Sermon Tone Analysis

How many of you have been greatly encouraged by going through the Book of Revelations.

I have

SO FAR

It is all about Security in Jesus - Worship - Its about the worthy one who we worship.

It is powerful and yes judgement is coming but we see those that are His are at the center real close to Jesus.

As I was studying this week - I heard the President made a remark, that got my attention.

It was not a new remark, I doubt he understands eschatology.

I cannot get better sermon illustrations than what is being said in the media these days.

Im getting ahead of myself but ;

Wednesday.

I want to quote a media outlet,

Biden warned that now is a time "when things are shifting."

"We’re going to — there’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it," "And we’ve got to unite the rest of the free world in doing it."

This remark did not go unnoticed - TULSI GABBARD saind, BIDEN IS 'NOT GOD,' 'NOT IN CONTROL' DESPITE 'NEW WORLD ORDER' REMARK: She went on to say, "recognizing you're not God, you are not in control" is "central" to humility.

) Could I say it is central to humanity)

"And if you try to pretend that you are, what will result — even with good intentions — what will result, unfortunately, is more suffering, more hardship for the people in the world [whom] supposedly he's trying to save, but also for the American people."

Like I said earlier, these are not new comments - George Bush Senior said the same thing as well as Bill Clinton, Obama and British Prime Ministers, Canadian Prime Ministers, as well as many others.

We have been making these remarks for 50 years.

A new world order - they are right about one thing - It will be different

It is also in Revelations 13 - which we will get to in the coming weeks -so patience congregation.

We are in Revelations 7 - It has a lot to say.

But we will be going through this section fairly quickly today.

Last week we went through 6 seals

Nothing more than is allowed to happen will happen - AMEN

Now we have an Interlude.

It feels like intermission - In American baseball, an intermission takes place in the middle of the seventh inning, and is referred to as the "seventh inning stretch".

It is that little break before you put everything on the line.

It is a break before the 7th seal is opened - these interludes are very important - It is like a re-clarification

It answer the question - what is this all about?

or Why is this important?

What do you see?

Do you see - Redemption and Peace - Do you see Gods Mercy- Do you see the bigger picture.

The temptation we have is to focus on every” disastrous piece”- Oh OH horse number

1 then 2 then 3 OH OH .

It can get you off track from the bigger picture.

This was placed at the perfect time in the perfect place - for your benefit.

AMEN

Are you Ready - Open your Bibles to Revelation 7

They cried out in worship it reminds me of the scripture in Deuteronomy

This is the largest most powerful anointed Worship service the Universe has ever had - and it is just the beginning.

This is true worship - This is what it is all about - AMEN

OK lets unpackage this chapter just a little

Four Scenes Angels - Israel - Rest of Mankind , Worship ( We have another trilogy of the number 4)

Parts - Four corners- Represents the earth as a whole

Four Winds -(judgments) restrained by 4 angels - - interesting these three groups of 4 add up to 12 and so it is a complete picture of this event

Seal of the living God - the authority of God in his hand - This angel from the east ( which can represent the glory or anointing coming from the east side of the temple.

) the word east is very interesting to study) This angel instructs the other angels to hold off and he has with him a seal.

In the NT we see the seal represented by the Holy Spirit.

Some would say this makes sense- the rapture has happened and all the saints leave with the Holy Spirit.

What about the OT.

Where in the Old Testament do we see and Angel - come and not harm the people of god - and how were they protected.

Passover in Exodus Chapter 12

How were Gods people not harmed - there was an identifier on the doorpost of their house

Blood on the door post - WOW

The saints are marked on the foreheads ( interesting to note Satan marks His with the mark of the beast)

Sealed - You are identified with Christ - It also marks ownership

We are sealed today by the Holy Spirit - It shows the world that He resides in us.

In other words we are His.

The priests wore a

Now lets look at the prophet Ezekiel - what does he see?

The beast wants to mark your forearm and your forehead - so you are identified with Him.

The mark 666.

2nd Scene

144,000 sealed (who are they?)

They are a number of 12 x 12 - The complete number for every tribe of Israel

First of all they are all Jews - I belief God is not finished with the work of Israel yet.

The Covenants still stand, especially where there is repentance.

- AMEN

These 12k are from all the tribes- they would be Jewish people dispersed around all the world - These are not all going to come from the current Nation of Israel.

These 144,000 have a work to do to spread the Gospel to the Jewish people and the world.

This is a saved remnant of Israel.

We know this because there are more than 144000 Jews.

God sets apart 12k from each tribe

There are those who are in great error who say there is only 144,000 who will reign with Christ in heaven.

They says this becasue they want to have no part with Israel.

They believe they are the true church and also they ignore proper exegesis.

There is no distinction between the heavenly life and earthly life -

During the Millennium we have three different groups ruling, The church in 1 Cor 6:2, OT saints Daniel 7:27 and Tribulation saints Rev 20:4 - This is also different than the eternal state

Interesting the tribe of Dan is not mentioned - many believe because the northern kingdom lead others to go astray to worship apart from the Temple and eliminated themselves.-

( that is up for debate)

Scene Three

The people affected by this group are multitudes from every tribe , nation and tongues that survives the tribulation and are now in the millenium.

This also reminds me of an OT scripture.

All Nations means a complete dominion

Scene Four

After this we head back to Worship again

Remember what I said earlier - The most amazing worship service is revealed in Heaven.

Gods great Character is on Display

He is our Salvation - means there is no other - then 7 attributes ( I love the number 7)

He is Blessed - He is the Blessor

Glory - He is glorious

Wisdom - He has all Wisdom

Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving belongs only to him

Honor - There is no one higher to honor

Power - He is omnipotent

Might - He has the capability to use all this power.

To worship God is to understand these things.

The end of this passage gives some amazing insight to our future

They are washed - purified once and for all - no longer polluted by this sin stained world

They all serve - Not just the priests - we are all a kingdom of priests - we are all on the same plain -