Revelation 5:10

And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

11And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

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Cross References

Exodus 19:6And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

Daniel 7:27And the kingdom and the authority and the power of the kingdoms under all the heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High: his kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and all powers will be his servants and do his pleasure.

Revelation 1:6And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

Revelation 22:5And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:7-14

The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full… Read the whole commentary →

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