The Redeemer receives praise from many Revelation 5:9-11: When the Redeemer takes the scroll, the response is immediate. The angels and redeemed ones join together in worship of the Lamb. They sang a new song concerning the victory of the redeemed. Under the Old Testament the people of God could only hope for redemption. Now, because of the Lamb of God we can both speak and sing of the redeemed.

The new song honors the slain Lamb as the price of redemption. The new song showed that the Lamb has redeemed us to God, by His blood. This redemption is available for every tribe and tongue and people and nation. The result of the redemption is that we are kings and priests unto God.

The statement, "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth" is perplexing to many. (Revelation 5:10) Observe the translation from the American Standard Version, "and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon earth." Christians of all nations are now reigning upon the earth with Jesus Christ. Christ's kingdom is not of this world. It is a spiritual reign of a people who are "called out" of the world. The New Testament denies that Jesus ever intended or that He ever plans to rule in any temporal sense on this earth. The church of Christ is His kingdom.

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