The Lion and the Lamb
Revelation 5:10-11
Kenute P. Curry
And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth” (5:10).
Kings and priests to our God – The redeemed are a part of God’s kingdom, a community of believers under God’s sovereign rule. They are also priests to God, signifying their complete access to God’s presence for worship and service (1 Peter 2:9); they will offer up spiritual sacrifices, the sacrifice of praise continually (1 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 13:15). During the Millennial Kingdom, believers will reign upon the earth with Christ (Revelation 20:6; 2 Timothy 2:12).
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands (5:11).
Voice of many angles – To the voices of the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders are now added those of innumerable angels. Apparently, ten thousand is the highest number for which the Greeks had a word. Hebrews 12:1 states that the number of holy angels cannot be counted. According to Revelation 12:3-4, their number is at least twice as many as the fallen angels.
Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible, © 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.
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