symbol · New Testament

The Lamb on the throne

Revelation 5

The one worthy to open the scroll appears as a Lamb standing as though slain.

SacrificeKingship

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Sacrifice

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points forward to · the Lamb enthroned

Revelation's central image is a Lamb bearing the marks of slaughter standing at the throne — Passover language taken all the way to the end of the story.

Direct

points forward to · the same title

John's Gospel opens with the title and John's Revelation closes with it, now as the name of the one worthy to open the scroll.

Kingship

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points forward to · the Lamb is its lamp

In the city there is no temple and no sun, because God and the Lamb are its temple and its light.