Revelation #36

Sorry about missing two days this week...sometimes things just get in the way! Lets finish chapter 11 today!



Revelation 11:15-19



The Seventh Trumpet

15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." 16And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17saying,



"We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.

18The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."

19Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.



Verse 15 tells us the seventh angel blew his trumpet and loud voices were heard in heaven saying "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever." This is reminding us who is in charge! Jesus! It is also a picture of the millennial reign of Christ coming! In verse 16 we see once again twenty-four elders who sit on thrones before God fall on their face and worship God! In worship they also praise God for the coming reign and judgement of Christ. We also see in verse 18 at the second coming of Christ the dead will be judged (Great white throne judgement). Also the saints will be rewarded for their for service to God both great and small (Bema Seat of Christ judgement)!



Finally in verse 19 we get a glimpse into heaven. The temple in heaven is opened and we see the ark of the covenant. Wow I guess that pretty well tells us we might as well not look for it any longer here as many have....it is in heaven! This is a look into the holiest of hollies, thus we have lightning, rumbles and peals of thunder, an earth quake, and heavy hail. What an awesome thing to think about!



Tom