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Subject: 10/17/2025 WORD FOR THE DAY - FRIDAY
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TRIBULATION BEGINS REVELATION
4.1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the
first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying,
“Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
4.2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in
heaven, and one sitting on the throne 4.3 that looked like a jasper
stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald
to look at. 4.4 Around
the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders
sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
4.5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. -WEB Bible Do you know how the Tribulation begins?
In Revelation chapter 4, it begins with worship! The Apostle John was
caught up in a vision to heaven, to the very throne room of God: and there he
saw amazing Seraphim, Angels and Elders who were worshiping God.
The painting above
depicts the twenty-four Elders. John is in the lower left of the painting,
writing down the remarkable vision that he sees. The seven Lampstands are in the foreground,
below the throne. We also see the four Seraphim who worship
around the throne of God at all times. Seraphim are very special creatures
who never leave God's Presence. The four Seraphim appear frequently in
illustrations of Revelation. REVELATION 4.6 In
the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures
full of eyes before and behind (the Seraphim.) 4.7 The first creature was like a
lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face
like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 4.8 The four living
creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and
within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the
Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!” -WEB Bible
In fact, God is
patient, because he wants everyone to turn from sin and no one to be lost. 2 Peter 3:9 CEV God will hold off the full fury of his wrath until
the Tribulation period is nearly complete, and only the die-hard rebels are
left on planet earth. And even as the seven bowls of God's Wrath are
dumped on earth, one after another, those hard-core sinners are given a
last-minute chance to repent. How do we survive the intense pressure
of the End Times? The book of Revelation switches us to
a worship service again and again. The only way we can endure
these final days leading up to the Tribulation is to understand that Heaven
is rejoicing at the soon return of Jesus Christ, when everything will be made
right. Heavenly beings are eager to see Jesus take control of earth, and lead
in righteousness! REVELATION 4.9 And
whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated
on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 4.10 the
twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship
him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne,
saying, 4.11 “Worthy are you, our Lord God, the Holy One, to receive the
glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of
your desire they existed and were created!” -WEB Bible So, turn on your favorite worship songs and soak in
the joy of heaven. We need it in these difficult times.
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