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0:05Revelation 4 and 5.
0:08After this I looked, and behold a door
0:10standing open in heaven. And the first
0:12voice which I had heard speaking to me
0:14like a trumpet said,
0:16"Come up here, and I will show you what
0:18must take place after this."
0:20At once I was in the Spirit, and behold
0:21a throne stood in heaven with one seated
0:24on the throne. And he who sat there had
0:26the appearance of jasper and carnelian.
0:28And around the throne was a rainbow that
0:30had the appearance of an emerald.
0:32Around the throne were 24 thrones, and
0:34seated on the thrones were 24 elders
0:37clothed in white garments with golden
0:39crowns on their heads.
0:41From the throne came flashes of
0:43lightning and rumblings and peals of
0:45thunder. And before the throne were
0:46burning seven torches of fire,
0:49which are the seven spirits of God. And
0:51before the throne there was, as it were,
0:53a sea of glass like crystal.
0:56And around the throne, on each side of
0:58the throne, are four living creatures,
1:01full of eyes in front and behind. The
1:03first living creature like a lion, the
1:05second living creature like an ox, the
1:07third living creature with the face of a
1:09man, and the fourth living creature like
1:10an eagle in flight. And the four living
1:13creatures, each of them with six wings,
1:15are full of eyes all around and within.
1:18And day and night they never cease to
1:21say,
1:22"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God
1:25almighty, who was and is and is to
1:28come." And whenever the living creatures
1:30give glory and honor and thanks to him
1:32who is seated on the throne, who lives
1:34forever and ever, the 24 elders fall
1:37down before him who is seated on the
1:39throne and worship him who lives forever
1:43and ever. They cast their crowns before
1:45the throne saying, "Worthy are you, our
1:48Lord and God, to receive glory and honor
1:51and power. For you created all things,
1:54and by your will they existed and were
1:56created."
1:58Then I saw on the right hand of him who
2:00was seated on the throne a scroll
2:02written within and on the back, sealed
2:03with seven seals. And I saw a mighty
2:06angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
2:08"Who is worthy to open the scroll and
2:10break its seals?"
2:12And no one in heaven or on earth or
2:14under the earth was able to open the
2:16scroll or to look into it. And I began
2:17to weep loudly
2:19because no one was found
2:21worthy to open the scroll or to look
2:23into it.
2:24And one of the elders said to me, "Weep
2:27no more. Behold, the lion of the tribe
2:30of Judah, the root of David, has
2:33conquered so that he can open the scroll
2:36and its seven seals."
2:38And between the throne and the four
2:40living creatures and among the elders I
2:41saw a lamb standing as though it had
2:45been slain, with seven horns and with
2:46seven eyes, which are the seven spirits
2:49of God sent out into all the earth. And
2:51he went and took the scroll from the
2:53right hand of him who was seated on the
2:55throne. And when he had taken the
2:57scroll, the four living creatures and
2:59the 24 elders fell down before the lamb,
3:02each holding a harp and golden bowls
3:04full of incense, which are the prayers
3:06of the saints. And they sang a new song
3:09saying,
3:12"Worthy
3:13is the Lamb to open the scroll and to
3:15open its seals, for you were slain and
3:18by your blood you ransomed people for
3:20God from every tribe and language and
3:22people and nation. And you have made
3:24them a kingdom and priests to our God,
3:26and they shall reign on the earth." Then
3:29I looked, and I heard around the throne
3:31and living creatures and the elders the
3:33voice of many angels numbering myriads
3:36of myriads and thousands of thousands
3:38saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the
3:40Lamb who was slain to receive power and
3:43wealth and wisdom and might and honor
3:45and glory and in heaven and on earth and
3:48under the earth and in the sea and all
3:49that is in them saying, "To him who sits
3:52on the throne and to the Lamb
3:55be blessing and honor and glory and
3:59might forever and ever." And the four
4:02living creatures said, "Amen."
4:05And the elders fell down and worshipped.
4:11If you have the word of this God, and I
4:15hope you do, let me invite you to open
4:17with me to
4:18Revelation
4:20chapter 4.
4:23Let me invite you to pull out those
4:25notes that are in
4:27the worship guide you received when you
4:29came in.
4:32Revelation
4:34chapter
4:354, where the good just keeps getting
4:39better.
4:42So, we have just seen a
4:44grand
4:46majestic portrait of the gospel and of
4:49Jesus in Revelation 1.
4:53Then we have heard
4:54piercing
4:56penetrating words from Christ to his
4:58church in Revelation 2 and 3.
5:02And now tonight we come to
5:04two of the most glorious chapters in the
5:07entire Bible in Revelation 4 and 5.
5:11The glory of the triune God on display
5:14for
5:15all to see.
5:17A glimpse of
5:19the Lamb who is worthy of the worship of
5:21every language and people and tribe and
5:24nation.
5:25So, I've got to tell you one quick
5:27family story.
5:29We were having
5:31family worship not
5:32long ago. It was one particular night.
5:34It was actually at the end of June when
5:35we were finishing up the the Matthew
5:37series.
5:38And it was a Saturday night before I was
5:41preaching on the Great Commission the
5:42next morning.
5:44And so, most of you know our family
5:46makeup. Just in case you don't, we have
5:48uh our first son we adopted from
5:50Kazakhstan, our second and Caleb, our
5:53second son Joshua came along the more
5:55natural way. Our third child, Mary Ruth,
5:58we adopted from China back in December.
6:00And then we have fourth son, Lord
6:02willing, on the way around Thanksgiving,
6:04Isaiah James. So,
6:06we're sitting around having family
6:07worship that night, and I told the kids,
6:09I said, "You know, Daddy's going to
6:11preach tomorrow on making disciples of
6:14all nations." And I said, "So, let's
6:15pray
6:16that tomorrow God might raise up some
6:19people from Brook Hills to go to other
6:21nations."
6:22And I looked at Caleb, and I said,
6:24"Tomorrow, buddy, God might raise up
6:27somebody to go to Kazakhstan to tell
6:29people about Jesus." And he just kind of
6:31smiled.
6:32And I looked toward Mary Ruth, and I
6:33said,
6:34"Tomorrow God may call somebody to go to
6:37China." And she didn't really know
6:39what's going on, but she's smiling
6:40anyway.
6:42And then I just said kind of generally,
6:43I said, "Tomorrow God may
6:46call somebody to go to Africa." And
6:49Joshua sits up, and with a hopeful look
6:52in his eyes, said, "Is that where I'm
6:53from?"
7:02It's like, "This is my place?"
7:06And and Caleb looked back and he was
7:08like, "No, Joshua, you're from
7:09Birmingham." And
7:12so,
7:15there is coming a day when men and women
7:18from Kazakhstan and China and Birmingham
7:20and every other place on the planet
7:23will behold the glory of the triune God
7:25and give him the praise and honor and
7:28worship that he is due.
7:30So, very simply, tonight
7:33I want
7:35to show you a portrait of God.
7:37And then I want you to realize the point
7:39for us.
7:41I want to tie
7:43this vision of God's glory
7:46with what we talked about last week. So,
7:48revolution Revelation 4 and 5 don't just
7:50appear out of nowhere.
7:53Jesus has just spoken to churches who,
7:55if you were here last week, you may
7:57remember, these are churches Revelation
7:592 and 3 who were walking through war
8:02against sin and suffering. And some of
8:04them were thriving, and Jesus is
8:06encouraging them to endure.
8:08Others of them are struggling, they're
8:10compromising, they're giving in to
8:11complacency.
8:13And all of them need encouragement to
8:16hold fast to God and to preach the
8:19gospel even at the risk of their lives.
8:22So, how does God motivate his people to
8:26stand fast in suffering?
8:31And how does God motivate his people to
8:34run away from sin?
8:38And how does God
8:40motivate his people
8:42to spend their lives, even lose them if
8:44necessary, making the gospel known?
8:49What I want to show you is that God
8:50motivates his people with a vision of
8:52himself.
8:55He says to them,
8:57"I want you to see your suffering in
8:59light of who I am.
9:02I want you to see your battles with sin
9:04in light of who Christ is.
9:08I want you to spread the gospel in the
9:10world in the view of my in view of my
9:13glory." So, this is the point of
9:14Revelation 4 and 5 for these people in
9:17the first century and for every person
9:19in this room tonight in the 21st century
9:22to look at everything in our lives
9:26through the lens
9:28of the glory of the triune God. That's
9:30my goal tonight. My goal is that you
9:32would walk away
9:34from here in a few minutes
9:36with new eyes, with a new perspective on
9:39every single thing in your life because
9:43you're seeing everything through the
9:46lens of the glory of the triune God. So,
9:51got a lot of ground to cover. We'll dive
9:53in, the portrait of God in Revelation 4
9:55and 5.
9:56Imagine
9:58the scene.
10:01As John sees a door standing open in
10:05heaven, and he is invited to come up and
10:08get a glimpse of God.
10:14God the Father,
10:16God the Son,
10:18and God the Holy Spirit all portrayed
10:21here in this kaleidoscope of heavenly
10:25images that absolutely takes your breath
10:29away.
10:31So, let your imagination run wild as you
10:33hear John describing God the Father. And
10:36And all of John's descriptions here are
10:38just saturated with Old Testament
10:40allusions. You compare this passage to
10:42Ezekiel chapter 1 and Daniel chapter 7
10:44and Isaiah chapter 6, other throne room
10:47scenes in the Bible. This is the
10:49culmination of all those throne room
10:51scenes right here as John describes God
10:53the Father. First of all, he is sitting
10:55at the center of the universe.
10:58So, everything in these two chapters
11:00revolves around the throne of God. 17
11:03different times that John uses the term
11:06throne.
11:07And God's throne is at the center of
11:09everything.
11:10The picture is
11:12everything centering around God,
11:14everything in this scene and everything
11:16in the world.
11:17Every facet of our lives, everything.
11:20So, at school, students,
11:24every subject you study centers around
11:30God.
11:32Do not view science apart from the glory
11:36of the triune God. You'll miss the whole
11:38point of science.
11:41Do not look at history apart from the
11:43glory of the triune God. You'll miss the
11:45whole point of history.
11:47Miss the whole point of science and
11:48history and every other subject if you
11:50try to view them in a godless manner
11:52because God is at the center of all of
11:54them.
11:57You know, work.
11:59Ladies and gentlemen, your jobs, you
12:01will not understand your work rightly as
12:04a lawyer, doctor, counselor, teacher,
12:06consultant, engineer, manager, mechanic,
12:09sales rep, or stay-at-home mom unless
12:11you understand that God is at the center
12:14of the universe and everything in your
12:16work ultimately revolves around God.
12:19He
12:20sits at the center of the universe and
12:22everything revolves around him.
12:26There he dwells in unapproachable light.
12:29Now,
12:30I'm using
12:31language there from 1 Timothy chapter
12:336:16, how God is the blessed and only
12:35sovereign who dwells in unapproachable
12:37light, whom no one has ever seen or can
12:40see. And this is where I want to remind
12:42you that we need to be careful in
12:44scenes like this not to get too carried
12:47away in these symbolic images and start
12:49attributing literal meaning to each of
12:51them.
12:52So, even the picture of God seated on a
12:54throne
12:56does not limit God to a certain place
12:58where he is located. We know, and we're
12:59going to talk about later, that God is
13:02omnipresent. He's present everywhere.
13:04So, these are symbolic pictures
13:05representing God's glory. And so, when
13:08you get to chapter 4:3 and you see that
13:10the one who sat there had the appearance
13:12of jasper and carnelian,
13:16and you realize, okay, jasper, this
13:18opaque jewel that was often red, but at
13:21other times
13:22green or blue or yellow or white or
13:25brown, and you've got carnelian, this
13:27fiery red stone that was popular in the
13:29ancient world. This isn't
13:31John saying God is red
13:34or blue or white. This is John giving us
13:37a picture of brilliant colors and light
13:40emanating from his throne. He dwells in
13:43unapproachable light. It's like John is
13:46just grasping at the leash of language
13:48to try to find words to express the
13:51glory of the God who's before him.
13:55He dwells in unapproachable light where
13:57he is surrounded by unending praise. So,
14:00see the heavenly entourage around God.
14:0424 elders. We're not
14:06sure exactly who these are. They may be
14:09symbolic of 12 tribes of Israel and the
14:1112 apostles as the people of God. Maybe
14:14they're simply angelic attendants.
14:17And four living creatures that on one
14:18hand seem to represent all of creation,
14:20on the other hand, seem to resemble
14:22cherubim and seraphim, celestial beings
14:25in scripture we see before God's throne.
14:29But no matter who they are precisely,
14:30the point is clear. They surround God
14:32with praise. Verse 8, the four living
14:35creatures day and night never cease to
14:38say, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God
14:41God Almighty who was and is and is to
14:43come."
14:44And whenever they sing, which is all the
14:46time, the 24 elders fall down and
14:48worship, casting crowns before the
14:50throne saying, "Worthy are you, our Lord
14:52and God, to receive glory and honor and
14:55power." So, think of it.
14:59At this moment,
15:01while you sit in your seat,
15:04there are angels and people and
15:07creatures. There is a heavenly host at
15:11this moment that is resounding to the
15:13praise of God.
15:16This is where we remember that when we
15:17come together for worship as the people
15:19of God here on Earth,
15:22what we do when we lift our praises to
15:24God is an earthly expression expression
15:27of a heaven heavenly reality, an earthly
15:30expression of a heavenly assembly. And
15:32when we sing, "Praise God from whom all
15:35blessings flow," we are joined by better
15:37yet, we are joining in a chorus that is
15:40already resounding to his praise in the
15:42heavens.
15:44And they don't sit down and take a
15:46break.
15:47They keep singing. Even as I speak,
15:50they're still shouting his praise.
15:54When you go home tonight and lay your
15:55head on your pillow weary from today,
15:58they will not be weary. They will
15:59continue singing and shouting his
16:01praise. When you wake up in the morning,
16:02they'll still be doing the same thing.
16:05So, view every facet of your life
16:07through this lens. God is receiving
16:09unending praise
16:11from a heavenly host at all times.
16:15Now, who is this God? This vision in
16:18Revelation 4 tells us that he is the
16:20judge of every man.
16:22All of the judgments that we're going to
16:24read about in the chapters to come flow
16:27from the throne of God. It's why chapter
16:294:5 says, "From throne came flashes of
16:33lightning and rumblings and peals of
16:35thunder."
16:37Makes you think of storms that we've had
16:39over past few weeks here, some that have
16:41woken us up in the middle of the night
16:43with claps of thunder and continuous
16:45lightning. So, imagine these kinds of
16:48heavenly convulsions just reverberating
16:51from the throne.
16:54Yet amidst this
16:56in a sense frightening portrayal of God
16:59as judge,
17:01we see that he tempers his wrath, his
17:03judgment with mercy. There's a rainbow
17:06around the throne resembling God's
17:08promise to show patience and mercy
17:11to a fallen world that's filled with
17:13sinners who are all, every single one,
17:15guilty of treason and transgression
17:18against him. All of us guilty of
17:20transgression against the one who is
17:22holy above all.
17:25Who is holy, holy, holy. He's separated
17:28by a sea of crystal clear glass, a
17:31picture of his transcendence. Above
17:33there is no one
17:36like God.
17:39Everything everywhere in all the
17:42universe, you will not find anything
17:44that is comparable to God. He is holy
17:47other.
17:48And he's not only holy above all, but he
17:50has power over all. Holy, holy, holy is
17:54the Lord God Almighty, one of John's
17:57favorite titles for God in the book of
17:58Revelation, the Lord God Almighty. His
18:02perfect purity overflowing into perfect
18:05power.
18:08The scene continues. God is infinitely
18:10timeless. Verse 8, he is the one who was
18:13and is and is to come. Verse 9, he is
18:15the one who lives forever and ever.
18:18Nothing can overpower his rule and
18:20nothing can outlast his reign.
18:23Oh, think about it, brothers and
18:25sisters. Our president will lead for
18:27four, maybe eight years, and then he
18:29will be done. But our God will reign
18:32forever and ever and ever and ever. He's
18:36infinitely timeless and he is infinitely
18:39glorious. Verse 11, "Worthy to receive
18:42glory and honor and power."
18:45Infinite glory. We'll come back to that
18:47in a minute. Keep going. He is supreme
18:50above all things. Little background
18:51here, Dominus et Deus Noster, a term
18:56that was used in the 1st century to
18:57address and describe the Roman emperor.
19:00The Roman Empire said that the emperor
19:03is literally the Lord and our God.
19:07And many Christians were
19:10forced in a sense to or tempted to say
19:13to the emperor, "You are the Lord and
19:15our God." So, John from an island in
19:18exile writes, "No, he is not."
19:22There is only one Lord and only one God
19:24who is worthy of that title, and it is
19:25definitively not the Roman emperor.
19:28No matter what Rome may try to force its
19:30citizens or various Christians to say,
19:33the Roman emperor pales in significance
19:35to the church's Lord and God. He is the
19:37one who is supreme over all things. And
19:39he is the sustainer of all things. Verse
19:4211, he created all things and by his
19:44will they existed and came into being.
19:46Nothing in all of creation exists
19:48outside of the sovereign sustenance of
19:50God.
19:51You have breath tonight because God has
19:54given you breath tonight.
19:56Your heart is beating at this moment
19:59because God is giving it rhythm. And
20:01were he to stop, so would you.
20:07He alone sustains all things.
20:10And he alone is sovereign over all
20:13things. So, the vision continues
20:15unbroken into chapter 5 where John says
20:17he saw verse 1 in the right hand of him
20:20who was seated on the throne a scroll
20:21written within and on the back sealed
20:24with seven seals.
20:26The scroll
20:28we find out in the chapters that follow
20:29contains God's foreordained plans
20:33for the course of history specifically
20:34leading up to the end of the world and
20:37the consummation of his kingdom. So,
20:39this scroll contains God's sovereign
20:43will for all creation and ultimate
20:46redemption and he holds it in his hand.
20:55Our sovereign God
20:58holds the destiny of the world in the
21:03palm of his hand.
21:10Is this good news or what?
21:13You listen to political campaigns and
21:16party conventions these next 2 weeks and
21:18be comforted by the fact that neither
21:21Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney holds the
21:24world in the palm of his hand.
21:27Watch news coming from Syria and Iran
21:30and Israel and India and North Korea in
21:32the coming days and realize that none of
21:34the leaders of those nations is
21:36ultimately sovereign over anything
21:38because God is sovereign over all of
21:40them. He charts the course of their
21:42countries and he holds the destiny of
21:44the world in his fingertips.
21:48Behold God the Father.
21:53And
21:55then behold God the Son. So, you get
21:58through chapter 4 and you think, man,
22:00could this scene get any more majestic?
22:04And it does.
22:08So, here's the scroll
22:10containing God's foreordained plans for
22:12the redemption and restoration of all
22:15creation. Plans for the ultimate
22:18eradication of evil
22:20and the defeat of death in the world.
22:22Plans for the final removal of sin and
22:25suffering and pain and persecution. This
22:27is the end to all world wars and
22:30physical diseases and natural disasters.
22:33This is the coming of God's kingdom to
22:35man, the recreation of a new heaven and
22:37a new earth where God's people will
22:38enjoy him and reign with him forever and
22:41ever. It's all written on the scrolls.
22:44So, who is able to open it?
22:48Who is able to bring these plans to
22:51pass?
22:53And the silence of heaven
22:56testifies to the sinfulness of man
22:58because there is no one
23:01who is able.
23:03No one who is worthy. And so, John
23:06begins weeping. Loudly weeping. Why?
23:11Think about this. Don't miss it. Why
23:13John be weeping?
23:17Because John is overwhelmed
23:20by the prospect of a future without all
23:24of these things.
23:27No redemption.
23:29No restoration.
23:32No eradication of evil.
23:37No final removal of sin and suffering
23:40and pain and persecution.
23:42And no defeat of death.
23:45No
23:46hope.
23:51And yet amidst John's hopeless wailing,
23:55one of the elders speaks up and says,
23:58John
24:00weep no more.
24:03Behold the lion of the tribe of Judah,
24:06the root of David has conquered, verse
24:095. So, that he can open the scroll and
24:12its seven seals and thus we are
24:14introduced to God the Son.
24:18He is the conquering lion.
24:21Prophesied in the first book of the
24:23Bible, Genesis 49:10, the lion of the
24:25tribe of Judah to whom shall be the
24:27obedience of all the peoples. Prophesied
24:29in Isaiah chapter 11 verse 1, the
24:31Messiah who would come from the root of
24:33David, there shall come forth a root a
24:35shoot from the stump of Jesse and a
24:37branch from his root shall bear fruit.
24:39The root of Jesse shall stand as a
24:40signal for all the peoples. Of him shall
24:43the nations inquire and his resting
24:44place shall be glorious. The conquering
24:47Messiah is on the scene.
24:50So, see the feel the contrast here
24:53between 1 minute no one being able to
24:56open the scroll
24:57and the next minute someone being able
24:59to open the scroll.
25:01Throughout history
25:03from the beginning of time, men have
25:05come and men have gone. Women have come
25:08and women have gone. All of them, the
25:10strongest of them, the noblest of them,
25:12the kindest of them, the greatest of
25:13them, they have all fallen prey to sin.
25:17All of them, every single man and every
25:20single woman, a slave to Satan. All of
25:23them, generation after generation,
25:25century after century, every single man
25:27and every single woman on the earth
25:30succumbed to death.
25:34But then came another man
25:38unlike any before.
25:41This man did not fall prey to sin. This
25:43man had power over sin. This man was not
25:46enslaved to Satan. This man would crush
25:48that ancient snake. And this man would
25:51not succumb to death. This man would
25:53defeat death. The root of David David,
25:56the lion of the tribe of Judah has come
25:58and he has conquered.
26:02So, how? How did he conquer?
26:05John rises to get a glimpse of strong
26:09lion and to his surprise
26:13he sees a slaughtered
26:16lamb.
26:18The conquering lion is the slaughtered
26:21lamb.
26:24This vision coming to the apostle who
26:27heard John the Baptist say of Jesus,
26:30look, the lamb of God who takes away the
26:32sin of the world. Harkening back to
26:35Exodus 12 where the people of God would
26:37take the blood of a lamb and
26:40put it over the doorposts of their
26:41houses and be spared the judgment of God
26:44safe under the banner of the blood of a
26:46lamb.
26:48Isaiah chapter 53 had prophesied of
26:51suffering servant who would be led to
26:53the slaughter
26:55for the sins of men and women. Son of
26:58God would be crushed according to the
27:00sovereign will of God. So, how does this
27:03lion conquer? He conquers by suffering
27:06as the lamb.
27:08He conquered
27:10through crucifixion.
27:13He was marred, despised, beaten,
27:16rejected, stricken, smitten, afflicted,
27:20wounded, chastised, oppressed, and
27:22pulverized in the place of sinners so
27:25that everyone who hides under the banner
27:27of his blood will be safe.
27:31He's the slaughtered lamb of God. It's
27:34what slain literally translates. He's
27:35slaughtered.
27:39Slaughtered lamb of God and yet
27:42he is standing.
27:47Slaughtered lambs don't stand.
27:54This lamb
27:55who has endured death
27:58has also defeated death.
28:01This lamb who bears the scars of death
28:03is sovereign over death. This is the
28:06greatest news in all the world. The
28:09slaughtered lamb of God reigns as the
28:12sovereign Lord of all.
28:16And so, this lion-like lamb, verse 7
28:19goes
28:22and says it takes the scroll from the
28:25right hand of him who was seated on the
28:27throne. Is that breathtaking audacity or
28:30what?
28:32No one in heaven or earth under the
28:34earth is able to take the scroll. And
28:36yet Jesus walks up to the throne of the
28:40Father surrounded by living creatures
28:42and elders and a host of angels and he
28:45takes it from the Father's hand.
28:49Is there any clearer picture of the
28:51divinity of Christ than this? His
28:53authority to accomplish the sovereign
28:54will of the Father while angels are
28:57praising his name.
29:01God does not share the spotlight with
29:03just anyone, you know.
29:06God doesn't share the spotlight with
29:08anyone but himself.
29:11This is Jesus humbled as the lamb who
29:14became obedient to death, even death on
29:17a cross. Therefore, God has exalted him
29:19to the highest place and given him the
29:21name that is above every name that at
29:23the name of Jesus every knee should bow
29:25in heaven and on earth and under the
29:26earth and every tongue confess that he
29:29is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
29:32This is Philippians 2:9-11 in action
29:35here.
29:37So, the angels
29:38say, we got a new song to sing.
29:41This time to the lamb, verse 9, worthy
29:44are you to take the scroll and to open
29:45its seals for you were slain, and by
29:47your blood you ransomed people for God
29:50from every tribe and language and people
29:52and nation. Oh, his worth is undisputed.
29:54Christ alone is worthy. Christ alone has
29:58the key to all of human history. Christ
30:01alone has the power, the authority to
30:03bring about the consummation of the
30:04kingdom of God.
30:06Worthy is the lamb who was slain to
30:08receive. You look at sevenfold perfect
30:10praise in verse 12. Power and wealth and
30:13wisdom and might and honor and glory and
30:16blessing. There is no one like him.
30:19His worth is undisputed. His work is
30:21unforgettable. Don't miss this. This is
30:24This is a glimpse into heaven, and
30:26Christ is risen.
30:28And yet he's pictured as a lamb that
30:31looks like it's been slaughtered.
30:35And the implication is clear.
30:38For all of eternity, we will see the
30:39conquering lion ruling as the
30:42slaughtered lamb.
30:45For all of eternity, brothers and
30:46sisters, the slaughtered lamb of God
30:48will be at the center of our worship.
30:51We will never ever ever forget the
30:53cross.
30:55We will always always always rejoice in
30:58the cross where he conquered as the
31:00lamb.
31:03It's what the hymn writer said when he
31:04wrote, "Crown him the Lord of love.
31:06Behold his hands and side, those wounds
31:09yet visible above in beauty glorified.
31:12No angel in the sky can fully bear that
31:14sight, but downward bends his burning
31:17eye at mysteries so bright." His work is
31:20unforgettable.
31:22And his worship is universal.
31:24He's
31:26worthy to receive praise from every
31:29language and tribe and nation and
31:31people. Jesus has died on the cross not
31:33for one type of people for the praise of
31:35every type of person on the planet, and
31:38he will receive the reward of his
31:40sufferings. A kingdom of men and women
31:42from all over the world who have
31:44experienced his salvation, who exalt his
31:47worth. Behold God the Son.
31:52And behold God the Spirit.
31:55In chapter 4,
31:56verse 5, we see again seven spirits of
32:00God. Same language we saw talked about
32:03from chapter 1 used to describe Holy
32:06Spirit. He is omnipresent. Language here
32:09recalling Zechariah 4 yet again, the
32:13spirit of God, the mysterious spirit of
32:16God who is omnipresent, who is
32:17omniscient. Nothing escapes his
32:20searching gaze in the world. He is
32:23omnipotent with all power to enact
32:26judgment and to enable salvation. He
32:28enables salvation.
32:30It is God the Spirit who is sent by God
32:34the Father and God the Son to carry out
32:37the divine mission in the world. Now,
32:39obviously, his portrait is not as
32:41prominent here in Revelation 4 and 5 as
32:44the Father and the Son because the
32:46spirit's very role is to in the Godhead
32:49is to exalt the Son.
32:52So, behold here the mystery of the
32:54Trinity in these two chapters. Here's
32:56the last book of the Bible, and we're
32:57seeing what we've seen throughout the
32:59rest of the Bible.
33:02On one hand, God is three persons.
33:06The Father is worshipped as God, the Son
33:08is worshipped as God, and the Spirit is
33:10worshipped as God here and throughout
33:12all of scripture. Three persons.
33:15And each person is fully God. The
33:17Father's not kind of God or part God.
33:19The Son's not another part of God. The
33:21Spirit's not a third part of God.
33:23They're each fully divine. They're fully
33:25God. And yet there is one God who is at
33:28the center of this scene in Revelation 4
33:31and 5.
33:32God is three persons, each person fully
33:34God. There is one God. And it's a
33:36mystery how all of these things come
33:38together. One person said of the
33:40Trinity, "Try to explain that, and you
33:42will lose your mind. Try to deny it, and
33:44you will lose your soul."
33:47So, see the majesty of this mystery in
33:51Revelation 4 and 5, and see the
33:52progression of praise that accompanies
33:54it.
33:56First two songs
33:57that we hear sung are specifically sung
33:59to God the Father. Next two songs we
34:02hear sung are specifically sung to God
34:04the Son. Last song we hear sung is
34:06specifically lifted in praise to God and
34:10to the lamb.
34:11In all of it, there's a progression of
34:13participants. You start with 24 elders,
34:15then you add four living creatures, then
34:17you have 24 elders and four living
34:18creatures together.
34:20And then you get to angels, many angels
34:24numbering myriads of myriads and
34:25thousands of thousands. If you like
34:27math, the way we understand myriads in
34:29the Bible, that adds up to about 100
34:31million angels. That's a lot. And then
34:33ultimately, every creature in heaven and
34:36on earth and under the earth and in the
34:37sea and all that is in them. That's
34:39pretty much everybody
34:41and everything in all the universe
34:44giving blessing and honor and glory to
34:47the mysteriously majestic God over all.
34:53Uh
34:54brother or sister, do not think for a
34:56second
34:59that one day even when you or I get to
35:01heaven, we are going to be able to
35:03comprehend God.
35:07Because even in our glorified state, we
35:10will still be finite men and women, and
35:12he will still be infinite God.
35:15Which means, follow this. We've already
35:17said so we're going to come back to God
35:18is infinitely glorious.
35:21Because God is infinitely glorious,
35:23follow this. That
35:26That reminds us
35:28that 10,000 years from now, we sang
35:31about it earlier, 10,000 years from now,
35:34because God is infinitely glorious,
35:3610,000 years from now, there will still
35:38be more glory to be explored in God.
35:44And 10 million
35:47gazillion years from now, there will
35:50still be more glory to be enjoyed in
35:54God.
35:56People sometimes say or at least think,
35:58"If heaven is perfect, won't it be
36:00perfectly boring?
36:03And it's kind of sitting on clouds and
36:06singing
36:07forever?"
36:08We're going to talk about how that's not
36:10heaven later, but
36:12let me assure you,
36:15let me assure you, eternity with this
36:17God will never ever ever be boring.
36:22Stephen Charnock put it best in his
36:24discourse on the eternity of God. I wish
36:26I'd have written this. Listen to this.
36:28He said,
36:29"After many ages, our joys will be as
36:32savory and satisfying as if they had
36:35been but that first moment tasted by our
36:38hungry appetites.
36:40When the glory of the Lord shall rise
36:42upon you, it shall be so far from ever
36:44setting that after millions of years are
36:47expired as numerous as the sands on the
36:49seashore, the sun in the light of whose
36:52countenance you shall live shall be as
36:54bright as the first appearance. He will
36:57be so far from ceasing to flow that he
36:59will flow as strong, as full as at the
37:02first communication of himself in glory
37:05to the creature. God is always vigorous
37:07and flourishing, a pure act of life
37:10sparkling new and fresh rays of life and
37:13light to the creature, flourishing with
37:15a perpetual spring and contenting the
37:18most capacious desire, forming your
37:20interest and pleasure and satisfaction
37:23with an infinite variety without any
37:25change or succession. God will have
37:27variety to increase your delights and
37:29eternity to perpetuate them. This will
37:32be the fruit of the enjoyment of an
37:34infinite and eternal God."
37:38Uh
37:40So, what's the point for us? Is the
37:43point of this portrait just to make us
37:44speechless? Because it does.
37:49But it
37:50But it's given to us for more than that.
37:53The point of this portrait is to make us
37:55speechless, yes, and
37:57and to transform everything about us.
38:01So, there are probably
38:03seemingly an infinite number of
38:04takeaways from this text. Let's
38:07Let's focus on four. Number one.
38:10The glory of God
38:13compels us to receive salvation.
38:19So, here's the deal. There are
38:20Christians in this room, and there are
38:21non-Christians in this room.
38:24There are men and women who are
38:25followers of Christ, and there are men
38:27and women who are not followers of
38:29Christ.
38:33And yet regardless of which category you
38:34might fall into,
38:37the point of this picture is the same.
38:41God holds
38:42the future glorification of believers in
38:45his hand. So,
38:47for all who trust in Jesus,
38:50for all who believe in the slaughtered
38:52lamb of God who reigns as the sovereign
38:54Lord of all,
38:56all who believe in him will one day be
38:59united with him face to face in heaven.
39:02God is working all things together in
39:04the world and in your life for your good
39:06and for his glory, and he will bring
39:08your salvation to completion.
39:12At the same time,
39:15God holds the future glorification of
39:17believers in his hand. He also holds the
39:20final damnation of unbelievers in his
39:23hand.
39:27And as we're going to see in the book of
39:28Revelation,
39:29everyone who spurns this savior will be
39:32condemned in their sin forever.
39:37So,
39:39to every non-Christian in the room.
39:43To every man, woman, student who is not
39:45following Jesus, I
39:48urge you tonight,
39:51in view of this vision
39:53in Revelation 4 and 5, I urge you to cry
39:57out for the mercy of Christ or collapse
40:01under the judgment of Christ.
40:06Jesus is in control of the past,
40:09present, and future of world history.
40:12And Jesus is in control of your eternal
40:15destiny. Every single one of us in this
40:18room, where you are sitting, Jesus holds
40:20your eternal destiny in his hand.
40:25And he is the conquering lion who has
40:26come to save. He has come to overcome
40:29death. He was crucified on the cross
40:32where he paid the price for sin before a
40:34holy God so that everyone who trusts in
40:37him to save their soul can receive, will
40:39receive mercy at the moment they cry out
40:42to him.
40:44At this moment,
40:46you cry out for the mercy of Christ.
40:50And by his grace through faith in him,
40:52you will be free from sin
40:56and saved forever and ever and ever. Not
40:59based on anything you do, but totally
41:01based on what the lion-like lamb has
41:03done on your behalf.
41:05So now, even now in this room,
41:08tonight in this moment, cry out for his
41:11mercy. See the sovereign grace of God
41:14bringing you to this place, this seat at
41:17this moment to see this Christ and to
41:19receive his mercy.
41:24Cry out for his mercy.
41:28And when you do,
41:32when you do, and for all who cry out for
41:34his mercy,
41:38this changes everything.
41:41Look at Look at Revelation 3:21. You've
41:43got to see this.
41:46Do you remember how the letters right
41:48before this ended?
41:51This, probably more than anything else
41:52in my study of Revelation 4 and 5 this
41:54week,
41:56blew me away.
41:59Jesus' last words to the
42:01church at Laodicea, Revelation 3:21.
42:04The one who conquers, so the one who
42:07perseveres in trust in Christ for
42:09salvation to the end. The one who
42:11conquers, I will grant him to sit with
42:15me on my throne.
42:19As I also conquered and sat down with my
42:24father on his throne.
42:28What?
42:30What a promise!
42:34This just brings Revelation 4 and 5
42:37right into your lap, Christian.
42:40Follower of Christ, he will grant you
42:46Huh, you
42:48to sit on his throne with him.
42:54If Revelation 4 and 5 takes our breath
42:57away, then
42:59remembering Revelation 3:21 just knocks
43:02you out of your chair.
43:05That's what chapter 5 said. Jesus has
43:07purchased us. He's made us a kingdom and
43:09priests to to our God where we shall
43:11reign on the earth. We shall reign reign
43:14with him. Now, what does that mean?
43:16We've talked about this just about every
43:17week so far because we've seen it every
43:19week in Revelation.
43:21For believers, without question, there
43:22is a future reign that we have in
43:25Christ, with Christ in a new heaven and
43:27a new earth. We know that's coming.
43:29We're going to see that spelled out,
43:30described as we progress through
43:32Revelation. But there is a sense in
43:35which we are reigning with Christ even
43:38now.
43:41And that's the point of the book of
43:42Revelation. Revelation is giving us a
43:45picture of what Paul means in Ephesians
43:472 when he says, "We're seated with
43:49Christ in the heavenlies." What Paul
43:51means in Romans chapter 8 when he says,
43:52"We are more than conquerors through him
43:54who loved us." Not, "Hey, one day you're
43:56going to conquer. Like it's horrible
43:58now, but just hang on. You're going to
43:59conquer one day." No, today you are more
44:02than conquerors through Christ who loved
44:04us.
44:05We're more than conquerors now. We're
44:07seated with Christ now. Are you not in
44:09with Christ in his life and his
44:11resurrection now? So to use the words of
44:14Graeme Goldsworthy, Revelation 1 was not
44:16written to minister to armchair prophets
44:18in some far-off age. It was written to
44:21encourage struggling saints in every
44:23age. And that's why we've got this
44:25scene. We don't have Revelation 4 and 5
44:28just to give us a glimpse of God that
44:29one day we're going to have in heaven.
44:31We've got Revelation 4 and 5 to empower
44:33and enable us to live life on earth.
44:37This is the point. So for first-century
44:40Christians and 21st-century Christians,
44:42going back to last week, these churches
44:44that were struggling with compromise,
44:45complacency, we struggle with compromise
44:47and complacency in our lives. Don't miss
44:49the point. The glory of God empowers us
44:52to escape temptation.
44:55So So we talked last week about battles
44:57with idolatry and immorality, with sin
45:00in our lives. How do we overcome sin in
45:02our lives? How do we overcome these
45:03things in our lives? We overcome sin by
45:05seeing God as he is.
45:09How do you overcome idolatry? We
45:10overcome idolatry by glimpsing a greater
45:13God.
45:15When you see the grandeur of God in
45:18Revelation 4 and 5,
45:20in the first century, you
45:23you stop bowing down and worshipping
45:25wooden statues and Roman emperors.
45:29And when you see the grandeur of God in
45:32Revelation 4 and 5 in the 21st century,
45:35you stop worshipping money and success
45:39and sex and acclaim in this culture.
45:42Because you realize what petty,
45:44worthless gods these are compared to
45:47compared to the grandeur and greatness
45:49of the glory of God.
45:52We overcome idolatry by glimpsing a
45:54greater God.
45:56Similarly, we fight immorality through
45:59fulfillment in our father. So when you
46:01experience the pleasure and delight and
46:03the feast that is found in the triune
46:05God, then you are now free from the
46:08pursuit of pleasure and the stuff of
46:10this world. You don't lust over images
46:13on the internet when your eyes are
46:15captivated with the glory of God.
46:19Christian, how
46:21how do you and I this week in our
46:23battles with temptation, how do we
46:25overcome the promised pleasures of sin?
46:30Here's how. By daily letting the triune
46:33God overcome us with the power of his
46:37satisfaction.
46:39We taste and see that he is good and we
46:42don't have stomachs for the stuff of
46:44this world because we have feasted on
46:47the goodness of our God. We fight
46:49immorality through fulfillment in our
46:51father. The glory of God empowers us to
46:53escape temptation. We refuse to
46:54compromise in light of the example of
46:56Christ. So to borrow language from
46:58Hebrews chapter 12 here,
46:59to understand Revelation chapter 5, we
47:02let go. We throw aside sin, hindrances
47:05that so easily entangle us, encumber us.
47:08And we fix our eyes on Jesus, author and
47:10perfecter of our faith. We consider him
47:12who endured such opposition.
47:15In our struggle against sin, we have not
47:17yet resisted to the point of shedding
47:19blood. So consider Jesus. Look to the
47:21one who conquered sin. Fix your eyes on
47:24the one who conquered sin, the conqueror
47:26who lives in you.
47:28We resist complacency in view of the
47:30excellency of Christ. How can we be
47:32complacent before the triune God?
47:37How is it possible to be apathetic,
47:39affectionless, self-reliant, or
47:42self-centered before this God?
47:46Keep your heart and eyes and mind fixed
47:50on the glory of God. The glory of God
47:52empowers us to escape temptation. The
47:54glory of God enables us to endure
47:55tribulation.
47:57As we've seen over and over again
47:59already in Revelation, whether it's
48:00brothers and sisters in the first
48:02century or the 21st century, walking
48:03through suffering and wondering why it's
48:05happening and when it's going to end, if
48:07it's ever going to end. And Revelation 4
48:09and 5 makes three things clear. Number
48:11one, God is in control.
48:14Things in your life and things in the
48:16world may seem like they're spinning out
48:17of control, but they are not.
48:19God has all things under his control.
48:21History is resting in his hand and he
48:24will bring it all together for the good
48:26of those who love him and have been
48:27called according to his purpose.
48:29So rest in this.
48:32No matter what is going on in your life
48:33tonight,
48:35your God is in control.
48:37And our enemy has been conquered. Jesus
48:40has overcome. We're not waiting for our
48:42enemy to be conquered. He has been
48:44conquered. Jesus has overcome sin. He
48:47has overcome death. He has defeated the
48:49devil. In the words of Colossians 2:15,
48:51he has disarmed the rulers and
48:53authorities. He made a public spectacle
48:55of them, putting them to open shame by
48:56triumphing over them. And you are in
48:59him. The conqueror lives in you. You
49:02live in the conqueror. Now, it may not
49:04feel like you're a conqueror. It may not
49:06look like you're a conqueror on some
49:08days.
49:10But isn't this the beauty of the cross?
49:14Look at the cross.
49:18Is that a picture of conquering?
49:22A brutally
49:24bloody, maimed
49:27man hanging naked on a tree.
49:32Is that a picture of conquering?
49:36Not in the eyes of the world.
49:40In the same way,
49:41it's a picture of first-century
49:42Christians being burned at the stake,
49:45a picture of conquering.
49:49Not in the eyes of the world,
49:51but the gospel turns everything upside
49:54down.
49:55For in the brutal crucifixion of Christ,
49:58Jesus was conquering death. And in the
50:00brutal murder of Christians in the first
50:03century, the church was advancing the
50:05gospel.
50:06So, for Christians in the 21st century
50:09in this room who are walking through
50:11pain and suffering, and it doesn't feel
50:14like conquering on some days, know this,
50:16as you share in the sufferings of
50:18Christ, you participate in the reign of
50:20Christ.
50:22And you know that one day suffering will
50:25conclude. Our suffering will one day
50:27conclude because the lion-like lamb has
50:29authority to bring God's ultimate plan
50:31of redemption and restoration to
50:33completion. Amidst your suffering,
50:36glimpse the glory of your God, and he
50:38will enable you to endure tribulation.
50:41Finally, the glory of God
50:44motivates us to accomplish mission. So,
50:47does
50:48God's sovereignty just mean we sit back
50:50and do nothing?
50:52I mean, he's got the destiny of the
50:55world in the palm of his hand.
50:57He's going to bring all these things to
50:58pass, so
51:00do we just sit passively by and float
51:02through the sea of God's sovereignty
51:04while he accomplishes his purpose in the
51:06world?
51:09Absolutely not. The Bible never ever
51:11ever teaches that. Because just as God
51:14has ordained the end, literally the end,
51:19God has also ordained the means to bring
51:22about that end.
51:24And that means
51:26by God's grace involves you and me
51:30fulfilling his plans and his purposes.
51:33So, here in this text, we know Jesus has
51:36ransomed
51:37people for God from every language and
51:40tribe and people and nation.
51:43We know that he has he has
51:47redeemed, ransomed. There's people from
51:49every tribe. We're going to get this
51:50next week in Revelation chapter 7.
51:53Gathered around the throne from every
51:55tribe, tongue, people, and nation. We
51:57know that is coming. At the same time,
52:00you and I, by the grace of God, have the
52:02privilege of being a part of the spread
52:04of the gospel and the kingdom of God to
52:06all those peoples and nations and tribes
52:08and languages. So, church at Brook
52:10Hills,
52:12in view of the glory of God, let's pray
52:16passionately.
52:18God's sovereignty does not negate
52:21prayer. God's sovereignty necessitates
52:24prayer. We actually ran over it in this
52:26text with the 24 elders,
52:28verse 8, were around the throne holding
52:31golden bowls that were full of what?
52:33Incense. Bowls that were filled with the
52:35prayers of the saints. Similar to what
52:36we're going to see in chapter 8, verse
52:383, when the seventh seal the scroll is
52:41opened and angel there offers the
52:43prayers of the saints before God. And
52:45this, catch this, this is what's going
52:47to usher in the coming of God's kingdom.
52:50So, realize what the Bible's teaching
52:52here. God is ultimately and eternally
52:54going to consummate his kingdom in
52:57response to the prayers of his people.
53:01This is why we pray. Matthew 6,
53:05Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
53:07Your
53:08what? Your kingdom come. That's what we
53:10prayed.
53:12Your kingdom come
53:15among all the peoples that you've
53:16ransomed. Lord Jesus, your kingdom come.
53:20May your kingdom come among Saudi Arabs,
53:22and may your kingdom come among Iranian
53:24Turks, and may your kingdom come among
53:26the Lohar of South Asia and the Hwayo of
53:29East Asia. May your kingdom come among
53:31the Arundo and the Baloch and all the
53:3411,000 people groups on the world. Your
53:36kingdom come in all of them. And we pray
53:38that every time we pray that as we pray
53:40that, we got prayers that are piling up
53:42before the altar, and one day
53:44consummation of his kingdom comes.
53:47So, pray passionately. Are you praying
53:49like this, brother or sister? Are you
53:51praying like this? Are you praying yes
53:53for the details in your life that we
53:54need to be praying for? Then are you
53:56praying for his kingdom to come in the
53:57world?
53:59Let's pray passionately, and let's give
54:02sacrificially.
54:03So, God has willed for you and I to be
54:07wealthy in this room for a reason.
54:10Men and women, you've got jobs, and
54:13students, you're getting thousands and
54:15thousands of dollars worth of education,
54:17not so that we can waste all of these
54:20things on personal indulgences, but so
54:22that we can sacrifice all of these
54:24things on the spread of God's gospel and
54:26the declaration of God's glory to the
54:28ends of the earth.
54:29See it. The sovereign God of the
54:31universe has willed for us to be wealthy
54:35for the sake of his worldwide worship.
54:39This is why we have resources. Psalm 67,
54:43so that his ways may be known on earth
54:45and his salvation known among all
54:47nations. That's why God has given
54:49increase. So, let's stop hoarding and
54:51start giving. Let's pray passionately.
54:54Let's give sacrificially. Let's go
54:56confidently to all these people peoples
54:59and languages and tribes and nations.
55:016,000 of them still unreached with the
55:04gospel. So, let's go. As the Lord leads,
55:07as the Lord leads. God is
55:09likely not calling every single person
55:11in this room to move to an unreached
55:12people group.
55:14He's calling some.
55:17Calls some to go to unreached peoples,
55:19some to stay among the reached. We see
55:21that in scripture. There's no
55:22first-class, second-class, first-tier,
55:25second-tier Christians. Matter of
55:26obedience.
55:28What's God calling us to do?
55:31So, is he calling you?
55:35And if he is, do not be afraid.
55:39Do not be afraid.
55:41Let's go confidently. Think about what
55:43this text is telling us.
55:47You know what? The You got 6,000 plus
55:49unreached people groups, and they're
55:50unreached for a reason. They're hard to
55:52reach. They're difficult to reach.
55:53They're dangerous to reach.
55:56But we go to them. We don't have to be
55:57afraid because nothing,
56:00that's what this text is telling us,
56:02nothing, absolutely nothing can happen
56:04to you or me outside of the will of a
56:08sovereign God who holds us in his hand.
56:12What have we to fear?
56:16Nothing to fear.
56:19Not only do we have nothing to fear,
56:21we're guaranteed success.
56:25Because we know that Christ has
56:27purchased men and women from all these
56:29tribes and peoples and languages and
56:30nations. We know that Revelation chapter
56:327, they're going to be around the
56:34throne. So, you and I can go to the
56:35darkest, most difficult, most dangerous
56:37to reach people groups on the planet,
56:39preach the gospel, and somebody's coming
56:42out.
56:43Somebody's going to be there.
56:46Let's go confidently,
56:49knowing that our savior is going to
56:52receive the reward of his sufferings.
56:56It's the story, whole story of the
56:58Moravian movement. What many have called
57:00the most remarkable church on mission in
57:02all of Christian history. During the
57:0318th century, approximately one out of
57:06every 60 60 members of the Moravian
57:08church was serving as a missionary in a
57:10cross-cultural context.
57:13It's one out of 60.
57:16Scores of Moravian brothers and sisters
57:18literally giving up their lives and
57:20leaving behind their comforts for the
57:21spread of the gospel around the world.
57:23The story's told of two particular
57:25Moravian men who decided to sell
57:26themselves into slavery in order to
57:29reach unreached slaves in the West
57:31Indies.
57:32How are we going to reach slaves in the
57:33West Indies? We become slaves, they
57:35said. They sold themselves into slavery.
57:38And as they boarded that slave ship,
57:41these two men were said to have cried
57:43out, "May the lamb that was slain
57:45receive the reward of his suffering."
57:50So, may that be the cry of the church at
57:52Brook Hills. Let's pray passionately.
57:55Let's give sacrificially. Let's go
57:58confidently, and let's die willingly
58:01with the cry on our lips, "May the lamb
58:03that was slain receive the reward of his
58:06suffering."

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