 Okay. Welcome everybody to BC 213, The End Times. I'll call some The End Times, thank you for connecting to the class. Let's take a moment to pray and then we'll get into what we're going to cover today. Can I request somebody to please pray with a glass and we get started? Would you like to pray? Sure, we'll pray. Thank you. Heavenly Father, I want to say thank you this morning for the gift of life. Thank you because we have not been rushed up and down. Thank you because we are here to seek for your knowledge. Thank you for a lecturer for your wisdom and burden on him. Thank you all for the student for relative memory. We give you all the glory in the name of Jesus. Daddy, Jesus Christ, as we learned on your feet today, please let him be faithful to our lives and our soul in the name of Jesus. Thank you, make us to be your doers of your word and not just the listening of your word. Receive all the glory in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen, amen, amen. Thank you. All right, good morning. Welcome everyone once again. So I'll just quickly review. We are in this lesson, lesson four, where we are trying to do an overview of the sequence of the end time events. And last week, we were talking about the rapture and giving reasons why we believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church. Now, we understand or we recognize that there are others who may have a different point of view. They may, some people may talk about a mid-tribulation rapture. Some people may talk about rapture at the end of the tribulation. You know, there are different views, like we said in the very beginning, but we were giving reasons as to why we from the scriptures are convinced about a pre-tribulation rapture of the church. So I'll just quickly review that. We gave six reasons to review that. Then we were answering a few related questions and then we were getting ready to look at the chronology of events. What will happen during the tribulation? So I'm just going to share the notes and just quickly review what we did last week. And then we can go forward and please feel free to ask any questions. So we gave six reasons why we believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church. We explained from 2 Thessalonians chapter two, verse one to ten, where the apostle Paul says, you know, the man of sin, the man of perdition is ready to be revealed, but there's something that's restraining, holding him back. And when he who restrains is taken out of the way, then this man will be revealed. So we had to ask the question, who is the apostle Paul referring to when he says he who now restrains? Now, there could possibly only, you know, one of we have a choice. Either it's going to be the church or the personal, the Holy Spirit. And we said it cannot be the person, the Holy Spirit, because during the tribulation, there will be people who are going to be saved. So though they need the Holy Spirit, you cannot be saved apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. During the tribulation, there will be people who have the testimony of Jesus and the testimony of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of prophecy, that is the Holy Spirit. He's the one who enables people to testify to Jesus Christ. During the tribulation, there will be 144,000 Jews, believers, whom God is going to mark on their forehead and use to preach the word. So they can't do it without the Holy Spirit. During the tribulation, there are going to be two mighty witnesses doing signs and wonders for three and a half years. Now, they cannot do it without the Holy Spirit. So the spirit of God is continuing to operate. The Bible also says that there will be a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Jewish people during the tribulation, especially at the end of the tribulation. And again, so it's very clear from many scriptures that, and I've mentioned all of these here, all of these things here, that the Holy Spirit will be at work on the earth during the tribulation. So we're only left with one choice, that is the church is taken out of the way. Second, when we look at the whole, the first and second episode to the Thessalonians and see the sequence of how Paul is writing, he affirms very clearly that the Lord Jesus is coming to deliver us believers from the wrath to come. And in the context of what he's saying, the wrath to come is referring to the judgment of God that will be poured out on the earth. When the man of sin, the son of perdition is revealed. So we see that clearly stated for us in both first Thessalonians one and first Thessalonians five. He tells us clearly that we are not here to go through the wrath, the judgment. Third, what did the Lord promise to the church in Revelation? He said, I will keep you. I will keep you, take you away from the hour of trial which will come on the whole world, whole world. So this hour of trial to come on the whole world is then described for us in the rest of the book of Revelation. So it is very simple then to understand what the Lord is promising to the overcomer. He says, I'll take you out. I'll keep you away from the hour of trial which will come on the whole world. Fourthly, when you look at the typology used in Matthew 24, Jesus is pointing back. He says, as in the days of Noah, so will it be at the time of the coming of the Son of Man. So what happened in the days of Noah? They were eating and drinking and they were not paying attention to Noah's warning. Then the ark was ready. Noah and his family went in. They were kept safe. Then the judgment was poured out on the whole world. Then when the judgment was over Noah's family came back or they were allowed to come back on the earth. So that's a very simple, very beautiful picture of how the church is taken out of the way. Judgment is poured out on the earth. When that's over, the church comes back. So using that typology we say it's quite evident that the church will not be here during the entirety of the time when judgment is poured out. Thirdly, sorry, fifth number five, the chronology of the Book of Revelation. And that's what we're going to see today. We will get into it. So when you follow the chronology of the Book of Revelation as the Lord gave it to Apostle John and the way he broke it up, it's very clear that the church is up in heaven and there's judgment happening here on earth. It's very clear. And we will see that today. So we just follow the chronology of the Book of Revelation. We will see this. And lastly we said Daniel's 70th week. And so we looked at Daniel chapter nine where the angel Gabriel spoke to Daniel and he said, look, I'm going to speak to you about 70 weeks. We explained that each week represents a period of seven years so 490 years, but it's given in two chunks. One is 69 year period and another one is a seven year period. And angel Gabriel said, this 70 weeks or 490 years is very specifically for your people and your holy city. That means this has to do with your people and your holy city that it's not about the church. The church is out of the way. And this is very specific to your people and your holy city. And we said the 69 weeks or 483 years have been completed. It's done because it was from the time of King Cyrus to the coming of Jesus. What's left is the seven years, one week. Daniel's 70th week. That seven year period is left. And in that 70 period is very specific concerning Israel and Jerusalem. So the church is out of the way. So those six reasons we gave as to why we believe in a pre-tribulation rapture of the church. The church is not going to be here during the tribulation. We then answered a few related questions who will be raised up at the time of the rapture. Will the Old Testament saints receive the glorified bodies who will be taken up in the rapture? Will we recognize each other in heaven? And we also explained earlier about Daniel's 70th week, how, what we understand about that. So now we are going to go through the book of Revelation and understand things chronologically. Before we start that, any questions on things we discussed last week? Any things that came up in your mind after the class? Anybody would like to ask any questions? Okay. So we are now going to go into the book of Revelation and what I would request all of us to do is to, if possible, keep the book of Revelation open we'll start, of course, from chapter one. Now, there's some parts as a way of introduction. Next year, in our third year, we will read every verse in the book of Revelation and explain it. So we're not going to be doing that right now, but I'm just going to give us an overview of just of every chapter as we go through. Now, our approach in looking at the book of Revelation is quite straightforward and simple. We base it on what the Lord Jesus said. The Lord Jesus, when he spoke to John, he said, and Revelation 1 and verse 19, can somebody read Revelation 1 and verse 19, please? Revelation chapter 1 verse 19, write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. Okay. So, Revelation 119, the Lord speaking to John gives him simple instruction. John, write what you have seen. So, he has seen already everything before verse 19. He has seen the vision of the Lord. So, God is telling, the Lord Jesus telling John, John, write the things you have seen. Then he says, and the things which are, that is chapters two and three, the things which are. He's going to talk to the seven churches that were there at that time, the things which are. And the things which will take place after this, meaning there are things in the future. Once again, if you turn to the needed chapter four and verse one, can you please, can somebody read that? Please, chapter four, verse one. Revelation chapter four, verse one. After this, I looked and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I heard first, heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, come up here and I will show you what must take place after this. Thank you. So, Revelation four, one is the dividing line. Everything from Revelation chapter four, verse two is things which must take place. It means they're out in the future when John was writing. So, very clearly, the book of Revelation is in three parts. First, things which you have seen, which is chapter one, where John has seen the vision of the Lord Jesus Christ. Then things which are, which is chapter two, chapter three, the seven churches that existed during John's time. Things which will take place. Chapter four, verse two onwards. Things in the future. So, the book of Revelation is broken into these three parts. Very simple because the instruction, the words are right there. So, that's the first thing. The second is that we are going to just take the book of Revelation as the Lord gave it to John in the same sequence. So, we don't need to play around with the sequence of things. No, this is what the Lord said, things which will take place. Chapter four, verse two onwards. It's in the future. This is how it will take place. So, we just take it in the sequence in which God gave it. Now, when you know, this is something you will find, where other people may do other things. There are some who will play around with the sequence. They will, you know, overlap the seven seals and the seven trumpets and the seven bowls. They will overlap it and say, oh, they're all happening in parallel. Why are you doing that? God gave it. First, he said seven seals, then seven trumpets, and then seven bowls. Leave it like that. Don't, you know, don't mess around with the sequence. So, you know, so there are some people who do that. You know, if you read some books on the book of Revelation, you will find some people doing that. So, we will not do that. We're going to say, hey, the Lord Jesus gave it to John in this sequence. So, this is how it's going to happen. And what is beautiful is, if you stay with the sequence in which the Lord Jesus gave it to John, that is just go through the whole sequence. This is how he said it's going to happen. Don't disturb it. Just follow it. It will be so clear and it matches so beautifully with the book of Daniel. How things are going to unfold. And the next year, when we study Daniel and Revelation, verse by verse, it's just so beautiful. Fits together nicely. Right. So, in our approach to the book of Revelation, we are following these three simple divisions that is already given. And we are not going to play around with the sequence and say, oh, I'll move this year. I'll move that there. No, no, look, it's given there. Having said that one, what we say is caveat, that means one thing we understand that there are parenthetical scriptures, passages. That means he gives a sequence and then he says, okay, now I'm just telling you something. That means this is not an event that is going to happen, but it is something John is experiencing at that time. Example, we will see, I think it's chapter 10, where while the Lord is giving the sequence of events, suddenly he says, John, I want you to experience something. And when an angel comes and tells John, eat a book. So, this is chapter 10. We will come there. I'm just giving us a little overview. So, chapter 10 is a parenthetical chapter, meaning that chapter is not something that's going to happen, but that chapter something John experienced while he was seeing the vision. God said, John, this angel came and said, John, eat this book. So, John ate the book and he, it was sweet as honey and then later became bitter. And then God said, okay, John, this means there are more things you have to prophesy. About, so that's a parenthetical chapter, meaning that chapter is not about something that's going to happen. It's about something that John experienced while he was having the vision of all of these sequence of events. So, that's one thing we understand. Okay, you know, like when somebody's telling a story of, you know, things, they narrating something, they say, oh, and by the way, I just want to give you a little background or, you know, I want you to tell you about something else. So, they may interrupt their sequence, take a little side journey and then come back to it. So, that's, we understand that and we will see that in chapter 10 and I, yeah, that's chapter 10, right? And, yeah, I think that's, oh, yeah. So, that we are aware of, that means, while I've said, I've said that we are going to take everything in sequence, we are aware that in the chapters that follow, there are certain things that are parenthetical. Another thing we will see is in chapter 12. In chapter 12, there is a little piece, the first part of chapter 12 is a little piece of things, script passage, which is pointing back to something that happened back in time, meaning it talks about Satan being thrown out from heaven and taking one third of the stars with him. Now, that is something already happened in the past. So, again, Revelation 12, verses one through what, seven or eight, is a passage of Scripture that is narrating a bit of, narrating an incident that already happened in the past, because Jesus already told us, I saw Satan fall as lightning from heaven, meaning he was already thrown out of heaven, right? So, that's another example where that is, that passage, we understand, we know that it's just telling us, oh, by the way, there's a dragon I'm going to talk to you about. This is how the dragon came into existence, back in time. He was thrown out of heaven and he took a third of the stars with him, right? So, we recognize those sections of Scripture in the book of Revelation, as we are going through, but everything else, we take it in sequence. Okay, we're not going to disturb the sequence, all right? So, let's get into Revelation. Now, I'm not, as I said, we won't be reading every verse in this course, we will do that next year, but we will go through it chapter by chapter. And I'll just give you a gist of what each chapter is and if you're interested, I would definitely encourage you to read through it during this time, as we're going through, right? So, Revelation chapter one, John, this is about AD 90 or 95. The book of Revelation is the last book to be written around AD 90 or 95, around that time. And John, the Apostle, is on the island of Patmos. So, the island of Patmos is a small island that is east of Ephesias. So, now a lot of us are aware that Turkey has been in the news because of the big earthquake, the earthquakes that have happened a couple of weeks back. One of the cities that was affected was Antioch, or Antioch, which is a city that we read off in the New Testament, and east of Antioch on the port, on the sea coast, is the city of Ephesias, and now they're all part of Turkey. So, Turkey is a very biblically very important country because a lot of the action Paul's ministry happened in parts of Turkey. So, in Ephesias, from Ephesias, away into the sea, I think it's the Adrian Sea, into the sea is a little island called Patmos, still there. And John, the Apostle, was banished there to keep him away from, you know, being strengthening the church and so on. They thought, if we get rid of him, the church will become weak. So, while he was in the center there, and John was very elderly or old in age at this time, the Lord visits John and gives him a vision of himself. First, that is in Revelation chapter 1. So, John sees the vision of the Lord, he sees the Lord sitting on the throne, and he sees seven stars in his right hand, and he sees the Lord walking among the seven golden lampstands, and the Lord explains to John, each of these lampstands represent those seven churches which were very close to Ephesias. So, Ephesias was one of the main churches, was one of the churches that the Lord spoke about, and all the other six churches were very close to and around Ephesias. So Ephesias, you could say, was like the Mother Church, and then all these other churches came out, you know, from there. So, the Lord says to John, these seven stars that I have in my hand are the messengers, the, which we can interpret as the leaders of these seven churches. And, and so then he tells John, I want you to write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that are to come, right? So then in chapter 2 and 3, the Lord is speaking to each one of these seven churches, and he has a very specific message to each of these seven churches. What we can understand, and it's very beautiful to study, we can understand that the Lord is observing every local church. Now, some people have taken these seven churches and have stretched them out into representing seven dispensations or time periods from the time of the early church to our present day church. Did the Lord say that? No, he didn't tell us to do that. He said he was speaking to the churches that were, but he clearly, we saw Revelation 119. So I don't think it's right to take these seven churches as though they represented seven time periods, because that's not the case. These seven churches were actual churches that existed at that time, and the Lord Jesus was speaking to each one of them. But what we can do is we can closely study what the Lord spoke to them and take lessons for ourselves today and say, the Lord observed all of these things in these churches and he corrected them, he called them to repent, he gave them instructions, and so there's all things we can take for ourselves today from these seven churches. So just to highlight, you know, chapters two and three, the Lord, first of all, the Lord is observing what is going on in every local church. So these are local churches, and the Lord is speaking to the messenger, that means he is holding the leader of that local church responsible. And I say, hey, I'm speaking to you, messenger. The word messenger is Angelos. The word Angelos is used for angelic beings or for any human messenger. It's the same word. Now we, we applied in this case to human messengers because the other ones whom the Lord is saying, I'm holding you responsible, you need to do something about the church. All right, so angels are not responsible for local churches. The pastor, the local leader, is responsible. So that's why we say, when he says, unto the angel of the church of Ephesians, right, the angel simply means the messenger, not the spiritual being, but the local pastor, the local leader. So speaking to the leaders of each of these churches, in out of the seven churches, only for one church, there is no call to repentance, the church in Philadelphia. But to all the other six churches, God says, look, the Lord Jesus says, there's something not right. You know, he commenced them for the good things they're doing. Their works, the ministry commenced them for it. But then he says, there is something I want you to correct. Only one church, the church in Philadelphia in chapter three, he doesn't say anything, no correction, only commendation, which is, which is very nice. And so we can see, you know, the Lord is observing everything. Some of the things we see is, you know, it's important to focus on our first love, it is important to protect the church from wrong doctrine. Because there are two churches, Smirna and Pergamors, he tells them, hey, sorry. Yeah, Pergamors and Hyatira, you know, both these churches in chapter two, for both of them, the problem is they have entertained wrong doctrine in the church. So the Lord is observing that. So be careful what kind of doctrine is going on inside the local church. So you can export of them in chapter two. And so we see, you know, the importance of these things. And we will study each of these churches in detail in the third year. Okay, so I know I'm repeating myself, but the reason we're not reading every verse now is I just want us to give an overview. So after he, the other thing we see is to every church, he gives a promise. He says, to him who overcomes, I will do this. In other words, hey, you're here on earth, you're called to be an overcomer, and you live the life of an overcomer, there's a reward for you. Right. So what he promised each of the church, remember, it's for all believers because he's speaking to a local church and we could have been there at that time. Right. It could have been us. So we can take that message for us that if we live overcoming lives, which we are called to live, there's a reward. There's a promise of certain things. This is promised here. Okay. So that brings us to the end of chapter three. Chapter one is things that you have seen. Chapter two and three, things that are, things that were happening right then during John's time. And then chapter four onwards. So in chapter four, the Lord takes John up into heaven in the spirit. So the experience is that of like door opening and John stepping in to another realm. Chapter four, verse one. And then he says, I will show you revelation for verse one. I will show you things which must take place. That means these are things that are going to happen. Right. Now, many times when we read chapter four and chapter five, we read it as though it is something that is happening right now. But actually, chapter and chapter four and chapter five is a vision of the future. Things which will take place. That means it's not happening right now. It's going to happen. But there is nothing wrong in reading chapter four and five as though it was happening today because there is worship happening in heaven today, right? The angelic beings and the people who have gone there are, of course, they are in the worship of the Lord. And so there's nothing wrong in looking at chapter four and five and saying, oh, this is what is happening in heaven. That is true. But technically, chapter four and chapter five is a vision of what is going to happen in the future. Right. Because that's what he says in verse chapter four, verse one. I will show you things which must take place. It's going to be in the future. So what is John C? In chapter four and chapter five, John sees God seated on the throne and then he sees 24 elders around the throne. So very interesting question. Who are these 24 elders? We don't know, but we know that they are people. They're human beings. So these elders are not angelic beings. These elders are saints, people who've been saved, who've been taken up there. Now, remember, you know, the incident in Matthew 19, or Matthew 19, I think, where the mother of James and John said, Lord, when you come into your kingdom, can you give James and John, make them both sit next to you, on thrones next to you? And Jesus said, hey, that's not for me to decide. It's for the Father to decide. You know, it's not. And of course, the other apostles or disciples got angry that they were asking something like this. So we don't know who the 24 elders are, but we can maybe guess. Perhaps 12 of them could be the 12 apostles. And another 12 could be, you know, the Old Testament patriarchs of the faith, could be, whoever the Lord has selected. You know, we can guess. It doesn't tell us. But what we know for sure is that these elders are not angelic beings. Why do we say that? Because when you look at the description in verse 4, Revelation 4 and verse 4, what do we see? We see the 24 elders, they're clothed in white robes. Now, white robes, what are white robes? They are, that represents the righteousness, the gift of righteousness given to the saints. He mentions that as one of the rewards of the overcomer. And you see it repeated a few times when the saints are standing before the throne, they are clothed in white. So they're white robes. And they have crowns of gold on their head. Revelation 4-4, they are wearing crowns. Crowns, remember, we gave a long list of different kinds of crowns. Those crowns are a reward for those who have served the Lord. So the crowns are not reserved for angels. It's for the saints who've served the Lord. So these are elders, meaning they are saints. Then if you also cross reference, if you keep your hand in Revelation 4, but if you go with me to Revelation 19 and you read verse 10, Revelation 19-10, John, he falls down as one of these elders is speaking to John through the book of Revelation. One of the elders is speaking to John and this John falls down, Revelation 9-10. He falls down to worship this elder, but he says, don't do it. Revelation 9-10, I am your fellow servant and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. He says, look, don't worship me. I'm your fellow servant. That means I'm one of the people like you who have served God. And of your brethren, meaning he is Jewish, somebody who's been serving God. And once again in chapter 22 and verse number 9, same thing happens. He falls down at the feet of the angel, so angel, meaning messenger, which is the elder who's been talking to him. Revelation 22-9 says, don't do it. I'm your fellow servant and of your brethren, the prophets, now those who keep the words of this book worship God. So now he says, look, I'm just your fellow servant and I'm one of your brethren, the prophets. So this could mean one of the Old Testament prophets, could mean. So we have a little indication on who these elders are. They are fellow servants. This particular elder who was speaking to John was Jewish. And Revelation 22-9, he says, of the prophets. So could be one of the Old Testament prophets. So this is how we get a little idea on who these elders are, could be. But we don't know for sure. The other thing that we do know is that in the New Jerusalem, the 12 apostles of the Lamb, they're the foundation. You know, so you see this in Revelation 20-21. And verse 14, Revelation 21-14, it says, the wall of the city had 12 foundations and then were the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb. Revelation 21-14. So the apostles of the Lamb are given a very special place. So therefore we could say, you know, maybe 12 out of the 24 elders could be the apostles of the Lamb. Now maybe they are the ones sitting there. We don't know for sure. I'm just saying there are some clues. But we know the 24 elders. So I'm back in chapter 4. We know that the 24 elders are saints. They are fellow servants. They are people. They're not angelic beings. Now another interesting observation is this. These elders are wearing crowns. What does that mean? It means that they have been given rewards. They have been rewarded for their work. That means 1 Corinthians chapter 3 where Paul described our works would be tested by fire and each one will receive a reward according to his work. That has taken place. So along with these 24 elders, we see in chapter 5 a great multitude of people who are worshiping God. Of course, there are angelic beings, cherubim and others. But there is also this multitude of people. And this is in Revelation 5.11. He says, living creatures and the elders, Revelation 5.11. He sees this great multitude of people. Who are worshiping God along with these elders. So what we can say is Revelation 4.5 is a picture of heaven in the future after the rapture of the church. Because the elders are seated with their crowns. The multitudes along with the heavenly hosts are standing there. The rapture church is there worshiping God. So Revelation 4.5 is a picture of the throne room where worship is happening in heaven with the rapture church. This is what is to come because all the saints are there before the throne. And at that time, in this all this worship is happening, at that time somebody asks the question, who can come and open the scroll? The opening of the scroll is very symbolic. The opening of the scroll means when the scroll is opened, it means everything that is written in that scroll is going to start to be fulfilled. That's the symbolic meaning of the opening of the scroll. Who is worthy to open the scroll? This is chapter 5. Who can open the scroll? Revelation 5 verse 2. What does it mean to open the scroll? It means all the prophecies written in that scroll at that time, from that time is going to start being fulfilled. So John is having a vision. He's seeing into the future of the things that are going to happen. He's seeing the throne room, elders around the throne, the saints around the throne, all the angelic beings around the throne, they're worshiping. That means this is going to happen. And at that time, there is a question asked, who can open the scroll so that what is written in the scroll will start being fulfilled? There's nobody's fit to do that except the Lamb of God. So you see Jesus coming before the throne like the Lamb. So the Lamb is symbolic, representing Jesus Christ. He comes, He alone is worthy and He opens the scroll. Meaning everything written in that is going to start being fulfilled from now on. Which is chapter 6 verse 1 onwards. So that happens and there's great worship in heaven. So there's coming a time when the Lord Jesus, when the Father will say, do the Lord, open the scroll. Of that day and hour, it knows nobody, no one except the Father. The Father says, open the scroll and the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. He alone is worthy, He will come. Basically, it's like from now on, all the things that God has planned will start happening. One last thing before we get into chapter 6 is, the number 7 is very interesting in the book of Revelation. The number 7 in biblical terms, represents completeness or perfection. Something is complete. You don't need anything more beyond this, 7. So we saw 7 churches. Now these 7 churches were literal, but there were 200 churches. There were hundreds of churches by this at that time. To the close of the first century, literally hundreds of churches all over that part of the world, around the Mediterranean, but the Lord chose to speak to 7. He could have spoken to 10, He could have spoken to 12, He could have spoken to 3. But He said, I'm speaking to these 7 churches. 7, meaning this is a complete message, not just to the 7 churches, but to all the churches. And in that time and for everyone else to learn, complete. There's a complete message to the church. You come into chapters 2 and 3, sorry, especially chapter 4 and 5. We read about 7 spirits of God. So it does not mean that there are 7 Holy Spirits now. The 7 spirits of God represent the 1 Holy Spirit, but the 7 facets to Him which say that He is complete, He's perfect. The perfection of the Holy Spirit. So we read about this in Isaiah 11 too, the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of wisdom, understanding of counsel, of might, of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord. 7 facets to the Holy Spirit. So 7 spirits, meaning it's talking about the perfection of the Spirit. About the Lamb, about Jesus talks about 7 eyes, 7 horns. This is in verse 6 of chapter 5, Revelation 5 and verse 6. The Lamb of God having 7 horns, 7 eyes, which are the 7 spirits of God. So it doesn't mean this Lamb has 7 horns. Literally the Lamb represents Jesus, 7 horns represents perfection in leadership or dominion. 7 eyes represents omniscience, perfection in his knowing. 7 spirits represents his omnipresence. So perfection in being present everywhere. Omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence. 7 spirits of God, the anointing of the Holy Spirit. So the number 7 here in this context is, must be interpreted, meaning used in a prophetic sense, meaning in a way that it's representing something. But then when we get into chapter 6 onwards, we see that there are 7 seals followed by 7 trumpets, followed by 7 bowls of judgment. These are literal, there are 7 seals. So we don't try to use that figuratively. The 7 seals, 7 trumpets, 7 bowls are literal. So let's pause here. So I've just kind of taken us through till the end of chapter 5. I hope you're with me. We will take a quick break and if you have any questions, we will definitely take it up right after the break. Okay. So let's take a quick break and come back in 10 minutes and then we'll take up any questions and go forward. Thank you.