Unpacking: Revelation 5:12

We regularly sing a chorus based on this verse. I decided I wanted to "unpack" the words of the verse. This is not to be mistaken for a word study, but rather it is a look at how some of the words are used elsewhere. The "elsewhere" based on other favorite verses of mine.

Revelation 5:12. NASB 95. Saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”

“Worthy is the Lamb” - the young of sheep or goats, one of Jesus’s titles,

• “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.”
• “Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.”
• “On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, “Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?”“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread...”
• “And one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.” And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain,”

“To receive” - to take, as in a gift, a free-will offering, to take hold, to claim as one’s own.

“To receive power” - “dunamis” - English derivatives are “dynamic” and “dynamite” and “dynamo. ” Also translated as miracles, might, and strength. An authority term.

• “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
• “But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
• “But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”

“To receive riches” - to flow, abound, wealth. Derived from a word we get Pluto and Plutocrat from.

• “For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.”
• “To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ...”
• “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,”

“To receive wisdom” - Wisdom is applied knowledge, Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.

• “You shall speak to all the skillful persons whom I have endowed with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister as priest to Me.”
• “Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore.”
• “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...”
• “And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power...”
• “For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit...”

“To receive might” - might or strength.

• “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.”
• Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.”

“To receive honor” - Hebrew: to be heavy, weighty, or burdensome. Greek: (to value, honor); a valuing, a price; also translated as precious.

• ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the Lord your God gives you.”
• “In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets...”
• “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him”
• “For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”

“To receive glory” - Hebrew abundance, honor, glory

• “The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.”
• “Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your glory!”
• “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle...”
• “It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord...”
• “ Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.”
• “And He [Jesus] is the radiance of His [God’s] glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,”

“To receive blessing” - Greek - blessed, happy. Also from eulogia; praise, blessing.

• While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
• “In order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
• “If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.”
• “For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”