didn't know who they were worshipping. Paul
spoke to them, spoke to a group about the unknown God. He could
have said that same message to Israel and it would have been
an unknown God to them. You can go on to 99.9% of the churches
in America and speak of the unknown God and send new God to them.
Here, Acts chapter 13, verse 46. After chapter 13, verse 46,
then Paul in Barnabas waxed bold and said, it was necessary that
the word of God should first have been spoken to you. But
seeing you put it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of
everlasting life, lo, we turn to the nations. We turn to the
Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded
us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the nations of
the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends
of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this,
they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as
many as were ordained to eternal life believed. What a statement
is made here about this word nation or Gentiles. Those who
are ordained to eternal life. Well, you can say that about
the kindreds, too. Those who are ordained to eternal
life believed. And in tongues, those who are ordained to eternal
life believed. And peoples. Those ordained to
eternal life, and then the Gentiles, the nations. Those who are ordained
to eternal life believe. This is this great host of people
that is spoken of here that they were redeemed. You've redeemed
us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, tongue, and people,
and nation. And this is the reason you have
the right to take that book and open the seals. This is the reason. Romans chapter one. Would you
turn there with me? Romans chapter one verse four.
This is such a good verse. He's declared to be the son of
God because of his redemptive power, because of his shed blood,
because of his ministry on the cross, because of him bearing
our sin in his own body on the tree. He has the right to take
and reveal the book. He has the right to have the
revelation of Jesus Christ written. He has the right. We don't have
the right to read it, and we don't have the right to have
it revealed to us, and that's where grace comes in. Grace gives
us the privilege. We'll never have the right, but
he has the right. Thou art worthy. You have the
innate right in your being to take this scroll and to break
the seals and let us read and we'll see Christ. Now notice
here Romans chapter 1 verse 4, and declared to be the son of
God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection
from the dead. Declared to be the son of God. Why? Because of the resurrection
from the dead. Now he's always been the Son
of God, but he has openly declared to be. This announcement was
made before the world began. That's what this word declare
means. It's an announcement before it even happened. Declared to
be the Son of God by the resurrection from the dead. So these, the
four and 20 elders and the four living creatures, They go on
in verse 10, and we're not going to cover this, but I just want
to read it over there in Revelation chapter 5 verse 10. This is the
result for us. This is what God gives to us
as a result of him being worthy to take that book. Why? Because
he's been slain and he's redeemed us to God out of all the nations
and tribes and tongues and peoples of all the world. He has an in-gathering
from all over, from the four corners of the world. He'll have
representatives in glory, out of every language, out of every
color. Out of every people, he'll have
a representative. And then it goes on to verse
10, and this is the results for us. You've made us. This is what
we get out of it. You've made us unto our God, kings and priests,
and we shall reign on the earth. Now, that's a sequoia. That's
a big tree. We're going to try to get a little
around it, but it's just a big tree. He's made us kings and
priests, and we shall reign on the earth. In chapter 6, the Lamb opened
one of the seals, verse 1. And then he opened the second
seal, verse three. And then he opened the third
seal, verse five. And then he opened the fourth
seal, verse seven. And then he opened, he opened,
he opened, he opened, he opened seven times. He opened, he opened. No man could do this. Verse nine,
when he had opened the fifth seal. And in verse 12, and I
beheld, when he had opened the sixth seal. And then in chapter
eight in verse one, and when he had opened the seventh seal.
He opened. Thou art worthy to take the book and open the
seals, and then one after another, he does. And chapter six through
11 deals with what happens when he opens those seals. And everyone,
I got one verse I gotta read, and that is chapter 11, verse
17. This is kind of the conclusion
of these seals. And this is what is said. Four and 20 elders were set before
God on their seats, fell on their faces and worship God, saying,
We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty. This is the end of
the seven seals. which art and was and art come.
We, you are the son of God before you came to this earth. You were
slain by the governing power of almighty God. You are resurrected
and what an art come because thou has taken to thee thy great
power and has reigned. And they said, thank you. You've
taken to yourself your great power, and you've reigned. You've
reigned on the pale horse. You've reigned on the black horse.
You've reigned. You've reigned. You've shown
us you reign. And I think that's good.