(Revelation) Book of the Great Revealing 5

A SCROLL WITH SEVEN SEALS

1In my sacred vision , I then saw a scroll resting on the right hand of the one sitting on the seat of honor. The scroll was sealed with seven seals, and full of words inside and out.

2Then I saw a powerful spirit-messenger with a thundering voice saying for all to hear, “Who has gained the honor to take the scroll and break open its seven seals?”

3But no one in the spirit-world above or on the earth below or under the earth was able to open the scroll or see what was inside.

4Many tears ran down my face as I wept and cried because there was no one who had gained the honor to open the scroll and look inside.

THE LION WHO IS THE LAMB

5But one of the elders came to me . “Do not weep!” he said. “Look, there is the Lion from the tribe of Give Him Praise (Judah) , the one who has sprouted from the Root of Much Loved One (David) . He has won the victory and gained the honor to take the scroll and break open its seven seals.”

6Then I looked and saw a Lamb that looked as if he had been violently killed standing in the center near the seat of honor. He stood encircled by the four living spirit animals and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes. These are the seven spirits of Creator that he has sent out into all the earth.

7Then the Lamb stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sat in the seat of honor.

8When he took the scroll, the four living spirit animals and the twenty-four elders all humbled themselves before the Lamb to honor him. They each held a stringed musical instrument and a golden smudge bowl full of sweet-smelling smoke, which are the prayers of Creator’s holy people.

A NEW SONG FOR THE LAMB

9Then they sang a new song with these words:

“To you belongs the honor to take hold of the sacred scroll and break open its seven seals, for you died as a lamb led to the slaughter. You paid the highest price by offering your lifeblood to bring people back to the Great Spirit from every tribe and language and people and nation.

10You have made them chiefs of a sacred nation of holy men and women who will give guidance to all the earth as they represent the good road of the Great Spirit.”

SPIRIT-MESSENGERS HONOR THE LAMB

11Then I heard the sound of countless numbers of spirit-messengers, thousands upon thousands of them, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They made a grand circle around the seat of honor, the spirit animals, and the elders.

12With one thunderous voice, they sang, “The Lamb that was violently killed has been honored with power, riches, wisdom, chiefly rule, respect, blessing, greatness, and praise!”

13Then I heard all of creation, those in the spirit-world above, on the earth below, under the earth, and in the sea of great waters.

They were singing, “All blessing, respect, honor, and chiefly rule belong to the one who sits on the seat of honor and to the Lamb, to the time beyond the end of all days!”

14Then the four spirit animals said, “Aho! May it be so!” And the elders humbled themselves before the Great Spirit and before the Lamb to give them the honor they deserved.

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