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March 20, 2012
By: John Barnett
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Remember chapter 6? Who can forget the scene: somewhere beyond the starry sky there stands a herald angel with a trumpet in his hand, and by the decree of the Lord God Almighty, there is a day, there is an hour, there is a moment, there is an elected time when the angel shall sound and the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our God and of His Christ."
Thus opens the Tribulation, the first step in Christ’s taking back the earth, which is rightfully His.
One by one Christ unrolls the seals.
As each seal is broken, He takes further possession and control of His inheritance.
Here are only a few of the dreadful disasters that take place during the Tribulation:
1.
One out of every four people will die (see Rev. 6:8), some through the ravages of war, others by starvation, and amazingly many others by the ‘beasts of the earth’.
One third of all vegetation will be burned up.
All grass, every tree, everything green will be destroyed.
The sun and the moon will be darkened as nature goes into revolt.
The gates of hell will open and hordes of locusts, the size of horses, will come upon the earth.
Those locusts will be allowed to sting men like scorpions and the pain will last for five months.
The Bible says men will beg God to let them die but they will not die (see Rev. 9:3-6).
There will be worldwide famine unlike anything the world has ever seen (see Rev. 18:8).
So what is Jesus doing during all this?
His heart of love and compassion sends 144,000 missionaries (only 35,000 today).
So chapter 7 opens with the LOVE of Jesus.
The Lamb standing in triumph on Mount Sion and with him the one hundred and forty-four thousand.
They are marked with his name and with the name of his Father on their foreheads.
We have already thought about the meaning of the marking but we must look at it again.
In the ancient world a mark upon a person could stand for at least five different things.
• It could stand for *OWNERSHIP*.
Often the slave was branded with his owner’s mark, as sheep and cattle are branded.
The company with the Lamb belong to God.
• It could stand for* LOYALTY.
* The soldier would sometimes brand his hand with the name of the general whom he loved and would follow into any battle.
The company of the Lamb are the veterans who have proved their loyalty.
• It could stand for *SECURITY.
* There is a curious third or fourth century papyrus letter from a son to his father Apollo.
Times are dangerous, and the son and the father are separated.
The son sends his greetings and good wishes, and then goes on: “I have indeed told you before of my grief at your absence from among us, and my fear that something dreadful might happen to you, and that we may not find your body.
Indeed, I often wished to tell you that, having regard to the insecurity, I wanted to stamp a mark upon you” (P.
Oxy.
680).
The son wished to put a mark upon his father’s body in order to keep it safe.
The company of the Lamb are those marked for security in life and in death.
• It could stand for *DEPENDENCE.*
Robertson Smith quotes a curious example of this.
The great Arab chieftains had some humble clients who were absolutely dependent on them.
Often the sheik would brand them with the same mark as he used to brand his camels to show that they were dependent on him.
The company of the Lamb are those who are utterly dependent on his love and grace.
• It could stand for *SAFETY*.
It was common for those who were the devotees of a god to be stamped with his sign.
Sometimes that worked very cruelly.
Plutarch tells us that after the disastrous defeat of the Athenians under Nicias in Sicily, the Sicilians took the captives and branded them on the forehead with a galloping horse, the emblem of Sicily (Plutarch: Nicias 29). 3 Maccabees tells us that Ptolemy the Fourth of Egypt ordered that “all Jews should be degraded to the lowest rank and to the condition of slaves; and that those who spoke against it should be taken by force and put to death; and that these when they were registered should be marked with a brand on their bodies, with the ivy leaf, the emblem of Bacchus” (3 Maccabees 2: 28, 29).
The Company of the Lamb are those who rest in the absolutely secure safety of the Love of Jesus for His servants.
Tonight we discover the LOVE OF JESUS as He sends His Witnesses to Rescue lost and helpless sinners (7) “it appears to be since there appears to be a very clear link, it is safe to assume that 144,000 are witnesses and the multitude are the result of their ministry on earth”
*SEVEN WAYS JESUS SHOWS HIS LOVE AS HE STANDS WITH THE SLAVES OF THE LAMB*
I. Jesus shows His love as HE PREPARES HIS SERVANTS FOR BAD TIMES v. 1-3 His servants are Protected - no harm His servants are Sealed - forehead sealed as the Holy Spirit fills their minds, hearts, body II Cor.
1; Eph. 1
A. We are chosen
B. We are sealed
C. We are spiritually filled
D. We are spiritually led
E. We are protected
F. We are rewarded
G.
We are servants
H.
We are owned Rom. 8 Spiritually bear witness
Our great Shepherd's betrothal gift to His Bride is the Holy Spirit.
He is called "the earnest of our inheritance".
(Ephesians 1: 14).
The thought behind that word "earnest" is exactly the thought behind the idea of an engagement ring.
We are to display the Holy Spirit before the world to signify that our affections have been engaged to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead" (Romans 7:4).
A. THE SPIRIT SIGNS 2 Corinthians 1:21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God.
The spirit signs Holy Spirit is poured out on us “Anointed” is our signature of God = security of authenticity, divine.
1. John 1:12 - His gift is gracious
2. John 3:34 - His supply is Inexhaustible
3. First John 2:20 - His Anointing is Personal
B. THE SPIRIT SEALS 2 Corinthians 1:22a who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
The ancient world recognized the sealing of goods.
This was the pressing of a signet into soft wax across the opening of a document, tomb, sealed box and so on.
Holy spirit “Seals” us = security of divine ownership.
He is our precious possession.
The seal assured three things:
1. Certified the contents as authentic.
2. Signified the presence of the owner.
3. Verified the image of the signet was transferred.
C. THE SPIRIT SECURES 2 Corinthians 1:22b and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
1. Holy Spirit also given to us as a pledge.
God delivered us our engagement ring = security of divine protection
II.
Jesus shows His love as HE KNOWS WHERE HIS SERVANTS ARE AT ALL TIMES v. 4-8 His servants are Directed - which tribe
III.
Jesus shows His love as HE WANTS HIS SERVANTS WITH HIM v. 9-10
A. *DEPICT GLOBALITY OF CHRIST’S REIGN* “every”.
Do you have a global perspective?
• Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Matthew 28:19-20 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,20 “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Amen.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
B. *DEFY TOTALITY SATAN’S SECULAR DOMINION*.
Do you appear “not of the world”
• Philippians 1:27 Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel, - see the word “conversation” or ‘conduct” politeuomai What would this communicate to these saints?
Citizens of Rome were little fragments of Roman society.
They:
1. spoke the language
2. wore the dress
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