“And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.”
He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one seated on the throne — Christ's assumption of the scroll from God's right hand completes the transfer of eschatological authority from Father to Son; this echoes the ascension theme (Psalm 110:1) and Christ's exaltation as the one who executes God's final plan.
Church Fathers on Revelation 5:7
“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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