Revelation 5 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And I beheld, and lo. Re_Valve_E3_Announcments.jpg' alt='Left 4 Dead 2 Final With The Sacrifice Lamb' title='Left 4 Dead 2 Final With The Sacrifice Lamb' />Better, And I saw omit and lo in the midst of the throne and of the four living beings, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb or, a little Lamb, standing as if having been slain. The position of the Lamb is described from the seers point of view the Lamb is not on the throne, but in the middle front of it, and so apparently between the living creatures, and in the midst of the circle formed by the twenty four elders. The passage is most striking. Left 4 Dead 2 Final With The Sacrifice Lamb' title='Left 4 Dead 2 Final With The Sacrifice Lamb' />Love and Sacrifice Thoughts about the Offering of Isaac. The first occurrence of the word love in the Bible is connected with Abrahams love for his only son. Title Length Color Rating Effective Use of Dialogue in The Sacrifice of Isaac Effective Use of Dialogue in The Sacrifice of Isaac In the Brome. Daily paper. Local, state, and wire news and commentary. Photo galleries, business and obituaries. Source http There is also an outstanding book by V. I. Dahl, packed with evidence and witness testimonies. The Evangelist is told of the Lion which will open the seals he looks, and lo, it is a Lamb Lamb for the word is diminutive. There is deep significance in this. When we read of the Lion, we think of power and majesty, and we are right all power in heaven and earth is Christs, but it is power manifested in seeming weakness. The waters of Shiloah are mightier than the Euphrates Isaiah 8 6 8 righteousness and purity, meekness and gentleness, are greater than carnal weapons comp. Corinthians 6 6 7 Ephesians 6 1. Lamb mightier than the roaring lion which goeth about seeking whom he may devour 1. Peter 5 8. But it is a Lamb as if it had been slain. The wound marks are there, butit is not dead it is standing, for it represents Him who though He died is alive for evermore but the signs of suffering and death are visible, for it is not the Lamb, but the suffering Lamb, which is exalted it is not the Christ, but the Christ crucified, which is the power of God the Christ lifted up from the earth draws all men unto Him John 1. Corinthians 1 2. John 1. As such He is the worship of the Church and the world which He has redeemed. See Revelation 5 8 9 comp. Revelation 7 1. 4. The reference to earlier Scriptures Exodus 1. Isaiah 5. 3 7 John 1 2. John 1 3. 6 1. Corinthians 5 7 8 is not to be overlooked. From the tokens of suffering the seer passes to the tokens of strength and wisdom which he saw in the Lamb. He describes it as having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth or, which are being sent forth into all the earth. The horn is the strength of the animal which carries it. It is so used in the blessing of Joseph His horns are like the horns of a wild bull unicorns in Authorised version with them shall he push the people together, c. The Book of Revelation, often called the Revelation to John, the Apocalypse of John, The Revelation, or simply Revelation or Apocalypse, is a book of the New. Deuteronomy 3. 3 1. Psalm 8. 9 2. 4 Psalm 1. The seven horns denote completeness or fulness of strength. The seven eyes, like the seven lamps Revelation 4 5, represent the Holy Spirit in Hs manifold girts of grace but as they are described as eyes of the Lamb, they betoken His omniscience who is in heaven and yet, by His Spirit, everywhere Matthew 2. Note, also, that the seven spirits are ascribed to the Son as well as to the Father. Comp. John 1. 4 2. Mitsubishi 4M40 Engine Repair Manual on this page. John 1. 5 2. 6. The seven spirits are said to be sent the word is from the same root as the word apostle. There is an apostolate of the Spirit as well as an apostolate of the Church and, if we adopt the version here which gives the present participle, this spiritual apostolate is being continually exerted the seven spirits are in process of being sent out by Him who says to this one Go, and he goeth to the twelve, Go ye into all the world,. His Spirit to confer on His people grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Verse 6. And I beheld. Again a new feature of the vision is indicated see on ver. And, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders. For a description of the position of the throne and the living beings and the elders, see Revelation 4 6. The passage would, perhaps, be more plainly rendered, Between the throne and the four living creatures on the one hand, and the elders on the other, stood, etc. The repetition of in the midst is a Hebraism cf. Genesis 1 4, 6, 7, LXX. The Lamb would thus occupy a central position, where he would be visible to all. Stood a Lamb. The Greek word, which is here employed, and which is constantly used throughout the Apocalypse, occurs elsewhere in the New Testament only in John 2. The Lamb of John 1 2. This word has therefore been brought forward as an evidence that the writer of the Gospel was not also the writer of the Apocalypse, since, when the word is applied as a title of our Lord, the term differs. But the passage John 1 2. Isaiah, and the writer naturally adheres to the form found in the LXX. But on other occasions, when he is free to employ his own diction, as in John 2. Apocalypse, he invariably employs the term. Some have found in the fact that avalon is originally a diminutive form of amnos, a reference to, the lowliness and meekness of our Lord and they see a contrast in the power indicated by the seven horns. But such interpretations, however helpful and suggestive, are not warranted by anything in the grammar of the word since, although no doubt originally a diminutive, the word had lost all such force in St. Johns time so much so, that the varying cases were formed from both words. As it had been Main. We are here confronted with what Stuart calls an aesthetical difficulty. How could the Lamb, which was alive, standing, and active, exhibit any appearance which would give St. John the idea that it had been slain Similarly, in the following verses, how could the Lamb take the book, or the four living beings handle harps and bowls, or the elders play on harps while also holding bowls In the first place, it is perfectly immaterial to inquire. St. John is not giving a circumstantial narrative of certain historical facts which occurred in the material, sensible world but he is reproducing ideas conveyed to him in some way certainly not through the senses, which ideas are symbolical of events occurring in the natural and spiritual worlds, and of the condition of men or bodies of men. Therefore, if we can ascertain what these mental pictures are intended to portray to us, it matters not in what way the ideas were conveyed to the mind of the seer. In the second place, it must be remembered that the whole is a vision and that although St. John says, I saw, in point of fact none of the mental impressions which he obtained were conveyed through the senses. Just as a person relating a dream says, I saw, when in reality his eyes had been shut and his senses asleep, so the writer here says, I saw and just as in a dream we receive distinct ideas concerning an object without knowing how or why we know the particular fact, and that, too, when such qualities seem contradictory to others with which the object is invested, and yet no incongruity is apparent to us, so St. John realized that these objects possessed qualities which, in the sensible world, would have been impossible. Having seven horns. Throughout the Bible an emblem of power. Moses blessed the tribe of Joseph in the words, His horns are like the horns of unicorns with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth Deuteronomy 3. Hannah sang, Mine horn is exalted 1 Samuel 2 1. The seven denotes perfection see on Revelation 1 4 5 1, etc. The symbol, therefore, attributes to the Lamb complete power cf. Christ in Matthew 2.