WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.860 And if you would open up your Bibles to Revelation chapter 7, if you aren't all there already. 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:19.760 Last week, if you weren't here, I walked us through the Lamb, opening the seven seals of God's scroll. 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:25.240 He held in His right hand, gave to the Lamb, and it's God's scroll, His plan for the fullness of time, 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:29.339 and walked us through what those seals were. 00:00:29.579 --> 00:00:36.439 And seal 6 was a preview of that great day of God's judgment. 00:00:37.599 --> 00:00:39.780 It is a day that's awful. 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.879 And for those who are here on the planet when that happens, it's horrific. 00:00:45.880 --> 00:01:00.080 What you see in that passage at the end of Revelation chapter 6, you see people hiding and calling out to the mountains and the rocks to fall on them, 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:04.740 to crush them so that they wouldn't have to face the presence of God. 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.300 Well, what you see there is people in crisis. 00:01:08.299 --> 00:01:17.420 And I don't know what happens in your heart when you hear that, whether it's this morning or last week. 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:26.679 But even just reading of the sixth seal and of the coming day of God's wrath, it can put you in crisis. 00:01:28.019 --> 00:01:31.659 Maybe you came into the building this morning, you've got some kind of identity crisis. 00:01:32.259 --> 00:01:33.959 You don't know who you belong to. 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.140 You don't know what defines you. 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:40.519 Revelation chapter 7 is going to help with that. 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:46.700 Maybe you came into the building this morning and you have a hope crisis. 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:55.099 You hear about the sixth seal and the coming day of God's wrath, and it makes you hopeless. 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:00.659 Maybe you're just hopeless today. 00:02:02.459 --> 00:02:06.400 Revelation 7 will put hope in your heart. 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.120 Or maybe it's a different kind of crisis altogether. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:17.520 You hear about the coming day of God's wrath, and your crisis is one of caring. 00:02:18.640 --> 00:02:20.439 You care about your finances. 00:02:21.020 --> 00:02:22.759 You care about your health. 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:24.620 You care about your hair. 00:02:25.420 --> 00:02:30.180 But you don't care about that great day of God's wrath, 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:34.500 whether it's for yourself or those around you. 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.740 Revelation 7 is going to make you care. 00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:45.659 And then there's another kind of crisis that can come out of the sixth seal. 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:48.700 It's a crisis of praise. 00:02:48.699 --> 00:02:59.979 Maybe this morning your heart is more like this parched parcel of praiselessness. 00:03:01.419 --> 00:03:04.839 You're kind of like, hey, the singing's great, but let's get to the preaching. 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:07.479 I can skip the praising. 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:15.000 Revelation 7 is going to make you want to sing with the church. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.620 Church, salvation belongs to our God. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:31.099 And then for us Christians in the room, there's another crisis that the sixth seal can bring to our attention. 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:37.159 It can make us realize how witness phobic we are. 00:03:39.299 --> 00:03:46.280 We don't want to talk about Jesus because, quote unquote, we don't want to rock the boat. 00:03:48.019 --> 00:03:50.979 And that's just a nice way of flattering ourselves. 00:03:51.659 --> 00:03:54.299 What it really is, means is we're afraid. 00:03:54.300 --> 00:04:05.060 We're afraid to talk about Jesus to others because we don't want to be poorly thought of. 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:07.820 We don't want to burn bridges. 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:10.860 We don't want to strain relationships. 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:15.580 We don't want to be that fanatic or freak show in the office. 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:28.819 What Revelation 7 does is it helps a witness phobe become witness faithful. 00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:32.819 We've got something to say. 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:45.220 Revelation 7 is for us to assure us, to hope us, to sober us, to inspire us, and to encourage us. 00:04:45.579 --> 00:04:54.279 Last week when I walked you through the seven seals, we looked at the four horsemen, the first four seals. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:58.419 We looked at the martyrs under the altar, fifth seal, singing, how long, O Lord? 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:02.819 We looked at the sixth seal, the preview of that great day of God's wrath. 00:05:02.819 --> 00:05:10.800 And then we skipped chapter 7 in order to get to chapter 8 in the opening of the seventh seal, which was this calm before the storm. 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.420 Literally, a kind of silence of the lamb in a whole different sense. 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:29.580 What you need to understand is that chapter 7 is response to a question asked at the end of chapter 6. 00:05:29.780 --> 00:05:36.139 If you look in Revelation 6.17, those on the earth on the day of God's wrath, they say, 00:05:36.400 --> 00:05:39.240 for the great day of their wrath has come. 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:41.920 And then they ask, and who can stand? 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:59.939 And the way that chapter 7 answers the question of who can stand is by giving us two different pictures. 00:06:01.080 --> 00:06:04.960 And I'm going to argue this morning that they're complementary pictures. 00:06:05.960 --> 00:06:09.520 They're two different pictures of the same group of people. 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:11.299 The church. 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.279 The blood bought of the lamb. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:23.060 These two complementary pictures of the church answer the question in 6.17, 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:25.819 who can stand in the midst of tribulation? 00:06:27.419 --> 00:06:31.339 Who can stand on that great day of God's wrath? 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:33.299 And here's what you're going to see. 00:06:33.300 --> 00:06:43.620 This picture 1, only those who are sealed with the name of the lamb will stand on that day. 00:06:44.579 --> 00:06:52.819 In vision 2, picture 2, only those who are washed by the blood of the lamb will stand on that day. 00:06:54.220 --> 00:07:00.600 There are two complementary pictures of one group of people standing before the throne. 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:01.000 So. 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:03.700 So. 00:07:06.700 --> 00:07:09.260 Hannah, thank you so much for reading Revelation 7. 00:07:10.320 --> 00:07:16.240 Let's begin looking at this first picture of the 144,000. 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:22.180 Those who've been sealed with the seal of God. 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:25.459 There's three things I want you to see. 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:28.879 There is this word seal. 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.340 Shows up a number of times. 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:33.680 I want to touch on the 144,000. 00:07:34.019 --> 00:07:39.160 And I want to help you see something in the list of those 12, 12,000 tribes. 00:07:39.620 --> 00:07:39.819 Okay. 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:41.980 So. 00:07:43.740 --> 00:07:45.220 This seal business. 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:52.960 What's important to notice is that that word seal shows up in these eight verses six times. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:56.840 And when it comes to our Bibles, that's a concentration. 00:07:57.320 --> 00:07:58.140 That's dense. 00:07:58.360 --> 00:07:59.020 That's repetition. 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:00.080 That's emphatic. 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:03.760 We need to be paying attention to that. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:12.680 What we see happening in verse 1 is that there are these seven or four angels sent to the four corners of the earth holding back the four winds. 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:18.060 Likely, those are the four winds that's a parallel with the four horsemen. 00:08:18.420 --> 00:08:22.100 It's a holding back of tribulation, of judgment. 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:28.000 And in verse 2, there's another angel that comes out of the east. 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:33.899 And that angel is holding in his hand the seal of the living God. 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:42.639 And in verse 3, that angel with the seal tells those four angels holding back the judgments to say, 00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:48.620 hold on until we have sealed the 144,000. 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:52.000 We've sealed them on their foreheads. 00:08:53.340 --> 00:08:55.019 So what is a seal? 00:08:55.840 --> 00:08:58.199 We're not talking about a marine animal, of course. 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:04.100 What we're talking about is the marking of a signet ring of a king. 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:10.259 Where this signet ring would be pressed into hot wax on a document. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:16.200 Authenticating that document is legit and belongs to the one who sealed it. 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:27.200 In fact, in the first century, slaves were oftentimes had a seal literally placed on their forehead to indicate who owned them. 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:36.080 These seals are connected to authentic ownership, belonging to someone. 00:09:37.300 --> 00:09:43.940 So if you came in with a crisis of identity, oh, there's good news here. 00:09:45.980 --> 00:09:52.879 Whoever these 144,000 are, they are being sealed with the seal of the living God. 00:09:53.400 --> 00:09:55.400 We see that in verse 4. 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.840 And I heard the number of the sealed 144,000. 00:09:59.179 --> 00:10:02.360 Sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel. 00:10:03.319 --> 00:10:07.459 These 144,000 belong to God. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.419 They are the legitimate servants of the living God. 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:23.939 So the question begins, is this a literal 144,000 people? 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:28.679 There are different people in this room who would hold different positions on it. 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:35.599 Some people think that this 144,000 is a literal number of ethnic Jews. 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.560 I personally do not believe that. 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:47.519 I don't think the 144,000 is to be taken literally, nor do I think it is a reference to ethnic Jews. 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:53.419 And the reason being is the way that numbers get used in the book of Revelation. 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:57.600 They are more representative and symbolic. 00:10:57.840 --> 00:11:00.639 They are designed to get you thinking about something. 00:11:01.059 --> 00:11:03.679 So let's just think about that number 144,000. 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.799 Right away, you know that it's a factor of 12, right? 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:10.599 What do you associate the number of 12 with? 00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:18.779 For me, growing up, 70s and 80s, I associated the number 12 with two quarterbacks. 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:28.639 There was the number 12 on the black evil jersey of Terry Bradshaw and the Pittsburgh Steelers. 00:11:29.339 --> 00:11:36.679 And then there was the number 12 on the white good jersey of Roger Staubach in the Dallas Cowboys. 00:11:37.459 --> 00:11:41.559 So when I hear the number 12, I think of quarterbacks in football. 00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:43.139 That's how I associate it. 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:51.699 But if you have a Jewish background or you're familiar with a Jewish background, 00:11:52.600 --> 00:12:04.059 the number 12 is associated with God's covenant people, the 12 tribes of Israel. 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:15.699 And when you have 12 times 12, it is a symbol of fullness and completion. 00:12:16.339 --> 00:12:18.459 We've seen 12 and 12 stacked before. 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:23.979 The 24 elders around the throne representing all of the saved humanity. 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:29.839 And when we get to the end of the book of Revelation, you're going to see another stacking of 12 and 12. 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:38.300 It is the 12 gates around the new Jerusalem and the name of the 12 tribes of Israel on each gate. 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:44.100 And then you have the 12 foundations of the new Jerusalem named with the apostles. 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:49.440 God's Old Testament and New Testament people, the church. 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:56.259 And of course, the new Jerusalem's gates are open to the nation's coming who bear the mark of the Lamb. 00:12:56.259 --> 00:13:02.600 That 144,000 is packed with meaning. 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:06.439 And what I want to help you remember is this. 00:13:08.179 --> 00:13:15.340 The 12 tribes of Israel, the 12 tribes of Jacob, they come from Isaac. 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:17.720 Isaac comes from Abraham. 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:27.040 And it was to Abraham God promised in Genesis 12 and Genesis 22 that he would bless all the nations of the world. 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:36.820 All the nations would come to worship the one true living God through the seed of Abraham, Jesus Christ. 00:13:36.820 --> 00:13:51.460 So when I come across this 144,000, based on my understanding of the scriptures, this is more symbolic of God's new covenant people. 00:13:52.180 --> 00:13:52.860 The church. 00:13:58.560 --> 00:14:00.260 Maybe another example would be helpful. 00:14:01.460 --> 00:14:03.120 How these numbers get used. 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:05.220 Remember in Matthew 18? 00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:08.279 Jesus' disciples come up to him. 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:10.820 Hey, how many times should we forgive someone who sins against us? 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.720 Seven times. 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.759 And then Jesus is like, how about 70 times seven? 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:19.600 If you take that literally, you got 490 shots. 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:26.139 So if someone sins against you for the 489th time, you got to say something like this to them. 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.500 Buddy, you got one more. 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.160 And then we're done. 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.620 If you take it literally. 00:14:32.920 --> 00:14:34.259 But that's not what that means. 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:39.519 70 times seven is a full and complete number. 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:42.300 It's however many times you need. 00:14:42.540 --> 00:14:43.720 You just keep on forgiving. 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:49.960 On the 144,000 number, it's a squaring of 12. 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.620 It's a complete full number. 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:55.960 And when you get it multiplied by 10, it means, in the Hebrew mind, big. 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:58.480 So 12 times 12 times 10, big. 00:14:58.680 --> 00:15:01.200 12 times 12 times 10 times 10, bigger. 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:04.580 12 times 12 times 10 times 10 times 10. 00:15:05.280 --> 00:15:06.220 144,000. 00:15:06.780 --> 00:15:08.460 Huge number. 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:24.060 I believe that these 144,000 is actually a way that John is describing God's new covenant people, the church. 00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:31.899 Now, I want now to point you to the listing of the tribes in order to try to convince you even more. 00:15:33.619 --> 00:15:41.439 If you look at the listing of the tribes starting in verse 5 through 8, you'll notice that there's 12 tribes. 00:15:41.599 --> 00:15:43.239 All 12,000, right? 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.419 12 times 12. 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:45.519 Fullness. 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:53.500 The gold standard of the listing of the tribes is Genesis chapter 35. 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:59.879 That's where the tribes of Israel were listed out for the first time in full. 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:02.319 It's the gold standard. 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:09.579 But what happens here, John seems to do some editing. 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:15.379 He's moving some things around from that original list in Genesis 35. 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:19.060 So that should make you wonder why. 00:16:20.280 --> 00:16:28.340 Because when you have someone who makes an adjustment like that, does an alteration like that, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, it's purposed. 00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:31.340 He's trying to communicate something. 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:38.780 And what you have in this list is that there are two tribes missing from the Genesis 35 list. 00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:41.440 Those two tribes are Dan and Ephraim. 00:16:41.780 --> 00:16:47.300 And the reason why they're missing is most likely because they become associated with idolatry. 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:56.980 And so what's being said here is that God's true people, the number he knows, there are no beast worshipers in that. 00:16:56.980 --> 00:17:04.000 And then you have another kind of flipping of placement. 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:09.720 If you notice, you have Gad, Asher, and Ephtali. 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:13.380 They are the third, fourth, and fifth. 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:17.779 In the Genesis 35, they're at the end of the list. 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:23.740 And they're at the end of the list in Genesis 35 because these are the boys born of Jacob's concubines. 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:27.259 They were kind of on the outside. 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:37.500 And what John is doing here is he's saying, hey, those on the outside are now taking a place of prominence among God's people. 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:39.160 He's getting at something. 00:17:40.620 --> 00:17:50.059 But the piece de la resistance, the most compelling piece of this is the first tribe named. 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:55.059 In Genesis 35, it's the firstborn of Jacob who was Reuben. 00:17:56.359 --> 00:18:02.419 In Revelation 7, verse 5, the first tribe is the tribe of Judah. 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.879 Do you know who comes from the tribe of Judah? 00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:08.659 The Lion of Judah. 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.720 Jesus. 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:18.720 This is a new firstborn of God's new people. 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.200 The church. 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:29.660 Whether you buy what I'm saying, we can talk about it at another point. 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:35.220 But what my argument is, and I'm going to try to make an even better case in a minute, 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:43.980 that this 144,000 sealed, it's a picture of the church standing. 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:52.720 Now, a question we can ask is, hey, a seal is this mark that authenticates. 00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:55.560 Do we know what this seal is? 00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:57.720 And in fact, we do. 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:06.660 If you flip in your Bible to Revelation chapter 14, verse 1, we have another reference to the 144,000, 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:14.700 another reference to foreheads, and there is a writing on the foreheads of these 144,000. 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.559 Do you know what it is? 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:30.940 With Him 144,000 who had His name, the name of the Lamb, and His Father written on their foreheads. 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:44.880 This sealing happening in Revelation chapter 7 is the sealing, the placing, the writing of the name of the Lamb and His Father on this 144,000. 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:47.620 They belong to the Lamb. 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:50.000 They belong to the Father. 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:53.080 Has anybody seen those Property of t-shirts? 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:55.799 Property of the Ohio State University? 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:57.180 You ever see something like that? 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.279 Well, this seal is functioning as Property of the Lamb. 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:04.079 That's what this means. 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:06.279 You belong to the Lamb. 00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:07.740 You belong to the God. 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:10.440 The God of the Bible. 00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:15.720 And you notice that it's sealed on the forehead? 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.259 Is this a literal tattoo? 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.440 I would say probably not. 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.360 And here's why. 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:29.360 That word name, it gets used in a different way throughout the Bible. 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:36.019 Proverbs 18.10, the name of the Lord is a strong tower to which we run and are safe. 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:44.779 Now, the picture there isn't this kind of brick Yahweh in the middle of the backyard which you run to and are protected and are sheltered. 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:48.519 The word name is another way of talking about God's character. 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.500 Who He is. 00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:56.000 We run to our God and our safe. 00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.440 His name. 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:10.360 And when we are sealed with the name of the Lamb and His Father, what that means is we take on the very character of the One whose name we bear. 00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:16.980 We become like Him so that all can see it's a prominent like a forehead. 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:22.980 This seal authenticates who you belong to. 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:31.980 If you bear the name of the Lamb, you will be like the Lamb in who you are and how you live. 00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:37.480 This seal is the seal of the living God. 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:41.380 It's a living seal. 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:47.420 We learn from Ephesians 1 and 4 that it's the Holy Spirit who seals every Christian for the day of redemption. 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.839 So here's how to think about this. 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:57.779 It's the Holy Spirit who is sealing us with the name of the Lamb and His Father. 00:21:58.659 --> 00:22:10.220 And that sealing gives us an enlivening strength to persevere in the face of pressure. 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:18.539 Do you remember that this whole scene starts with the four angels holding back four winds? 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.620 Tribulation, hardship is coming. 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:29.420 The sealing takes place in order to say you're going to come through because the living God is with you. 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.299 You're sealed. 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.220 Empowered to live. 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.299 You're sealed. 00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.360 You're sealed. 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.380 You're sealed. 00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.440 You're sealed. 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.519 You're sealed. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.440 You're sealed. 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.440 You're sealed. 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.440 You're sealed. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.440 You're sealed. 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:39.440 You're sealed. 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:40.200 You're sealed. 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:47.259 This 144,000 sealed with the name of the Lamb. 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:53.839 This is God's people who stand on that great day of God's wrath. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:58.640 Now, I can make some more arguments if I'm going to hold off. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.680 Let me just answer this question. 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.460 Why does it matter? 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:06.759 Why does it matter who the 144,000 are? 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.200 Well, here's why it's matter. 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:13.580 It's because those 144,000 are the ones who will be able to stand on that day. 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:19.680 And the argument I want to try to convince you of is that you're part of that number. 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:25.539 When you read the 144,000, you're numbered among them, Christian. 00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:38.859 If you've been sealed with the seal of the Holy Spirit has come upon you and marked you as property of the Lamb, you're part of this number. 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.859 Maybe the question you're asking me as well. 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:43.919 Maybe the question you're asking right now is, how do I know if I've been sealed? 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.899 How do I know? 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.459 Well, here's how you know. 00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:59.399 Either Jesus is becoming more and more prominent as the center of your life, or he's not. 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:01.160 That's how you know. 00:24:02.780 --> 00:24:05.500 That's how you know if you're living for the Lamb, if you've been sealed. 00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:14.640 And it matters because this seal prepares us for the pressures of the tribulation to come. 00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:26.759 The Holy Spirit is in you, making you like the one whose name is on you, enabling you to remain faithful to him when the winds start blowing against you. 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:28.099 That's the whole point. 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:33.619 So, do you belong to God or not? 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:40.099 Have you been sealed with his seal or not? 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:43.900 If you have, you're numbered among his people. 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.799 You belong to God. 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.740 You're going to come through hardship. 00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:54.519 But if you haven't, if the Spirit of God hasn't borne witness to your spirit that you're a child of God, 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:57.779 if you haven't, here's the question. 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.379 Do you want to be? 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:04.180 Do you want to be numbered among God's people? 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:09.400 And if you do, you just need to cry out to the Lamb. 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.379 Cry out to the Lamb. 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.359 Saying something like, 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:19.759 Oh God, would you seal me with the name of the Lamb and his Father? 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:22.119 Make me yours. 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.239 Notice. 00:25:23.239 --> 00:25:24.379 That's how you respond. 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.479 This is the first picture. 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:36.599 The 144,000 who've been sealed with the seal of the living God. 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:40.899 And what you need to notice is that John heard it. 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.899 Look at verse 4. 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:47.000 And I heard the number of the sealed. 00:25:47.219 --> 00:25:48.719 He heard this. 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:56.720 And now as we move to the next picture of the church, those who can stand, 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:59.740 what you're going to see now, what you will now see, 00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:04.660 is a multitude washed by the blood of the Lamb. 00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:08.920 So now let's look at 7, 9 through 17. 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:12.480 And the question you now just need to start asking yourself is this. 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:15.040 Do you see yourself in this multitude? 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:19.040 Do you see yourself there? 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:25.720 Now there are a few differences between the first scene and the second scene. 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:29.580 The first scene with 144,000 and the second scene with the great multitude. 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:33.319 The first scene takes place on earth. 00:26:34.679 --> 00:26:37.460 The second scene takes place in heaven around the throne. 00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:42.039 The first scene is entering into tribulation. 00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:45.279 The second scene is coming out of tribulation. 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:48.960 The first scene has a definitive number. 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:54.039 The second scene has an innumerable amount of people. 00:26:55.379 --> 00:27:01.700 So the question becomes, how are these very different pictures the same people? 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:04.839 How can this be the church? 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.920 They seem like very different people. 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:13.240 Well, we've got a major key. 00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:15.820 You want to see something fun? 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:20.420 Do you remember in Revelation chapter 5? 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:27.440 The one sitting on the throne holds up this seal and this mighty, 00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:30.340 this scroll and this mighty angel cries out, 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.700 Who can open the throne? 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.360 Who can open the scroll? 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:36.939 Who has the authority to open the seals? 00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:39.199 And no one answered. 00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:44.039 John starts crying because no one is able to open the scroll. 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:46.919 And then an elder comes. 00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:50.559 And John hears him say this. 00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:54.039 The line of Judah. 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.859 The root of David. 00:27:59.679 --> 00:28:00.740 He is conquered. 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.659 He can open the scroll. 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.339 He can do it. 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.699 There's a question. 00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.799 Who can answer the scroll? 00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:11.019 John hears someone. 00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.879 The elders say. 00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.219 The line of Judah. 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.079 The root of David. 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.379 And then in verse 6. 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.539 John sees. 00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.259 And what does he see? 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.419 A lamb. 00:28:30.219 --> 00:28:30.619 Standing. 00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:33.539 Who had been slain. 00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:36.799 There's a question. 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.079 There's a hearing. 00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:40.619 And then there's a seeing of someone standing. 00:28:43.979 --> 00:28:46.079 Here's what we have in chapter 7. 00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.919 6.17. 00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.859 There's a question. 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.319 Who can stand? 00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.359 Chapter 7. 00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.139 The first picture. 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.500 John hears. 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:57.099 And he hears about a particular people. 00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.099 And we're expecting. 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.259 And we're expecting. 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.240 That we're going to see those people. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:03.559 But what John sees. 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.879 Starting in verse 9. 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.219 Is not 144,000. 00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:09.199 Ethnic Jews. 00:29:09.699 --> 00:29:11.419 He sees a great multitude. 00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.779 From every tribe. 00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.699 Tongue and nation. 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.119 Standing. 00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:22.119 What we have here. 00:29:22.219 --> 00:29:23.419 Is an interpretive key. 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:26.600 These aren't two different groups of people. 00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.860 These are the same people. 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.759 One group. 00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:31.259 Two complementary pictures. 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.960 And here's what I want you to help you see now. 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:37.560 Look what John sees. 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.480 Verse 9. 00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.300 After this I looked. 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.779 And behold. 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:42.580 A great multitude. 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.620 That no one could number. 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.420 A great multitude. 00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.960 A great multitude. 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:51.220 This is a lot different than. 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:53.059 Like the specific number of 144. 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.700 This is a great multitude. 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.279 That no one can number. 00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.840 Numbered to innumerable. 00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.640 Surprise. 00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:03.480 It should make you think of Genesis 22. 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:06.380 Where all those who are blessed. 00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:08.259 By the line of Abraham. 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.740 They're going to. 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:11.460 They're more than the stars of the heavens. 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:15.440 They're more than the sands of the seashore. 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.480 They're innumerable. 00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.759 A great multitude. 00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:22.340 This is an innumerable multitude. 00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.799 And then we see next. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.720 It's a diverse multitude. 00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:29.160 It starts by saying from every nation. 00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:31.519 From every nation. 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:34.320 Not just one nation. 00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:37.180 Every nation of the world. 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:41.480 Every nation. 00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.539 This multitude. 00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.600 Has in it. 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.580 All tribes. 00:30:45.860 --> 00:30:46.519 All peoples. 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.620 All languages. 00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.440 It's not. 00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.000 Mono. 00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:52.820 Culture. 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.799 Multitude. 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.560 It's. 00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.160 Multiculture. 00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.200 Multitude. 00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.920 From all over the world. 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.019 Do you know what this means? 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.440 The gospel's gone out. 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:08.740 To all the world. 00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.960 Which means. 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:14.460 There have been faithful brothers and sisters. 00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.120 Witnessing. 00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.820 To Christ. 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.700 Throughout. 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.039 All the world. 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:23.140 It gives. 00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.320 Strength. 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:26.460 If you're witness phobic. 00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:29.680 This populating. 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.120 Of the. 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.319 Of the heavens. 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.200 Around the throne. 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.279 These are people. 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.039 From every tribe. 00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.319 Tongue. 00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.740 And nation. 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.059 It's a diverse multitude. 00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:40.039 And we want a little taste of that. 00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.920 In our church. 00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.680 We believe. 00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.539 We've been placed. 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.600 In a very. 00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.640 Multicultural. 00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.600 Ethnically diverse. 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.980 Socio-economically diverse. 00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.620 City. 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.120 And we want to represent it. 00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.519 Among us. 00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.840 We want a little slice. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.640 Of revelation. 00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.200 Seven. 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.180 Happening here. 00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.700 Sunday. 00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.539 After Sunday. 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.660 Worshipping the lamb. 00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:55.740 One. 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.160 But not. 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.040 Just a diverse multitude. 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.920 This is a standing multitude. 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.600 Did you see that? 00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.860 A great multitude. 00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.840 That no one can number. 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.720 From every nation. 00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.540 From all tribes. 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.940 And people. 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.440 And languages. 00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.560 Standing. 00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.900 Before the throne. 00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.740 And before the lamb. 00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.019 Verse 17. 00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.800 Of chapter 6. 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.960 For the great day of the wrath. 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.880 Has come. 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:21.100 And who can stand? 00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.380 I saw a great multitude. 00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.700 No one can number. 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.580 Every nation. 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.259 All tribes. 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.919 People's language. 00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:28.679 Is standing before the throne. 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.559 And before the lamb. 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:33.519 The question is being answered. 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:34.339 Definitively. 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.099 It's in contrast. 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.359 With seal 6. 00:32:39.679 --> 00:32:40.859 People who are hiding. 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:42.119 From the presence. 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.079 Of the one. 00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:44.379 Sitting on the throne. 00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.599 Here we have. 00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.299 A multitude. 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.460 Gathered around the throne. 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.480 Not hiding. 00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.639 Standing. 00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.879 No fear. 00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:51.919 No fear. 00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.519 No fear. 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.500 No fear. 00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.620 Confident. 00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.900 Standing. 00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.779 Standing before the throne. 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:05.259 They're a standing multitude. 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.859 And they're a white robed multitude. 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:13.480 They have white robes on. 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:15.860 We're going to learn. 00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.099 We're going to learn. 00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.839 In just a minute. 00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:18.680 Where these white robes come from. 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.120 But. 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.259 But what it pictures. 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:21.120 Is purity. 00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.039 Standing. 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.620 In. 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.360 As conquerors. 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.240 In the victory. 00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.660 That the lamb has won. 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.640 On Calvary. 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:29.640 These are. 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.520 Victors. 00:33:30.520 --> 00:33:31.560 Around the throne. 00:33:32.600 --> 00:33:33.220 And not. 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:35.200 Just a white robed. 00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.160 Multitude. 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.620 They're a palm. 00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.420 Waving. 00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.300 Multitude. 00:33:42.040 --> 00:33:43.220 Do you remember when Jesus. 00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.840 Entered. 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:44.920 Jerusalem. 00:33:46.040 --> 00:33:47.280 On Palm Sunday. 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.840 Crowds. 00:33:50.040 --> 00:33:50.840 Waving palms. 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.980 Laying them before him. 00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.720 Saying Hosanna. 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.620 It's a picture of victory. 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.280 And triumph. 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:58.059 The coming of a king. 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.180 This multitude. 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.119 Is recognizing. 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.079 Whose presence. 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.779 That they're in. 00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.859 They're waving palms. 00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.539 But they're also. 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.759 A singing multitude. 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.659 Do you see that in verse 10. 00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.440 And crying out. 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.279 With a loud voice. 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.679 I mean. 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.559 It's not just. 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.759 A soft whisper. 00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:18.980 It's. 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.380 It's a crying out. 00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.619 And what are they saying. 00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.219 Salvation. 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.220 Belongs to our God. 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.500 Who sits on the throne. 00:34:30.600 --> 00:34:31.200 And to the lamb. 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.680 Do you realize. 00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:34.460 This is the first time. 00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.600 In the book of revelation. 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.200 That we actually. 00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:37.880 Hear. 00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.800 The church. 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:41.360 We haven't heard the church yet. 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.180 In the book of revelation. 00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.360 We've heard John. 00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.600 We've heard Jesus. 00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.300 We've even heard the one on the throne. 00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.800 We've heard from the 24 elders. 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.420 We've learned from four living creatures. 00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.640 We've even learned from. 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.340 A number of different angels. 00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:52.960 Of. 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.240 Different magnitudes. 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.839 This is the first time. 00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.500 We actually hear. 00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.679 From the blood. 00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.079 The blood. 00:34:59.079 --> 00:34:59.819 The blood of the lamb. 00:35:00.819 --> 00:35:02.059 And they're around the throne. 00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.699 And they're saying. 00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.440 Salvation belongs to our God. 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.899 Notice what they're not saying. 00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:08.119 They're not around the throne. 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.399 Saying. 00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.500 Lord Jesus. 00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:11.219 Where's my new Jerusalem mansion. 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.779 Can I have the keys please. 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.919 That's not what they're saying. 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.839 Jesus. 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.359 Where's my resurrection body. 00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.359 It's not what they're saying. 00:35:22.879 --> 00:35:23.419 They're saying. 00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:25.079 Salvation belongs to our God. 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:25.119 God. 00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:28.059 The first thing. 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.519 That the church utters. 00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.799 In the book of Revelation. 00:35:31.739 --> 00:35:32.440 Is praise. 00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:33.759 For being delivered. 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.319 From the wrath to come. 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.739 The multitude. 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.440 These victors. 00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.139 This church. 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.960 This blood bought. 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.799 Is grateful. 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:47.880 In God's presence. 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.940 They're singing. 00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:53.400 Crying out. 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:55.740 As those who fully understand. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:57.200 What the living God. 00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.519 Has delivered them. 00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.380 From. 00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.980 And so if you have. 00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.119 A little parched parcel. 00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.220 Of praiselessness. 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.059 In your heart. 00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.960 Let the rain start. 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.980 To sprinkle on it. 00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.059 Let it come down. 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.340 Here's what's coming down. 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:15.139 Here's how you get your praise on. 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:18.619 You call to mind. 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:21.159 What God has delivered you from. 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:25.579 And you will find stirring in your heart. 00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.339 A joy. 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.779 A gratitude. 00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:31.059 For your salvation. 00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.980 Thanksgiving. 00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.579 Is to praise. 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.639 As oxygen. 00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:40.299 Is to fire. 00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:48.820 In verses 11 and 12. 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.640 The holy entourage. 00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:51.980 Around the throne. 00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:53.140 These angels. 00:36:53.560 --> 00:36:54.440 The 24 elders. 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.200 The. 00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.960 Four living creatures. 00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.980 They hear. 00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.320 See. 00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:01.580 What is happening. 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.560 And look what they do. 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:08.799 Verse 11. 00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.699 Verse 12. 00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.299 They fall down. 00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.960 And they. 00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:15.259 Start with amen. 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.480 And they end with amen. 00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.679 Like you. 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.679 That's right. 00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:21.539 And in between the amens. 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.539 Sevenfold praise. 00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:25.639 Blessing. 00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.019 Glory. 00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.460 Wisdom. 00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.940 Thanksgiving. 00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.480 Honor. 00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:27.920 Power. 00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:28.360 Might. 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.900 It's just like. 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:31.019 Revelation 5. 00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.400 12. 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.880 Sevenfold praise. 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.579 The right. 00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.519 Full response. 00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.519 To who God is. 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.139 And what he's done. 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.139 But there's a difference. 00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.800 Between this. 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.800 Sevenfold list. 00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:42.400 And the sevenfold list. 00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.820 In verse. 00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.659 Chapter 5. 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.000 And the difference is. 00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.240 The word. 00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.780 Thanksgiving. 00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:46.960 Thanksgiving. 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.280 And it's right in the middle. 00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:49.720 Of it all. 00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.860 How appropriate. 00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:54.260 For those who. 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:56.340 Who are acknowledging. 00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:58.099 The saving work. 00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.500 Of the triune God. 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.820 Be to our God. 00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.579 Forever and ever. 00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.280 You want to get your praise on. 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:07.820 What's going on in heaven. 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:11.660 Every Sunday morning. 00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.260 My friends. 00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:13.480 Every Sunday morning. 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.720 Here. 00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.980 We sing to our God. 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.260 Every Sunday morning. 00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:18.460 Is a little foretaste. 00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:20.880 Of what we'll be doing. 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:22.940 At least in part. 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.740 Around the throne. 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:28.320 Verses 9 through 12. 00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.099 Is a picture of. 00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:30.680 Of deep rooted joy. 00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.820 In the presence. 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.380 Of God. 00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:35.039 Singing his praises. 00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.300 The church. 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.860 Singing God's praises. 00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:39.300 For delivering them. 00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.320 So the question is. 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:41.800 Can you see yourself. 00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.240 Among this multitude. 00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:48.480 Can you see yourself there. 00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:51.699 Can you see your children there. 00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:55.260 Can you see your neighbors there. 00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:58.300 Can you see your boss there. 00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:02.460 It starts to stir. 00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:04.280 The embers of witness. 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:08.300 Gives you courage. 00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:13.360 In verses 13 through 14. 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:15.400 We have a bit of an explanation. 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:18.039 One of the 24 elders. 00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.720 In verse 13. 00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.440 Comes to John. 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.740 And says. 00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.300 Who are these? 00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.420 Clothed in white robes. 00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.280 Is the second time. 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.320 That's used in this picture. 00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:25.000 And from where do they come? 00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.960 John replies. 00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.599 In verse 13. 00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.440 Sir you know. 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.300 I know you're going to tell me. 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.880 Just tell me. 00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:29.380 What's up? 00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.680 And in verse 14. 00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.880 The elder says. 00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.160 These. 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.539 This multitude. 00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.619 Wearing white. 00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.940 Singing God's praises. 00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.320 They're the ones. 00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.400 Coming out of the great tribulation. 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.920 Tribulation. 00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:45.160 They have washed their robes. 00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:46.660 And made them white. 00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.519 In the blood. 00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.400 Of the lamb. 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:50.480 This is the faithful church. 00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:55.059 What the angels were holding back. 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.900 In chapter 7 verse 1. 00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:58.900 Has come to pass. 00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:01.300 By the time of chapter 7 verse 14. 00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.500 Here's my best take. 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.460 On the great tribulation. 00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.980 I'm in process on it. 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:07.639 But here's my best take on it. 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.240 This great tribulation. 00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:10.119 Jesus. 00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.599 Refers to it. 00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.419 In Matthew 24. 00:40:13.939 --> 00:40:15.659 As an intense season. 00:40:15.959 --> 00:40:17.199 Of great suffering. 00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.559 Which will take soon. 00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.500 Before the great day. 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.319 Of God's wrath. 00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.719 But I also understand. 00:40:22.839 --> 00:40:23.519 The tribulation. 00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:26.019 To be characteristic. 00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:28.099 Of the entire church age. 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:30.399 From the first coming of Jesus. 00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.619 To his second coming. 00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:33.099 The church. 00:40:33.979 --> 00:40:35.459 Being challenged. 00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.919 And pressured. 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.340 To compromise. 00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:40.079 Their witness to Christ. 00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:41.659 It's what. 00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.840 John refers to. 00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.980 In chapter 1 verse 9. 00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:44.340 As. 00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.780 Being a partaker. 00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.980 Of the tribulation. 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.920 So the great tribulation. 00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:52.619 Is this intensifying. 00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.519 Of pressure. 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.960 Of all people. 00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:56.360 That will lend. 00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.720 Unique temptations. 00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.460 To the church. 00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.340 To compromise. 00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.659 So what we see. 00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.539 Going on here. 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:04.840 Is. 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:06.120 This multitude. 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.720 Who's. 00:41:09.100 --> 00:41:09.480 Coming. 00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.100 Out. 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.820 Of. 00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:12.039 The great commission. 00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:12.680 Great. 00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.360 Great tribulation. 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:14.019 Do you see that in verse. 00:41:14.720 --> 00:41:15.860 These are the ones. 00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:17.039 Coming out of the great commission. 00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.559 It. 00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.559 Great tribulation. 00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.380 It seems. 00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:21.460 What's being said here. 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.780 Implication is. 00:41:23.220 --> 00:41:25.039 The church will be going through. 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:27.220 The great tribulation. 00:41:29.100 --> 00:41:29.740 Present. 00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.940 Witnessing. 00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.860 Calling others. 00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:35.440 To the lamb. 00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.539 These are the ones. 00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:41.240 Who washed their robes. 00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.480 And made them white. 00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:43.559 In the blood of the lamb. 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:49.340 They've come through the tribulation. 00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:51.700 They're standing before the throne. 00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.000 It's. 00:41:52.180 --> 00:41:52.579 It's. 00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.420 It's a future picture. 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:54.900 It's. 00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:56.220 It's a promise. 00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:57.260 Of what's to come. 00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.740 For those. 00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.960 Who are faithful. 00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.260 Because. 00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.380 Because they've been washed. 00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.559 By the blood of the lamb. 00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:06.000 If it weren't. 00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:06.860 For the blood. 00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.739 Of the lamb. 00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:10.159 This multitude. 00:42:10.799 --> 00:42:11.500 Would not. 00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.619 Be standing. 00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.699 Around the throne. 00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.119 They would be. 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.739 Hiding. 00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.159 From the presence. 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.279 Of the one. 00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.219 On the throne. 00:42:21.279 --> 00:42:21.719 His. 00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.320 Blood. 00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:22.900 The blood. 00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.719 Of the lamb. 00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:24.719 Is. 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:24.779 Is. 00:42:24.779 --> 00:42:24.799 Is. 00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.559 Our. 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:26.559 Salvation. 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.599 Now. 00:42:28.099 --> 00:42:28.539 And. 00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.719 Forever. 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.639 No one. 00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.519 Finds. 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:33.199 Themselves. 00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.919 Around. 00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:34.679 The throne. 00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:35.939 In heaven. 00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.639 Without. 00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.759 The blood. 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.879 Of the lamb. 00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:42.559 Do you see yourself. 00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.359 Among. 00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:45.059 The multitude. 00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.299 Have you. 00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:47.820 Washed. 00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.739 Your robes. 00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.639 And made them. 00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.259 Clean. 00:42:51.299 --> 00:42:51.759 Made them. 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.219 White. 00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.139 In the blood. 00:42:53.279 --> 00:42:54.019 Of the lamb. 00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.579 If your answer. 00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:56.039 Is. 00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.559 No. 00:42:56.699 --> 00:42:57.860 I have not. 00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.299 Today's the day. 00:42:59.340 --> 00:42:59.880 Of salvation. 00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:02.440 Today's the day. 00:43:02.759 --> 00:43:03.460 You get. 00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:04.400 To call out. 00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.420 To the risen lamb. 00:43:05.799 --> 00:43:06.799 Wash me. 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:08.440 With your blood. 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.320 And he. 00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.420 Will. 00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.460 Will. 00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.539 Will. 00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.099 Will. 00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:16.739 In. 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:17.179 Verses. 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:17.539 15. 00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.019 Through. 00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.420 17. 00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:19.000 We see. 00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:19.579 Future. 00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.119 Reward. 00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.279 Just quickly. 00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:24.099 Verse 15. 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:25.119 At the end. 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:25.779 You see. 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.299 He who sits. 00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:26.880 On the throne. 00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.199 Will. 00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:27.880 Shelter. 00:43:28.259 --> 00:43:28.579 Them. 00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:29.139 Those. 00:43:29.259 --> 00:43:29.579 Standing. 00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:30.099 Around. 00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.920 Around. 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.199 Him. 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:31.639 With. 00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:31.880 His. 00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.559 Presence. 00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.420 It's. 00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.579 In. 00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:34.219 Contrast. 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.719 To. 00:43:34.779 --> 00:43:35.099 Those. 00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:35.440 Who. 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.599 Are. 00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:36.039 Hiding. 00:43:36.340 --> 00:43:36.480 From. 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:36.639 The. 00:43:36.739 --> 00:43:37.099 Presence. 00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.380 On. 00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.559 That. 00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:37.880 Great. 00:43:38.279 --> 00:43:38.360 And. 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.679 Awful. 00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:38.940 Day. 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:39.860 He. 00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.019 Is. 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.199 Our. 00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.659 Shelter. 00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.079 You. 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:42.320 Lacking. 00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:42.599 Some. 00:43:42.659 --> 00:43:43.000 Hope. 00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:43.960 Here's. 00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.119 Your. 00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.539 Hope. 00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:45.260 God. 00:43:45.340 --> 00:43:45.480 Your. 00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:45.940 Shelter. 00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:50.059 We. 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.579 See. 00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:50.800 In. 00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:51.039 Verse. 00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.820 17. 00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.059 The. 00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.340 Lamb. 00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.460 In. 00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:53.579 The. 00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.780 Midst. 00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:53.900 Of. 00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:54.019 The. 00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.219 Throne. 00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:54.420 Will. 00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.559 Be. 00:43:54.639 --> 00:43:54.760 Their. 00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.139 Shepherd. 00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.719 He. 00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:55.900 Will. 00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.300 Guide. 00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.460 Them. 00:43:56.460 --> 00:43:56.639 To. 00:43:56.699 --> 00:43:56.980 Springs. 00:43:57.059 --> 00:43:57.179 Of. 00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:57.420 Living. 00:43:57.500 --> 00:43:57.739 Water. 00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:58.380 That. 00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:58.599 Should. 00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:58.980 Ping. 00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.400 Something. 00:43:59.519 --> 00:43:59.599 In. 00:43:59.619 --> 00:43:59.739 Your. 00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:00.079 Mind. 00:44:00.179 --> 00:44:00.300 From. 00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.219 From. 00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:01.440 Psalm. 00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:02.079 23. 00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.400 Make. 00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:04.539 You. 00:44:04.619 --> 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