The Lamb Wins #7: Weep No More

March 15, 2026                   Rev. Thomas M. Cox

• OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK

1. ORIGINAL MEANING: 

Writer- John

Document- a circular letter

Genre- apocalyptic literature

Audience- Christians in Asia Minor experiencing persecution under the Roman Empire

1. TIMEFRAME: c. 95 AD

1. SUMMARY: In The Lamb Wins!! (our study of Revelation), we will examine central themes of the Book such as the Throne of God, and how the slain and risen Lamb of God has overcome the dragon. We’ll come to see that Revelation is a call to God’s people to remain faithful to the Lord amidst times of trouble. We’ll learn to trust in the Lord and His Kingdom, not the kingdoms of this present world system.
   

2) TODAY’S PASSAGE- Revelation 5:1-14 * WEEP NO MORE!

• Problem S__________! Worthy is the Lamb4x who was S_______…

• We are ransomed9 to R________10!

• All the Earth6: Every tribe and language and people and N__________9.

3) TAKEAWAYS:

• HEAD: Know that the Lion has C____________5 through the Cross. (What’s in the S______8x?)

• HEART: Don’t C____ (unless they are happy tears)! 

Recognize that worship of our God is Ongoing. Feel moved  to enter in! 

• HAND: Worship Him who is worthy to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might

and honor and glory and blessing. K______ if you can. Let our Prayers to Him be as I_______8.

REVELATION 5:1-14 (ESV, emphases mine)

Then I saw in the right hand of Him who was seated on the Throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.        5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that He can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6 And between the Throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 And He went and took the scroll from the right hand of Him who was seated on the Throne. 8 And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals, for You were slain, and by Your blood You ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10 and You have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

11 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,     12 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!”

13 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!”

14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Philippians 2:8-11 And being found in human form, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.