Tears in Heaven - Revelation 5 - Shaynor Newsome

Revelation

'The shock of this reversal,' writes Richard Hays, 'discloses the central mystery of the Apocalypse: God overcomes the world not through a show of force but through the suffering and death of Jesus, the faithful witness.' …It is the central and centering image, the governing metaphor, the focal point of Revelation: a slaughtered Lamb, a crucified Lord." — Gorman, Reading Revelation Responsibly