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Ever presumed you were on an invitation list, only to have a very unpleasant surprise when the party begins? Join me for a look at Revelation 7, where the heavenly banquet includes people from all sorts of people and tribes - but is missing one from Israel!

Music Today - Andrew Peterson, 'Is He Worthy?'Kristina and I first heard this song performed by Peterson in concert at Grove City before the paint was even dry - he had just written it and forgot some of the words as he went along. Now hundreds of thousands of people sing it by heart - and draw great hope from it! I think it's one of the finest worship songs of the past 20 years, and it's rooted in Revelation 5 and 7.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIahc83Kvp4...

Emmylou Harris - 'Jerusalem Tomorrow'Finding good songs about religious manipulation and abuse are difficult, especially told from a first-person perspective. This one is chilling and incredibly effective, as the 'Bluebird' of country music turns into storyteller as a charlatan healer who encounters a surprising 'rival.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua-gFRYDs9Q

Revelation 6 is usually where Presbyterians get off the roller coaster and heavy metal bands get on. What could possibly be encouraging about the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Maybe we should find out what this chapter looks like through the eyes of our Albanian brothers and sisters in Christ. Let's take four and half minutes together!

Music Today: Johnny Cash, 'When the Man Comes Around.' Recorded on his last album before his death, the man in black has some good questions - and answers! - for us preparing for the day of judgment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhgEMKLuHI

Bob Dylan - 'A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.' Written when he was just 21(!), I think this is Dylan's best early masterpiece. The video ties the lyrics only with the Vietnam war, which works, but the apocalyptic imagery can apply powerfully to today. Dylan wasn't yet a Christ-follower, but the Holy Ghost haunts this and so many other songs in his '60s work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aHRJt8zNk