1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:01,630 Now, can you turn to the book of 2 00:00:01,630 --> 00:00:03,670 Revelation, please, in chapter 5? 3 00:00:06,350 --> 00:00:16,270 Revelation, chapter 5, and let's read the verse 4 00:00:16,270 --> 00:00:16,790 number 1. 5 00:00:19,930 --> 00:00:21,430 And I saw in the right hand of 6 00:00:21,430 --> 00:00:23,110 him that sat on the throne a book 7 00:00:23,110 --> 00:00:26,230 written within and on the backside, sealed with 8 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:27,030 seven seals. 9 00:00:27,130 --> 00:00:29,210 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with 10 00:00:29,210 --> 00:00:31,430 a loud voice, Who is worthy to open 11 00:00:31,430 --> 00:00:34,410 the book and to loose the seals thereof? 12 00:00:34,450 --> 00:00:37,310 And no man in heaven nor on earth, 13 00:00:37,510 --> 00:00:39,590 neither under the earth, was able to open 14 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:41,110 the book, neither to look thereon. 15 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:45,030 And I wept much, because no man was 16 00:00:45,030 --> 00:00:46,730 found worthy to open and to read the 17 00:00:46,730 --> 00:00:48,570 book, neither to look thereon. 18 00:00:49,510 --> 00:00:51,290 And one of the elders saith unto me, 19 00:00:51,370 --> 00:00:53,250 Weak not, behold, the lion of the tribe 20 00:00:53,250 --> 00:00:56,110 of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed 21 00:00:56,110 --> 00:00:57,790 to open the book and to loose the 22 00:00:57,790 --> 00:00:59,070 seven seals thereof. 23 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:02,050 And I beheld, and lo, in the midst 24 00:01:02,050 --> 00:01:03,970 of the throne, and of the four beasts, 25 00:01:03,970 --> 00:01:06,290 and in the midst of the elders stood 26 00:01:06,290 --> 00:01:09,290 a lamb as it had been slain, having 27 00:01:09,290 --> 00:01:12,030 seven horns and seven eyes, which are the 28 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:15,070 seven spirits of God sent forth into all 29 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:15,550 the earth. 30 00:01:16,290 --> 00:01:18,070 And he came and took the book out 31 00:01:18,070 --> 00:01:19,670 of the right hand of him that sat 32 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:20,410 upon the throne. 33 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:22,810 And when he had taken the book, the 34 00:01:22,810 --> 00:01:25,070 four beasts and the four and twenty elders 35 00:01:25,070 --> 00:01:27,830 fell down before the lamb, having every one 36 00:01:27,830 --> 00:01:29,810 of them harps and golden vials full of 37 00:01:29,810 --> 00:01:32,610 odours, which are the prayers of saints. 38 00:01:33,210 --> 00:01:35,250 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou 39 00:01:35,250 --> 00:01:36,770 art worthy to take the book and to 40 00:01:36,770 --> 00:01:39,790 open the seals thereof, for thou wast slain 41 00:01:39,790 --> 00:01:41,850 and hast redeemed us to God by thy 42 00:01:41,850 --> 00:01:44,010 blood, out of every kindred and tongue and 43 00:01:44,010 --> 00:01:46,670 people and nation, and hast made us unto 44 00:01:46,670 --> 00:01:48,690 our God kings and priests, and we shall 45 00:01:48,690 --> 00:01:50,210 reign on the earth. 46 00:01:51,150 --> 00:01:52,770 And I beheld, and I heard the voice 47 00:01:52,770 --> 00:01:55,350 of many angels round about the throne, and 48 00:01:55,350 --> 00:01:57,350 the beasts, and the elders, and the number 49 00:01:57,350 --> 00:01:59,650 of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, 50 00:01:59,950 --> 00:02:02,990 and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud 51 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:05,090 voice, Worthy is the lamb that was slain 52 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:07,949 to receive power and riches and wisdom and 53 00:02:07,949 --> 00:02:10,150 strength and honour and glory and blessing. 54 00:02:11,190 --> 00:02:13,430 And every creature which is in heaven and 55 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:16,370 on the earth and under the earth and 56 00:02:16,370 --> 00:02:17,750 such as are in the sea and all 57 00:02:17,750 --> 00:02:19,650 that are in them heard I saying, Blessing 58 00:02:19,650 --> 00:02:22,010 and honour and glory and power be unto 59 00:02:22,010 --> 00:02:23,850 him that sitteth upon the throne and unto 60 00:02:23,850 --> 00:02:26,110 the lamb for ever and ever. 61 00:02:26,110 --> 00:02:28,850 And the four beasts said, Amen, and the 62 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:31,070 four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped 63 00:02:31,070 --> 00:02:34,970 him that liveth for ever and for ever. 64 00:02:35,510 --> 00:02:36,230 Now that's a reading. 65 00:02:38,870 --> 00:02:41,730 Chapter 4 and chapter 5 of Revelation are, 66 00:02:42,070 --> 00:02:44,010 I think, my favourite chapters in the Bible. 67 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:49,070 They're chapters full of wonderful aspects of heaven 68 00:02:49,070 --> 00:02:51,930 and of worship toward God and toward the 69 00:02:51,930 --> 00:02:52,230 lamb. 70 00:02:52,950 --> 00:02:56,770 In chapter 4, the theme is worship towards 71 00:02:56,770 --> 00:03:01,130 the throne sitter, and it's all about creation 72 00:03:01,130 --> 00:03:02,470 in chapter 4. 73 00:03:02,670 --> 00:03:04,850 You get that in the last verse of 74 00:03:04,850 --> 00:03:05,610 chapter 4. 75 00:03:05,730 --> 00:03:08,030 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory 76 00:03:08,030 --> 00:03:10,730 and honour and power for this reason, for 77 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:13,910 thou hast created all things, and for thy 78 00:03:13,910 --> 00:03:16,170 pleasure they are and were created. 79 00:03:16,490 --> 00:03:18,270 So chapter 4 is all about creation. 80 00:03:19,210 --> 00:03:21,770 And chapter 4 is all about the throne, 81 00:03:22,030 --> 00:03:23,090 the throne of God. 82 00:03:24,170 --> 00:03:26,390 And John is taken up in a vision 83 00:03:26,390 --> 00:03:29,170 into heaven from the Isle of Patmos, where 84 00:03:29,170 --> 00:03:31,930 he was serving hard labour, and he's taken 85 00:03:31,930 --> 00:03:35,370 up from that scene into this, and he 86 00:03:35,370 --> 00:03:38,630 is given a vision of Jesus Christ, the 87 00:03:38,630 --> 00:03:42,910 revelation of Jesus Christ, and a revelation of 88 00:03:42,910 --> 00:03:43,190 heaven. 89 00:03:43,510 --> 00:03:45,110 That's chapter 4 and 5. 90 00:03:45,690 --> 00:03:48,690 And chapter 4, the first thing he sees, 91 00:03:48,790 --> 00:03:50,870 the dominating aspect of heaven. 92 00:03:51,490 --> 00:03:52,710 I don't know what you think you'll see 93 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:53,490 when you get to heaven. 94 00:03:53,910 --> 00:03:55,670 People think they're going to be running around 95 00:03:55,670 --> 00:03:57,930 looking for Moses and Abraham to have a 96 00:03:57,930 --> 00:04:00,670 wee chat and see about things, but when 97 00:04:00,670 --> 00:04:02,990 John gets to heaven, the thing he sees 98 00:04:02,990 --> 00:04:03,550 is the throne. 99 00:04:04,910 --> 00:04:07,110 And everything is described in relation to the 100 00:04:07,110 --> 00:04:07,370 throne. 101 00:04:08,250 --> 00:04:10,930 Things that are around the throne and before 102 00:04:10,930 --> 00:04:13,510 the throne and toward the throne and out 103 00:04:13,510 --> 00:04:14,130 from the throne. 104 00:04:14,130 --> 00:04:15,209 It's all about the throne. 105 00:04:16,230 --> 00:04:18,510 And God sits on the throne, and we 106 00:04:18,510 --> 00:04:20,329 don't have a description of God per se, 107 00:04:20,450 --> 00:04:23,690 but John uses earthly language to describe heavenly 108 00:04:23,690 --> 00:04:26,690 realities, and the language is the best he 109 00:04:26,690 --> 00:04:27,190 can do. 110 00:04:27,590 --> 00:04:29,990 And so he speaks of God in terms, 111 00:04:30,710 --> 00:04:33,530 descriptive terms, drawn from earth. 112 00:04:35,090 --> 00:04:37,290 And you come to chapter 5, and it's 113 00:04:37,290 --> 00:04:39,930 not so much the throne and God sitting 114 00:04:39,930 --> 00:04:42,790 on it and creation. 115 00:04:42,790 --> 00:04:46,530 It is worship toward the Lamb for redemption. 116 00:04:47,470 --> 00:04:49,110 And it's the Lamb in the midst of 117 00:04:49,110 --> 00:04:51,830 the throne, and it's all about redemption. 118 00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:56,250 And the redeemed sing, and every other created 119 00:04:56,250 --> 00:04:58,090 being doesn't sing, they say. 120 00:04:58,710 --> 00:05:00,690 The song of the redeemed is for the 121 00:05:00,690 --> 00:05:01,110 redeemed. 122 00:05:01,990 --> 00:05:03,670 So angels never sing, they say. 123 00:05:04,490 --> 00:05:07,790 And you have a wonderful song of redemption 124 00:05:07,790 --> 00:05:08,970 in chapter 5. 125 00:05:09,790 --> 00:05:12,170 And it's a wonderful thing this morning for 126 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:14,650 us to echo the sounds of heaven here 127 00:05:14,650 --> 00:05:17,150 in this room, as we too have sung 128 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:19,670 the song of the redeemed and offered worship. 129 00:05:20,190 --> 00:05:22,690 And that's just an echo of what is 130 00:05:22,690 --> 00:05:24,830 happening in heaven even at this moment in 131 00:05:24,830 --> 00:05:25,090 time. 132 00:05:26,710 --> 00:05:30,530 I sometimes wonder where loved ones are who've 133 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:32,250 passed on into glory. 134 00:05:33,890 --> 00:05:36,210 And most of you here knew my dad, 135 00:05:36,290 --> 00:05:38,390 and it's three years since he passed into 136 00:05:38,390 --> 00:05:38,690 glory. 137 00:05:38,690 --> 00:05:40,530 And sometimes I sit and think about him, 138 00:05:40,750 --> 00:05:43,230 and I wonder where he is in reality. 139 00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:43,810 Where is he? 140 00:05:44,730 --> 00:05:45,510 What's he thinking? 141 00:05:45,730 --> 00:05:46,750 What's he saying? 142 00:05:47,470 --> 00:05:48,130 What's he singing? 143 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:51,190 And I see him here in Revelation chapter 144 00:05:51,190 --> 00:05:51,610 5. 145 00:05:51,970 --> 00:05:54,070 This is where he is, and this is 146 00:05:54,070 --> 00:05:54,650 what he's doing. 147 00:05:55,950 --> 00:05:58,170 And so this section of Revelation is a 148 00:05:58,170 --> 00:05:59,010 lovely section. 149 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:02,450 It is the calm before the storm, really, 150 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:04,970 because you have the day of the Lord, 151 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:08,190 as we heard about yesterday, begin to unfold 152 00:06:08,190 --> 00:06:09,450 from chapter 6 onwards. 153 00:06:10,270 --> 00:06:12,250 The church is gone from earth, and we 154 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:13,310 thank God for that. 155 00:06:13,890 --> 00:06:16,030 And the day of Christ will be starting 156 00:06:16,030 --> 00:06:17,670 and going on in heaven where the day 157 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:18,870 of the Lord goes on in earth. 158 00:06:19,410 --> 00:06:21,750 And the day of the Lord begins at 159 00:06:21,750 --> 00:06:23,750 least with the time of tribulation and the 160 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:26,230 great tribulation, the time of Jacob's trouble, the 161 00:06:26,230 --> 00:06:28,750 seven-year period of Daniel's seventieth week. 162 00:06:28,850 --> 00:06:29,470 It's all there. 163 00:06:29,810 --> 00:06:32,570 And you have the unfolding of the cycles 164 00:06:32,570 --> 00:06:34,190 of God's wrath upon earth. 165 00:06:34,190 --> 00:06:36,450 That's yet to happen, but will happen. 166 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:39,610 By the way, the word wrath in your 167 00:06:39,610 --> 00:06:43,250 Bible is almost exclusively used about God's anger 168 00:06:43,250 --> 00:06:46,030 poured out on earth, as opposed to God's 169 00:06:46,030 --> 00:06:46,810 eternal judgment. 170 00:06:48,090 --> 00:06:49,610 And so the wrath of God is going 171 00:06:49,610 --> 00:06:52,070 to flow, and it will flow in cycles, 172 00:06:52,230 --> 00:06:52,950 three cycles. 173 00:06:53,530 --> 00:06:56,390 Three cycles of seven over a seven-year 174 00:06:56,390 --> 00:06:56,910 period. 175 00:06:57,850 --> 00:06:59,850 It's like a telescope getting pulled out. 176 00:07:00,070 --> 00:07:02,930 The seventh of each cycle is the next 177 00:07:02,930 --> 00:07:03,270 seven. 178 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:05,810 And so whether it's a Russian doll or 179 00:07:05,810 --> 00:07:07,790 a telescope pulled out, that's the imagery. 180 00:07:08,150 --> 00:07:10,010 But you have the breaking of the seals, 181 00:07:10,210 --> 00:07:11,630 and you've got the blowing of trumpets, and 182 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:12,870 you've got the pouring out of the vials 183 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:13,410 of wrath. 184 00:07:13,630 --> 00:07:15,970 And it takes seven years, and it starts 185 00:07:15,970 --> 00:07:21,090 slowly, but it increases in frequency and intensity. 186 00:07:21,550 --> 00:07:24,610 We know that because the Lord Jesus described 187 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:26,150 it as the beginning of sorrows. 188 00:07:26,970 --> 00:07:30,310 And the beginning of sorrows is the birth 189 00:07:30,310 --> 00:07:30,730 pangs. 190 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:31,530 That's the imagery. 191 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:35,290 And I was born out of due season 192 00:07:35,290 --> 00:07:37,430 because I had no intention or desire to 193 00:07:37,430 --> 00:07:38,550 witness the birth of my children. 194 00:07:39,430 --> 00:07:41,270 And peer pressure meant I had to be 195 00:07:41,270 --> 00:07:41,630 in there. 196 00:07:42,910 --> 00:07:44,910 And I actually passed out when my third 197 00:07:44,910 --> 00:07:45,670 child was born. 198 00:07:45,950 --> 00:07:47,670 So for health and safety reasons, we stopped 199 00:07:47,670 --> 00:07:48,010 at three. 200 00:07:48,610 --> 00:07:49,730 My health and safety. 201 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,530 But anyway, the idea of birth pangs is 202 00:07:52,530 --> 00:07:52,710 this. 203 00:07:52,770 --> 00:07:54,190 You've got to witness it whether you like 204 00:07:54,190 --> 00:07:54,590 it or not. 205 00:07:54,590 --> 00:07:59,390 And the birth begins slowly, and the birth 206 00:07:59,390 --> 00:08:00,590 pangs increase. 207 00:08:01,090 --> 00:08:03,850 They get harder and they get faster until 208 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:06,090 the moment of release, the moment of joy. 209 00:08:07,090 --> 00:08:08,810 And at the end of the seven-year 210 00:08:08,810 --> 00:08:12,230 period of tribulation, the moment of joy is 211 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:15,650 the manifestation of Christ as he comes in 212 00:08:15,650 --> 00:08:19,050 revelation and in glory and establishes kingdom upon 213 00:08:19,050 --> 00:08:21,830 earth for a thousand years, the millennial reign 214 00:08:21,830 --> 00:08:22,370 of Christ. 215 00:08:23,330 --> 00:08:27,030 But before that all happens, John is taken 216 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:28,390 up and gets a vision of heaven. 217 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:33,230 Matthew 24 and Matthew 25 speak of the 218 00:08:33,230 --> 00:08:34,010 same things. 219 00:08:34,770 --> 00:08:37,210 But the Lord Jesus is describing them from 220 00:08:37,210 --> 00:08:39,429 an earthly perspective to his disciples. 221 00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:44,210 Matthew 24 and 25, for remember the tribulation 222 00:08:44,210 --> 00:08:47,910 is primarily focused upon Israel, although the impact 223 00:08:47,910 --> 00:08:49,590 is felt throughout the whole world. 224 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:54,640 But Matthew 24 and 25, the Lord Jesus 225 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:56,580 tells his disciples what this is going to 226 00:08:56,580 --> 00:08:58,420 look like when you're on earth. 227 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,960 John has a different perspective because he's not 228 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,240 on earth when he sees this. 229 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:03,980 He's in heaven. 230 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,560 So his perspective is from heaven to earth, 231 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,600 and the description of it bears that character. 232 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,600 He sees it from the divine standpoint as 233 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,220 God is pouring out his wrath upon earth. 234 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,140 The Lord Jesus sees it from an earthly 235 00:09:19,140 --> 00:09:22,040 perspective in Matthew 24 and 25, but it's 236 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,060 a description of the same thing. 237 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,140 And before it happens and starts, you get 238 00:09:28,140 --> 00:09:28,540 this. 239 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:31,940 What a beautiful chapter it is. 240 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:35,640 And it begins with this. 241 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,840 It begins with, I'll try and say this 242 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,680 without sputtering, anthropomorphic language. 243 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,180 I'm not going to try that twice. 244 00:09:44,180 --> 00:09:47,400 And it really just is the idea that 245 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,420 God is described as having human function and 246 00:09:50,420 --> 00:09:51,100 attributes. 247 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,440 In order for us to understand his character, 248 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:55,000 remember this, God is spirit. 249 00:09:56,580 --> 00:09:59,260 And so this is a vision, and it's 250 00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:03,100 using this language of the human body to 251 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:04,340 describe divine attribute. 252 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:07,400 So, for example, you read about the eyes 253 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:07,980 of the Lord. 254 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,720 Now, God doesn't have physical eyes. 255 00:10:10,780 --> 00:10:12,240 And you speak about the feet and the 256 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,140 hands and so on. 257 00:10:13,140 --> 00:10:16,380 And it's just to describe to us the 258 00:10:16,380 --> 00:10:20,060 character and function of deity in terms that 259 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:21,700 we can understand and appreciate. 260 00:10:23,460 --> 00:10:26,620 And so John sees in verse number one, 261 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:28,440 the right hand, that is the palm, the 262 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,460 outstretched hand, the images of God's hand as 263 00:10:31,460 --> 00:10:34,000 if it were stretching out an invitation. 264 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,620 And there's something sitting on it, something across 265 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:39,440 the palm of the right hand. 266 00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:44,400 And he says that on that right hand, 267 00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:45,980 in verse number one, there is a book. 268 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,200 Now, of course, they didn't have books bound 269 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,960 as we have them in those days. 270 00:10:50,020 --> 00:10:50,660 It was a scroll. 271 00:10:52,460 --> 00:10:54,480 And there are two features of this scroll. 272 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,120 It's written within and on the backside of 273 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,480 it, and it's sealed with seven seals. 274 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,100 So there is writing in this scroll, and 275 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:04,740 there are seals upon the scroll. 276 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:09,640 Now, I don't have time to do this, 277 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:10,880 but if you went back into the book 278 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,460 of Jeremiah in chapter 32, you would see 279 00:11:14,460 --> 00:11:18,680 an example of this scroll in action in 280 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:19,800 the purchase of land. 281 00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:22,420 It is a title deed. 282 00:11:24,340 --> 00:11:27,660 And Jeremiah is given strange instruction because the 283 00:11:27,660 --> 00:11:29,760 nation is about to be taken into captivity. 284 00:11:30,700 --> 00:11:32,900 The armies of Babylon are on the borders. 285 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,560 And God speaks to Jeremiah, and he says, 286 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:38,700 Your cousin is trying to sell a piece 287 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:39,220 of land. 288 00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:40,260 No wonder he is. 289 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:42,880 It's like someone in the east of Ukraine 290 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:44,760 standing there wanting to sell the farm of 291 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,720 the Russian tanks just about to roll around 292 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:47,220 the corner. 293 00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:48,640 That's the equivalent of it. 294 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:50,720 And Jeremiah is given an instruction. 295 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:54,500 Your cousin wants to offload his land before 296 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:56,780 the army comes. 297 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:58,840 Who's going to buy that land? 298 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,380 No one's going to buy that land. 299 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:02,800 Jeremiah, you go and buy that land. 300 00:12:02,940 --> 00:12:03,720 That's the instruction. 301 00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:05,940 Buy it off your cousin, Hanumel. 302 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,680 And the process of purchase is described. 303 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,260 By the way, the reason the land had 304 00:12:11,260 --> 00:12:12,920 to be bought was a sign from God 305 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,120 to the nation of Israel that you're going 306 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:16,760 to be removed from this land, but you'll 307 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,160 be brought back to the land. 308 00:12:18,980 --> 00:12:20,540 So this land is worth buying. 309 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:23,320 You'll get it at a bargain because he's 310 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:24,880 selling it, but you buy it. 311 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,920 And when the captivity is over, the nation 312 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,500 will come back and bury the title deeds 313 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:31,440 and preserve them. 314 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:34,260 My point is just this. 315 00:12:34,340 --> 00:12:36,080 The title deeds are described in the same 316 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,100 way that this is described. 317 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:40,500 And so you have title deeds. 318 00:12:41,300 --> 00:12:43,940 I used to be a lawyer years and 319 00:12:43,940 --> 00:12:44,340 years ago. 320 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,300 And one of the things I didn't like 321 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:48,900 doing was property law. 322 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,400 I only did it for six months and 323 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:50,840 I was done. 324 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:54,240 And in property law back home in Scotland, 325 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:55,940 you had title deeds in those days. 326 00:12:56,260 --> 00:12:57,080 It's all changed now. 327 00:12:57,460 --> 00:12:59,380 But you literally had title deeds that went 328 00:12:59,380 --> 00:13:00,460 back hundreds of years. 329 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:01,900 The documents. 330 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,420 And apart from worrying about getting a skin 331 00:13:05,420 --> 00:13:07,900 condition when you handled them, you would see 332 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:10,020 in the inside of them all the details 333 00:13:10,020 --> 00:13:11,900 of the property and the ownership and the 334 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:13,300 title, and it would go back. 335 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,720 The title would be traced back from owner 336 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,960 to owner to owner within this title deed. 337 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,140 But on the outside of the title deed 338 00:13:20,140 --> 00:13:21,660 would be a summary of it. 339 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:23,460 A summary so you don't need to open 340 00:13:23,460 --> 00:13:23,980 it and read it. 341 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:25,260 That's what you have here. 342 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,040 It's written on the inside and the outside. 343 00:13:28,260 --> 00:13:29,300 It's a title deed. 344 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:33,360 And what is the title deeds of? 345 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:36,160 It is of God's creation. 346 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:41,360 And it is of that which Satan has 347 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,880 taken control of through sin. 348 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,240 And it is the deeds are actually the 349 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,120 description of how God is going to redeem 350 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:55,360 that and remove sin from it and reclaim 351 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:56,280 it for himself. 352 00:13:57,630 --> 00:13:59,180 It's God's redemptive purposes. 353 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,300 And there's a hand stretched out from the 354 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:03,580 throne. 355 00:14:04,780 --> 00:14:07,020 And the question from the angel in verse 356 00:14:07,020 --> 00:14:09,260 2 is, Who is worthy to open the 357 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:11,160 book and to loose the seals thereof? 358 00:14:11,340 --> 00:14:14,220 Who can not only read this, but who 359 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:15,560 can execute it? 360 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:16,700 Who has the right? 361 00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:17,660 Who has the power? 362 00:14:17,940 --> 00:14:18,980 Who has the authority? 363 00:14:19,340 --> 00:14:20,520 Who has the progeny? 364 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:26,230 Who is able to redeem for God? 365 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,460 And of course, no man is found worthy. 366 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,080 Michael the archangel, not him. 367 00:14:35,580 --> 00:14:38,340 Abram, Moses, Isaac, Jacob, not them. 368 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:41,060 There's no one found worthy. 369 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:43,940 Who is able? 370 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:46,360 Who's got the character, the heritage, the integrity, 371 00:14:46,780 --> 00:14:49,480 the right, the ability, the power? 372 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:50,260 Who? 373 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:51,340 No one. 374 00:14:53,620 --> 00:14:55,280 And it's no wonder that John weeps. 375 00:14:58,380 --> 00:15:01,000 For you see, in this point of this 376 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,500 vision, if no one can be found, all 377 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:05,180 is lost. 378 00:15:08,420 --> 00:15:09,700 All is lost. 379 00:15:12,730 --> 00:15:13,790 And he weeps. 380 00:15:15,770 --> 00:15:17,530 I know some of you like songs that 381 00:15:17,530 --> 00:15:18,870 speak about no tears in heaven. 382 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:22,090 Well, unfortunately, John is in heaven and he's 383 00:15:22,090 --> 00:15:22,670 weeping here. 384 00:15:22,890 --> 00:15:23,710 So that's a problem. 385 00:15:23,810 --> 00:15:24,150 But anyway. 386 00:15:24,650 --> 00:15:26,490 And I wept much. 387 00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:29,070 I wept much. 388 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,040 And the answer comes to him from one 389 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:34,800 of the elders. 390 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:36,100 Whoever you think they are. 391 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:38,880 And one of the elders saith unto me, 392 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,400 Weep not, weep not, behold. 393 00:15:43,650 --> 00:15:46,310 And you have this beautiful description. 394 00:15:47,830 --> 00:15:49,650 Of a redeemer that is found. 395 00:15:50,850 --> 00:15:51,390 Who is worthy. 396 00:15:52,950 --> 00:15:54,110 Now we know who that is. 397 00:15:54,810 --> 00:15:56,970 But let's just see how John found out 398 00:15:56,970 --> 00:15:57,690 who he was. 399 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:01,670 He says the line of the tribe of 400 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:02,170 Judah. 401 00:16:03,650 --> 00:16:04,750 The root of David. 402 00:16:07,110 --> 00:16:08,390 Hath prevailed. 403 00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:13,330 Now we heard about, yesterday, About what we 404 00:16:13,330 --> 00:16:14,390 call trainers. 405 00:16:14,570 --> 00:16:15,170 Training shoes. 406 00:16:16,150 --> 00:16:17,030 Sport shoes. 407 00:16:17,750 --> 00:16:18,730 And a passing aside. 408 00:16:19,190 --> 00:16:20,470 Now if you've got a pair of trainers. 409 00:16:20,830 --> 00:16:22,070 And they're a Nike pair. 410 00:16:22,550 --> 00:16:24,390 Then you've got a pair of trainers that 411 00:16:24,390 --> 00:16:25,570 bear a Bible word. 412 00:16:26,230 --> 00:16:27,770 That word prevailed is the word Nike. 413 00:16:28,670 --> 00:16:29,110 In the Greek. 414 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:30,470 And it means triumph. 415 00:16:31,210 --> 00:16:32,150 That's what it means. 416 00:16:32,270 --> 00:16:32,970 It means victory. 417 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:35,850 And it's here in the Bible. 418 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:38,690 And the idea is just this. 419 00:16:39,010 --> 00:16:40,290 The line of the tribe of Judah. 420 00:16:40,390 --> 00:16:41,110 The root of David. 421 00:16:42,290 --> 00:16:43,250 Hath prevailed. 422 00:16:43,590 --> 00:16:45,150 Hath triumphed. 423 00:16:47,860 --> 00:16:48,680 Who is this? 424 00:16:51,220 --> 00:16:52,240 This is the Messiah. 425 00:16:52,940 --> 00:16:54,300 The one of the messianic line. 426 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,980 Hebrews 7.14. It is evident that our 427 00:16:58,980 --> 00:17:00,880 Lord sprang out of Judah. 428 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,040 Of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 429 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,480 Priest after the order of Melchizedek, obviously. 430 00:17:06,740 --> 00:17:08,099 But he's of the tribe of Judah. 431 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:10,220 He's of the messianic tribe. 432 00:17:12,859 --> 00:17:15,240 Judah is described in the book of Genesis 433 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,060 as a lion. 434 00:17:17,180 --> 00:17:18,460 As a lion's whelp. 435 00:17:19,460 --> 00:17:21,140 And described in terms of being a lion. 436 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:22,180 He couched as a lion. 437 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,240 As an old lion. 438 00:17:23,579 --> 00:17:24,520 Who shall rouse him up? 439 00:17:24,619 --> 00:17:26,760 The scepter shall not depart from Judah. 440 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,100 Nor a lawgiver from between his feet. 441 00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:30,540 Until Shiloh come. 442 00:17:30,820 --> 00:17:32,860 And unto him shall the gathering of the 443 00:17:32,860 --> 00:17:33,480 people be. 444 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:36,200 You see this description is that there is 445 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,760 a lion coming from the tribe of lions. 446 00:17:40,220 --> 00:17:43,680 And everything that is characteristic about Judah in 447 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,960 terms of strength and fierceness. 448 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:48,600 And devastating destructive power. 449 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,280 That's what the lion speaks about. 450 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:52,720 This one is the epitome. 451 00:17:52,860 --> 00:17:55,560 The embodiment of all of that characteristic. 452 00:17:56,020 --> 00:17:58,280 It is the lion out of the tribe 453 00:17:58,280 --> 00:17:59,320 of the lions. 454 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,100 He hath prevailed. 455 00:18:02,340 --> 00:18:03,920 He hath triumphed. 456 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:04,880 It's the Messiah. 457 00:18:08,010 --> 00:18:10,330 This is the Messiah that Israel waited for 458 00:18:10,330 --> 00:18:11,170 and sought for. 459 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,700 And did not see in the Lord Jesus. 460 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:20,700 This is the one that they thought would 461 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,820 take off the rope of Roman bondage. 462 00:18:24,780 --> 00:18:26,500 The one who would lead an army to 463 00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:26,900 victory. 464 00:18:29,790 --> 00:18:31,310 This is the one I think I mentioned 465 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:32,170 the other day there. 466 00:18:32,390 --> 00:18:33,770 This is the one I think the Greeks 467 00:18:33,770 --> 00:18:35,430 were looking for when they said we would 468 00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:36,010 see Jesus. 469 00:18:37,510 --> 00:18:39,670 He had just raised Lazarus from the dead. 470 00:18:39,670 --> 00:18:41,270 He had just come into the city of 471 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:44,390 Jerusalem and been hailed with messianic proclamation. 472 00:18:44,970 --> 00:18:46,770 Blessed is he that cometh in the name 473 00:18:46,770 --> 00:18:47,370 of the Lord. 474 00:18:48,650 --> 00:18:50,670 They said we would see Jesus. 475 00:18:51,550 --> 00:18:53,450 But what Jesus did they want to see? 476 00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:54,990 They wanted to see the lion. 477 00:18:57,910 --> 00:18:59,490 Well John wants to see this lion. 478 00:19:01,350 --> 00:19:02,850 And he turns around and instead of a 479 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:03,890 lion he sees a lamb. 480 00:19:05,980 --> 00:19:07,540 That's what the Lord Jesus said to these 481 00:19:07,540 --> 00:19:07,920 Greeks. 482 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:10,680 Except a corn of wheat fall into the 483 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,200 ground and died abideth alone. 484 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,480 He spoke of his death and sacrifice. 485 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:16,440 That's the Jesus you'll see. 486 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,240 And you'll see him soon on a cross. 487 00:19:20,020 --> 00:19:20,980 We would see Jesus. 488 00:19:22,980 --> 00:19:24,960 This is the one who is the root 489 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:25,600 of David. 490 00:19:26,620 --> 00:19:29,000 Even though Satan tried to cut off that 491 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,140 line time and again. 492 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:32,160 And you remember even just as he was 493 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:32,560 born. 494 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,180 You remember Herod's attempt to destroy the line 495 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:36,560 of David. 496 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:39,120 But you know as Isaiah 11 speaks about 497 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,160 this is the root of David. 498 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,720 This is the Messiah. 499 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:44,020 And he's the lion. 500 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,480 But he is the lion which is a 501 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:46,840 lamb. 502 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,500 A lamb as it had been slain. 503 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:55,120 It's interesting if you like words that. 504 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,860 The word for lion in the Bible. 505 00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:03,380 Is the word that is used of a 506 00:20:03,380 --> 00:20:05,020 sacrificial lamb. 507 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:06,360 The word for lamb. 508 00:20:06,780 --> 00:20:07,640 Usually sacrificial. 509 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,860 Behold the lamb of God which beareth away 510 00:20:11,860 --> 00:20:13,500 the sacrificial lamb. 511 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,600 But in the book of Revelation it's a 512 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,540 different word that's used. 513 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,180 It's not the word for a sacrificial lamb. 514 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,640 It's the word for a little lamb. 515 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:23,780 It's a diminutive. 516 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,860 And 29 times. 517 00:20:28,380 --> 00:20:29,820 In the book of Revelation. 518 00:20:30,420 --> 00:20:31,700 This word. 519 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:32,740 This idea. 520 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:34,300 Comes. 521 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:35,960 A sacrificial. 522 00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:37,780 Lamb. 523 00:20:38,660 --> 00:20:39,700 No a little lamb. 524 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,480 You see the sacrifice is over. 525 00:20:43,100 --> 00:20:45,180 He's not bound for sacrifice. 526 00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:46,980 Sacrifice is done. 527 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,220 But he still bears the marks of his 528 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:50,860 sacrifice. 529 00:20:51,740 --> 00:20:52,860 As it had been. 530 00:20:53,860 --> 00:20:54,380 Slain. 531 00:20:56,120 --> 00:20:58,340 This is a lovely thought and it's. 532 00:20:58,500 --> 00:20:59,340 It's a true thought. 533 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,400 Lovely thoughts are not always true thoughts. 534 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:03,260 But this is both. 535 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:05,620 And the thought is just this. 536 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,800 That the Lord Jesus Christ. 537 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,200 Throughout the eternal ages. 538 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,500 Will bear the marks of his suffering. 539 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:16,720 And we will see them. 540 00:21:17,820 --> 00:21:20,920 And we will not need bread and wine 541 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:21,840 in that day. 542 00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:25,660 The symbol will give way to the reality. 543 00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:29,860 But just as on a weekly basis. 544 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:31,200 Through those symbols. 545 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,020 We are particularly drawn to be remembering. 546 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,960 The death and suffering of our Lord Jesus 547 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:37,600 Christ. 548 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,080 In that day. 549 00:21:39,380 --> 00:21:40,800 We will look upon the lamb. 550 00:21:41,140 --> 00:21:43,140 And they will be a continual reminder. 551 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:44,520 To us. 552 00:21:44,740 --> 00:21:46,160 Of the price of our redemption. 553 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:50,100 And he saw the lion. 554 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:51,160 That was a lamb. 555 00:21:51,420 --> 00:21:52,060 And the lamb. 556 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:53,100 That was a lion. 557 00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:54,600 And this is the one. 558 00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:55,440 Who will govern. 559 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,800 He's got seven horns. 560 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:57,940 And this is the one. 561 00:21:58,300 --> 00:21:59,620 Who is God. 562 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:00,740 With omniscience. 563 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:01,500 And omnipresence. 564 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:03,780 And all the rest of it. 565 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,360 The seven spirits of God. 566 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,120 Sent forth into all the earth. 567 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,260 And he comes. 568 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:10,940 And he takes the book out of the 569 00:22:10,940 --> 00:22:11,800 right hand of him. 570 00:22:12,060 --> 00:22:13,920 That sits upon the throne. 571 00:22:14,140 --> 00:22:14,920 What's he going to do? 572 00:22:17,180 --> 00:22:18,600 He's not just going to break the seals. 573 00:22:18,860 --> 00:22:20,080 But by breaking the seals. 574 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:21,840 He's going to execute the contents. 575 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:26,520 And he's going to implement the contents. 576 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:27,720 And it begins. 577 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:29,600 In chapter 6. 578 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:31,960 Seven seals. 579 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,700 The seventh opening up into the other three. 580 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,260 And then opening up into the other three. 581 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:37,360 Trumpets and the vials. 582 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,360 And so on. 583 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,940 And you have got God's redemptive plan. 584 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:43,640 Outworked on earth. 585 00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:45,980 As it comes to its culmination. 586 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,740 And he takes it. 587 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,920 And he's going to open them. 588 00:22:52,220 --> 00:22:53,000 And break the seals. 589 00:22:54,780 --> 00:22:56,460 And when he takes the book in verse 590 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:57,220 number 8. 591 00:22:58,200 --> 00:22:59,380 The four beasts. 592 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:00,900 These four living creatures. 593 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:02,960 That you're introduced to. 594 00:23:03,180 --> 00:23:04,460 In chapter 4. 595 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,060 Probably the same as those in Ezekiel. 596 00:23:07,660 --> 00:23:11,400 And these divine messengers. 597 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,880 These divine executors of the throne of God. 598 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:15,320 Are there. 599 00:23:16,380 --> 00:23:18,000 And the 24 elders. 600 00:23:18,260 --> 00:23:20,440 I think the priestly representation of the redeemed. 601 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,460 But they're there. 602 00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:23,400 And they fall down before the Lamb. 603 00:23:25,770 --> 00:23:27,870 And every one of them harps and vials. 604 00:23:28,250 --> 00:23:29,770 Golden vials full of odors. 605 00:23:29,930 --> 00:23:31,770 Which are the prayers of saints. 606 00:23:32,030 --> 00:23:32,930 That's another subject. 607 00:23:35,430 --> 00:23:37,170 Did you know that every prayer that you've 608 00:23:37,170 --> 00:23:37,710 ever made. 609 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:42,280 Has not just fallen upon the ears of 610 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:42,520 God. 611 00:23:42,540 --> 00:23:43,880 And then gone into nothingness. 612 00:23:45,500 --> 00:23:47,680 It's fallen upon the ears of God. 613 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,580 And then been stored in heaven. 614 00:23:50,060 --> 00:23:51,720 Every single prayer. 615 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,760 Prayer. 616 00:23:54,020 --> 00:23:55,760 And just as the incense. 617 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,540 Ascended to God in the Old Testament. 618 00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:00,460 Continually. 619 00:24:01,620 --> 00:24:03,900 Then that of which incense speaks. 620 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:04,840 Which is the prayers. 621 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,420 Are offered here in worship. 622 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:10,080 It's a marvellous thought. 623 00:24:11,340 --> 00:24:13,440 That what can be offered in a. 624 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:16,500 Almost in a thoughtless fashion sometimes. 625 00:24:17,940 --> 00:24:20,020 Has significance beyond the moment. 626 00:24:22,100 --> 00:24:23,140 Golden vials. 627 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,200 Which are the prayers of saints. 628 00:24:26,580 --> 00:24:28,140 And they sing a new song. 629 00:24:28,260 --> 00:24:28,740 Here we are. 630 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:30,520 What a song it is. 631 00:24:31,740 --> 00:24:32,280 Thou art worthy. 632 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:35,000 We sing that song sometimes. 633 00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:36,420 Worthy is the Lamb. 634 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:39,940 And here in glory it's sung. 635 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:41,900 Worthy art thou. 636 00:24:42,260 --> 00:24:44,020 Are thou it worthy to take the book. 637 00:24:44,140 --> 00:24:46,080 And to open the seals thereof. 638 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:48,820 Why for thou was slain. 639 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:50,180 And has redeemed us to God. 640 00:24:50,620 --> 00:24:51,480 From everywhere. 641 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,180 And from among everyone. 642 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,460 Out of every corner of the earth. 643 00:24:57,620 --> 00:24:58,740 From every language. 644 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,760 And dialect and skin colour. 645 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:01,880 And background. 646 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:04,240 This is a global thing. 647 00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,440 And from the whole of humanity. 648 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:07,560 The redeemed will be there. 649 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,100 And the theme of worship is this. 650 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,220 Thou art worthy. 651 00:25:12,540 --> 00:25:13,880 For thou has redeemed us. 652 00:25:14,140 --> 00:25:15,600 By thy blood. 653 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,020 And has made us. 654 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:19,800 Those who are priestly. 655 00:25:20,580 --> 00:25:21,900 And those who will rule. 656 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,500 We will rule with Christ. 657 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:24,920 When he comes. 658 00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:29,670 And then the rest of creation is joining 659 00:25:29,670 --> 00:25:30,150 in here. 660 00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:31,310 Angels. 661 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:35,230 And they are saying with a loud voice. 662 00:25:36,030 --> 00:25:36,750 Worthy is the Lamb. 663 00:25:36,770 --> 00:25:37,810 They don't speak about redemption. 664 00:25:38,250 --> 00:25:39,750 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to 665 00:25:39,750 --> 00:25:41,210 receive power and riches. 666 00:25:41,410 --> 00:25:43,190 And wisdom and strength and honour. 667 00:25:43,370 --> 00:25:44,490 And glory and blessing. 668 00:25:45,450 --> 00:25:47,630 You're almost running out of superlatives and words 669 00:25:47,630 --> 00:25:47,850 there. 670 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,120 And then every creature. 671 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:54,660 And you can. 672 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:57,500 You know if you like music. 673 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,120 You've got the quartet and then you've got 674 00:25:59,120 --> 00:25:59,620 the 24. 675 00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:00,980 And then you've got the whole lot of 676 00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:01,120 them. 677 00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:02,640 And then everyone joining in. 678 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,640 And some writers liken it to this. 679 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:10,400 If you stand on the seashore. 680 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,360 You don't have far to go from where 681 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:13,320 I live down to the sea. 682 00:26:14,860 --> 00:26:16,920 And if you stand on the shore. 683 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,520 And you watch the waves break upon the 684 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:20,900 beach. 685 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,220 And wave after wave after wave after wave. 686 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,860 It's almost hypnotic as you stand and watch 687 00:26:29,860 --> 00:26:30,460 them break. 688 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:35,180 And this is what the worship of the 689 00:26:35,180 --> 00:26:36,280 Lamb will be like. 690 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,580 It will be like the waves breaking upon 691 00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:40,100 the shore. 692 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:41,380 Ceaseless. 693 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:43,240 Endless. 694 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,380 Out of redeemed hearts. 695 00:26:46,380 --> 00:26:48,740 Out of deep gratitude. 696 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:54,360 And an ever developing appreciation of the infinite 697 00:26:54,360 --> 00:26:56,460 glories of the one who died for us 698 00:26:56,460 --> 00:26:57,060 on the cross. 699 00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:58,920 Remember this. 700 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:03,620 The character of God is not bound by 701 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:04,220 limits. 702 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:07,480 God is infinite. 703 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:12,340 And it means he is infinite in his 704 00:27:12,340 --> 00:27:16,460 love, his mercy, his grace, his righteousness and 705 00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:17,300 his creativity. 706 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,300 I mean it only took him six days 707 00:27:20,300 --> 00:27:24,060 to make what mankind would find impossible to 708 00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:24,480 discover. 709 00:27:25,220 --> 00:27:27,600 You know, man and their signs think that 710 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,400 when they discover something it's as if they've 711 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:29,740 made it. 712 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:32,660 They're only actually finding out what God has 713 00:27:32,660 --> 00:27:34,580 made and what's been there all the time. 714 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:37,020 And the harder we look, the more we 715 00:27:37,020 --> 00:27:41,780 find of God's wonderful creation that he has 716 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:42,700 put into place. 717 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:44,600 Six days it took him. 718 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,360 Our God is infinite in his creativity. 719 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,900 You'll never get bored in eternity, even the 720 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:52,920 most restless among you. 721 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:53,780 You'll not be bored. 722 00:27:55,380 --> 00:27:57,520 Places to go, things to do, things to 723 00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:57,700 say. 724 00:27:58,300 --> 00:27:58,820 Endless. 725 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,800 We can't actually think about that because we're 726 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,400 bound even in our creativity. 727 00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:04,700 There's an end to it. 728 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:05,640 But not God. 729 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:07,940 And we look forward to that day. 730 00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:10,300 That day of reunion with the redeemed. 731 00:28:10,620 --> 00:28:13,160 That day of meeting the Saviour. 732 00:28:13,420 --> 00:28:17,500 That day when the pale echo on earth 733 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:20,520 will be transformed into the reality of what 734 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,420 it is to see him and to worship 735 00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:24,060 him with all the redeemed. 736 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:26,740 That's going to be someday. 737 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:29,340 We look forward to it. 738 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,040 But in the meantime, what a pleasure it 739 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,060 is and what a joy it is to 740 00:28:37,060 --> 00:28:40,020 echo that sound here upon earth. 741 00:28:41,060 --> 00:28:43,160 I'm quite sure the singing's better in heaven 742 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,640 than it is amongst us on earth. 743 00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:45,660 I'm quite sure it must be. 744 00:28:45,980 --> 00:28:47,880 So what must it be like to be 745 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:52,380 there with the thousands of the thousands singing 746 00:28:52,380 --> 00:28:54,100 his praise and his worship. 747 00:28:54,220 --> 00:28:55,760 Let us lift our hearts again. 748 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:59,460 We've remembered the one who is no longer 749 00:29:00,020 --> 00:29:01,400 the sacrificial lamb. 750 00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:04,280 We've remembered the one who is the lamb 751 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:05,620 as it had been slain. 752 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:08,240 Our Saviour is not on a cross. 753 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,860 Our Saviour is on a throne. 754 00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:14,540 And that's the Saviour we remember today. 755 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,780 The one who died for us and rose 756 00:29:16,780 --> 00:29:19,140 again and now sits at the right hand 757 00:29:19,140 --> 00:29:21,040 of the Majesty on high. 758 00:29:21,100 --> 00:29:22,860 Let's just pray and give thanks. 759 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,380 Father, we bow in thy presence to give 760 00:29:25,380 --> 00:29:26,900 thanks again for the Lord Jesus. 761 00:29:27,740 --> 00:29:30,580 Just for this short meditation upon him we 762 00:29:30,580 --> 00:29:32,500 thank thee our Father for those glimpses of 763 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:35,300 glory given to us and we think of 764 00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,080 how difficult it is to fully comprehend and 765 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,780 yet our Father we love to sit and 766 00:29:39,780 --> 00:29:42,000 ponder it and to think of what it 767 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,640 must be like to be there and to 768 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,280 be part of that worshipping throne. 769 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,600 Father, as we're here in service we pray 770 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,300 our God to help us have that heavenly 771 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:52,940 perspective. 772 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:55,900 Bless us throughout the rest of the day 773 00:29:55,900 --> 00:29:56,640 we pray. 774 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,280 We think of thy word as we listen 775 00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,000 to it. 776 00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:03,660 Give help Father to receive what is given 777 00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:05,620 to us in ministry that it may be 778 00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:06,880 fruitful in our own lives. 779 00:30:08,260 --> 00:30:10,380 We thank our Father of the Gospel later 780 00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:12,180 we pray for thy blessing upon that as 781 00:30:12,180 --> 00:30:12,400 well. 782 00:30:13,620 --> 00:30:15,420 And for food and fellowship now our Father 783 00:30:15,420 --> 00:30:17,360 we thank thee in the name of the 784 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:17,880 Lord Jesus. 785 00:30:18,540 --> 00:30:18,820 Amen.