Chapter 5:1-6 Session 1

1Mastering “…the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.”

LTS

CHAPTER 5:1-6SESSION 1

June 27, 2009

The Title Deed to the

Universe


After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said,

“Come up hither, and I will show thee

things which must be hereafter.”

Revelation 4:1

Meta tauta, after these things


Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Revelation 19:7-8

The Marriage Supper


Sightings1. The Throne of efei2. The Thrones of the 24 Elders

– Who are these elders?• Or, who are they NOT?

3. Lightning, Thunder, and Voices– “…out of the throne…” == ek tu throno

4. The Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit)– Isaiah 11:2

5. The Sea of Glass6. The Four Beasts

– Zoa vs. Therion


Review• Isaiah 6• The Four Gospels• Ezekiel 1, 10• Numbers 2


108,100

151,450 157,600

186,400

JudahReuben

EphraimDan


Man

Lion

Ox

Eagle


Review• “…was, and is, and is to come.”

“The he was and the who is and the coming one”


REVELATION 5

ScrollSealedTheSeven


And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 5:1

The Seven-Sealed Scroll



Revelation 5:1



Psalm 2:1-3 describe the rebellious world forces gathered together to try to prevent God’s Messiah from taking tenant possession or administration of the earth. Psalm 2:7 records that when the Messiah confronts this challenge, He will declare what God has already decreed concerning Him: “Thou art my Son.” . . . the biblical term “son” involves the concept of “heir” (Gal. 4:7). Thus, as God’s Son, the Messiah is the heir of an inheritance given to Him by God. Psalm 2:8 presents God’s description of that inheritance: “I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.”



Papyrus• Papyrus, or bulrushes were 15 ft high, 6 ft under water,

and thick as a man’s wrist• Pith was extracted and cut into thin strips with a sharp

knife• Rows were laid out vertically and then horizontally,

moistened with water and glue, pressed together, beaten with a mallet, and smoothed with pumice stone

• Recto, The front side, with horizontal grain, (where writing was normally done)

• Verso, (vertical grain) back side. A sheet written on the back was called an opisthograph, a sheet “written behind”– This was unusual since it was rougher and uneven


Papyrus• 8 x 10 inch sheets, joined horizontally• Written in narrow (3 in) columns; 2 1/2 in top &

bottom margins; 3/4 in between columns• Rolled on a wooden roller

– Jude, 2 & 3 John, Philemon………..1 sheet each – Romans……………………………………..11 1/2 ft long – Mark …………………………………………19 ft– John ………………………………………….23 1/2 ft – Matthew……………………………….…..30 ft– Luke and Acts…………………………….32 ft ea– Revelation……………………….…………15 ft


The Book of Ruth• Boaz = the Goel, the Kinsman-Redeemer• Law of Redemption: land for Naomi • Law of Levirate Marriage; Ruth, the Gentile

bride Lev 25:23-25

• Redemption sealed: Cf. Dan 12:4-9; Rev 10:8-11; Ezek 2:10; Zech 5:1-4; Isa 29:11f


The Kinsman-Redeemer“Goel”

• Had to be a kinsman• Had to be able• Had to be willing• Had to assume all the obligations of the

beneficiary


And Jeremiah said, The word of YHWH came unto me, saying,

Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

Jeremiah 32:6,7


So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of YHWH, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of YHWH.

Jeremiah 32:8


And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:

Jeremiah 32:9-11


And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

Jeremiah 32:12


And I charged Baruch before them, saying,

Thus saith YHWH of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

Jeremiah 32:13,14


• The meaning of the scroll is best understood by recognizing the following truths:– A Catalog of Judgments– Prophetic Revelation



• The meaning of the scroll is best understood by recognizing the following truths:– A Catalog of Judgments– Prophetic Revelation– A Testament– A Deed of Purchase




Revelation 5:1



And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?”

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Revelation 5:2-4


The Question of Worthiness• Worthiness hinges on:• Perfect Judgment• Relationship to Mankind


The Question of Worthiness• Worthiness hinges on:• Perfect Judgment• Relationship to Mankind• Right of Possession• Ability to Possess


And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?”

And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Revelation 5:2-4


And one of the elders saith unto me, “Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. “

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.

Revelation 5:5,6


Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

Jeremiah 23:5,6




Revelation 5:5,6


The Lamb• “The Lamb of God” twice in John’s gospel:

John 1:29, 36

• Isaiah described Him as a sacrificial lambIsaiah 53:7

• Steven used Isaiah’s passage explaining Him to the Ethiopian eunuch

Acts 8:32-35


The LambPeter describes the precious, sinless blood of

Christ “as of a lamb without blemish and spot,” an allusion to the Passover lamb whose blood “covered” the Israelites from the destroying angel in the plague which took the firstborn of Egypt

1st Peter 1:19 cf. Exodus 11:5-6; 12:3-13


The Lamb• In fulfillment of the requirement that no

bones of the lamb may be broken (Ex. 12:46; Ps. 34:20), the Roman soldiers found Jesus already dead and did not break his legs as they did those of the thieves crucified beside him (John 19:33-36)

• Paul clearly understood Jesus to be the Passover lamb. “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us” (1Cor. 5:7)




Revelation 5:5,6


As it had been slain• Heaven and earth will pass away and the

former things will pass (Rev. 21:1, 4), but will the scars of Messiah ever be erased?

• For they serve as a testimony of His love, His resurrection from death (John 20:20, 27), and His identity as Redeemer (Luke 24:30-31)


As it had been slain• The slaying of God’s own Son was not an

afterthought in response to an unexpected rebellion. He was “slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev. 13:8)

• Peter informs us that He was “foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times” (1Pe. 1:20)


As it had been slain• This is the pierced Lamb which “every eye

will see,” “even they who pierced him” (Revelation. 1:7 cf. Zechariah 12:10)


One Question for You

Are you trusting in the slain

Lamb, Who was

foreordained for your

redemption?


For the Next Session

The next session will be on Saturday July 11!

We will NOT meet on July 4th…enjoy your

Independence Day!


For the Next Session

1. Read the Book of Ruth again – compare what is happening there to what we’ve discussed today

2. Review all of Chapter 5 again


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