Message Notes

SSS 4 5 January 2025
Revelation 5

8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, 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.”

Revelation 5:8-10

THE HEAVENLY CONGREGATION

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 5:8

1. The four living creatures

a) Cherubim

b) Mighty angels (Ezekiel 1)

2. The twenty-four elders

a) Representing all believers

b) Each sat on a throne

THE RESPONSE OF THE HEAVENLY CONGREGATION

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.”

Revelation 5:9-10

1. This was in response to the Lord Jesus taking the scroll from God

a) The very act of receiving the Scroll caused this response

b) The truly spiritual knows how to respond to every little detail

c) The taking of the scroll may seem to be but a little detail but its significance was not lost to the angels (“the living creatures”) and the 24 elders (representing all believers)

2. Appropriate Response

a) They fell down (prostration) before the Lamb of God

i) Recognition

ii) Regard

iii) Respect

b) Things they had in their hands

i) A harp (music)

ii) Golden bowls full of incense (prayers of the saints)

3. A New Song

a) Inspiration

b) New composition

c) Singing to the Lord

i) Psalm 145

ii) Isaiah 42:7

4. Content of the New Song

a) Focus is on the Lord Jesus Christ

b) His worthiness

c) His redemptive work

5. Ramifications of the Lord’s redemptive work

a) He had made us kings

b) And priests

c) We shall reign with the Lord on the earth