For me the most anticipated message of the year from John Piper comes in his annual message

at the Passion Conference in early January and this year in Atlanta he preached on Revelation

Chapter 13 and a message titled The Beast, the Book, and the Beauty of the Lamb.

He did not disappoint and we talked about it a little bit last Wednesday but the entire

message is worth listening to and you can find it on our side of course but here's a

clip of him explaining his greatest fear, his greatest hope, and his greatest delight

all in the context of understanding what it means that Christ died for us and that our

names are found in the Book of Life.

You're Spacer John.

There are three purposes.

What does it mean for you personally?

Did you see yourself there?

What does it mean for you that the Lamb was slain in the mind of God in eternity past?

Does it mean for you that you were purchased in the center of history and what does it mean

for you that you'll be singing if your names are in the book?

Three things, number one.

Your name is in the book so that you will see the glory of the Lamb.

Seeing the Lamb as beautiful is the great vocation of the Christian.

This is the fountain of all the godliness in your life, seeing the Lamb as supremely

beautiful and satisfying and compelling.

The devil knows this and that's why Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4, 4, Satan has blinded

the minds of unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory

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