Revelation 5:12

For similar arrangements in Jewish doxologies, see Gfrörer, ii. 146 8; and, for ἰσχ. τιμ. δόξ. see Daniel 2:37 (LXX). τήν groups together the seven words of the panegyric; honour and glory and praise are due to one whose victorious death has won him the power of bestowing incalculable riches on his people and of unriddling the future, against all opposition (Weiss). The refrain of δύν. is heard in Revelation 11:17, and δόξα had been already associated with “wealth” and “power” (Ephesians 1:18 f.) or “wisdom” (2 Corinthians 3:7 f., Revelation 4:4, etc.) in Christ (contrast Isaiah 53:2 LXX). The act of taking the book (Revelation 5:7) suggests the general authority and prestige of the Lamb, which is acknowledged in this doxology. The order in 12, 13 is the same as in Psalms 103:20-22, where the angels are followed by creation in the worship. When God's creatures and servants magnify, praise, and bless him, yielding themselves to his dominion, and acknowledging that to him all the strength and wealth and wisdom of life rightly belong, God is honoured. Christ was glorified by God (cf. Acts 3:13; Romans 6:4; John 17:1) at the resurrection, when God's power raised him to eternal life; he is glorified by men in their homage and submission to him as the sole medium of redemption and revelation.