Message Notes

SSS 4
29 December 2024
Revelation 5

1 And I saw in the right hand of Him 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 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 and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Revelation 5:1-7

1. A scroll that was sealed

And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:1

a) A scroll in the right hand of God

b) Writing inside the scroll and on the back

c) Sealed with seven seals

2. A question raised

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.

Revelation 5:2-3

a) A strong angel cried out

“Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”

b) No one was found worthy

i) In heaven

ii) On the earth

iii) Under the earth

c) No one worthy to even look at it, let alone open it

3. The tears of John

So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.

Revelation 5:4

a) John wept much

b) No one was worthy to open and read the scroll

c) Or to look at it

4. A word of comfort

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.”

Revelation 5:5

a) One of the elders comforted John

b) There was One who was worthy

i) The Lion of the tribe of Judah

ii) The Root of David

c) He has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”

5. Taking the scroll from God’s hand

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 and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Revelation 5:6-7

a) In the midst of the throne

b) In the midst of the four living creatures

c) In the midst of the elders

d) The Lamb of God

i) Slain to bear the sin of the world John 1:29

ii) Filled with the Holy Spirit (Seven horns and seven eyes)