Beholding

“If grace perfects nature it must expand all our natures into the full richness of the diversity which God intended when He made them, and Heaven will display far more variety than Hell.” ― C.S. Lewis

Last week we began going through Revelation 7 and how the Lord will seal 144,000 Jewish believers from each tribe and nation. This week we continue in the same passge moving to verse 9-12

The Passage

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Revelation 7:9-12 (ESV)

The List

1. There is a huge multitude of humans before his throne (he likes humans close to him)
2. Heaven is multicultural He wants people before him that are froml every nation, tribe, people, and language
3. He clothes those before him in white robes
4. Those before him have palm branches
5. The multitude before him all cry out in a loud voice “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb”
6. Salvation belongs to Him
7. He sits on the throne
8. He is the Lamb
9. There are angels standing around his throne
10. There are elders around his throne
11. There are four living creatures around his throne
12. The angels, elders and creatures fall on thier faces before Him
13. The angels, elders and creatures say, ““Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
14. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might is attributed to God forever

The Declarations

There is a huge multitude of humans before your throne - You like humans close to you

Heaven is multicultural. You want people before you that are from every nation, tribe, people, and language

You clothe those before you in white robes

Those before you have palm branches (like the great procession)

The multitude before you all cry out in a loud voice “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb”

Salvation belongs to you

You sit on the throne

You are the Lamb

There are angels standing around your throne

There are elders around your throne

There are four living creatures around your throne

The angels, elders and creatures fall on their faces before you

The angels, elders and creatures say to you, ““Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might is attributed to you forever

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