A pause with a purpose
- The first 7 celebrated a complete community (5:1-8:5)
- Covenant Community
- Those persecuted
- The washed
- The second 7 was a warning to those who don’t believe (8:6-11:19)
- They rejected power
- They rejected prophecy
- The result was experiencing God’s wrath
- The third 7 was encouragement to be prepared (15-16)
- The blame game
Accepting Jesus is being saved by Jesus and prepared for Jesus.