A WAY OUT OF NO WAY (14 OF 29)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: Revelation 7:1-17
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A Way Out of No Way (14 of 29)
Series: Live Like You're Leaving
Keith Krell
Revelation 7:1-17
I would like to take you back several years before the cell phone. Do you remember cordless, hand-held phones? I know it's hard, but try. Our family had these contraptions throughout our home. When my kids were young, they loved to talk on the phone. Their favorite time to talk on the phone was when I was on the phone. They would beg and plead to talk to the person that I was on the phone with. If I gave in, they usually launched into some story without even identifying themselves. I remember many times being on the other end of the line and not being able to decipher who was talking. Imagine what it must have been like for our relatives and friends! In mid-sentence, my young children would tell a sibling to ''be quiet'' or ''stop touching me,'' and the person on the other end was supposed to know when he or she was being addressed. Yeah, right! I remember when Jena was two-years-old and she would get on the phone and just sit there nodding her head in response, yet the caller didn't even know if she was still there. My boys would say, ''Look at this,'' and hold something up to the phone for the caller to see. The conversations we would have were rather erratic. These weren't well-scripted, orderly scenes; they were often utter chaos.
Perhaps you feel that the same could be said of the book of Revelation. Okay, I'll be honest, sometimes I do as well. Yet, if we understand that Revelation 6-19 is arranged like an old-school phone conversation, it may begin to make more sense. In chapter 6 John starts telling an orderly story of judgment. But in chapter 7 his chronological order is interrupted with a pause (parenthesis) of relief. Thus, Revelation 6 closes with the sixth seal and the seventh is not opened until 8:1. In each series of seven judgments (seals, trumpets, and bowls) there is a pause containing additional visions between the sixth and the seventh. Thi ...
Series: Live Like You're Leaving
Keith Krell
Revelation 7:1-17
I would like to take you back several years before the cell phone. Do you remember cordless, hand-held phones? I know it's hard, but try. Our family had these contraptions throughout our home. When my kids were young, they loved to talk on the phone. Their favorite time to talk on the phone was when I was on the phone. They would beg and plead to talk to the person that I was on the phone with. If I gave in, they usually launched into some story without even identifying themselves. I remember many times being on the other end of the line and not being able to decipher who was talking. Imagine what it must have been like for our relatives and friends! In mid-sentence, my young children would tell a sibling to ''be quiet'' or ''stop touching me,'' and the person on the other end was supposed to know when he or she was being addressed. Yeah, right! I remember when Jena was two-years-old and she would get on the phone and just sit there nodding her head in response, yet the caller didn't even know if she was still there. My boys would say, ''Look at this,'' and hold something up to the phone for the caller to see. The conversations we would have were rather erratic. These weren't well-scripted, orderly scenes; they were often utter chaos.
Perhaps you feel that the same could be said of the book of Revelation. Okay, I'll be honest, sometimes I do as well. Yet, if we understand that Revelation 6-19 is arranged like an old-school phone conversation, it may begin to make more sense. In chapter 6 John starts telling an orderly story of judgment. But in chapter 7 his chronological order is interrupted with a pause (parenthesis) of relief. Thus, Revelation 6 closes with the sixth seal and the seventh is not opened until 8:1. In each series of seven judgments (seals, trumpets, and bowls) there is a pause containing additional visions between the sixth and the seventh. Thi ...
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