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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming

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Speaker 2: Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you end each

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Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart.

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Speaker 2: Right after the short word from our sponsors, we will

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Speaker 2: reflect on tonight's scripture Revelation chapter five. Tonight's reflection is

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Speaker 2: written by Sophia Bricker and read by Kyle Norman. Revelation

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Speaker 2: chapter five. Then I saw in the right hand of

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Speaker 2: him who sat on the throne, a scroll with writing

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Speaker 2: on both sides, and sealed with seven seals. And I

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Speaker 2: saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, who

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Speaker 2: is worthy to break the seal and open the scroll?

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Speaker 2: But no one in heaven, or on earth or under

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Speaker 2: the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.

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Speaker 2: I wept and wept because no one was found who

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Speaker 2: was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then

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Speaker 2: one of the elders said to me, do not weep.

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Speaker 2: See the lion of the tribe of Judah, the root

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Speaker 2: of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the

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Speaker 2: scroll and its seven seals. Then I saw a lamb,

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Speaker 2: looking as if it had been slain, standing at the

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Speaker 2: center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures

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Speaker 2: and the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,

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Speaker 2: which are the seven spirits of God sent out into

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Speaker 2: all the earth. He went and took the scroll from

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Speaker 2: the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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Speaker 2: And when he had taken it, the four living creatures

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Speaker 2: and the twenty four elders fell down before the lamb.

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Speaker 2: Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden

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Speaker 2: bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God's people.

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Speaker 2: And they sang a new song, saying, you are worthy

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Speaker 2: to take the scroll and to open its seals, because

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Speaker 2: you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for

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Speaker 2: God persons from every tribe and language, and people and nation.

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Speaker 2: You have made them to be a kingdom and priests

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Speaker 2: to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.

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Speaker 2: Then I looked and I heard the voice of many angels,

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Speaker 2: numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.

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Speaker 2: They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

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Speaker 2: In a loud voice, they were saying, worthy is the

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Speaker 2: Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom,

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Speaker 2: and strength, and honor and glory and praise. Then I

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Speaker 2: heard every creature in heaven and on earth, and under

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Speaker 2: the earth, and on the sea, and all that is

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Speaker 2: in them, saying to him who sits on the throne,

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Speaker 2: and to the Lamb, be praise and honor and glory

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Speaker 2: and power forever and ever. The four living creatures said Amen,

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Speaker 2: and the elders fell down and worshiped. Many parts of

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Speaker 2: our day shrink our capacity to notice and acknowledge the

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Speaker 2: glory of God. Think about the times we often prepare

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Speaker 2: for sleep, too exhausted from work and home obligations to

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Speaker 2: pause and consider a wise vision for our lives, to

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Speaker 2: remember the grace of our Lord, or to acknowledge his

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Speaker 2: great glory. John's vision into Night's Scripture reading, though, re

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Speaker 2: orients and refreshes our perspective. Readers are whisked into a

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Speaker 2: heavenly scene where the ultimate matter of justice is discussed.

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Speaker 2: Who will open the scroll that will bring justice for

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Speaker 2: those who experienced pain and suffering at the hands of others?

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Speaker 2: No one alive can bring perfect rights is justice? No

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Speaker 2: one but the living Lamb who steps forward. We recognize

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Speaker 2: him as Jesus who is called the Lamb of God

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Speaker 2: in John's Gospel, Key alone is worthy of opening the scroll.

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Speaker 2: The one who gave his life for us, willingly enduring

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Speaker 2: death on the cross is the same one who stands

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Speaker 2: at the center of the throne and who will open

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Speaker 2: the cruel to ensure justice will come to our broken world.

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Speaker 2: By looking with John at the worthy Lamb, we find

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Speaker 2: ourselves in awe of his love and his majesty, as

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Speaker 2: the multitudes in heaven saying worthy is the Lamb who

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Speaker 2: was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom and

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Speaker 2: strength and honor and glory and praise. Meditating on this

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Speaker 2: image of Christ helps broaden our vision, which can become

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Speaker 2: narrowed admid the challenges of everyday life. So perhaps tonight

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Speaker 2: we can refresh our perspective by joining the angels and

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Speaker 2: the saints and worshiping Jesus and declaring his glory, Great

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Speaker 2: glam of God who was slain for the sins of

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Speaker 2: the world, and mighty Lion of Judah who rose victorious

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Speaker 2: defeating death. Help me to regularly assume a worshipful posture

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Speaker 2: of heart that enables me to stand in awe of you.

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Speaker 2: Too often i am overwhelmed by the problems that come

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Speaker 2: my way, I become distracted and dull eyed, unable to

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Speaker 2: see beyond the limits and challenges. But in thinking of you,

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Speaker 2: I am reminded of the gift of grace as you

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Speaker 2: have given, and my dependence on you in all areas

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Speaker 2: of life. Wonder fails me. As I consider your worthiness

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Speaker 2: to receive all honor, glory and praise. I worship you, Amen.

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