84 The Revelation of Jesus Christ What a vision greeted the aged apostle! It led him to write further, saying: "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands" (verse 11 ). Have you ever tried to figure out how many were around the throne? Have you ever wondered how many angels there are in heaven, to say nothing of the hosts of redeemed saints? Here is your answer: "Ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands," myriads of myriads! No one will be lonely there. If you refuse to accept this wonderful Christ, and put your trust in His blood, my brother, when that blessed day comes, you will be the one to lose. I once heard a minister tell his congregation that heaven is like a vast auditorium with many seats, that God has made provision for every man and every woman, but that through the eternal ages some of those seats will forever be vacant, because the one to whom the seat belonged did not go in. I do not believe such a thing. Do you? Every place will be taken. 1£ you will not enter in, someone else will have your place. John heard the vast multitude saying, with a loud voice: "Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing" (verse 12). When I think of that glorious scene, where our Lord is worshipped, not only as Creator, but as Redeemer also, my heart is filled with the desire to get there as soon as possible! "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four living crea~ tures said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever" (verses 13, 14). What a sight to behold that will be! A crowd always interests me. To see a multitude, and especially a multitude with eyes all turned in one direction, grips my attention. remember well how, years ago, when I was returning from Australia to America, the ship sailed toward the Hawaiian .Islands on the tropical sea, passing the equator. One day, in I
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