Revelation #18--week of 1/23/06 to 1/27/06

#18—Sealed by God
1. What is Rev. 7:1-17 about?
2. What is Ezekiel 9:1-11 about?
3. What 2 chapters in the gospels does PS say discuss the testing of the people of God?
4. What does PS say is proof that the end has begun?
5. What is PS’s summary of the seals?
6. What is Rev. 6:17 (for the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand?") answered by?
7. List 5 places in scripture where the saving intervention of God is seen before His judgment takes place.
NOTE: Things PS said about seal of God
*just like the seven seals it can’t be broken except by the Lamb (I don’t understand this)
*God put seal on Cain (Gen. 4:15—7-fold vengeance if he is killed)
*God knows about this seal although we don’t see it although we may see evidence of it. (2 Tim. 2:19--Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness.")
(Rev. 2:17--‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
*Plate on Aaron’s turban had seal
Exodus 28:36-37--"You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, ‘Holy
to the LORD.’ "And you shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban.
Ex. 39:30--And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and inscribed it like the engravings of a signet, "Holy
to the LORD."
NOTE: Things PS said about the sealed of God:
*they are bond-slaves; it is an humiliating thing to be owned by someone; we are to honor one who owns us
*when enemies of God destroy world at God’s command they can’t touch those who are sealed
*Rev. 14:1--And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. (underlined part sounds like baptism); man can’t tell by looking who has been baptized by God can & so can destroying angels
8. What 3 things does PS tell us about the numbered multitude (Rev. 7:4; also 14:1, 3)
NOTE: the fact that it is numbered means that it is a definite number known to God
9. What two things does PS discuss about the innumerable multitude (7:9)
10. So in summary what is the significance of the numbered multitude & the innumerable multitude?
11. What 3 things characterize the innumerable host standing before the throne (7:9-10)
12. What does PS say the great tribulation is?
NOTE: this innumerable multitude was in the immediate presence of God
*reminds us of Adam & Eve in the garden (gen. 3:8-24)
*God spread His tabernacle over them (7:15)
Ruth 3:9--And he said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative."
Phil. 1:23--But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;
John 17:24--"Father, I desire that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me; for Thou didst love Me before the foundation of the world.
13. What 4 things characterize the full & final salvation (7:16, 17--"They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes.")
14. Who can stand?
15. Anything else in this passage that you would like to discuss?
16. What application did you make?
17. What Psalm did they sing at the end and why?