{
  "article": "<section class=\"plain-english-door\" aria-label=\"Introduction\">\n  <p class=\"plain-english-door__kicker\">Direct identity evidence</p>\n  <h3>The Lamb receives worship at the throne.</h3>\n  <p class=\"plain-english-door__lead\">Revelation 5 presents the slain Lamb receiving heavenly worship beside the One seated on the throne. The point is not that apocalyptic imagery works like a modern biography. The point is that the Christian canon can place Jesus inside the worship and rule of God while Jewish monotheistic pressure remains fully in view.</p>\n</section>\n\n<div class=\"detail-section-heading\">Observation</div>\n<div class=\"detail-article-block\">\n<p><strong>Revelation 5 is a direct Christ-identity and Logos-relevant worship text.</strong> The Lamb is slain, worthy, enthroned in the heavenly scene, and praised by the worshiping creation. This gives direct pressure against merely-prophet or merely-teacher accounts of Jesus.</p>\n<p>The row is not a new independent high-Christology anchor. It belongs inside the already capped early worship / high Christology family with 1 Corinthians 8:6, Philippians 2, Romans 10, Maranatha, prayer to Jesus, John 1, Colossians 1, and Hebrews 1.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div class=\"detail-section-heading\">What It Shows</div>\n<div class=\"detail-article-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus is pictured as the Lamb who shares in heavenly worship and divine rule.</li>\n<li>The worship scene is Christ-specific, not merely generic theism.</li>\n<li>The text supports the canonical movement from Christ identity toward Christ as Logos.</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n\n<div class=\"detail-section-heading\">What It Does Not Show</div>\n<div class=\"detail-article-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>It does not prove the Resurrection event by itself.</li>\n<li>It does not settle Johannine dating, authorship, or genre debates.</li>\n<li>It does not duplicate John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, or 1 Corinthians 8:6.</li>\n<li>It should not be read as a free-standing proof of Nicene doctrine without the rest of the evidence field.</li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n\n<div class=\"detail-section-heading\">Bayesian Meaning</div>\n<div class=\"detail-article-block\">\n<p>The active weight is intentionally modest and dependency-capped: <strong>H-CHRIST-IDENTITY: +0.06 log10BF; H-CHRIST-AS-LOGOS: +0.05 log10BF</strong>. This row is direct identity evidence, but it is a capped child in the high-Christology/worship family rather than a new independent anchor.</p>\n</div>\n\n<div class=\"detail-section-heading\">Caveats</div>\n<div class=\"detail-article-block\">\n<ul>\n<li>Revelation is apocalyptic literature; imagery, liturgy, and symbolism must be handled with genre discipline.</li>\n<li>Dating and authorship questions affect how the row relates to earliest Christology.</li>\n<li>Jewish monotheism and heavenly-agent categories must be represented fairly.</li>\n<li>The row strengthens cumulative Christ-identity pressure only inside the capped worship/Logos family.</li>\n</ul>\n</div>",
  "axioms": [
    "A6",
    "A7"
  ],
  "bayes_factors": {
    "H-CHRIST-IDENTITY": {
      "log10BF": 0.06,
      "bf_min": 0.02,
      "bf_max": 0.11,
      "rationale": "Revelation 5 portrays the slain Lamb receiving heavenly worship and sharing throne-centered rule, modestly supporting direct Christ-identity pressure while remaining capped for genre, date, and dependency with other high-Christology rows."
    },
    "H-CHRIST-AS-LOGOS": {
      "log10BF": 0.05,
      "bf_min": 0.01,
      "bf_max": 0.1,
      "rationale": "The Lamb's cosmic worship and rule support the canonical Logos synthesis, but the row overlaps with John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Philippians 2, and 1 Corinthians 8:6."
    }
  },
  "bf_status": "ready",
  "category": "Early Christology / Worship",
  "citations": [
    "Revelation 5:8-14.",
    "Richard Bauckham, The Theology of the Book of Revelation (Cambridge University Press, 1993).",
    "Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel (Eerdmans, 2008).",
    "Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity (Eerdmans, 2003).",
    "G. K. Beale, The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Eerdmans, 1999).",
    "Craig R. Koester, Revelation and the End of All Things, 2nd ed. (Eerdmans, 2018).",
    "David E. Aune, Revelation 1-5 (Word Biblical Commentary, 1997)."
  ],
  "counts_in_cache": true,
  "evidence_id": "E-SCR-REV5-LAMB-WORSHIP",
  "visual_asset": {
    "src": "assets/evidence-viewer/evidence-images/lamb_worship_revelation_5_unveiled.png",
    "title": "Revelation 5: Lamb worship and throne-centered Christology visual overview",
    "alt": "AI-generated conceptual visualization for Revelation 5: Lamb worship and throne-centered Christology. Illustrative only, not experimental data.",
    "caption": "AI-generated conceptual / comparative visualization ? illustrative only, not experimental data. Presented inside a Christian evidence map.",
    "width": 1448,
    "height": 1086
  },
  "hypothesis_ref": [
    "H-CHRIST-IDENTITY",
    "H-CHRIST-AS-LOGOS"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-05-30T00:00:00Z",
  "major_category": "Scripture / Text",
  "metadata": {
    "canonical_anchor": "E-SCR-REV5-LAMB-WORSHIP",
    "cap_eligible": true,
    "cap_exempt_reason": null,
    "cap_family": "christ_identity_early_high_christology",
    "cap_notes": "Capped child/sibling inside the high-Christology worship family. Do not stack freely with John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Philippians 2, Romans 10, or 1 Corinthians 8:6.",
    "cap_profile": "moderate_semi_independent",
    "category": "Early Christology / Worship",
    "counts_as_direct_christ_identity": true,
    "counts_as_direct_logos_synthesis": true,
    "counts_as_direct_resurrection": false,
    "dependency_cluster": "apocalyptic_worship",
    "dependency_cluster_id": "apocalyptic_lamb_worship",
    "dependency_cluster_label": "Apocalyptic Lamb worship",
    "dependency_cluster_role": "primary_anchor",
    "dependency_role": "anchor",
    "dependency_weight_class": "semi_independent",
    "directness": "direct",
    "evidence_function": "direct_identity",
    "governance_reviewed": "2026-05-28",
    "last_updated": "2026-05-30",
    "major_category": "Scripture / Text",
    "rev": 1,
    "scoring_note": "Small direct-identity and Logos support only; capped under the high-Christology/worship family and not direct Resurrection evidence.",
    "source_note": "Primary text is Revelation 5:8-14. Requires genre, date, authorship, Jewish monotheism, and heavenly worship controls.",
    "source_status": "source_review_pending",
    "sub_category": "Apocalyptic Christology",
    "stage": "stage6"
  },
  "positive_apologetic": {
    "label": "Apologetic leverage",
    "title": "The Lamb is not treated as a mere messenger.",
    "key_point": "Revelation 5 places the slain Lamb in the heavenly worship scene. That is a serious Christ-identity signal, especially because the worship of God is not cheap currency inside the biblical world.",
    "conversation_move": "Do not overclaim from one apocalyptic scene. Read it beside 1 Corinthians 8, Philippians 2, Romans 10, John 1, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, and early prayer or invocation evidence.",
    "caveat": "Genre matters. The row is a capped child in the high-Christology family, not a new independent proof."
  },
  "scripture_passage": "Revelation 5:8-14",
  "source_note": "Use Revelation 5:8-14 with apocalyptic genre controls and both supportive and critical scholarship on divine identity, worship, and Christology.",
  "status": "enriched",
  "sub_category": "Apocalyptic Christology",
  "summary": "Datum: Revelation 5 presents the slain Lamb receiving heavenly worship and sharing throne-centered divine rule.",
  "tags": [
    "Christology",
    "Logos",
    "Revelation",
    "Worship",
    "Scored"
  ],
  "tilt": "positive",
  "title": "Revelation 5: Lamb worship and throne-centered Christology",
  "type": "atomic",
  "counter_pressure": {
    "title": "Revelation 5 is apocalyptic worship evidence, not a shortcut around genre.",
    "text": "The strongest objection says Revelation is late, symbolic, and theologically charged. It may show a developed Christian worship vision more directly than the earliest historical layer. That pressure is real. The Christian answer is to keep the genre controls visible while asking why the Lamb is placed inside the throne-room worship pattern at all.",
    "path": "Do not use this row alone. Read it with John 1, 1 Corinthians 8, Philippians 2, Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, and early prayer or invocation rows. The question is whether Jewish agency or mere-prophet categories can preserve the whole worship pattern without thinning it."
  }
}