King Jesus really did rise from the grave! We know that. We believe that. But we, by God’s sweet providence, have been given proof to support that belief. Our belief is never baseless. Nor is it devoid of fact and simply rooted in feelings. His resurrection is real! We know that in part because it’s…
This week we explore some questions related to the identity and purpose of the “little book”. What is this little book exactly, why did God feed it to him, and how is this even relevant for us today? John must “eat Revelation” in order to really digest what is contained within it. Then and only then can he take it and share it with others. The same holds true for us today. We must devour this book, all of it!
We see in this text that God’s wrath is sure and severe, but sometimes we often miss some details about His judgments that this Sermon will reveal today.
In this Sermon we will look at some new insight regarding how we are to conceive of and think about heaven. So much of the heavenly happenings thus far in the book of Revelation includes resounding praise and worship, but here we are introduced to some new elements and will focus on how we might learn from them.
In Part 2 of Revelation 7 we explore the beautiful benefits that come to those who bear the mark for the Living God. There are some clear blessings He provides to His marked slaves.
In Part One of this message, we will review background explanation of the text before getting into the meat and potatoes as we look at explaining the identity of the “people” numbered and described by John in this chapter as well as the identity of the “seal”.
In the chapter we revisit the fact that the Lamb is Holy and True. Indeed, it is this HOLINESS that is the reason for the judgments that are carried out in this chapter, and we will look at what we mustn’t minimize and must maximize.
This week as we look at the second part of chapter 5 the worship scene here centers on the Lamb. We will expound on what this worship of the Lamb is all about in heaven so that it can inform our worship here on earth. The Lamb is praised for both What He has accomplished as well as Who He is, and finally, brings in an aspect related to us that our worship ought to be all-inclusive, always making room for all.
Though the “book” in this passage is prominent, the Lamb’s worthiness to open it is more so! That’s where we will go this Sunday morning. John mourns the fact that no one is worthy to open the book, but then he is told there actually is One who is worthy! As we look closer at what John sees it becomes clearer that there are significant ways in which the Lamb is indeed the One who is worthy.
This week we will look at what John shares about heaven. We see that Heaven is a place that emphasizes the fact that there is no ruler greater, or more powerful, or more holy or more glorious than God. His dominion over all things is unquestionably front and center. Heaven is a place of Doxology, God is glorious! There is a throne and the one sitting upon that throne is the One true God as they declare holy, holy, holy to the One who is worthy to receive all glory and honor and power. The One who was, who is, and who is to come.