Who Can Stand? (Revelation 7:1-8:5)

Big Idea: God will preserve his own people, and they will enjoy his protection and presence forever.

Canadian preacher Darrell Johnson calls this chapter the most comforting of all the visions contained in the Bible. But you have to understand what he means when he says “comforting.”

I am using the phrase, “most comforting,” both in the modern sense of the word, “creating a state of well-being,” and in the original sense of the word, “fortifying for courageous action.” The English word comfort com...