![]() He is the one whose sacrifice redeemed us from sin, and he still bears the marks of His sacrifice in heaven. His is the fulfillment of all of the promises made to Israel He is the Lion of Judah and the Root of David. This passage is a tremendous picture of Jesus Christ as the Lamb of God. Joseph Stowell speaking recently on Matthew 1:23, which reads, in part, “They shall call His name Immanuel, which means ‘God with us’.” “God with us” means literally that! He is with our men and women currently in Afghanistan, patients in ICU units in hospitals and their families in the waiting room, children in schools, those in prison, and everywhere else. His power, His perfect knowledge and His presence is everywhere on earth among us. These seven eyes stands for the “all knowing and all seeing presence of God everywhere.” There is no place on earth that is not under the all seeing eye of God. A good cross-reference on this is found in Zechariah 4:10. The Lamb also has seven eyes representing the Seven Spirits of God which aresent out all over the earth. 2:1): “My heart exalts in the Lord, my horn is exalted in the Lord….” The Psalmist writes (89:17): “For thou art the glory of their strength, and by Thy favor our horn is exalted.” Psalm 112:9-”He has given freely to the poor His righteousness endures forever His horn will be exalted in honor.” God lifts up the horn of His people in Psalm 148:14. With the birth of Samuel to Hannah, she sings a song of Thanksgiving (1 Sam. The horn, secondly, also stands for honor. In the blessing of Moses, Deuteronomy 33:17, the horns of Joseph are like the horns of the wild ox which will push the people, all at once, to the end of the earth. In 1 Kings 22:7, we read that Zedekiah, the prophet, made iron horns as a sign of promised victory over the Syrians. In the Old Testament, a horn had two meanings. The seven horns stand for omnipotence, which means having absolute power. As you may recall, the number “seven” is the number of completeness used in the Bible. This Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes. In Revelation, Jesus is called the Lamb approximately 29 times. The important thrust of this passage is the first appearance of the Lamb in John’s vision of heaven. In Revelation 5:6 are these words: “And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.” What are “the seven Spirits of God?” Answer: What are “The Seven Spirits of God” Question: ![]() Revelation 5:6 speaks of a Lamb standing…with seven horns and seven eyes which are “the seven Spirits of God.” What, exactly, is that talking about? Christianity’s Association With the Seventh Day.Signs Of A Generation That Has Lost Its Way. ![]() Furthermore, the passage, here, is an echo of Zechariah 4:2-10 (a reference to the Lampstand of the tabernacle), where the prophet Zechariah saw the seven Spirits of God as seven lamps (4:5). Since seven (7) is the biblical number of completion, the Spirit of God is presented in the Apocalypse as seven attributes of one complete, and total, Holy Spirit. The reader of Revelation is informed that the language of the manuscript is symbolic in Revelation 1:1, he is told that the Revelation would be shown to John by significations (esēmanen). Yet, here, we are told that God has “ seven Spirits.” Because of the nature of apocalyptic literature, we know that the “seven Spirits” of God must be understood in the light of symbolic language. Then there is John 4:24, which defines God as “Spirit.” Therefore, God is, but, ONE Spirit, in the strictest manner of speaking. We are told in Ephesians 4:4, however, that there is, but, ONE Spirit in relation to God. Revelation 4:5 gives more commentary on these Spirits which associate them with the seven lamps: “… And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.” The concept of the “seven spirits” of God is a common theme in the book of Revelation (3:1 4:5 5:6). ![]()
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