​​Revelation: a good news music event, is an event that Jesus is using for the truth of his gospel to be proclaimed. From the worship music's wonderful melodies to the gospel's bold proclamation, Jesus is using this event to share His good news.
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After Adam and Eve fell from grace and lost their harmonious relationship with God and their place in the garden of Eden (Genesis chapter 3), God gave Adam and Eve and all of the human race a plan of redemption and revealed to them how he is going to restore mankind to their rightful relationship with Himself and back to a restored garden. Genesis chapter 3:15 is the first good news message that speaks to this plan of redemption; it reads, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
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The crushing of the head will be that of the serpent. It is God's declaration of the decisive blow that will defeat Satan. Satan is the enemy of God who used the serpent to deceive Adam and Eve in the garden, which caused Adam and Eve to fall. Since then all of humanity has been in a fallen state and hostile toward God. The striking of the heel (Blood Atonement of Jesus Christ) is how God brings His plan of redemption to fruition, and it is how he deals with humanity's sin, once and for all! The at(one)ing sacrifice (Just as the name suggests) was necessary to bring sinful mankind back to a loving relationship with Himself and be 'at one,' reconciled to God again.
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Jesus, who existed in eternity past with the Father (John 1:1), who is the Son of God who is also God, condescended, took on flesh, and came into this world to become the perfect representative for mankind and to bring about that decisive blow and undo the work of Satan. Jesus, who is referred to as the second Adam, was crucified, died, was buried, and resurrected from the dead on the third day, demonstrating God's dominion over death. Jesus' perfect obedience to the Father and laying down His life, then rising from the dead on the third day, was necessary so that we who are dead in our sins and living in the Kingdom of Darkness can be transferred to the Kingdom of His dear son Jesus (Colossians 1:13). Where Adam fails about the tree and disobeys God, many were made sinners. Jesus does not fail, so many are made righteous! This is the good news that God wants you and the world to know! The apostle John beautifully sums it up in his gospel when we read:
​​“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16). This is how God foils Satan's plans that brought sin and death to mankind: simple belief in His Son Jesus and the good news that you can have eternal life in Him!
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MelLastman Square is the perfect venue to share this good news. The glistening water that flows from the fountain on the east side of the square starting from Yonge Street and travels down through the middle to the west side of this city garden, with trees on both sides of the water, serves as a reminder of the good news for those who will listen and believe this message. The apostle John, who is the author of the Gospel of John and the one who authored the Book of Revelation, recalls Jesus using water metaphors to assert that salvation could not be found through human relationships but through the living waters that only he can offer (Woman at the Well—John:4). Nor could it be found through human means and effort, but rather one must be born of the Spirit and water (Nicodemus - John:3). In the book of Revelation, we no longer see this water motif written as a metaphor but rather as a reality for those who have found salvation through Jesus in a restored garden of Eden. This is evident when we read:
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Eden Restored
' Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more nights. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
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Why Revelation:a good news music event?
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What is the good news?
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We do this event for the Adoration and Worship of King Jesus!​
​​​Revelation 4:8-11​
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The four living creatures had six wings and were covered with eyes all around, even under their wings. Day and night they never stop saying: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,' who was, and is, and is to come. Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
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​After reading that passage, or maybe after having read it in the past, did you wonder how the twenty-four elders could lay down their crowns before the throne of God over and over again? Are they laying down their crown and then picking up the same crown to put it back down again? I heard a brilliant apologist say that it is most likely, King Jesus giving them new crowns, to then lay it at His feet again and again as an act of love! Brilliant! I want to think no differently about Revelation: a good news music event.
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Each event we hosted in 2024 at MeLastman Square, had a different form and structure. I assure you that King Jesus was glorified in each of those events! From the wonderful worship music to the proclamation of the good news of Jesus; through the preaching of the gospel, and a drama production. It was an opportunity to lay down our crowns for the worship and adoration of our true King - King Jesus!
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In anticipation of our 2025 Revelation: a good news music event - Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye Tour. We are looking for servant leaders to help serve in the following positions:
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Are You a Servant Leader?
Grab your crown and lets worship together!
Revelation: a good news music event volunteer positions
We are looking for servant leaders to help serve in the following areas for our upcoming event that we will be hosting in 2025
Ministry Team Liaison
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Provide support to Ministry Leaders
Ministry Team Assistant Liaison
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Help Support Minstry Team Liason
Creative Team
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Photographers
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Videographers
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Illustrators​
Fundraising
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Help to raise funds for our Revelation: a good news music event
Promoters
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Servant leaders to help promote upcoming events
Oh Canada
Apple of My Eye
Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye
Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye will be the theme for this year's Revelation: a good news music event. Our prayer is that all who participate in this year's event will be known by Jesus as the apple of His eye! Pray this with us as we prepare for this year's event. Prayer: Father, show me your glory. Show our family and friends your glory. Show our cities your glory. Show our provinces your glory. Show Canada your glory. So that the whole world will see your glory!
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Why, Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye? The phrase 'apple of my eye' in the English language is an idiom that is defined as anyone or anything that someone loves the most and is extremely proud of, protecting at all costs. It signifies a person who holds a special place in someone's heart. Oxford Languages defines it in the following manner: a person whom one is extremely fond and proud of. During the reign of Alfred the Great, the first king of England, the pupil in the centre of the eye was called the apple, as it was incorrectly thought to be an apple-shaped solid. Seeing as this delicate pupil of the eye is critical for vision, it must be cherished no matter what the cost. Therefore, over time, theapple of my eye has been used to mean a much-loved person or thing. The monarch used this expression in his Old English translation of Pope Gregory I's Latin work Cura Pastoralis, and this is deemed to be the first use of the idiom 'the apple of my eye.'
When translating the Bible to English, William Tyndale used this idiom in several instances. He uses it to refer to God's Law in Proverbs '7:2—'Keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as the apple of your eye.' Speaking of God's love for Israel in Deuteronomy 32:10, “He found him in a desert land and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Lastly, King David, for safe keeping, in Psalm 17:8: Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. (Al's Action English: YouTube, July 20, 2020—Idiom Origins | The Apple of My Eye)
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“He found him in a desert land and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions. Deuteronomy 32:10-11
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After reading the whole text of Deuteronomy chapter 32 and not just isolating verses 10-11, this song recited by Moses (approx. 3,500 years ago) in the assembly of all the people in Israel, when broken down, can be applied to the lives of all people of all the nations (Canada included) for all times because of Jesus. You quickly realize it is not a serenade about God's love for Israel when read in its entirety. Rather, it is God calling out His beloved people and re-rebuking the Nation of Israel because of their sins and declaring how He is going to deal with their disobedience. Yahweh is giving His beloved 'Jeshrun' a reality check, reminding them just how far they have fallen so that they can turn from their obstinate ways. Deuteronomy 32 can be broken down with the following headings:
I. Ascribing greatness to God (1-4) / II. The Lord nurtured His people (5-14) III. The people rebelled against the Lord (15-18). IV. The Lord will recompense them for their deeds (19-43). V. An exhortation to obey (44-47) VI. Moses’ death foretold. Read more...
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Understanding and abiding in God's love through Jesus individually and as a nation is the only way to ensure safety, protection, and blessings in our lives. Just as Moses declares in his song how God was going to cleanse the land and the people of Israel through atonement (Deuteronomy 32:43) only after punishing them with curses because of their sins. God is declaring not only the same for the whole world, including our beloved Canada, but something even better through Jesus! This is the Good News of the Gospel—the love letter of all love letters! John 3:16 (ESV) states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 2 Corinthians 5:21 reads, 'God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Jesus takes the curse and God's wrath on our behalf and becomes the once-and-for-all-time atoning sacrifice so that we can receive God's blessings and not curses! Jesus tells us that this good news warrants a response. The response is to believe in Him and His message and the one who sent Him (John 6:28-29). Jesus uses poetic language and imagery during His earthly ministry when speaking of Jews who rejected Him and His message, similar to the imagery used in Moses's Song in Deuteronomy 32:10-11. Jesus said, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
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​​"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
Matthew 23:37 (NIV)
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How will you respond to His message? How will we respond as a nation? Oh Canada, Apple of My Eye is the theme for this year's event because it will allow us to address, through music and the bold proclamation of the gospel, the only response that can cure and heal the brokenness that we see in ourselves, in Canada, and in the surrounding nations—and that is to surrender our lives to Jesus so that we can be loved, cared for, and kept as the apple of His eye!
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