Friday, October 23, 2015

One day all creatures will agree- worthy is the Lamb Slain!


Excerpt from Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith -

Revelation Chapter 5

Verse 13 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 honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever.

A Clean Universe.--

In verse 13 we have a declaration thrown in out of its chronological order for the purpose of following out to its completion the previous statement or allusion. This occurs frequently in the Bible. In this instance the time is anticipated when the work of redemption is finished.

In verse 10 the four living creatures and four and twenty elders had declared, "We shall reign on the earth." Now the prophet's mind is carried forward to that event. He looks forward to the time when the number of the redeemed shall be made up, the
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universe be freed from sin and sinners, and a universal song of adoration go up to God and the Lamb.

It is futile to attempt to apply this to the church in its present state, or to any time in the past since sin entered the world, or even since Satan fell from his high position as an angel of light and love in heaven. For at the time of which John speaks, every creature in heaven and on earth without any exception was sending up its anthem of blessings to God.

But to speak only of this world since the fall, cursings instead of blessings have been breathed out against God and His throne from the great majority of our apostate race. So it will ever be while sin reigns.

We find, then, no place for this sense which John describes, unless we go forward to the time when the plan of redemption is completed, and the saints enter upon their promised reign on the earth.

To the Lamb, equally with the Father who sits upon the throne, praise is ascribed in this song of adoration. "Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever." Revelation 5: 13.

Coming back from the glorious scene anticipated in verse 13 to events taking place in the heavenly sanctuary before him, the prophets hears the four living creatures exclaim, Amen.

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Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Rev 1:2  Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Rev 1:3  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Things which MUST come to pass.

The Slain Lamb of God- the only One worthy to take the book with seven seals.

The Slain Lamb of God- ALL WILL proclaim His worthiness.

Remember this--

Luk 19:38  Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Luk 19:39  And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
Luk 19:40  And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Stones crying out?

What about this--

Isa 55:12  For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Mountains singing? Trees clapping their hands?

The point being, prophetically there will come a day when ALL CREATURES- all created things- will -

Say-  'Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.'

They will ALL agree that the LAMB slain and GOD deserve all blessing, all honor, all glory and all power!

John heard this prophetically, the truth that ULTIMATELY ALL created beings will believe!  This will happen when all sin is gone! This WILL happen! John could hear this prophetically and just as it is a reality that the heavenly sanctuary exists where our God and our Savior enact their plan of salvation all the way until we are made at one with them again, it is a reality that one day ALL will believe and ALL will agree that the LAMB is worthy!  This is TRUTH!

Rev 5:14  And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

What an incredible vision!

The WORTHY LAMB SLAIN!

By unanimous agreement among all God's created beings in heaven and upon earth, the LAMB SLAIN IS WORTHY! And as being the WORTHY ONE, He is due all blessing, all honor, all glory, and all power. Equal to His Father, worthy in all things!


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