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 So we're going to go ahead and get started.

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 Let's open in prayer and we'll go ahead and begin.

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 Father God, we thank you for this time and this opportunity for us to go and open your word.

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 We're going through this book of Revelation faithfully.

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 And we just pray that the words spoken will be understood.

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 And that we, as a church, we will be moved to make a decision for Christ, if we haven't already,

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 to grow in the faith, but also be moved to live it out.

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 We're grateful that we have this Bible in our hands.

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 We're grateful that we can come together, open the word, hear the word being preached this morning.

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 I pray for everyone that is here in person and everyone that is online.

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 Bless them, be with them, and help transform their minds and their hearts.

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 We love you so much.

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 May you be present with us in understanding and in transformation this morning.

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 It is in the name of Jesus that we pray and we all say together, amen, church.

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 So let's turn our Bibles.

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 We're going to go to Revelation chapter 5.

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 And the title that I have for this sermon is Weep No More.

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 It is based off of Revelation 5 verses 1 through 14.

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 As we are turning there, it's going to be in page, I think that's the 1,221 and 22 in your ESVP Bibles.

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 And as we turn there, I want you to keep in mind what we have been going over.

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 We finished the seven churches in Revelation and then we went into Revelation chapter 4,

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 which was the throne, right, the throne room in heaven.

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 We had this scene where John was going through the open door in heaven, right?

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 As I mentioned, it was as though the curtain was being opened

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 and we're seeing behind the scenes what is going on in heaven.

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 If you remember, this is where there was the voice sounding like a trumpet saying,

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 come up here.

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 And there was the scene of the 24 thrones and the four creatures.

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 And we were seeing the connections that were happening within the Old Testament.

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 And it's important for us to recognize the power and the connections

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 and the consistency within the word of God.

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 To know that the prophets had foretold of these kind of scenes is remarkable.

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 It helps us with our understanding of Revelation.

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 It helps us grow in our faith as well.

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 And so when we're opening our Bibles here to Revelation 5,

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 it's important for us to recognize that Christ is the Lamb who was slain.

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 Amen?

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 Right?

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 He is the Lamb.

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 And it is He, we will see in this scene,

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 He is the only one who is worthy to open the scroll.

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 And we'll see the importance of that.

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 There's this scroll and there's seven seals on it.

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 Okay, well, what in the world is the significance of this scroll?

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 What in the world does it mean?

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 To open the scroll is to open then every sealed purpose of God across all of scriptures.

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 To bring it full to completion.

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 What was once seen and prophesied is coming true to completion.

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 Isn't that powerful?

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 That what has been foretold, what has been prophesied about will be seen through to completion.

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 We can see that throughout all of scripture, right?

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 Just with Jesus Christ being born in a manger.

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 Or just like how we went over in the book of Ezra.

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 How Cyrus, a pagan king, was to make a decree for the Jewish people to return back home.

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 That was prophesied.

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 That was a fulfillment.

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 These kind of things are remarkable and it helps us to understand.

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 Look at the consistency.

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 Look at how God is working behind the scenes.

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 We may not understand it.

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 How many of you have heard that saying before that hindsight is 20-20?

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 You don't have to raise your hand.

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 You can just nod your head or not.

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 But hindsight is 20-20, right?

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 You look back and you're like, oh, that's why that happened.

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 I didn't understand it at the time, but I understand it now.

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 I can tell you in my own life, there have been many times where I look back and I'm like,

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 oh, if only I'd known, right?

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 We can all identify with those kind of things, right?

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 And so let's go ahead.

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 Let's go to the next slide.

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 One more.

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 So yeah, we're going to read this together.

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 Are we all there in Revelation chapter 5?

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 Church, let's read Revelation 5 together.

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 It's important for us as a church to not only open the text, but to read it together.

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 So let's begin.

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 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne,

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 a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with how many seals?

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 Seven seals, right?

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 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice,

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 who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals.

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 So we know there's an importance here, right?

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 Verse 3.

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 And no one, where?

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 In heaven or on earth or under the earth,

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 was able to open the scroll or to look into it.

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 Verse 4.

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 And I and John began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll

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 or to look into it.

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 Isn't that crazy?

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 It's like there's this important and this sense of weeping that's happening right away.

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 Verse 5.

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 And one of the elders said to me, said what?

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 Weep no more.

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 Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered,

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 so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.

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 Amen.

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 Going to show the significance of Christ, the lamb that was slain, right?

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 The lion from the tribe of Judah.

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 Verse 6.

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 And between the throne and the four living creatures,

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 and among the elders, I saw a lamb standing.

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 As though it had what?

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 Been slain.

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 With seven horns and with seven eyes.

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 What an image, right?

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 Which are the seven spirits of God.

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 There it is again, right?

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 When we talked about the sevenfold, the completedness of the spirit of God,

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 sent out into all the earth.

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 Verse 7.

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 And he went and he took the scroll from the right of him who was seated on the throne.

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 And when he had taken the scroll,

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 the four living creatures and the 24 elders, what did they do?

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 They fell down before the lamb.

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 Each holding a harp and golden bowls.

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 This is a very beautiful verse.

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 Golden bowls, right?

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 What are they filled with?

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 Incense.

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 And what does it say?

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 What is the incense?

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 The prayers of the saints.

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 Isn't that beautiful?

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 To think that our prayers, they matter,

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 and it's as though it is incense in these golden bowls.

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 That's just beautiful language.

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 So it goes into verse 9.

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 They sang a new song saying what?

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 Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain.

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 And by what?

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 Your blood you are ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

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 And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.

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 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders,

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 the voice of many angels, numbering myriads and how many?

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 Thousands of thousands, right?

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 So there's a lot.

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 Saying with a loud voice,

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 Worthy is the Lamb who was slain.

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 How many of you have seen a lyric like that?

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 Did we just sing a song like that?

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 Very important for us, especially when we're singing those kind of songs.

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 Worthy is the Lamb who was slain.

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 It's directly tied within Revelation.

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 To receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.

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 Verse 13 then.

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 And I heard some creatures, every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea.

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 And that is in them saying,

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 To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever.

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 Amen.

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 And the four living creatures said,

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 Amen, right?

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 And the elders fell down and they worship.

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 What a scene that's going on in here, right?

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 So how do we begin to understand it?

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 Let's go to that next slide then, right?

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 So we have the scroll written on the inside and on the back sealed with seven seals, right?

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 So you guys have seen a scroll before.

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 And for many scrolls, it may be sealed, right?

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 And you've got to have the appropriate tool.

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 You've got to open it so you can open the scroll, right?

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 Now, I have an image.

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 We'll go in there in a moment.

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 But it's saying,

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 In the right hand of the one seated on the throne.

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 So if you can picture this image,

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 There's someone that is sitting on the throne and he is holding this scroll, right?

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 He's holding it, waiting for the appropriate person to take the scroll and open it.

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 Okay?

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 That's the kind of language that we're...

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 Right?

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 One scroll held openly and it is sealed completely.

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 The fullness of God's sealed purposes.

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 Waiting.

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 It's very important when we think about things that are sealed or things that are binded together.

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 However, very often within Scripture in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament,

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 there are things that we may not understand at the time.

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 But we will understand in the proper time.

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 A perfect example of this is the road to Emmaus, right?

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 Where Jesus is walking with who?

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 He's walking with some of the disciples, right?

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 And they didn't understand what was going on.

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 And what did Jesus have to do?

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 He had to explain to them how the Scriptures pointed to him, right?

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 And that's the kind of scene that you see very often within Scripture.

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 So the scroll is written on the inside and the back, which is tied in with prophecy in the Old Testament.

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 Now, what's so interesting is that the use of the seven seals then is a representation of the perfection of the seals.

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 That's very important, right?

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 When you see seven very often within Scripture, right?

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 The sevenfold spirit, right?

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 Or the seven churches talking about completedness, perfection in that sense.

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 Let's go to that next slide then, right?

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 So we have Revelation chapter 5, verses 2 through 4.

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 Well, was anyone found worthy?

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 Well, the answer was no.

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 And we have to think, when you're seeing the throne room, which is like the control room, everyone is waiting for that proper time.

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 How many of you have been in anticipation for something to happen, right?

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 Maybe you are waiting for graduation, right?

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 Or maybe you are waiting to start your new job.

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 Maybe you're waiting to transition into another season of life, right?

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 It could be any kind of things.

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 That is just very small compared to what's happening.

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 Not saying it's not significant.

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 These things are significant.

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 But it's very different when we're talking about the heavenly realm.

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 That no one was worthy.

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 And yet John is weeping loudly.

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 And what's so fascinating about that is that that word is, when it's talking about weeping loudly,

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 it's a representation of all of the tears throughout human history.

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 So not only do we have to factor in the fact that our tears matters in the eyes of God, but our prayers do as well.

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 This image of being as incense in a golden bowl is very powerful and a very beautiful, very comforting kind of language.

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 So we have to think of that.

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 If you've seen incense or you've used incense, you can think about that.

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 And so we think of how the angel is saying, who is worthy to open the scroll?

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 No one in heaven, no one on earth.

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 John is weeping loudly.

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 Well, you would think about it.

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 Well, why is John just crying over a document?

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 We've got plenty of documents all over the place.

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 So why would, you know, I have a document right here.

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 Why would someone be weeping over a piece of paper?

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 Well, it is the contents.

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 It is a representation of all of the promises of God.

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 That God will see to it, to fulfillment, all of the things that he has promised.

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 That's way more weight to the single scroll.

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 And that's very important here.

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 And so there's this searching.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 And weep no more.

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 Three words here, right?

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 Some of you may think of the language within scripture, be not afraid, right?

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 Do not fear.

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 Fear not.

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 All these different things.

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 In this sense, very similar kind of language.

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 Weep no more.

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 Why?

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 Because the lion is here, right?

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 The lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered.

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 Amen.

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 Like when I read that, I just want to say amen.

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 That's what we've got to learn here, right?

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 And so what's interesting in this is that John is looking for a lion, and yet he's seeing a lamb.

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 This is a very common thing that we find within scripture where people are looking or they're

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 expecting a certain kind of thing to happen, but yet something else happens.

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 For example, when Christ is going through, I mean, we're in the Lenten season.

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 When we talk about Palm Sunday and Easter, we have to think for a moment how they expected

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 someone who would overthrow the Roman government, right?

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 They had that expectation of a warrior.

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 It's not to say that Christ isn't a warrior, but at that time, he had this sense of humility,

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 right?

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 They had this expectation of Christ, and it wasn't the case.

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 And so in the case of John, he's looking for a lion, and he sees a lamb standing as though

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 it had been slain.

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 And there's so many.

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 I mean, we could go on with all the kinds of verses and how it is connected, right?

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 A sheep that goes to the slaughter, like it mentions in Isaiah, is one example.

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 And so it's very interesting.

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 John was looking for the lion, but he saw the sacrifice.

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 You know, what I think of in this, a very similar time within scripture, how many of you know

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 the story of Doubting Thomas, right?

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 Where he wanted to see the what?

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 Right?

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 He wanted to see the wounds, right?

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 And he was doubting.

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 And in those moments, Christ himself showed him.

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 What an incredible scene that's happening.

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 Now, similarly, he's looking and he's seeing the lamb as though it had been slain.

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 Now, seven horns and seven eyes showing perfection upon perfection.

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 And so we have, I mean, the Genesis 49 one we're not going to go to there is talking about

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 the lion of Judah.

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 We have Exodus 12, which is talking over the Passover lamb.

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 And as I mentioned in Isaiah 53, the one that was led like a lamb to the slaughter.

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 So you just see these kind of connections and it just helps us with our understanding.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 The wounds are still visible, right?

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 Like how I was talking about with Doubting Thomas, right?

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 So that's very important for us.

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 He was shown the wounds in his hands and John is also seeing the wounds of Christ.

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 Let's go to the next slide then.

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 So worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals for you were slain.

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 We think of the sacrifice, the fact that Jesus Christ, right?

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 We think of the entire gospel story, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, right?

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 And because of that gospel story, this is how we see in Revelation that it is Christ and

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 it is only Christ who is worthy.

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 Amen, right?

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 A lot of these statements, we could just say amen, right?

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 A resounding amen.

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 And so these golden bowls of incense, right?

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 The prayers of the saints.

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 And just as it mentions that by your blood, you ransomed people for God.

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 Just like when we celebrate communion, the sense of the new covenant in Christ's blood.

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 And so this scene then, let's go to that next slide then.

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 That's okay.

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 Just leave it there.

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 That's fine.

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 The four creatures, the 24 elders, right?

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 They are falling down.

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 They're holding their harps in the golden bowls full of incense.

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 We have to think worthy is Jesus Christ for he is the lamb.

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 He was slain and by his blood, he ransomed people from every tribe and language and people

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 and nation.

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 What a beautiful type of language that kind of echoes what we find even in the most basic

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 of verses, John 3, 16, right?

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes shall

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 not perish but have everlasting or eternal life, depending on your translation.

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 And so 10,000 times, 10,000s of angels join.

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 That's a lot of angels.

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 So it's showing a multitude.

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 A ton of angels there are praising.

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 They're joining in.

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 And then it talks about how every creature in every realm, right?

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 They under, I always think it talks about the earth and under the earth, right?

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 Or even in the sea, that kind of language.

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 In other words, they all fall to worship.

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 So the question then, we have read the text and we've seen what's going on within the scene.

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 What in the world then does this mean?

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 Let's go to that next slide then, right?

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 So the first thing then is that scripture has been building towards this scroll, right?

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 Just as scripture has been building for this sense of Jesus Christ coming to earth and his

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 earthly ministry, his miracles, his teachings, right?

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 The significance of walking on water, the fulfillment of prophecy, all these different things, the

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 death, burial, and resurrection, all of those things were prophesied about.

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 And it's very interesting that this scroll has that kind of significance.

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 It's very fascinating, right?

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 The second thing is that Daniel sealed it and Christ opens it.

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 He alone is worthy.

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 Now, the most significant things, if you want to get ahead in your Bibles, turn to Daniel

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 chapter 12.

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 We'll go into there, right?

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 It's very, very interesting.

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 And then the third is the golden bowls, right?

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 Your prayers are in the room, right?

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 They're in the throne room.

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 They're in the control room.

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 They matter to God.

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 And that's a very powerful thing, right?

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 So the scroll in God's right hand.

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 Let's actually go to that next slide then.

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 I have this image here.

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 If some of you have been on Facebook, I made a 3D rendering of the throne room just kind

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 of in efforts to kind of have a nice visualization of what's going on here.

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 And it's a little hard to read.

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 I understand that.

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 But you have this kind of scroll.

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 You've seen the kind where it's the two and they roll it out, right?

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 And they read from the scroll.

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 And you have the seven seals.

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 Now, we're not going to go so much into the seven seals that will be after Easter when

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 we go into Revelation chapter 6 here.

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 But the idea is that it's one scroll and seven seals, one worthy lamb, right?

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 You have authority and conquest, peace removed, the scales of debt.

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 And it's a lot in there.

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 But what's important for us at this point before we have the opening of the seals is the importance

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 of the scroll, okay?

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 So that's something that's very fascinating.

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 And after the service, I will publish probably later today or Monday, have the kind of a 3D

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 rendering for you guys to look in how it's connected with scripture.

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 And we'll use this kind of image when we go into Revelation 6.

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 So let's go to that next slide then.

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 Now, what's very interesting is that when we're looking at the significance of this scroll,

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 there are six accounts that point to this one scroll.

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 Very interesting, right?

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 So the Messianic scroll, which is referenced in Psalm 47 and mentioned in Hebrews,

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 in the scroll of the book is written of me, which is referencing Christ, right?

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 The sealed vision.

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 The vision of all of this is like a sealed book.

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 That's in Isaiah, right?

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 The both side scrolls.

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 Remember, we just read that when we were talking about the Revelation 5, right?

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 Written within and on the back, sealed with the seven seals.

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 A scroll written within and on the back.

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 Words of lamentation and mourning and woe, right?

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 So there's a direct reference within there.

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 The title deed is actually a very common one that people look at when they're looking at

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 Jeremiah and how it's showing that the scroll is a representation of the deed, right?

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 How it's paid in full, right?

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 How Christ pays for all of our sins and it's a representation of that.

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 There's also in Zechariah, now this is a wild one, the flying scroll, written on it both sides,

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 just like what we find in Revelation 5.

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 And then, of course, Daniel, seal the book until the time of the end.

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 Let's go to that next slide.

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 Don't want to overwhelm you with that, but it's six accounts that point to the single

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 scroll.

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 And that is a very powerful thing.

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 Six accounts showing what is going to happen.

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 So in Daniel 12 here, how many of you have your Bibles turned to there?

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 If you don't, that's okay.

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 The main ones are up there, right?

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 And so what's interesting is that there's all these things that's happening and basically

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 God is saying, be quiet, Daniel.

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 It's not the proper time.

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 It's a very kind of funny, weird, and kind of wild thing that's going on.

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 So I'll read a little bit of it.

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 At the time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people, and there shall

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 be a time of trouble, such as has never there been, was a nation till that time.

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 At the time your people shall be delivered.

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 Everyone whose name shall be found written in the book, right?

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 And that's actually referencing the book of life, right?

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 Many of those who sleep in the dust shall awake, some to everlasting life, talking about

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 the resurrection right there.

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 And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who

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 turn away to righteousness like stars forever and ever.

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 Verse four is an interesting one.

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 But you, Daniel, shut up the words.

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 Shut up the words and seal the book until the time of when?

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 Until the time of the end.

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 That is wild.

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 That is an amazing connection that's happening right there.

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 Until the time of the end.

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 Now, then I, Daniel, looked.

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 Behold, two others stood, one on the bank of the stream and one on the bank of that stream,

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 right?

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 And someone said to the man clothed in linen who was above, how long shall it be till the

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 end of these wonders?

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 I heard the man clothed in linen who was above the water.

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 So, right, this vision that's happening, but it's very similarly tied in here.

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 It goes on in verse eight.

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 I heard, but I did not understand.

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 Right?

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 I heard all these things.

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 I'm like, I have no idea, God, what in the world you're going for.

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 Right?

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 And so, oh my Lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?

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 Well, he'd like to know and so would we, right?

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 What's going to be the outcome of what's going on in the end times?

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 Right?

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 What's going to happen in Revelation?

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 And what does he say in verse nine?

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 Go your way, Daniel.

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 Get out of here, Daniel.

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 Right?

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 It's kind of intense right there.

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 Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.

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 Now, that to me is the most powerful connection to what we find within Revelation.

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 What a fascinating and powerful connection that that very scroll that's being sealed up

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 by Daniel is going to happen, is going to be revealed.

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 It's going to be opened within Revelation.

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 So that's just a very powerful thing in there.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 Right?

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 And so what's also interesting, this is a very fun fact for you Bible scholars, right?

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 There's only two accounts where there's mentioning of the binding and the sealing up of the word.

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 Right?

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 So in Daniel, it's saying seal the book until the end.

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 Right?

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 Seal it up.

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 Right?

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 That makes sense.

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 And then in Ezekiel, it's talking about scroll written on the front and the back.

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 But in Revelation 22, you don't have to turn there.

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 But because there are words of prophecy that's being written, right, in Revelation,

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 it actually says, do not seal up the words of this prophecy for the time is near.

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 And there's only two times within Scripture where you see that kind of language being presented.

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 Now, I don't know about you.

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 That's pretty amazing, right?

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:54.559
 Now, a fun fact also for you history buffs is that,

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 Vir Dignis, Caesar was typically greeted as, you are worthy.

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 But what's interesting in Revelation here, at the time, who are they saying is worthy?

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 It ain't Caesar.

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 It's Jesus Christ, right?

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 Now, that's a very powerful statement, especially in the early church.

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 And we have to think of even now, right?

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 The Lamb receives every tribe and nation.

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 It's not a political statement.

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 It is a proclamation of who Jesus is.

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 Very, very powerful.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 And so we have the golden bowls, right?

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 Your prayers are in the room.

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 Every prayer.

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 This is such a beautiful kind of language.

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 One other thing.

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 I want to pause on that.

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 When I mention Daniel and the sealing of the scroll,

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 we know Revelation to be apocalyptic literature, right?

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 And it is known in the language to be the unveiling of things.

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 So truly, when we think of the imagery of Revelation, it is the unscrolling,

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 the unveiling of what God has in store.

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 And it's a very remarkable thing, right?

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 So that's how tied in this connection with Daniel and with Revelation is.

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 Now, going over to these prayers, these golden bowls, I find great comfort in this.

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 For every tear you have shed, for every moment you have prayed to the Lord,

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 for it to be held in the golden bowl, in a golden bowl, before the throne room,

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 is a very powerful kind of imagery.

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 Now, for many of us, if we're going to be real here,

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 we've all had times where we've prayed or we've cried out to the Lord before.

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 Might have been in distress, right?

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 To call out to the Lord.

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 It might have been a moment of vulnerability.

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 I can think of a time when I might have mentioned this story, maybe, maybe not.

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 When my wife and I, we were married for four years before we had children.

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 You see my five little ones and you think, what a blessing.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:17.279
 Four years of prayer and prayerfully waiting upon the Lord.

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 We thought, maybe foster care, maybe adoption, maybe we'll explore these different things,

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 but we were just faithful to the Lord.

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 And I remember in the time of vulnerability and crying out to the Lord,

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:36.399
 my wife and I, we were on our way home from a friend's house and it was like,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.680
 well, when are we going to have kids?

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 All of our friends are starting to have kids.

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 That's not fair, God.

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 I remember I cried out to him.

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 I said, Lord, give me a sign.

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 Be very careful when you ask God for that, by the way.

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 Okay.

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 Had I known, right?

00:27:50.780 --> 00:27:51.940
 Hindsight being 20-20.

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 Had I known.

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 I don't regret having my children.

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 I love them dearly.

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 But you think about it.

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 It was in that moment of vulnerability that two weeks later,

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:05.519
 Amber and I found out that she was pregnant with Aaron.

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 Four years of waiting.

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 That was the hand of God in the proper time.

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 Why it didn't happen within the first year, I don't know.

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 But all I know is I trusted in God for his divine timing.

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 And in the same way, when we look at this kind of imagery,

00:28:25.239 --> 00:28:27.359
 when you cry out to the Lord, when you pray to him,

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:30.439
 or even when you thank the Lord, whatever kind of prayer you are praying,

00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:33.119
 know that it matters in the eyes of God.

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:34.379
 Very, very powerful.

00:28:34.699 --> 00:28:35.719
 Let's go to that next slide.

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 The third thing is how should we live, right?

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.739
 We've observed the text.

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 We've learned the lessons.

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 And now what do we do about this?

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 Next slide then is believe that the lamb was slain.

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 This is important language.

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 I want you to know that I always try to tie this into the gospel message.

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 Because the gospel needs to be proclaimed.

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 And if someone does not believe in the Lord,

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 there always needs to be an opportunity for someone to make a decision for Christ,

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 to believe in the Lord and be saved.

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 It's very important.

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 So that's why I put that kind of language.

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 Believe in the lamb that was slain.

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 Understand the significance of Christ.

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 One answer to the question of who is worthy.

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 One name.

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 One lamb.

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 That's the most significant thing for us to know, right?

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 The second is to worship the lamb that was slain and to proclaim the lamb that was slain.

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 Right?

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 When we see this scene where all of these creatures, angelic beings are worshiping the Lord,

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 they're continually praying God.

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 We have to think as we are here on the earth, how do we embody,

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 how do we live out this faith in our everyday living?

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 In our words and in our actions.

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 How do we do that?

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 Let's go to that next slide then, right?

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 Right?

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 One answer, right?

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 Like I was already saying, one answer, one name, one lamb.

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 Jesus.

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 We can just say amen to that, right?

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 That needs to be a t-shirt, right?

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 The door is open and it's important for us to choose Christ and we've got to choose wisely.

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 As we have seen within Revelation, we're seeing the curtain that is being opened

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 and it's important for us to recognize, not only in Revelation, but in all of Scripture,

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 how it applies to our life, that God gives us time, but not forever.

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 And that's why it is so important for us to make a decision for Christ, to believe in Him.

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 Make that decision.

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 It's important.

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 It's only the greatest decision you'll ever make that will affect your life here on earth

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 as well as your eternal life.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 So 10,000 times 10,000, right?

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 Every creature is worshiping Christ.

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 If every creature in heaven is worshiping the Lord, we need to do the same.

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 Now, how we do that, how we live that out, I understand.

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 We have obligations.

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 We have things that go on.

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 It's the question of how do you embody that?

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 How do you live it out?

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 Embody worship into your daily life, right?

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 Like I mentioned, your words and your actions.

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 And the four living creatures, they worship God without ceasing and so should we.

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 Let's go to that next slide then.

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 Now, this third one, right?

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 You ransom people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

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 What a beautiful and very powerful kind of language that goes to show the extent of the

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 grace of God.

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 That grace is freely available.

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 And it is available for you.

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 Receive it.

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 Make that decision.

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 Believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.

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 And begin your life being transformed.

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 Let God mold you into the person that he wants you to be.

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 Because I got to tell you, the path that God will put you on will be a remarkable one.

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 He will take you places and have you go through experiences that are unlike anything than what

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 the world has to offer.

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 And as we receive salvation, by golly, we've got to share it.

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 Think about the debt being paid, right?

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 Did John seal up the vision?

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 No.

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 He left it open so that we could read it and we could understand it.

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 And so in the same way, just as John was called to not seal up the vision, but to have it open

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 for the time is near, may we respond by living and loving like Jesus and sharing in the gospel

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 message with other people.

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 And how we do that is by talking 1 Corinthians 15, 1 through 4 is a very easy way.

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 If that's not, just believe in the Lord and be saved.

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 Talk about how Jesus has changed your life.

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 Tell in your, tell your testimony.

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 If you feel insecure about that, then you can talk about someone else's story that you may know.

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 I constantly talk about the gentleman who was very aggressive and angry and an atheist,

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 who was married to a Christian, became a believer, became baptized and was on this path.

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 I mean, within five years, you wouldn't even recognize the guy.

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 He's the kind of guy you didn't want to be with.

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 He's the kind of guy that, you know the type.

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 They have a very hard shell, but a soft inside.

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 Well, God worked on his heart and transformed him from the inside out.

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 I tell that story.

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 I won't give the name, but I'll tell you the story of that.

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 We can think of many different stories within Scripture, within our own experiences.

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 So you have to ask yourself the question, who will you tell this week?

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 It's important for us to share the gospel message.

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 And what an incredible time for us to do that.

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 To speak of what we have seen, what we have heard, and what we have experienced.

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 Just as it says in Acts 4.20.

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 We have to proclaim that the Lamb was slain.

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 With that language, we can just proclaim that Jesus lives.

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 I mean, what an incredible time to invite people to church or to invite them to speak of the gospel message.

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 We have Palm Sunday coming up next week, and we have Easter.

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 That is the time to share in the gospel message.

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 Maybe there's someone you know that hasn't been to church in a long time.

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 Maybe there's someone you know that hasn't been to church at all.

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 Do you realize, statistically speaking, that about a fourth to a third of people are churched?

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 Meaning they attend some sort of church.

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 Or they say they are Christian.

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 The other two thirds are either de-churched or unchurched.

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 What's the difference?

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 De-churched are the ones that have been hurt, or they've just walked away.

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 And unchurched don't know the Lord at all.

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 How important is it for us to seek after the two thirds?

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 Just as we are to seek those.

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 If you're coming from another church, that's fine.

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 But I'm more interested in someone who needs healing, restoration, and transformation.

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 I'm also interested in people that don't even know the Lord at all.

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 Because they're out there.

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 And our heart has to melt for those kind of people.

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 Everybody needs the Lord.

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 And it's our duty to share in the gospel message with others.

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 And so in closing, the scroll is no longer sealed.

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 The Lamb takes it from the right hand of God.

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 And the wounds that He displays are proof that the price was paid.

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 Just as it says, Jesus paid it all.

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 And every prayer that you have prayed is in a golden bowl that is before the throne of God.

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 Daniel was told to seal it and wait.

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 But John was told not to seal it.

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 Let us remember that the time is here and the time is now.

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 What flows from the scroll, every seal, trumpet, bowl, it flows from the hands of the Lamb who is worthy.

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 Let us weep no more.

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 For the Lion of Judah has conquered.

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 Let us believe in Him.

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 Let us worship Him.

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 And let us proclaim His name.

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 Amen?

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 Let's pray together.

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 And Father God, we thank you for this time and this opportunity to go over Revelation 5.

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 What a remarkable chapter within Revelation.

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 We know that Revelation can be confusing and mysterious.

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 But we pray that we may understand.

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 And that we may be transformed because of it.

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 There's so many things we do not understand.

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 But there's also many things that we do understand.

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 These wonderful connections within the Old Testament.

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 And even with parables and these different parts within Scripture.

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 is remarkable because it testifies to your power and to your glory.

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 And when we read these kind of things.

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 The apocalypse.

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 The unveiling.

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 The opening of the scroll.

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 May we understand the significance of Jesus Christ.

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 The Lamb that was slain.

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 The one who is worthy to open the scroll.

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 I just pray that we may worship the Lamb that was slain.

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 May we believe in the Lamb that was slain.

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 May we worship him.

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 May we proclaim about the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

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 We love you so much, Lord.

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 And we thank you once again.

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 It is in the name of Jesus Christ that we pray.

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 And we all say together, Amen, church.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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