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Hope for the Future Isa 45 18-24
January 9, 2011 Sunday school class. Hope for the Future. Isaiah 45:18-24
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Key Verse
Revelation4:2
And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, andone sat on the throne.
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, the students should know that:1.True worship imitates what’s going on in heaven, as recorded in the book of Revelation.2.True worship is focused on God for His sake alone; anything less isentertainment.
Introduction
Revelation chapter 4 is the throne chapter, and Revelation chapter 5 is the Lamb chapter.
Revelation 4
Re4:1
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which Iheard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I willshow thee things which must be hereafter.
Door (First Mention)
Genesis4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinlieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Jesus is the door:
John10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John10:2
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John10:3
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his ownsheep by name, and leadeth them out.
John10:4
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheepfollow him: for they know his voice.
John10:5
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not thevoice of strangers.
John10:6
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things theywere which he spake unto them.
John10:7
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John10:8
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John10:9
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in andout, and find pasture.
John10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come thatthey might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Re4:2
And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat onthe throne.
And immediately I was in the spirit;
John3:4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter thesecond time into his mother's womb, and be born?
John3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water andof the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John3:7
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
John3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst nottell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of theSpirit.
John6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Romans8:8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans8:9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell inyou. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Ro 8:10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans8:11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he thatraised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spiritthat dwelleth in you.
Romans8:12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Romans8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortifythe deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Romans8:14
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
and, behold, a throne was set in heaven,
Psalm9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judgingright.
Psalm9:5
Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put outtheir name for ever and ever.
Psalm9:6
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyedcities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalm9:7
But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
and one sat on the throne.
Matthew25:31
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels withhim, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Matthew25:32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them onefrom another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Matthew25:33
And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Re4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbowround about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
The description of God is too awesome to describe with words. The rainbow being round about the throne means it circled the wholethrone like a halo. A rainbow is many different colors but “in sight likeunto an emerald” means that the main color was probably a bluish- greenor turquoise.Either way it goes, there are no words in the human language to describethe beauty and the awesomeness of the throne and the one that sat onthe throne. Jasper:- The first foundation in New Jerusalem- Represents the first born in Isreal, RubenSardine:- Represents the sixth stone in New Jerusalem. Spelled sardius- Represents Simeon, the sixth tribe mentioned in Revelation chapterseven- A fire red stone to represent God's wrath.Emerald Stone:- The fourth stone in the foundation
Re4:4
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four andtwenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
The number 24 is the number of worship, which is why David distributedthe priesthood into 24 lots in I Chronicles chapter 24. Each course of thepriesthood had to take their turn in the temple. In Luke Zacharias of thecourse of Abia, the father of John the Baptist was executing the priest'soffice before God in the order of his course when the angel Gabriel gavehim the prophecy of his son.
Luke1:5
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest namedZacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, andher name was Elisabeth.
clothed in white raiment; (The righteousness of the saints)
Revelation
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
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