Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea 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, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. The universal chorus of creation, the outermost circles as well as the inner (of saints and angels), winds up the doxology. The full accomplishment is to be when Christ takes His great power and reigns visibly. EVERY CREATURE - (Psalms 103:22.) UNDER THE EARTH - the departed spirits in Hades. SUCH AS ARE. So B, Vulgate; but A 'Aleph (') omit....

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 instruments of praise; the vials were full of odours, or incense, which signify the prayers of the saints: prayer and praise should always go together. Christ has redeemed his people from the bondage of sin, guilt, and Satan. He has not only purchased liberty for them, but the highest honour and preferment; he made them kings and priests; kings, to rule over their own spirits, and to overcome the world, and the evil one; and he makes them priests; giving them access to himself, and liberty to offer up spiritual sacrifices. What words can more fully declare that Christ is, and ought to be worshipped, equally with the Father, by all creatures, to all eternity! Happy those who shall adore and pra...

Verse Revelation 5:13. _EVERY CREATURE_] All parts of the creation, animate and inanimate, are represented here, by that figure of speech called _prosopopaeia_ or _personification_, as giving praise to the Lord Jesus, because by him _all things were created_. We find the whole creation gives precisely the _same praise_, and in the _same terms_, to Jesus Christ, who is undoubtedly meant here by the _Lamb just_ _slain_ as they give to GOD who _sits upon the throne_. Now if Jesus Christ were not properly GOD this would be _idolatry_, as it would be giving to the _creature_ what belongs to the _Creator_....

AND EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS IN HEAVEN - The meaning of this verse is, that all created things seemed to unite in rendering honor to Him who sat on the throne, and to the Lamb. in the previous verse a certain number - a vast host - of angels are designated as rendering praise as they stood round the area occupied by the throne, the elders, and the living creatures; here it is added that all who were in heaven united in this ascription of praise. AND ON THE EARTH - All the universe was heard by John ascribing praise to God. A voice was heard from the heavens, from all parts of the earth, from under the earth, and from the depths of the sea, as if the entire universe joined in the adoration. It is not necessary to press the language literally, and still less, is it necessary to understand by it, as Prof. Stuart does, that the angels who presided over the earth, over the under-world, and ove...

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. Revelation 4:1. relates the revelation of the glory of the Triune God (see on Revelation 4:2) surrounded by his Church and creation. The glory of Jesus Christ, the Lamb, is now set forth, since he is the only One worthy to receive and declare to his Church the mystery contained in the sealed book. IN THE RIGHT HAND; _upon the right hand _(ἐπί)_. _T

AND EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS IN HEAVEN,.... Animate or inanimate, angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect, sun, moon, and stars, and the fowls of the air: AND ON THE EARTH; men and beasts, and every creeping thing, mountains, hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars: and under the earth: in the bowels of it, metals, minerals, and everything of that kind: AND SUCH AS ARE IN THE SEA; that sail in ships upon the mighty waters, and fishes great and small that are therein: AND ALL THAT ARE IN THEM; in heaven, earth, and sea: HEARD I SAYING, BLESSING, AND HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND POWER, BE UNTO HIM THAT SITTETH UPON THE THRONE, AND UNTO THE LAMB FOR EVER AND EVER; all creatures in their way praise God, and are subservient to the glory and interest of Christ, and are the occasion of glorifying of both; and even the enemies of Christ, wicked men and devils, will be obliged to own Christ t...

REVELATION 5:13 kai, (5) {B} In order to provide a verb for the relative clause (with or without an additional relative pronoun), after qala,sshj some witnesses read evsti,n( kai, (A 1006 1611c 1854 2344 _al_), others read a[ evstin( kai, (P 046 1 2073 2081 _al_, followed by the Textus Receptus), and still others read o[sa evsti,n( kai, (1828 2053 _al_). The text that seems to have given rise to these modifications is simply kai,, supported by a 1611* 2020 2065 2432 _al_....

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 sixth chapter the seals are opened and after they are all broken the contents of the book are made known. The book contains the judgments for this earth preceding His coming in power and glory and the beginning of His reign. It is, therefore, the book of the righteous judgments of God, preceding the glorious manifestation of the King of Kings. Revelation 5:4 . John receives the answer to the question the strong angel had proclaimed. One of the elders told him, “Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and the seven seals thereof.” No further co

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 4 is the creative power of God: the theme of Revelation 5 the redemptive power of Christ. REVELATION 5:1. A BOOK: _ i.e._ the book of destiny, containing the secrets of the future, probably in the form of a papyrus roll, sealed with seven seals for the sake of security. The imagery is taken from Ezekiel 2:9. [The view that the book is the book of destiny is probably correct. Huschke, followed by Zahn, J. Weiss, and Clemen, takes it to be a will. Seven witnesses would attest a will, each affixing his seal. Before the will could be executed the seals had to be broken; hence failure to break

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.) Criticism has shown that, in this instance, the text of the Recepta is corrupt; it has established the fact that _heemas_ (us) and _basileusomen_ (we will rule) are corruptions of _autous_ (them) and _basileusousin_ (they will rule), and has rendered probable (_certain,_ in the opinion of Lange, Alford and Tischendorf,) the further fact that the _heemas_ (us) of verse. is an interpolation.--_ Am. Editor of Lange on Revelation, page_ 152....