.I am finding it a little difficult to write today. I have been drawn to Revelations. Now it seems kind of funny that I am always asking the Lord reveal to me His plan for my life but when I read Revelations I want to just say, “don’t tell me Lord, I don’t want to know!” In actuality, it says in Revelations 1:3 “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophesy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.”
I don’t anticipate this to be a blog on Revelations. There are so many out there who have studied this book and understand it more than I but yet I believe it is still a mystery until we sit at the feet of Jesus we will really not truly understand it all. At the church where I was raised and accepted the Lord as my Savior, there is a large mural in the back of the church with pictures that a lady drew after reading Revelations. It is my understanding that the pastor at that time then did a series on Revelations referring to her drawings. As I read Revelations I am always referring to those pictures in my mind and quite frankly, it is scary. So I say, when we ask the Lord to reveal to us His plan for us we don’t really know what we are asking because it can be quite scary! Yet it is not scary at all when we know He is there beside us and that all that is in His plan is for our good. With that I want us to look at Revelations and find out a little more about the character of God and begin to envision Him as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. So many times I think we water Him down to a “Jeannie in a bottle” asking Him for things that please us rather than focusing on Him.
With that being said, I want to leave you today with some scriptures that focus on our Lord and Savior.
Revelations 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelations 1:17 & 18 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. (18) I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the kys of death and Hades.”
Revelations 5:1-14 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. (2) And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” (3) But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. (4) I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll and look inside. (5) Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
(6) Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. (7) He came and took the scroll from the right hand of Him, who sat on the throne. (8) And when He had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. (9) And they sang a new song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. (10) You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”
(11) Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. (12) In a loud voice they sang:
“To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
(13) Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth an on the sea, and all that is in them singing:
“To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”
(14) The four living creatures said, “Amen” and the elders fell down and worshiped.”
One of the many things I found amazingly interesting in that scripture that seven horns and eyes are mentioned in reference to the seven sprits sent out to the earth It also speaks of His blood being purchased for every tribe, language, people, and nation! Do you realize earth has seven continents? I don’t believe that is a coincidence, do you?
This song sums up what I have tried to say today. I hope you will be able to view the link because it was quite a blessing to me, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra4HWj1jrJA&feature=player_embedded .
Have you fallen down and worshipped our Lord and Savior today? I hope this scripture will help you put into perceptive the one we serve. May you find peace, hope, and faith as you seek Him and find Him when you seek Him with all your heart.
Seeking Him with all my heart,
Sheila
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