OUR DAILY BREAD: FEARFUL TEARS

by **cimi** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:12 pm

March 5, 2011
Saturday

*dunno*

What happened to my resurrection smilie?
FEARFUL
TEARS

READ:
Revelation 5:1-12
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So I wept much,
because no one was
found worthy to open
and read the scroll.
__Revelation 5:4
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John, the great apostle and the one Jesus loved, was reduced to tears.

In a vision he received while imprisoned (Re. 5:1-12) he found himself in God's
throne room as future events unfolded. In heaven, John saw God hold up a sealed scroll. He wept because as he observed the glories of God's presence, he saw no one who could open the scroll--no one with the power to reveal God's final revelation and to complete the concluding chapter of history's drama.

As an apostle, John had observed the power of sin in the world. He had witnessed Jesus' life and death on earth to conquer sin. He had seen Him ascend into heaven. But now he was fearful when he saw that no one was worthy to open the scroll and vanquish sin forever (v.4).

Imagine the drama of what happened next. An elder approached john and said, "Do not weep," and pointed him toward Someone he knew: "Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah" (v.5). John looked, and he saw Jesus--the only One with the power to take the scroll, open the seals, and complete the story. soon John's tears were dry, and millions of angels were proclaiming, "Worthy is the Lamb!" (v.12).

Are you crying? Behold, John's friend--Jesus. He is worthy. Turn things over to Him. __Dave Branon

``````````````````````````````````````````Our Lord is worthy all our days````````````````````````````````````
````````````````````````````````````````~Of all our love and highest praise;``````````````````````````````````
`````````````````````````````````````````He died to take our sin and shame--`````````````````````````````````
```````````````````````````````````````Oh, bless the Savior's holy name! __Egner``````````````````````````````
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The Lamb who died to save us is the Shepherd
who lives to lead us.

***************************************************TODAY'S BIBLE READING __ REVELATI0N 5:1-12***************************************

1 And I saw in the right
hand of Him who sat on the
throne a scroll...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... 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 honor and glory and
blessing!"