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Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":

The apostle John was shown “an open door in heaven” (Rev. 4:1). There he saw scenes the whole world should know about—especially Muslims. No one in heaven, in earth, or even in hell, could “prevail” to break the seven seals that kept that mysterious book (scroll) closed in the hand of the One who sat on the throne of the universe. John cried “much.” Then “the Lamb, “ all bruised and mangled in His death, “prevailed”—the Son of God crucified. He broke the seven seals! He had saved the universe from ruin!

 

John saw all the redeemed people overcome with joy as they cried, “Salvation belongs to our God” (7:10; NKJV). But that doesn’t mean primarily that God Himself is now “saved,” although in a sense that can be true. The idea is that God’s redeemed ascribe their “salvation to Him.” That mangled Lamb gave them salvation; it was He who took the initiative 100% in saving them. He was the Good Shepherd who went on a long safari to seek and find them. By His “much more abounding grace” (Rom. 5:20) they were saved. Their song of triumph in Revelation 7 is the same as Paul’s word in Ephesians, “By grace you have been saved, through faith” but their faith was not the means of their salvation. Immediately they insist that their faith is not “of [themselves; 2:8, 9].” They take no credit for their “decision to accept Christ.”

 

As Paul says in Romans 5:15-18, it was Christ who gave them the “gift” of “justification unto life” (KJV, NKJV) even “while we were still sinners” (vs. 8). Just let your heart begin to grasp this, and you will throw yourself down with them “before the throne” even as that great multitude did, that crowd that “no one could count” (TEV).

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