[00:00:39] First Reading - Acts 9:36-43
[00:02:36] Second Reading - Revelation 7:9-17
[00:04:19] Gospel Reading - John 10:22-30
[00:05:20] Sermon - Rev. Chris Roth
[00:25:33] Blessing and Dismissal
Questions for reflection on Revelation 7:9-17
- Read Revelation chapters 4-7. Who is it that is on the throne? Compare to John 10:30.
- How does the genre change your way of reading? For example, poetry vs narrative vs parable. What genre do you think the Book of Revelation is? What is the danger is mistaking Revelation’s genre?
- The social setting in which Revelation was written was a hostile setting where Christians were under threat from numerous angles, especially the Roman Empire. The way Christians viewed the world was in conflict with the way the Roman Empire viewed the world. To what degree does our view of the world as Christians conflict with the way our society views the world?
- The multitude in verse 9 has come through a great ordeal and now stand before the throne. They are God’s faithful people, but they are not saved from difficulty. How do you make sense of that? How might that change how you look at your own challenges?
