The vision that John describes for us is a great victory celebration. The battle is over the battle with death, the battle with defeat, the battle with dishonor. A lamb is a small, frail, vulnerable animal, and it is certainly no match for the powers of death and destruction. No, in the center of heaven, enthroned, is the lamb in a great victory celebration. Easter morning, Jesus came out of his tomb and was raised from the dead, and yet that is still not the whole story.
Easter is even more than that.
Easter is the victorious battle in the long war between God s world and death. Now don t misunderstand me. The war still rages here on earth everyday in your life and mine. There is still death yet, we know as Christians, that the decisive battle has been fought and won. We know how the war ends.