“MY FATHER IS GOD” = ELIAB
“EL” = God. Psa. 68:20 Our El is the El of salvation”.
“i” = my. In Hebrew, the possessive “i” is
attached to the subject. “El” is God and the
attached “i” makes it “My God”. Jesus on the
cross cried out “Eli”, “Eli”. My God, My God
“AB” = father. Rom. 8:15 By the Spirit we cry, Abba
In a similar way, certain letters of the alphabet
communicate words or ideas to us
“BOGO”
The letters are an abbreviation for:
BUY ONE GET ONE (free)
Wouldn’t you like to have a name
telling others that God is your Father?
1 Peter 1:2-5
2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God
the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be
multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant
mercy has begotten us again to a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away,
reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept
by the power of God through faith for
salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time.
Our Father speaks truth to us through His
written Word, His Holy Spirit affirms His Word
If you have believed in Jesus, His death, burial,
and resurrection and trusted totally in Him
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God elected you.
God’s Spirit set you apart to follow Jesus
Jesus’ blood cleanses you from sin
God “borned you again” planted His seed in you
You have a living hope. Christ rose up from death
God has an eternal inheritance reserved in heaven
with your name on it.
7. God’s power will keep you through the trials of life
Our Father lives in “heaven”, but we don’t know where
that is. Infinity lies in every direction from earth
90 year old John describes what he saw when
he looked at his heavenly Father. Rev. 4:1
4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door
standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I
heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying,
“Come up here, and I will show you things which
must take place after this.”
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne
set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3
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He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius
stone in appearance;
Jasper= opaque
cryptocrystalline quartz
of any of several colors,
especially green
chalcedony,
Sardius=ruby red
and there was a rainbow around the throne, in
appearance like an emerald. 4 Around the
throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the
thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting,
clothed in white robes; and they had crowns
of gold on their heads. 5 And from the throne
proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and
voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning
before the throne, the seven Spirits of God.
6 Before the throne there was a sea of glass, like
crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and around
the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes in
front and in back. 7 The first living creature was
like a lion, the second living creature like a calf, the
third living creature had a face like a man, and the
fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. 8 The
four living creatures, each having six wings, were full
of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day
or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God
Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”
A “Biblical” artist tries to incorporate all the
features of what John was seeing
What might each say about our Father?
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Door into His presence
Voice speaking to John
Voice like a trumpet
Come up here
I will show you
Sitting on the throne
Like jasper (green gem)
Like sardius (ruby red gem)
Emerald green rainbow
encircling the throne
10. 24 Elders on thrones
11. White robes
12. Winner’s crowns
13. Lightnings from the throne
14. Thunderings from the
throne
15 Voices from the throne
16. Seven lamps of fire
17. Burning before the throne
18. Sea of crystal
19. In the middle and around,
four living beings
20. Beings covered with eyes
21. Lion being
22. Calf being
23. Face like a man
24. Flying eagle
25. Six wings each
26. No rest day or night
27 “Holy, Holy, Holy”
28 Elders fall down, worship
29. Elders cast their award
crowns before the throne
30 You are worthy, O Lord
Only Christ wears the diadem.
He awards Saints with stephanos
“Stephanos” Winner’s crown
“Diadem” King’s crown
John’s attention is suddenly drawn again to the Person
on the throne. A 7-sealed scroll is in His right hand
God wrote this message in eternity past and it
remained a mystery
Rev. 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of Him
who sat on the throne a scroll written inside
and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2
Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with
a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the
scroll and to loose its seals?” 3 And no one in
heaven or on the earth or under the earth was
able to open the scroll, or to look at it
Only One Person is worthy to take the scroll
from the hand of God and open it
5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not
weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
the Root of David, has prevailed to open the
scroll and to loose its seven seals.”
6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the
throne and of the four living creatures, and in
the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as
though it had been slain, having seven horns
and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
God sent out into all the earth.
Synonyms to describe the scene
Fearful, awesome,
Confounding,
auspicious, heart
dumbfounding, breath
stopping, terror, shiver,
taking, indescribable,
quake, harrowing,
unimaginable,
petrifying, intimidating,
inconceivable,
marvelous, amazing,
phenomenal,
stupefying, sensational,
reverence, honor,
astonishing, astounding,
hallowed, worship,
dazzling, bewildering,
submission
staggering,
The awesome, all powerful, all knowing Father of all
creation is also the kind and loving Jesus (John 15:14)
Rev. 1:17 John fell “lifeless”
Jesus said, “Do not be afraid”
God was in Christ reconciling
the world to Himself, not imputing their
trespasses to them, and has committed to
us the word of reconciliation.
1 Corinthians 5:19