Revelation 5:1-14
verses 3-4: But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
I do not understand the book of Revelation, and have never really spent much time reading it. Reading the passage for today I was relieved to have at least a sense of what the verses were saying to me. Jesus is the Way. He is the one we are to look to for direction, for help, and for comfort. He is really the only one who can provide for us what we need. When I have thought and thought and thought about how to resolve a conflict, asking God to help me is often the resolution. Unfortunately I wait too long to go to God directly, and waste a lot of time ruminating. There is no problem too big for God. There are no locks he cannot unlock, or mazes he cannot see us through.
Holy Father, you are my guide, my advisor, my teacher, my coach and my friend. You are always there, never absent, and never too busy to help. I thank you with all of my heart. Amen
Becky, transforming
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Revelations 5:1-14
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Revelation 5: 1-14
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
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Revelations 5:1-14
I wasn’t going to write this morning because I didn’t understand all of the symbolism in the chapter. It appears to be someone’s dream and I suppose the references to the number seven and four living creatures and the elders represent something important. I did recognize the Lamb. Jesus ascended into heaven and took the scroll from God and took His place at the throne with God. At least that is what I got from the reading. I’ll have to do some research.