The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 5)

These divisions in the Bible that divide these chapters is made by men so that when we study the scriptures we can remember where we stopped reading and where to start back reading.

• The scene in Chaptes 4 and 5 is takes place in heaven.

• In chapter 6 we will go back to the earth where the seal judgments is going to be un-ravel.

In chapter five the theme changes from:

• The worship of the Creator (Chapter 4)

• To the worship of the Redeemer (Chapter 5)

The scene of chapter 5 is set in heaven preparing us for what is about to take place during the Great Tribulation.

But again, notice since the church is in heaven with Him, it surely could not go through the Great Tribulation down here on the earth as the Post-tribulation and the Mid-Tribulation teaches.

• The throne was the center of attention in chapter 4.

• The book is the center of attention of chapter 5.

Let’s get started into chapter five…the first thing we want to look at is…

I. THE BOOK

Christ is the Lamb on the throne. He is in full charge of all the events which follow in this book.

But before He starts to pour out the wrath of God on the inhabitants of the earth He established His rights to do so.

AS STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS BOOK, THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS.

Look at Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book (Scroll) written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Notice, John in heaven is seeing a lot of things, already he has seen…

• The twenty-four elders

• The four Creatures

And now he says, “I SAW” A BOOK

God the Father holds here in His hand a scroll which is rolled tightly and sealed closely with seven seals.

WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THIS?

Dr. Harry Ironside has suggested, this book is the title deed to this world.

Mankind live his life like everything we see…LIKE IT ALL BELONGS TO MANKIND.

That is incorrect to think this, this world in which we live, everything that we can see belongs to the Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ.

It all belongs to Him. Let me illustrate…

(1)Think about all the STEEL today that is used in cars and buildings.

Steel is iron that has most of the impurities removed. The pig iron, limestone and iron ore go into an open-hearth furnace. It is heated to about 1,600 degrees F (871 degrees C). The limestone and ore form a slag that floats on the surface. Impurities, including carbon, are oxidized and float out of the iron into the slag. When the carbon content is right, you have carbon steel.

Every ingredients to make steel is from things God has put in the earth.

Also, think of all the wood that is used. It all came from the trees that God put here on earth.

(2)Think of all the concrete that is used on earth.

Reinforced concrete was invented in 1849 by Joseph Monier. He was a Parisian gardener who made garden pots and tubs of concrete reinforced with an iron mesh.

In Revelation 5 the Lord is going to lay claim that everything on this earth it all that belongs to Him. And this book is His title and deed that it belongs to Him.

For example, the cars that we drove to get here we lay claim they belong to us and we can do with it as we please.

But all the earth that we can see belong to God and He has the right to do with it as He please. If we want to we can take a hammer and smash it!!! Why? Because it belongs to us!!!

Illus: For example, we are forbidden to kill someone. Why? Because we are forbidden to do so because that life does not belong to us. But hear me and hear me well, if God takes a life He is not a murderer!

Why? Because all life belongs to God and He can do with it as He please.

And what God is fixing to do during the tribulations where millions and millions are killed, God is not a murderer because everything He is going to do belongs to Him.

He can wipe out a third of the population and still the angels will cry out, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!!!

This book tells us a STRONG ANGEL proclaiming with a loud voice is asking a question Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

We have been introduced to THE BOOK but now let us look at…