There’s a Land That Is Fairer than Day. There’s a land that is fairer than day, And by faith we can see it afar; For the Father waits over the way to.

There’s a Land That Is

Fairer than Day

There’s a Land That Is

Fairer than Day

There’s a land that is fairer

than day, And by faith

we can see it afar;

For the Father waits

over the way to prepare

us a dwelling place there.

There’s a land that is fairer

than day, And by faith

we can see it afar;

For the Father waits

over the way to prepare

us a dwelling place there.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

Beautiful shore.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

Beautiful shore.

We shall sing on thatbeautiful shore the

melodious songs of theblest, and our spirits

shall sorrow no more, nota sigh for the blessing of

rest.

We shall sing on thatbeautiful shore the

melodious songs of theblest, and our spirits

shall sorrow no more, nota sigh for the blessing of

rest.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore.

To our bountiful Father

above, we will offer the

tribute of praise for the

glorious gift of his love,

and the blessings that

hallow our days.

To our bountiful Father

above, we will offer the

tribute of praise for the

glorious gift of his love,

and the blessings that

hallow our days.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore.

In the sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore; in the

sweet by and by,

we shall meet on that

beautiful shore.

What’s So Great About

Heaven?Lesson 6

Our PremiseGod has never given up on His orginal

plan for human beings to dwell on Earth. The climax of history (‘His’story) will be

the creation of new heavens and a New Earth, a resurrected universe inhabited by a resurrected people living with the

resurrected Jesus.Revelation 21:1-4

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Tribulation

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An End Times Time Line

The Present Church AgeMilleniumInterim Heaven

NEW H EE AA RV TE HN

RAPTURE

“What willWorship be

like inHeaven?

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After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."  2Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.

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3And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

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Worship in Heaven will be:

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“All Encompasing”

“No legitimate activity of life, whether marriage, family, business, play, friendship, education or politics escapes the claims of Christ’s

kingship. Those who live and reign with Christ forever will find the

diversity and complexity of their worship of God, not less, but richer.”

Worship in Heaven will be:

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“Absorbing, yet not absorbed”

“We will not know God exhaustively, but we will know

Him accurately. We will no longer twist and distort the truth

about God”

Worship in Heaven will be:

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“Focused on Praise”

Worship here on Earth is three-fold

PraisePreach

Pray

“What did John see of worship in

Revelation 4?”Lesson 6

After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."  2Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.

Lesson 6

3And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

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John saw:

Lesson 6

“The Context of Worship”

Context – “the circumstancesSurrounding an act or event.”

John saw:

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“The Center of Worship”

A Throne – indicating:PowerOrder and HarmonyControl

Jewels – indicating supreme Supreme Royalty

Jasper – Diamond; Sardius-Ruby; and an emerald rainbow!

Rev. 4:3

John saw:

Lesson 6

“The Chorus of Worship”True Worship - “quickens the conscious by the

holiness of God.”“feeds the mind with the truth of God”

“purges the imagination with the beauty of God”

“opens the heart to the love of God”“devotes the will to the purpose of

God”

John saw:

Lesson 6

“The Crescendo of Worship”

Revelation 4:11 – the 3 fold doxology

Revelation 5:13 – the 4 fold doxology

Revelation 7:12 – the 7 fold doxology

John saw:

Lesson 6

“The Contrast of Worship”

It is the very nature of the world we live in to negate or minimize both the need and

the effect of worship. Heaven will allow worship to have its

rightful place.

“So what is it about

Worship?”

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Lesson 6

Worship………is not about us it is about Him!

Lesson 6

Worship………is not about here it is about

there!

Lesson 6

Worship………is not about now it is about

then!

Lesson 6

Worship………is not about one it is about many!