“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.”
Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth — the Lamb (arnion, young lamb), though recently slain, stands alive; the contradiction (dead-and-alive, victim-and-victorious) captures the resurrection paradox. Seven horns (fullness of power) and seven eyes (fullness of knowledge) represent omniscient, omnipotent authority. The seven spirits express comprehensive presence throughout creation.
Church Fathers on Revelation 5:6
“Lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has prevailed.” We read in Genesis that this lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered, when the patriarch Jacob says, “Judah, your brethren shall praise you; you have lain down and slept, and have risen up again as a lion, and as a lion's cub.” Genesis 49:8-9 For He is called a lion for the overcoming of death; but for the suffering for men He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. But because He overcame death, and…
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