10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”
A. We (Christians) are kings and priests on this earth.
B. Christ is our king and we are reigning WITH Him (20:4).
C. We are a priesthood of believers. We do not go to a priest to communicate with God. We ARE the priests. (1:6)
REVELATION 5:10 auvtou,j {A} The third person pronoun, which is overwhelmingly supported, was replaced by h`ma/j in several versional and patristic witnesses, followed by the Textus Receptus....
Verse Revelation 5:10. _KINGS AND PRIESTS_] See Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:9, and the notes there....
AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS - See the notes on Revelation 1:6. AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH - The redeemed, of whom we are the representatives. The idea clearly is, in accordanc...
Revelation 5:1 . Much has been written about the meaning of the book written within and on the back side, and sealed with seven seals. What the book contains is no secret whatever. Beginning with the...
REVELATION 5. THE VISION OF HEAVEN (_continued)._ Ch. 4 gives us the vision of the majesty and glory of God, ch. 5 the vision of the Lamb standing as though it had been slain. The theme of Revelation...
WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH. According to the view just presented, this should read, "They shall reign upon the earth,". prediction that the control of the earth should finally pass into the hands of...
The evidence for the current view rests solely upon the formerly accepted text of the Doxology (song), in which the living beings and the elders are represented as uniting, (Chapter 5:10, 11.) Critici...
THE ROLL IN THE HAND OF GOD (Revelation 5:1) _ 5:1 And in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne I saw a roll written on the front and on the back, and seated with seven seals._ We must...
And the Lamb came and received the roll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. When it had received the roll, the four living creatures fell before the Lamb and so did the twenty-fou...
HAST MADE. madest. US. See Revelation 5:9. UNTO. to, or for. KINGS. a kingdom, with all the texts. PRIESTS. i.e.. priestly kingdom. See Revelation 1:6 and Hebrews 12:28....
_unto our God kings and priests_ See on the last verse for the true reading: on Revelation 1:6 for the origin of the phrase. _we shall reign_ Authorities are nearly evenly divided between the readings...
THE NEW SONG...
ἘΠΟΊΗΣΑΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ. Text. Rec[207] reads ἐπ. ἡμᾶς with all Latin authorities, except Cyp[208] and cod. am[209] [207] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [208] St Cyprian as quoted by Haussle...
_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...
ΈΠΟΊΗΣΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, производить, составлять, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΣΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΩ (G936) быть царем, царствовать, править....
DISCOURSE: 2507 THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS OPENED BY JESUS CHRIST Revelation 5:6. 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...
AND HAST MADE US—KINGS AND PRIESTS,— "We are robed in purity and majesty; we are crowned with gold; (ch. Revelation 4:4.) and here we appear in those priestly offices which we perform with the splendo...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER V THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS _Text (Revelation 5:1-14)_ Introduction 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back,...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ The Heavenly Doxologies Text (Revelation 5:9-14) These elders sang a new song; new, because it is in praise of a new triumph of Christ, who has been found worthy to open the s...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 13 Text Revelation 5:1-10 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a stro...
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. MADE US - A B 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, read 'them.' The Hebrew, third person for the first, has a grap...
__ Throne Section-The Scroll At the seventh trumpet they fall and worship, the tenor of their words showing that they are not included among His slaves the prophets or the saints (Rev_11:16). They h...
5:10 kings (l-7) Some authorities here read 'a kingdom,' as in ch. 1.6, but it is rather here a title or name....
THE GLORY OF THE LAMB The Church is shown that Christ is on her side. He has overcome by suffering. Now the future is for Him and His people, and He is worshipped with the Father. 1-4. A roll of a bo...
KINGS] RV 'a kingdom': see on Revelation 1:6. REIGN] i.e. have power over tribulation and sin: cp. Ephesians 2:6; 1 Peter 2:9....
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *WORSHIP OF THE *LAMB - REVELATION 5:1-14 V1 Then I saw a *scroll on the right hand of him who sat on the *throne. There were wor...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG, SAYING... — Better, _And they sing a new song, saying._ The use of the present (“sing”) is another example of that intensity of interest of which the change of tense in the l...
An allusion not so much to the idea of Revelation 20:4, where the literal sway of the saints (= life eternal, in substance) is confined to a certain section of them, or to Revelation 22:5 (on the new...
THE ONE WORTHY TO OPEN IT Revelation 5:9 Jesus is worthy to unroll the mystic scroll of history, because He loved and loves our race as no other has ever done; and He is equally worthy to open each n...
In this chapter we have John's vision of the heavenly arrangement for earthly administration. The program lies in the hand of the One who sits on the throne. It is written, but sealed, and none can kn...
The redeemed are made a kingdom (ASV) and priests. (Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:9) We can also be said to be ruling with Christ who is King of kings. (Matthew 19:28, where the regeneration would be the...
And hast made us to our God, &c. See 1 Peter ii. 5, 9. (Witham) --- All Christians may justly be styled kings and priests of God, by the spiritual empire they possess over their passions and the world...
(8) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having everyone of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saint...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Title Deed I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.--George Bernard Shaw There is enough for all. The earth is a generous...
In the next Chapter we find the Lamb. A book was in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It was counsels, wielded by His power. Who could open them and bring them forth to execution? Who had t...
AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS,.... Revelation 1:6. The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, and the Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethiopic versions, read "them", instead of "us":...
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. Ver. 10. _And we shall reign on the earth_] Reign over our lusts; reign with and in Christ over all our enemies by a...
_And when he had taken the book, the four_ living creatures _fell down_ Now is homage done to the Lamb by the whole Christian Church and all its members, represented by these four living creatures. Th...
KINGS AND PRIESTS; see note to chap Revelation 1:6. ON THE EARTH; ultimately over all the earth, and for ever in heaven....
The song of the elders:...
AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS; AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH. Jesus the Savior is here the sole center of interest; everything revolves about Him: And when He had taken the scroll,...
NONE FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT In the right hand of the Sovereign Ruler is seen a book sealed with seven seals, written on the inside and on the back (v. 1). It is the book of God's ju...
8-14 It is matter of joy to all the world, to see that God deals with men in grace and mercy through the Redeemer. He governs the world, not merely as a Creator, but as our Saviour. The harps were in...
The four living creatures and four and twenty elders (by which are represented the ministers and members of the church of Christ) go on in showing why they had reason to proclaim Christ worthy to be t...
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X , these God has promised to bestow upon thee, because thou hast been deified, and begotten unto immortality.[71]...
Revelation 5:10 And G2532 made G4160 (G5656) us G2248 kings G935 and G2532 priests G2409 our G2257 God...
‘And he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, e...
The vision upon which we enter in this chapter is beheld in the same circumstances as that of chap. 4, and is closely connected with it. The special revelation of the Apocalypse does not yet begin, an...
Revelation 5:9-10. AND THEY SING A NEW SONG, SAYING, WORTHY, ART THOU TO TAKE THE ROLL, AND TO OPEN THE SEALS THEREOF, FOR THOU WAST SLAUGHTERED, AND DIDST PURCHASE TO GOD IN THY BLOOD MEN OUT OF EVER...
MADEST (εποιησας). First aorist active indicative of ποιεω, a prophetic use anticipating the final result.A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS (βασιλειαν κα ιερεις). As the correct text in Revelation 1:6.THEY R...
Revelation 5:8 The End of the Redeemed. I. Such a vision as that of the text is intended, we cannot doubt, to form a ground of hope and of encouragement in the progressive advancement of our spiritua...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seven sealed books. Christ seen in His Kingly character. Angels, elders and living creatures exalt the Lamb who is King. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, strong angel, elders, f...
Revelation 5:1. _I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,_ a large staff, with seven sheets of parchment written on both sides, and at the last coil of each parchment, a seal was...
The praise of the created and the Redeemed! BY YOUR DEATH. The bloody death of the Cross is the PRICE of buying men [men and women] for God (Revelation 1:6). A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS. In Christ's kingdom...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 5:10 KINGDOM AND PRIESTS. See Revelation 1:6; Exodus 19:6
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 5:8 INCENSE symbolizes THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS. It shows that God hears their cries for relief and will answer through judgment ...
This Lion-lamb came and took the book from the hand of him who sat upon the throne; and the heavenly beings fell down before the Lamb with harps and golden vials full of odors which are the prayers of...
THE OPENER OF THE SEALED BOOK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ HAVING duly conserved the honour of the one and only Lord God Almighty, attention can be again fixed on the ministry of the Living Christ...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 5:1 AND I SAW. As in Revelation 4:1, this phrase introduces a new incident in the vision. That which had been witnessed remained, but a further development now takes place....
_8 AND WHEN HE HAD TAKEN THE BOOK, THE FOUR BEASTS AND FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LAMB, HAVING EVERY ONE OF THEM HARPS, AND GOLDEN VIALS FULL OF ODOURS, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF SAINT...
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a scroll that had writing both within and on the backside, and it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a l...
1 Peter 2:5; Daniel 7:18; Daniel 7:27; Exodus 19:6; Revelation 1:6;...
Us [η μ α ς]. Read aujtouv them. Kings [β α σ ι λ ε ι ς]. Read, basileian a kingdom. See on chapter Revelation 1:6. We shall reign [β α σ ι λ ε υ σ ο μ ε ν]. Read basileuousin they reign. Their reign...
THE LAMB IN REVELATION Revelation 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember from Exodus 12:1, how that lamb had to be kept up from the tenth to the fourteenth day, and how it had to be slain at the going d...
And hast made them — The redeemed. So they speak of themselves also in the third person, out of deep self — abasement. They shall reign over the earth — The new earth: herewith agree the golden crowns...