May 17
7
Text: Rev 7:1-8 (read as group)
Notes: emmauscf.org/sermons
Begin with sharing general thoughts about the Sermon/Sermon Text
1. What is the purpose or reason for the break between the first 6 seals and the 7th in Rev 7:1-8?
2. What is the overall message or teaching of Rev 7:1-8?
3. Who do the 144000 mentioned in Revelation 7:1-8 represent? What evidence supports this?
Family Application: Discuss this week’s Catechism questions and share how to communicate these truths to your family.
Gospel Sharing Application: Share about ways in which you have been able to share, proclaim, display, or model the Gospel during this last week.
Suggested verse for meditation: “Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:”
Revelation 7:2-4 ESV
http://bible.com/59/rev.7.2-4.esv