The Lion and the Lamb on the Throne!

Revelation 5:5-8

Lion and the Lamb on the Throne!

Revelation 5:1-14, And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. ² Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?” ³ And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it. ⁴ So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” ⁶ And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷ Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. ⁸ Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are

the prayers of the saints. ⁹ And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, ¹⁰ And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” ¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honour and glory and blessing!” ¹³ And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: “Blessing and honour and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” 14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

This is the second vision. The first one was a vision of Christ in chapter 1. Letters to the churches in chapters 2 and 3. Chapter 4, the scene changes. We go from earth to heaven and the throne of God. The theme in chapter 4 and 5 is worship in heaven.

For us to understand the essence of worship. This is about heavenly worship which is perfected worship around the throne of God. We don’t always understand the essence of worship. Worship in heaven goes from Revelation 4:8-5:14.

The vision that John has in chapters 4 and 5 is really a vision of God beginning to crank up the wheels of His wrath. Incredible look at worship in heaven and the worship of God for His creation in chapter 4. For His redemption, in chapter 5.

Isaiah 11:6-9, “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. ⁷ The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸ The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. ⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. Isaiah in all those terms was describing a restored earth, an uncursed earth. Scripture says that human life will be long once again. When someone dies at the age of one hundred, they will die as a baby.

During that time to come when the curse is reversed, Satan will be chained, and he will be out of the picture. Righteousness, truth, and peace will fill the earth. The glory of God will be everywhere. Christ will rule with a rod of iron.

All the world will come and bow down and worship Lord Jesus Christ. Man has always dreamed about such a perfect world, world of good, love, Joy, peace, and justice. However, man may take efforts to cure human life the world gets worse and worse.

Who can restore paradise?

Who can reverse the curse? There is only one person who has the right, and the power to take back the universe from sin and from Satan’s usurping rebellion. That one person is the main character in chapter 5. He is the central person in this incredible vision.

John was taken instantaneously into the heaven of heavens, the abode of God where God’s throne is. He experiences at the throne of God began in chapter 4, and the same scenario extends into chapter 5.

The throne of God is still central. The cherubim are there, and the 24 elders representing the raptured church are there. From the very throne of God comes lightning and thunder flashing. All redeemed and raptured men and the spirits of the saints and the angels as well worshiping God.

John sees that God has a scroll in His right hand. Scroll is the title deed to the universe. God has it. It is rightfully His. It is the official document that grants the created universe to God by ownership. The contents of this scroll are all sealed inside of it, and a summary of it is written on the outside. The contents of the scroll will be known to us as we begin in chapter 6, where the Lamb breaks one of the seven seals. Describing why the universe belonging to God, but how He will take it back.

The scroll contains the judgments by which God will take possession of His created universe and restore it to a condition of paradise. These then are the judgments that will unfold from the scroll that begins in Revelation chapter 6 all the way through to 19.

God has the scroll in His hand, but who is worthy to enact it?

Who is the executor of this document? The search for the worthy one, which we saw last week.

John is weeping because he wanted to see the world change. He wanted to see the world rid of evil and sin.

• He wanted to see the kingdom of God come.
• He wanted to see guilt and sin and shame done away with.
• He wanted to see Satan bound.
• He wanted to see Israel saved.
• He wanted to see Christ exalted.
• He wanted all those things that had been promised.

But no one came forward, and so he wept. V 5, But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” The selection of the worthy one.

John knew that Jerusalem had been destroyed in 70 A.D. This vision is a minimum of 25 years later.

• John knew that Judaism had killed the Messiah.
• John knew the Jews had been massacred and scattered.
• John knew that the new young church was being severely persecuted.
• John knew that there was no king to defend them on earth or to redeem Israel.

John wept. Everything seemed to be going badly.

Is there anyone to change this? Is there anyone to take the scroll and break its seals, and take back the universe? One of the elders tells him to stop weeping.

Why? Behold! He calls his attention to an emerging person on the scene. “The Root of David.” No elder could redeem the universe. No angel could redeem the universe. But the one who can, and he points to the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah.

The Old Testament that is a messianic title is Root of David.

Genesis 49:8-10, “Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father’s children shall bow down before you. 9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down, he lies down as a lion; And as a lion, who shall rouse him?

¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes; Judah is a lion. Judah will produce a lion who will have the scepter and who will bring about the rule that shall cause all the nations to bow down. The Messiah then became known as the lion that would come from the tribe of Judah.

Lion because of his fierceness. Lion because he would come in strength, destruction, and devastation. It speaks of the Messiah as a strong, powerful, menacing, destructive, and deadly personality. The Jews even in the time of Jesus expected their Messiah to be a lion. It was very hard for them to understand Jesus Christ.

They expected the lion to come, menacing and destructive, and destroy the Romans, Greeks, and the pagans. Part of the reason why they killed Jesus because He was not lion-like. There was nothing fierce about Him There was nothing devastating, menacing, and destructive about Him. Quite the opposite.

He insisted on going about healing everyone.

He insisted on not doing anything that would show any kind of political or military power. Their Messiah would be a lion. Their Messiah would rip and tear and destroy the enemies. Genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ comes through the tribe of Judah. Jesus Christ was born from the tribe of Judah.

He is that lion, but His lion-like work awaits the moment anticipated here in Revelation 5. The Old Testament very clearly indicated that the Messiah would be a Son of David, that He would be an offspring of David, that His life would come from David.

Isaiah 11:1, There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

Isaiah 11:4-5, But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. ⁵ Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist. ⁶ “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. ⁸ The nursing child shall play by the

cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den. ⁹ They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea. About His kingdom. Jesus will come.

✓ He will be a root of David. ✓ He will have the Spirit of the Lord on Him. ✓ He will be righteous. ✓ He will be just. ✓ He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth. Jews expected that the Root of David would come with force.

✓ He would come with a rod. ✓ He would come in destruction. ✓ He would come in devastation. ✓ He would force the wicked of the earth to succumb to His authority. ✓ He would judge sinners. ✓ He would be from the royal blood of David.

The Lord Jesus Christ came from the line of David, both as to His father and as to His mother. Joseph and Mary both were in the line of David. The genealogies of His father in Matthew and of His mother in Mark point out very clearly that Jesus Christ was born of the lineage of David.

He was a righteous branch from Jesse, the father of David.

Revelation 22:16, “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

The prophecy of Messiah coming in judgment and setting up a visible tangible kingdom, but Jesus didn’t do that, so they didn’t accept Him as their Messiah. For a brief moment they did.

Matthew 21:9, Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!” By the end of that week they had seen Him crucified, not as a victor, but a victim.

They had seen Him go through a mock trial, and never assert any of His power. They see too that He was toyed around with the Romans, as well as by Herod’s. This doesn’t fulfill our anticipation of what the offspring of David is going to do. This is no shoot out of the royal line.

Why doesn’t He take His authority and set up His kingdom as it’s described?”

He wasn’t like a king because He didn’t act like a king, they killed Him. Because He didn’t act like a lion, they killed Him. John sees Him step forth again. Joh now see Jesus going to act like a lion. ✓ He is going to act like a king.

✓ He is going to come in fury. ✓ He is going to come ferocious, devastating, destructive. ✓ He is going to come in furious judgment against the nations of the world and establish His rightful throne. The elder says, “He has overcome, so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

This is none other than Jesus Christ. He is the rightful King from David’s loins, both through Mary and Joseph, Joseph being His adopted father also in the line of David. He is the fierce lion with the power to destroy and devastate.

He had told people when He first came that He could have done it if He had wanted to even then. Jesus said, “If I wanted to I could call for a legion of angels to come to My rescue.” But there was something to be done first. There was this whole matter of overcoming sin, Satan, death, and hell that had to take place.

John 12:31, Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. He knew when He went to the cross that He was starting what He would finish some day in the future.

John 14:30, I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.

John 16:11, of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

The first thing Christ had to do before He conquered the nations of the world, before He came as a fierce lion, as a reigning king, was to go into mortal combat with the usurper, Satan. Because it was Satan was holding the power of death.

Hebrews 2:14-15, Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. Jesus in His death and resurrection, He conquered Satan. According to Genesis 3:15, He would be the blow to the serpent’s head.

There the sentence was passed. There the overcoming was done. There the one who held you captive to death all your life long, the one who owned you, and who would own you forever in hell has his power broken. There judgment was set on him, and victory over sin, Satan, demons, death and hell was won.

Jesus had to do that first. He had to win salvation. He had to deal a death blow to Satan and demons. He had to conquer death itself. V 5, “This Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome. He has overcome.”

Colossians 1:13-14, He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

God used Christ to overcome. John has already known the word “overcome.” He used it numerous times in the letters to the churches as he was inspired to write those seven letters in chapters 2 and 3. We are the overcomers, because Christ overcame.

We overcome in Him. We then become the recipients of His overcoming.

Colossians 2:13-15, And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, ¹⁴ having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. ¹⁵ Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Who are they? Demons. ✓ He triumphed over all the demons and Satan himself. ✓ He conquered them at the cross. ✓ He conquered sin. ✓ He delivered us into His own kingdom. It is essential for us to understand that He couldn’t be the lion of judgment, and He couldn’t be the king of glory until He had first been the lamb.

By now John knows who he was looking for and is not disappointed when he turns to look. V 6, And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a

Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. John sees a Lamb! John was looking for a lion, or maybe a king. But in the midst of the saints enthroned and the glorious cherubim in the mingled glory of God’s presence, someone moves to the throne.

The word used here for “lamb,” it’s the word for “a little lamb.” Arnion means “a pet lamb,” “a little lamb.” Old Testament history about Passover. The Jew who was the head of the house had the task during Passover to select a lamb. It had to be a lamb offered as sacrifice to God. It had to be a spotless lamb without a blemish. It had to be the perfect lamb, the best lamb.

Before they sacrificed the lamb they had to bring it into the house. They must keep the lamb in their home for four days. Four days that little, tender lamb lived with the family. Four days they snuggled and cuddled the lamb.

Four days it became the pet of the children. Then it was violently slain.

God was sending them a message through that symbolism, that the one who is the ultimate Lamb will be one who is precious. slaying that lamb will be a sacrifice. It would have been no sacrifice particularly to bring in a strange lamb and slay it, but one that had become a pet.

John looked and he saw a little pet lamb, but not a lion. But the Lamb is the Lion. There are just a few references to Jesus as the Lamb in the other books of the Bible. Isaiah 53 we find there that Jesus is described as a Lamb before His shearers. There we see the Messiah the Lord as the sacrificial lamb.

Jeremiah 11:19, but I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter;

But apart from those two Old Testament texts there are no specific references to Christ as a lamb though every lamb slain in the Old Testament ceremonial economy pointed toward Christ. When we come into the New Testament there are only about 4 times prior to the book of Revelation where He is specifically called a lamb.

John 1:29, The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36, And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

Acts 8:32, The place in the Scripture which he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb before its shearer is silent, So He opened not His mouth.

1 Peter 1:19, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

But this term “lamb” then is only used concerning Christ about six times throughout Scripture, until we get to Revelation. In the book of Revelation alone it is used 28 times. Key title for the Son of God in this letter.

This is not just any lamb, but we also notice this lamb is standing. This shows that the lamb is on its feet, alive, and moving. John sees Christ in the figure of a lamb on His feet and moving. But also, a lamb standing as if slain. The lamb is bearing the scars from death wounds.

The deadly wounds on the Lamb are still visible. But the Lamb is alive. The powers of earth and hell had come together to kill the Lamb by God’s determined counsel. They killed Him in His last great conflict on earth. But He is alive.

Jesus the lamb is standing and bears the scars of His death. Jesus after His resurrection showed them the nail prints in His hands and feet and His side. The Lamb had death wounds, but the Lamb was alive. Does that mean this Lamb is going to come out and enter into another battle with Satan?

Is Jesus going to come out as a lamb against a dragon?

This pet lamb against a dragon? He lost last time.

Won’t He maybe lose again? We need to understand clearly here. Jesus didn’t lose last time, He won.

• The ruler of this world has been judged.
• The kingdom of darkness has had its power broken.
• The dominion of sin is shattered.

• The kingdom of darkness has been invaded, and millions of souls have been taken captive into the kingdom of light.

What He did on the cross cost Him His life, but He didn’t lose. He disarmed the principalities and the powers. He descended into hell, as it were, and pronounced His triumph over them. He won. He will win again. The first time He came as a Lamb He died but He redeemed us.

He redeemed us by paying a price that was necessary.

1 Peter 1:18-19, knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. ✓ He came and He won. ✓ He defeated death. ✓ He defeated Satan. ✓ He defeated the demons. ✓ He defeated sin. ✓ He defeated hell.

The Lamb is up to the task, because the Lamb is a Lion. The Lamb is the King of kings. It is His death as a Lamb that now qualifies Him to be a lion and a monarch. He stands and He stands alive, and He moves now toward the final conflict.

V 6, And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

What does this mean? Animals had horns. In the animal kingdom a horn always represented power, because that’s what animals use them for, to exert their power in combat. Animals who have horns use those horns to inflict wounds on their enemies.

A horn became the symbol of power in the animal world. Very often we find it in the Scripture. Seven being the number of perfection and completion. He was perfect power and sovereign almighty, an all-powerful warrior.

He was coming as a little pet lamb, but a very unusual one with perfect power, sovereignty, and might. “He had seven eyes.” Again, seven being the number of perfect or completion. This speaks of knowledge, understanding, omniscience. He could see and comprehend everything. He knows exactly what’s going on, He knows exactly what to do, and He has the preeminent power to do it.

Those eyes are described as the seven-fold Spirit of God sent out into all the earth. This interesting description is repeated now for the third time.

Revelation 1:4, and 4:5.

The Holy Spirit three times now has been defined as a seven- fold Spirit. Isaiah chapter 11, that same chapter in which the Messiah is called the Root of David, in which He is going to come in severe punishing judgment, in which He will set up a kingdom where the lion will lie down with the lamb, and all the rest of those things.

Isaiah chapter 11 also describes the seven-fold ministry of the Spirit. He is the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of wisdom, the Spirit of understanding, the Spirit of counsel, the Spirit of strength,

the Spirit of knowledge, the Spirit of fear. All seven describe the fullness of the Spirit.

Zechariah 4:2, And he said to me, “What do you see?” So I said, “I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps.

The fullness of the Holy Spirit is mentioned, this time with reference to knowledge for judgment. ✓ Revelation 1:4, the fullness of the Spirit in relation to grace and peace. ✓ Revelation 4:5, the fullness of the Spirit in relation to the Spirit in acting judgment.

✓ Revelation 5:6, Jesus’ fullness is the fullness of omniscience as He searches the earth for the criminals to be judged. The Lamb standing, which means the Lamb is alive, bearing the wounds of its death, having ultimate power, complete omniscience by virtue of the fullness of the Holy Spirit sent out into all the earth to assess and to identify who is to receive the judgment.

When Jesus went away in John 14, 15 and 16, He said, “I Am going to send another comforter.”

Often people assume that the Holy Spirit is nothing but a comforter, nothing but an encourager, nothing but a helper. Not so.

John 16:8-9, And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in Me; Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin.

Now it tells us that He is really an executioner. The Holy Spirit is going to be searching the world to identify the people to be destroyed, to assess the situation, so that the Lamb can move out in judgment. V 7, Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.

Since John arrived there in his vision this is the final monumental act. This is the great culminating act of human history. This is going to bring human history to its end. The goal of redemption is about to be reached. Paradise is about to be regained. Eden is about to be restored. The Lamb comes and takes the scroll out of the hand of God.

Daniel 7:13-14, “I was watching in the night visions, And behold, One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds of heaven! He came to the Ancient of Days, And they brought Him near before Him. ¹⁴ Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. Daniel saw the same scenario minus the little scroll, as the Lamb comes to take back the cursed universe.

The song of the Worthy One. The song of worthy one goes until end of the chapter from verse 8. The appearance of the Lamb as He moves to take the scroll to redeem the universe and man causes praise to break out from everywhere, all over the universe.

The praise begins to unfold in an escalating, ascending crescendo of worship. In this scene, all intelligent creations finally get involved in the joyful praise. There were two majestic doxologies in chapter 4.

There are three more added in chapter 5. To make a total of five great doxologies of praise to God and the Lamb because of the coming redemption. The paean of praise that begins to unfold here toward the Lamb rolls on, accumulating more momentum, until the song of adoration is in the mouth of every living creature in the universe.

V 8, Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. The first thing is spontaneous worship.

When He had taken the scroll, that is the monumental act that ignites the joy.

Why? Because it means now it’s going to happen. The end of sin, The end of Satan. What happened on the cross in terms of his sentence will now be executed. The glory of Christ will come,

The kingdom will come. Israel will be saved. The church will be honoured and exalted. We will reign with Him. The curse will be reversed. All of that pent up anticipation that has been contained within the redeemed and the angels for millennia bursts out.

The four living ones who are the cherubim and the twenty-four elders who are the representatives of the redeemed church fall down before the Lamb. In chapter 4 the twenty-four elders fall down before the Lord who sits on the throne and will worship Him.

They had been down once. Again, we see them doing that again. They ascribe the worship to God in Chapter 4. They ascribe the very same worship to Christ in chapter 5. Jesus Christ is God. He is given the same worship in heaven as God is given, and it is worship only for God.

In Revelation 10, John fell down before an angel, and the angel said, “Get up and worship God.” If they are worshiping Christ the Lamb here, then they are worshiping God. For it is He alone that heaven adores and worships in this way.

After His resurrection Jesus Christ was exalted to the right hand of God. He received the glory He had before the world began. He received back the fullness of unveiled divine glory and majesty, which was veiled during the incarnation.

Ephesians 1:20-22, which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. ²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, ²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

God exalted Him. Jesus has been in an exalted position in glory. But now He begins to move, to begin His work of reigning in His universe. Until this moment comes, the Lord is not fully glorified. He is not fully reigning and ruling.

Psalm 2:6-8, “Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion.” ⁷ “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You

The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. God is saying “There is going to be a day when I give My Son His throne.”

Psalm 2:10-12, Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. ¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling. ¹² Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

There are four things out of place in the universe.

• The church is out of place, she ought to be in heaven.
• Israel is out of place, but she should be in the land that has been sworn to her and possess every part of it.
• The devil is out of place, he ought to be in the lake of fire, but he is still roaming free.
• Christ is out of place, He should be through with intercession and seated on His throne, reigning, instead of upon His Father’s throne interceding.

So here in the vision we begin to see all these things that are out of place being put in the rightful place.

• The church is in heaven.
• Israel is about to be given back her kingdom and her land and salvation.
• The devil, to be bound and cast into the lake of fire.
• Christ is about to reign.