a picture of heaven

A Picture of Heaven

Revelation 7:9-12

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9 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

Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm

branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

   "Salvation belongs to our God,    who sits on the throne,    and to

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11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the

elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their

faces before the throne and worshiped God,

12 saying:    "Amen!    Praise and glory    and wisdom and thanks

and honor    and power and strength    be to our God for ever

and ever.    Amen!"Revelation 7:9-12 (NIV)A

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A. The Picture Shows a GREAT Multitude

“there before me was a great multitude that no one could count”

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Yoido Full Gospel Church – Seoul, South Korea

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Texas Rangers Stadium – Arlington, Texas, USA

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National Sports Stadium – Jakarta, Indonesia

“I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore” (Genesis 22:17).

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B. The Picture Shows a DIVERSE multitude “from every nation, tribe, people and

language”

The great multitude in heaven will come from all over the earth.

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950,000 kinds of insects. 300,000 kinds of plants. 10,000 kinds of birds. 1.2 million kinds of animals.

We have a God who loves diversity.

The beauty of creation is seen through the marvelous diversity all around us.

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“If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed,

and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:28).

The unifying factor in the midst of human diversity is Jesus

Christ—not religion, not language, not political ideals.

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C. The Picture Shows a FORGIVEN Multitude

“Standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb”

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“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Therefore, no one can be a part of this great multitude in heaven on his or her own merits.

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D. The Picture Shows a JOYFUL Multitude

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

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“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation”

(Psalm 95:1 emphasis added).

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Status of the Great Commission

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Status of the Great Commission

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The World’s Population in Relation to the Gospel (approx. percentages)

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Para el año 2025,un programa de traducción de la Biblia

estará en progresoen cada lengua que lo necesite.

Adopt and PrayMaguindanao People

Philippines

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Population 1.2MReligion Islam% Christian 0.1%

Adopt and PrayYemeni People

Yemen

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Population 11.7MReligion Islam% Christian 0.0%

“Missions exists because worship doesn’t… When this

age is over, and the countless millions of the

redeemed fall on their faces before the throne of God, missions will be no more…

But worship abides forever.”

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