back to indexWed Bible Study - Revelation Lesson 7
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And so, what we're seeing now with the heavens open and with the glimpse of the lion and 00:00:16.040 |
the slain lamb and how that's being worshipped and all these other things, the seven horns, 00:00:22.320 |
seven eyes, all of these things are actual, like visual presentations of specific doctrines 00:00:29.780 |
and specific redemptive acts that you and I probably already know, but you get a visual 00:00:41.360 |
Yes, last week we looked at the first two scenes, right? 00:00:48.880 |
The third scene is a scene of the sealed scroll. 00:00:52.880 |
And so, what I want you guys to see, the scroll contains a promise of fulfillment of redemption 00:00:57.600 |
of mankind, and that's basically what you're going to see being played out in chapter five. 00:01:04.680 |
So if you were to visualize redemption, and again, obviously this picture doesn't capture 00:01:10.720 |
every nuance and every aspect of the gospel, but if you were to picture God humbling himself 00:01:17.480 |
and becoming a man to be sent as a sacrifice for our sins, the way the Bible describes 00:01:23.240 |
it is as the lion of Judah becoming as a slain lamb, and that's how it's visually presented 00:01:30.520 |
And obviously that's clear, the gospel message, right? 00:01:35.040 |
It says that the scroll was in God's right hand, signifying his control and authority, 00:01:47.100 |
And part of the reason why they can't open up the seal is because God's the one who put 00:02:00.900 |
It says that there's writings inside, and basically it's full, signifying the completeness 00:02:08.200 |
that you can't add to it or take away from it because the scroll is already full. 00:02:17.240 |
So everything that is going to say, everything that is going to happen, it is already written. 00:02:24.300 |
There's nothing that's going to change, and that's what it signifies when the scroll is 00:02:30.620 |
I'm not going to go through all the passages, but in Ezekiel 3.10, in Psalm 139.16, Isaiah 00:02:37.660 |
29, Daniel 8, they all have this very similar vision where they see... 00:02:45.260 |
I'll just read Ezekiel 3.10, it says, "And he spread it before me, and it had writing 00:02:49.080 |
on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning 00:02:54.260 |
So you see in all these various passages where there is a description of the drama of redemption 00:03:00.260 |
being played out, and it says that all of this was already recorded, right? 00:03:06.140 |
That this was not just some God looking down history and figuring out, okay, maybe they're 00:03:10.220 |
going to do this, and he just happens to be a really good fortune teller. 00:03:13.700 |
He says the reason why it's written is because God has already determined it, and it is full 00:03:19.140 |
inside and out, so nothing's going to be changed. 00:03:21.340 |
So everything that is written in it will take place. 00:03:28.980 |
It says, "It is sealed up with the seven seals, signifying that the words can only be released 00:03:34.900 |
Typically, in the Roman culture, if something was extremely important, it was required by 00:03:45.740 |
The Bible asks for two or three witnesses, but again, in the Roman, when it was something 00:03:49.340 |
very significant, there had to be seven witnesses to testify. 00:03:53.580 |
So it may be playing off of that idea, possibly, but again, in the Bible, the number seven 00:03:58.220 |
obviously is a representative of something complete, final, and typically we say that 00:04:07.660 |
So when it says that there are seven seals, it signifies that God is the one who has the 00:04:12.300 |
authority, and God's the one who shut it, right? 00:04:15.520 |
So therefore, no one can come and just open it up. 00:04:22.980 |
In verse 2 and 4, if you read it, it's John's response to what's going on, and he says, 00:04:29.540 |
"And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, 'Who is worthy to open the 00:04:34.120 |
scroll and break its seal?' and no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was 00:04:38.580 |
able to open the scroll or look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was 00:04:43.220 |
found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it." 00:04:46.580 |
So if verse 1 is a description of the scroll and that God's redemptive plan, in order 00:04:54.220 |
for that to be opened up, somebody who had to be worthy had to come and open it up. 00:04:59.760 |
So in verse 2, it describes who can open it up, right? 00:05:04.280 |
And so the first thing that I thought about when I saw that scene is when you're in a 00:05:08.920 |
marriage ceremony, I don't typically do that, and I have my own reasons why I don't do that, 00:05:14.460 |
but you've probably been to a wedding where the officiant would ask, "Who gives away the 00:05:21.040 |
Now, nobody in there is like, "Well, I don't know. 00:05:27.940 |
And the purpose of doing that is to proclaim that the two families have come together and 00:05:34.020 |
And so, of course, if you didn't bless them, they wouldn't be there. 00:05:37.520 |
You spent all that money and preparation for all of that. 00:05:40.500 |
But they go through that drama to basically say, publicly proclaim, to act out, to leave 00:05:48.800 |
The father says, "I," you know, "whoever is giving away this bride," and then you would 00:05:55.320 |
So, that's what it reminds me of in verse 2 when it says, "Who is worthy?" 00:05:59.240 |
It's almost kind of like a setup to point to Christ, right? 00:06:04.360 |
And then they kind of act out like, well, they went and searched everywhere. 00:06:12.560 |
And so, they looked everywhere, heaven and earth, and no one could find anybody worthy. 00:06:19.560 |
And then we find John weeping because no one was able to open it up. 00:06:23.720 |
I mean, John already knew what it would mean if that thing could not be opened up because 00:06:32.280 |
Names of those who are written in heaven are all probably written maybe in this scroll. 00:06:38.960 |
And if you can't open it up, it means condemnation for the world. 00:06:47.200 |
So in this gospel drama, verses 2 and 4 is a description of the hopelessness of mankind. 00:06:56.080 |
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, right? 00:07:01.280 |
2, 3, and 4 is kind of like the book of Romans, verses 1, chapter 1, 2, and 3. 00:07:07.720 |
Everything Paul says in the book of Romans leads up to all have sinned and fall short 00:07:11.960 |
So, in this gospel drama, we end with John weeping because there was nobody worthy. 00:07:24.200 |
Who is going to save us from this body of death?" 00:07:27.640 |
And that's kind of like John's weeping in this text. 00:07:33.960 |
So these four verses is the natural response of all mankind, represented by John's weeping. 00:07:55.160 |
Scene 4, Jesus is proclaimed as the Lion of Judah, signifying the rightful kingship over 00:08:01.600 |
So we talked about that last week, like when you think of the lion, what does it symbolize? 00:08:08.440 |
And so when we say the elders come along, and in verse 5 it says, "And one of the elders 00:08:16.520 |
Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered so that he can 00:08:24.840 |
So the next scene is the elder comforting John. 00:08:29.200 |
The Lion of Judah, meaning Christ who fulfills the prophecy that he comes in the lineage 00:08:35.880 |
of David, the Lion of Judah, he has conquered. 00:08:39.360 |
It doesn't explain here how he conquered, what he conquered, obviously you and I know 00:08:44.000 |
But he says, "That person that you've been looking for heaven and earth and under the 00:08:47.640 |
earth that you couldn't find, there he is, the Lion of Judah." 00:09:01.000 |
And when he points, and again, this is probably one of my favorite passages in the Bible, 00:09:10.480 |
He says, "The Lion of Judah has come," and then in verse 6, "And between the throne and 00:09:14.560 |
the four living creatures among the elders, I saw a lamb standing as though he has been 00:09:20.680 |
So he said, "The Lion of Judah, the King has come." 00:09:25.240 |
So the elders proclaim that this scroll that no one can open, the Lion of Judah, the King, 00:09:35.140 |
And then when they turn around, obviously you would think that they're looking for a 00:09:43.880 |
And that's exactly what the Jews were looking for. 00:09:46.200 |
They were looking for a Messiah to come riding on a horse and basically slaughter the Romans 00:09:55.600 |
They see lambs, not just any lamb, a lamb that's been offered for sacrifice. 00:10:03.200 |
And it says it has seven horns and seven eyes, symbolizing complete omnipotence and omniscience. 00:10:12.360 |
I don't think I left that portion blank for you. 00:10:18.800 |
And the horn typically in the scriptures and at that time represented power because that's 00:10:24.000 |
what the rams would typically use for its strength. 00:10:28.560 |
So when the Bible uses the term horns, it often represents authority or power. 00:10:35.040 |
The fact that it has seven horns and seven eyes represents its omnipotence and omniscience, 00:10:41.120 |
to know all and basically who is that a description of? 00:10:51.860 |
So this lamb of God, he says this lion of Judah who's going to come and conquer and 00:10:57.400 |
open the scroll that no one else can open, turn around, they see the lamb of God who 00:11:11.200 |
Those of you guys who, I know very few of you read the book, Darkness and the Glory. 00:11:22.320 |
I think some of us read through it and then we went through the, during the small group 00:11:28.040 |
But in that book, Dr. Harris describes basically the cross from every different angle. 00:11:37.880 |
He describes the cross from Christ on the cross looking out and he quotes Psalm and 00:11:44.120 |
it's Jesus himself saying, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 00:11:48.540 |
He describes the cross from the Father's view, right? 00:11:51.920 |
And he goes through passages in the Old Testament where the Father is speaking of his Son. 00:11:56.380 |
He describes the cross from a demonic point of view, like what the demonics saw. 00:12:01.680 |
He describes the cross from the disciples' view. 00:12:04.500 |
He describes the view from the other thieves that were hanging on the cross next to him. 00:12:13.920 |
So he describes the cross, basically what he does is he takes every single angle that 00:12:19.000 |
the Bible gives in every perspective, from the top, from the bottom, from the side, and 00:12:24.840 |
he basically systematically puts all these views together so that you would not only 00:12:31.440 |
get it from our point of view as people who have been redeemed 2,000 years later, human 00:12:35.400 |
beings removed from the culture, and like what does the cross look like to us? 00:12:40.340 |
But he gives us a complete picture of the cross, right? 00:12:44.240 |
It's a little bit difficult to read because his paragraphs aren't clear, but once you 00:12:49.760 |
really understand what he's doing, I mean, I've never read a book that actually is that 00:12:55.440 |
thorough in perspective of what's happening on the cross. 00:13:00.480 |
And one of the things that always intrigued me about that book was how he described, again, 00:13:07.800 |
this is not just his imagination, he would go to these scriptures and he said, "Imagine 00:13:11.200 |
what that would have looked like from the angel's point of view." 00:13:19.000 |
And obviously even the demonic point of view, this is a God that created them and that they 00:13:24.840 |
worshipped, they served, and now he's beaten and he's naked and he's hanging upon the cross 00:13:33.600 |
and he actually, who was the creator of the world, completely helpless, and the sin of 00:13:40.640 |
mankind is hanging upon him, that what they must have seen and how strange of a sight 00:13:50.360 |
So I always think about that, I was thinking like, yeah, I can imagine what that would 00:13:54.520 |
have looked like, but imagine what that would have been like for the angels. 00:13:57.320 |
It would have been mind-blowing, like what is going on? 00:14:02.160 |
And I think of this picture of the elders coming and saying, "The Lion of Judah has 00:14:14.720 |
Now we imagine it in our head, but imagine who that is that's slain. 00:14:19.800 |
That same God that these angels and creatures and elders have been worshipping now is just 00:14:30.520 |
I mean, I think that's the power of the imagery of what is being presented to us in chapter 00:14:38.200 |
It's one thing to describe it with our words, another thing to be able to see that visually, 00:14:50.200 |
And again, in Isaiah 53, 7, it says, "He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he 00:14:55.720 |
opened not his mouth like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like sheep that before 00:14:59.760 |
its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth." 00:15:02.720 |
And that's how Christ and his redemption plan is described for us in Isaiah 53. 00:15:14.220 |
Scene five, six, and seven is a reaction to this redemption, right? 00:15:21.700 |
Scene two is the creatures and the elders bowing down in worship. 00:15:25.360 |
Scene three is the scroll that contains life and redemption, that no one can open it up. 00:15:32.700 |
Scene four is the pointing of the slain lamb who shows up and he conquers. 00:15:39.980 |
And then scene five, six, and seven is a response to that. 00:15:43.180 |
So collectively, all seven scenes is the total collection of the gospel from beginning to 00:15:55.260 |
So starting from scene five, it begins with the worship of the creatures and the elders. 00:16:05.420 |
In light of what the lamb of God does, they fall down and they worship the lamb. 00:16:16.820 |
The word for worship in the Greek, the most common word, there's about nine different 00:16:22.500 |
words and three most prominent, and out of the three, the word that is used more than 00:16:26.420 |
any other word is the word proskuneo, and literally just means to fall down or bow down. 00:16:37.860 |
True worship in scripture is always described as a reaction. 00:16:43.540 |
It's always described as a reaction in the presence of something magnificent, something 00:16:50.500 |
And you can't help but to bow down and worship. 00:16:56.020 |
So whether you travel and you see this beautiful scenery and it just causes you to say, "Wow." 00:17:03.500 |
Or somebody's performing on stage and maybe a cello solo or pianist or somebody who's 00:17:08.940 |
singing and they're just so good at what they do, and in the presence of that, you just 00:17:21.140 |
Or the NBA finals going on and one of the players are out there and he's doing ridiculous 00:17:25.620 |
shot after shot and at the end, it's like, "Wow." 00:17:30.020 |
You're just floored like, "Wow, he can do that." 00:17:33.600 |
So the Bible always describes genuine worship as a reaction when you're confronted by the 00:17:49.340 |
It doesn't matter how often you come to church or maybe even, you're doing all the right 00:17:55.660 |
But if you're not encountering God, your worship is just you trying your best to be a good 00:18:08.940 |
If we're not encountering God in our life and in our public life or whatever, if you're 00:18:13.700 |
not encountering God, every good thing that you're trying to do is you trying to muster 00:18:20.860 |
But real worship happens as a result of encountering God. 00:18:26.460 |
So whether we're talking about prayer, whether we're talking about obedience, or whether 00:18:30.780 |
we're talking about quiet time or Bible study or Sunday worship, that the end goal for all 00:18:42.420 |
But if you're not encountering God, maybe because that's not your goal, it's just to 00:18:58.100 |
Then no matter how much we try to muster up genuine worship, you're not awed by anything. 00:19:04.620 |
If you're not being awed by the glory of God and the various things that we learn about 00:19:10.380 |
God, then again, worship is just us trying harder. 00:19:17.220 |
So you look at the response of what happens is in light of the Lamb of God who sees, right, 00:19:25.180 |
Lamb of God who conquers, who's able to open this up, it breaks out into this worship. 00:19:29.580 |
So what we're seeing here is just a natural response. 00:19:33.260 |
It starts with the creatures and then every time, remember we talked about that last week, 00:19:37.380 |
the creatures seem like the worship choir directors. 00:19:40.660 |
They're the ones who first initiate worship and it says that every time they initiate 00:19:44.780 |
worship that the elders bow down and worship, right? 00:19:49.240 |
And they hold harps and golden bowls which represents prayer and singing. 00:19:55.260 |
And so again, the description in the rest of the verses is basically a worship scene. 00:20:01.300 |
It's a corporate worship taking place because of what Christ has done. 00:20:06.540 |
And then in the new song, they break out and then they break out a new song which symbolizes 00:20:12.420 |
Isaiah prophesies about this new order, the new world that he's going to bring as a result 00:20:20.460 |
And so that language of newness is all over Revelations. 00:20:26.940 |
There's going to be a new Jerusalem, new heaven and new earth and all things will be made 00:20:32.780 |
And so here again, the end result of redemptive plan is all things are made new, right? 00:20:39.980 |
And so in this heavenly scene, they're breaking out into this new song because of what the 00:20:46.220 |
slain lamb has done or is going to do, is going to make all things new. 00:20:52.340 |
And again, the content of this drama is redemption. 00:21:00.180 |
In verse 9, it says, "And they sang a new song and it says, 'Worthy are you to take 00:21:04.940 |
the scroll and to open its seal, for you were slain and by your blood you ransomed people 00:21:09.860 |
for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. 00:21:13.540 |
And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God and they shall reign on the earth.'" 00:21:18.620 |
Sixth scene, the creatures begin to worship, the elders bow down on worship, and then the 00:21:31.260 |
next verses 11 and 12, the angels, they chime in. 00:21:35.620 |
So it kind of has this chain reaction of worship. 00:21:38.900 |
It begins with those who are the closest to the throne of God, to the lamb, and then the 00:21:46.220 |
And then after the elders, it kind of has a chain effect. 00:21:49.580 |
And all the angels up in heaven, it says, "Myriads and myriads, thousands upon thousands." 00:21:55.740 |
It almost kind of has an anticlimactic thing, it's like myriads and myriads, and then you 00:21:58.940 |
would hear billions of billions, and you'd say thousands of thousands. 00:22:03.420 |
So in my mind, myriads and myriads is much bigger than thousands and thousands. 00:22:08.100 |
But again, whenever you see the scripture recite something in multiplication of the 00:22:13.220 |
same number, it basically means an uncounted amount. 00:22:19.900 |
So it doesn't necessarily mean 1,000 times 1,000. 00:22:24.900 |
That's the way that they would express something that was uncountable. 00:22:28.740 |
You may have thousands upon thousands or tens upon tens or whatever number is being repeated 00:22:34.560 |
and being multiplied, it means that there is, it's a number that you can't count. 00:22:40.140 |
So we're not supposed to read that and say, "Well, 1,000 and 1,000." 00:22:46.540 |
So basically what they're saying is all the created angels basically respond in worship 00:22:58.620 |
So the picture that we see in heaven of the throne of God is these creatures and the elders 00:23:04.420 |
are 24/7 crying out, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty." 00:23:10.140 |
And then the picture that results from the redemptive plan and what Christ has done is 00:23:15.700 |
also the creatures and the elders bow down and worship. 00:23:18.300 |
And then now it has a ripple effect among the angels, and the angels are crying out 00:23:24.380 |
And the angels represent the congregation in heaven. 00:23:28.100 |
So you kind of see a corporate picture of heaven. 00:23:31.420 |
So when people talk about, "What am I going to be doing in heaven?" 00:23:39.420 |
If you've tasted the sweetness of true worship before God, that's something that I believe 00:23:49.300 |
If you've ever experienced ecstasy in the context of really worshiping God, where all 00:23:55.660 |
of your problems, kind of like Job, in the midst of all of his suffering, that God shows 00:24:05.280 |
And in the context of seeing his glory, he says, "Now I have seen everything." 00:24:17.740 |
God just shows up and he sees his glory, and then all of a sudden everything's good. 00:24:23.620 |
If you've ever experienced true worship, not attended some conference or heard a good 00:24:30.380 |
message, but worship where you lose yourself, where you sense his glory or you get a glimpse 00:24:44.940 |
You see something that you can't possibly explain. 00:24:47.980 |
And so if you've ever truly experienced that, you might look at this and say, "Wow, I get 00:24:57.700 |
I get to worship God close up with these angels." 00:25:02.580 |
If you've never experienced that and you don't understand what I'm saying, you've just seen 00:25:08.060 |
God from a distance and you like God, he's important to you, but you've never experienced 00:25:15.780 |
this true worship, then this is going to be a very strange scene for you. 00:25:22.460 |
To go to heaven and what are we going to be doing in heaven for eternity? 00:25:31.180 |
The author of life is at the center and all of creation is coming to worship. 00:25:37.380 |
And it's declaring the same glory that was attributed to God the Father, all glory, honor, 00:25:51.140 |
And then the final scene, all created things in verse 13, "And I heard every creature in 00:26:04.100 |
heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea and all that is in them saying, 00:26:08.340 |
to him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might 00:26:15.260 |
So in other words, every description here in verse 13 is a description of everything. 00:26:22.220 |
Everything that is not in rebellion against God is going to be worshiping God. 00:26:27.780 |
So at the end, before he comes and he redeems his church, he's going to first come to purify 00:26:38.980 |
All that is going to be burned up in judgment is going to be judged. 00:26:44.100 |
And only things that are going to be remaining are those who are going to remain in eternity 00:26:54.020 |
And that's what the Holy Spirit is leading us to. 00:26:57.280 |
So whether you're a pre-trib, post-trib, amillennial, premillennial, postmillennial, whatever millennial 00:27:04.100 |
and tribulation view that you may have, one thing that we all agree is Christ is going 00:27:08.300 |
to come and there's going to be a white throne judgment and what we're going to see in chapter 00:27:13.660 |
6, 7, 8, all the way to chapter 16 is that now he's going to start to break the seal. 00:27:20.740 |
And with every seal that he breaks, he's going to come and with every judgment that he brings, 00:27:26.020 |
he's purifying the world of all the rebellion. 00:27:31.220 |
And at the end of these judgments, what's going to come is those who are going to remain 00:27:39.960 |
God created us to be his image bearers for the purpose of worshiping God. 00:27:44.020 |
But when Adam and Eve decided to rebel against him and sought their own glory instead of 00:27:51.600 |
And so that is what's being restored in redemption, is to restore creatures who are created for 00:27:57.980 |
the purpose of worship to be recreated for the purpose of worship. 00:28:08.900 |
And it's the same, again, same praise and honor that is given to God the Father is given 00:28:19.420 |
So we saw in the beginning this drama start with the creatures, the elders, and so it 00:28:26.140 |
is fitting that it ends also with the creatures and the elders and they cry out, "Amen," 00:28:42.660 |
So starting from next week, we're going to see each of the seals being broken. 00:28:47.980 |
The Lamb of God, this redemption that the plan that he has, he's going to begin because 00:28:53.020 |
he is worthy now, because of what he has done, he's able to break these seals and eat, which 00:28:57.760 |
every single one of these seals that he breaks, there's going to be a rightful judgment that's 00:29:04.300 |
So the question that we debated, we started out with is, is the church going to be going 00:29:10.180 |
through this tribulation or is this something that we're going to be safe from? 00:29:14.340 |
And I told you that my personal view is I believe that we are going to be sustained 00:29:19.320 |
through the tribulation, meaning that the church and the world is going to be set on 00:29:25.940 |
fire, meaning with persecutions and trials and famine and those who persevere to the 00:29:31.860 |
end, those who make it to the end, it says they will be saved because their faith is 00:29:38.100 |
And I think every single Christian, even today, even though we may not have a knife or a gun 00:29:44.940 |
or a bomb threatening that if you come to church you're going to die, your family's 00:29:48.820 |
going to suffer, I think every single Christian in one way or another, your faith is tested. 00:29:56.420 |
You may be aware of it, may not be aware of it. 00:29:59.900 |
Where your heart is, the idols that you worship, sometimes the test that comes where you choose 00:30:08.380 |
God today or you're going to deny God, sometimes those type of trials are very clear, like 00:30:15.300 |
you do this and you don't do this, but some of the hardest trials and testing that comes 00:30:20.740 |
into our lives are the ones that you don't even realize it's a trial. 00:30:25.940 |
You don't realize that your faith is being tested, right? 00:30:33.460 |
Your faith is being tested with temptation, of possibility of future, fear of not having 00:30:40.420 |
if you are too serious about God, making certain decisions that's going to cause you to move 00:30:53.620 |
But every single one of us, every single Christian, there is no Christian where the faith is not 00:30:59.760 |
In fact, the ones who don't recognize the testing is probably you're the one in the 00:31:05.620 |
And the end result of it is those through the testing, whether you are poor or rich, 00:31:11.980 |
whether you are in danger or you are living in comfort, the end result is will you worship 00:31:21.700 |
In fact, a lot of Christians worship God better when they're under trial. 00:31:29.280 |
Will you worship God when you're out on missions? 00:31:33.300 |
Will you worship God when you're surrounded by encouragement? 00:31:36.060 |
Will you worship God when you are the only one standing? 00:31:40.500 |
Will you worship God when you don't have money? 00:31:43.580 |
Will you worship God when you have opportunities or don't have opportunities? 00:31:48.180 |
All of these things will test to see are you a worshiper who are worshipping in spirit 00:31:54.660 |
Because again, at the end, the purpose of redemption is to take us and join this scene, 00:32:02.660 |
We're just seeing a drama presentation of it, but in the end, this is where we're headed. 00:32:07.940 |
Let me go over some of the discussion questions with you. 00:32:14.060 |
What was the most sacrificial thing that someone has ever done? 00:32:16.820 |
I'm not talking about outside of God and outside of your parents. 00:32:21.860 |
What is one thing that you can remember that somebody did for you that was the most sacrificial? 00:32:30.780 |
I'm not talking about the most expensive gift. 00:32:33.460 |
I'm talking about the most sacrificial thing someone has done for you. 00:32:37.460 |
Take a few minutes to think about that and share it with the group. 00:32:42.700 |
If you can think of something, how did that affect you and how did that affect your relationship 00:32:50.540 |
Number two, when was the last time you responded to the revelation of God and what he has done 00:33:01.220 |
But really, when you found something about God and what he has done and just couldn't 00:33:11.700 |
When was the last time you remember where you worshiped God in that way and how did 00:33:16.700 |
Number three, do you typically see Jesus as a lion or as a lamb? 00:33:23.220 |
I'm only giving you those two choices because that's how it's presented to us today. 00:33:27.660 |
Typically what is the picture of Christ that you have? 00:33:31.680 |
Do you typically see him on his knees washing his disciples' feet? 00:33:36.780 |
What is the picture when you think of Christ? 00:33:39.420 |
And how does your view picture of him, how does that affect your worship? 00:33:46.140 |
And then four, take some time to discuss again. 00:33:48.540 |
This is one of the questions I think I gave last week was, what practical thing you can 00:33:52.380 |
do to enrich your corporate and private worship of our God? 00:33:57.780 |
All right, so let me pray for us and then I'll let you guys get into your groups and 00:34:15.380 |
We thank you for the image that you've implanted, Lord God, through your word that we can visually 00:34:23.460 |
see how the lion of Judah became a lamb who was slain, that we may have life eternity, 00:34:35.220 |
I pray that this truth would never become dull and old. 00:34:40.620 |
I pray, Father God, that you would renew and cause us to remember not just the details 00:34:45.740 |
of what has happened, but that this was sacrifice that was given for me, for my sins, so that 00:34:55.860 |
I may live, that you would renew us again, Father God, to worship as all creation worships 00:35:04.660 |
Help us, Lord God, to join them in worship, that you may receive the honor that you are