Encounters with God

Encounter at the Throne of

GodRevelation

4:1-11

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Sandra Great Britain

David Mexico

Saurabh Bangladesh, Angola, Namibia

Ruth India, Israel, Australia, New Zealand

Keith & Ruth Switzerland

Sarah Swaziland

Wayne Africa

http://globalmission.nazarene.org/

Haiti NYI conduct first Maximum Mission"It was a weekend full of missionary adventures, I left my home, my comfort to come and serve and I am grateful ..."

These were the words of one of the participants at the end of the first Maximum Mission in Haiti, which took place from 11 to 13 July under the leadership of Kesner Absolu, Global Mission coordinator of the French Field in Mesoamerica. The event not only trained 18 young people in God's mission, but 38 people accepted Christ as their savior.

Praying for the US & CanadaAlexanders: CA, OK, GA, QCVanderpool: NM (SE ABQ)Jellisons: UT, TX, AKShultzs: CA, DC, MA, BCMoores: AZ, NM, DC, CA, YT, QCAbby Nielson: MA, OH, VT, QCAliece Nielson: NM, VT, PEIL. Kilgore: VA, MIT. & P. Brown: IL, HW, PA, DCNielsons: OH, PEI, VT, MA, RIGriffins: VT, OH, (Northeast)C. Yazzie: NM, AZ, & Navajo NationAdams: NM, CA, MAB. Brown: GA, OR, ONB. Vito: NY,ID

http://usacanadaregion.org/usa-canada-region

PLNU community gathers for prayer event

Nearly 700 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends gathered on Point Loma Nazarene University's main campus August 24 for the 3rd annual Pray for PLNU event. This year's event marked the first time incoming students and their families were also invited to participate ahead of this week's New Student Orientation.

Revelation 4 (NIV)

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.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 

Revelation 4 (NIV)

4 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. 5 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. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

A Throne in Heaven “The Book of Revelation is a book for times of

crisis.”* Christians suffered when the Church's numbers

expanded sufficiently to attract the State's hostile attention (1 Pet. 4: 16). Failure to give divine honors to the emperor or ‘to swear by the genius of Caesar’ was not the only ground for persecution; but the anti‐Christian writer Celsus (about 178 CE) warned Christians of the perils of their lack of civic sense and of their disloyalty to an empire from which they derived many material benefits.

How would the verses in Rev 4 be helpful to early Christians in a time of crisis?

How are they helful to Christians today.*Purkiser, Exploring Christian Holiness, Volume 1.

Revelation 4(NIV)In the center, around the throne, were four living

creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 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. 8 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, holyis the Lord God Almighty,’[b]

who was, and is, and is to come.”

Worship at the Throne How long did the four creatures worship

God? How should their example impact our

worship? What are the three titles that the

worshippers attribute to God? How would these titles encourage

believers undergoing persecution? Do people today understand these titles?

Revelation 49 Whenever the living creatures give glory,

honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10 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:

11 “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.”

The Worthy Creator & Ruler The worshippers in this passage

proclaim that God is “worthy.” What is the basis for God’s

worthiness? Is God’s worthiness a central theme

in our worship today? How does God’s worthiness

encourage us in times of crisis?

Encounters with GodSeptember – November

2014Unit 1: Hard Sayings of

the Old Testament