Rev 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. 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." 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels
around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them
was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb
who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor
and glory and blessing!" 13 And every
creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as
are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and
honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb,
forever and ever!" 14 Then the
four living creatures said, "Amen!" And the twenty-four elders
fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
When man fell in the Garden of Eden, there were some
tremendous repercussions. The choice made by man to be his own god allowed
another god to rule.
Satan was ceded the Title Deed to the earth.
The method was lying temptation, which promised a greater
return than God had promised. God had provided a beautiful and lush space for
man to co-exist with his True God, and to come to Him for every decision. It
was to be a Garden ruled by God in which man had freedom to roam and care for
all the things God had provided. There was but one stipulation: Man was not to
eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, lest man die.
Satan tempted Eve with “being like God,” and creating in
her a sense of missing something, as if she had been short-changed. The
consequence of the lie was learning the way of evil, as man had already learned
the way of good by hanging out with God each day. How sad and cruel that man
gave away headship over earth to Satan. Now Jesus, (Who has rightfully earned
ownership by His sacrifice,) is taking it back for Himself!
-Pastor Bill
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