Survey: Where do you all think the action in Revelation 5 is set?

[eclipsenow]

This is not a trick question: I had someone suggest something truly unusual and I would love to hear your replies and opinions.

Revelation 5 (NIV - UK)​

5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, ‘Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?’ 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.’​

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6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the centre of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:​

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‘You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth.’​

11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they were saying:​

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‘Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honour and glory and praise!’​

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:​

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‘To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honour and glory and power,
for ever and ever!’​

14 The four living creatures said, ‘Amen’, and the elders fell down and worshipped.​

 

[bniffty24]

I chose somewhere else only because John gives 3 locations where there is nobody found to open the scroll.

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

 

[eclipsenow]

Are those locations all in heaven?

 

[Vambram]

It is very clear to me that this vision the Apostle John had in Revelation 5 happens in Heaven.

 

[bniffty24]

Are those locations all in heaven?

Hhmmm....now your questions are getting harder...lol
So i'm going to reverse it and ask you which one..?. Because Paul said he was caught up to the third heaven , so now we have three heavens.

 

[eclipsenow]

I'm just asking where you think Revelation chapter 5 is set? Apocalyptic literature often places heaven alongside events on earth. Is it on the earth, or in heaven, basically?

 

[bniffty24]

I'm just asking where you think Revelation chapter 5 is set? Apocalyptic literature often places heaven alongside events on earth. Is it on the earth, or in heaven, basically?

I honestly don't know Eclipsenow , I am simply enjoying this thought provoking thread.
I thought if I play along then maybe I will get to learn something here...