“Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:12.

The word worthy can be defined as deserving of a specified thing; having the authority to possess or acquire something. In the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation, the apostle John is having a vision of what appears to be an unsolvable mystery. A book, with seven seals is unable to be opened…and no man was worthy to look upon or even open the book…eager for the truth and seemingly no way to obtain it, he wept “And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.”  Revelation 5:4.

The scene takes a drastic change from fear and hopeless wonder to encouragement and hope! The following verse states “And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” Revelation 5:5. Christ the slain lamb of God stood in the midst of the throne and He is worthy and has all authority to look upon and open the book!

When Jesus takes the book, the One who has all power in Heaven, and on earth…the scene becomes one of perpetual Heavenly praise… “And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.” Revelation 5:11-12.

My friends, our Redeemer is worthy…He paid the price to reconcile us back to God… He is seated on the right hand of God’s and reigns forever; let us bow down  before Him…thanking Him for enduring the cross and taking away our sins, only by His amazing grace are we overcomers in this dark world; and will one day live with Him forever!

Hallelujah -let us shout it with all that is within us, worthy is the Lamb, Jesus the Son of God…our Savior and LORD! “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. He is King of kings and  Lord of lords…the only Potentate- He alone is WORTHY! “Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.” Psalm  150:6.

God blessings and peace be to all!