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Revelations 1: 5 - 6 NASB5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— 6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Verses 5 and 6 above tells us that our Lord Jesus is the faithful witness, the first to be raised from the death, and made the ruler of the kings of the earth. He made us a kingdom of priests to His God and His Father. To God be the glory and the dominion forever and ever.Note verse 8: “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
Brothers and Sisters, let us worship God alone. He is the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus the Christ.
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Revelations 4: 8 - 11 NASB8 And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
9 And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
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Revelations 5: 9 - 12 NASB9 And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
10 “You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”
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Note from verses 9 to 11 above that Our Lord Jesus Christ is worthy to open the seals of the scroll, that he was killed and by his death he bought people from every tribe, language, nation and race as a people for God. Verse 10, in repeating Rev 1:6, says that Our Lord has made them a kingdom of priests to serve our God, and they shall rule the earth.
Finally in verse 11, we read that Our Lord Jesus is the Lamb that was killed, and he is worthy to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honour and praise. Compare this affirmation with the words in Rev.3: 21, where Our Lord Jesus himself declares, " He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."
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Revelations 5: 13 - 1413 And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,
“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
14 And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
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Revelations 19: 3 - 43 And a second time they said, “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises up forever and ever.” 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
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Revelations 19: 5 - 65 And a voice came from the throne, saying,
“Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.” 6 Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,
“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.
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