Revelation: Seven Horns

Revelation: Justification by Faith

The Seven Horns

Revelation 5:6
And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

We have already encountered the seven Spirits in our study of the candlesticks.
There, we read from Zechariah 4.
The seven Spirits, which represent the Holy Spirit, empower us to do the work God desires of us and to be a light. Without Him, we could not do this.
He is the oil for the lamp.
But in Revelation 4, He is also compared to seven lamps shining in our hearts, giving us a sense of sin.
Here, He is compared to the seven horns of the Lamb, Jesus.
Jesus is the Lamb. He takes away the sins of the world.
In Hebrew, the idea of a horn represents the power or strength of something. A horn of a kingdom, for example, signifies a kingdom that arises from it.
Psalm 18 says:

Psalm 18:3
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
4 I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
And I am saved from my enemies.

This is the Holy Spirit.
This Holy Spirit is introduced in Revelation as a person. In Revelation 1, for example, He is part of the greeting along with the Father and the Son:

Revelation 1:4
John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

So, it is not merely an energy that helps us here, but a person who works in us and helps us. He is not part of us, nor just a power within us, but the Holy Spirit who works as a gentle, still voice speaking to us and making us a new creation.
In Zechariah 4, we saw that the work of God and being a light was not by might or power, but by His Spirit. It is the small works that matter.
This Spirit is also compared to the seven eyes of the Lamb that see everything.
To a king who did not trust in God, it was said:

2 Chronicles 16:8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the Lord, He delivered them into your hand.
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore, from now on you shall have wars.

Here, it refers to a fleshly war under the old covenant with national Israel.
But in Revelation, it is about the kingdom of God, a heavenly King-Priest who fights against spiritual powers and must be formed within us by the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the greatest War Hero who is everywhere in this battle against satanic powers here on earth. He fights against our fleshly desires, against the temptations of Satan, and convicts us of righteousness, sin, and judgment.
What Jesus worked here on earth in His life and redemption, the Holy Spirit already gives us a taste of.
But this Holy Spirit is rightly described as the horns and eyes of the Lamb. It is only through this Lamb that this mighty Hero can come to our aid in our battle with Satan.
But this often happens through the seemingly small works, through that gentle, still voice that moves like the wind, where it wills, and no one knows where it comes from.