Well, before we go to Revelation 6 and continue in our teaching
of the seven seals that Christ will break in the Tribulation
period, I invite you to turn with me in your Bibles to Luke
17 for a brief moment to look at a few verses the gospel Luke
chapter 17 beginning in verse 26.
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days
of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking
and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when
Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them
all. Likewise, just as it was in the
days of Lot, they were eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building. But on the day when Law went out
from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed
them all. So will it be on the day when
the Son of Man is revealed. Isn't it interesting that in
Christ teaching about the last days, the world appears to be
going on as usual? There will be the routine of
feasting and fellowship. There will be business deals
made, romance blossoming, families coming together,
construction projects underway. It seems quite interesting that
these things will go on, and though these activities are not
inherently evil, Jesus Christ highlights them in order to show
us humanity's general and unfortunate response to the
trials and the turmoils of the Tribulation period.
It makes me wonder how can there be this level of normalcy
maintained, especially after we learned about the emerging of
false Christs, wars and rumors of wars, pestilences,
earthquakes, the mass death of Christians across the globe.
We looked at that when we saw these first five seals being
broken. And yet, my mind came to this
passage to remind me that there will still be buying and
selling, there will still be weddings, there will still be
buildings being built and trade happening.
And I believe the reason for this is largely because of the
great indifference that most people will have in that final
generation. And that's startling.
Chances are the reason for this is because they will brush off
these occurrences as things that humanity has always known.
Sure, what we're seeing is awful here, but it's nothing new.
Man speaks like that today. And in addition to that, we have
to understand that in the Tribulation period, the events
preceding the return of Christ, there will be an intense disdain
towards believers, even the believers who will be there
during the Tribulation. And so the message of the
Tribulation Saints will largely be ignored and even mocked, just
as Noah and Lott were dismissed as they were trying to warn
their generation of coming judgement.
And I say all of that to mention how whatever normalcy will be
realized and protected, I'm sure will be very difficult to manage
after the breaking of the 6th seal.
Something is going to shift. What God is going to do and what
we're about to study will surely captivate the world's attention,
unlike the previous seals. Now I invite you to Revelation 6
and begin with me here in verse 12.
When he opened the 6th seal, I looked and behold there was a
great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the
full moon became like blood, and the stars of the sky fell to the
earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit.
When shaken by a Gale, the sky vanished like a scroll that is
being rolled up, and every mountain, an island was removed
from its place. Then the kings of the earth, and
the great ones, and the generals and the rich and the powerful,
and everyone slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and
among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the
mountains. And rocks fall on us and hide us
from the face of Him who is seated on the throne, and from
the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath
has come, and who can stand? Father, we ask that you help us
with these verses and inspire awe in each of us as a result.
And more than that Lord, we pray that you would draw this Sinner
to the throne of grace and that there would be salvation while
it is still available. In Jesus name we pray Amen and
Amen. At first, it really seems like
what we just read is the end of the end, the end of all things.
I mean, this description seems to suggest that this is the
moment of Christ bodily return to the earth to rule and reign
forever. But I find that difficult to
accept for the simple reason that this is the 6th seal, and
there's still one more. And once we see the 7th seal
breaking, it will set into motion the seven trumpets.
And after the seven trumpets, we're going to have the seven
bowls of God's wrath. And so to say that this is a
snapshot of the Savior coming down and wrapping all things up
is a little challenging to conclude.
However, there are those who would say that that is the case.
Those who hold to alternative views of the Book of Revelation
would suggest that what you have here indeed is Christ's return,
because the way they understood the Book of Revelation is as
follows. We have the seven seals, then we
have the seven trumpets, and then we have the seven bowls of
God's wrath. And some understand these sets
of judgments as cyclical. They're not a linear thing,
they're not sequential, they're not advancing in a timeline.
But there are replays of the same events, though it's
slightly different details. So there are some who understand
it in that way. What you find here with these
seals is going to be repeated with the seven trumpets, and
it's going to repeat it with the seven bowls of God's wrath.
And although the Book of Revelation is not strictly
chronological in every detail, I'm persuaded that a plain
reading of it would lead anybody to understand that it is indeed
a steady progression, even with the differences of the
judgments. When you come to the trumpets
and the bulls, you can't deny that they become more intense.
In fact, by the time you get to the bulls, it's total
destruction. There's nothing left.
Everything is being cleaned up under God's wrath.
And if that's the framework of interpreting this book, at least
the most beneficial and realistic one, then what do we
do with this seal that reads like a finale?
I mean, what follows this? Well, as dramatic as the scene
is, I'm persuaded that when you consider the whole book, this is
merely a preview of God's full wrath.
This is not the conclusion. This is just a hint.
And you're going to see that in the coming weeks that things are
only going to get worse and worse.
So rather than this being a concluding curtain drop,
understand it more as a signal flare, reminding and telling
this final generation God's judgment has come.
Be prepared for eternal justice. And the primary purpose of this
terrifying display of power is to awaken this generation to the
realization that God has been behind all the calamities that
they endured. And He is soon approaching now
to give His final verdict. I understand the 6th seal to be
a major warning sign for a crowd of people who go on eating and
drinking, marrying, building, selling and buying.
You can't dismiss that God is behind this.
Look what I'm doing here. And as I was meditating on this
passage, thinking how we can benefit from it, staring at
these verses, praying and wondering how can we make this
digestible, I realized something.
Something stood out to me. The word great shows up a total
of three times. Did you notice it?
Look again here at verse 12, when he opened the 6th seal.
I looked and behold, there was a great earthquake.
Not just an earthquake, great. Look at verse 15.
Then the kings of the earth and the great ones, significant
people being mentioned here, the great ones, and look at verse 17
for the great day of their wrath has come and who can stand?
That's helpful. Let's consider these things
separately. I want to talk to you today
about the great earthquake, the great ones, and the great day of
God's wrath. Let's look here at verse 12
again. I remember one of my professors
in seminary mentioning in class that he was preparing to do a
deep study. Ready, a deep study on
earthquakes in the Bible. I don't know if you ever got
through with it, but when he said that, I mean, you can only
remember so much in school, right?
For whatever reason, that stuck with me.
What an interesting subject to study.
Earthquakes in the Bible, they're everywhere in the
Scriptures. Have you noticed that?
And they are, more importantly, brought up at key moments in
redemptive history. In fact, whenever God shows up
at a very pivotal time, He loves to make His presence known on
the earth by shaking it. So you remember in Exodus 19
when the Lord meets with his people Israel at Mount Sinai?
We read there in Exodus 19 that when he arrived, the mountain
greatly trembled. Think now of our precious Lord
Jesus in Matthew 27, as He's there hanging suspended on a
cross, and as He was absorbing the wrath of God, bringing it to
completion. We read there that the earth
shook and the rocks split. And now, as we are examining the
final moments before the return of Christ, we find more than one
account of earthquakes. This is not the only earthquake
in the Book of Revelation, by the way.
There are a handful of them mentioned, and we'll see that
down through Revelation chapter 1616.
Now, some who don't want to take this too literally will say that
this description of cosmic disturbance is symbolic.
It's symbolic of the fall of empires and governments.
And the reason why they would say that is because when you go
to the Old Testament, similar imagery is often used to define
just that, the fall of rulers and their kingdoms.
But listen, you always have to work with the context.
I believe that the context suggests otherwise.
There should be no doubt in any of our minds that we're reading
about a real prophecy, about real people who are responding
to a unprecedented yet very real earthquake, one that will occur
on a global scale. And the aftermath of this will
be so great that it will affect the atmosphere, perhaps through
volcanic eruptions. And if that wasn't enough, it's
going to be accompanied by the showers of meteors and stars
crashing into our world. This is terrifying.
This is frightening, and it should be.
But what's the point? What's the point of all of this?
And it helps to remember the earlier seals and what they
entailed. Think now, think, think, think.
Careful student of the Scriptures.
What's different about this seal with the previous ones?
There's one important difference.
When you looked at the 1st 4 seals, what you see is God's
judgment being released, but through human agency, the rise
of the Antichrist, wars and rumors of wars.
And because of those wars you have a famine, a man made
famine, and following that you have disease and pestilences and
all these things. God, in those previous judgments
act indirectly on the earth, but now when we come to the 6th
Seal, He's not working through humans.
He is directly interacting with human affairs.
He is showing up Himself. He's not just removing His hand
and letting us in our sinful nature destroy each other.
No, He is pressing His hand and He's showing all humanity that
He is the coming judge. That is the main difference that
we see here. Natural disasters have a way of
humbling us. They never fail to remind us how
puny we are and how fragile we are.
And to the honest, in response to these things, no matter the
scale, they will acknowledge that man is not really in
control. Oh, we borrow from the resources
of the earth, and we think that we can establish our own
territories. Sure, sure, sure, sure.
But when the world shakes, it never fails to remind us You're
not really in control if you're honest.
Some are so proud they dismiss these things.
And to the discerning, not only will they confess that we are
not really in control, they will acknowledge that someone else
is. The earth is the Lord's and the
fullness thereof. The psalmist says that's what
God is proving here. I'm in control and as
frightening as this great earthquake in this chapter,
maybe I don't believe it's the Lord trying to say through it.
I am God, don't mess with me, though He does do that
sometimes. I'm persuaded in my reading of
this book that even in this I see and I hear God saying I am
God. Come to me, surrender, give up,
stop fighting, stop resisting, stop ignoring.
Realize that this world is mine. Realize that this world is not
permanent. Realize that I'm coming back to
this world. That truth will become more
clear as we look at future disasters in Revelation.
In fact, in your own time, you go to these chapters following
and you'll realize that with some of these disasters, you
have an interesting commentary. We're talking about the final
lap of all things. And yet with some of these
catastrophes, the Holy Spirit writes, and they still did not
repent and give glory to God. So even though this window of
grace is soon to be shut, we see God still wanting to use these
events to draw men unto himself, and they will refuse.
And this truth of God using even things like this to draw sinners
is found in other passages in Scripture.
So last night I got thinking about earthquakes.
Not going to do a deep study on it, but I thought of another
one. Let's turn there in Acts 16.
This is when Paul and Silas were imprisoned in Acts 16 verse 25.
And I had to be careful because what I read here kept me there
for a while. I was just relishing in it.
And I thought, we're preaching on revelation here.
I can't stay in Acts, but look at Acts 1625 down to verse 26.
About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns
to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly
there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the
prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were
open and everyone's bonds were unfastened.
I've heard this passage preached so many times.
Maybe you have as well. And what's often emphasizes, Do
you see what prayer and praise can do in the midst of your
pain, Right? God came through.
God invaded the space. God answered.
And that's right. You can, you can preach it.
You can teach it that way. You can find consolation from
this passage. But here's what dawned on me.
God shows up with a great earthquake.
And you know what he didn't do? He didn't deliver Paul and Silas
and kill their oppressors at the same time.
He didn't do that. Moreover, he didn't just shake
that prison and release only Paul and Silas.
That's where it got good for me. Look again at verse 26.
Carefully read your Bible slowly, the last sentence, and
immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's bonds
weren't fastened. Come on.
Those of us who know this story, how have we imagined it?
The earthquake came. Paul and Silas were set free.
The door swung open and the jailer says, ho, ho.
And then they, you know, preach the gospel to me to get saved.
They go to this house and the house will get saved.
That's not what happened. The sounds of chains falling to
the ground was universal in that prison.
It wasn't just Paul and Silas. It was every prisoner, every
prisoner after this earthquake were freed.
Well, hold on. So I read again, I'm like, did
the prisoners pray? Did they sing praise?
No, they were just listening. They were just absorbing and
trying to make sense of these two crazy guys that were singing
at midnight. And when God decided to
vindicate his missionaries, in his mind he chose to set free
the other prisoners, not just his servants.
You see why I stuck here? I was just relishing in this.
I was basking in this God. You had in mind these other
jailers, you had in mind these other folk.
I understand Paul and Silas being freed, being rescued, but
you're giving an opportunity to these other criminals.
And if I don't be careful, I'll get carried away here.
So let me just say this. What can we take from this?
That God's mercy can be found even in earthquakes, no matter
how traumatic or tragic they are.
The great earthquake that will get the world's attention.
What makes the 6th seal different?
It's God showing up directly, and the world will understand
it. But let's come now to the great
ones in Revelation 6 and verse 15.
How will the inhabitants of the earth respond to the great
shaking? Here let's consider it.
Verse 15 reads. Then the kings of the earth and
the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful
and everyone slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and
among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the
mountains and rocks fall on us. This verse teaches us something
incredibly important beyond demonstrating that this
earthquake was so massive that it will impact everyone.
That's obvious. Take note of the different
social classes mentioned, kings, generals, the rich and powerful,
and even slaves. It's so obvious here that there
is a diversity of social classes and occupations and status.
But here's what moved me When God stepped on the scene, none
of those distinctions mattered None.
They all fled for the hills. They all stuck their heads
between cliffs, between rocks. They all flung themselves into
caves. None of these things made a
difference when God showed up. Listen, who you aspire to
become, how men recognize you, your accolades, your
achievements mean nothing if you are not right with God zero.
Because at the end of the day, let me remind you, and you're
going to be reminded of this frequently in the Book of
Revelation. Everything, everything,
everything. Your most prized possession, the
thing that you sweat so much for, even if you sweat blood,
whatever it is that you invested in the matter, it is that you
are impassioned about. Listen to me very carefully.
It will all be stripped away and the only thing that will truly
count is what you did with Jesus Christ.
What did you do with His message?
What did you do with the person of Christ?
That's all that matters if you're a king or a slave.
Regardless, they were all found on equal ground when God showed
up. It seems as though John borrowed
from Isaiah. Listen to these words from
Isaiah too, because I just gave you an application for the
unbeliever, but this is something for the believer in
Isaiah 2 verse 20. You don't have to turn there,
but tell me if this sounds familiar.
The prophet says in Isaiah 220. In that day mankind will
castaway their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which
they made for themselves to worship to the moles and to the
bats. And people worship these kind of
things. Yeah, they still do today.
Verse 21 To enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefs of the
cliffs, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the
splendor of His Majesty when he rises to terrify the earth.
Sound familiar? But Isaiah gives us an
application in the final verse of this chapter.
Look at verse 22. Stop regarding man and whose
nostrils is breath, for what account is he?
So Isaiah wants you to see men of all kinds of status, of all
kinds of achievements and accomplishments, of all kinds of
power, men who sit in palaces and men who are also pappers, no
matter who they are, understand that in the presence of God,
they're nothing. So why are you afraid of man?
Why are you so obsessed with people's opinions?
They're borrowing their next breath from God.
They're weak. Why do we make so much of
pastors? Why do we elevate them too much?
Why do we think that they're cherubim with a tie on?
They're humans and they're borrowing their next heartbeat
from God. Why do you fear your enemies,
The threats, the intimidation? Who cares?
Because in light of God's presence, they're nothing.
They're nothing. So I look at Revelation 6 and I
see all these great ones cowering, dropping everything
and flying to the mountains. This is the fate of those who
oppose God. So why am I to fear if God is on
my side now? God will show up in a great
earthquake. But as we read in Acts 16, he
can show up with a great earthquake now, and he can
localize it to your home. He can localize it to the local
church. He's in charge.
He can do everything. And I serve this God.
You serve this God. But what I find more fascinating
than this wide range of people not only fleeing from this
massive disruption is that they also prayed because of it.
Did you notice that? However, their prayers weren't
quite what we hoped for? Look at verse 16 again of
Revelation 6, calling to the mountains and rocks, not to the
Creator, but to creation. Not to the rock of our
salvation, but to literal stones.
God can save anyone. We need to have that hope He can
rescue and redeem any person, no matter how wicked they are.
At the same time, we have to be willing to acknowledge that
there are some who will still refuse to surrender to the
Savior even in the face of undeniable power and authority.
You would think that with these who survived this disaster that
they would finally realize it and call out to the Lord, but
they don't. They're more willing to call out
to inanimate objects More than that.
Listen, there are some people that hate the truth and love
darkness so much that they rather face a horrible death
than bend the knee to Jesus Christ.
Can you imagine that? Can you imagine praying to a
mountain fall on me? This is how warped man's heart
is. This is how dark the soul is
apart from Christ. That even as he is undeniably
shaking the very foundation beneath our feet, people will
still deny him and refuse him. This is sobering, but it's true
nonetheless. And if calling to mountains and
rocks wasn't strange enough, what's even more remarkable is
the belief of this people that they can actually escape
judgement. What are they asking the rocks
to do? Fall on us so that we can hide
from the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the
Lamb? I mentioned this a few weeks
ago. I've never seen a lamb angry.
Have you? I was so curious when I realized
this that I had to Google it and it was the cutest thing I've
ever seen a lamb angry. Look it up at lunch, you can't
find anything. They don't have horns, they
don't have fangs, they don't have claws.
They're clouds with feet. And yet here we realized the
wrath of the Lamb. I understand the wrath of a
lion. Why this imagery?
To show that the same one who laid down his life in great love
for us as a Lamb will also when they come in wrath.
I mentioned to you this last week, be careful of those who
present and preach a Jesus who is empty of wrath.
He doesn't exist. He does not exist.
He may exist in cartoons or in popular TV shows that try to
represent Christ. It's not the Christ of the
Bible. The wrath of the Lamb will come
one day and they thought they can hide from it.
What a foolish thought. They fail to realize that the
only way to evade the wrath of God is to hide in Christ
Himself. We don't use that language
frequently when we talk about salvation, but it's in the Word.
One of my favorite pictures and language used is in Hebrews 618.
Can we turn there in Hebrews 618?
Hebrews. What an amazing book.
One of the reasons why it's so enthralling to me is because
it's dripping with Old Testament references and allusions,
including this Hebrews 618. So that by two unimaginable or
unchangeable things rather, in which it is impossible for God
to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong
encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
You see what he's saying. This author, this mastermind,
this brilliant theologian who put together the book of Hebrews
by the Spirit, he tells his audience, we who have fled for
refuge. Now, you can take that at face
value. Yeah, we, we flee for refuge in
Christ. But he's referring to the cities
of refuge in the Old Testament, that if you committed
involuntary manslaughter, God had determined allotted cities
accessible at any point, no matter where you are in the
promised land. These cities have been
designated that you can actually find your way there and that you
had a chance to run to the cities of refuge lest the
avenger of that person's blood find you and justly deal with
you. Now the author here talks to
Christians and he says we who have fled for refuge, implying
what? That Christ is the greater city
of refuge. And notice this, He says we who
have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement.
Encouragement is tied to the experience of Christ being our
refuge. He's talking about us possessing
an immovable, unshakable, firm, constant trust that no one will
avenge me. No one will come after me, no
one will destroy me. And if you were here, precious
believer, and you can't say with confidence that I know strong
encouragement in the Redeemer being my refuge, all that
signifies is that you have yet to learn just how safe and
secure Christ is. Can I tell you one reason why
He's greater than the cities of refuge in the Old Testament?
The cities of refuge in the Old Testament were only for the
innocent, but Jesus is for the guilty.
The cities of refuge were for those who accidentally killed
someone. But even if you are here today
and your hands are stained with blood and nobody else knows
about it, you can flee to Christ and he will protect you.
You repent, you run to Him. He will shield you.
You will be hidden in Christ, so that even when this great
earthquake comes, even when these final judgments are
unleashed, you'll be untouched. Which brings me to my final
point. As great as a wrath of the Lamb
will be, it can be escaped. Let's talk about the great day
of wrath. We just talked about the great
ones. Look at verse 17.
For the great day of their wrath has come.
Notice that God is 1 but in a plurality of persons For the
great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?
I don't want to spend the remaining time before we break
bread here to discuss the greatness of God's wrath.
We'll have much more revelation to to explore related to that.
I just want to simply answer the question that these kings and
great ones and slaves and free asked in response to it.
Who can stand? It's a rhetorical question.
It's so clear no one, not one person, no matter how powerful
or wealthy they are, no matter how loved, no matter what kind
of lawyers you have, will be able to endure the wrath of God.
Every person will be consumed. God does not judge impartially.
He will faithfully vindicate His name and faithfully deal with
those who have denied His Son and deny the blood.
But there is one group of people that can stand.
Paul tells us in Romans 5. This is our final passage.
It's worth turning there and verse one and two.
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into
this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the
glory of God who can stand and face the great day of their
wrath. And Paul says you don't have to
worry about standing before God's wrath because in Christ,
through faith, because of grace, you stand firmly in grace and
his forgiveness and His refuge, and nothing can change that.
Can I ask you a question using this idea of standing as an
image? What line are you standing in?
Just imagine with me two lines. Here's line number one, being
prepared to face the great day of God's wrath.
Are you in that line? I'm not really thinking about
it. I got a wedding coming up.
That's not going to change this appointment.
I'm not really thinking about it.
I'm so caught up with business and my building projects.
OK, You think that's going to change anything?
I'm popular. Who cares?
Look at the kings and the generals.
They're going to find themselves in caves one day.
I'm A Celebrity. I feel bad for you, actually.
What does it matter what people say about you or write about
you? You're dependent upon another
breath and only God can grant it.
What line are you standing in? Are you in line number 1 today?
Is your appointment to face this unthinkable experience of the
fury of God's holy justice? Or are you in line number two?
You're saying what's in line number 2?
The opposite of line number one, that you are prepared to face
his immeasurable love and to receive not wrath but
fellowship, not holy anger, but overwhelming affection.
Are you in that line? You're saying, well, look, I
don't know which one I'm in. In fact, I'm inclined to think
I'm in line number one. Well, if you're in line #2 you
know, you can actually be removed from that and find
yourself in the line that I'm speaking about here saying, how
do I get there? The bridge, the transfer is
believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting that He is the
lame of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Trusting that you are deserving of His wrath, but also a
recipient by faith of His love if you were to believe it.
And you have nothing to worry about.
In fact, when you find yourself in this line, this sacrifice is
so great that God will put guardrails and keep you in that
line. And no matter who's here, no
matter what force, nothing can separate you from standing
there. Nothing can take you away from
the destiny of being in His glory forever and ever.
That's the greatness of the sacrifice.
And I find it exciting that the way we do communion here is that
we get on the line and we're going to take a piece of that
bread and a small portion of that cup to remember.
Romans 5, verse 2. Through him we have also
obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand.
I want you to think about that, believer, as you are ready to
partake this afternoon. You are coming here and
rejoicing in the truth. That wrath is not for you.
I don't want to face this right? You don't have to.
If you're listening to me, if you're trembling there, I'm
trying to keep yourself together.
You don't have to know this wrath.
You don't have to face the wrath of the Lamb.
But what might do that? You must embrace the Lamb of
God. And if you have not done that,
do it today. Don't you dare mindlessly
participate in this, not knowing where your salvation lies more
than you participating in any ordinance.
Call out to the Lord, ask Him to forgive you, repent of your sin,
and He will flood your heart with an assurance that will
provide strong encouragement. Believer, I encourage you to, as
we sing, to reflect on your own heart.
Are you truly living for Christ? I know all of us in here feel
unworthy if we think about it long enough that we're not as
faithful as we can be. I'm not talking about that.
I'm talking about justifying disobedience.
I'm talking about you ignoring something the Lord has been
convicting you about and you have not dealt with it.
If you are holding on to something, don't grab these
elements yet. Do business with God that will
please Him more than this. But believer, this is a time of
celebration. We're reading about these
judgments and we're going to stand in line and say that's not
my portion, that's not my future.
I stand in the grace of God. Let's pray.
We thank you, Father, you are so kind to us.
How even in these prophecies about the future we can learn
about who you are today. And Lord, we have come to
rejoice in our redemption. We've come now to obey what you
have instructed your church to do, and that is to take these
elements and to reflect on what you have done and what you will
do. Lord, thank You that because of
your love for us, what we can anticipate is a feast.
You told us that you would not drink of this cup again until
you drink it with us in Your Kingdom.
And so, Lord, we thank you that what we saw here in Revelation 6
is not for us. And Lord, for the one who is not
sure what their future holds, may today be the day of
salvation, and may they receive Christ wholeheartedly and
experience this great love that we are rejoicing in.
Continue to be with us, Lord, move our hearts as we taste and
see your kindness once more in Jesus name, Amen.
The praise team is going to come and join us and to lead us in a
reflective song as that's taking place.
Sing these lyrics and tune your heart to the sacredness of this
moment. Don't think about your sin
unless you need to repent of it. Think about the Savior.
Think about His obedience, His perfection, His righteousness on
your behalf. You're not coming here because
of your performance. You've come here because He has
done all the work and you're a recipient of His mercy.
That's why you're coming here. OK, well, let's stand now.
Let's celebrate.