Saturday, September 25, 2010

Revelation 4 and 5

I am reading Revelations so I thought I'd share these verses. In these two chapters, it gives us a glimpse of what happens in heaven. The whole Bible tells us that there is one God and we should only worship one God. Yet here, it is clear that Jesus is the Lamb and he is worshiped in the same manner and together with God Almighty in heaven. One sits on the throne and the other standing in the center of the throne or in the middle of the throne by another translation or Greek. I also notice that it is not just one of them, but both of them are surrounded by the 4 living creatures and 24 elders. Who is on the throne? Is he sitting or standing or both? I thought our human mind might not be able to comprehend fully things in heaven. But heavenly revelation certainly sets an example for us to follow. If the 4 living creatures and 24 elders can bow down to worship both God and Jesus. It is pretty safe for us to follow the pattern in heaven. If we don't, we have to think that we know something more than they do. We cannot allow our human mind to limit who God is. This is something that we have to use our faith in God and the Bible instead of our brain to understand who God is. This is the uniqueness about Christianity. We do not believe in the God we invent with our mind. The God invented by our mind will be limited by our mind. We believe in the God who reveals himself to us. So there will be some mystery of God that we do not fully understand or comprehend.

Revelation 4
[6] ... In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, ...
[10] the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: [11] “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Revelation 5
[6] Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.

[8] And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. [9] And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

[13] Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
[14] The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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