Sermon, December 21, 2008 Revelation 7 Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Revelation 7 Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Revelation 6: A dark picture of human history ending with the Day of Wrath
Revelation 7: The answer to the question asked in 6.17: Who is able to stand?
A. THOSE WHO HAVE GOD’S SEAL [2-3]
1. Why have a seal? [Joh 10.14; 2 Tim 2.19]
a. To mark possession
b. To protect
c. To give assurance
2. What is it? [The Holy Spirit]
a. Eph 1.13-14
b. 2 Cor 1.21-22
3. Who has it? [ALL believers!]
a. The 144,000 [4]
b. The multitude which no one can count [9]
B. THOSE WHO HAVE GOD’S SALVATION [10]
1. For all kinds of people everywhere [9]
2. Forgiveness: white robes washed in the blood [9, 14]
3. For service [15a]
4. For fellowship: tabernacle [15b]
C. THOSE WHO FOLLOW GOD’S SHEPHERD [17]
1. He leads us out of great tribulation [13-14]
a. John experienced this tribulation [1.9]
b. The church experiences this tribulation [2.9-10]
2. He leads us through the wilderness [16-17]
3. He leads us all the way home [Psa 23]
John Olson
