here's something that's interesting about these two verses that we just read
okay because he's weeping and then the elder comes to him and he says you know
weep not he say it because the lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David he
can open up the book he says the lion of the tribe of Judah but yet when John
looks in the midst does he see a lion no what does he see he sees the lamb why
is that well I believe this basically symbolically just pictures God's perfect
nature because he's aligned to those who he's gonna execute justice upon but he's
a lamb to us because he's the Lamb of God who should take away the sins of the
world this is a beautiful picture of Jesus Christ because you think of
Revelation chapter 6 why everyone's like we're just like you know seen it to two
different lenses here for him for us it's like you know lift up your heads
for your redemption draweth nigh you know my head's flying off that guillotine
it's just coming right back and rejoicing because I'm about to get
raptured my Savior is coming whereas what are they doing in Revelation
chapter they're just wailing they're scared they know that the lion that the
tribe of Judah is gonna come and destroy them hold on a second he's just the lamb
though he's just so me can yeah to us he's our Redeemer he's the one who
forgave us he's the one who paid for our sins he's our Savior he's our God he's
the he's the lamb but to them
now look when we preach we preach both you see we preach the lamb when we're
out there right preaching the gospel but we preach the lion over in here we
preach the lamb when we go out there and preach the gospel see people save and
tell them hey behold the Lamb of God that should take away the sins of the
world he paid for your sins but you know what when we're expanding on the Word of
God we ought to talk about him being a lion he's both we have to have a
balanced presentation portrayal of Jesus Christ he's both so they say look the
lion and when he looks he sees the lamb because he's seen them through the lens
of his salvation