END OF TIME PROPHECIES 089

UNIVERSAL ADORATION       Revelation 5v13-14. 

"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, "blessing and honour and glory and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever."      And the four beasts said Amen and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped Him that liveth forever and ever."  

Here the vision before John's eyes broadens out to include "every creature" which is anywhere in the universe adding their voice to the combined songs of men and angels who occupy heaven.   This vision of John here in chapters 4 & 5 is the true picture of creation as God intended it to be, and as we now know it will be.   The Father on the eternal throne; accompanied by the Son and the Holy Spirit; the four spirits before the throne; the seraphim above the throne; the twenty four elders representing the church around the throne; ever increasing circles of angels who cannot be numbered; the picture now extends to the whole of creation.   These last few verses take us beyond the immediate scene that John sees to the very end picture of all things.   We will discover in chapter 6 at the end of that chapter He moves from the immediate circumstances to the ultimate end of the wrath of God.   God is not bound by time as we are and in the revelation of His truth, whether it be in worship or in wrath He sees the end from the beginning.  

All this accords with other scriptures such as :  Psalm 150v6  "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord."  -  Philippians 2v9-11 " Wherefore God also has highly exalted Him, and given Him the name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven and things in earth and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."  -  Ephesians 1v 19&20   "According to the working of God's mighty power, which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this world but also in that which is to come."   -  Ephesians 1v10  "In the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in One all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him."   -  Colossians 1v20  "And having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven."

All in heaven, all on earth whether human or angel whether redeemed or not; this is the picture all with one voice praising the Lamb and the God who willed it so.   The remainder of the book of Revelation is a narrative which moves from heaven to earth and earth to heaven, and the understanding of the book is enhanced when we see in tabulated form the sections of the book as follows;

• Chapter 6 v    1-8           -  earth      the first four seals.
• Chapter 6 v   9-11          -  heaven   the fifth seal martyrs.
• Chapter 6 v 12 -17         -  earth     sixth seal    the day of His wrath.
• Chapter 7 v  1 - 8           -  earth     the sealing of the one hundred and forty four thousand.
• Chapter 7 v  9 -17          -  heaven   the great multitude.
• Chapter 8 v   1- 5           -  heaven   preparation for trumpet judgments, the opening of the seventh seal.
• Chapter 8v6 - 9v21        - earth       the first six trumpet judgments.
• Chapter 10                     - earth       the little book.
• Chapter 11 v   1-10       - earth        the two witnesses.
• Chapter 11 v 15-19       - heaven     the announcement of the seventh trumpet.
• Chapter 12 v   1-12      -  heaven     the expulsion of Satan.
• Chapter 12 v 13-17      -  earth        attack by Satan.
• Chapter 13                   -  earth        the rise of the two beasts.
• Chapter 14                   -  earth        judgment of the great tribulation.
• Chapter 15                  -   heaven     announcement of the seven last judgments.
• Chapter 16                  -   earth        the seven vials of wrath.
• Chapter 17                  -   earth        destruction of religious Babylon.
• Chapter 18                  -   earth        destruction of commercial Babylon.
• Chapter 19 v1-10       -   heaven      the marriage of the Lamb.
• Chapter 19 v11-21     -   earth         the second coming of Christ.
• Chapter 20                 -   earth         millennial kingdom
• Chapter 21 & 22        -   heaven & earth made anew.