Reveling in the Revelation Revelation 5 Worshipping Jesus

What About Jesus Do You Worship?

Who do you think of when you think of Jesus? We might

see Jesus as a friend or “co-pilot” in life. We may think

of him as the baby in the manger or the beaten man

hanging on a cross. We could even see him as a great

teacher, a miraculous healer, or our savior. Do these

images cause you to worship Jesus?

Jesus is the Only One Worthy

In Revelation Chapter 5, the Apostle John shares a

startling new vision of Jesus in the center of the throne

room of Heaven that should alter our view of Jesus. In

this powerful vision, Jesus is the only one found worthy

to open a sealed-up scroll, which represents God’s

divine plan for redemption and judgment of the world.

As Jesus takes the scroll from the Father’s hand, all of

Heaven breaks out in worship, and the praise and

worship spreads throughout the universe. What about

Jesus ignites this praise, and how can understanding

that alter how we see and worship Jesus?

Worshipped For Where He Is

In Revelation 5, we see Jesus standing in the center of

the throne room of Heaven. I wonder if, at that moment,

John remembered what he wrote in John 1:1-2, “In the

beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and

the Word was with God.” We cannot begin to

understand the Trinity, but we can know that Jesus is

God and, therefore, the only One worthy to be in the

center of the throne room.

Worshipped For Who He Is

In the throne room, Jesus is identified by two distinctly

Jewish titles: The Lion of the Tribe of Judah and the Root

of Jesse. These are titles of power, authority, and divine

leadership. He was the only human who could prove his

kingship, marking him as the long-promised Jewish

Messiah and rightful heir of God’s eternal promises.

When he takes the scroll from God the Father’s hand,

King Jesus proves he is the only one qualified to exercise

dominion over the Earth and restore the conditions of

Paradise lost through sin. As the Son of God, he has the

power and authority to fulfill the calling that Adam lost

through sin.

Worshipped For What He Does

When John turned to look at the Lion, he saw a

slaughtered Lamb instead. Not only is Jesus the Son of

God and the King of Kings, but he is also our savior and

redeemer. He died in our place so that we would not

need to suffer eternal death. He then defeated death by

being resurrected. He conquered what we could never

defeat on our own.

Why We Can Worship Him Today

Many Bible verses tell us that Jesus is in Heaven at the

Father’s right hand. In John 14, Jesus told the disciples

he would prepare a place where we could be with him

forever. Acts 2 tells of Jesus rising bodily through the

clouds to Heaven. When Stephen was martyred, he saw

Jesus at the right hand of God. (Acts 7:55)

What does this mean for us today? Romans 8 makes it

clear that Jesus is at God’s right hand, interceding for us

so that nothing can separate us from His love.

Hebrews 4:14-16 says that, because of Jesus’s work in

Heaven, we can “draw near to the throne of grace with

confidence so we may receive mercy and find grace to

help us in our time of need.”

Finally, when Jesus ascended into Heaven, he sent the

Holy Spirit to dwell in each believer. Think about that!

The King of the universe not only died for us, but he lives

in us today, so we can worship him as King of Kings and

draw near to him as Lord of our lives each day. We have

all the reasons in the world to worship Jesus.

Maranatha,

Andy