2. Trouble

3. Who’s on the throne in your life? vv 1-3 The Throne that rules them all vv 4-7 It’s all about Who’s on the Throne vv 8-11 Worship God alone

4. Outline of Revelation Write the things: You have seen, Those that are, Those that are to take place after this

6. Domitian ruled 81 – 96 AD

7. God has told us all about heaven that is necessary to bring us there; and if he had revealed more, it would have served rather for the gratification of our curiosity than for the increase of our grace. Charles Spurgeon

8. There are 24 elders in white with crowns sitting around the throne. Flashes of lightning, rumbling and peals of thunder come from the throne. Before the throne were the seven spirits of God. Before the throne was a sea of glass. Around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures.

9. The Father is the center and source of all creation. Everything points to and revolves around Him. He occupies the sovereign place of rule and has unshakable authority over all things. His sovereign rule is fixed, permanent, and unshakable. Chuck Swindoll

10. Sevenfold Spirit of God The Spirit of : The Lord Wisdom Understanding Counsel Might Knowledge Reverence/fear Isaiah 11:2

11. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ Philippians 3:20

12. “when John looks at the creatures worshiping God, he understands more of what God is like. What’s the lesson? Creatures who devote themselves to glorifying their Creator will show what God is like by their very lives.”

14. Who’s on the throne?

15. Worship is…is not… A lifestyle anoccasional activity Surrendershared with anything else An attitudejust outward motions Sincerejust singing a song