Concordia Lutheran Church
Fear Not: The Real Story of Revelation | "Sealed for Safety: Protected Through Peril"
The breaking of the seals in Revelation 6 reveals calamities that feel disturbingly familiar: war, economic instability, persecution, and death. But before the seventh seal breaks, John sees two remarkable visions of God's people: the 144,000 sealed from harm and the countless multitude in white robes. These images remind us that though followers of Jesus aren't spared from suffering, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and destined for victory. Our congregation faces its hardships and uncertainties. Today, we'll discover how God's protective seal enables us to survive and thrive amid life's storms.
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Focus of today’s sermon: Revelation 6 – where “people lose their minds”
Analogy: The Cancer Diagnosis
Sin is like cancer: destructive, corrupting, often ignored until it's too late
Doctor analogy: Diagnosis doesn’t cause cancer; it exposes it
Treatment (like chemotherapy) is painful but redemptive
God’s judgment is to heal, not destroy
Sin is like cancer: destructive, corrupting, often ignored until it's too late
Doctor analogy: Diagnosis doesn’t cause cancer; it exposes it
Treatment (like chemotherapy) is painful but redemptive
God’s judgment is to heal, not destroy
The Passover Parallel: Exodus as a Key to Revelation
Scripture Echoes: Exodus 12, Revelation 5:9
God sends plagues on Egypt
Final judgment: the death of the firstborn
The people of God are sealed by the blood of the lamb
The Passover lamb prefigures the Lamb of Revelation
Scripture Echoes: Exodus 12, Revelation 5:9
God sends plagues on Egypt
Final judgment: the death of the firstborn
The people of God are sealed by the blood of the lamb
The Passover lamb prefigures the Lamb of Revelation
Greek word highlight: ἀγοράζω – “ransom, purchase, redeem”
Different angles, same object
144,000 and multitude = different perspectives of the same saved people
144,000 and multitude = different perspectives of the same saved people
Revelation isn’t about destruction, it’s about redemption
The seals show the reality of a broken, diseased, sin-filled world – war, injustice, death
Through the Lamb, God is sealing, saving, and reconciling
Hope for: First-century Christians facing persecution
Modern Christians in a world of instability
The seals show the reality of a broken, diseased, sin-filled world – war, injustice, death
Through the Lamb, God is sealing, saving, and reconciling
Hope for: First-century Christians facing persecution
Modern Christians in a world of instability
Revelation is good news in a broken world
We are sealed in Christ
Nothing – not war, famine, death – can break the Lamb’s seal
We are sealed in Christ
Nothing – not war, famine, death – can break the Lamb’s seal
We live in the “Already/Not Yet”
Until Christ returns, we are witnesses
The Lamb has conquered
One day, His victory will be seen in full
And we have nothing to fear
Until Christ returns, we are witnesses
The Lamb has conquered
One day, His victory will be seen in full
And we have nothing to fear