RUSH 11/12/17 The Church: Worshipping Backwards

Revelation 5:9–10 ESV

And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

Review: The Church is...

The Church is...

Not a building, but people.

common confession

one mission/Jesus’ authority

one message/Biblical authority

Church exists to reveal our hope

Jesus made her important

Revelation 5:9–10 ESV

And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”

What’s a tribe?

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. φυλή

① a subgroup of a nation characterized by a distinctive blood line, tribe,

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. φυλή

② a relatively large people group that forms a sociopolitical subgroup of the human race, nation, people

Language?

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. γλῶσσα

② a body of words and systems that makes up a distinctive language, language, tongue

People?

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. λαός

② the mass of a community as distinguished from special interest groups

Nation?

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. ἔθνος

① a body of persons united by kinship, culture, and common traditions, nation, people,