City Church Tulsa

The Book of Revelation Lamb vs Beast 8.15.21 To a persecuted church, John receives a revelation of the ultimate future in order to encourage the church to live faithfully in the present. The Book of Revelation is resistance literature. It’s God’s way of challenging the idolatry of nationalism It’s God’s way of establishing who is really in power and in control It’s God’s way of calling the church to a new vision for life, the future, and seeing power Revelation 4:1-6 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They