Dr. Juan Hernández Jr. (Bethel University) guides us through Revelation 4-5. We discuss:

* The significance of the repeated title, "him who sits on the throne"

* The four living creatures around the throne

* The twenty-four elders who lay down their crowns and their hymn

* Why the scroll cannot be opened

* John's presentation of the lamb as having seven horns and seven eyes.

* Why the lamb's blood is said to ransom people

* John's high christology which parallels the lamb with the one on the throne

Works by

* Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse: The Singular Readings of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, and Ephraemi, Mohr Siebeck, 2006.

Juan Hernández recommends

* Juan Hernández Jr. recommends reading "Penguin Classics" which form a canon of the best kinds of literature. 

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