And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth for ever and ever,
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… who was and is and is to come. And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne who lives forever and forever, the four and 20 elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever and casts their crowns before the throne saying, you are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. You have created all things and by your will they exist and we were created. You mess with me, I'll stand up here and just read the Bible. The Bible is powerful. Don't need no preacher, none. And all you need is that book right there. And it's just, it speaks for itself. Now I'm going to preach. And I'm going to get it all done. And you're going to know what I preached. John said, I was in the Spirit. Once the Spirit gets in you, when you get saved, the Spirit gets in you. When you get filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit gets in you. …
… And when the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever, the 24 elders just started taking off their crowns and setting them at the feet of Jesus, casting them before the throne. And they said, Worthy are you, God, to receive glory and honor and power and authority. For thou didst create all things, and for you they exist and were created. Lord, the church says worthy. You alone are worthy of the praise. And Father, we will not let the rocks cry out in our place. We will voluntarily say, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. We are your sons and your daughters. We are in your presence to hear from you. Speak, Lord, we are listening. In Jesus' name. Everybody agreed and said amen? Amen. Amen. You may take your seats. I would say it was three decades ago that I was in a little small women's retreat. Can't even call it a conference. There were probably about 38 of us in that little room. There was a woman that stood up to give her testimony. I will never forget. I was in my 20s at the time. She probably was in her 60s. Her name was Dory Van Stone. We called her Miss Dory. Everybody was hanging on every word that Miss Dory shared with us, because as she gave her testimony, it was so riveting and disturbing that it was hard to wrap your mind around. She and her sister were neglected and …
… the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed and were created." Now we titled this series, Heavenly Worship, and there is the substance of that heavenly worship focusing on God on the throne. And focusing in particular at this picture on God about to unleash judgment, once you hit chapter 6, it's horror after horror after horror all the way to chapter 19 until Christ returns. This is worshiping God for His vengeance. It may seem like a strange reality, but I'll show you how essential it is. …
… who is and who is to come. And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created. That's an incredible scene in heaven. We would never know anything about it were it not for the fact that the Lord gave John this vision and revealed it to him. Now remember, this is the second vision. John will have a series of visions going through Revelation. First one was the vision of Christ in chapter 1. Then with letters to the churches in chapters 2 and 3, we saw Christ moving in His church. When we come to chapter 4, the scene changes. …
… who was and is and is to come. And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever. The 24 elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals? and no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it and one of the elders said to me weep no more behold the lion of the tribe of Judah the root of David has conquered so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a lamb standing as though it had been slain. …
… stood in heaven with one seated on the throne. And he who sat there had the appearance of Jasper and Carnelian. And around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. Around the throne were 24 thrones and seated on the thrones were 24 elders clothed in white garments with golden crowns on their heads. from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire which are the seven spirits of God and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass like crystal around the throne on each side of the throne are four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind the first living creature was like a lion the second living creature was like an ox the third living creature with the face of a man the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight and the four living creatures each of them with six wings are full of eyes all around and within and day and night they never cease to say, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come. …