"when The Saints Go Marching In” - Revelation 7 - (November 7, 2021 - ALL SAINTS DAY (Pentecost 24))

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"Oh, when the saints go marching in...." A beautiful song. Do you want to be in the number? Sounds like there is some doubt in the lyrics: "How I WANT to be in that number." God wants us too as well. That is why his promises are sure. He signs, seals and delivers us to himself according to His promise of salvation....in and through Baptism. There should be no shadow of a doubt for those Baptized and who believe Christ's words, "in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit," because here God puts his name on us. He claims us as His own. Today we remember all those who are in the Lord's family, who have gone before us into glory, and wear the crown of life given to them by Christ himself. In our worship, we gather around the throne with them. We break into their worship, even just for a moment, to join them briefly in what our inheritance will be by their side in the future.