“Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the Israelites” (Revelation 7:4, CEB).

     One of my daughter’s best friends is Gurneet. Gurneet’s parents are from India. Many Indian women are known to wear a bindi. Bindi comes from a word in Sanskrit which means drop. A bindi looks as though a drop of ink has been placed in the middle of one’s forehead.

     I once asked Gurneet about the significance of the bindi. What she told me was fascinating. For some, the bindi is a symbol of style. Theologically, the mark is known as the “third eye.”

IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE CURRENT SERMON SERIES, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CHAPTERS OF REVELATION:  Revelation: 5-12

 

“Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one seated on the throne. It had writing on the front and the back, and it was sealed with seven seals. I saw a powerful angel, who proclaimed in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”   But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it…Then one of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Look! The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has emerged victorious so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

“I correct and discipline those whom I love. So be earnest and change your hearts and lives” (Revelation 3:19, CEB).

I often am struck by the message God does not communicate through the Scriptures as much as I am by what God does say. The book of Revelation is actually a letter from God delivered through the pen of John, Jesus’ disciple. The letter was circulated among the seven churches that were in existence during the latter part of the first century.