Bible Class - The Four Living Creatures: A New Place to Fly

Refreshment for the Fall The Ancient Made New #3 The Four Living Creatures: A New Place To Fly Would you rather do a jigsaw puzzle or read a murder mystery? Some Revelation stuff._______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Revelation 4: 2 …there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a crystal sea, clear as glass. Throne?__________________________________________________________ Someone?_________________________________________________________ Twenty-four?______________________________________________________ White clothes and gold crowns?________________________________________ Thunder and lightning?_______________________________________________ Seven lamps?______________________________________________________ Crystal sea?_______________________________________________________ In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.” Four living creatures?________________________________________________ Eyes?____________________________________________________________ Lion, Ox, Man, Eagle?________________________________________________ Six wings? See Isaiah 6._____________________________________________ Never stop saying, “Holy?”____________________________________________ Where did John come up with these very strange creatures? Read Ezekiel 1. List similarities and differences from Revelation 4. Similarities________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Differences________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ The “vault.” The most important difference of all.__________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Hebrews 4: 14 Since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Just like the four living creatures in Revelation 4, we_______________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________