Scripture to Meditate on This Week

Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!” And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” Revelation 5:11-13

What a glorious passage of Scripture. It is rich in symbolism with neither God nor Jesus being referred to by name. Instead, we have the symbolism of a throne and of a lamb. These convey specific aspects of those to whom this praise is offered, aspects which are the point of this praise.

Then, there is the interesting tidbit about who it is that begins this time of praise for the  work of redemption. It's the angels. They are vigorously praising the sovereign God and the Messiah whom He sent even though they do not benefit from that redemption. The angels are simply thinking of giving glory to the Father and the Son whom they adore.