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Guest speaker Chuck Register brings today's special Mother's Day message from the Book of Luke.

Guest speaker Chuck Register brings today's special Mother's Day message from the Book of Luke.  

The description of war and famine and disease and death, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions point to a future that is pretty grim for those living on the earth during the Tribulation Period.  But this week, Pastor Clay shows us in chapter 7 that even in the midst of all of that will be going on, God is going to move in a powerful way in the lives of tens of millions of people. Some people have asked if people will be saved during the Tribulation Period, well today we'll learn the answer to that question and more.

The book of Revelation reveals three separate judgments that are coming on the earth during the Great Tribulation, revealed as 7 seals, 7 trumpets, and 7 bowls. Today, Pastor Clay is going to walk us through the fifth and sixth seals and we see even greater death and destruction as God's judgement on the world has a devastating result. What a blessing it is to know for those who trust Christ the future will be very different.

The sixth chapter of the book of Revelation opens with one of the most powerful scenes in all the Bible. The Apostle John sees what has come to be known as ‘The four riders of the apocalypse.’ Just who were these riders and what do they represent?  Today Pastor Clay is going to introduce us to those riders and the part they play in the Tribulation Period. It will be a scary time with much fear and uncertainty. It will also be a time of great upheaval the likes of which the world has never seen.

Today in our study in the book of Revelation we delve into what the Bible calls, The Great Tribulation Period. It takes up the majority of the book of Revelation from chapter 6 verse 1 to chapter 19 verse 21. The Bible describes it as a time like the world has never experienced before. Today Pastor Clay is introducing us to this section of the book of Revelation by answering some key questions and looking at some key Old Testament passages that are crucial for a correct understanding of the book of Revelation.

The Gospel accounts tell us that when Peter and John looked into the tomb early that first Easter Sunday morning, they expected to see the body of Jesus. Instead all they saw were the grave clothes still lying there.  The body was gone and the world has never been the same. Last week we saw that God is worthy of worship because of who He is, the Creator. Today in Revelation Chapter 5, we find the second reason to worship and praise our God, because of what He's done.

Today we find ourselves in Revelation chapter 4 and a scene that can only be described as awesome. The Apostle John has been summoned to heaven in a vision and what he sees reminds us of the greatness of our God. It’s a powerful scene that is revealed and that is revealed and as Pastor Clay is going to show us, we serve a God who is seated on His throne and firmly in control  of the events that were about to unfold.

Today, Pastor Clay takes us to Revelation chapter 4 and a look at The Great Tribulation, a period of seven years that is going to be unlike anything man has ever seen. Scholars debate whether the Church will be on the earth or whether the Lord is going to remove His Church before those events begin to unfold. Perhaps no one knows for absolute certain how all the events will unfold, but this we do know, our God reigns. His plans are perfect and He will accomplish His perfect plans in His perfect timing.

Jesus has a very different value system than we often do. If we’re not careful we can spend too much of our time concerned about the temporal things and neglect the spiritual. Bank accounts will eventually be depleted. No matter how nice the clothes are, they won't last forever, and what the world sees as valuable actually has very little worth to God. This might be a good time for each of us to take stock of our lives and value system. A good question to ask ourselves might be, "Do I worry more about the temporal things of this world than the eternal things?"