The Revelation of Jesus, Part 5: The One Who Shepherds Us

Revelation 7:13–17 NKJV

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Revelation 6:16–17 (NKJV)

“Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!

For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

The 5 Roles of a Shepherd

Defend

Tend

Breed

Feed

Lead

[Picture of Jesus and 7 lampstands]

[Repeat 5 Roles of Shepherd Slide]

[picture of Jesus and wolves]

John 10:10–11 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

John 10:12–13 NKJV

But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.

The Lamb provided us a great defense – Jesus’ blood, His righteousness!

Revelation 7:14 (NKJV)

“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 20:9 NKJV

They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.

[picture of cute lamb]

[ppicture of sheep found]

[picture of lamb found]

Revelation 22:2 NKJV

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

[roles of a shepherd]

Matthew 28:18–20 NKJV

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

2 Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV)

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

[the roles of a shepherd]

Matthew 4:2–4 NKJV

And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

[roles of a shepherd]

Revelation 7:17 NKJV

for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

John 10:27 NKJV

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

Revelation 7:9 NKJV

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

Revelation 14:1–4 (NKJV)

Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps.

They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

. . . These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes.

We can expect to follow the Lamb who shepherds us in heaven as we listened to the Good Shepherd and followed His lead on earth.

Jesus’ sheep on earth and in heaven hear Him and follow Him.

Jesus wants you to flourish. Fear not. Only follow.