Revelation 5:10 KJV — MannaFest

Revelation 5:10

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

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ASV

and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.

WEB

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

YLT

and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'

DBT

and made them to ourGod kings and priests; and they shall reign over the earth.

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Revelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.

Author: John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
Date: Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both

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The Scarlet ThreadThe Lamb as it had been slain — the throne scene.

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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Exodus 19:6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Daniel 7:27
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.

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So far from reigning on the earth now, they are "made as the filth of the world and the offscouring of all things." In Re 11:15, 18, the locality and time of the kingdom are marked. KELLY translates, "reign over the earth" (Greek, "epi tees gees"), which is justified by the Greek (Septuagint, Jud 9:8;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

They shall reign over the earth - The new earth: herewith agree the golden crowns of the elders. The reign of the saints in general follows, under the trumpet of the seventh angel; particularly after the first resurrection, as also in eternity, chap. xi, 18; xv, 7; xx, 4; xxii, 5;Dan. vii, 27;Psalm xlix, 14.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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REV 5:10REV 1:6 REV 20:6
REV 5:10REV 1:6 EXO 19:6
REV 5:10REV 1:6 1PE 2:5-9
REV 5:10DAN 7:18 DAN 7:27
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
REV 5:10REV 20:6 REV 2:11
REV 5:10REV 22:5 REV 20:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
REV 5:10DAN 7:27 PSA 72:11
REV 5:10REV 1:6 ISA 61:6

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