Revelation 5:10
and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
English Standard Version (ESV)
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As the elders and living creatures present their song of praise, they're celebrating the Lamb's worthiness to open the scroll and reveal God's plan. This song specifically highlights the Lamb's redemptive work, acknowledging that through His sacrifice, people from every nation have been purchased. This verse is the culmination of that praise, detailing the incredible spiritual status and future authority bestowed upon those redeemed by Christ.
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basileia · Greek Noun
The reign or dominion of God. For believers, this involves a present spiritual reality and a future eternal state where they share in Christ's rule.
hiereus · Greek Noun
Mediators who have direct access to God and are tasked with offering sacrifices of praise and service. In Christ, all believers possess this identity.
basileuō · Greek Verb
The exercise of authority and governance. It refers to the eternal participation of the saints in the sovereign rule of Christ over the new creation.
pulpitRevelation 5:10: "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."
Verse 10. - And hast made us unto our God kings and priests; and didst make them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests. Of those whom thou didst redeem from every nation, thou didst make a kingdom and priests. Wordsworth remarks that these honours conferred upon the redeemed imply duties as well as privileges. They receive the princely honours conferred upon them only on condition that they a…
gillRevelation 5:10: "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth."
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests,.... See Gill on Revelation 1:6 . The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, and the Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethiopic versions, read "them", instead of "us": and we shall reign on the earth; meaning not merely in a spiritual sense, through grace reigning over sin and corruption, through Satan being bruised under their feet, and through the vi…
Revelation 5:10 reads: "and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”" — see the full explanation above for context and original-language notes.
As the elders and living creatures present their song of praise, they're celebrating the Lamb's worthiness to open the scroll and reveal God's plan. This song specifically highlights the Lamb's redemptive work, acknowledging that through His sacrifice, people from every nation have been purchased. This verse is the culmination of that praise, detailing the incredible spiritual status and future authority bestowed upon those redeemed by Christ.
"and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”" — see the full study above for original language, historical background, and cross-references.
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