Easter Saturday (March 30). Every tribe, language, people nation

Prepare to Listen.  Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered.
 
Prayerfully Read Revelation 5:9-13
9They sing a new song:
‘You are worthy to take the scroll
   and to open its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
   saints from every tribe and language and people and nation;
10you have made them to be a kingdom and priests serving our God,
   and they will reign on earth.’
11Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12singing with full voice,
‘Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honour and glory and blessing!’
13Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, singing,
‘To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honour and glory and might
for ever and ever!’
14And the four living creatures said, ‘Amen!’  And the elders fell down and worshipped.
 
Prayerfully Wonder and Reflect
Handel ended his Messiah with the 3 hymns about the Lamb in these verses.  What caught your attention in them?
 
Revelation 4 and 5 describe an amazing scene.  Worshipers, in ever-widening concentric circles around the throne of God from a few close to the throne to a multitude of “every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea,” singing together their worship of the one who is worthy.  The Lamb that was slaughtered is the only One worthy to receive this exuberant praise.  All creation stands united around God’s throne and the Lamb, singing hymn after hymn.  John the Baptizer got it right when he introduced Jesus as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”  This scene in the Revelation of Jesus Christ (1:1), validates his title for Jesus.  He is the Lamb slaughtered for the world.
 
Jesus is worthy of worship because he was slaughtered, becoming powerless for us.  When we worship Jesus today, we need to keep this scene in mind.  Multitudes worshiping together “day and night without ceasing” (4:8).  This means that we never begin worship.  We join in with all creation and “saints from every tribe and language and people and nation.”  We’re not alone with our tribe when we worship the Lamb.  We stand side-by-side with people from all over the globe, whether we like them or not, sense their presence or not.  Flying flags of every nation, not just one; standing in solidarity with every tongue, not just my own.  This is what the Cross is about.  This is what it means to behold the Lamb of God and to respond in a universal worship.
 
How can your worship be inclusive of the saints from every tribe and language and people and nation?
 
Prayerfully Respond
To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might for ever and ever!  Amen.
 
Live obediently.  Worship the Lamb with all creation.