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Re: Question For My Oneness Friends...
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Originally Posted by AbundantGrace
Read this passage of scripture carefully and think about what you're reading.
Rev 5:1 - 7: Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" 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. Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
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A couple of questions. First of all, who is the Lamb? He's Jesus... I believe we can all agree on that, right?
But notice, it says that He (the Lamb, Jesus) came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. Now who is it that's sitting on the throne that Jesus, the Lamb is taking the scroll from?
Just wondering what your answers may be... |
It's all figurative language.
1)God doesn't have a right hand. Right hand is a anthropomorphism that represents a place of power and authority.
2)God doesn't have a literal throne that He can sit on because He is a Spirit and heaven is His throne and the earth is His footstool. The heaven of heavens cannot contain Him. The throne in heaven was specifically made for Jesus Christ to sit upon.
3) John is literally seeing a vision of a Lamb before a throne in heaven. Yes, the Lamb represents Jesus but the entire scene is figurative or symbollic.
AG, How many divine persons will you see in heaven?
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