A preview into being in God’s presence – Revelation 7:9-12
Revelation 7:9-12
Audio PlayerPraise from the Great Crowd
9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.10 And they were shouting with a great roar,
“Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne
and from the Lamb!”
11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. 12 They sang,
“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength belong to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”
—Revelation 7:9-12 (NLT)
(Okay, maybe it would have been better if I’d stuck to reading the last four lines, but that’s what I did when I read library books to my students. It’s hard to break old habits. 
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It is embarrassing to even try to enact what it might be like to come into the presence of the Holy God. If the truth be known, my voice would probably completely leave me as I tried to mouth the words – a situation I’ve experienced a time or two when I was overcome with joy while singing in a choir or congregation.
What can be added to these verses? nothing significant… Just read them through enough times as you attempt to feel something of what it might be like to be present on that day – because that day will come.
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