Jesus was the One who had laid down His life for humanity (Isaiah 53:4-12). This is the reason why God the Father was not able to open the scroll. Jesus was the necessary sacrifice in order to win the battle over sin once and for all. Revelation 5:5 says that Jesus had prevailed, and that is why He was able to open the scroll. The fact that Jesus was seen as Lamb is perhaps the most important aspect about His arrival. It had been slain: As we read in chapter 5, the Lion and the Lamb refer to the same individual: Jesus. And so, the Lamb John describes in Revelation 5:6 is also special, and it has 3 characteristics that makes it different from any other lamb in the Universe: The time Jesus spent on Earth, living among human beings, allowed His followers to understand that Christ wants to have a personal relationship with them. For them, that little 1-year old lamb was now very special. It meant a lot more because time spent together made it feel like the lamb was part of the family. The time they had to spend with the little lamb, feeding it, caring for it, playing with it, created a bond that made its sacrificing a lot more meaningful. They were supposed to take a 1-year old blameless lamb, care for it at home for a few days, and then kill it and eat it (Exodus 12:5-6). When God was about to take the Israelites out of Egypt, He told them specific instructions about their last meal before the trip. In the Old Testament, we see a passage that refers to a young lamb. After Peter answered, Jesus told him to feed His little lambs. In the New Testament, this word is also used in John 21:15, when Jesus asked Peter for the first time if he loved Him. The word “Lamb” used in Greek is arnion, which means “little lamb”. The words of John the Baptist about Jesus easily come to mind: “ Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29).
But when he turned around to look, he saw something different. *** The Lamb who was slain ***: John first heard about the arrival of the Lion of the tribe of Judah (Revelation 5:5). 6 And I beheld, and, lo, 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 forth into all the earth.