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Text: Revelation 7:9-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today in worship, we confirm and welcome twelve new professing members of our congregation and of God\u2019s church. They will stand before us, confess their faith in Jesus, and promise to serve him in union with the Church which Christ has opened to people of all ages, nations, and races. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These twelve young people are taking their place as servants of God, followers of the Lamb, members of God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are joining in the multitude of those who are standing before the Throne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this Easter season, we are exploring together the powerful message of hope and new life that we find in the Book of Revelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It isn\u2019t a book that we read a lot, probably because it is full of cryptic language and messages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, in the creed that our confirmands wrote, they describe the Bible as \u201cconfusing at times\u2026\u201d and this is a sacred text that even I, your pastor, have a hard time figuring out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as our students also proclaim, when we study God\u2019s word, we are challenged and we grow in our faith and understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What we have discovered so far in our study of this text are a couple of simple truths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First \u2013 This is a book of hope with one consistent message: \u201cJesus is coming and he will sit on the throne\u2026 and the world and all its powers will not. Our work is to allow God to make us into a kingdom, to serve as priests, and give God praise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter where we look, no matter what chapter, this message helps us understand what we might read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second \u2013 as we talked about last week \u2013 the Book of Revelation also tells us about how God will transform the world as we know it into the world that God intends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not through violence and destruction, but through the sacrificial love of the Lamb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n