Welcome! Today we continue our series in
the Book of Revelation. I want to start by looking at the big picture of what we
have seen so far. In Chapter 1, we begin with brief prologue, a statement that
this book is a revelation, a revealing, an unveiling from Jesus Himself, given
by His angel or messenger to His servant John, and it says that all who hear
this message and take it to heart will be blessed. The book then opens with a
greeting from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia .
John states a greeting not only from John himself, but also from God; he then
praises God and quotes Him as the Alpha and Omega.
John then explains that he was on the
island on Patmos when he was “in the Spirit,”
and a messenger with a voice like a trumpet told him to write down what he
would see and send it to the seven churches. John was then given a vision of
seven golden lampstands, representing the churches, and Christ among them,
awesome in appearance, glowing, afire, holding seven stars in his right hand,
with a sword coming from his mouth. Jesus in this vision identifies Himself and
instructs John to write what he has seen, what is now, and what will take place
later. Bible interpreters and commentators wrestle over what this means, trying
to decide if parts of the vision refer to the past, even John’s past, part to
the present, and part to the future, but I think this is not the plainest
meaning of what is going on. Perhaps all Jesus meant is that John was to write
down his initial vision, that of the messenger, then this vision, and then the
vision or visions that would follow.
In any case, this scene is followed by the
seven letters to the seven churches; Ephesus, which had worked hard and
persevered but had forsaken its first love, Smyrna, who had already suffered
and faced additional persecution, Pergamum, which had held onto its faith but
practiced immorality, Thyatira, who had good deeds, love, and faith, but also
practiced and permitted immorality, who had a good reputation but was really
dead and needed to repent except for a few who held to the faith, Philadelphia,
who had endured patiently and needed to hold on a little longer, and Laodicea,
who relied on its own wealth, not realizing its utter spiritual poverty before
God.
I think it is helpful to understand
Revelation as a series of visions, to keep in mind that this is what it is. I
think it is a mistake to take it as literally true; did Jesus really have a
sword from His mouth? Was He really holding seven stars? I think this is a
misunderstanding of the intent. We have talked about this a little in past
messages, but I want to take it a little further.
A vision from God conveys absolute truth,
but it does so using symbolic visions and wording. I think these things are
exactly what John really saw, but they are themselves things shown symbolically
so that those who know God, those who seek Him, would experience His truth in a
way that goes much deeper than on just a literal level. This is why people
write books using symbolism and other literary techniques – to do so makes the
story resonate more deeply with us; it makes it go into deeper places in us. I
believe God made us this way, to respond to these things, because these things
resonate with Him and we are made in His image. Fiction writers simply exploit
this observable fact about our nature to make their stories go deeper within
us.
Some people feel it is very important to
say that John was really there in heaven observing real things that either have
really happened or will really happen, and I think it is a mistake to insist on
this. All I think we can say is that it was a real vision, really from God, conveying
real truth, and that nothing in the vision was false or in error.
In some ways visions share more in common
with our dreams than they do with our daily observations, living daily life.
Dreams swirl around and change, going from scene to scene. At one moment you
are driving down the road with some old friends; the next, you are in the home
you grew up in as a child. Dreams feel real while you are in them; you have
sensations of hearing, sight, touch, taste, and smell, although what we tend to
remember is mostly the hearing and sight. The way John describes his series of
visions is much like this. But unlike our dreams, which are generally (we
think) a product of our brains processing and sorting and filing away and
recombining our past experiences, a true vision from God is truly an experience
from God. In it God communicates what He wants to communicate, using a
combination of realistic scenes and fantastic symbols.
Movies and books are additional good
comparisons to make to what a vision must be like. In movies and books you are
not constrained to the limitations of our physical laws. You can go from scene
to scene without showing how you went from one to another, and the movie
producer’s or book author’s imagination is the only limitation when it comes to
special effects. A vision of course involves more of our senses; if 3D refers
to a full visual experience, then maybe a virtual reality movie that involved
all of our senses might be called 7D; in any case, this is what a vision must
have been like.
Now I’m not necessarily saying that what
John didn’t really go somewhere, that he didn’t see what heaven really looks
like; all I’m saying is that we can’t insist on this. I think a good comparison
to make is what Paul writes of his
vision in 2 Corinthians 12 (note he speaks of himself in the third person
here):
Although
there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the
Lord. I know
a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven.
Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body
I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise
and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. – 2
Cor. 1:1b-4
Note that even the person experiencing the
vision (Paul) doesn’t know in what sense it was real. And I don’t think Paul
was losing much sleep over this; if he was losing sleep, it was over the content of the vision. And I think this
is how we should look to Revelation as well. What is its content? What does it
symbolize? What does it mean for me and my future, for the future of us all?
What does it tell me about God and His character? How should I respond? These
are the things I think we should focus on.
With that, let’s look at today’s passage.
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.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was
a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the
one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like
an emerald encircled the throne. – Rev. 4:1-3
So the scene of Christ among the lampstands
comes to a close (thus the “after this” in the beginning of the passage), and
the messenger or angel with the trumpet voice beckons John to the next scene.
And now we come to this next scene, the throne room of heaven, if it is indeed
a room. The messenger says these things will take place “after this,”
presumably after the seven churches respond or don’t respond to their letters.
The phrase is very vague in the Greek; we cannot say that it means immediately
after, or much later.
There was an open door. This is an
interesting contrast to the previous chapter, where in the letter to the
Laodicean church, Christ said He stood at their door and knocked; their door
was closed, and the Laodiceans needed to open it. The symbol of opening up the
door for Christ is a repeated one in the Bible. For example, in Psalm 24:7 and
24:9, we have, “Lift up your heads, you gates, lift them up, you ancient doors,
that the King of Glory may come in.” I also think of Matthew 7:7-8, in which
Jesus says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and
you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the
one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Well, this door is open, and Christ
is here.
Here is here, and He is on His throne. The
scene of God on His throne in heaven is a common one in Scripture. For example,
Psalm 103:19: “The Lord has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom
rules over all.” Or Isaiah 66:1, which we sing: “Heaven is My throne, and the
earth is My footstool.” Or I Kings 22:19: “Micaiah continued, ‘Therefore hear
the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the
multitudes of heaven standing around him on his right and on his left.’”
If you don’t know what jasper stone looks
like, we are told later in Revelation 21:11: “ It shone with
the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like
a jasper, clear as crystal.” Imagine the glitter and refracting gleams of light
of a diamond, yet impossibly greater, and I think you have an idea of the
scene. This brightness, flashing white, is seen again and again in the
prophets’ visions of God on His throne; Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel – all describe
something like this.
You also have the ruby (sardius, from which
the city of Sardis
The brilliance and white symbolize God’s
holiness; the red, His vengeance, the fact that He is about to mete out
justice, that He is to refine and consume all that is not holy, a refiner’s
fire.
One more interesting detail: Exodus 28
lists the 12 stones used on the breastplate of the high priest; the jasper and
the ruby are the first and last stones used. Reuben, the first born, is
represented by the ruby, and Benjamin, the last born, is represented by the
jasper. To take this further: the Hebrew name Reuben means “Behold a son” and
Benjamin means “son of my right hand.” Is it a coincidence? Maybe, but I don’t
think so. I also am reminded of the repeated theme in Revelation that He is the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.
Then there is the emerald green color of
the rainbow-like aura around the throne; perhaps this symbolizes God’s
fruitfulness. In any case it is an awesome sight – a complete circle, not just
an arc like the rainbows we see.
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. In front of the throne,
seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of
glass, clear as crystal. – Rev. 4:4-6a
Are there literally 24 elders in thrones in heaven? We
don’t know. Other scenes of the throne in heaven do not have this image. Who
are they? We know they are men, the word used for elders is presbuteros, used in the New Testament
letters for elders of the church, but in general the word simply means elders,
older people. They are clothed in white, symbolic of purity, not purity in
one’s own strength, but purity given through the sacrifice of Christ, who
through His death, bought us and made us pure in Him. For example, in
Revelations 3, in the letter to the church in Laodicea Smyrna
What about the number, twenty-four, and again, who are
they? Perhaps a likely suggestion is that it is the 12 sons of Jacob, that is,
the leaders of the 12 tribes, plus the 12 apostles. Perhaps, but again I remind
you that this is a vision; we know there is likely a symbolic meaning of the
24, but we don’t know whether this is also a literal picture. Now what is
interesting to me is that the number 24 appears elsewhere in Scripture. In I
Chronicles Chapter, well, 24, of all things, David appointed 24 elders, 24
Levites, to represent the priesthood. Each was to lead up a division of the
priesthood. In the very next chapter of
I Chronicles, David also appoints leaders of the musicians, once again, 24 in
all. So I think “24” symbolizes a representative group. The 24 elders symbolize
or represent all believers. They are clothed in white, so they are holy in the
holiness bought by Christ, and they were gold overcomer’s crowns, because they
have finished the race in faith.
The flashing of thunder and lightning makes me think of Mount Sinai . Recall when God settled on the mountain the
same things happened. The Israelites were afraid to go up there, and so Moses
went. To me this is another symbol of God’s holiness, His unapproachableness by
those who are not holy. Significantly, the elders, who have been made holy by
Christ, are able to sit there with Him.
The Spirit is here as well; more precisely, the seven
spirits of God. Seven symbolizes completeness, such as the seven days of
creation. The seven spirits of God were mentioned back in Revelations 1:4. As
for the thing that had the likeness of a sea of glass, look at this fascinating
detail in Exodus 24: The context is that the Israelites are confirming the
covenant with God; God tells Moses and a group of elders to come up the
mountain, all but Moses at some distance, but Moses all the way. Anyway, here
is what it says in Exodus 24:9-10: “Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the
seventy elders of Israel
In the center, around
the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in
front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an
ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.
Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was
covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never
stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and
is to come.” – Rev. 4:6b-8
Ezekiel Chapter 1 also describes similar beings. There are
many similarities, but there are also differences; four wings versus six, each
having all four resemblances (faces), that is, the lion, ox, man, and eagle,
not one with each resemblance as we have here in Revelation. An additional
difference is the description of eyes here in Revelation. Again, I don’t think
we need to focus on whether these are the same creatures or different ones; I
think we should focus on the symbolism of these creatures. From Ezekiel 10:15,
we learn that those beings are cherubim. Cherubim are one kind (or maybe rank)
of angels. Can angels change their appearance? I certainly think so, given what
we see elsewhere in Scripture.
So is there anything we can understand about their
appearance? Their eyes everywhere simply implies that they are ever watching,
watching everything. And they are continually praising God. I love that this is
so. These creatures were pretty, well, glorious themselves. You can imagine
people in Bible times (or any time for that matter) seeing them and then
choosing to worship them as gods. But they do not allow even the thought of
that, because their actions are to continually worship the only One truly
worthy of worship.
The repeated chant of the four creatures is “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” This speaks to God’s holiness
and his eternality. God is supremely holy, perfectly holy, without sin, so holy
that even to look on Him (apart from His finishing His redeeming and Holy-Spirit-infusing
work in us) is to die. In Isaiah 6, where Isaiah sees God’s glory in the
Temple, angels are there as well, and they call out, “Holy, holy, holy is the
Lord Almighty; the earth is filled with His glory.” He is holy and He is
eternal. God is the great “I AM,” eternal even beyond time. Recall Jesus
saying, “Before Abraham was born, I AM.”
People have debated endlessly about the symbolism of lion,
ox (or colt), man, and eagle. Certainly in Scripture the lion symbolizes
strength, the ox servitude, the man, well, man, and the eagle, speed or vision.
In the Talmud (a later set of writings by rabbis – certainly not inspired
Scripture, so take this or leave this as you wish), it is said that the 12
tribes gathered under banners of each of these symbols, 3 tribes per banner.
Early church writers tied the four symbols to the four gospels, saying that
something special revealed in each gospel, an emphasis, if you will, tied to
each symbol. Others have suggested that there is a kind of completeness in the
four sets of creatures. I don’t think we can go further than speculation about
these various ideas.
Whenever
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.” – Rev. 4:9-11
This is an incredible scene of
worship. Man is so prone to worship everything but God; we worship other
people, we worship ourselves, we worship false gods, we worship creation, but
we were made only to worship our Creator. He created all things; by His will
they were created and have their being. And so, He, and only He, is worthy,
that is, only He deserves to receive glory and honor and power. It is a sin to
worship anything other than God even a little; but there is no limit to, no
restriction on, how much we may worship God.
Sometimes you hear people cast
aspersion on God, calling Him “the God of the gaps.” But creation is a mighty
big gap. I don’t know if you have thought about it, but man has never created
anything, ever. We reform things, we use tools to change the nature of things,
or combine things, or separate things, but we cannot create one atom. God
created the universe. God created life. God created everything. That’s not a
gap. Atheists argue that stuff (like the makings of the big bang) just was, and
so everything happened. But that is no explanation at all. They can argue that
they don’t need an explanation if they want, but they cannot argue that they have an explanation. We have a simple
explanation, so simple that every young child seems to know it – God made it
all. By His will all things were created.
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. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice,
“Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the
scroll or even look inside it. I wept and wept because
no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. –
Rev. 5:1-4
This was an unusual scroll, given that it
had writing on both sides. Scrolls with writing on both sides that have been
preserved to this day are extremely rare. Why would there be writing on both
sides? The most common answer is that there was more writing than would fit on
one side. Only one side of the scroll was really fit for writing on; the other
side was much rougher.
The scroll was sealed with seven seals. In
Roman times, wills and other important legal documents were sealed this way.
Multiple seals were used (the Romans even used seven on the very most important
documents, such as the will of an emperor) because it made it tamper-proof.
Scrolls were read horizontally. The supports of the scroll were on the two
sides, and as you read a scroll you unrolled the right side and rolled up the
left (if the scroll was in Latin or Greek; if in Hebrew you would go the
reverse direction). After a roll had been written, and rolled back up, it was
fastened with strings and the strings were sealed with wax at the knots. If
there were seven seals, it is likely there were seven strings; one wax sealing
at a knot for each string. As we have talked about previously, the number seven
was a sign of completeness or perfection. Even Romans saw the number seven this
way; the wills of their emperors also used seven seals. Each seal had a
distinctive impression in the wax, and witnesses were required to attest to the
authenticity of the seals for the will to be declared valid.
We will get into ideas about the content of the scroll in
later messages, but given the grand picture of Revelation, a reasonable idea is
that it is like a title deed of the entire universe. Recall that Satan had, if
not ownership rights, at least a temporary lease to everything. Recall how he
tempted Jesus; from Matthew 4, “Again, the devil took him to a very high
mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All
this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus
said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your
God, and serve him only.’” ” What happens in Revelation is
that Satan is completely and totally defeated; by the end of the Book, Satan
has nothing, is nothing. All that he offered illicitly to Jesus, Jesus comes
and takes rightfully at the end.
But we are getting ahead of ourselves. By the way there is
a parallel kind of passage in the Old Testament. Just as Ezekiel Chapter 1 has
some parallels with Revelation 4, Ezekiel Chapter 2 has some parallels with
Revelation 5. In particular, someone called “Son of Man” is told to tell the Israelites
to repent, though they are rebellious. And then, verse 9, “Then I looked, and I
saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, which
he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and
mourning and woe.” It is written on both sides like the scroll here in
Revelation 5. And as we shall see, words of lament and mourning and woe
describe what happens as the seals are opened on this scroll as well.
Another passage that has strong parallels, perhaps even
direct linkages, is in Daniel Chapters 10 through 12. It starts with this
(Daniel 10:4-6): “On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was
standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris, I
looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine
gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz, his
face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the
gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.” Sound
familiar? It is almost exactly the description we have seen of Christ earlier
in Revelation. The passage goes on to give detailed prophecies about things
happening in the future to the end of time. And then, in Daniel 12:1-4, we have
this: “There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the
beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose
name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes
who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others
to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise
[who impart wisdom] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those
who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the
time of the end.”
So this mighty angel proclaims, “Who is worthy to open this
scroll?” He shouts it so the entire universe can hear. And there is silence.
Nobody steps forward. And John, who has gone through so much in his life, seen
so much suffering, seen the early church grow but also succumb to worldliness,
to false doctrines, and to unimaginable persecution, is overwhelmed with
sorrow. Why? Because the hope of the universe rests on what happens next. All
will not be made right, the ending will not come, unless the scroll is opened.
Even if he doesn’t know what is in the scroll, he knows that it must be opened.
And so he wept and wept. He was overwhelmed with sorrow. I think of Romans 8:22
which says “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains
of childbirth right up to the present time.” John, a part of that creation,
shared in this intense groaning as he waited and nobody came forth.
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.” Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at
the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the
elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of
God sent out into all the earth.
– Rev. 5:5-6
The Lion is what the elders said, but a Lamb is the one John
sees. I love this! The Lion is the Lamb. This of course is Christ, as John the
Baptist had said, “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.”
Again, recall this is a vision; it does not really benefit us to try to picture
an actual lamb with 7 horns and 7 eyes. The seven horns symbolized perfect or
unlimited strength and power, because an animal with horns typically uses them
as weapons, and the seven eyes meant that the Holy Spirit in its total
completeness was in the Lamb.
He
went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. – Rev. 5:7
I think you could make a case for this verse being the
climax of the entire Book of Revelation. He was worthy, and He took the scroll.
It actually reminds me of a very important point most people miss in a marriage
ceremony. It’s not done as much anymore as it used to be, the father giving
away the bride. This is a centuries-old tradition. Traditionally, the father of
the bride would meet the bride at the front, and the pastor would ask, “Who
gives this woman to this man?” And the father would say “I do” or “her father.”
And then he would take the woman’s hand and place it in the hand of the groom.
In a similar way, I think you could argue that that moment was also a climax of
a sort of the wedding ceremony. At that moment, the father of the bride was
publically acknowledging that the groom was worthy to take the woman as his
bride. There is something similar going on here. In fact this parallel may be
even more apt, as we are the promised “bride” of Christ, and there will be a
wedding supper of the Lamb. But again we are getting ahead of ourselves.
If you think of this scroll as a deed to the universe, God
(the Son) had died, and so ownership of the universe was to change hands. And
God (the Son) was the only one with the right to open the scroll. And the new
owner of the universe, the one who would kick out forever the temporary tenants
Satan and his band of fellow accusers, was also God (the Son).
And
when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell
down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls
full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. – Rev. 5:8
This is an awesome moment, as the Lamb takes the scroll,
much like as a king is crowned. Everyone bows for a king; here, how much more
so; everyone bows down in worship and praise. The harp or lyre (the Greek word
does not get specific) was certainly used for worship – we see it for example
in Psalms 33, 71, 92, 98, 147, 149, and 150. But in addition to worship – or
while worshipping, more precisely – they were also used when prophesying. We see
this, for example, in I Samuel 10:5, 2 Kings 3:15, I Chronicles 25:1, and Psalm
49:4. The idea seems to be that playing the harp was a condition for
prophesying to take place. The bowls of incense meant that a fragrant aroma was
going up before the presence of God. The incense itself, it says, were the
prayers of God’s people. I don’t know if this was something John could see, or
something he just somehow knew. I am very encouraged when I think of my prayers
as a kind of incense offering to God that God gladly accepts. An Old Testament
reference for this is Psalm 141:2a which says “May my prayer be set before You
like incense.” Another interesting verse is Luke 1:8-10 which says “Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as
priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to
the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn
incense. And when the time for the burning of incense
came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.” So we see the burning
of incense associated with the prayers of worshipers.
And
they sang a new song, saying: “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.” – Rev. 5:9-10
Imagine someone going into the Greek or
Roman marketplace, the Agora, going into the slave market, purchasing every
slave there, every single one, and immediately setting them free. Imagine not a
rich person doing this, but someone who does this with his very life, his own
blood. And then imagine this person setting them up not as slaves but as kings
and priests, getting to be in the very house of God, even in the place called
the Holy of Holies, unlimited access to God Himself. This is the picture of
this song. Jesus has done all this, although the last parts are yet to be
fulfilled. This should be our song, because Jesus has done this for us.
Then I
looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands,
and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living
creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was
slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory
and praise!” – Rev. 5:11-12
And here the scene becomes overwhelming, mind
boggling. Notice how many things the Lamb who was slain was worthy to receive:
Power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, praise makes seven. Again we
have the sign of perfection, of completeness. By the way, I’m not sure angels
can sing, but that’s another story for another time. Maybe they rap.
Then I
heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea,
and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” The four living
creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped. – Rev. 5:13-14
And the praise of the Lamb,
of Jesus, crescendos into this final roar as all creation praises Him. Can you
imagine the roar? Can you imagine it shaking every building, the very
foundations of the earth, the very foundations of all creation? This will be
like that. Jesus, our Savior, is that worthy.
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