Christ is positioned at God the Father's right hand, while God the Father is the One seated on the throne.
Scripture shows God the Father sitting on the throne and God the Son coming before Him (Revelation 5:7; Clip 1). Paul writes that God "set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 1:20). Les Feldick teaches the same distinction: the Father on the throne, with Christ, the slain Lamb, at the Father's right hand and taking the scroll from Him (Clips 3, 5, 6).
Revelation 5:7 — Directly pictures God the Father seated on the throne and Christ taking the scroll out of His right hand.
Ephesians 1:20 — Explicitly states that God the Father set Christ at His own right hand in the heavenly places.
In Revelation 5, John sees a book sealed with seven seals in the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne. Because no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, John weeps much (Revelation 5:3-4). One of the elders then says, "behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof" (Revelation 5:5). John looks and sees "in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain" (Revelation 5:6). The Lamb "came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne" (Revelation 5:7). Ephesians 1:20 describes God's power "which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places." Daniel 7 likewise shows "one like the Son of man" brought near before the Ancient of days, and "there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom" (Daniel 7:13-14). These passages keep the Father and the Son distinct in position: the Father is seated on the throne, and the Son comes before Him and is set at His right hand.
Les Feldick teaches that the throne-room scene of Revelation 5 shows God the Father sitting on the throne and God the Son coming before Him (Clip 5). He notes that Jesus the Christ, already in heaven, "comes before the throne of the Father" (Clip 1) and connects the scene with Daniel 7, where the Son is brought before the Ancient of Days, God the Father, to receive a kingdom (Clip 5). Les also stresses that Christ's position at the right hand was given to Him by the Father. Reading Ephesians 1:20, he points out the pronoun usage — God the Father raised Christ from the dead and "set Him at His own right hand in the heavenlies"; Jesus did not seat Himself (Clip 3). In the same passage, Les identifies the Lion of the tribe of Judah as Christ, God the Son (Clip 0; Clip 6), and the standing Lamb as Christ Himself, slain, in the midst of the throne, the living creatures, and the elders (Clip 2). Because Christ accomplished the cross, He could come and take the scroll out of the right hand of the One on the throne and agree to pay the mortgage (Clips 4, 6, 7).
The Bible places God the Father on the throne: the Lamb "came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne" (Revelation 5:7). Les describes the picture as "God the Father sitting on the throne, God the Son comes before Him" (Clip 5), and he emphasizes that God the Father "set Him at His own right hand in the heavenlies" — Christ did not set Himself there (Ephesians 1:20; Clip 3). The Lamb is also seen standing in the midst of the throne and among the elders (Revelation 5:6; Clip 2), which keeps the Father seated and the Son before or at His right hand.
John wept much because no man in heaven, in earth, or under the earth was found worthy to open the scroll (Revelation 5:3-4; Clip 1). Les teaches that it had to be a next of kin who was capable and willing, and that Christ qualified "because of what He had accomplished at Calvary" (Clip 6). As the slain Lamb, He took the scroll and agreed to pay the mortgage in order to deliver the planet from the curse (Clip 4). The elder's announcement — "the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed" — points to Christ as the One who prevails (Revelation 5:5; Clip 0).
Les identifies the Lion of the tribe of Judah as Christ, God the Son (Clip 0), and the Root of David who has prevailed (Revelation 5:5). The same One appears as a Lamb that had been slain, with seven horns and seven eyes (Revelation 5:6; Clip 2). In Daniel's parallel, He is "one like the Son of man" brought before the Ancient of Days, receiving dominion, glory, and an everlasting kingdom (Daniel 7:13-14; Clip 5).
Christ Identified as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah
Les identifies the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, who prevailed to open the scroll, as Christ, God the Son.
Christ Comes Before the Father's Throne
Les notes that Jesus the Christ, already in heaven, comes before the throne of God the Father — He is the One worthy to open the scroll.
The Slain Lamb in the Midst of the Throne
Les explains that the Lamb that was slain — referring to Christ's death, burial, and resurrection — stands in the midst of the throne, the living creatures, and the elders.
God the Father Sets Christ at His Own Right Hand
Reading Ephesians 1:20, Les stresses that God the Father raised Christ and set Him at His own right hand; Jesus did not seat Himself — the position was given by the Father.
The Son Takes the Scroll and Agrees to Pay
Les shows God the Son taking the scroll and agreeing to pay the mortgage, redeeming the planet from the curse, because He was the next of kin who was worthy and willing.
The Father on the Throne, the Son Before Him
Les pictures God the Father sitting on the throne and God the Son coming before Him (the Ancient of Days) to receive dominion, glory, and an everlasting kingdom.
Christ Qualified by Calvary Takes the Scroll
Les says God the Son, qualified because of what He accomplished at Calvary, came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat upon the throne.
The Scroll Taken From the Father's Right Hand
Les repeats the key positional detail: the Lamb, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne.
Revelation 5:5: And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Identifies Christ, the God the Son, as the One who prevailed to open the scroll.
Revelation 5:6: And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
Pictures the slain Lamb standing in the midst of the throne and the heavenly beings.
Revelation 5:7: And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
Shows the Father seated on the throne and Christ taking the scroll from His right hand.
Ephesians 1:20: Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
States that God the Father set Christ at His own right hand.
Daniel 7:13-14: I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Parallel picture of the Son coming before the Father (the Ancient of Days) to receive the kingdom.
Revelation 5:3-4: And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
Establishes why the throne-room scene turns to Christ — no one else could open the scroll.
In the throne-room passage, it is God the Father who sits upon the throne, and God the Son comes before Him (Revelation 5:7; Clip 5). Ephesians 1:20 places Christ at the Father's right hand. Les highlights this distinction, noting that Jesus did not seat Himself but was set at the right hand by the Father (Clip 3).
Christ appears as the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Root of David who prevailed to open the scroll (Revelation 5:5). He also stands as a Lamb that had been slain in the midst of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders (Revelation 5:6), and He takes the scroll out of the Father's right hand (Revelation 5:7).
No one in heaven or on earth was worthy to open the scroll (Revelation 5:3-4). Les teaches that Christ qualified because of what He accomplished at Calvary — He paid the mortgage to redeem the planet (Clips 4, 6).
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