Amen and amen and good morning and welcome you can be seated thank you glad you're here

those of you online we're glad that you're joining with us as well as I'm sure you know we are making our way through the amazing book of Revelation and our trek trek through the Bible, book by book,

chapter by chapter, verse by verse. We'll finish chapter seven today, Lord willing. And our text

will be verses 9 through 17. So I'll ask you to stand if you're able. If not, where you're seated

is fine. Just follow along as I read. John, inspired by the Holy Spirit,

continues to write that which he is seeing. Jesus tells him to write, therefore, and then he

shows John in this revelation not not a dream he's seeing this in

heaven he was taken up to heaven in chapter 4 verse 1 and he's been there ever since

which is where we're going to be when we have our chapter 4, verse 1.

So now he's going to describe as he continues on in verse 9.

He says, after this I looked, And there before me was a great multitude that no

one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language standing before the throne and in front of the land.

They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands,

the palm branch, a symbol of victory.

And they cried out, verse 10, in a loud voice, salvation belongs to our God,

who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. All the angels, verse 11, were standing around the

throne and around the elders and the

four living creatures.

They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying, verse 12, amen.

Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God

forever and ever. Amen. Then, verse 13, one of the elders asked me, these in white robes, who are they?

And where did they come from?

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