My sons and I recently went to a college baseball game. We had a super time together, and as we watched the game, I explained to them the “walk-up” song. It’s a song a player from the home team chooses to play over the stadium speakers as he walks into the batter’s box. Well, Jesus had a couple of walk-up songs. One on Palm Sunday as He entered Jerusalem on a donkey, and one at the end of Revelation that is sung before His return. Our hope is that this song will stir in us a “confident expectation” in God that despite our past or our current circumstances He will fulfill what He has promised.

It seems we live in a world driven by headlines. Unfortunately, the headlines on the state of the Church and Christians are neither glowing nor encouraging. However, there’s a headline in Revelation 7 that tells another story – a story of redemption. We are going to look together at this headline and be encouraged to stand up and sing out as followers of Jesus who are part of this redemption story.

The book of Revelation is recognized by many for the seven churches, the end times, and bizarre symbolism, but one of the lesser-known features of Revelation are the songs. Simply put, these songs are treasures! So, for several weeks we are going to uncover these songs in a series we are calling Hymns of Heaven. Our hope for this teaching series is that the songs in Revelation awaken us to treasure God among a culture that values lesser things.