1 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:15,440 Revelation chapter 5 The Lion and the Lamb, the greatest 2 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:23,040 worship service ever recorded. In chapter 4, John is taken 3 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,440 caught up to heaven, a type of the rapture of the church which 4 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:36,240 is due to happen at any moment. As John opens his eyes in 5 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:41,280 heaven, there before him is the throne of God, and he describes 6 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,680 it so you and I can have a pretty good understanding what 7 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,240 the throne of God will look like because we're going to be there 8 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:52,200 soon. John details all its glory, its 9 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,560 majesty, its power. He speaks of the the jewellery 10 00:00:56,560 --> 00:01:01,920 that there that's there and from the throne, coming from the 11 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:08,800 throne, it says in chapter 4 comes Thunder and lightning and 12 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,720 a rainbow is wrapped around the throne. 13 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:17,440 And so we begin the third section, the final section of 14 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,200 the Book of Revelation this morning. 15 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,400 Revelation chapter one verse 19 tells us the divisions of the 16 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,120 book. Write the things which you've 17 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,760 seen. John chapter Sorry, Revelation 18 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:37,520 chapter 1, John saw Jesus in his glorified image, eyes of fire, 19 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:43,040 feet of brass hair, white clothes with girded with a 20 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:48,800 golden breastplate. Then in chapters 2 and, and, and 21 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,360 the things which are chapters 2 to 3, the church age. 22 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,880 You and I are living in the church age. 23 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,000 It hasn't finished yet started on the day of Pentecost. 24 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,040 It's continuing on today. You and I live in chapters 2 and 25 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:08,160 3. And now from chapter 4 on, the 26 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,400 things which shall take place after this, the things that 27 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,760 shall take place after the church period, church is 28 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:21,360 raptured and the tribulation begins after Christ's ascension 29 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,280 into heaven. Remember, in the book of Acts, 30 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,880 the disciples are standing there and Jesus ascends into heaven 31 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,000 before their eyes. Angels are saying, well, what 32 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,480 are you looking at? He's coming back the same Jesus 33 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,120 that you see. He's coming back again. 34 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:43,480 Don't get about your job. We read in Hebrews that when 35 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:47,560 Jesus ascended into heaven that then he sat down at the right 36 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,400 hand, the privileged position of the Father. 37 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:58,400 Hebrews 1012 But this man that says Jesus, God became man, God 38 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Incarnate, born of a virgin in Bethlehem. 39 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,600 But this man after he had offered one sacrifice, Jesus was 40 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,520 only going to die on the cross once. 41 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,960 That's it. Once and for all his sacrifice 42 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,480 is done. It's finished. 43 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,920 He said it's finished. Then he sat down and the priests 44 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:19,880 in the Old Testament when they were serving in the Tabernacle, 45 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,240 they there was no chairs in the Tabernacle. 46 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,720 It's not like here we have chairs and you sit down in the 47 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Tabernacle, there's no chairs. They went went about their 48 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,680 business. Jesus sat down our high priest. 49 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,120 Why? It was finished, It's done, 50 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:40,760 completed. Sin had been paid for, but God 51 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,680 so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that 52 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,080 whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting 53 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,680 life. But now we begin chapter 5, we 54 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,560 see Jesus standing. It's going to tell us that. 55 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,840 It's telling us something significant is about to begin, 56 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:07,680 about to happen, to unfold. As John begins to describe what 57 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,600 he is witnessing, he notices before God's throne the 24 58 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:17,160 elders. We saw them in chapter 4 59 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:21,399 representing the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles as 60 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,360 well that representing the church. 61 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,520 They seated around the throne, you see something happening. 62 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,520 There are four powerful angels that stand around the throne of 63 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,760 God who cry out. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God 64 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,800 Almighty who is and was and is to come. 65 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:42,480 And that's what they do over and over and over and over. 66 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:50,280 Cherubim and something, something stirring. 67 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:57,040 And in the hand of he who is seated on the throne, God the 68 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,440 Father. John sees a scroll, a big 69 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,800 parchment scroll wound up, and it's sealed. 70 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,600 This is a significant document. It's written front and back. 71 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:21,960 It's fastened or sealed with 7 seals, 7 round wax markings and 72 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,560 after each section it's sealed, then another section it's 73 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,320 sealed. So you have to read break the 74 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,400 section first, seal, pull it out, you're reading from right 75 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,600 to left, pull it out and then when you finish that first 76 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:39,440 section then there's another seal break to break to to read 77 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:45,160 the next section. What's the scroll? 78 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,080 What is this? Is it the title deed of the 79 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:58,440 earth forfeited by Adam when he disobeyed God with Eve and 80 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,680 obeyed Satan, ate of the fruit, touched the tree that he 81 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:09,840 shouldn't, then forfeited dominion? 82 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:13,080 God had given Adam and Eve dominion over the world and all 83 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,480 the animals and all the plants and everything. 84 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,400 Genesis 127 You have dominion. I give it to you, You're in 85 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:27,000 charge. But Adam disobeyed God and 86 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 obeyed Satan. Is it the scroll? 87 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,960 Is this the scroll? Is it redemption? 88 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:38,400 Is it the redemption? Is it the record of the plan of 89 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,520 God? It's going to see Adam and Eve 90 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,240 sinned and then God will have a seed of a woman. 91 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,000 And is it is it that laid out the death on the cross, the born 92 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,960 of a virgin and all that sort of stuff laying in the tomb for 93 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:55,400 three days and rising on the from the dead? 94 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,600 Is it a record? Is it a, is it a is it detailing 95 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,040 all the events? Now they're going to happen. 96 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,120 The seven seals, 7 trumpets, bowls, etcetera. 97 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:09,160 They're going to be unveiled now as we see the judgement of God 98 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,560 coming upon planet earth. The fact that the scroll is 99 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:18,560 written back in front tells us that it's detail is complete. 100 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:23,320 There's nothing more to be added to it in the time of John's 101 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,480 writing. Remember he's on the island of 102 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,400 Patmos. He's been exiled, he's a lonely 103 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,720 old man. He's in his 90s now. 104 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,760 Eventually he'll be released, he'll go back. 105 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,480 And because he from the time of the cross, he looked after Mary, 106 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,240 Jesus mother and they lived in Ephesus. 107 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,560 There John would die of old age along with Mary. 108 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,920 The time of John's writing, he is some 90 years old. 109 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,480 As I said, land title deeds. When you went to buy a block of 110 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,320 land, the title deeds and wills in those days was sealed and 111 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,440 written on scrolls with wax, sealed just like this. 112 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,920 Let's look at verse 1 and I. This is John saw in the right 113 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,640 hand. The right hand always speaks of 114 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,680 power, authority of him, Capital H. 115 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:16,360 It's God the Father who said on the throne, a scroll written 116 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:21,760 inside and on the back sealed with 7 seals, there's two. 117 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,760 Then I saw a strong Angel. Now you're right. 118 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,840 This Angel has this, this, this is, this is, you know, we see so 119 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,360 many drawings of angels and they're kind of like sweet, 120 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:40,039 aren't they angels? Our images and things and 121 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:42,919 imagination of what really is is so different. 122 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:44,880 What the Bible tells this is a strong Angel. 123 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:52,200 This is a powerful Angel. We saw, I saw a strong Angel 124 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,720 proclaiming any speaks with a loud voice. 125 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,040 Now everything in the Middle East is loud. 126 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:05,080 We saw a bar mitzvah happening as they March up and they go up 127 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:10,360 to the Western Wall when a young Israeli boy is becoming a man of 128 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,200 a bar mitzvah. And man, it was loud. 129 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:18,240 And everywhere we ate, we were down in the Dead Sea eating in 130 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,400 the in the restaurant at night down in the Dead Sea and the 131 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,040 Jews were getting together and man, they are loud. 132 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,160 They celebrate, they sing when families get together. 133 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,760 There was a wedding celebration going on. 134 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:36,280 Man, if you think my music's too loud, sorry, God's going to give 135 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,320 you a set of arrows, but they're going to be adjusted because in 136 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:42,800 heaven there's going to be a lot of loud stuff. 137 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,480 I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loud voice, and this is 138 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,920 what he said. Who is worthy to open the scroll 139 00:09:54,080 --> 00:10:03,240 and to loose its seals? Who is worthy to open the scroll 140 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,840 to loose its seals? A strong Angel. 141 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,960 The word strong in the Greek there is actually mighty, 142 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:13,680 powerful. Verse 3. 143 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:22,480 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was 144 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,200 able to open the scroll or to look at it. 145 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:31,600 So no one in all the universe was able to look at it, touch 146 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:38,320 it, or to open it. So there's a silence after this 147 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:43,160 proclamation. Who's worthy? 148 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,240 Silence. No response. 149 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,480 No, Archangel is not Michael or none of those coming forward. 150 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,400 No, Gabriel's not coming. I'll do this. 151 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:01,800 No, there's no response. No cherubim, no seraphim marches 152 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:05,960 forward, No Abraham, Moses or any of those come forward. 153 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:11,480 Yeah, I'll do it. If the mighty Angel had called 154 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,440 out who's willing, There would have been movement. 155 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,320 I'll have a crack. I'll have a go. 156 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:25,280 But he cried out who was worthy. The word worthy is the Greek 157 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:30,560 word axios. It means befitting who is 158 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,360 powerful, who is worthy, who is befitting, who has the the, the 159 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,800 qualifications. It's able. 160 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:45,600 So John, as he sees no one come forward, begins to weep 161 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,960 profusely. It's not like a few tears 162 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,840 running down his eyes. He begins to convulse. 163 00:11:55,240 --> 00:12:03,200 This is overwhelming grief, John, because John knows exactly 164 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:08,040 what this scroll is, what it represents, what it means, and 165 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:13,240 he knows what needs to happen. This, by the way, is the only 166 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,000 place we read of there being tears in heaven at this moment, 167 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:25,040 verse 4. So I wept much because no one 168 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:30,880 was found worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at 169 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,440 it. But one of the elders said to 170 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:41,520 me, do not weep. Behold or look up the lion 171 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:49,400 capital L of the tribe of Judah. We're defining who this is the 172 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:54,880 root of David, both Joseph and Mary, even though Joseph wasn't 173 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,800 the father, he just looked after and the fatherly role, but both 174 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,120 Joseph and Mary came from the lineage of David. 175 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,000 That's why they had to go to Bethlehem during the time of 176 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,200 census House of David, the root of David. 177 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,720 So we we're defining who this is. 178 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,040 This is Jesus because Jesus is going to the promise to the 179 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,320 Messiah is he's he's through David. 180 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:25,680 The throne of David has prevailed to open the scroll and 181 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:29,000 to loose it's 7 seals. He's able to break the seals. 182 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,200 John's weeping is incontrollable. 183 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,600 Fascinating. What were his tears? 184 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:45,520 Why such grief? They represented the tears of 185 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:51,760 Adam and Eve as they saw the lifeless body of their son Abel 186 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:59,240 dead killed boy's brother. And Adam and Eve knew the weight 187 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,080 of sin and hadn't just made them naked and ashamed. 188 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:09,720 Death had come, they were dying. And now they see as a result of 189 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:18,800 their disobedience, death, their son Abel laying dead sin, the 190 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:26,440 wages of sin is death. It just ultimately kills the 191 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,440 tears of Israel. Over the years, 400 years as 192 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:36,280 their slaves, 7274 people go into Egypt, become two, two and 193 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,760 a half million, 3 million people, possibly over 400 years. 194 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,960 But during those 400 years, they are wailing and crying at the 195 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:52,960 God, and God hears them. They're the tears of some of you 196 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,720 and I who stood by the grave of a loved one. 197 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:02,560 There's nothing more sure that proves the book of Genesis and 198 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,680 the fall of man than a funeral. It's the reality. 199 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,520 It's Genesis. In reality, it's 3D. 200 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:15,120 When you stand and there's death, death has occurred. 201 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:19,680 That person is dead. Where are they now? 202 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,360 Death only came. Death wasn't part of God's plan. 203 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,600 When God made everything, it was beautiful. 204 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,160 He thought it was good. Death wasn't part of our 205 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:34,280 planning. It wasn't what God had for us. 206 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:38,160 But we disobeyed. We opened the door and let sin 207 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:45,000 come in, which brought death such as the curse of sin that 208 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,480 has been laid upon God's beautiful creation. 209 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:53,040 God said over and over and over six times it's good what I've 210 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,760 read that's good. Then he said it's very good. 211 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:03,080 No wonder John web so why he knew the scroll its title deed. 212 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:06,960 It's the title deed for the earth that Adam and Eve had 213 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:11,920 lost. If no one claims it, Satan, who 214 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,680 rules the world, who is the Prince and power of the air, the 215 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,320 Little G God. Jesus called him Little G God, 216 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:27,680 God of the air. He has ruled dominion over it at 217 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,200 the moment. This is why when Jesus was 218 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,200 driven by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness of 40 days and 40 219 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:38,000 nights, when Satan offered him, I, you can, I'll give you the 220 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,160 world, you can rule the world, I'll give it to you. 221 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:46,040 He owned it and legally forwarded and got the the flow 222 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,160 on from the fall of Adam and Eve, who'd forfeited it. 223 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,600 He's like, I'll give you the world. 224 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,280 Jesus just bowed out and worship me. 225 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:02,920 Worship me. John's wondering if Satan would 226 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,560 forever have his hands on what Adam lost. 227 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,400 No, Jesus is about to make all things right again. 228 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,079 He's standing up. He will end death. 229 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,240 We see that later in Revelation 21. 230 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:28,280 No more death, no more tears, no more pain, sorrow, the elder 231 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:29,920 says. John, don't weep. 232 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,360 Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah. 233 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:39,120 One title, the root of David second title had prevailed to 234 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,520 open the scroll to loose 7 seals. 235 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,920 He can open the skull scroll, he can break the seals. 236 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,920 He is worthy. I looked and behold, in the 237 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,080 midst of of the throne and of the four living creatures said 238 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,120 John looks where he's been pointed, asked to look. 239 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:58,000 And in the midst of the elders third title stood a lamb capital 240 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:06,400 L Lion root of David Lamb defining who this is. 241 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,040 There's only one who fits all those. 242 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:13,600 It's Jesus, as though it had been slain. 243 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,160 Then it says having 7 horns and seven eyes. 244 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,240 And you kind of go, oh, what is this gross thing? 245 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:25,440 We'll explain because it says then, which are the seven 246 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,600 spirits of God. So it's it's it's not actual 247 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:33,280 horns or eyes. Horns speak of strength, and the 248 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:37,720 eyes will explain. Sent out into all the earth. 249 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:46,840 Then he came, the lion, the seed of David, the lamb that had been 250 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,680 slain. He takes the scroll from the 251 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,720 right hand of him who said on the throne he was able. 252 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:57,080 So I'll take that. Now, in the Old Testament, 253 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:03,080 there's a redemption clause and the buying and selling of land. 254 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,120 Israel was and still very much is an agrarian, very much an 255 00:19:08,120 --> 00:19:13,200 agrarian society. If a farmer had to sell or 256 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,840 forfeit his land due to tough times, difficult running out of 257 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:22,360 money, there was a clause always in the selling of of the land 258 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:28,200 that he could in time be able to redeem, buy back, which was his 259 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:33,200 to maintain and ensure that that land stays in his family. 260 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:38,640 He could or a member of his family if he, if he passed away, 261 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,360 could become what's known as a kinsman Redeemer. 262 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:48,520 We see it in the book of Ruth. But to qualify to be able to 263 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:57,200 uphold that clause, there were three criteria that legally had 264 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:03,200 to be fulfilled. 1 you had to be the original owner or related to 265 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:09,360 the original original owner. This is why Jesus became a man. 266 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:15,200 Firstly, to be able to die. That God could die on the cross. 267 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:20,760 But also so that He represents us, the human race. 268 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:25,720 He could come forward and actually be part of a kinsman 269 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:28,200 Redeemer. He put on a human body. 270 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:35,400 It's called the Incarnation. 2. He had to be able to meet the 271 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:39,800 debt required. What's the debt that's required? 272 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:45,040 The wages of sin is death. So he had to be able to die. 273 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,000 But to be able to die, he can't. A criminal can't pay the debt of 274 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,320 another criminal. He's already in gaol. 275 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,360 He's got his own debts to worry about. 276 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,640 So he had to be innocent. He had to. 277 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,400 And to be innocent, he had to be what? 278 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,880 Born of a virgin, the seed of a woman. 279 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,160 Genesis chapter 3 couldn't just be Joseph's son. 280 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,800 He had to be born of the seed of a woman. 281 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:15,520 He is innocent. Blood never sinned, tempted, but 282 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:21,760 never sinned sinless. And three, he had to be willing 283 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,440 to make the redemption purpose. He had to go. 284 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,240 Yeah, I'll do that. He prayed in the garden if 285 00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,440 there'd be any other way but Lord, not my will, but thine, 286 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,080 I'll go to the cross. In the book of Isaiah chapter 287 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:42,640 53, it says Jesus would be the Messiah, would be LED away as a 288 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,320 lamb. Interesting. 289 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:48,960 What to the slaughter when the soldiers came and there were 290 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,680 thousands of soldiers, not just a couple of 100 that came to to 291 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:58,320 arrest Jesus that time there was a massive number, at least 6-7 292 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,120 hundred. Let me put put it back and write 293 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,600 4 figures. They came to arrest Jesus and 294 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,600 you go OK guys we're on air, we're into it. 295 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:13,320 Peter tried that, didn't he? He said, take me, I'm the one 296 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:19,320 you want, Leave these. And he was led away as a lamb to 297 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:24,200 the slaughter. John turns his gaze to see 298 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:29,040 Jesus, expecting to see the lion of the tribe of Judah. 299 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:32,600 Jesus is from Judah, which indeed he is. 300 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:36,800 But instead John sees a lamb standing. 301 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,520 Jesus was seated, now he's standing. 302 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:42,480 Something's happening. In the book of Genesis chapter 303 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:47,440 49, verse 9 and 10, it says the sceptre shall not depart from 304 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,840 Judah. That is the ruling, nor nor a 305 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,840 lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes. 306 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,640 And to him shall the obedience of the people gather. 307 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:04,760 So the image, the symbol of a lamb is one of strength and 308 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:08,520 power is so counter to our world's imagery, isn't it? 309 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:13,880 I mean, no football team, NFL, rugby team, you know, that's the 310 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,280 mascot, that's a lamb. He's there. 311 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,440 That's our, that's our mascot, little lamb. 312 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,480 We're a very powerful, strong team. 313 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:31,520 And so it's opposite to the world's thinking, but Jesus is 314 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:36,720 both the lion and the lamb. 30 times in the Book of Revelation 315 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,840 he has this title spoken of him in Jesus deity. 316 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,240 In being God. He is the lion of the tribe of 317 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,280 Judah. He is the king. 318 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:50,480 The lion is what the king of peace. 319 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:56,600 Jesus is the King of kings, all powerful in his rule. 320 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:06,000 In Jesus humanity, he is seen as the Lamb, absolute humility to 321 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:11,360 his Father's will. He said of himself that he had 322 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,960 come to serve and not be served. That's interesting. 323 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,160 You want to throw that out there, by the way, so often 324 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,360 people come to churches and think, you know, I want to run 325 00:24:19,360 --> 00:24:20,920 the place, you know, I want to be the head. 326 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,960 This will do that. And then they get this like 327 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,560 power, power thing happens to them. 328 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,160 Start telling people what to do and everything. 329 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:34,520 Jesus came to serve. Remember he washed the disciples 330 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:40,360 feet. He came to serve and not be 331 00:24:40,360 --> 00:24:43,360 served. In Philippians chapter 2 verse 7 332 00:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,200 it details the ministry of Jesus. 333 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,280 This is what you and I should aim for. 334 00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:54,200 He made himself of no reputation. 335 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,520 He made himself no didn't take oh, yeah, I'm the one. 336 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,480 I run the show. I'm the most support person 337 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:02,760 here. I'm the best singer. 338 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:04,800 I'm the best Sunday school teacher and I'm the greatest 339 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:09,520 preacher. I'm this and that made himself 340 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,200 with no reputation, taking the form of a bond servant. 341 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,760 The word bond servant is the lowest form. 342 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:23,120 That's Jesus, the lowest form, coming in the likeness of men. 343 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,160 That's the incarnation being found in appearance as a man. 344 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,480 He humbled himself and became obedient. 345 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,720 How far? How far was He obedient? 346 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,120 To the point of death, even the death of the cross. 347 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:41,440 He was a willing sacrifice. He was the willing Lamb. 348 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,160 As they let him away, He just let them lead him away. 349 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:50,080 He let them smack him, beat him, spit on him, tear his beard, 350 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:55,600 tear his hair. Then he let them whip him with 351 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:01,600 the catanine towels with stones, broken glass and bones. 352 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,920 And if he had it added one word said Oh no, I know I'm innocent, 353 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:07,480 then it would have been less and less. 354 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:18,040 He opened not what his mouth is a lamb, but Jesus is both that 355 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,160 Christ's first coming. He came as a lamb. 356 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:24,840 But when Christ returns Revelation 19, his second 357 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:29,360 coming, he's coming as a lion. No mucking around this time. 358 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,720 John notices that Jesus, just as he had seen him after his 359 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,320 crucifixion, that's what catches his gaze and resurrection, 360 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,840 actually, the holes in his hands, holes in his feet. 361 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,360 Lamb has had been slain. John can clearly see the wounds 362 00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:50,880 of the cross still on Jesus in heaven. 363 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,960 Now the lamb, by the way, in the Greek language, it's pet lamb. 364 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,160 It's the pet lamb. It's like having, you know, some 365 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,520 of you have had pet lambs. I've brought them home and 366 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:06,440 dished them out and give them to relatives who've thanked me. 367 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:16,440 Later pet lamb jumped these wounds back in John chapter 20. 368 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,600 You remember Thomas is devastated when Jesus died. 369 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,560 The twin one of the 12 was not with them when Jesus appeared to 370 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,680 them. Verse 25. 371 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,040 The other disciples therefore said to him, hey Thomas, we've 372 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,880 seen the Lord. He said look, don't come at me 373 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,280 with this. He's upset, he's heartbroken, 374 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,320 unless I see in his hands the print of the nails and put my 375 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:46,560 finger in the print of the nails and put my hand in his side with 376 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,400 a spear, when I'll not believe, I don't believe that. 377 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:54,240 Don't give that to me. Then it says after 8 days, eight 378 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,520 days later, his disciples were again inside. 379 00:27:56,840 --> 00:28:02,600 Thomas this time is with them. Jesus came, the door was shut. 380 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:07,360 Jesus appears, stood in the midst and said peace to you, 381 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,640 Shalom. And then he would go straight to 382 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:15,800 Thomas. He said, Thomas, put your 383 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,960 fingers here. The hall would have been here. 384 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:20,240 Thomas, put your finger in there. 385 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:28,600 Thomas pulling his garment up, showing the big word where the 386 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,680 spear went into his heart. Thomas, put your hand in here. 387 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,880 Do not be unbelieving, but believing. 388 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:46,840 Thomas, a Jew said this. My Lord and my God either. 389 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:51,920 Jesus is God and Thomas is saying the right thing, or 390 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,360 Thomas is being blasphemous, saying that to a man. 391 00:28:54,880 --> 00:29:01,280 Jesus is the Son of God. So the only man made things that 392 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,200 you and I will see. They'll remind us for all 393 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:11,720 eternity is every time we'll see Jesus, we'll see the holes, the 394 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:17,280 holes always for eternity in heaven. 395 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,560 Verse 6, in the midst of the throne of the four living 396 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,120 creatures, in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as though 397 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:29,480 it had been slain, having 7 horns and seven eyes, which are 398 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,400 the seven spirits of God sent out to all the earth. 7 horns 399 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,200 are always indicative. A horn is always indicative of 400 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:40,200 power. Jesus is the omnipotent. 1 He 401 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,960 had seven. He has complete power. 7 is the 402 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,960 number of completion. He has absolute complete power. 403 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,320 Seven eyes. Jesus is the all knowing 1. 404 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:56,680 He is omniscient, the devil isn't and he is also 405 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,720 omnipresent. He is ever present everywhere. 406 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,240 Jesus says I'll never leave you nor forsake you. 407 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,160 Then he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who 408 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,800 said on the throne the scroll is the title deed of the earth 409 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,160 forfeited by Adam. It is the record of man's 410 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:18,120 redemption. It is the detailed record of all 411 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,480 the events. Because as Jesus begins to break 412 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,520 the seals, we see the first seal will do that Wednesday night, 413 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,600 the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. 414 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,160 Then we see Him break the second seal, the second seal, and so on 415 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:35,280 and so on. And lastly, it tells of all the 416 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,480 judgements about to come upon the earth. 417 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,320 As each seal is soon to be broken and the scroll being 418 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:44,640 opened. We see God's divine judgement on 419 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:47,920 the world about to take place. This world that that you and I 420 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,880 live in and know of this beautiful beach and place that 421 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:51,920 we live. Guess what? 422 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,520 The judgement of God is about to fall this planet. 423 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,360 Jesus said things are going to happen in this world. 424 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,800 They have never ever happened before. 425 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,400 They're going to terrify people. Now. 426 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,280 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and 427 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,880 the 24 elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp. 428 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,960 So they've got a harp or a liar playing and a golden. 429 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,720 They've got a harp and a lice. And so they've got one hand, 430 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,000 they've got 1/2 and the other, they've got a golden balls full 431 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,800 of incense. What are they? 432 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,320 Look, which are the prayers of the Saints? 433 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:34,400 Our prayers. We're in this as Jesus takes the 434 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,040 scroll, the four living creatures, the 24 elders falling 435 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:42,160 down on their faces in reverent, overwhelming worship before the 436 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:46,200 Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, and they burst into praise. 437 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,760 Each one has a harp, A lyre being played. 438 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,800 Music fills the heaven in the hands of the elders who 439 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,520 represent the church. They have the balls filled with 440 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,360 our prayers are your prayers. Are you a praying person? 441 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,520 If you're not well, you've got nothing to do with this. 442 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:06,720 But if you're a praying person, then this these balls are filled 443 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,200 with your prayers. When we gather on a Wednesday, 444 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,200 we refill. We load up the balls each 445 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,160 Wednesday when we gather of these prayers, these balls, 446 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,600 which are going to be in Revelation chapter 5 and they 447 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:25,520 what do your prayers do? They rise up like incense. 448 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,400 You know what they that is you, you know, you get that. 449 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:34,560 Oh, that's lovely incense. Remember when the alabaster 450 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:41,280 Brock box, the flask was broken and the scent when you pray, God 451 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:45,920 goes, oh, that's good, that's good. 452 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:57,400 As you pray, that's good. These are the prayers of every 453 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,120 praying St who had all the living days prayed and 454 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,440 proclaimed and we used to do it every Friday at promise school, 455 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:09,400 our Father, we used to do the Lord's pray our Father who is in 456 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:13,200 heaven hallowed be your name. What does it say after that your 457 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:18,040 Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven and 458 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,120 fills that ball. Verse 9 it says and they sang a 459 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:26,160 new song. When Jesus took the scroll, the 460 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,400 weeping ended and the worship started. 461 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,320 Donald Grey Barnhouse said on this passage there are four 462 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,240 things at the moment that are out of place as we look at the 463 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,160 last days. He says, 1 the church, it should 464 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,560 be in heaven where it belongs. That's where it is in chapter 5. 465 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,400 Israel now should be occupying all the land God promised 466 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,960 Abraham, but it isn't three. Satan, who's ruling the world at 467 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,800 the moment should be cast into the lake of fire. 468 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,880 That's where he belongs. That's where he's going to end 469 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,960 up. And Jesus, Jerusalem, Jesus 470 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:07,560 should be seated on his throne in Jerusalem reigning. 471 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,679 He's going to do that in the thousand year reign at the end 472 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:14,400 of the seven year tribulation. So the golden balls that contain 473 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:18,480 the prayers of the Saints reveal in our text that God one 474 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,679 remembers our prayers. Do you know that God remembers 475 00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,040 you when you pray? I don't remember when you 476 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:28,239 prayed. Psalm 56, eight talks about our 477 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,199 tears. You number my wanderings. 478 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,000 You put my tears into your bottle. 479 00:34:32,199 --> 00:34:35,400 Are they not in your book? Now in Israel you can see these 480 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,520 little tear bottles and they would, they would weep, they 481 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,320 would capture the tears and cork them. 482 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,760 They would wear them around their necks. 483 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,840 In Revelation 5, we're told our prayers are kept, we're kept in 484 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,639 heaven in a bowl. I think that's quite amazing. 485 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:58,360 Nothing is wasted by God. Now around our house we have 486 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,680 some things that people think, why you got that there? 487 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,320 What's that strange looking thing? 488 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,520 There are things that our children have made when they're 489 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,520 young and now that our grandchildren are doing the same 490 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,200 and we have things and you know what? 491 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,480 They're the treasures of our house. 492 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,640 I look at them, I go, I know who made that. 493 00:35:17,240 --> 00:35:20,000 Sometimes even the kids kind of go, oh, it's a bit rough, 494 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:22,840 especially as they grow older, but not to us. 495 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,400 Well, God treats your prayers. Every time you've prayed, it's 496 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,880 something precious and he keeps it and he remembers it. 497 00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:34,960 Why? Because he loves you dearly. 498 00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:40,240 He loves you dearly. Verse 9 and they sang a new song 499 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:46,160 saying you are worthy, befitting worth to take the scroll and to 500 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,800 open its seals for you are slain and have redeemed us to God. 501 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:54,560 How by your blood out of every tribe. 502 00:35:54,640 --> 00:36:00,480 Notice this tongue, people and nation and have made us kings. 503 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:06,000 We will rule in the millennial period and priests, we will 504 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,760 serve God during the millennial period and for eternity, and we 505 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:14,960 will reign upon the earth. You and I raptured. 506 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,640 Now the Saints in heaven are singing a new song because this 507 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,320 is you guys. This Is Us. 508 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:22,600 We're talking about us. This is our future. 509 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:27,800 It's quite, quite amazing. We're singing a new song to the 510 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,480 Lamb with the lyrics of the song we will sing. 511 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:36,240 We proclaim and declare the worthiness of God. 512 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,360 This is what worship is all about. 513 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,840 The word worship is the word proscunio. 514 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,720 It means to kiss, to kiss toward, to kiss the hand of. 515 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:52,600 It's to give proclamation and praise to he who is worthy. 516 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,800 It's the worthiness of God that is worship. 517 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,400 He says for you were slain. This is what we sing in the 518 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,680 literal Greek for you were slain. 519 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,440 It is, we would say in the English, you were butchered. 520 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,720 That's what the word says. The other word that it means is 521 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:14,280 you were slaughtered. That's part of the song that 522 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:18,520 we'll sing. Jesus was not just killed, He 523 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:24,080 was sacrificed on the cross. This was the price of your and 524 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,160 my redemption. Grace is free, but it's not 525 00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:32,400 cheap. How do you treat the great gift 526 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,360 of salvation that God has made available to you? 527 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,080 And notice this and have redeemed us to God by your 528 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,840 blood. Notice this wording out of every 529 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,080 tribe, tongue, people and nation. 530 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,480 Who's this? Who's this group? 531 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:50,800 It can only be one group. This is why the church fits 532 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,680 description. Only the church can fit this 533 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:58,560 description because this is a powerful additional evidence 534 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,080 telling us the church will be in heaven because we're from every 535 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,360 tribe, every tongue, and every nation. 536 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,480 It's not saying Israel. Then I looked verse 11. 537 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:11,800 I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living 538 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,040 creatures, and the elders. A number of them was 10,000 * 539 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,000 10,000 and thousands of thousands, thousands. 540 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,480 The word used to describe the number of angels is the word 541 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:23,680 myriad. You've heard that myriad. 542 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,160 Myriad is the highest numerical word in the Greek language. 543 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,080 There's so many angels, I can't number them. 544 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,720 Now the Bible talks about numbering this, the sand on the 545 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,920 sea, the grains of sand and the stars, but you can't number the 546 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:44,520 many Here verse 12 saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb 547 00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,960 who was slain to receive power, riches and wisdom, strength and 548 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,920 honour, glory and blessing. The Saints notice this were the 549 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:59,000 ones singing, while the angels were the ones saying why mention 550 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,040 this angels not singing? But what about Christmas Eve 551 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,800 isn't you know, when the angels appeared and they go, oh, 552 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,440 singing to the to the shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem? 553 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:13,920 Luke 213 says suddenly there was with the angels a multitude of 554 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:21,440 the heavenly post host praising God and saying, saying here in 555 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:25,920 chapter 5 of Revelation we sing you and I sing the song of 556 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,440 redemption, which the angels do not and cannot because they're 557 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,440 not redeemed. The angels join with us to 558 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:36,440 praise God, to rejoice in Him, but they Can't Sing about 559 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,640 redemption. They speak words of praise. 560 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,200 The angels are not the recipients of salvation. 561 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,480 It's for the redemption of fallen mankind, but not for 562 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:52,280 fallen angels and every creature which is in heaven and on the 563 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,160 earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all 564 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,480 that are in them. I heard saying blessing and 565 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:03,040 honour and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne to 566 00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,080 the Lamb forever and ever. Then the four living creatures 567 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,440 said Amen, the cherubim to go, Amen. 568 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,240 That's it, Absolutely. The 24 elders, what do they do? 569 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:16,920 They fall down again, worship Him who lives forever and ever. 570 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,640 The cherubim say Amen. The 24 elders fall down and 571 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,280 worship. Amen means so be it. 572 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,920 That's the truth. The Saints are singing and the 573 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:31,720 angels are agreeing. But as we turn our gaze back to 574 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,920 earth as all this is happening, you know what's happening back 575 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,000 on earth. Because remember, our vantage 576 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,160 point during the Tribulation period is in heaven. 577 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,000 We look back to earth, the things that are happening on 578 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:45,440 earth. You know what's happening on 579 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,400 earth. Jesus said these things will be 580 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:55,160 happening at this time. But as the days of Noah, so also 581 00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,000 will be the coming of the Son of Man be. 582 00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:59,880 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating, 583 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:03,720 drinking, marrying, giving in marriage until the day that Noah 584 00:41:03,720 --> 00:41:08,160 entered the ark and did not know until the flood came and took 585 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,000 them all away. So also will be the coming of 586 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,600 the Son of Man Be. In other words, the church is 587 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,880 raptured, we're in heaven, we're glorifying God, praising God. 588 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,960 The elders are falling down. Cherubim going. 589 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,440 Amen. You know what's going on? 590 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,240 Coffee. Yeah. 591 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,120 Lovely wedding. Yeah. 592 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,240 That's good. The other footy. 593 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,680 Yeah. What's that? 594 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:40,440 What's that? That's the reality. 595 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:48,640 Do you know what's coming? As sure as death and taxes, 596 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:54,240 these events in Revelation Chapter 5 are going to occur. 597 00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:00,360 As sure as death and taxes, as sure as the sun coming up 598 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,120 tomorrow, these events are going to occur. 599 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:10,080 A farmer, godly man, had a visitor visit with him from the 600 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,480 city, stayed over with him as they were eating supper that 601 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,640 night for tea. The farmer said oh let's pray. 602 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:23,960 The visitor quietly laughs, praying this is that's how I 603 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:29,080 tainted old fashioned man. Anyone with an education knows 604 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,440 that you don't pray anymore, especially in public. 605 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:36,600 That's just foolish. Well, the farmer replied, Yes, I 606 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:42,880 know that it is old fashioned. Old fashioned to some, and there 607 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:47,200 are some even on my farm who don't do this, don't agree. 608 00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:51,160 They refuse to do it. Many don't worship or pray for 609 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,600 that matter. Really, said the visitor. 610 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,560 Well, at least some are enlightened here on the farm. 611 00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,000 I'd like to meet him. Just who are the wise ones? 612 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,720 There's a farmer reached over to grab the salt. 613 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:08,000 He says Oh my pigs, put the soul on his meal. 614 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:16,720 These events we've studied are going to happen as sure as death 615 00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:23,160 and taxes. Know them, study them, look 616 00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:30,480 forward to them or fear them. Are you ready for heaven? 617 00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:35,080 Details exactly. This is all about us. 618 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:40,680 Have you received Christ as your Saviour today? 619 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,360 God speaks to you through his word. 620 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,440 This book, the Book of Revelation, is why I came to 621 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:50,440 Christ, because I knew in my heart this world Jesus is coming 622 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,240 back. I didn't know how and what and 623 00:43:52,240 --> 00:43:57,960 where, but I knew that part. Where do you sit? 624 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:05,480 Will you be on earth, running, swimming, surfing, golfing, 625 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:12,400 going about your business as normal, and you will not know 626 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:15,440 that the Lord has come?