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1. John’s thanksgiving to Jesus for such great love that makes us kings and priests unto the Father
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father–to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
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2. The Transcendent Beauty of The Father
And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures…Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come!”
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3. The Seraphim Proclaim The Father’s Transcendent Beauty & The 24 Elders Worship The Father
8…four living creatures…never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come!” 9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
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4. Angelic Host, Seraphim and 24 Elders Worship Jesus
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. 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…In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and 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!”
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5. All nations worship as a result of great harvest at the end of the age
…a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language…And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
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6. Time for God to fully manifest His reign on earth
…there were loud voices in heaven, which said: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”…the twenty-four elders…fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying: “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come…for rewarding your servants…and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”
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7. Tribulation saints overcome the great wrath of the devil
…”Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them!
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8. Victorious tribulation saints worship God for completing His end time judgments and the great harvest in all nations
…I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast…. They…sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the Ages. 4Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
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9. The Bride from all nations worships God at the wedding supper of the Lamb in light of His end time judgments
After this I heard…the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great harlot who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants. Then I heard…a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: “Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
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10. The Spirit and the Bride ask Jesus to come to the church and for the lost
“I, Jesus…I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life. (The Lord) says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” (The Bride says,) Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
Rev. 22:16-17, 20