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very person desires at least some respect and honor.
Most of us are respected and honored by our co-workers, families
or friends. Each person desires to be considered worthy of
something significant, but some of us want more. Simon Tournay
is one example of a man who wanted too much. History says that
after completing his studies at Oxford, he moved to Paris,
France where he became a very prominent person and eventually
the chief doctor of the Sorbonne (a university in France).
He was so proud that he said that Aristotle was greater than
Moses and Jesus Christ, and that he (Tournay) was greater than
Aristotle. He wanted respect and honor. He felt that he was
worthy of such honor; but at the end of his life, he became
senile. He could not remember one letter in any book, or one
thing that he had ever done. God humbled the man. Tournay was
not worthy of the honor that he gave himself.
The Scroll.
In our last study in Revelation 4, the Apostle John was taken to heaven in a vision and there he saw God
the Father sitting on the throne with the Holy Spirit and four living creatures before Him on a sea of
glass like crystal. God was also surrounded by twenty-four elders. The chapter ended with the four living
creatures and the twenty-four elders giving praise and honor to God. What a great vision! What an honor
for the Apostle John.
In
this study, we find ourselves in Revelation 5 and the apostle’s
vision continues.
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And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne
a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with
seven seals. (NASB) Rev. 5:1
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