the scroll and to open its seals, for You were slain, and by Your blood You ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation” (verse 9). All of heaven erupts in jubilant praise, singing this new song. It is this new awareness of Christ’s supreme authority that ignites such a heart-felt response. When I first came to understand the sovereignty of God, there was this kind of extraordinary joy in my own heart which continues to this day. As I have studied the Word of God,