Revelation 5 · a question people ask
"Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?" (5:2). Who does the chapter say takes the book?
Here is what the chapter says. John sees "a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain" (5:6), and the next verse says, "Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne." (5:7). The verse after that goes on, "Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb" (5:8). So the chapter's own words give the answer: the one who takes the book is the Lamb John sees. These notes say no more of the Lamb than the chapter's words.
The verses
“I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?””
“I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, 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. Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”