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The Worthy Lamb (Rev. 5:5-7)One of the elders instructed John to stop weeping, because the identity of the Worthy Onefulfilled the OT prophecy concerning the Lion of Judah and the Root of David. Furtherinformation indicated that the slain Lamb, the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ, took the scroll fromthe Father Who sat upon the throne.The Worship of the Lamb (Rev. 5:8-14)The Lamb took central position to receive worship, as the twenty-four elders, andmultitudes of others, as well as angels and beasts, and all creatures in heaven and earth sangpraise to the Lord in the final three hymns of praise.Theological ConcernsThe seven-sealed scroll is apparently the book of future judgment and redemption, asrevealed in the rest of the Apocalypse (Rev. 6:1-17; 8:1-5).Textual IssuesRev. 5:9—the CT omits the TR’s “us” (hemas), obfuscating who has been purchased withChrist’s blood. Only men, and not angels or beasts, have been purchased with the precious bloodof Christ.Summary of Chapter FiveThe importance of this throne room scene registers for the reader when the visionpresents the concern about Who may open the scroll, weeping over the concern, and rejoicing inthe Lamb Who does take the scroll, worshipping him in anticipation of unsealing the scroll.BackgroundCHAPTER SIXThe vision reveals the opening of six of the Seven Seal Judgments, which begin theworld-wide judgments of the Tribulation period, as Christ prophesied (Mt. 24:4-8).ExpositionThe First Seal Judgment (Rev. 6:1-2)Rev. 6:1-17The First Judgment was the rider on a white horse bringing false peace, which fits theAnti-Christ’s deception.The Second Seal Judgment (Rev. 6:3-4)