John Tweedie - The Seven-Sealed Scroll

June 2, 2026 | 27:29

Dr. John Tweedie hosts from outdoor scenes in Israel, as he shares God’s Word, chapter by chapter. Other experts provide insight throughout.

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Israel: The Prophetic Connection | John Tweedie - The Seven-Sealed Scroll | June 2, 2026

What would you
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Give just to get a glimpse of the prophetic future?
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Next on israel, the prophetic connection.
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Soft music
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Behind me the river jordan.
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As it flows down from the sea of galilee,
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Through the jordan valley and into the dead sea.
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Not very far from here,
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Behind me you can see people being baptized, in fact.
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The river itself is the border between israel
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And the kingdom of jordan.
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So behind my shoulders and the other side, the actual
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Kingdom of jordan itself.
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We have israeli soldiers on this side
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And jordanian soldiers on that side.
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Nearly 2000 years ago.
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Jesus came somewhere near here to be baptized of john
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The baptist, as thousands came from the cities
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And villages of judea
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To be baptized of john, and of course, to hear john preach.
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But listen to john's words as they are found in john one
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Verse 29.
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And what john said that day, as jesus approached,
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Forms a direct link
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With the last book of the bible, the book of revelation.
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But listen to the words in john one verse 29.
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This is the same man who wrote the gospel, and later
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The book of the revelation of jesus christ.
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The next day, john saw jesus coming toward him and said,
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Behold the lamb of god, who takes away the sin of the world.
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How could
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John describe jesus as the lamb of god,
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Unless it was revealed to him by the holy spirit?
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In the same way, the whole book of revelation
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Was revealed to him by none other than the risen christ.
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And john makes a direct link between revelation five,
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Where the only figure in heaven
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And on earth is worthy to open the seventh seal scroll.
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John identifies that individual here as the lamb of god,
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Who takes away the sin of the world.
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As john's vision of heaven continues in chapter five.
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He is moved to tears when he sees a scroll sealed
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With seven seals, but no one worthy enough to open it.
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That is,
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Until a lamb figure appears before god's throne in heaven.
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But why a lamb?
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It's in the gospel of john where we have that
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Acknowledgment by john the baptist, a different john,
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Who said, behold,
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The lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world.
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And now john the apostle,
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Who writes this book of revelation
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And sees this lamb upon the throne,
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Is referring to the same lamb.
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And this is the lamb that was slain as the passover
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Lamb, whose blood sprinkled on the doorposts of the jewish
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Home, spared the household, save them, delivered them,
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Brought them into god's kingdom.
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So the lamb we see in revelation is that same lamb
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Who is jesus, the messiah and the only savior of the world.
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Why a lamb?
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Because at passover, the jewish people,
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Of course, are focused on a lamb.
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During that passover seder meal.
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And i think one of the things we understand is that yeshua
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Was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
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He was the suffering servant of which the prophets spoke
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About not only the king that would come to reign,
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But the servant,
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The lamb, the gentile, the one who was led to the slaughter.
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For you and i for our sins
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That we might have life and life more abundantly.
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But what secrets were contained yet sealed within this
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Mysterious seven sealed scroll?
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There's a concealing of god.
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There is a mystery in god's truth.
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And i believe when we talk about mysteries
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In a biblical context,
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We're not talking about like, agatha, agatha christie novels.
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We're talking about about truths that have been hidden
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But are meant to be revealed at an appropriate time.
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And so this seventh sealed scroll
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Means that there are truths
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That god has a time that he has planned to reveal.
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And why was no one else in heaven or on earth,
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Or even under the earth, according to johns account,
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Able to open the scroll or look at it?
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Why the lamb who was worthy to open up the seals?
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One of the things we have to understand is the lamb,
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Which is the focal point of the passover seder
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Amongst jewish people.
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And of course, christians who partake of this great feast.
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We can remember back that it was the blood of the lamb
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That was spread upon the doorpost of the houses
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That caused the angel of death to pass over the houses
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And allow the jews to receive their deliverance
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And exit out of egypt
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And be redeemed, and eventually come into the promised land.
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So today we look at yeshua,
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Who was not only the reigning king to come,
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Who will come to the mount of olives,
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But he was the servant suffering messiah
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That would die and shed his blood as the passover lamb.
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For my sins and your sins.
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First of all, we know that there's only one sinless
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Human
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Being in the world, and that's jesus himself.
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And he is the lamb
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That was without spot.
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The priest would inspect the lamb
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Before they would sacrifice.
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The lamb had to be without blemish.
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And jesus is the only one who never sinned.
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I like this image of the lamb for a number of reasons.
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One is the fact that the lamb is
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The one that worthy to open the scrolls.
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The scrolls talk about the judgments of god against sin,
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But we're constantly reminded the one who's revealing
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The judgment is the lamb who takes our place
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And takes the judgment of god upon himself.
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So yes, we see the seriousness of sin and, and
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And the sinner must die for its sin.
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But then we have the lamb who offers himself
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As the substitute to be our lamb,
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To protect our home, our heart, our lives,
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And allow us to enter into heaven and worship
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Around that throne, around the lamb, forever and ever.
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But why was jesus of nazareth alone worthy
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To take the scroll from the hand of god and open it?
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And i believe this has to do with his ethical purity,
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His his his superiority in terms of righteousness, his
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Willingness to lay down his life so that others may be saved.
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And it's because of that purity. because of that.
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I guess the best word is righteousness,
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But it means an ethical superiority
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To to any other creature because he existed in the form of god.
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And yet he didn't seek that as something to be grasped,
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But he emptied himself.
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He became a servant even to the point of death.
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And i think
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That is what sets him apart from any other creature,
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From any other being, past, present or future.
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And because of this ethical superiority
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That we see in the lamb of god, in the son of god himself.
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He alone is worthy to open those seals
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And to begin to reveal to us who are his followers,
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His disciples, to reveal to us
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These things that are that god has chosen
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And concealed and hidden until the appropriate time.
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And i believe these times are coming rushing at us now.
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One question remains just how close are we to
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The apocalyptic events described in the book of revelation?
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I see a parallel between daniel and revelation in the prophetic
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Nature of both of these books, and daniel is is a forerunner.
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He is a forerunner of the writer of revelation.
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And he comes and is given a prophecy,
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A revelation, an angelic visitation,
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And told about things that are really for him alone.
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And he's told to conceal them, to seal them.
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But there will be
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An appointed time when they will be revealed.
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When we come to the book of revelation,
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You have the unveiling of many of these truths,
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And i believe some of the truths that daniel even spoke about
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That was even revealed to daniel have been hidden.
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But now they are being revealed to the church.
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And i believe this is why there is such intense interest today.
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Again, i believe in a progressive revelation
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That god hides things, deliberately conceals truth
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Until the appointed time, and he looks for a heart condition.
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He looks for characteristics in his people,
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Not only a need to know, but also a character
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That is able to to to bear what he has yet to show.
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And he wants to build us up as a people.
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He wants to open our eyes to things that are to come,
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But he also wants us to prepare us both morally
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And spiritually,
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Also politically
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And economically, for for the challenges
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That we're going to face in this in this time.
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I love the way that jesus taught.
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He saw it all from beginning to end,
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And yet he was so careful, but very succinct
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In what he said in matthew 24.
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And as an israeli living on the outskirts of jerusalem,
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Having my son served in the israel army.
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Reading and feeling and sensing the terror
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Of war over and over again here.
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The ignorance of the world.
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I believe it's willful ignorance when they leave us
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And blame us and take the sides
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Of the perpetrators of terror against us.
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It's shocking,
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But we shouldn't be shocked if we're shocked.
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It's because we're naive.
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It's all been written,
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And all men will hate us and all nations will leave us.
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But we are never alone in israel.
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And i have never met an israeli,
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A friend, even a stranger that is afraid.
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We do not have enough sense to be afraid.
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Why is that?
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Is it because we're religious?
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What about our secular israelis?
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No, we're not afraid because we have this deep,
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Abiding sense that goes into the dna
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That we are loved and we are not alone.
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And we will see the victory.
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Don't go away.
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After this short break.
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Doctor john tweedy returns with his teaching.
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What has happened in israel over the past
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Two years is heartbreaking.
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Lives lost, families
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Torn apart, children suffering hunger and homelessness.
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The people of israel are going through a time of overwhelming
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Pain and despair.
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But hope can still be found even in the deepest darkness.
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Today, as christians, we stand together with god's
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Chosen nation to rebuild what has been shattered by war.
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We can fulfill god's call to comfort his people
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By offering food and humanitarian aid
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To those who have suffered during these difficult days,
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Including thousands of children who are still at risk.
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This is our moment.
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As john's experience of heaven continued
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He saw in god's right hand a scroll.
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And on the scroll seven seals.
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Listen to his account in chapter five, verse one.
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And i saw on the right hand of him who sat on the throne
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A scroll written inside
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And on the back, sealed with seven seals.
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Then i saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
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Who is worthy to open the scroll and to look at seals?
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And no one in heaven, or on earth or under the earth
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Was able to open the scroll or to look at it.
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So i wept much, because no one was found worthy
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To open and read the scroll, or to look at it.
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John is overcome with emotion.
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Remember where he is.
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He's in the throne room of god in heaven.
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He's in the presence of god in heaven.
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Isaiah the prophet has that wonderful vision of god
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That he experienced, and he wasn't in heaven so much.
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He just saw god high and lifted up in his temple,
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And he was suddenly overcome by his own shortcomings
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And his sin.
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Now john is in the very throne room of god in heaven.
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And for a human being, you could imagine the emotional
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Experiences overwhelming, and it's full of expectation.
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But now he's disappointed because no one, no one has found
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Who is worthy to open this sacred scroll
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With the seven seals until.
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And he was weeping.
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One of the elders said to me, do not weep.
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Behold, the
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Lion of the tribe of judah, the root of david has prevailed
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To open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.
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But who was this described as the lion of the tribe of judah?
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We know that jesus was from the tribe of judah,
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But this more the root of david.
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We know that jesus was of the root of david.
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He, like david before him, a thousand years before him,
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Was born in bethlehem of judea.
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So he is of the lineage of king david.
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I want to just digress for a moment,
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Just to show you something in scripture
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About the coming messiah and how he's identified
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In the second book of samuel in chapter seven.
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Nathan the prophet is sent to speak to david the king.
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David is not far from death.
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And nathan comes to him speaking for god to david.
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And he says this beginning in verse 12 of second
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Samuel chapter seven to david, when your days are fulfilled
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And you rest with your fathers, i will set up your seed
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After you. who will come from your body?
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And i will establish his kingdom.
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God is speaking to david through the prophet nathan.
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He shall build a house for my name.
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And i will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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And of course,
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We know this was king solomon, one of david's sons.
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I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
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If he commits iniquity,
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I will chasing him with the rod of men,
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And with the blows of the sons of men.
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But my mercy shall not depart from him, as i took it
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From saul, whom i remove from before you and your house.
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Now he's speaking to david directly, and your house
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And your kingdom shall be established forever before you.
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Your throne shall be established forever.
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People have
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Been playing games of thrones down through the centuries.
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Each one trying to dominate another one.
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But this throne that's mentioned here is the eternal throne
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Of the ages.
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God's throne and the throne of the kingdom of israel.
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And there is only one who is worthy to sit in that throne.
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David's descendant, like david, born in bethlehem of judea,
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And his name is jesus of nazareth.
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Christ is worthy.
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But why is he worthy?
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Let me read something else that john wrote,
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But this time in the fourth gospel,
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In verse 17
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Of chapter ten, jesus says this
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Therefore my father loves me,
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Because i lay down my life, that i may take it again.
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No one takes it from me,
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But i lay it down of myself.
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I have power to lay it down, and i have power to take it again.
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This command i have received from my father.
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So, in the midst of john's weeping,
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When no one seems worthy to open the scroll
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With the seven seals, nelda speaks to him
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And says, there is one who is worthy.
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The lion of the tribe of judah, of the root of david.
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And i have just identified him for you.
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Through samuel, second samuel and john ten, verse 17.
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Now this one appears, verse six.
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And i looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne,
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And of the four living creatures,
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And in the midst of the elders stood a lamb,
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As though it had been slain,
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Having seven horns and seven eyes,
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Which are the seven spirits of god send out into all the earth.
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In other words, the fullness of god was in this individual.
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Then he came and took the scroll
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Out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
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But why the lamb image?
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Well, remember that day by the river jordan?
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As jesus approached john the baptist,
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Who was baptizing people he knew prophetically
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When he saw jesus coming.
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He said he used the words, behold the lamb of god
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Who takes away the sin of the world.
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So john the baptist understood who this lamb was as well.
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And now
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Says in verse seven, then he came and took the scroll
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Out of the right hand of him,
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Out of the father's hand, the one who sat on the throne.
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Now when he had taken the scroll,
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And the four living creatures
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And the 24 elders fell down before the lamb,
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Each having a harp and a golden bowl full of incense,
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Which are the prayers of the saints.
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You know, sometimes we pray, and we feel
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That having shut to our prayers, god is not listening.
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But i want you to see this
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Statement right here in chapter five of revelation.
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In this particular verse, these
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Elders have
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Bulls, a golden bowl full of incense,
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Which are the prayers of the saints.
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Be sure.
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Be assured god hears your prayer.
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He's listening for your prayer.
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He's attentive to your voice, saying that prayer to him.
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And then it says, and they sang a new song.
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You are worthy to take the scroll and to open it.
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Seals for you were slain, and have redeemed us to god
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By your blood.
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Remember john 1017 when jesus said, i can lay down my life.
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It's my decision and i can also take it again.
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I've received this from my father
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And have redeemed us to god by your blood.
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Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
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And have made us kings and priests to our god,
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And we shall reign on the earth.
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Then i looked, and i heard the voice
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Of many angels around the throne,
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The living creatures and the elders,
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And the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000.
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And thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice,
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Worthy is the lamb who was slain to receive power and riches,
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And wisdom and strength, and honor and glory and blessing.
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Christ is identified in this passage in heaven
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Is worshiping
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The elders
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And worshiping the myriads of angels are worshiping him.
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And this, remember, is christ in his resurrected glory.
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This is the person that john is
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Seeing in this throne room and the kingdom of heaven.
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As he opens the scroll
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And it says in verse 13 of revelation five,
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And every creature which is in heaven and on earth
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And under the earth,
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And such as are in the sea and all that are in them,
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I heard saying.
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So the whole creation then, is worshiping,
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Blessing, and honor and glory and power be to him
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Who sits on the throne, and to the lamb forever and ever.
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Then the four living creatures said, amen.
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And the 24 elders fell down and worshiped him
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Who lives forever and ever.
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But this is the prelude to a time of tribulation
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That begins in chapter six,
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Which we will examine in the very next episode.
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And as this lamb of god, the christ figure, begins
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To undo the seals, the seven seals, and unlocks them.
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With the opening of each seal comes a judgment from god.
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And the seals are compounded.
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And then we have after them the seven trumpet judgments,
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And after the seven trumpet
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Judgments, the seven bowl judgments.
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As things move to one great crescendo
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And culmination in a valley called armageddon.
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But it begins here in this throne room in heaven.
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And with this sacred seal that contains the judgments
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Of almighty god upon humankind.
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Because of their rebellion and their refusal to accept
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The lamb of god slain from the foundation of the world.
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Stay tuned for more from doctor
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John tweedy after this break.
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Jesus baptism by john in the river jordan,
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The holy spirit led him into the wilderness of judea.
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And over my shoulders you can see the caves
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And the hills of the wilderness of judea.
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So this somewhere here down by the region of the dead sea.
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Jesus was taken by the holy spirit,
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And he spent 40 days
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And 40 nights in this incredible wilderness.
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Listen to matthew's account in chapter four.
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And in fact, it was here he was tempted by the devil.
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There were three specific temptations, but
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Let's let matthew explain it from his point of view.
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Matthew four.
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Then jesus was led up by the spirit
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Into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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I think that simply means led up out of the river
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Jordan into the this particular area here.
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And when he had fasted 40 days and 40 nights afterward,
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He was hungry.
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Now when the tempter came to him, he said,
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If you are the son of god, command these stones,
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Become bread.
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There are stones everywhere where i'm standing
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And all around here. so you can understand
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The context, the setting where jesus was.
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But he, jesus answered and said, it is written,
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Man shall not live
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By bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
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From the mouth of god.
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Then the devil took him up into the holy city,
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Up to jerusalem itself,
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And set him on the pinnacle
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Of the temple, and said to him, if you are the son of god,
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Throw yourself down, for it is written,
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He shall give his angels charge over you,
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And in their hands they shall bear you up, lest you
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Dash your foot against a stone.
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But that was a corruption of what the psalm actually said.
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So the devil misquoted the psalm when he said that.
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And jesus answered him again.
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It is written again. it's interesting.
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Jesus referred to the written word of god,
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And he said, it is written again,
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You shall not tempt the lord your god.
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Again the devil took him up on an exceedingly high mountain,
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And there are high mountains all around me here,
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And showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
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Of course, this had to be in visions of some sort,
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And said to him, all these things
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I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.
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And this was the third and final temptation.
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And jesus answered the devil this way.
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Away with you, satan.
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For it is written once again it is written.
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He stood on the word of god, the truth of god.
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It is written, you shall worship the lord your god.
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In him only you shall serve.
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Then the devil left him.
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Behold, angels came and ministered to him.
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Isn't that interesting?
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Angels came to the wilderness of judea
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And ministered to jesus after his 40 days of fasting.
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Here and after the three temptations.
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You shall worship the lord your god.
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In him only shall you serve.
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All of us have within us
00:26:56.446 --> 00:26:57.747
An innate inclination to worship something.
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For some people, it's movie stars, sports stars,
00:27:01.151 --> 00:27:04.888
Various things, but we speak of them as idols.
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They people are idolized.
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But jesus said there was only one object of true worship.
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And that's the lord our god and him
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Only should we be serving.
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John Tweedie - The Seven-Sealed Scroll

June 2, 2026 | 27:29

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