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Revelation chapter 4 The throne in heaven
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Live from Bremerton. It's Monday night. We are celebrating Christmas. We're celebrating Vicky's birthday. She's 60 years old at Christmas. Wow. And we are rejoicing in the season and we're also saddened. We sorrow but not as those who have no hope in that Joe is almost ready to go to heaven for Christmas. Linda let me know that Joe said I think the Lord's coming for me. She he said that this morning. And so we are praying for them, and we're praying for Sally and James. Sally also has cancer. And we're excited about this season where we get to share Christ with everybody. And so let's open with prayer. And we'll look at Revelation chapter four tonight. So, father, we thank you for all that's transpired in this month of December. Their Christmas party and meeting with family and friends and and yesterday, the little kids, little pageants and all and it just really tickles our heart to pass the baton on to the little ones and them to grasp hold of the excitement of the birth of your dear son and so tonight, we just lift this time up to you and pray you pour out a special blessing upon Linda as she's twenty six years of marriage lord and you you looks like unless you do a eleventh hour miracle. It looks like Joe's going to be going home and so we pray for your comfort upon Linda, comfort upon Joe. You'd be with James and Sally and you put a special blessing on Vicky as it's her birthday on Thursday as we celebrate Christmas. And just bless this time. Be our teacher and bless this night in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Okay. Amen. Praise the Lord. Alright. Thanks, Rob. Okay, we already sang happy birthday to Vicky and we sang happy birthday to Jesus on Sunday. So, we are in Revelation chapter four. Revelation four, if you'd get there. And we've got another Christmas message tonight. Around the throne of god. Amen. So, it says, after this, let's pray. Father, we pray that you teach us. Thank you that we can be immersed in your word and Lord, as we are Lord, you are able to lead and guide us. You're able by the power of your Holy Spirit to bring remembrance, bring to our memory the word that's been sown in our hearts. And your word is powerful living and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword divided center soul and spirit and joint and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart lord and so we just thank you for the surgery that you can do on our heart, the cutting away of the old man and and, Lord, being conformed the image of your son, being changed from glory to glory in his image, Lord, and not conformity to this world, but a transformation with the renewing of our minds. So, lord, work by the power of your holy spirit as only you can and lord open up the scripture for us as we look at the throne of god this evening. In Jesus name, amen. Amen. Alright. So, John says, after this, after what? Churches. Churches. Okay. So, where's your outline? Where's your outline? If you're the. I hear one. Matthew 22 is about the church. Come on students. There we go. Where where's that at? Hold on. Let's see. It is 119. There you go. So, it's in three parts there. Write the things which thou hast seen, past tense. So, what is he has seen? A vision of Jesus in chapter one. Yeah. Jesus. Jesus. Write the things which are in the present tense. Church age. And which is comprised of what? YouTube. Two and three. Seven churches, right? Churches. Yeah. Seven churches. And then it says and the things which shall be hereafter. So future looking. Looking future after the church age. Where are we at? Church age. We're in the church age. And so this is a dispensation that started, we believe, at Pentecost. A mystery once hid now revealed in Ephesians and this dispensation. And and we'll continue until Romans eleven twenty five, blindness in part has happened unto Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in and that will be the close of the church age at the rapture. When does the tribulation start? Signing of the covenant peace. Signing of of Daniel nine twenty five through 27. Here. We won't be here for that but we can see the birth pangs of the development thereof of the beast system which would be the seventieth seven of Daniel, the time of Jacob's trouble and so, the the word here hereafter is after these things, after what things, after the church age. So, now we go to chapter four verse one. He says, after this, I looked and behold, a door was opened in heaven. So, we're in this dimension. John is is able to see the heavenly dimension and the apostle Paul talked about in second Corinthians chapter 12 that he knew a man in verse four whether in the body or out of the body caught up in the third heaven. So, what are the three heavens? Where the birds fly? Where the birds fly? Where Elon Musk goes? And where God's throne is? Satellites are. Right? Okay. So he's the space cowboy. Alright. So tonight we're going to be in the third heaven. We're going to be up where God's throne is. Now this word throne this word throne here is used let's see here it's used 58 times in the New Testament. It's used 43 times in the book of Revelation and in our chapter here, the word throne is used 14 times. Then, three more times in chapter five. So, we get a picture of the throne of god in heaven in chapter four and five, Okay? And we're going to see that the church is in heaven in chapter four and five. And not mentioned again till chapter 22. I believe it is. So looking at this outline, we've got write the things which thou hast seen, a vision of Jesus, chapter one, write the things which are the church age, write the things which shall be hereafter. So he's in heaven four and five and then the tribulation starts the 77 to Daniel chapter six and goes on to 18 some would say 19 but you could say 18 and then what is 19? 19 is the return of Jesus and then 20 is the millennium and then that's a different age. That's the marriage supper of the lamb that inaugurated starts that and then we have the the eternal state in chapter twenty one and twenty two. Now in dividing this book up, from chapter four to 22 is after the church age, Menatata. Now it the book of Revelation isn't necessarily in chronological order, you know, each chapter. Some is parenthetical. So, you could write this down if you want but chapter six through nine plus 17 is the first half of the tribulation period. Chapter six through nine and seventeen is the first half of the tribulation period. The middle of the tribulation period is chapters 10 through 14. The second half of the tribulation period is fifteen, sixteen, and 18. Bold judgments. Okay. So there's some way to make sense of this. What it is not, it has not been fulfilled in seventy AD like a lot of people do and the church is not taking the place of Israel. No replacement theology, no preterist as in past it's already happened all in the past. We're looking very soon for the rapture of the church it's imminent no man knows the day or the hour could happen at any moment And when you see these things begin to come to pass, the things that Jesus described, that describe the tribulation period, the day of the Lord, then you know that even sooner than the day of the Lord is the rapture of the church because we're not we've been saved from the wrath to come and and we're not appointed under wrath. And so first Thessalonians one verse ten and first Thessalonians five verse nine, we the church are not appointed under wrath. Jesus had the wrath of his father poured out upon him. So after this, I looked and behold a door was opened unto me in heaven and the first voice that I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me and said come up here and I will show thee the things which must be hereafter. So that same word that we see in chapter one verse 19, metatata in the Greek, future things. I'm going to show you future things after the church age and so looking up ahead. And immediately, I was in the spirit. Let's see here. And immediately, I was in the spirit So John is John the Revelator is transitioned like maybe like Star Star Trek. He's he's in the spiritual realm now. He's he's in a time machine if you will or he's he's leaving this dimension into eternity, into into the heavenlies, the third third heaven. So, he has a vision of of in the spiritual realm. The door is open. He can see beyond this realm into the spiritual realm and god's going to show him the future. So, immediately, I was in the spirit and behold, a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne. Now, let's look at all the different places where throne is used here. We got one here in chapter two or verse two. Verse two again. Verse three. Verse four. Verse four again. Verse five. Twice, down in verse six, three times, and then we go up to verse nine, verse 10, and verse 10 a second time. So, a total of 14 times. That's the main theme of this. John is seeing, a vision of the throne of God, a vision of God sitting on his throne, God the Father sitting on his throne, and he's able to see the four and twenty elders who represent the church, and he's able to see the angels that are around God's throne that are ministering unto him. Wouldn't that be amazing to see that to be there and for the Lord to pour pull back the veil and, you know, we in the spiritual realm, that we know that there's angels in this room right now. We can't see them because we're not of that dimension. But if God wanted to, he could reveal the angels in this room here. And that would be kind of amazing, Alright, let's wait on the lord. Lord, please open up our eyes. Give us eyes to see in here. Alright. So, we want to be able to hear in the spiritual realm and see things of the spiritual realm. So, things future and so he says, immediately, I was in the spirit and behold, a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne and he that sat was to look upon like jasper. And and a Sardis stone and there was a rainbow round about the throne in the sight like an emerald. So a jasper is like a blue clear diamond and this is expressing the brilliance the brilliance and majesty of God. How else you can explain it? The Sardis Sardius stone is from Sardis which we studied and it's a blood red kind of a stone and then there was a rainbow and now rainbow not half a bow. It's a circle bow. The whole circle around the throne which speaks of his perfection. And the rainbow belongs to us, belongs to God. The devil's a counterfeit, likes to counterfeit everything. So the LBGTQ and all that, that's not our bow. They can try to co opt it. You know, it's a sign that we give in regard to knowing the flood that God gave a rainbow, a half bow, that he wouldn't flood the earth again. Some people question that now. Lot of rain going on but the devil's always trying to counterfeit. There was a time where we were in Seattle and we were there for a family conference years ago at the kingdom before they knocked it down. And I understand this happens quite a bit now, but the liberals, the gays, the lesbians, people that were there, they were singing Christian songs and kinda twisting the words a bit. Same melody, they just changed the words. You know? With AI coming, I imagine how much of that is gonna happen. Just twisting things, just tweaking things, just a little bit. It sounds like it's Christian, but you look a little closer, pull back the veil, and no, it's not. It's a counterfeit. So, we're going to have to really be on our game, aren't we? And the devil likes to. If you're just a fringe Christian just getting started, you still have the help of the Holy Spirit if you're a real Christian for a red flag to to go in your heart and let God give you discernment and then it's incumbent upon you to be a Berean and then search the scriptures to discover why what you heard or what you saw wasn't true. Just because you don't have the knowledge yet doesn't mean you don't have the holy spirit throwing up a red flag in your heart, a check-in your spirit, and the holy spirit saying no no no no no don't follow that and then now you as a Brienne are more noble because you search the scriptures to see whether it be true or not. And you take every thought captive, the obedience of Christ. You don't just you don't just you gotta be critical thinkers, you know, and don't don't be deceived. So, this this jasper stone, the sardius stone, the emerald is a green colored stone and and again, it speaks of the majesty and the brilliance of god and we're looking here at god the father is what we're going to see. This is the his throne of god the father and the a royal throne is a Greek word diadem, a human or or crown if you will, crown excuse me. A royal crown is a diadem Greek word. A a crown for humans is Stefanos. A Stefanos crown. It's a crown of reward. And so, and round about the throne were four and twenty thrones, and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white, raiment, and they had on their heads crowns of gold. So this is where we think that these guys are human. They're represented of the church. The word elder is not used for angels or any rank if you will. This is something used within the church and elder as a pastor is what that that means an elder pastor and older spiritual overseer. A different words are used for spiritual overseas in the church. One is a bishop. Might be a regional overseer for a certain, you know, area itinerant moving about for little churches. Another one would be elder. An elder is not a a five zero one C three businessman. That's not what an elder is designed as. It's an elder person who's walked with the lord that helps to oversee the spiritual needs of the people. A deacon like Stephen and Philip, they are the ones that try to meet the physical needs of the distribution of the food in Acts chapter six and all and so, that's where the deacons come in for service. A deaconess are those women that help at baptismals and providing service the physical service within the church. Jesus had a lot of deaconesses following him, you know, that helped him with food, helped him with all sorts of things with other women and all and so to to he keep the modesty if you will and prophetesses, you had Philip's four daughters who were evangelists and prophetesses And so an elder is a pastor. He also has a presbytos. Presbytos is a plurality of elders. So some churches might have five pastors and they might call themselves the presbytery. Just another word for a pastor. In Ephesians four he gave some pastors, pastors and teachers, and that would be a Latin word, the pastor, is the derivative for the English and it simply means a shepherd and the shepherd's job is to feed the sheep. Peter, do you love me? Feed my sheep. Tend my lambs. Feed my sheep. So, in heaven, there are 24 thrones there and there's an there's a elder for each of the twenty twenty see four and twenty elders sitting. Now notice the second thing that we look at that describes them as human rather than angels is their clothed in white. Clothed in white speaks of those who have been saved. In chapter 19, the bride of Christ when we're coming back, they're going be in clean white garments, unblemished, unspotted. So, it speaks of salvation and and it says, clothed in white raiment and they had on their head crowns of gold. This word crowns of gold is a Stephanos crown and this is a crown that they would receive at the Bema Seat Judgment of Christ. We must all appear before the Lord at the Bema Seat. The Bema Seat is for rewards. It's not the great white throne judgment of Revelation chapter 20 that the wicked dead were their bodily resurrected and they stand before God at the great white throne judgment to give account of what they did while they're in their bodies whether good or bad. You and I, there's no fearful looking to of judgment. When we face judgment, it's gonna be in heaven at the marriage ceremony. So when Jesus said, I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, will come again and receive you onto myself that where I am there, you may be also. That's the fetching. And when he fetches us, we're gonna go to the father's house. And at the father's house, the the father's going to have the and the son are going to lavish us with gifts and that's part of it. So, clean white garments that we come back in in chapter 19. So, that's why Jesus said, you know, you well done that good and faithful servant. You've been faithful over a few things. I'm gonna make you rule over much. Enter into the joy of the lord prepared for you before, you know, foundation of the earth and so that's that's what we all wanna hear. It's not a judgment seat of of condemnation or judgment. It's it's the gifting. It's the gifts that he wants to pour out upon us. And so these guys, each of them have crowns, and we talked about five crowns, five crowns of restaurant, right? California, five crowns. Okay. So, five crowns. Last week, we talked about the five crowns that are going to be given to those in the church. What are they? The five crowns. Righteousness. Crown of righteousness. Yeah. That's the apostle Paul, second Timothy chapter four. Time my departure is at hand, and fought a good fight, finished my course. There's now therefore laid up for me a crown of righteousness and not just for me but for all those who love his appearing that are looking for his appearing. So it's a righteousness that comes from from Jesus and standing up for the truth, you get a crown of righteousness. What else? Crown of thorns. Rejoicing. Crown of rejoicing. Yeah. And what else? Crown of thorns. Thorns. Crown of righteousness. Crown of righteousness we just did. Crown of. Crown of life twice. Crown of life. Twice we see the crown of life. Crown of glory. Yeah. An incorruptible crown. An incorruptible crown that faded not away. A celery wreath. So the Olympic Games, Ithmian Games, the runners would receive a celery wreath woven, you know, to make a crown. So, theirs is corruptible. It fades away. We have an incorruptible crown that fades not away and the good thing about these crowns is you'll see as this chapter closes is you have something to delay at the feet of Jesus and worship of him. Amen. Right? Hallelujah. As you're crying out, thou art worthy, right? He's the only one worthy. And so, so the Stephanos grounds an indicator that these 24 elders are are humans rather than angels. And David when he was setting setting up his the Levites in first Chronicles 24, he had 24 Levite priests there as part of his course and and so he says, the throne and I saw the 24 elders sitting clothed with white raiment and they had on their heads crowns of gold and and so as elders, as the white raiment, the crown, and we believe that this to be the church. And because they got rewards for overcoming, we believe this to be representatives of the church, that the church is now in heaven with representatives there who are going to be there during the tribulation period in heaven and that's where the marriage ceremony is is is in heaven at the father's house and then we come back with Jesus at the end of the tribulation period and Jude says he described us with 10 thousands and thousands of his saints when we look at Revelation 19 tied in with Jude and so and they had on their heads crowns of gold and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderclaps and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne which are the seven spirits of God. And so now we have the Holy Spirit. This is the Holy Spirit, the attributes, seven, the perfection. Turn to Isaiah 11 verse two. In the Old Testament, so a big part of the way that we interpret the new the Book of Revelation and the New Testament is looking at references in the Old Testament. The Book of Revelation references, I forget how many how many references are to the old testament I think it was I said it last week but that's quite a few think you pull that up alright there shall come forth the rod out of the stem of Jesse and branch shall grow out of his roots and the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him. The spirit of now these are attributes, seven attributes of the Holy Spirit that characterized Jesus being filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit. What what chapter was this? Chapter 11 verse two. Okay. I'm gonna say thank you. You guys are good students. Alright. And the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him, upon Jesus. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and the fear of the lord. Okay. So now we come back to Revelation and the lamps burning before the throne which are the seven spirits and so the holy spirit there and then verse six, we see his centrality and before the throne, there was a sea of glass. Like crystal in the midst of the throne. So, like, you can see through it and all. And round about the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. So they were moms? Pardon me? So they were moms. Yeah. They got eyes in the front and the back of their head. And the first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, And the third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. Now these are angels. Some say they're seraph angels from Isaiah six. And others a closer description to cherub angels in Isaiah or excuse me Ezekiel chapter one and also in Ezekiel chapter 10. We're So gonna first of all, we're gonna go back to Isaiah and we're gonna look at the description of the Seraphim that are there in the year that King Uzziah died, right? And Isaiah gets a vision and he a vision of the lord much like similar to what John has here, vision that John has, and was high and lifted up and his train filled the temple. And and so so in the year that King Uzziah died, Uzziah died of leprosy, right? King Uzziah went into the priesthood and tried to offer incense and god had a separation between the church and the state and so it was not right for the king to go and offer incense and so before he got out of there, the priest are trying to get get him out of there. The lord smote him with with leprosy and so so I saw also the lord sitting upon the throne high and lifted up and his train filled the temple. King Jesus. He says, above it stood the Seraphim. So, different ranks of angels, different types of angels. The cherub angels seem to be the most exalted of angels. Lucifer was an exalted cherub angel and and the Seraphim working around the throne of god then you have angels and you have some other distinction in the book of Colossians of principality. So, and I saw also the lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up and his train filled the temple. It is and above it. So, above the above the throne, stood the Seraphim, plural, each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. So they're able to fly, cover their face with two wings because the holiness of God with two six wings. With two he covers his face. With two he covers his feet. And with two he did fly. And so there a picture of the humble servanthood. Very active. And one cried unto another and said holy holy holy. This is what they do around throne of God. Continual worship. Continual worship. Holy, holy, holy is the lord of hosts. Ho speaks of all the angels, huge armies of angels. The whole earth is full of his glory. And the boy, it doesn't look like it right now, does it? And the house was filled with smoke. Then said I, woe is me. So Isaiah the reaction that he has of being near the throne of God a vision of the throne of God and seeing the Lord in his glory with his train filling the temple and then the Seraphim angels glorifying the Lord the the it isn't pride it isn't being puffed up, it's woe is me. And that's always the reaction of we as human beings when we walk close to Jesus. The closer you get to know Jesus the more humble you will be Because the light exposes the darkness of your heart. So closer to the light, the more junk you start to see in you, you know? And and the post of the door, I moved and the voice of him that cried and the house was filled with smoke, showed the Shekinah glory, the smoke, Shekinah glory of God. Then said I, woe is me for I am undone because I'm a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for my eyes have seen the king, the Lord of hosts. So, he's confessing. Then flew one of the Seraphim under me. He's having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. This speaks of cleansing. And he laid it upon my mouth. Ouch. Hot pizza on the roof of my mouth. And he laid it upon my mouth and said, low, this has touched your lips. And thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged. And I heard the voice of the lord saying, whom shall I send? So, the lord equips and prepares Isaiah before he sends him. He cleanses him and prepares him for what's next And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me. And he said, go and tell this people, hear ye indeed but understand not, ye see indeed but you perceive not. What chapter in Isaiah was that? Six. Oh. Yeah, six. 11 was a long time ago. That was when we're looking at the Holy Spirit, the attributes of the holy holy spirit. Alright. Now, there's a picture of the Seraphim. Now, let's look at the Cherubim. Ezekiel chapter one verse five. Also, out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures and this was their appearance. They had the likeness of a man. The likeness of a man. And everyone had four faces. And everyone had four wings. And their feet were straight feet and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot. They sparkled like the color of burnished bronze. And they had the hands of a man and their wings on their four sides, and they four had their faces and their wings. Their wings were joined one to another. They turned not when they went. They went everyone straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they forehead the face of a man, the face of a lion, and on the right side, the forehead the face of an ox, and on the left side, the forehead the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces, and their wings were stretched upward. The wings of everyone were joined one to another and the two covered their bodies. And they went everyone straight forward. Wherever the spirit was to go, they went and they turned not when they went. So straight ahead. And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire. Again, the glory. And like the appearance of lamps, great light, and went up down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. So they're they're on fire. These these angels are on fire with intensity. The living creatures ran and returned like the appearance of a flash of lightning so they could move like lightning back and forth. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel earth by by this living creature with its four faces. The appearance of the wheels in their work was like the color of burl, which is a green. And they four had one likeness, and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the midst of a wheel. The wheels in the who sings that song? Wheels in the Zion Bird. Journey. There you go. So, gyroscopes, right? And so they went, they went upon the four sides and they turned not when they went. And for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful and their rims were full of eyes round about them. Maybe that's why the lord doesn't let us see these guys. We would we would it'd be like, I don't if we're ready for that. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them. And when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. So this might be what people are seeing as UFOs and flying saucers and maybe they're fallen angels, right? Deceiving people, the way that they're able to move and the speed and all that. Wherever the spirit was to go, they went there was the spirit to go, and the wheels were lifted up besides them for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When so went these went, and when they stood, they stood. And when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up besides them for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creatures was like the color of the terrible crystal stretched forth over their heads above. So an ice crystal and beauty tied in with verse six of Revelation four. And under the furnace firmament were their wings straight and the one toward the other, everyone had two which covered the this side and everyone had two which covered that side of their bodies. And maybe like the noise of jets, you know, when they're when they're really turning it on, a thunderous voice. And when they went, I heard the the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the almighty, the voice of their speech, like the noise of a host. When they stood, they let down their wings. And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads. They stood and had it let down, their wings. Above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, like the appearance of a sapphire stone, and the likeness of a throne was the likeness of the appearance of a man above and upon it. And so a theophany, a vision of Jesus. And I saw like the color of the amber, like the appearance of the fire round about, and within it from the appearance of its loins, even upward from the appearance of its loins, downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had been brightness roundabout, like the appearance of the bow, rainbow, that is in the clouds in the day of the rain, so is the appearance of the brightness roundabout roundabout. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the lord and when I saw it, I fell upon my face and I heard a voice of one that spoke. And he said unto me, son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit entered into me and he spoke unto me, and he set me upon my feet. And I heard him who spoke unto me, and he said unto me, 'Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even unto this very day. For they are named pudent children, stiff hearted. I do send thee unto them and thou shalt say unto them, thus saith the lord god. And they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for they are a rebellious house, yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them. Do you feel like that's your calling in this age? I feel like saying the Lord, send somebody else. They're rebellious people. They're not gonna get it. They're fighting you, God. They're fighting me. Thirty years of fighting with them. One characteristic of them is they already think they know. So filled with pride, you can't get through to them. But the Lord says there's a secondary purpose. It's not just to reach them and convert them because we can't convert them, we have to go and tell the truth, but it's that they know that they know that God has sent somebody that's telling them the truth and they're responsible for that. Yet shall they know that as there has been a prophet among them that God in your rebellion in your apostasy I sent the prophets to you to speak forth my word. And, thou son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briars and thorns be with thee, and thou does well among the scorpions. It's not an easy job. Be not afraid of their of their words nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house, and thou shalt speak my words unto them. Nobody else's words but his words whether they will hear or whether they will forbear for they are how many times you got to say how rebellious they are with thou son of man hear what I say unto thee be not thou rebellious like that rebellion house. Open thy mouth and eat what I give thee. God's going to feed you first. And when I look, behold, a hand was set upon me and low a scroll is going to eat the scroll. You feast upon god's word and he and he spread spread the it was written within and without and there was written in it lamentation, mourning, and woe. Alright. Now, go to chapter 10. Man, I don't feel so bad. That Ezekiel had a rough rough job, man. Jeremiah two, remember? Yeah. Forty years? Forty years in the hole, man. Forty years in the hole. I got ten more to go. Rapture coming first. Alright. Wow. Look at this. Look at look at cherubim. Cherubim. Cherubim. Cherubim. Cherubim. Okay. Then I looked and behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, remember M is plural. Remember, they're always masculine. It's not feminine. And and they appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone like the appearance of the likeness of a stone of a throne, excuse me. And he, Jehovah, spoke unto the man clothed with linen and said, go in between the wheels even under the cherub and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scattered them over the city and he went in my sight. Now, the cherubim stood on the right side of the house. So, when the man went in and the cloud filled the inner court. So, this is a kind of glory of god again and fires for purifying. Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub and stood over the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory. So it's always exciting when you sense God's presence and the house is filled with the cloud, you know, and the brightness of his glory. It's tragic when you hear the lord say, Ichabod, the glory of the lord has departed. That's a sad day. When you are around a work that was once so vibrant and so mightily used and now it's like a funeral hall. It's the glory of the lord's departed. And and the house was filled with the cloud and the court full of the brightness of the lord's glory and the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even the outer court like the voice of the almighty. God when he speaketh. And it came to pass that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen saying take fire from between the wheels from between the the cherubim. Then he went to end and stood beside the wheels. And the cherub cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim and the fire that was between the cherubim, and he took some of it and put it upon the hands of him that was, clothed with linen who took it and went out. So they're gonna purify the city. And there appeared in the cherubim in a form of a man's hand under the wings. And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by the by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was like the color of burl stone, So gold green kind of a color. And as for their appearance, the forehead one like this as if a wheel and had been in the midst of a of a wheel, so whirling wheels. When they went, went upon four sides. They turned not as they went, but to the place toward which they had looked, they followed, and they turned not as they went. So like before with the Seraphim forward and back. And the whole body and their back and their hands and their wings and the wheels were full of eyes round about even the wheels. So, we call em sometimes we call the angels watchers, the watchers, their eyes that are watching And as for the wheels as it cried unto them and the hearing, oh wheel, everyone had four face and the first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, the fourth the face of an eagle, and the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the River Of Chebar. That was back in chapter one verse five. Ezekiel's commenting. And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not beside them. And when they stood, they stood and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also for the spirit of the living creatures was in them. Then the glory of the Lord departed Ichabod. Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim. And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight. And when they went on the wheels, they also went beside them, and everyone stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house, and the glory of the Lord of Israel was over them above. This is the living creature that I saw under the god of Israel by the River Of Chebar, and I knew that they were the cherubim. Everyone had four faces apiece and everyone four wings, and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the River Of Chebar, their appearances and themselves, they went everyone straightforward. Alright. Now back to Revelation chapter four. So this will help us interpret what we're seeing here. So and behold the throne, there was a sea glass like the crystal in the midst of the throne. Verse six, and found the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. So didn't that help to read in Ezekiel and Isaiah now that we're reading here again? Definitely. And it says, and the first living creature was like a lion, And the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. And so this is reflecting various aspects of the Lord and his ministry. Matthew is the lion, and his emphasis when we're doing the Christmas story, the emphasis that Jesus is the lion of the tribe of Judah, and that's what Matthew's pointing out is that his lineage is Davidic and goes back to David and that he's the rightful lion to the tribe, so the lion of the tribe of Judah in Matthew. And the second living creature was like a calf, and Mark's gospel was an emphasis upon the servanthood of Jesus that he came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. Or sometimes you'll see it as an ox, a picture of the gospel of Matthew as a calf or as an ox which is a beast of burden to serve. And the third living creature had a face like a man. And this is the picture that Luke was trying to put forth in his gospel. The son of man, the emphasis upon the son of man and Luke in chapter three goes all the way back to Adam. Man named Adam and pointing that Mary's Mary's lineage with her father, Heli, goes all the way back to Adam and but also a through the lineage of David and so one, the legal line is through Matthew with Joseph as his stepfather and then the the human line is through Mary, the son of man, going all the way back to Adam. And and then the third fourth one he's like a man and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. And so this speaks of John John's gospel and his emphasis was upon the deity of Christ. So you see John saying in the beginning was the word, the word was with God, the word was God. John's emphasizing that Jesus is God in his book. And by the end of the book, end of the gospel of John, his his effort is that you would know that he's God, that he's the savior of the world. And so these angels, they represent the characteristic these characteristic aspects of who the lord Jesus is. And you and I should also represent the lord that when people see us that we reflect who he is, that we know that he's god, that we are servants, that we are in submission to Jesus as king of kings and lord of lords and and so. Made in his image. Made in his image. Amen, brother. And the four living creatures had each of them six wings about him and they were full of eyes and so we saw the Seraphim had six, the Cherubim had four. So, I'm not sure which ones here. We check those out. These are angels. They were full of eyes within and they they rest not day and night saying, so they don't get tired. They don't have to sleep. I don't even know if they need to eat food and yet the manna that comes down from heaven is described as angels food and we we all know we sometimes the year we have angel food cake and so What? And I mean, the devil's got his ham, you know, deviled ham. So the pigs went in the demons went into those pigs. Right? They went over the side. There's your devil ham. Anybody have deviled ham for I love deviled eggs, by the way. I love deviled eggs. We didn't get any this year. Boy, normally, people make deviled eggs. Angel eggs. Angel eggs. Alright. How do I get on the topic of food? I just can't believe it. Eyes within and they rest not day and night saying holy holy holy. I guess I saw that they didn't need to eat or sleep or anything. They're perpetually worshiping the Lord. Continually worshiping the Lord. Is worshiping the Lord a waste of time? No. Do you see the the the comparison of Mary and Martha, Luke 10? You remember the story of Mary and Martha? There's a lot of work to do to get ready for Christmas, right? And you're Martha and you're shopping and you're cooking and you're cleaning and you're getting everything ready. Yeah. And what and she's she's really want to do it right for Jesus because Jesus come over to eat, right? Mary and Martha and Lazarus, the home in Bethany there. Jesus liked to go there. He liked to eat. They were good cooks and all. And then what did how why was Martha indignant? Because Mary was sitting. Mary wasn't helping. And Martha's like, she's just sitting over there wasting time. I'm doing all the work and what did Jesus say about that? One thing, one thing, all these other things are needed, yeah. Priority of your life. There's one thing. Amen. That's above everything else. And that's sitting at the Lord's feet and worship him. And Mary has chose that one thing. And it shall not be taken from her. Right? So push comes to shove ladies and men. It's okay to have a messy house. That's that's okay. Don't don't worry about that. Spend time at the lord's feet and allow the spirit of the house to be so inviting and welcoming to people. And so we be great if we can do both though. Right? Yeah. Get it all done. But when push comes to shove, you gotta prioritize. So seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness. All these other things be added unto you. We are and were made. We're gonna see her for his pleasure for that of worship and worship is ascribing worth unto him and Mary was a worshiper. She even took part of her dowry and took the fragrant, this very expensive spikenard and anointed Jesus for his burial, right? Because she's a worshiper. And she's one that knew ahead of time as a worshiper that he was going to be crucified. When all the other guys, none of them figured it out. They didn't know till way later but she knew and so she anointed him for his death. Alright. That's a whole other thing I like to think about. Holy, holy, holy, lord god almighty, who was and is and is to come. So, almighty is the absolute sovereign universal, absolute sovereign. It's a Greek word pentecrator and so he's god almighty. Satan would like you to think that he's in charge. The World Economic Forum and Klaus Schwab and all these pretenders would like to make you think that they're authoritative and in charge, you know? And they get determined how many people get to live, how many are gonna die, and, you know, they're godlike. They act like gods, little g gods the way these guys are so puffed up. But really it all comes down to everything has to go through a providential filter in your life has to go before the Lord first before he allows the circumstance. Right? There's no accidents in your life. In fact, all things are working together for good for those who love god and are called according to his purpose. Even though at times, we might be saying, you know, lord, were you sleeping on the job? Why why did you why did you allow this in my life, you know? So, we come back to the sovereignty of god. God allowed this in my life. He's on the throne. He's in control and I have to trust him that he's working all these things according to his plan and his purpose for my life. If I don't have that attitude, if I don't have that belief, then I can't be pleasing unto him because without faith, it's impossible to please god for they that come to him must believe that he is and that he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So, holy, holy, holy. I love I love when we sing songs like holy, holy, holy. I'm no good at singing. I listen to the to the videos I did of the kids there, you know, and the only thing I regret was me singing, you know. It really throws it off. I wish I could edit that out. But but I laughed a lot. But definitely I'm not a singer. I can't carry tunes. So when you sing in a big group when you sing in a big group somehow we all come together. And and you can't hear the the bad guys like me that are off off key and off tune and all that. I thought you sounded pretty good on that. Oh, wow. Yeah. Well. Oh, wow. I know. Praise the lord, man. Praise the lord. Somebody shaking their head. So. But these guys, they know how to sing. Right? They're singing holy, holy, holy. Sorry. Now, acoustics. Acoustics. Acoustics. Rob and Vicky have some microphones and and camera stuff. If you go to Israel, if you go to Europe, I haven't been to Europe, but I've been to Israel. I've been to Turkey. And these buildings that were built for churches, even Catholic churches, some of these other denominational churches, they were built for acoustics, baby. Yeah. And really high ceilings and they knew what they were doing. So, when we go in there, pastor Chuck would have us all start singing Hallelujah and you know how you get that that round going? Everybody and the girls and the guys and the whole thing. Man, it just whoo. It's like you're already in heaven. And so I I hear that holy, holy, holy. Lord god almighty, who was and is and is to come and so he's the eternal one. And when we were studying Revelation 12 with the birth of Jesus, we were looking at it from eternity the way god sees the whole picture there, the nation of Israel, the woman, the man child, the devil, the fall of the one third of the angels. This whole thing is a tale that's already been told, you know, to the lord. He knows the end from the beginning and so Jesus who was crucified, who is, and he is to come, right? The eternal one. He's coming for you and I and boy, eternity is going to be so amazing. We're thinking in terms of linear eternity. It's already happened. God sees you already in your new glorified body. He sees completed you already. It's already there. He justified you and Paul used those heirs tense verbs and in Romans eight, you know, whom he predestined, you know, whom he foreknew, he predestined whom he called, then he justified, you're already justified, So the devil can't take away from your righteousness positionally. And then not only that but you know how when it says we see him that will know even as we are known? He already knows how you are. He already sees you in your new glorified body. Right? And I mean, I'm going be that guy that's really skinny again and a whole head of hair and you know, and and all that. And so, I'll finally, I'll finally lose my weight, right? Man, just think about that. You're in your prime. The lord sees you in your prime. So, god almighty who was and is and is to come and when those living creatures give glory and honor and thanks, glory, and honor, and thanks, and that's how our worship should be in the spirit of glory and honor and thanksgiving unto him that is seated on the throne. God the father seated on that throne. Who lives forever and ever. So there's continuous worship in heaven. Continuous worship never stops. Never stops. Just continually. The four and twenty elders, they fall down. So, you've got the church representatives, the churches there in heaven, sees these angels around the throne of god. Now, remember, Lucifer was a worship leader before he fell in Isaiah 14, then look at Ezekiel 28, he was a worship leader. He could play some good music. And a lot of his people today are musicians. Music can be a gift from God and is a gift from god but difference between those who play music and those who worship and so, big difference and and so the four and twenty elders, they fall down so their posture before him that is seated on the throne and they worship. Worship is ascribing worth. You're ascribing worth unto him, right? And he's the creator of the universe. Four and twenty elders before him that is seated on the throne and worship him that lives forever and ever. So no beginning of days or end. He's eternal. So when it says in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, that pertains to us. The beginning, he's a self existent one. He's never not existed. Right? And so so worship him that lives forever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne saying, so now you've got your crown. Hey, I got a crown of righteousness. Hey, somebody else got a crown of glory. The martyr got the crown of life. You know, we had a crown of rejoicing and and Jesus is in chapter five wearing a crown of thorns still bearing the scars so that we could have a crown of gold so that we could have something to express our worship. Worship isn't just in song. Let's worship the Lord now in giving. And so we give and they're taking what was given to them and they're laying at the Lord's feet and they're expressing his worthiness. So when we tithe or we give offerings, we already first received. He already gave it to us and now we by faith are given some of it back except if the widow with her mites, she gave it all, everything she had, and that's why the Lord said she gave more than all those religious leaders that were very wealthy. And David, at the threshing floor of Aruna, when God told him to make an offering there, he needed to purchase that threshing floor area, and Aruna says, you're a prince of a guy. I'll get, I'll just give it to you and David said, no, I will not give to lord that which cost me nothing. So, Jesus measures our worship not by the amount but by what it cost us. Did it cost you? The widow's mite meant that she wasn't going to eat that day. She gave of her living. And we so often give the Lord if we do give to the Lord in the church today, he only gets what's left over, Not the first fruits of all that he's blessed us with. Which is a step of faith. And so we dishonor the Lord in that way. We aren't we aren't true worshippers. And Jesus is sitting around the throne. He's sitting around the treasury. He's teaching his disciples about worship. Purposely teaching them about worship. And hopefully we are learning of what it means to be a worshiper. Now, Abraham, everywhere he went, what did he build? A bank? No. Did he build houses? An altar. Everywhere he went, he built an altar. That would be like you and I everywhere we went. We look for a Bible teaching church. That worships Jesus. We will not tolerate anything less because it's an affront unto God unless these people are given themselves over to being true worshipers. Jesus said in John four that the father seeks such to worship him that would worship him in spirit and in truth. Right? And so we want to be those worshipers. And he told Peter, do you love me? Feed my sheep. If you're a worshiper, Peter, then feed my sheep. I care about my sheep. Feed them my word. And him that is seated on the throne will worship him that lives forever and ever in the crown before the throne saying, thou art worthy, oh lord, to receive glory and honor and power. God is worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. Now, here's where you're going to discover the reason for your existence. I know the psychiatrists have told you that the reason for your existence is that you would love yourself and that everyone around you would love you like you love yourself because the whole universe centers around you. That's a humanism. That's a humanism where man is at the center. So the churches that teach this kind of stuff, the messages are humanistic messages. You are at the center, and their objective is to make you a better sinner, to make you a better person. Right? They're life coaches. They're motivational speakers. They're trying to make you better by motivating you, you know, and trying to teach you about your brain and and and and your brain dead already. So, don't worry about it, you know? God's making a new you. So, he says, for thou hast created. So, he's the creator. In the beginning, god, this almighty, all powerful god, all three persons of the trinity, father, son, the holy ghost are there at creation, right? In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth, right? The angels were created somehow before that, right? Because the angels were watching in Job 38, the lord laid the foundation of the earth. And and so he's the he's the creator, and that word created in Genesis one one is bara. Out of nothing, he created everything that you see. You and I, if we wanna build something, we need some building materials. If God wants to build a human being, what's he need? And I use that word need loosely loosely. What would Adam what they need? Dirt. Dirt. Dirt. And when Jesus wanted to heal a person that was blind, what did Jesus use? Mud. Dirt. Dirt and spit. Dirt. Dirt. Spit, which became mud. Right? Yeah. How do you do that? You know? I haven't tried that one yet. Anybody having trouble seeing? Not telling you. Yeah. It'd be worth a try. I mean, God, you could open your eyes and say, oh, I'm I'm seeing trees. Trees. Oh, well, let's do it again. Maybe it's blank. Know? Right? And so for thou hast created all things, everything, including the fallen angels. Right? Mhmm. Created all things out of nothing. Adam, out of the dust of the ground. Eve, from a rib bone of Adam. Right? And and then we also we also see in the beginning was the word. The word was with god. The word was god. All things were created by him and without him was not anything created that was created. So, the logos, the second person of the trinity, Jesus being almighty god, the creator of the universe and he's created all things. So, the creator of the universe decides to take on the form of a man, not an angel, and to become a human being, fully god, fully man, and he's going to go as the son of man, represent identifying with you and I, and he's going to go to the cross of Calvary, knowing there's no other way, right? What a god we have. There's no limits to him. And for thy pleasure, they are and were created. So, the secret to your existence and my existence, the secret to we they use words today like, I have to get centered. I'm trying to get centered. Let's call it contentment. Contentment is worship. When you're contented, godliness with contentment is great gain. Even if you have adverse circumstance, especially when you do, and you're content because Jesus is your portion forever, because you are and were made for his pleasure and you're walking by faith, he's well pleased. Are you living a life that's pleasing unto him? You are and were made for his pleasure. The things that we do and say and how we react, are they pleasing unto god? And I think the biggest one that displeases god is unbelief. Unbelief. Without faith, it's impossible to please god. For they that come to him must believe that he is, that he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So in Hebrews chapter 10, god god those that draw back, those that quit believing, those that quit trusting him, he takes no pleasure in them. But those that do please him are the ones that he lists in Hebrews 11 by faith by faith by faith by faith by faith. Were they perfect people? No. Did the holy spirit edit out all their sins? Yes. But listed all the occasions that like a grandpa or like a father when your kid, your grandkid, when they when they do what you've been teaching them and they just tickle your heart. You know, they they they trust you no matter what, you know, and, they love they love at all times. And so that's very pleasing unto him. And so, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, honor, and power, for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created. So we could wake up and we could say with Isaiah, Here am I, Lord, use me. I guess Charlie Kirk liked to say that. Here am I, use me. It's a good thing to say but we can also make it our own and say, you know, Lord, how can I live a life that's pleasing unto you today? What is it I'm doing lord that's displeasing you? So, if if you're in a church and that church gets sick, spiritually sick, part of what happens is the carnality and the fleshliness of people not living for God's pleasure, they're living for themselves. They're warring, they're fighting, they're backbiting, they're bitter. And then what happens is they quench the Holy Spirit and then they grieve the Holy Spirit. And that's a real hard thing to fix. It's, in a lot of ways, the only solution after that sort of inward war among the people is the sifting. Lord, he sifts. He starts to remove people. And Paul said these sex or these heresies, these divisions, they're necessary for it manifests those that are approved. So the devil's not gonna just do a frontal attack all the time. As in acts 20, he'll come from within, and he'll infiltrate from within with a bunch of unbelievers or carnal, fleshly, selfish people who aren't living for god's pleasure, and they're gonna try and quench the holy spirit, grieve the holy spirit by gossiping, slantering, being mean, being nasty, being in the flesh. And that's not a life that's pleasing under the lord. They're not worshipers. And Cathy will say to me all the time, all the time, Rick, I don't think they're saved. Rick, they're not saved. It's the only explanation. We have a lot of unbelievers that attend churches and we're trying to get the whole group to go along to yield to the holy spirit and to be pleasing unto god, But we always have those, the mixed multitude like Moses did that are always whining. We had better food when we're in Egypt. We want to go back to Egypt. You know, we're tired of being out here. There's no water. There's no this. There's no that. Their eyes are totally on themselves. They're not worshippers. And it's so simple. You can be an impoverished, poor church, and be spirit filled because you're worshippers. It doesn't take any money to be a worshipper. It's gotta be in the hearts of the people. If they want to worship the lord, god's going to be tickled by it. So, we are and we're made for his pleasure. We got a lot of counterfeit what we call worship today which is most people construe as the music but worship is ascribing worth unto him. It's the life that we live before him and that our life is an expression of worship under the lord. Alright. Now, there's a song here. I don't know it so we won't sing it. But I know there's many songs that have been put to these words here. Right here they go all right well let's pray Any questions or comments or anything before we close in prayer and go have some more cake? I finished early. It's only 08:03, you guys. Alright. I was gonna say something. Okay, Thomas. You got the floor, buddy. Yeah. Thomas is a worshiper. Yeah. You know, the thing about it is between the the Christians and the non Christians, some are church tents and some are Christians. Some are church tents and some are Christians. Yeah, that's good. Right. Can I use that? Yep. Alright, cool. Of course, I know. Okay. So, turn to Psalm one sixteen. Psalm one sixteen Oh, I love the war. One one six. One one six. Okay. So Joe is on the verge of leaving this dimension and entering into the heavenlies. And we feel really bad for Joe because his body is being consumed by cancer. Now, Lazarus, when he was raised from the dead, tradition says he never smiled again. Do you know why? Because he was in heaven, man. Why'd you bring me back? Right? Yeah. Yeah. So we misconstrue. We think that this is it. Man, this is it. I gotta get all there is out of this life and we pray for the lord to heal somebody and we're so sad when he doesn't and Paul told the church of Thessalonica, we sorrow but not as those who have no hope. The unbelievers sorrows, they don't have any hope. They have no hope of the resurrection. They have no hope of seeing each other when they're, you know, in heaven. Yeah. Apparently, they don't even believe there is a heaven a lot of them, you know? But Joe is on the verge of being healthier and better off than anybody here because he's going to see the face of Jesus, right? Amen. Right? And so, if god wants him to suffer longer, he'll keep him alive. Right? Mhmm. That's right. He'll keep him alive. So I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my supplications because he has inclined his ear unto me. Therefore, I will call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compass me and the pains of hell got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the lord. Oh lord, I beseech thee. Deliver my soul. Gracious is the lord and righteous, yea, our god is merciful. The lord preserves the simple. I was brought low and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, oh my soul, for the lord has dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death and mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling. I will walk before the lord in the land of the living. I believe, therefore, have I have I spoken. I was greatly afflicted. I said in my haste, all men are liars. What shall I render unto the lord for all of his benefits toward me? I will ask, I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the lord. I'll pay my vows under the lord. Now and in the presence of all of his his people, precious. Here we go. Right here. Precious. Amen. In the sight of the lord is the death of his saints. We belong to him, right? And Joe, if he dies tonight or tomorrow, he's dying right on time. You and I, it's appointed unto all men wants to die. Right? We're gonna die right on time. Oh lord, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of Thanksgiving and I will call upon the name of the lord. I will pay my vows unto the lord now and in the presence of his people. In the courts of the lord's house in the midst of thee, Oh Jerusalem, praise you the lord. So, father, we come before you. We lift up Linda where we feel bad for Linda, lord, as Joe's going to go before and lord, I pray that Cathy and I both go in the rapture. That would be that would be my desire, Lord. But they've been married twenty six years, and Lord, both of them are sick. Linda has diabetes. She has struggle with pneumonia in her heart, and so she's not in the best of health either. And so Lord, we just lift up Joe to you. We know as the doctor showed me the CT scans and we know medically all that's going on, but Lord, you can heal cancer as simple as a cold and there's nothing hard for you and it's just a matter of your will. Lord, if it be your will, we pray for eleventh hour miracle, for your kingdom and your glory, that you'd heal Joe, everyone would know it was a miracle at this point. Lord, you set the stage. You set the stage with Lazarus. You purposely waited till he died. And you wanted the platform. You wanted that stage to be set for what you're going to do and that you're going to raise him from the dead. And so with Joe, Lord, I, your decision there, we just lift lift them up to you and lord, if it's if it's his time to go be with you, then lord, we we not our will but your will be done lord because we're going to miss him. So, bless, we pray, bless tonight, and your perfect will be done in Joe and Linda's lives, lord and watch over Sally, heal Sally. Bless James and Sally also as they fight this cancer battle and make us worshipers lord. Make us worshipers. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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Calvary Chapel Bremerton - Home Bible Study
Listen to Rick Beaudry, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Bremerton, lead our home Bible Study session in worship and teaching the Word of God. Be edified and built up in your faith with solid Bible teaching. New episodes released on Tuesdays in the Pacific Standard Timezone.
