REVELATION Chapter 5 (GNB)
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I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne; it was
covered with writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
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And I saw a mighty angel, who announced in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to
break the seals and open the scroll?"
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But there was no one in heaven or on earth or in the world below who could open
the scroll and look inside it.
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I cried bitterly because no one could be found who was worthy to open the
scroll or look inside it.
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Then one of the elders said to me, "Don't cry. Look! The Lion from Judah's
tribe, the great descendant of David, has won the victory, and he can break the
seven seals and open the scroll."
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Then I saw a Lamb standing in the center of the
throne, surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb
appeared to have been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven spirits of God that have been sent through the whole earth.
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The Lamb went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on
the throne.
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As he did so, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
before the Lamb. Each had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are
the prayers of God's people.
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They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open
its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for
God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.
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You have made them a kingdom of priests to serve our God, and they shall rule
on earth."
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Again I looked, and I heard angels, thousands and
millions of them! They stood around the throne, the four living creatures, and
the elders,
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and sang in a loud voice: "The Lamb who was killed is worthy to receive
power, wealth, wisdom, and strength, honor, glory,
and praise!"
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And I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, in the world below, and in the
sea---all living beings in the universe---and they were singing: "To him
who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor,
glory and might, forever and ever!"
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The four living creatures answered, "Amen!" And the elders fell down
and worshiped.
CHAPTER ENDS