WORTHY IS THE LAMB (163 downloads)
Revelation 4:1–5:14
Key Verses 5:12 “In a loud voice they were saying: Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”
- Describe the one sitting on the throne and those surrounding the throne. (4:1-5)
- Describe the 4 living creatures who were in the center around the throne. (6b-8) How did the 4 living creatures lead in worship? (8-11) What does it mean that God is holy? That he is the “Lord God Almighty”? (cf. 11:17; 15:3; 16:7) That he “was, and is, and is to come”?
- What is the content of the worship of 24 elders? (10,11) Why is God alone worthy to receive glory, honor and power? (11b; 10:6; 14:7b; cf. Colossians 1:16)
- What else did John see, and how is it described? (5:1) What might this scroll be about? (cf. Ezekiel 2:9,10; Daniel 8:26) Why would one need to be “worthy” to open it?
- What did one of the elders tell John? (5) Who is this, and what does it mean? (Genesis 49:9,10; Isaiah 11:10) In contrast to the Lion, what did John see, what did it look like?
- What did the four living creatures and 24 elders do, and why? (8) What is the content of the new song of worship? (9-10) What does the new song tell us about the Lamb’s main mission?
- What did John see and hear next? (11) What is the Lamb worthy to receive, and why? (12; compare with 4:11)