{"id":198,"date":"2019-06-24T18:48:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2019-06-24T18:48:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T18:48:09","slug":"revelation-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=198","title":{"rendered":"Revelation 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Verses 1-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who is involved in these verses?<\/li><li>What would be the consequences of holding the wind back across all of the earth?<\/li><li>What kind of power would be required to hold back wind from all over the earth?<\/li><li>How many angles were required to hold back the wind over all the earth?<\/li><li>What does it mean to have the &#8220;seal of the living God&#8221;?<\/li><li>What does it mean to &#8220;seal the servants of our God on their foreheads&#8221;?<\/li><li>Who are to be marked?<\/li><li>What significance is there to 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel?<\/li><li>Based on these passages, describe what you know about the timing of marking the 144,000?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Verses 9-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Are the 144,000 the only ones in heaven? What verse proves this?<\/li><li>What is it that belongs to their God and to the Lamb?<\/li><li>Review and try to understand the various offerings the angels give to God in verse 12. How does this describe God?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Verse 13-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Does John ask about those in white robes?<\/li><li>Has there been a reference to any other beings in heaven besides elders, angels, God, the Lamb and the four creatures before this? What does this mean to you?<\/li><li>What does it mean to you to come &#8220;out of the great tribulation&#8221;?<\/li><li>What light does this shed on verse 9 and when this might be happening?<\/li><li>In the beginning of this chapter, we have angles poised to wreck havoc on the earth but are stopped in time to mark the 144,000. Then we see heaven with a great multitude from every nation worshiping God and Jesus who came &#8220;out of the great tribulation&#8221;. What does this timing indicate to you?<\/li><li>What do the ones in white robes do?<\/li><li>What reward is offered from their worship? How does this compare to our lives here on earth today?<\/li><li>What other benefits can we expect in heaven?<\/li><li>From whom do these blessings flow?<\/li><li>What does it mean to: 1) be our sheherd, 2) guide us to living water?<\/li><li>Who will wipe tears away from our eyes?<\/li><li>What does this passage attribute to God and what to the Lamb? Pray and think about this?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verses 1-8 Who is involved in these verses? What would be the consequences of holding the wind back across all of the earth? What kind of power would be required to hold back wind from all over the earth? How many angles were required to hold back the wind over all the earth? What does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}