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The Lion Rescues His People. Revelation 5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand!. The Lion Rescues His People. Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand!
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The Lion Rescues His People Revelation 5:1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand!
The Lion Rescues His People • Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand! • Psalm 20:6 • 6 Now this I know: the Lord gives victory to his anointed.He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. • Psalm 80:17, Psalm 89:13, Psalm 98:1
The Lion Rescues His People Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand! Psalm 110:1 1 The Lord says to my lord: ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.’ Mark 16:19, Acts 5:31, Acts 7:55
The Lion Rescues His People Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand! Romans 8:34 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died – more than that, who was raised to life – is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
The Lion Rescues His People Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand! Colossians 3:1 Living as those made alive in Christ 3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
The Lion Rescues His People Jesus is always pictured at GOD’S right hand! Hebrews 1:3 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
The Lion Rescues His People • Revelation 5:1 • Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. • THE SCROLL IS SYMBOLIC OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT! • Ketubah (Jewish Marriage Contract) • Title Deed to the Earth Sermon
The Lion Rescues His People • THE SCROLL IS SYMBOLIC OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT! • WHY WERE THERE SEVEN SEALS? • Represent seven signatures of a “Ketubah”! • 1) The Bride 2) The Groom 3) The Bride’s Father 4) The Groom’s Father 5) The Scribe/Rabbi 6) 1st Witness7) 2nd Witness
The Lion Rescues His People • THE SCROLL IS SYMBOLIC OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRACT! • WHY WERE THERE SEVEN SEALS? • Represent seven signatures of a “Ketubah”! • 1) The Bride (Us!)2) The Groom (Jesus!)3) The Bride’s Father (Daddy God!)4) The Groom’s Father (Adam?)5) The Scribe/Rabbi (John)6) 1st Witness (Holy Spirit?)7) 2nd Witness (Angels?)
The Lion Rescues His People Revelation 5:4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. JOHN WEPT BECAUSE HE REALISED THE NATION’S NEED FOR A KINSMAN REDEEMER
The Lion Rescues His People • Revelation 5:5 • Then one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.’ • 4. JESUS IS OUR LION WHO RESCUES & RULES!
The Lion Rescues His People • 4. JESUS IS OUR LION WHO RESCUES & RULES! • Hebrews 7:14 • 14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
The Lion Rescues His People • 4. JESUS IS OUR LION WHO RESCUES & RULES! • Genesis 39:8 – 13 • “Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah; you return from the prey, my son.Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between • his feet...
The Lion Rescues His People • 4. JESUS IS OUR LION WHO RESCUES & RULES! • Genesis 39:8 – 13 until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch;he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
The Lion Rescues His People • 4. JESUS IS OUR LION WHO RESCUES & RULES! • Genesis 39:8 – 13 until he to whom it belongs[d] shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.11 He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch;he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.12 His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.