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Revelation chapter 4 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Revelation chapter 4. Let us pray.
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  Lord God Almighty, who reigns on high Father, High and lifted up
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  above everybody, above every entity, above every dominion and
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  principality and ruler. God Almighty, El Shaddai, Elian,
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  the Most High God, the only uncreated.
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  You are the only God. There is no other God besides
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  you. Every other God is an idol who
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  cannot see and cannot hear. But there is only one true
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  living God, and it is you, Yahweh, the God of Israel, the
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  God of Jacob, the God of the Jews.
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  You are our everything, Father. We laid down prostate before
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  you. God, we give you all honor.
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  We give you all glory. God, we spill ourselves out for
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  you, Father. It's all about you, King Jesus.
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  Lord, I pray that you'll supernaturally fill us.
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  God, blow fresh wind upon this house.
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  God, give us fresh revelation. God, give us a bigger portion of
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  your knowledge and your heart and your love.
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  Father, I pray that you will help us to understand the words
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  on this page. I pray God, every jot and every
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  title comes alive today. Quicken it in the inner man
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  today, Father, I pray that we'll stop playing games with you
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  Father, and we'll get serious about following after you hard.
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  Lord, I pray that we will follow you anywhere that you go.
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  Everything that you say, we hang on your every word.
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  Father, thank you for forgiving us.
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  God, thank you for the promise of eternity.
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  Lord, thank you for fresh bread today.
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  I pray God, Holy Spirit, that you will fill us today
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  supernaturally. Give us the zeal for this house.
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  Consume us and eat us up. God, I pray that we'll turn our
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  face towards you. We'll set our face like a Flint,
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  God, towards Zion. Lord, I thank you for the
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  forgiveness and the remission of our sins.
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  I thank you, God, that we are made whole and complete and that
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  we are faultless in your sight. God, we are sinless in your
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  sight because of the blood of Jesus Christ.
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  I thank you, God, for the ability to love and love well.
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  Help us, Lord to forgive all those that have wronged us.
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  God, help us to love our neighbor.
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  Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus that you'll keep us from
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  the enemy, keep us from the temptation.
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  Keep us, God, from deception. Lord, I pray that we'll study
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  the reality of what is contained in the Scriptures.
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  Lord, keep us from the counterfeit.
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  Father, I pray that you'll be honored and glorified and
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  magnified throughout all ages, through all people groups in
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  every continent. Father, for yours is the Kingdom
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  and the glory and the honor and the power forever and ever.
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  And it's all about King Jesus. It's in Jesus Christ, holy and
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  precious and powerful name that I pray.
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  Amen. Well, let's start in verse one.
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  After this I looked and behold, a door was opened in heaven.
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  And the first voice which I heard was, as it were, of a
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  trumpet talking with me, which said, come up here and I will
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  show you things which must be here after.
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  So if you go back to Revelation chapter 1 and Jesus, who is the
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  voice of the trumpet, by the way, Jesus is talking to John
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  and he tells him to write about the things which had happened
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  and which would come. Well, we have already covered
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  the things that had happened and the things which were, and here
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  we're getting to a discourse from Chapter 4 all the way to
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  19. We're going to get into a
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  discourse of the things that must happen after these things
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  have not happened yet, Friend. These are indicative of what
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  will happen in the judgment of the seven years, Friends of
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  Tribulation, when the church has gone up and out and has suffered
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  the judgement of the righteous at the Bema seat where we get
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  our rewards. But by the way, most of what we
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  do is burned up in the fire. It's wood, hay, and stubble.
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  Because you wanted recognition for it.
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  You went around telling everybody about the things that
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  you were doing for God, and you have no reward in that.
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  You've already received your reward, but for those who keep
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  those things, those righteous deeds that they do for Jesus to
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  themselves, and they seek no recognition for them, they don't
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  let their left hand know what their right hands doing, then
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  you will be rewarded for those things.
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  And we don't work for the rewards.
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  We don't even care about the rewards.
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  We don't care about the crowns either all, all we care about is
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  Jesus and honoring our Lord Jesus because of what he did for
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  us. This perfect innocent man came
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  fully God and fully man, lived a perfect life, didn't deserve to
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  die a criminal's death, but went willingly silent before his
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  shears. And no one took His life, but He
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  laid it down for us, and everything that we do is in
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  relation to what He did for us. It is natural, the fruit that
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  hangs His natural friends because of the love that He has
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  given to us. And we love because we were
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  first loved by Him and we didn't even know what love was before
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  Jesus Christ. So you need to understand that
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  the rewards are so secondary to actually seeking the face of
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  Jesus Christ. So here Jesus wants to talk to
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  John and show him the things which will happen.
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  They have not happened yet too. And immediately I was in the
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  Spirit and behold, a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the
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  throne. So we're going to see this
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  throne, throne, throne, throne, throne.
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  John is obsessed over the throne.
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  He cannot stop talking about it and looking at it.
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  He is in amazement over the throne.
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  And the real question is, for all of humanity, who sits on the
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  throne of your heart, friends? Is it humanism, progressivism?
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  Is it government? Who sits on the throne of your
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  heart? Is it mammon?
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  Is it self who sits on the throne?
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  Because without the throne, friends, we will self destruct
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  and become autonomous. We will want to be our own gods.
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  And you need to understand that Yahweh everlasting the God of
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  Israel, He sits on the throne over the entire galaxies, over
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  all the universe, not just the earth, friends.
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  And He chose us and predestined us before the foundations of the
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  earth, friends. And we must yield unto Him.
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  We must completely let go of all of our own wants and desires,
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  all of our own passions, and yield every single breath, every
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  single moment, every molecule, every cell, every thought, every
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  word, every murmuring, every single thing over to him.
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  We give him our first, we give him our best, we give him our
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  everything because he is worthy to be praised.
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  Hallelujah three. And he that sat was to look upon
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  like Jasper and sardius stone. And there was a rainbow round
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  and about the throne, insight like unto an emerald.
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  So here we could see this white stone, and we could see this
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  Redstone, and we could see this rainbow.
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  And you can see that this is a majestic sight to look upon as
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  John is staring at the throne and he sees this figure that is
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  like white and red and a rainbow all around.
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  And this speaks of the purity, and this speaks of the blood on
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  Calvary friends. And it is a reminder of Jesus's
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  promise, of God's promise never to flood the earth again.
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  And that is what you need to understand that all of this is
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  pointing towards Majesty 4. And round about the throne were
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  24 seats. And upon the seats I saw 24
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  elders sitting clothed in white raiment, and they had on their
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  heads crowns of gold. So here these 24 elders sitting
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  on lesser Thrones and they have their crowns on.
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  And if you go back and study Scripture, study the Old
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  Testament, study the New Testament, what you're going to
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  find is that we are promised these crowns for the rewards and
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  these 12 and 12, which make up the 24.
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  This is the names that are written on the foundations of
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  New Jerusalem. And this is the names that are
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  written on the gates of the New Jerusalem.
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  These are the representatives of all of church friends.
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  This is the Israel lights and this is the church.
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  This is the Jews in the church together coming together, the
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  Old Testament and the New Testament being bridged, and
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  these 24 elders represent all of the church friends.
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  And that is the beauty of what is being written about.
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  Five And out of the throne proceeds lightnings and
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  thunderings and voices. And there were 7 lamps of fire
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  burning before the throne, which are the seven Spears of God.
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  So you can see that right before judgment comes upon the earth
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  there is this lightnings and thunderings.
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  And it Harkins us back to Mount Sinai, when God descended upon
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  the mountain and shook it. And the Israelites were shaken
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  in their boots, and they did not even want to go up.
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  And they told Moses, whatever you say we will do.
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  And Moses went up and what did they do?
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  They made some golden calves and started to worship idols.
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  And that is what you need to understand is the longer that
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  God tarries, the more self-destructive we become.
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  And you can see that this judgement is due and it's right
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  and it's here and it's at the door and we must be ready.
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  We must be like the five wise virgins who keep our oils filled
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  and our lamps and our Wicks trimmed, friends.
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  And here you can see a personification of the Holy
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  Spirit in the seven spirits of God that we have talked about
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  out of Isaiah Chapter 11, verse 2, where he's talking about the
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  Spirit of the Lord and the fear of the Lord, of might and of
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  knowledge and counsel, wisdom and understanding.
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  Friends, this is the Holy Spirit being personified, because
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  usually the Holy Spirit is invisible, but sometimes comes
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  as a dove and sometimes comes as a flaming tongue of fire.
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  Friends. And you can see here that John
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  is catching a vision of the Holy Spirit. 6 And before the throne
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  was a sea of glass like unto crystal, and in the midst of the
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  throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of
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  eyes before and behind. So you can see here the
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  seraphim, you can see this, the cherubim, you can see that these
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  are the angels of God. And this is the beast that was
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  described all the way back there in Ezekiel chapter 1 whenever he
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  was talking about seeing the same creatures.
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  And what an amazing thought. And we can see that this is the
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  highest order of all of God's creation.
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  You have man, and you have lion, and you have ox and you have
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  eagle. And they are the highest of all
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  of God's creative acts, friends. And they sit as the leader of
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  all of the animal Kingdom, and you see that the man is the head
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  and has dominion over it all. And here we can see it all
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  personified as the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke and John.
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  You can see that these beasts have the wonderful
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  responsibility of keeping God's holiness.
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  You can see that throughout Scripture how these beasts are
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  to protect the holiness of God. So there is no irreverence and
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  that is what is mentioned here in this verse.
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  And they have these eyes before and behind, and every time that
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  God turns, they see a new facet of him, and they have to cover
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  their eyes because he is so holy.
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  Seven in The first beast was like a lion, and the second
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  beast is like a calf. And the third beast had the face
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  of a man. And the fourth beast was like a
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  flying eagle. 8 And the four beast had each of them 6 wings
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  about him, and they were full of eyes within, and the rest, and
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  they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy Lord
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  God Almighty, which was and is and is to come.
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  They never get tired of singing it.
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  Friends, He is holy, holy, holy. This perfect holiness set apart
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  and these angels are singing his praise day and night and it
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  never gets old and it never gets boring.
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  And that is something that you need to ask yourself, how is
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  worship to you? Is it just the mechanics of it
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  all? Is it just program?
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  Is it nothing more to you than a duty or a responsibility?
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  Because we must catch the vision of who God truly is.
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  This holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty.
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  And when you finally see the train of His robe filling the
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  temple, you'll cover your mouth and you'll cover your eyes,
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  friends, because He is so holy. And you will never get tired of
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  singing His praises. When you finally catch a glimpse
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  of Yeshua, with eyes like fire and hair like wool, and the
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  voice of the many multitudes, friends, and they are singing to
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  Him, it never gets old. 9 And when those beasts give glory and
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  honor, and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who lives
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  forever and ever. So here you can see the scene.
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  And this is the most wonderful scene in all of the Bible of
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  what is the glory of God and what is the throne room of God.
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  And it is beautiful. 10 The 24 elders fall down before him that
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  sat on the throne and worship him that lives forever and ever,
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  and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 You are
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  worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for you
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  have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were
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  created. Everything is for God and unto
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  God and to God. And we worship Him in spirit and
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  truth. And He is worthy of all
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  adoration and affection. He is worthy of our best.
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  He is worthy of the 1st. And I pray that as you get to
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  peek and to peer into the throne room of God, that this causes
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  you to fall like a dead man on your face and grab the hem of
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  His garment, friends and worship him.
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  Worship Him today. Do not let a day go by without
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  giving Him His due honor and His due glory.
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  He is our everything. He is the only uncreated, and He
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  is worthy of all of your worship.
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  This is the turning point for the Book of Revelation.
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  And John here gets to get caught up into heaven and whether he
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  was in the body or out of the body, just like Paul, he does
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  not say he. And you can see here that this
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  is indicative of the rapture of the church.
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  And once this happens, the church has gone up from this
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  point forward and Jesus is going to explain to John all of the
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  terrible judgments coming upon an unrepentant world who is
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  blasphemous and cares nothing for God.
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  They have been given chance after chance after chance after
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  chance after chance to make it right, and they are stiff necked
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  and obstinate and care nothing for the things of God.
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  God has revealed Himself in all of creation and they cared
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  nothing for Him. So now He is going to paint the
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  picture of what will be going on during the seven-year
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  tribulation. I pray that you've been blessed
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  by this amazing chapter in God's Word.
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  This is the most holy and reverent scene that we get of
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  all of the throne room of God. And what it looks like, the sea
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  of glass mingled with fire, with the rainbow round and about, and
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  the creatures and the 24 elders giving praise and due honor and
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  glory unto the one seated who lives forever.
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  What an amazing thought. You can meditate upon this for
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  the rest of your life. I pray that this scene never
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  leaves your mind. I pray that you are locked in
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  and sold out to the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.
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  Give him his honor and give him his glory today.
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  He is worthy, worthy, worthy glory, glory and glory and holy
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  and holy, holy Hallelujah Maranatha.
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  We love Yeshua and we say Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest
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  for He is our Good Shepherd and He is our servant leader and He
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  is our Shepherd King and we love Him.
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  Be blessed today. Get prayed up today, spend time
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  in the throne room with him. Give him His praise and honor.
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  I love you, He loves you and I'm praying for you.
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  I'm praying you catch a glimpse of it.
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  You'll never be the same. God bless you.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.