 Hi guys, welcome and good morning once again. Hope you all are doing. We've started the recording. Can I request any one of us to please lead us in prayer? Anyone, please lead in prayer. We'll get started. Sure. Thank you. Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you under the name of Jesus. We thank you for this beautiful day and for the beautiful class we are about to have. God, in life, your whole spirit and as we start our class, help us to open our mind and heart and listen to each and every word that passes us. Help us to understand God. Help us to not just be here of the words, but to also be the doers of the words. We give you all the praise and all the glory. I place each and every one of my classmates into your hands. Be with them and guide them more. And God, I pray for good. I pray for connections. You'll be restarting in the ending. You speak with us, Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Japhina. Great guys. So yeah, we've come on quite a journey in terms of understanding God's idea, his heart, his desire for the local church. We've seen time and time again that the church is his idea and we are to follow his blueprint, right? And so in section two, we've been talking about the church being the body of Christ, the family of God, the pillar of truth, the bride, the army, right? And all these different pictures and imageries that the scriptures has been portraying the church to be, right? And so today we'll go on that same journey and we learn about how the house of God is called to be a house of prayer and worship, right? So we are in page 87. This is where our journey begins today, right? The local church, the house of prayer and worship. Okay. So, and we see that, and I've said this so many times before, it's from God's heart, from, you know, one recurring theme in the Bible from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelation is God saying, I will be your God and you will be my people, right? I will be your God and you will be my people and you will see that or read that time and time again from the book of Genesis all the way to the Revelation. And on similar lines, we see that picture being painted in Exodus chapter 19 verse 3 to 6, Exodus 19 verse 3 to 6. Can I request someone to read that please? One of us. Exodus 19, 3 to 6. Exodus chapter 19 verse 3 to 6. And Moses went up to God and the Lord calls to him from the mountain, saying, Thus you shall stay to the house of Jacob and tell the children of Espeak. You have seen what I did to the Egyptians on how I bore you on evil things and brought you to my place. Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special testimony above all people. For all the earth is mine and you shall be to me a kingdom of peace and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Espeak. Thank you, Jeffrey. So one of the things that stands out there is that God starts off by saying that you have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on evil swings and brought you to myself. So he just didn't bring them out for the sake of bringing them out and this letting them free to run wild and chaotic in the promised land. What not? God is very specific. I brought you out to myself. I have set you apart. I have called you out to myself. That is the calling of the church as well. A calling is a church is set apart. You are set apart to unto Him, unto God. And verse 5 it says, Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people. For all the earth is mine and you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus chapter 19 is a very crucial chapter in the book of Exodus. Every chapter is important in that book. At this point, the people of Israel had yet not rebelled or the Ten Commandments had not yet given. And so God's heart once again was for the entire nation of Israel to be a priesthood and not just the tribe of Levi. And then it was after they went against the commandments, built their own golden coffin and whatnot. And long story short, Moses comes in this most cinematic and the most dramatic way and says, Who's on the Lord's side shall come this side? And then the Bible says, I'm not making this up by the way. And then we read that only it says, All the Levites ran towards him. And so the beginning of the Levitical priesthood, I would say kind of begins from there. But God's heart was for the entire nation to be a priesthood. And we see that in the New Covenant in 1 Peter 2 verse 5. You also as living stones are being built up a spiritual house. We've learned about how the local church is a spiritual house in the earlier chapters. A holy priesthood. So now we are in the New Covenant. And through what Jesus has done for us, we are now a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Through Jesus Christ, that's crucial. Time and time again we would read that in the New Testament about this thing. At the end it would say through Jesus Christ or Paul will begin the statement saying, Now therefore through Jesus Christ do this. Or he will end a statement by saying through Jesus Christ. And so that's the key here. And now as priests, we know what priests did in the Old Testament. They performed all these sacrifices, rituals in the tabernacle. They were responsible for all these things. And now we are called to serve and to minister unto God. We are a holy priesthood called to offer spiritual sacrifices. One thing about priests, guys, is they never went before God empty handed. They never went before God empty handed. And so we are to minister unto Him just as priests in the Old, we offer spiritual sacrifices. We offer Him the fruit of our lips. That is the sacrifice of praise that Hebrews says. And so that's the first call as to know that we are under the priesthood. And not just priesthood, we are a royal priesthood, as the translation says. And so just if you were in a physical class, I would ask you to nudge your neighbor and say, hey, what's a priest? If you're not feeling like a priest, too bad because you're one. So that's where we are at. And then another responsibility of a priesthood was to keep the fire burning in the tabernacle, in the sanctuary, Leviticus chapter 6 verse 12 and 13, in your notes it says, and the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order on it. And he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. Verse 13, a fire shall always be burning on the altar. It shall never go out. It shall never go out. And so once Moses built the tabernacle of the inauguration, we see that in Exodus chapter 40, after the inauguration of the tabernacle, the first fire upon the brazen altar came from heaven. You read about that in the book of Leviticus. How many of your favorite book is Leviticus? Yeah, my favorite book is Leviticus. Not everybody's going to do that, isn't it? But the book of Leviticus is beautiful. It's very crucial for us to understand a lot of things. But then so Leviticus chapter 9 verse 24 says, The first fire upon the brazen altar came from heaven. Do you remember another instance where fire came from heaven? Elijah, 1 Kings 18. Once again, the common factor there was altar. Here, the first fire upon the brazen altar. Then the fire came. And so something tells us that it's very important for us to very briefly build altars that altars represent a symbol of sacrifice, surrender. So we have to build altars. Romans chapter 12 verse 1 and 2, Paul writes saying, Offer yourselves as living sacrifice. So we all know that famous popular scripture. So building an altar is one thing. And we are not only asked to build an altar, we are asked to be on the altar, living sacrifice. So once that happens, fire comes from heaven. Now, after the fire comes, it is our responsibility to keep the fire burning. It's God's responsibility to send the fire. But once he sends, it is our responsibility to keep the fire going, right? So fire falls on sacrifice. We provide the sacrifice. God provides his fire. Our continuous sacrifices of worship and prayer are fueled by the fire of God, right? Ongoing, never seizing. So that's another responsibility of us as priests. What's the first thing is that we understand that we are a priesthood, okay? And one of the responsibilities of the many is that we ought to keep the fire burning, okay? The second responsibility there is, we read about it in Exodus chapter 30, verse 34 and 38, is the holy incense. The Bible says, The Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, Stactae and Oniccia and Galbenum and pure frankincense with these sweet spices. There shall be equal amounts of each. He's a specific God. Anything we can learn about tabernacle is so detailed, right? It's like God's saying, Okay, yeah, just put whatever you feel like doing. You ask anybody, hey, how you did this? It's very simple. I just put this, this, this, and this came out. No, it's not that. God is so detailed. He's so specific. Okay, this, this, this, and there shall be equal amounts of each. It's like almost like a, you know, a beautiful recipe there. And so you shall make these an incense, a compound according to the art of the perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. And you shall beat some of it very fine and some of it therefore the testimony in the tabernacle of meeting where I will meet with you. And it shall be most holy to you. But as for the incense, which you shall make, you shall not make any for yourselves according to its composition. It shall be to you, holy for the Lord. That means separated, set apart. That ingredient, it's, it's mine. It's, it's, it's set apart, right? Whoever makes any like it or to smell it, he shall be cut off from his people, right? So basically just there is anything offered to God must be holy and pure, right? And we can talk about the holiness of God for as long as we want. And we will not come to an end of talking about his holiness. We can just do course after course after course. I don't think there's enough doctorates that you can do to study on his holiness and say, I have arrived. I have learned everything that there is to be learned about the holiness of God. But then we can only pray and cause and ask for more encounters because our encounters with God takes place in the midst of holiness. And because that's how he, he is holy. And we see that, isn't it? Everything we do, you know, we are encouraged to do in that reverence knowing that he is holy. So everything offered to God must be holy and pure, right? So we are priesthood. We are to keep the fire burning. God sends the fire. We have to build the altar, sacrifice. We have to be on the altar, right? And the imagery that we have right now is what exactly Jesus did for us. Jesus was not only our offerer, offering, but he was also the offerer, right? He just didn't build the altar, but he was on the altar, right? He created the wood, the cross, the tree. You know, the cross was made of, right? And then he was the one on the altar. He was not only our sacrifice. He was also the high priest, right? And we read all about it in the book of Hebrews. And that's where we are being encouraged. When we see that we are in this priesthood, it's like, hey, remember all of this? Remember your teacher, your master, your, you know, your savior, Jesus? That's, you know, that's what I'm asking you to be. That's where we're going at, right? And so everything presented, offered to God must be holy and set apart and pure. Okay. So remember, we are again studying about the house of God being a house of prayer and worship. So what we read about in, or what we at least learn from the tabernacle of Moses is that all of these, these methods, these process was introduced, the ornaments, so to speak, right? And then much later comes this person called David. Right? So, and then we all know that, you know, he built a tabernacle, which is known as the tabernacle of David or the tent of David, you know, tent of meeting, whatever. Now, David, along with the ornaments, he also introduces instruments, right? And so we read all about that. In the notes, we are in page 88. It says, around 1000 BC, as an outflow of his heart, King David commanded that the Ark of the Covenant be brought up upon the shoulders of the Levites amidst the sound of songs and music instruments to his new capital, Jerusalem. Okay. So again, I think we all know the backdrop, the story behind this where the Ark of the Covenant was captured. The Ark of the Covenant was not with the people of the Covenant for almost 70 odd years. The Covenant was, you know, people of Israel, right? So it was not with them for 70 odd years. And then, you know, second Samuel chapter six, where the story kind of unfolds where David, after he's become the king of Jerusalem, Israel and Judah, he goes and brings the Ark back. You know, once he brings it, tries to bring it on a bullock cart, fails, you know, major flop. And then he takes, you know, he learns that Levites have to bring them back on their shoulders. So he does that. And then he pitches that on a mountain of God, which is Zion, it's a hill, right on hill, where the tent was pitched. And that's where the Ark of the Covenant was kept. And then the Davidic order of worship kind of begins from that day on. There's a huge celebration. He kind of throws a party for the entire nation. He's distributing cakes and whatnot. David is just exuberant. He is just, you know, beyond happy and whatnot. But just look at the way he set it up. For example, it says David appointed 4,000 musicians plus 4,000 gatekeepers and 288 prophetic singers, not just singers, prophetic singers, right? Who ministered day and night to make petition, to give thanks to the Lord and to praise the Lord. 4,000 musicians, or I can wrap my head around it or, you know, force myself to wrap my head around it. But 4,000 gatekeepers, what is happening? How many gates? What's the layout? What did the layout look like? You know, but then see the way he was organized it. Seven days a week, 365 days a year. So it's just day and night, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. This kind of Davidic order of worship went on for 33 years, right? 33 years. I mean, it might not seem like a lot, 33 years, yeah. But yeah, try doing that. It was so impactful. It was so powerful that every other king who came after David, right, which we look at in just a second, and whoever reinstated the Davidic order of worship was successful, and there was revival in the land. Okay, but we'll just look at it in just a second. So in David's tabernacle, everything was extravagant. The best they could offer to God was what was offered. The best that they could offer was what was offered. 4,000 musicians. It's just, to say crazy will be an understatement. 4,000 musicians, 288 singers, day and night, night and day. We read all about it in 1 Chronicles 25 verse 1-8. And we also see that there was order in terms of every, there were 24 groups or teams, so to speak, the roster. My favorite word as a worship pastor, isn't it, JP? Is roster. There were 24 groups and singers. There were ranks. There was, again, order, just like an army, like what we learned in the last class. If you read 1 Chronicles 25, you would see everybody, all of them, were under the supervision of the king. Okay, just go through 1 Chronicles 25, 1-8, you'll see. And they were all highly skilled. Okay, so they were organized. That means there was a roster. That means there was someone who was taking care of worship team administration. There was administrative duties. That means, okay, I'm going to play in the temple. I'm just going to show up whenever I feel like. I'm not going to show up whenever I don't feel like. This morning I don't feel like praising God. I'll play an instrument. I'm not going to come into work. It was not an option. At least it didn't seem like that to them, right? There was order. There was, there was submissive under the supervision of the leadership, right? And they were all highly skilled musicians. We'll learn more about this next year in detail on this chapter, okay? And so as mentioned, right? Every king after King David who followed this Davidic order of worship saw breakthroughs, spiritual breakthroughs, deliverances, military victories, etc., etc., right? And you can read all about them. So Solomon, we're in page 90. Solomon instructed that worship in the temple should be in accordance with the Davidic order. Okay, Jehoshaphat. He defeated Moab and Amon by setting singers up in accordance with the Davidic order. Singers at the front of an army singing at the great, singing the great Halal, right? Jehoshaphat reinstated Davidic worship in the temple. Joash, another king, Hezekiah, Josiah, Ezra and Nehemiah, right? Returning from Babylon reinstated Davidic worship, right? Once again, we'll learn in detail about all those, you know, these things in your next semester worship in the course, worship ministry, okay? But whatever David did seemed to have touched the heart of God so much. And there could be so many things that we can discuss on what touched the heart of God, but then that every king who kind of followed that order had success, saw success. And then we go on to see sometime, some 250 to 300 years later, prophet Amos prophesies in Amos chapter 9 verse 11 to 13, right? So can I request someone to read Amos chapter 9 verse 11 to 13, the scriptures that is in the notes, please? Amos chapter 9 verse 11 to 13. On the day I will rise up the tabernacle of Davidic which has fallen down and repair its damages, I will rise up its ruin and rebuild it as it is in the days of old, that they may purchase their covenant of season and all the Gentiles who are caused by my sin face the Lord who doth resist. Behold, the days are coming, face the Lord. When the flow man shall take over the keeper and the trader of grace. Who is so sweet. The mountains shall drip with sweet wine and all the hills shall flow with it. Thanks, Jeffrey. So if we see that, okay, from verse 11, it starts by saying, on that day I will raise up, God is saying I will raise up the tabernacle of David which has fallen down and repair its damages. And I will raise it up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old. Now most of the times in worship community around the world, we only seem to speak about that first line. These are the days where God is rebuilding the tabernacle of David. It's a very famous and a popular phrase in the worship community around the world. God is rebuilding the tabernacle of David. But then look at the following verse. Why? What's the purpose behind it is that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the Gentiles who are called by my name. Gentiles, right? Remember in the scriptures there are only two kinds of people. One the people in the covenant and the other are the people not in the covenant. The other Gentiles, right? So the Edomites, Edom, other Canonites who are also known as Gentiles, they will be brought to him. Basically, evangelism winning souls for the kingdom. God is saying he would rebuild the tabernacle restore the tabernacle of David as it was in the past. He would do this so that the Gentiles would be brought into his kingdom. And so it goes on to say that the harvest will be so plentiful that the reapers will still be busy gathering in the harvest from the previous season. That means there will be so much of winning of souls who will be added to the kingdom of God as a result of the tabernacle of David being rebuilt. And we see that in scriptures, for example, in Joel chapter 2, verse 28 and 29, where Joel prophesies about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which happens on the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. We all know what happens. So on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit baptism takes place. There's like amazing outpouring of the Spirit. And then 3,000 people are added to the church. The gospel had spread among the Gentiles. The church is growing exponentially at a crazy rate. And then in a long story short, there was some kind of discussion or a debate about, okay, what about these Gentiles who are being saved? Should they get circumcised and begin to practice all the Jewish traditions and all this debate was happening? And then James in Acts chapter 15, verse 16 and 17, he says this, right? After this, I will return, like, you know, this is James and he completely inspired by the Holy Spirit. He's writing that I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins and I will set it up so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord. Even all the Gentiles who are called by my name says the Lord who does all these things, right? So guys, the early church was being the tabernacle of David in a spiritual sense. Like, as in when we talk about the tabernacle, rebuilding the tabernacle of David, it's not a literal physical thing now, okay? It is a spiritual, in a spiritual sense, what Amos prophesied in Amos chapter 9, verse 11 and 12, I will rebuild, restore David's tabernacle so that the Gentiles will come in. After the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, we see Gentiles being added to the church. And so that in a spiritual sense, David's tabernacle was being rebuilt. And then James is prophesying what Amos said, right? And so there is a direct relationship between the offering up of continuous worship and intercession and the winning of souls to the Lord, right? There is a direct connection between prayer, worship and intercession that leads to winning of the souls for his kingdom, right? Are you guys with me so far? Yeah, any thoughts, any questions? All right, type a yes or a no or a maybe in the chat section. Just so I know you're alive. I have a small question. So what we're saying is the tabernacle of David is established and rebuilt already when the time of Pentecost are we still pressing in for that? Because then we hear the worship movements talk about this. So what is the significance of that at this age? So remembering about Joel's prophecy, right? Joel says that in the last days I will pour out my spirit, all the sons and daughters will see visions and whatnot, right? Now what we read about Joel, what he says in Joel chapter two, we don't see all of it happening on the day of Pentecost, right? In Acts chapter two. But then yet Peter says, this is what Joel prophesied about, okay? And so that means it's still, I mean, it still goes on to say that and why do we talk about Holy Spirit baptism? When we at least teach about Holy Spirit baptism in churches is we refer to Acts chapter two and everything that happened in the early church. And that's why we press in, right? We don't stop pressing and saying, okay, this happened only then and so we stop pressing in now. So we don't believe in cessation. At least that's not what we teach at the ABC. And so therefore, because, you know, that was a symbol or that was referred to David's tabernacle being built. I mean, which James kind of, you know, refers to in the scriptures is the same thing that we as the local church are called to do, which is the great commission, isn't it? Go out and bring our people into his kingdom, so to speak, right? In doing so, there is a restoration of David's tabernacle. And so, I mean, our duty is as a local church, we have to be the house of prayer and worship. And as a result of that, people are getting added to his kingdom. So in my opinion, we need to press in for that. Yeah, whatever. Thanks. Yeah. Okay, so that's where we're at, guys. So as local church, you know, as we give ourselves to continuous worship and intercession and, you know, we will see large gatherings of souls being added to the kingdom of God, right? And at the bottom of page 91, there's a section where we talk about the house of prayer and worship. Okay, there's a question here. I said, okay, let's just pause before we continue. It says, Pastor, as we are talking about the culture and gentiles, a question often raises in my mind, that is, as Jesus was himself a Jew, and we are walking in his footsteps, then why we Christians only have three festivals. Good Friday, Easter, Christmas. Why don't we celebrate the festivals like Passover or other festivals referred in the Bible? Because I don't think we have to. See, I'm a Christian, right? Jesus was a Jew because he comes from the people, but then we all become his children in faith. He doesn't say we all become a Jew in faith. So that is my understanding. I mean, there are certain things that you all want to, I mean, you want to practice what the Jewish traditions are. I mean, there are certain families that I know of who practices certain festivals. Sometimes they take it a bit far, which is not necessary, but that freedom is there. So, you know, I mean, there are families that make certain Jewish prayers before the meal, after the meal. They follow the different, certain practices of, you know, there are so many things, isn't it? But also festivals, when you talk about festivals, and if you're studying about the different festivals of the Jewish tradition, I think they have about seven, I think I forget, I've studied it a long time ago. Out of the seven, I think four is already fulfilled. And then there's the rest three, which is still kind of prophetic. So if we start talking about it, we can keep talking about it. But remembering, you know, Good Friday is Passover, isn't it? We're remembering what God did for us, you know, and then Easter is celebrating his resurrection. Christmas is celebrating his birth, and that works for me, but it's not for me. And I celebrate his goodness every day of my life. So yeah, that's about it. Cool. So House of Prayer and worship. Isaiah chapter 56 verse 6 and 7, it says, also the sons of the foreigner who joined themselves to the Lord. Look at that language there, right? Also the sons of the foreigner, which is referring to in this language, gentiles, who joined themselves to the Lord, who have come in who, you know, who must baptize themselves into the Lord, to serve him and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath and holds fast my covenant. Even them, I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my House of Prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar for my house shall be called the House of Prayer for all nations, right? It's a pretty famous verse, isn't it? We've heard that quite a bit, right? My house shall be called the House of Prayer for all nations. And we see that Jesus kind of quoting that as well in Matthew chapter 21 verse 12 and 14, 13 especially, he said to them, it is written, my house shall be called the House of Prayer but you have made it a den of thieves. Jesus was pretty angry in this situation. We all know what happened. He literally turned the tables upside down. He took a whip and, man, that would have been quite a scene to watch Jesus go on a rampage, isn't it? It's like, wow. Isn't it? There's so many things that happen in the Bible. We'd like to see, you know, as kids, we used to play this game. It's like, hey, if there's one Bible instance that you wish you were present, which one would it be? One from the Old Testament or the New Testament? As kids, we used to play that. I'm not sure if you played it, but then we played it. Some would say, no, I wish I was there when fire came down from heaven when Elijah operate and called. Some would say, I wish I was there when Red Sea parted and stuff like that. So this is one of those moments, like, you know, it's like, man, I wish I was there. When Jesus got angry and turned the tables upside down, it must have been quite a scene. This is all in the light and north case. But anyway, so he says, my house shall be called the House of Prayer. Jesus was taking that very seriously, right? It meant quite a bit to him. And notice that in Isaiah 56, it says once again, the sons of the foreigner who joined themselves to the Lord to serve him and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants will be added as well, right? And so gentiles being brought into the House of Prayer, right? This reveals to us that as God's people established themselves as a House of Prayer for all nations, there will be, you know, as a consequence of that, you know, we will see people being added to the kingdom. It's once again reiterating that point, right? As we, as his people, build a House of Prayer, emphasize and focus on that, you know, people who don't know the Lord will be added to his kingdom. Okay? Let's take a visit to the throne room. Page 92. Psalm 141 verse 2, it says, Let my prayer be set before you as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Let my prayer be set before you as incense, let the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. But there are two things that happens in the throne room time and time again when you read, when you start reading from chapter 4, we read about the four living creatures, right? We see that each had six wings and they were crying to one another, holy, holy, holy. And then we see that, in Revelation chapter 5 verse 8 to 10, it says, Now when he had taken a scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls of full of incense. Okay? If you want to, you can highlight it, those two words there, a harp and bowl of incense. Right? The harp represents worship, the bowl of incense represents prayer, right? Incense intercession, right? Once again, we read about it in Revelation chapter 8 verse 3 and 4. Then another angel having a golden censer came and stood at the altar. He has given much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne, and the smoke of incense with the prayers of the saints are sent before God from the angels' hands, right? And so this is in the very throne room of God, okay? Just imagine with me, if you will, just imagine a palace, right? A royal palace. It will have a lot of rooms, isn't it? It will have a lot of rooms, you know, guest room, bedroom, hall, dining room, blah, blah, blah. Okay? It will have a lot of rooms. Palaces are big, they're huge. The throne room would be a one of a kind in the entire palace. So if, let's say, palaces, this is just for an example sake, right? If a palace is, say, heaven is as big as a palace, for example, so we understand, okay, there are a lot of rooms, there are a lot of spaces. And then there's one room where the king is seated. And the throne room is where the king would sit and make a lot of decisions, like, you know, political decisions, et cetera, et cetera. That's where you get the audience with the king. And so throne room is the real deal kind of things, okay? That's where the king is seated on the throne, right? And all of this is happening there. In the very throne room of God, there is worship and intercession rising, right? And then we go on to see that in Revelation 5, verse 11 and 12, that everybody is involved. Nobody is a spectator, right? And they were all just crying out, worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing, right? There are seven words that's mentioned there. Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing, right? And we just saw that worship and prayer were happening in the very throne room of God. And so it just goes to point out to say that worship covers the sevenfold realm of honour due to the king. When you talk about the worthiness of Jesus, right? When we talk about the worthiness of Jesus, all these seven words that's mentioned is attributed to someone who can have who's worthy of it all, as we say, right? When we sing those words, he's worthy of it all. What does that all mean? It's those seven things. Why are the seven words so important is what we look at, right? So worthy is the Lamb who is slain to receive power. That means power is influence, authority, dominion, sovereignty. Sovereign means what? Single reign, that's what sovereign is. When we say our God is a sovereign God, that means his kingdom reigns forever and ever. Single reign, right? There is no other kingdom after his kingdom. There is no end to his kingdom like that. It handles messiahs. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He shall reign forever and ever, right? So his kingdom has no end. So there's influence, authority, dominion, sovereignty and riches is all the wealth and possessions. Wisdom is all the knowledge, understanding, skill, strength is all might and ability. Honor is all respect, reverence and submission given to the king. Glory is the splendor, majesty, greatness and awe because of who he is and what he does. Blessing is all the praise, worship, adoration, admiration, love and devotion offered to the king. And so worship covers the seven-fold realm of honor due to the king, our worship, right? A worship of a believer, right? And seven represents completion or perfection, perfect honor for the king who, the king is when he is honored in all seven realms, right? It's just beautiful to know that this is what's happening in the very throne room of God, right? And we'll pause here and just for us to kind of emphasize let worship and intercession be on earth as it is in heaven, right? Let our churches, our local church should be like as Jesus taught us to pray, you know, on earth as it is in heaven, right? And when that happens, it's like, you know, spiritually David's tabernacle is being built in spiritual sense and then God is honored, is worshiped, prayers are being lifted up because his house is called the house of prayer. And as a result of all that, those who don't know the Lord are being added to his kingdom, are brought into his kingdom, right? So we'll pause there, we'll take a break and we'll resume the next session, okay? Right, see you guys.