BeFree Church: Barrington
Weekly Worship: March 23, 2025
Locations & Times
BeFree Barrington
118 Church St, Barrington, NH 03825, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
Welcome! (tap to expand)
Welcome! If you’re visiting in person, watching online, or are new to BeFree, we're glad you're here! Please visit https://befree.church/barrington-card to let us know you joined us.
Students ages 5 through 4th grade are excused during our greeting time to attend DIG on the lower level. If your student isn't registered for DIG, please fill out our online form: https://befree.church/barrington-digform.
For parents of kids ages birth through four, our childcare center is available to you. Our service streams live on the quiet room television for parents who need to be with their kids.
Students ages 5 through 4th grade are excused during our greeting time to attend DIG on the lower level. If your student isn't registered for DIG, please fill out our online form: https://befree.church/barrington-digform.
For parents of kids ages birth through four, our childcare center is available to you. Our service streams live on the quiet room television for parents who need to be with their kids.
Communication E-Card (tap to expand)
Are you new to our in-person gatherings or livestream? Do you have a prayer request? Do you want to get connected with a small group? Fill out our electronic communication card at https://befree.church/barrington-card with as much or as little information as you'd like. The form is automatically delivered to our office inbox where someone will connect with you.
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Visit http://barrington.befree.church for sermon audio and video, news, resources, and more!
Giving (tap to expand)
We’ve established several ways you can give to BeFree wherever you are and whenever it works for you.
• At the Church: If you're at our building and you came prepared to give, please use one of the wall-mounted offering boxes.
• On your Phone or Tablet: Download the PushPay app from your device’s app store. Search for BeFree Community Church, and add it to your favorites list.
• Online: Visit http://give.befree.church to be redirected to our online giving site.
• By Mail: Mail a check to PO Box 618, Barrington, NH 03825.
• At the Church: If you're at our building and you came prepared to give, please use one of the wall-mounted offering boxes.
• On your Phone or Tablet: Download the PushPay app from your device’s app store. Search for BeFree Community Church, and add it to your favorites list.
• Online: Visit http://give.befree.church to be redirected to our online giving site.
• By Mail: Mail a check to PO Box 618, Barrington, NH 03825.
Revelation 6 - God Redeemer and Judge
Jesus specifically told His followers…
We can expect tribulation in this world:
We can expect tribulation in this world:
We can expect to be persecuted for being Christlike in this world:
God is both love to save and holiness to judge
A Question to ponder
What are these judgments and when do they take place?
What are these judgments and when do they take place?
Two Differing Valid Views:
Premillennial = these literal judgments occur just prior to the return of Jesus shaking the world awake to the reality of God one last time. The judgments are incremental in timing and severity during a period of great tribulation that leads to the return of Christ.
Grant Osborne, Revelation verse by verse $21 book / $8 ebook
Amillennial = these judgments are symbolic of evil (satanic and human) at work in the world and God’s partial judgments that occur thru the course of human history to the return of Christ.
God responds already, not yet to the injustice of evil and the prayers of His people in all times.
Guthrie, Blessed $10, and NT Wright, Revelation for Everyone $16
Premillennial = these literal judgments occur just prior to the return of Jesus shaking the world awake to the reality of God one last time. The judgments are incremental in timing and severity during a period of great tribulation that leads to the return of Christ.
Grant Osborne, Revelation verse by verse $21 book / $8 ebook
Amillennial = these judgments are symbolic of evil (satanic and human) at work in the world and God’s partial judgments that occur thru the course of human history to the return of Christ.
God responds already, not yet to the injustice of evil and the prayers of His people in all times.
Guthrie, Blessed $10, and NT Wright, Revelation for Everyone $16
Revelation by design makes us have to ponder God’s Word and pray for His guidance, and to realize He is not going to answer everything to our satisfaction.
“Rather than seeing judgment only as something that will happen at the end of time, we need to see that even now a world that has rejected and rebelled against God is experiencing judgment. It’s not yet the final judgment. That’s coming, but this world is experiencing a measure of judgement now.”
What we see in these repurposed OT symbols are likely not a chronological sequence of events but instead the same reality happening from three different angles.
Seals (1-4)
White horse= war
Red horse=conflict
Black horse=famine
Pale horse=death
“Clearly we are not waiting for some future date in which there will be wars and rumors of wars. This has always been a part of life in this world in which nations and peoples and needs and agendas come into conflict.” Guthrie pg 108
(6) = OT language about sun turning black, moon turning to blood, stars falling from heaven…obviously not literal but figure of speech, metaphor to describe something staggering… historic turning points.
Seals (1-4)
White horse= war
Red horse=conflict
Black horse=famine
Pale horse=death
“Clearly we are not waiting for some future date in which there will be wars and rumors of wars. This has always been a part of life in this world in which nations and peoples and needs and agendas come into conflict.” Guthrie pg 108
(6) = OT language about sun turning black, moon turning to blood, stars falling from heaven…obviously not literal but figure of speech, metaphor to describe something staggering… historic turning points.
Next week…
A Powerful Part for Us to Play: Suffering and Prayer
God is going to bring His people through tribulation, not unscathed, not untouched, but thru suffering, to be like Christ who suffered the injustice and indignity of the Cross on the way to being glorified in heaven. Our only safety and protection is the promise of being with God.
A Powerful Part for Us to Play: Suffering and Prayer
God is going to bring His people through tribulation, not unscathed, not untouched, but thru suffering, to be like Christ who suffered the injustice and indignity of the Cross on the way to being glorified in heaven. Our only safety and protection is the promise of being with God.
*ANNOUNCEMENTS*
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MomCo Needs KidsCo Volunteers!
BeFree MomCo needs childcare (KidsCo) volunteers. We are currently understaffed and we continue to have a waiting list of moms looking to be welcomed in. We need more women to join us in children’s ministry to keep the ministry going.
MomCo usually meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 9-11am at BeFree Barrington. Come be part of the team: email the KidsCo Coordinator at befreekidsco@gmail.com for more info!
MomCo usually meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 9-11am at BeFree Barrington. Come be part of the team: email the KidsCo Coordinator at befreekidsco@gmail.com for more info!
Student Study: Sundays at 9am
Attention students in grades 5-12: join us on Sunday mornings at 9am at the church for a donut while we dig into Romans. Hope to see you there!