"The Lion and the Lamb", Revelation Chapter 5.

Revelation chapter 5 The Lion and the Lamb, the greatest

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worship service ever recorded. In chapter 4, John is taken

caught up to heaven, a type of the rapture of the church which

is due to happen at any moment. As John opens his eyes in

heaven, there before him is the throne of God, and he describes

it so you and I can have a pretty good understanding what

the throne of God will look like because we're going to be there

soon. John details all its glory, its

majesty, its power. He speaks of the the jewellery

that there that's there and from the throne, coming from the

throne, it says in chapter 4 comes Thunder and lightning and

a rainbow is wrapped around the throne.

And so we begin the third section, the final section of

the Book of Revelation this morning.

Revelation chapter one verse 19 tells us the divisions of the

book. Write the things which you've

seen. John chapter Sorry, Revelation

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chapter 1, John saw Jesus in his glorified image, eyes of fire,

feet of brass hair, white clothes with girded with a

golden breastplate. Then in chapters 2 and, and, and

the things which are chapters 2 to 3, the church age.

You and I are living in the church age.

It hasn't finished yet started on the day of Pentecost.

It's continuing on today. You and I live in chapters 2 and

3. And now from chapter 4 on, the

things which shall take place after this, the things that

shall take place after the church period, church is

raptured and the tribulation begins after Christ's ascension

into heaven. Remember, in the book of Acts,

the disciples are standing there and Jesus ascends into heaven

before their eyes. Angels are saying, well, what

are you looking at? He's coming back the same Jesus

that you see. He's coming back again.

Don't get about your job. We read in Hebrews that when

Jesus ascended into heaven that then he sat down at the right

hand, the privileged position of the Father.

Hebrews 1012 But this man that says Jesus, God became man, God

Incarnate, born of a virgin in Bethlehem.

But this man after he had offered one sacrifice, Jesus was

only going to die on the cross once.

That's it. Once and for all his sacrifice

is done. It's finished.

He said it's finished. Then he sat down and the priests

in the Old Testament when they were serving in the Tabernacle,

they there was no chairs in the Tabernacle.

It's not like here we have chairs and you sit down in the

Tabernacle, there's no chairs. They went went about their

business. Jesus sat down our high priest.

Why? It was finished, It's done,

completed. Sin had been paid for, but God

so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that

whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting

life. But now we begin chapter 5, we

see Jesus standing. It's going to tell us that.

It's telling us something significant is about to begin,

about to happen, to unfold. As John begins to describe what

he is witnessing, he notices before God's throne the 24

elders. We saw them in chapter 4

representing the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles as

well that representing the church.

They seated around the throne, you see something happening.

There are four powerful angels that stand around the throne of

God who cry out. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God

Almighty who is and was and is to come.

And that's what they do over and over and over and over.

Cherubim and something, something stirring.

And in the hand of he who is seated on the throne, God the

Father. John sees a scroll, a big

parchment scroll wound up, and it's sealed.

This is a significant document. It's written front and back.

It's fastened or sealed with 7 seals, 7 round wax markings and

after each section it's sealed, then another section it's

sealed. So you have to read break the

section first, seal, pull it out, you're reading from right

to left, pull it out and then when you finish that first

section then there's another seal break to break to to read

the next section. What's the scroll?

What is this? Is it the title deed of the

earth forfeited by Adam when he disobeyed God with Eve and

obeyed Satan, ate of the fruit, touched the tree that he

shouldn't, then forfeited dominion?

God had given Adam and Eve dominion over the world and all

the animals and all the plants and everything.

Genesis 127 You have dominion. I give it to you, You're in

charge. But Adam disobeyed God and

obeyed Satan. Is it the scroll?

Is this the scroll? Is it redemption?

Is it the redemption? Is it the record of the plan of

God? It's going to see Adam and Eve

sinned and then God will have a seed of a woman.

And is it is it that laid out the death on the cross, the born

of a virgin and all that sort of stuff laying in the tomb for

three days and rising on the from the dead?

Is it a record? Is it a, is it a is it detailing

all the events? Now they're going to happen.

The seven seals, 7 trumpets, bowls, etcetera.

They're going to be unveiled now as we see the judgement of God

coming upon planet earth. The fact that the scroll is

written back in front tells us that it's detail is complete.

There's nothing more to be added to it in the time of John's

writing. Remember he's on the island of

Patmos. He's been exiled, he's a lonely

old man. He's in his 90s now.

Eventually he'll be released, he'll go back.

And because he from the time of the cross, he looked after Mary,

Jesus mother and they lived in Ephesus.

There John would die of old age along with Mary.

The time of John's writing, he is some 90 years old.

As I said, land title deeds. When you went to buy a block of

land, the title deeds and wills in those days was sealed and

written on scrolls with wax, sealed just like this.

Let's look at verse 1 and I. This is John saw in the right

hand. The right hand always speaks of

power, authority of him, Capital H.

It's God the Father who said on the throne, a scroll written

inside and on the back sealed with 7 seals, there's two.

Then I saw a strong Angel. Now you're right.

This Angel has this, this, this is, this is, you know, we see so

many drawings of angels and they're kind of like sweet,

aren't they angels? Our images and things and

imagination of what really is is so different.

What the Bible tells this is a strong Angel.

This is a powerful Angel. We saw, I saw a strong Angel

proclaiming any speaks with a loud voice.

Now everything in the Middle East is loud.

We saw a bar mitzvah happening as they March up and they go up

to the Western Wall when a young Israeli boy is becoming a man of

a bar mitzvah. And man, it was loud.

And everywhere we ate, we were down in the Dead Sea eating in

the in the restaurant at night down in the Dead Sea and the

Jews were getting together and man, they are loud.

They celebrate, they sing when families get together.

There was a wedding celebration going on.

Man, if you think my music's too loud, sorry, God's going to give

you a set of arrows, but they're going to be adjusted because in

heaven there's going to be a lot of loud stuff.

I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loud voice, and this is

what he said. Who is worthy to open the scroll

and to loose its seals? Who is worthy to open the scroll

to loose its seals? A strong Angel.

The word strong in the Greek there is actually mighty,

powerful. Verse 3.

And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was

able to open the scroll or to look at it.

So no one in all the universe was able to look at it, touch

it, or to open it. So there's a silence after this

proclamation. Who's worthy?

Silence. No response.

No, Archangel is not Michael or none of those coming forward.

No, Gabriel's not coming. I'll do this.

No, there's no response. No cherubim, no seraphim marches

forward, No Abraham, Moses or any of those come forward.

Yeah, I'll do it. If the mighty Angel had called

out who's willing, There would have been movement.

I'll have a crack. I'll have a go.

But he cried out who was worthy. The word worthy is the Greek

word axios. It means befitting who is

powerful, who is worthy, who is befitting, who has the the, the

qualifications. It's able.

So John, as he sees no one come forward, begins to weep

profusely. It's not like a few tears

running down his eyes. He begins to convulse.

This is overwhelming grief, John, because John knows exactly

what this scroll is, what it represents, what it means, and

he knows what needs to happen. This, by the way, is the only

place we read of there being tears in heaven at this moment,

verse 4. So I wept much because no one

was found worthy to open and read the scroll or to look at

it. But one of the elders said to

me, do not weep. Behold or look up the lion

capital L of the tribe of Judah. We're defining who this is the

root of David, both Joseph and Mary, even though Joseph wasn't

the father, he just looked after and the fatherly role, but both

Joseph and Mary came from the lineage of David.

That's why they had to go to Bethlehem during the time of

census House of David, the root of David.

So we we're defining who this is.

This is Jesus because Jesus is going to the promise to the

Messiah is he's he's through David.

The throne of David has prevailed to open the scroll and

to loose it's 7 seals. He's able to break the seals.

John's weeping is incontrollable.

Fascinating. What were his tears?

Why such grief? They represented the tears of

Adam and Eve as they saw the lifeless body of their son Abel

dead killed boy's brother. And Adam and Eve knew the weight

of sin and hadn't just made them naked and ashamed.

Death had come, they were dying. And now they see as a result of

their disobedience, death, their son Abel laying dead sin, the

wages of sin is death. It just ultimately kills the

tears of Israel. Over the years, 400 years as

their slaves, 7274 people go into Egypt, become two, two and

a half million, 3 million people, possibly over 400 years.

But during those 400 years, they are wailing and crying at the

God, and God hears them. They're the tears of some of you

and I who stood by the grave of a loved one.

There's nothing more sure that proves the book of Genesis and

the fall of man than a funeral. It's the reality.

It's Genesis. In reality, it's 3D.

When you stand and there's death, death has occurred.

That person is dead. Where are they now?

Death only came. Death wasn't part of God's plan.

When God made everything, it was beautiful.

He thought it was good. Death wasn't part of our

planning. It wasn't what God had for us.

But we disobeyed. We opened the door and let sin

come in, which brought death such as the curse of sin that

has been laid upon God's beautiful creation.

God said over and over and over six times it's good what I've

read that's good. Then he said it's very good.

No wonder John web so why he knew the scroll its title deed.

It's the title deed for the earth that Adam and Eve had

lost. If no one claims it, Satan, who

rules the world, who is the Prince and power of the air, the

Little G God. Jesus called him Little G God,

God of the air. He has ruled dominion over it at

the moment. This is why when Jesus was

driven by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness of 40 days and 40

nights, when Satan offered him, I, you can, I'll give you the

world, you can rule the world, I'll give it to you.

He owned it and legally forwarded and got the the flow

on from the fall of Adam and Eve, who'd forfeited it.

He's like, I'll give you the world.

Jesus just bowed out and worship me.

Worship me. John's wondering if Satan would

forever have his hands on what Adam lost.

No, Jesus is about to make all things right again.

He's standing up. He will end death.

We see that later in Revelation 21.

No more death, no more tears, no more pain, sorrow, the elder

says. John, don't weep.

Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah.

One title, the root of David second title had prevailed to

open the scroll to loose 7 seals.

He can open the skull scroll, he can break the seals.

He is worthy. I looked and behold, in the

midst of of the throne and of the four living creatures said

John looks where he's been pointed, asked to look.

And in the midst of the elders third title stood a lamb capital

L Lion root of David Lamb defining who this is.

There's only one who fits all those.

It's Jesus, as though it had been slain.

Then it says having 7 horns and seven eyes.

And you kind of go, oh, what is this gross thing?

We'll explain because it says then, which are the seven

spirits of God. So it's it's it's not actual

horns or eyes. Horns speak of strength, and the

eyes will explain. Sent out into all the earth.

Then he came, the lion, the seed of David, the lamb that had been

slain. He takes the scroll from the

right hand of him who said on the throne he was able.

So I'll take that. Now, in the Old Testament,

there's a redemption clause and the buying and selling of land.

Israel was and still very much is an agrarian, very much an

agrarian society. If a farmer had to sell or

forfeit his land due to tough times, difficult running out of

money, there was a clause always in the selling of of the land

that he could in time be able to redeem, buy back, which was his

to maintain and ensure that that land stays in his family.

He could or a member of his family if he, if he passed away,

could become what's known as a kinsman Redeemer.

We see it in the book of Ruth. But to qualify to be able to

uphold that clause, there were three criteria that legally had

to be fulfilled. 1 you had to be the original owner or related to

the original original owner. This is why Jesus became a man.

Firstly, to be able to die. That God could die on the cross.

But also so that He represents us, the human race.

He could come forward and actually be part of a kinsman

Redeemer. He put on a human body.

It's called the Incarnation. 2. He had to be able to meet the

debt required. What's the debt that's required?

The wages of sin is death. So he had to be able to die.

But to be able to die, he can't. A criminal can't pay the debt of

another criminal. He's already in gaol.

He's got his own debts to worry about.

So he had to be innocent. He had to.

And to be innocent, he had to be what?

Born of a virgin, the seed of a woman.

Genesis chapter 3 couldn't just be Joseph's son.

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He had to be born of the seed of a woman.

He is innocent. Blood never sinned, tempted, but

never sinned sinless. And three, he had to be willing

to make the redemption purpose. He had to go.

Yeah, I'll do that. He prayed in the garden if

there'd be any other way but Lord, not my will, but thine,

I'll go to the cross. In the book of Isaiah chapter

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53, it says Jesus would be the Messiah, would be LED away as a

lamb. Interesting.

What to the slaughter when the soldiers came and there were

thousands of soldiers, not just a couple of 100 that came to to

arrest Jesus that time there was a massive number, at least 6-7

hundred. Let me put put it back and write

4 figures. They came to arrest Jesus and

you go OK guys we're on air, we're into it.

Peter tried that, didn't he? He said, take me, I'm the one

you want, Leave these. And he was led away as a lamb to

the slaughter. John turns his gaze to see

Jesus, expecting to see the lion of the tribe of Judah.

Jesus is from Judah, which indeed he is.

But instead John sees a lamb standing.

Jesus was seated, now he's standing.

Something's happening. In the book of Genesis chapter

Genesis 49:9

49, verse 9 and 10, it says the sceptre shall not depart from

Judah. That is the ruling, nor nor a

lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh comes.

And to him shall the obedience of the people gather.

So the image, the symbol of a lamb is one of strength and

power is so counter to our world's imagery, isn't it?

I mean, no football team, NFL, rugby team, you know, that's the

mascot, that's a lamb. He's there.

That's our, that's our mascot, little lamb.

We're a very powerful, strong team.

And so it's opposite to the world's thinking, but Jesus is

both the lion and the lamb. 30 times in the Book of Revelation

he has this title spoken of him in Jesus deity.

In being God. He is the lion of the tribe of

Judah. He is the king.

The lion is what the king of peace.

Jesus is the King of kings, all powerful in his rule.

In Jesus humanity, he is seen as the Lamb, absolute humility to

his Father's will. He said of himself that he had

come to serve and not be served. That's interesting.

You want to throw that out there, by the way, so often

people come to churches and think, you know, I want to run

the place, you know, I want to be the head.

This will do that. And then they get this like

power, power thing happens to them.

Start telling people what to do and everything.

Jesus came to serve. Remember he washed the disciples

feet. He came to serve and not be

served. In Philippians chapter 2 verse 7

Philippians 2:7

it details the ministry of Jesus.

This is what you and I should aim for.

He made himself of no reputation.

He made himself no didn't take oh, yeah, I'm the one.

I run the show. I'm the most support person

here. I'm the best singer.

I'm the best Sunday school teacher and I'm the greatest

preacher. I'm this and that made himself

with no reputation, taking the form of a bond servant.

The word bond servant is the lowest form.

That's Jesus, the lowest form, coming in the likeness of men.

That's the incarnation being found in appearance as a man.

He humbled himself and became obedient.

How far? How far was He obedient?

To the point of death, even the death of the cross.

He was a willing sacrifice. He was the willing Lamb.

As they let him away, He just let them lead him away.

He let them smack him, beat him, spit on him, tear his beard,

tear his hair. Then he let them whip him with

the catanine towels with stones, broken glass and bones.

And if he had it added one word said Oh no, I know I'm innocent,

then it would have been less and less.

He opened not what his mouth is a lamb, but Jesus is both that

Christ's first coming. He came as a lamb.

But when Christ returns Revelation 19, his second

coming, he's coming as a lion. No mucking around this time.

John notices that Jesus, just as he had seen him after his

crucifixion, that's what catches his gaze and resurrection,

actually, the holes in his hands, holes in his feet.

Lamb has had been slain. John can clearly see the wounds

of the cross still on Jesus in heaven.

Now the lamb, by the way, in the Greek language, it's pet lamb.

It's the pet lamb. It's like having, you know, some

of you have had pet lambs. I've brought them home and

dished them out and give them to relatives who've thanked me.

Later pet lamb jumped these wounds back in John chapter 20.

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You remember Thomas is devastated when Jesus died.

The twin one of the 12 was not with them when Jesus appeared to

them. Verse 25.

The other disciples therefore said to him, hey Thomas, we've

seen the Lord. He said look, don't come at me

with this. He's upset, he's heartbroken,

unless I see in his hands the print of the nails and put my

finger in the print of the nails and put my hand in his side with

a spear, when I'll not believe, I don't believe that.

Don't give that to me. Then it says after 8 days, eight

days later, his disciples were again inside.

Thomas this time is with them. Jesus came, the door was shut.

Jesus appears, stood in the midst and said peace to you,

Shalom. And then he would go straight to

Thomas. He said, Thomas, put your

fingers here. The hall would have been here.

Thomas, put your finger in there.

Thomas pulling his garment up, showing the big word where the

spear went into his heart. Thomas, put your hand in here.

Do not be unbelieving, but believing.

Thomas, a Jew said this. My Lord and my God either.

Jesus is God and Thomas is saying the right thing, or

Thomas is being blasphemous, saying that to a man.

Jesus is the Son of God. So the only man made things that

you and I will see. They'll remind us for all

eternity is every time we'll see Jesus, we'll see the holes, the

holes always for eternity in heaven.

Verse 6, in the midst of the throne of the four living

creatures, in the midst of the elders, stood a lamb as though

it had been slain, having 7 horns and seven eyes, which are

the seven spirits of God sent out to all the earth. 7 horns

are always indicative. A horn is always indicative of

power. Jesus is the omnipotent. 1 He

had seven. He has complete power. 7 is the

number of completion. He has absolute complete power.

Seven eyes. Jesus is the all knowing 1.

He is omniscient, the devil isn't and he is also

omnipresent. He is ever present everywhere.

Jesus says I'll never leave you nor forsake you.

Then he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who

said on the throne the scroll is the title deed of the earth

forfeited by Adam. It is the record of man's

redemption. It is the detailed record of all

the events. Because as Jesus begins to break

the seals, we see the first seal will do that Wednesday night,

the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Then we see Him break the second seal, the second seal, and so on

and so on. And lastly, it tells of all the

judgements about to come upon the earth.

As each seal is soon to be broken and the scroll being

opened. We see God's divine judgement on

the world about to take place. This world that that you and I

live in and know of this beautiful beach and place that

we live. Guess what?

The judgement of God is about to fall this planet.

Jesus said things are going to happen in this world.

They have never ever happened before.

They're going to terrify people. Now.

When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and

the 24 elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp.

So they've got a harp or a liar playing and a golden.

They've got a harp and a lice. And so they've got one hand,

they've got 1/2 and the other, they've got a golden balls full

of incense. What are they?

Look, which are the prayers of the Saints?

Our prayers. We're in this as Jesus takes the

scroll, the four living creatures, the 24 elders falling

down on their faces in reverent, overwhelming worship before the

Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, and they burst into praise.

Each one has a harp, A lyre being played.

Music fills the heaven in the hands of the elders who

represent the church. They have the balls filled with

our prayers are your prayers. Are you a praying person?

If you're not well, you've got nothing to do with this.

But if you're a praying person, then this these balls are filled

with your prayers. When we gather on a Wednesday,

we refill. We load up the balls each

Wednesday when we gather of these prayers, these balls,

which are going to be in Revelation chapter 5 and they

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what do your prayers do? They rise up like incense.

You know what they that is you, you know, you get that.

Oh, that's lovely incense. Remember when the alabaster

Brock box, the flask was broken and the scent when you pray, God

goes, oh, that's good, that's good.

As you pray, that's good. These are the prayers of every

praying St who had all the living days prayed and

proclaimed and we used to do it every Friday at promise school,

our Father, we used to do the Lord's pray our Father who is in

heaven hallowed be your name. What does it say after that your

Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven and

fills that ball. Verse 9 it says and they sang a

new song. When Jesus took the scroll, the

weeping ended and the worship started.

Donald Grey Barnhouse said on this passage there are four

things at the moment that are out of place as we look at the

last days. He says, 1 the church, it should

be in heaven where it belongs. That's where it is in chapter 5.

Israel now should be occupying all the land God promised

Abraham, but it isn't three. Satan, who's ruling the world at

the moment should be cast into the lake of fire.

That's where he belongs. That's where he's going to end

up. And Jesus, Jerusalem, Jesus

should be seated on his throne in Jerusalem reigning.

He's going to do that in the thousand year reign at the end

of the seven year tribulation. So the golden balls that contain

the prayers of the Saints reveal in our text that God one

remembers our prayers. Do you know that God remembers

you when you pray? I don't remember when you

prayed. Psalm 56, eight talks about our

tears. You number my wanderings.

You put my tears into your bottle.

Are they not in your book? Now in Israel you can see these

little tear bottles and they would, they would weep, they

would capture the tears and cork them.

They would wear them around their necks.

In Revelation 5, we're told our prayers are kept, we're kept in

heaven in a bowl. I think that's quite amazing.

Nothing is wasted by God. Now around our house we have

some things that people think, why you got that there?

What's that strange looking thing?

There are things that our children have made when they're

young and now that our grandchildren are doing the same

and we have things and you know what?

They're the treasures of our house.

I look at them, I go, I know who made that.

Sometimes even the kids kind of go, oh, it's a bit rough,

especially as they grow older, but not to us.

Well, God treats your prayers. Every time you've prayed, it's

something precious and he keeps it and he remembers it.

Why? Because he loves you dearly.

He loves you dearly. Verse 9 and they sang a new song

saying you are worthy, befitting worth to take the scroll and to

open its seals for you are slain and have redeemed us to God.

How by your blood out of every tribe.

Notice this tongue, people and nation and have made us kings.

We will rule in the millennial period and priests, we will

serve God during the millennial period and for eternity, and we

will reign upon the earth. You and I raptured.

Now the Saints in heaven are singing a new song because this

is you guys. This Is Us.

We're talking about us. This is our future.

It's quite, quite amazing. We're singing a new song to the

Lamb with the lyrics of the song we will sing.

We proclaim and declare the worthiness of God.

This is what worship is all about.

The word worship is the word proscunio.

It means to kiss, to kiss toward, to kiss the hand of.

It's to give proclamation and praise to he who is worthy.

It's the worthiness of God that is worship.

He says for you were slain. This is what we sing in the

literal Greek for you were slain.

It is, we would say in the English, you were butchered.

That's what the word says. The other word that it means is

you were slaughtered. That's part of the song that

we'll sing. Jesus was not just killed, He

was sacrificed on the cross. This was the price of your and

my redemption. Grace is free, but it's not

cheap. How do you treat the great gift

of salvation that God has made available to you?

And notice this and have redeemed us to God by your

blood. Notice this wording out of every

tribe, tongue, people and nation.

Who's this? Who's this group?

It can only be one group. This is why the church fits

description. Only the church can fit this

description because this is a powerful additional evidence

telling us the church will be in heaven because we're from every

tribe, every tongue, and every nation.

It's not saying Israel. Then I looked verse 11.

I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living

creatures, and the elders. A number of them was 10,000 *

10,000 and thousands of thousands, thousands.

The word used to describe the number of angels is the word

myriad. You've heard that myriad.

Myriad is the highest numerical word in the Greek language.

There's so many angels, I can't number them.

Now the Bible talks about numbering this, the sand on the

sea, the grains of sand and the stars, but you can't number the

many Here verse 12 saying with a loud voice, worthy is the Lamb

who was slain to receive power, riches and wisdom, strength and

honour, glory and blessing. The Saints notice this were the

ones singing, while the angels were the ones saying why mention

this angels not singing? But what about Christmas Eve

isn't you know, when the angels appeared and they go, oh,

singing to the to the shepherds in the fields of Bethlehem?

Luke 213 says suddenly there was with the angels a multitude of

the heavenly post host praising God and saying, saying here in

chapter 5 of Revelation we sing you and I sing the song of

redemption, which the angels do not and cannot because they're

not redeemed. The angels join with us to

praise God, to rejoice in Him, but they Can't Sing about

redemption. They speak words of praise.

The angels are not the recipients of salvation.

It's for the redemption of fallen mankind, but not for

fallen angels and every creature which is in heaven and on the

earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all

that are in them. I heard saying blessing and

honour and glory and power be to Him who sits on the throne to

the Lamb forever and ever. Then the four living creatures

said Amen, the cherubim to go, Amen.

That's it, Absolutely. The 24 elders, what do they do?

They fall down again, worship Him who lives forever and ever.

The cherubim say Amen. The 24 elders fall down and

worship. Amen means so be it.

That's the truth. The Saints are singing and the

angels are agreeing. But as we turn our gaze back to

earth as all this is happening, you know what's happening back

on earth. Because remember, our vantage

point during the Tribulation period is in heaven.

We look back to earth, the things that are happening on

earth. You know what's happening on

earth. Jesus said these things will be

happening at this time. But as the days of Noah, so also

will be the coming of the Son of Man be.

For as in the days before the flood, they were eating,

drinking, marrying, giving in marriage until the day that Noah

entered the ark and did not know until the flood came and took

them all away. So also will be the coming of

the Son of Man Be. In other words, the church is

raptured, we're in heaven, we're glorifying God, praising God.

The elders are falling down. Cherubim going.

Amen. You know what's going on?

Coffee. Yeah.

Lovely wedding. Yeah.

That's good. The other footy.

Yeah. What's that?

What's that? That's the reality.

Do you know what's coming? As sure as death and taxes,

these events in Revelation Chapter 5 are going to occur.

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As sure as death and taxes, as sure as the sun coming up

tomorrow, these events are going to occur.

A farmer, godly man, had a visitor visit with him from the

city, stayed over with him as they were eating supper that

night for tea. The farmer said oh let's pray.

The visitor quietly laughs, praying this is that's how I

tainted old fashioned man. Anyone with an education knows

that you don't pray anymore, especially in public.

That's just foolish. Well, the farmer replied, Yes, I

know that it is old fashioned. Old fashioned to some, and there

are some even on my farm who don't do this, don't agree.

They refuse to do it. Many don't worship or pray for

that matter. Really, said the visitor.

Well, at least some are enlightened here on the farm.

I'd like to meet him. Just who are the wise ones?

There's a farmer reached over to grab the salt.

He says Oh my pigs, put the soul on his meal.

These events we've studied are going to happen as sure as death

and taxes. Know them, study them, look

forward to them or fear them. Are you ready for heaven?

Details exactly. This is all about us.

Have you received Christ as your Saviour today?

God speaks to you through his word.

This book, the Book of Revelation, is why I came to

Christ, because I knew in my heart this world Jesus is coming

back. I didn't know how and what and

where, but I knew that part. Where do you sit?

Will you be on earth, running, swimming, surfing, golfing,

going about your business as normal, and you will not know

that the Lord has come?