The Revelation of Christ – Part 11:
The Scroll and Seven Seals - HOFC
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON
INTRODUCTION
The
Book of Revelation, or the Revelation of Christ, is the most difficult book in
the bible.
Because
of this fact, many avoid it, or ignore it all together. Some fear lack of
understanding, others afraid to misinterpret, which I guess it is better to
avoid than dive in and get it completely wrong.
Many
times, when a new believer comes to me for direction, they want to jump right
into Revelation and find out what’s to come.
This
is equivalent to deciding one day to learn Mandarin and sitting down to author
a novel in Chinese that very same day.
Or,
a kindergartener learning how to count, and then trying to calculate quantum
mechanics calculations.
The
words in Revelation have caused much debate on rapture, judgement, even some
who claim John was writing about the events in his day in code rather than
Jesus Christ revealing to him about the coming events and Judgment.
A
special blessing is promised to those who read Revelation.
Although
it may be a difficult book, we could all use a special blessing, reading this
is good for us all, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we will take the
Revelation of Christ in small portions and gain understanding, little by
little.
SERMON SERIES
THE THINGS WHICH
ARE – The Church Age (Age of Grace)
Part 4 – Smyrna The
Steadfast Church
Part 5 – Pergamos The Immoral Church
Part 6 – Thyatira The Careless Pagan Church
Part 7 – Sardis The Spiritless Church
Part 8 – Philadelphia The Favored Church
Part 9 – Laodicea The Church God Hates
THE THINGS WHICH
SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
Part 10 – The Throne of God
Part 11 – The Scroll and Seven Seals
Part 12 – The Lamb is Worthy
TODAY’S SERMON -
THE THINGS WHICH SHALL BE – The Coming Judgment
Part 11 – The Scroll and Seven Seals
SCRIPTURE READING
Revelation
5:1-4
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 or 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.”
I.
INTRODUCTION
a.
The Lord Among the Lampstands
i. Revelation begins by
introducing the Lord
ii. He stands among the
lampstands (the congregations)
1. The light (fire) of the lampstands
is the Holy Spirit
2. Remember in Revelation
4:5 “In front of the
throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.”
iii. In His right hand seven
stars (ministers of the congregations)
iv. Coming from His mouth a
sharp double-edged sword
v. He holds the keys to death
and Sheol (place of departed spirits)
b.
The Seven letters to the Seven churches
i. After, the Lord tells John
to write His words to the seven churches
ii. This is where we see His
double edge sword in action
iii. Praises, corrections, all
from the same Word of Truth (Sword) spoken from the Lord’s mouth
c.
John in Heaven
i. We then see John is taken
(transported/teleported/moved) to heaven
ii. This is not a vision, a
parable, a dream, but a reality
iii. Revelation
4:1-2
“After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven.
And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up
here,
and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in
the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on
it.”
iv. John was moved to heaven
(his spirit) AND the Lord placed him in the future!
1. He is IN heaven, which is
outside of earths dimension
a. Genesis chapter 1 God
created “time”
b. God is eternal, outside of
time, that is where His abode is
c. Where there is no beginning
or end
2. This is where John was taken
3. Easily shown events that
have not taken place YET in our timeline
4. John watched the future
unfold before him
v. John looks again at the
Throne where Jesus sits
II.
The Scroll and the Seven Seals
a.
John saw the scroll in Jesus’ Right hand
i. Remember, the “right hand”
is a metaphor for the omnipotence (authority, power) of God
ii. He held the scroll
b.
Writing on both sides and Seven Seals
i. There is writing on both
sides
ii. And seven seals
1. On the seventh day God
rested and it became holy
2. Seven is the number of
perfection a symbol of rest
3. 7X7 is the year of Jubilee
and forgiveness
4. Symbolic of reward (Deuteronomy
28:7; 1 Samuel 2:5)
5. Symbolic of punishment (Leviticus
26:21,24, 28; Deuteronomy 28:25)
6. Whether rest, forgiveness,
reward or punishment, seven means perfection of whatever it is attached to
7. Seven seals are perfect
“seals” which is why no one can open them, except the one who IS perfection
c.
A mighty angel proclaimed
i. In a loud voice, “Who is
worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
ii. The seals are perfectly
sealing the scroll
III.
No one in Heaven, on Earth or beneath Earth (Sheol)
was worthy
a.
No one was worthy to open the scroll, or even read it
i. In heaven, on earth or
beneath earth
1. No one in heaven or on earth
2. Beneath the earth? Yes,
Sheol, the place of departed spirits.
a.
Sheol
is the “lowest parts of the earth (Deut 32:22 ; 1 Sam 28:11-15 ; Psalm 86:13 ; Isa 7:11
; Ezekiel 31:14-16 Ezekiel 31:18 )
b.
Job 26:5-6 says that Sheol is under the depths of the waters
b.
John wept and wept
i. Because no one was found who
was worthy to open the scroll or look inside
c.
The Elder said to John, Do not weep!
i. One of the 24 Elders spoke
to John
1. 12 represent the Old
Covenant and the 12 tribes
2. 12 represent the New
covenant and the Apostles
3. REPRESENT…not the actual
tribes or apostles
ii. “See, the LION of the Tribe
of Judah, the Root of David, had triumphed.”
1. Lion – Remember the
creatures before the throne?
a. Seraphim, one with the face
of a Lion representing the Lord’s kingship
b. The Lord is the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah
2. David – The Lord is the Root
of David
a. Remember prophecies told the
messiah would reestablish the throne of David
b. He would be from the
bloodline of David
i. Both Joseph and Mary were
from the Davidic bloodline
3. Triumphed – He triumphed at
the cross!
a. The Lord did just as He
said, He saved us
b. His perfection fulfilled the
Law
c. He paid the penalty of our
sin
d. Those who accept His
sacrifice are “born again” into the new Covenant and avoid the consequences of
the Old Covenant
i. Death is required for
breaking God’s law and sinning against Him under the Old Covenant
iii. “He is able to open the
scroll and its seals”
CONCLUSION
– “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its
seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God
persons 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.”
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