If you will, for a Scripture
reading, turn with me to Revelation chapter 7. The book of Revelation chapter 7. And after these things, I saw four angels standing on
the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the
earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the
sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel ascending
from the east, having the seal of the living God. And he cried
with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the
sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God
in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them
which were sealed, and there were sealed an hundred and forty-four
thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. And then
he goes through each of the twelve tribes and shows us what he's
doing. Verse 9, After this I beheld,
and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people in tongues, stood before the throne and before
the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands,
and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God,
which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. And all the
angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders,
and the four beasts, and fell down before the throne on their
faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen. Blessing, and glory, and
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might be
unto our God forever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered,
saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes,
and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou
knowest. And he said to me, These are
they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore
are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night
in his temple. And he that sitteth on the throne
shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more. Neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat. For the lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall feed them. and shall lead them unto
living mountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes. I invite you this morning to
turn back with me to Revelation chapter 7. This is the last book of Holy
Scripture. The title of the book, I think,
is a fit name for the summation of the Word of God. He calls
it Revelation. It is, I believe, the last word
from God. God has nothing else further
to say to men than he said. He said everything he has to
say was, and he put a period at the end of it. The last word from God. It completes
the canon of Holy Scripture, and God has nothing else to say
to men that he has not said throughout the book. There is no need of
further visions or prophecies. When men start talking or we
hear about men on TV and God appeared to them and spoke to
them and told them this and told them that, it's a lie. It's a
lie. God has nothing else to say.
He said everything He had to say, and He told John, He said,
that's it. That's it. He said to John, write where
these words are true and faithful. And having written these words,
he says to him, it is done. It's done. Put your pen up. The
house of faith that God builds, and this is the only house that's
going to stand, he's the builder of the house. We may be fellow
laborers, but he's the builder of the house, and the house that
God builds, He builds on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone.
Everything he builds is built on this revelation. The book
of Revelation, men say that it's dispensational, it's talking
about this time and that time and another time and it's talking
about certain things that's going to happen and all this kind of
stuff. The book of Revelation in Revelation
chapter 1 verse 1 tells you what this book is. You don't jump over to the visions
and try to figure out what the book's about. You read it from
the beginning. And in the beginning, he said,
this is the revelation of Jesus Christ. That's what this book's
all about. This revelation is given to His
church in the way of seven visions that declare the person and work
of Jesus Christ from His appearing until His second coming. All the New Testament or gospel
age we call it. The scripture said, once in the
end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice
of Himself. When did he appear? In the end
of the world. And that's what this book is
telling us about. You cannot take these visions
literally. They're given in figurative language,
symbolic of what's going on. And the reason he does this is
so poor ignorant sinners like we are can understand what he's
doing. That's why he gives it to us
in pictures. Hollywood will conjure up all sorts of beasts and demonic
dragons to entertain the fallen minds of sinners. They do it
all the time. And they come up with dragons
and powerful men and all these kind of things. But everything that John has
to say is symbolic, not literal. Each of these visions begins
with the person of Jesus Christ and describes his work in this
present time all the way to the end. And the Spirit of God is
showing us what he has done, what happened on the cross. Did
he actually do something or was that just a good attempt? He's
showing us what he has done, what he is doing right now, today,
this morning. and what he yet shall do with
his church. Not only with his church, but
in his church and for his church. And the whole
purpose of the writing of this book is to assure his children
in this world of his ultimate conquest over the world, over
this flesh, over Satan, and over every enemy of God. He's showing
us, He's going to assure us of His ultimate conquest. There
was an old black janitor, lived years and years ago, I've forgotten
his name now, but he was always reading his Bible. And when the gym class would
start and everybody's in there and they're playing dodgeball
or volleyball or whatever they're doing in there, he'd be sitting
over on the bleachers reading his Bible. And one day the coach
came over to him and he called him by name and he said, he looked over there and he was
reading in the book of Revelation. And he said, do you understand
that book? And he didn't say nothing, he said, well why are
you reading it? And he said, so I can know how
things turn out. That's the purpose of this book.
It's to assure us, to allow us to know how things are going
to turn out. Each of these visions begins
with the person of Jesus Christ. It describes his work in this
present time all the way to the end. And the Spirit of God is
showing us what He has done, what He is doing, and what He
yet shall do with His church. These seven visions are a complete
revelation of the gospel age from the appearing of Christ
to the second coming. And seven is a number of interest
to me because He repeats it time and time and time again. It's
used throughout the book. Seven candlesticks. Those are
his churches. Seven stars, those are his preachers. Seven seals, seven trumpets,
seven angels, seven vows, on and on. That's number seven.
Well, what do I know about these things? Well, I know what the
number seven is. Seven is the number of perfection. It's the
number of completion. And it's the number of satisfaction.
And so in each vision, the Holy Ghost assures us of the perfect
and satisfying work of Christ and his complete victory and
eternal salvation of his church. That's what he's showing. Now
here in chapter 7, he tells us of the mystery of God's elect. I wonder sometimes, do we really
believe God has a people? He tells us he does. He tells
us he does. And he tells us who they are.
They are the Israel of God. The Israel of God. Servants of
God. A great multitude of men and
women chosen from every nation, kindred, people, and tongue under
heaven. A cross section of all humanity. That's his letter. He pictures these saints standing
before the throne, worshiping the Lamb, serving Him day and
night in His temple. Now, hear me. This is an eternal
vision. This is not a moment in time.
This is eternal eyes looking through time. There are no days and nights
in glory. You're not going to serve Him
day and night in glory because there is no night. There's no
sun. There'd be no sun there. That's
what Scripture just tells you that plainly. There's no sun
there. Christ is the light of heaven. And so now we're looking
with eternal eyes. We're not looking with these
eyes. I'm not looking at what's around me. I'm looking with God's
eyes and eternal eyes. And I'm looking through time. Listen to this. He said time
shall be no more. That's what's going to happen
in the end of the world. Time shall be no more. This is a heavenly vision of
earthly saints. That's what this is. This is
a vision, Revelation 1.1, of the things which must shortly
come to pass. He didn't say they might. Well,
if things worked out, this is the way it ought to go. No, he
said things which must shortly come to pass. So let's look at
some of these mysteries John writes about. And I'll tell you, what he's writing about here
are things that's going on all around us right now. It's going
on all around us. Some we've experienced and some
we've yet to learn. So let's look first at the context
of the visions. Here are four angels. Just four. There's multitudes of angels.
We're told that over and over. There's a great company of angels.
He said if I'd prayed and asked the Father, He'd have sent ten
legions of angels. Thousands upon thousands. But
here's four. And they're standing on the four
corners of the earth. And to these four angels, verse
2, it was given to hurt the earth and the sea. They were set for
the destruction of the world. They had in their means the four
winds of the earth. What are these winds? They're
winds of woe. That's what they are. Our Lord said, Woe unto you,
Bethsaida. There's a woe here. These are
winds of woe, and they're sin of God. They're sin of God. These winds were given to hurt,
to hurt the earth, the sea, the trees. What's he talking about?
He's talking about the whole world. That's what he's talking
about. And we know that God will destroy the world one day by
fire. We know that. So this is not
talking about the judgment of the world. This is not talking
about the folding up of the universe. This is talking about what's
going on right now. This is talking about what's
out here that we don't see. God destroyed the world once
by water, but Peter reminds us, but the heavens and the earth
which are now by the same word are kept in store reserved under
fire against the day of judgment and the perdition of ungodly
men. These angels are set for another kind of judgment. It's
a judgment brought upon an unbelieving world. In Ephesians 4, Paul exhorts
us by the means given, now listen to this, by the ascending Christ. Ain't that what this vision is
talking about? An angel ascending. The angel of the covenant. Well,
he tells us over in Ephesians 4, by the means given by the
ascending Christ, he's talking about pastors and evangelists
and preachers, basically. Apostles, prophets. So the Word
of God, evangelist, and pastor-teacher. Now, he said the ascended Christ
was given these gifts. So, be no more children tossed
to and fro and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by
the slight of men. and cunning craftiness whereby
they lie in wait to deceive. He tells us in 2 Thessalonians
2 that the mystery of iniquity, this occurred back in the days
of Paul, but this vision takes that in. He tells us in 2 Thessalonians
2 that the mystery of iniquity doth already work, and only he
that now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way. This
ascending angel out of the east, that's Christ. And He tells these
angels, you hold back this judgment until all My servants are sealed. You see what's going on? Until
all My servants be sealed. These winds are the winds of
the Antichrist doctrine. What they are? Who do these angels represent?
False prophets. When you think about a false
prophet, you don't ever think about him being sent by God,
do you? Better read 2 Thessalonians 2 again. They receive not the
love of the truth, and for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion that they should believe a lie and be damned. All those
who receive not the love of the truth. Where do God's ministers come
into play in all this? They're involved in the we that
he talks about. He said, until we have sealed
them in their foreheads. We're fellow laborers of God.
And what we're doing in this world is sealing his elect. Our Lord said, there shall arise
false Christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and
wonders, insomuch that if it were possible they shall deceive
the very elect. Their doctrine will be so close
that if it were possible were not the Spirit of God abiding
in them and showing them the difference, they'd be deceived. They'd be deceived. These winds
of woe about to be released on the world, even him who's coming,
it says in 2 Thessalonians 2, is after the working of Satan
with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness
of unrighteousness in them that perish. He's talking about A
deceivableness of unrighteousness is making you believe that your
unrighteousness is righteous before God. Making you believe
that your unrighteous work somehow merit the favor of God. Making
you believe that your righteous nature somehow is owed the right of
salvation. It's a deceivableness of unrighteousness. I picture in my mind a storm
forming all around. I remember when I was a young
married man, took my first pastor down in Ball, Louisiana. We had a hurricane move in, and
it dead-centered where I live. And it was slow moving. And it
was just a minimal hurricane. But it moved in and it stalled. And its waters were, somebody
said it had its feet in the water. And it was like a pump. It gathered
that liquid out of the gulf and just dumped it on us. But I remember
that thing coming in and at first it just looked like a storm.
But that wind began to build in intensity and darkness where
it picked up that farm ground and stuff around there and dirt
and it got so dark that the lights came on, the dusk to dawn lights
came on, and it was horrifying. And we lived beside a pine woods,
and it was blowing those big old pine cones like missiles,
and they were hitting the side of the house. And I'll never
forget looking out over that cemetery. It reminded me who
I was, dead, a dead man. And I'm looking over that cemetery
and looking at that storm coming. And thinking to myself, boy,
thank God. Thank God I know him. Thank God
he's in control of this storm. But that's the picture I get
in my mind. Total annihilation. Total destruction. an irresistible curse about to
be blown on every living thing. And you look out there and you
see the blackness and you see the lightning in it and hear
the thunder rumbling and this storm is all around, on all four
sides. But it hasn't got you yet. It
hasn't touched you yet. But it's coming. And it's out
there. And it's real. Secondly, I want us to see the
intervention of God. John says in Revelation 7-2,
I saw another angel. Here's four of them. And then
I saw another angel. And he was, what was he doing? He was ascending. He wasn't coming
down, he was going up. He was an ascending angel. And
he ascended from the east Having the seal of the living God. What's
that? That's the Holy Spirit of God.
That's what that is. He had it without measure. There's
only one that this angel could be talking about and that is
the Lord Jesus Christ. And he's called an angel here
because Christ was the angel of the covenant. He had the seal of the living
God and he had authority over all things. Most of the writers
I read said this wasn't about what I'm telling you at all.
They said this is about catastrophes, natural catastrophes and things
that he wouldn't let it fall on his leg until they were sealed. And certainly that's so. That
is so. But that's not what this is talking
about. This is not talking about something going to happen in
time. This is happening all the time. You see what I'm saying? And it's all around you. It's
rumbling, and the lightning, and the thunder, and the danger
is apparent if you can see it. This is the revelation. When
God gives you a revelation, He shows you that what you once
thought was a favorable thing is a curse. What you once looked
at as a refuge is nothing but a damning principle, something
you can't see. It's working, the scripture said,
is after the working of Satan with all power and signs of mind.
It's anti-Christ religion. That's what it is. It's a religion
of Satan that draws men away from Christ. They don't care
what you... You can speak in tongues and dance the aisle.
You can bow up here. You can be pumped and everything just so-so. And
you come in and sit down like they do, you know, and you can
have scented candles in a big cathedral. He don't care what
you do as long as you miss Christ. What's he care? He don't care what kind of religion
you have. He don't care if you can build a golden calf and set
it over there and dance naked around the fire. That's what
Israel did. He don't care what you do. It's Antichrist religion. He appears in all forms. There
are four winds. Four sources. And that speaks
of the universality of Oh, it's forming all around. Total annihilation, total destruction. An irresistible curse about to
be blown upon everything. And then I see the intervention
of God. This ascending angel. He looks
out at those angels. Nobody else can see them, but
he does. He does. You can't see them.
I'm trying to show you. these things this morning. Maybe
he'll let you see them the same way John did, by his spirit.
Maybe he will. But I can tell you for sure,
he saw them. And he said, don't blow on the
earth. Don't you hurt it. Don't you
hurt it. I know you're holding the wind.
I know you got it in your possession. And I know you've been sent to
God, but don't you blow on the earth. Don't you Don't you hurt
the sea, or the earth, or even the trees. No hurt is going to
come to you until I seal mine elect. I'm going to seal them. This angel, here's the first
thing I want you to see. This angel had the authority
to withhold the judgment of God on a doomed world. Our Lord singled out His disciples. He was crucified, raised from
the dead, walked around on earth 30 days after His death to prove
that He actually was raised from the dead. And then in the presence
of those few, He took them out on the side of the mountain.
The angels brought this cloud down. And our Lord stepped onto
a cloud with His angels and was ready to ascend back into glory.
And here's what He told His preachers to do. Now watch this. Because they're thinking, they
couldn't even defy the Roman government. What are they going
to do with Antichrist? What are they going to do with
a real Satan? What are they going to do with
these angels that they can't even see? Sin that they haven't even acknowledged. How are you going to deal with
that? Here's what he told them. He
said, all power in heaven and earth is given unto me. Does that sound like that ascending
angel? He dictates when, where, and
how. He has power over the whole world. Power in heaven. This power that He exerts, they
were sin of God, but He stopped them. Was it going against God? No.
He had the authority of God. All power in heaven and earth
was given unto me. It's given unto them to hurt,
but they're going to send that hurt when I tell them when I
tell them to. All power and heaven and earth
is given unto me. Now, you go preach the gospel. Why? Because I'm going to seal mine
elect. You see what's going on here? Judgment is set. There's no changing
it. There's no removing it. Or God's
changing His mind about it. It's set. And the means and methods
are ordained. Oh, but then a voice is heard. Wouldn't it be something this
morning if somebody here could hear that voice? I've heard it. I've heard it. You mean you hear
voices? No, I heard it through a man.
There was a man up there preaching to me, and before that sermon
was over, I was hearing God. God was talking to me through
that man. And I realized it. I realized that was God's servant. He was a fellow laborer with
the Lord. What he was saying came directly from the Lord.
It wasn't just another man and another opinion. This was God
talking. A voice was heard. A loud voice. And he said, don't hurt that.
You go back, you're hurt. And here's the reason for the
calm before the storm. Here's why the hand of God's
not crushing this universe or burning this world into cinders.
Our great and merciful God is doing a work in our day. His
last and great work, a gracious yet powerful work, and providence
itself has been ordered by it. It's carried out to that end. He tells us that the earnest
expectation of creation waiteth for the manifestation of the
sons of God. How do you know who God's going
to save? He seals them. Every one of them. They have
a seal. Where's it at? In their head. Goes there first, doesn't it?
Then it goes down here. Oh, Spirit of God, burn this
picture into our hearts. A doomed world. A world awaiting
judgment. A world giving over to a reprobate
mind. A world professing themselves
to be wise and yet becoming fools. Giving up to uncleanness and
dishonor. To rebel against even the order
of nature. God-hating rebels ready to defy
the living God if they could. But God intervened. And see God. See Him in all this. See Him in His holy wrath, ready
to execute judgment upon them. See Him with the sword drawn,
fire in His eyes, and a righteous vengeance in His heart. But there's
a voice. What's going on this morning?
A voice. Can you hear it? A voice. One whose voice stayed the hand
of judgment. Are you with me so far? You get the picture of the Holy
Ghost drawn here in this book for his elect? What could reach the ears of
the living God to cause him to stay his hand against such rebels? The voice of the ascended Christ. The Son of God robed himself
in human flesh, descended into the lower parts of the earth
to save sinners. He who thought it not robbery
to be equal with God made himself of no reputation, took on him
the form of a servant, was made in the likeness of sinful flesh. And being found in passion as
a man, he humbled himself and become obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross. But that ain't all. It says,
wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, giving him a name
above every name. None other name given among men,
Peter said, whereby we must be saved. Oh, one name given among men.
Cast this name aside. Hear it with indifference. Hear it and go back to business
as usual. There remaineth no more sacrifice
for sins for you. Nothing but a certain fearful
looking for of judgment and fiery indignation. Why? Because salvation's in Christ. That's why. So what is this sealing of the
saints all about? Turn with me to Ephesians chapter
one. Now, verse 10, he tells us who
Christ is. He's the steward of time. He's
the steward of all things. Everything that God intends to
do, He's given over to the Son. That's the great mystery that
He reveals to His church. Everything that God's going to
accomplish is in His Son. There's only one who can truly
do the will of God, and that's Christ. That's right. This is the will of God that
you believe on Him. You go to the will of God, you
got that faith in Christ. But Christ did, actually did,
the will of God. And it also, it says here in
verse 11, in whom? This one in whom God purposed
all things. In whom, that is in Christ, who
is the steward of all things, we have obtained an inheritance,
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh
all things after the counsel of his own will, that we should
be to the praise of his glory, God's glory, who first trusted
in Christ. How it pleased the Father that
in him should all folks wait. Verse 13, in whom ye also trusted,
after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your
salvation, and whom also, after that you believed, you were sealed
with that Holy Spirit of promise. Anybody and everybody that's
gathered here today can hear my voice, and you can hear that
promise. But that promise won't go home
to you apart from the Spirit of God. The Spirit of God can
so apply it that it's irresistible. You can't help yourself. You
have to believe it. You have to rest in it. Huh? Isn't that right? It's irresistible. So here's the sealing of the
saints. They hear the gospel of God's saving grace in Christ
and they embrace Him. They bow to Him, they hope in
Him, and they rejoice in Him. The Holy Ghost Himself takes
up His abode in them, reveals to them how God can be just and
justify those who believe on His Son. Now faith is a gift
of God. and is the precious sealing of
the saints. It marks them out as those for
whom God has intervened. You can read about it all through
the book of Galatians. He'll tell you. Here's a true
Jew. This is what a Jew's all about.
Here's the true Israel of God, those that believe on Christ. All right, here's the next thing.
Who's going to be sealed? Well, he says in Revelation 7,
that he heard the number of them which were sealed, and there
were sealed 144,000 of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
What's that all about? Well, this 144,000 is a definite
number representing the whole of God's Israel. This is what
he's telling us here. He's going to save God's Israel.
Read Romans 9 and 10 and you'll see who the true Israel is. It's
believers. It's believers. Just because
they're the seed of Abraham, these are not the children of
God. That's what he tells you. This 144,000 is giving us a definite
number representing the whole of God's history. All of God's
elect. It's not a number to be taken
literally, but figuratively. And how do I know that? Because
he goes on to say he saw also a great multitude, which no man
could number. Of all nations and kindreds and
people and tongues, God's elect are chosen of God and represented
in Christ and numbered to the last soul. Are they not? He knows everyone, Russell. Well, how many are there? It's
a number you couldn't understand if I had it to give to you. It's
a number that no man can number. Isn't that what he's telling
us? Oh, what hope he sets before
us with this numberless multitude. Oh, I see that storm, and I see
the death, and the curse, and the religion, and all the damning
powers of our nature in this world. And I'm thinking to myself,
who then can be saved? And I hear back from God, with
man, it's impossible. But with God, all things are
possible. And I'm thinking, well, he's
going to save a few. Oh, no. He's going to save a
lot more than that. When you see that multitude,
you'll stand and be quiet and be amazed. A number that no man
can number. Who does this sealing? Well,
it's a four-form work. It's purposed by the Father who
worketh all things after the counsel of His own will. He's
purposed this sealing. Paul told Timothy, you see, God
saved us. And then He called us. And when He called us, He called
us with a holy calling. It was a calling in perfect harmony
with His own character. And it wasn't according to our
works, but it was according to His own purpose and grace which
was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began. 2 Timothy 1.9. It's purposed by
God the Father. It was ordered by God the Son.
Hurt not the earth. That's what the ascending angel
said. This healing is ordered by the Son. What's it based on? His own person and works. and
all the offices to which God had ordained him. And thirdly, the sealing is brought
to pass by the Holy Ghost, sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. He tells us over in 1 Corinthians
chapter 2, that it's a quotation from the Old Testament. He said,
I have not seen or heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man the things which God has prepared for them that love him.
But God, God the Holy Spirit, hath revealed them unto us. Oh
my. Oh, and then fourthly, by the
preaching of the gospel, he said, after that you heard. the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation. He said, until we,
that's what the Lord said, we. Who is this we? That's all them
standing there in them white robes, this numberless multitude. What are we being sealed from?
Hurt. Hurt. Permanent, eternal, continual,
everlasting. hurt. He said, he that overcometh shall
not hurt of the second death. Sealed from the doom of a cursed
race, and Adam all die, and Christ shall all be made alive. Sealed
from the lies of false religion, you shall know the truth, and
the truth shall set you free. sealed from the evil imaginations
of men. Men imagine themselves to be
masters of their own destinies. It's all up to me. Boy, I hope
not. You're in trouble if it is. Huh? You can't defeat a cold. What are you going to do with
the powers of darkness? Men imagine themselves masters
of their own destiny, rulers over their own future. Scripture
said, no man liveth to himself and no man doth to himself. Whether
we live, therefore, or die, we're the Lord's. And men imagine themselves
to have a righteousness by their own works. How foolish. They're not unrighteous. Huh? That's not an option. Don't put
that on your list. They're unrighteous. Men imagine that God has purposed
the salvation of all men, and yet disappointed by those who
believe not. Men imagine a daily providence
set by chance and circumstance. Men imagine a world evolving
without God. Save the planet. You can't save
yourself. Would you go save the planet? There's no end to the evil imaginations
of men, but God's people have been sealed and they're delivered
from such things. And then lastly, what is the
end of the sealing? What happens when God seals one
of his elect? What does he do? Just go on about
his business? What does he do? What's the result
of it? It says in Revelation 7, they
are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in
his temple. And he that sitteth on the throne
shall dwell among them. That's what he does. He serves
God. He becomes a willing bond slave. That's what that word servant
means here, a bond slave. Free to go at. There's the door. Our Lord told His most trusted
disciples, everybody else left, and here's this handful of disciples,
and He said, the door's open. Will you go too? They said, where
are we going to go? Thou hast the words of eternal
life. Where are we going to go? Let me tell you something about
these people. They'll never hunger again. A gospel feast is set before
them in the presence of their enemies. Isn't that what David
said? They should not thirst anymore.
They have a well of water in them springing up into everlasting
life. The sun should not light on them
nor any heat. The curse is lifted. Not going
to hurt them. The storm can come. It ain't
gonna hurt them, they've been sealed. Judgment's coming, not
on them. Judgment passed for them. They're
sealed. For the Lamb, verse 17, Revelation
6. For the Lamb, the ascending angel,
which is in the midst of the throne, where was he ascending
to? The throne of God. Seated at
the right hand of God. The Lamb, the ascending angel,
which is in the midst of the throne, shall feed them, and
lead them. We're being led. If we're not led by the Holy
Spirit of God, who calls Himself the Spirit of Christ, we're not
being led of God. Where's He leading us to? under
living fountains and waters. But we're still in this world. I
know. We're going to mourn. We're going
to cry. Blessed Saint of God lost his
son. I think about him, been thinking
about him. But now, listen to this. Have
you got anything you can offer me, Pastor? God himself shall
wipe away all tears. He can't do wrong. He must do
right. He'll wipe away tears. You think
that'll put away tears? It will. I've had mine put away
by it. Oh, may the Spirit of God, the
Spirit of Christ seal each soul here today to this grand and glorious end,
to serve Him day and night.