The Revelation is more about present hope than a future calendar Revelation 14:1-3 – Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. Authentic Community means that we are family Lifegroup Catalog Revelation 14:9-12 – A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” Premillennialism / Amillennialism / Postmillennialism Humans want a calendar; God wants a relationship Revelation 14:12-13 – This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God, who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.” The Angel offers an opportunity Revelation 14:11 – “…and there is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image…” Jesus is our Sabbath Rest, our eternal Shalom Lifechange Sunday – Baptism sign-ups