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Christ the Lamb (5.6-8)

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. (Revelation 5:6-8)

Slain Lamb One of the elders calls John to look at the Lion, but when John turns around he sees "a Lamb" instead. "The Lamb" is the main title for Christ in Revelation, and is used twenty-eight times. "The Lamb" is pictured with seven horns for power and seven eyes for knowledge. We find it difficult to visualize such a Lamb but Jesus Christ is described in this way.

Lamb of God Wording Christ appears as "a Lamb," coming to receive the scroll from God, for which he is acclaimed as at a coronation. We may think of the four living creatures forming a circle around the throne and the twenty-four elders forming a wider circle with a larger circumference, and with "the Lamb" standing in the center of the whole scene.

"The Revelation of Christ the Lamb."

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