The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with grace to you.

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And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time.

Here is Grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

Now we're talking about heavenly worship and that's a fitting subject isn't it for today

because we are launching into the Christmas season and we are being reminded of the glories of our

Lord and we will be worshiping Him with familiar hymns and carols over the next few weeks and this suits that emphasis

wonderfully to be in the fourth chapter of the book of revelation. I keep trying to force myself to move at a faster clip but I can't

seem to let go of the realities of this wonderful section of revelation.

Just to give you the big picture, chapters one to three dealt with the church, dealt with

a vision that John had of Christ ministering to the Church and then letters to churches in

chapters two and three.

When you come to Chapter 4, the scene change is dramatic.

You go from the Church on Earth or the church age to heaven and the throne of

God and the subject is what's going to take place in the future. Meaning when the church age is over in the future, meaning when the church age is over in the future and the Lord begins to move

to take back what is rightfully his, take back the world and his creation, bring judgment and the kingdom.

So the Book of Revelation is pretty easy to follow the outline.

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