Revelation 55RevelationThe throne, the scroll and the LambunfoldingWord® Simplified Text

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1. The Lamb Takes the Scroll

2. 1USTThen I saw that the person who was sitting on the throne was holding a scroll in his right hand. He had written words on both sides of the scroll. But he had then sealed the scroll shut with seven pieces of wax{, so no one could read what he had written}.BSBBSB: Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
3. 2USTI saw a powerful angel who was asking in a loud voice:“Who is the person who qualifies to break open the pieces of wax on the scroll and then unroll the scroll{ and read what it says}?”BSBBSB: And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
4. 3USTYet no heavenly being, no person on the earth, and no one in the abode of the dead was sufficiently worthy to open the scroll and read it.BSBBSB: But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
5. 4USTWhen I saw that no one anywhere was sufficiently worthy to open the scroll and read it, I wept bitterly.{ I wept because I knew that what God had written was important, but I thought that no one would ever find out what he had written}.BSBBSB: And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
6. 5USTBut one of the elders said to me,“You do not need to weep! Here is the person we are looking for! He is the{ person whom the prophets described as the} Lion from the tribe of Judah and as a branch that would grow from David’ s roots. He is victorious! Therefore, he is{ sufficiently} worthy to break open the seven pieces of wax on the scroll and open the scroll!”BSBBSB: Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
7. 6USTThen I saw that a lamb was standing by the throne. The four living beings and the elders surrounded him. He was alive, but he had marks that showed that others had once killed him violently. He had seven horns. He also had seven eyes. Those are the seven spirits of God that God sends throughout all the world.BSBBSB: Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
8. 7USTThe Lamb came up to the throne, and the person who was sitting on the throne handed the scroll to him.BSBBSB: And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
9. 8USTAs soon as{ the Lamb} accepted the scroll, the four living beings and the 24 elders knelt down in front of the Lamb. The elders each held a harp and some golden bowls that contained incense. The incense symbolized the prayers of people who belong to God.BSBBSB: When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
10. 9USTThe living beings and the elders sang a song that no one had ever sung before. They sang{ to the Lamb},“You deserve to receive this scroll and to break open its pieces of wax{ so that you can read what it says}.{ You deserve this} because when you gave up your life, you paid with your own blood to set people free from sin so that they could worship and obey God. You did this for people all over the world.BSBBSB: And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
11. 10USTYou have caused them to become people over whom our God rules and to become people who will lead others to worship God. They will be rulers of the people who live in the world.”BSBBSB: You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

12. The Lamb Exalted

13. 11USTAs I was seeing{ these events}, I heard many angels singing. These angels surrounded the throne, the living beings, and the elders. There were millions of angels, so many that no one could count how many there were.BSBBSB: Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
14. 12USTThe angels were singing loudly,“The Lamb who gave up his life deserves for everyone to honor, glorify, and bless him and acknowledge how powerful, wealthy, wise, and strong he is!”BSBBSB: In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
15. 13USTThen I also heard every creature that exists in heaven, on the earth, underneath the earth, and in the sea— yes, every creature in all of those places— singing,“May everyone forever praise and honor and glorify the one sitting on the throne and the Lamb and acknowledge how powerful they are!”BSBBSB: And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in 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 forever and ever!”
16. 14USTWhen the millions of angels and every creature sang these things, the four living beings said,“So be it!” Then the elders knelt down on the ground in front of both God and the Lamb to worship them.BSBBSB: And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

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