The third DVD, "God is still on the Throne / Worthy is the Lamb" covers chapters four and five of the book of Revelation and will also include the purpose for the Rapture and the Tribulation. The book of Revelation is the unveiling of Jesus Christ. The book unveils his relationship to the church, to judgment and to the things to come in the future. This chapter begins a new phase in the book of Revelation. The church plays a prominent role in the first three chapters, mentioned over 18 times. After chapter 3, the church is not referred to again until chapter 22 verse16. In chapter 4, John the Apostle, called up to heaven, reports to the reader what he sees and hears. John is the eyes and ears of the believer. Chapter 4 presents the reader with the throne of God and events taking place in Heaven. This begins a chain of events leading to the return of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who Revelation 19 pictures as conquering King. From chapter 4, we see God's throne and the events surrounding it. Chapter 5 continues from 4, and takes the reader to the throne itself and the opening of a scroll with seven seals. The opening of this scroll puts events into motion leading to the return of Christ in chapter 19. Throughout Revelation, John is reporting to the reader what he sees and hears. John told to write what he sees; lets the reader see events through his eyes and ears. In Chapter 4, John is caught up to a scene taking place in heaven. Although not mentioned explicitly, John's call up to heaven by a voice sounding like a trumpet, parallels events in I Thessalonians 4:13-18, John represents a picture of the rapture. In the rapture, the church is "caught up" to the presence of Christ with a shout from Christ and the call of God's trumpet.

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