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"Onde estão os meus  sapatos?? O que atingiu minha orelha??", "Lutem! Lutem! Lutem!"

Nós servimos ao Deus vivo que realiza maravilhas diariamente! Na verdade vivemos em tempos de grandes vitórias, mesmo que às vezes não as reconhecemos. Essas vitórias estão acontecendo mais rápida a cada dia e de forma clara. E’ crucial ter ouvidos para ouvir e discernimento para ver. Dessa forma, sempre ficaremos maravilhados, regozijando-nos no Deus que opera maravilhas diariamente!

Uma dessas maravilhas ocorreu no dia 13 de Julho 2024, durante uma tentativa de assassinato contra a vida de Trump. Após o ataque, Trump provavelmente  perguntou para si o que atingiu sua orelha. Logo depois, em meio a uma comoção do Serviço Secreto tentando protegê-lo, ouvimos uma pergunta, seguida de um grito por justiça: "Lutem! Lutem! Lutem!" Em tempos tão desesperadores, ele fez uma pergunta bem peculiar: "Onde estão meus sapatos?”

Eis alguns dos fatos incomuns que aconteceram:

• Uma orelha foi atingida por uma bala.

• A pergunta: "Onde estão meus sapatos?"

• Um bravo de indignação: “Lutem! Lutem! Lutem!”

Podemos ouvir a voz profética alta e clara! Podemos discernir a mensagem de Deus diante dos fatos ocorridos naquele episodio. E como o nosso Deus é jamais pego de surpresa,  Ele ja’ havia revelado esse ataque e livramento a alguns profetas semanas e até anos antes. 

Não vamos nos aprofundar nos detalhes deste evento, mas eu o encorajo a explorar os caminhos surpreendentes de Deus!

Vamos começar com alguns fatos interessantes. A que horas exatamente ocorreu o tiroteio? O que uma orelha furada significa biblicamente? O que calçar os pés  representa espiritualmente? De onde veio a voz de indignação e luta por justiça?

Primeiro, vamos olhar para a hora do ataque. O relatório da investigação diz que era exatamente 6 horas e 11 minutos da tarde. Nos mistérios de Deus, podemos encontrar uma ordenança fundamental para todos os filhos de Deus. Em Efésios 6:11, lemos: “Revesti-vos de toda a armadura de Deus, para que possais ficar firmes contra as ciladas do diabo.”

Mais do que nunca, todo filho e filha de Deus deve ser revestido de TODA a armadura de Deus, e isto inclui os pés também. Na caminhada da vida, qualquer ofensa ou dissensão entre irmãos “suja os pés” e abre brechas que nos impedem de sermos totalmente revestidos com a armadura de Deus. O apóstolo Paulo dá a última instrução fundamental aos irmãos em Roma: “Rogo-vos, irmãos, que noteis aqueles que causam dissensões e escândalos contrários à doutrina que aprendestes; afastai-vos deles.” Romanos 16:17.

Há muito a obedecer e aplicar destes capítulos!

O segundo fator traz a pergunta: O que significa uma orelha perfurada espiritualmente? Por que a orelha de Trump foi perfurada por uma bala? Este evento levanta outras perguntas. Poderia ser que Trump, como tambem a igreja de Cristo, esteja sendo dispertado a se posicionar para ouvir e obedecer apenas à voz de Deus e Sua vontade nestes dias? Qual é o princípio espiritual da orelha de um servo sendo furada como descrito em Números 21:5? O que o Senhor Jesus diz sobre Si mesmo em João 6:36-37? Como o apóstolo Paulo se apresenta em suas cartas? É importante notar que a tradução correta de “servo” no grego no início das cartas de Paulo é “doulos”.

“Doulos” na cultura grega, significava um “servo escravo”, alguém que se vendia voluntariamente como escravo a outra pessoa por um período específico ou indefinidamente. Em Números 21:5, o “servo escravo” servia por amor em rendição ao seu senhor. A verdade é que fomos comprados pelo precioso sangue do Cordeiro e agora pertencemos a Deus. “Porque fostes comprados por bom preço; glorificai, pois, a Deus no vosso corpo e no vosso espírito, os quais pertencem a Deus.” 1 Coríntios 6:20 (NKJV).

A história revela que a orelha do “servo escravo” era furada na porta da casa do seu senhor. Ali ficava registrado uma aliança de sangue. O Senhor Jesus é a porta; Ele foi pregado no madeiro, e Seu sangue foi derramado em alianca por todos nós! Há muito a dizer e aplicar esta verdade espiritual da “orelha furada” de um servo escravo que serve seu senhor por profundo amor a toda a vida!

Agora chegamos a pergunta de Trump sobre seus sapatos. Ele foi bem enfático de não sair daquela situação sem calçar seus pés com seus sapatos. Penso que a maioria das pessoas sairiam correndo sem pensar muito menos em sapatos. 

O que isso representa senão uma forte convicção e fé de que nossos pés (nossa caminhada com Deus) devem ser com a preparação do evangelho da paz, especialmente durante uma batalha contra o inimigo de nossas almas?

Uma prática comum na época de Jesus era de lavar os pés ao entrar em uma casa. Dessa forma, entramos tambem na presença de Deus Pai, lavados pelo sangue do Cordeiro em nossa caminhada de santidade com Ele. O inimigo faz tudo para interromper a nossa jornada de fé e de nos impedir de cumprir o nosso destino designado por Deus. Esse foi o caso da tentativa de assassinato de Trump, e o inimigo perdeu! 

Vemos claramente a providência e proteção de Deus sobre a vida de Trump de uma forma milagrosa. Goste ou não, Trump tem sido um instrumento nas mãos de Deus todos esses anos. É somente pela graça e misericórdia de Deus que ele está vivo hoje, não apenas para sua própria vida e familia, mas para um propósito muito maior.

Várias redes sociais liberais nos EUA, que normalmente evitam falar sobre Deus, relataram recentemente uma possível intervenção divina que salvou Trump da morte. Então, estejamos guardados com a verdade diante da adversidade, sempre revestindo com a preparação do evangelho da paz, que é o poder de Deus para todos os que creem nele.

Finalmente, chegamos a um outro fator surpreendente. Uma alta voz de indignação pela justiça irrompeu no ar. Depois de calçar os sapatos, em meio à dor, sangue e confusão, Trump gritou para a multidão, dizendo: "Lutem! Lutem! Lutem!" Este grito foi ouvido por milhões nas redes sociais em todo o mundo! Não é este também o clamor da Igreja de Cristo, para não se intimidar mesmo diante da morte e dor, mas clamar para que o Reino de Deus venha e para que Sua vontade seja feita na terra como no céu? Somente depois de revestirmos de toda a armadura de Deus que podemos ser plenamente ousados e permanecermos firmes na verdade. Até a Criação espera ansiosamente a manifestação dos filhos de Deus neste dias! (Romanos 8:19).

Hoje, vemos vitória após vitória sobre os ímpios e todos os que tentam se esconder atrás de falsas narrativas enganosas, mas no final, são derrotados. Aqui está uma correlação bíblica entre os ímpios e os justos: “Os ímpios fogem sem que ninguém os persiga, mas os justos são ousados ​​como um leão.” Provérbios 28:1.

As promessas de Deus são para nós hoje e são para agora!!!. Paulo escreve em referencia tambem aos nossos pés e graça que temos Nele: “E o Deus da paz esmagará em breve a Satanás debaixo dos vossos pés. A graça de nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo seja convosco. Amém!” Romanos 16:20. Eis uma outra grande promessa no Salmo 108:13: “Por meio de Deus, triunfaremos, pois ele pisoteará os nossos inimigos.”

À luz deste recente evento chocante, devemos manter sempre a nossa alegria do Senhor que e’ a nossa força, estar alertas ao máximo, discernir os tempos e estar firmados em todas as verdades da palavra de Deus e na autoridade que Ele nos deu em Seu nome. Vamos lutar o bom combate, pois somos mais que vencedores em Cristo!

No amor de Cristo,

Lance Scates

"Where are my shoes?? What hit my ear??", "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

We serve a living God who performs wonders daily! We truly live in times of great victories, even if we sometimes overlook them. These victories are happening more rapidly and clearly, and it’s crucial to have ears to hear and discernment to see. In this way, we will always be in awe, rejoicing in the God who works wonders daily!

One such wonder occurred recently during an assassination attempt on Trump’s life. After the attack, Trump may have asked what hit his ear. Soon after, amidst a commotion from the Secret Service trying to protect him, we heard a question, followed by a cry for justice: “Fight! Fight! Fight!” In such desperate times, he asked a peculiar question: “Where are my shoes?”

Here are some unusual facts that took place:

• One ear was hit by a bullet.
• The question, “Where are my shoes?”
• A brave cry of indignation: “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

We can hear the prophetic voice loud and clear! God had already revealed this attack to some prophets weeks, and even years before. So, the Lord is never caught by surprise!
We won’t delve into the depths of each occurrence, but I encourage you to explore God’s surprising ways!

Let's start with a few interesting facts. What time exactly did the shooting occur? What does a pierced ear mean biblically? What does putting on shoes represent spiritually? Where did the voice of indignation and fight for justice come from?

First, let's look at the time of the attack. The report of the investigation says it was exactly 6:11 p.m. In the mysteries of God, we can find a key ordinance for all of God’s children. In Ephesians 6:11, we read: “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”

More than ever, every son and daughter of God must put on the WHOLE armor of God, which includes the feet. In the walk of life, any offense or dissension between brothers opens gaps that prevent us from being fully clothed with the armor of God. The Apostle Paul gives the last key instruction to the brothers in Rome: “Now I urge you, brothers, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them.” Romans 16:17.
There is much to obey and apply from these chapters!

The second fact brings the question: What does a pierced ear mean spiritually? Why was Trump’s ear pierced by a bullet? This event raises many other questions. Could it be that Trump, like the church of Christ, is being positioned to hear and obey only the voice of God and His will these days? What is the spiritual principle of a bondservant’s ear being pierced at the door in Numbers 21:5? What does the Lord Jesus say about Himself in John 6:36-37? How does the Apostle Paul introduce himself in his letters? It is important to note that the correct translation of “servant” in Greek in the beginning of Paul’s letters is “doulos.”

In Greek culture, it meant a “bondservant,” someone who sold himself willingly into slavery to another person for a specific period or indefinitely. In Numbers 21:5, the bondservant served out of love and surrender to the master. The truth is that we were bought by the precious blood of the Lamb and now belong to God. “For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which is God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NKJV).

History reveals that the bondservant’s ear was pierced at the door of the master’s house. The Lord Jesus is the door; He was nailed to a tree, and His blood was shed for all of us! There is much to say and apply in this spiritual truth of the “pierced ear” of a bondservant who serves his master out of deep love for life!

We now come to Trump’s question about his shoes. He was emphatic about leaving the situation only with his shoes on. Most people would run out without thinking about shoes. What does this represent if not a strong conviction and faith that our feet (our walk with God) must be prepared with the gospel of peace, especially during a battle against the enemy of our souls?

A common practice in Jesus’ time was to wash the feet upon entering a house. In this way, we enter the presence of God the Father, washed by the blood of the Lamb in our walk with Him in holiness. The enemy does everything he can to interrupt our journey of faith and prevent us from fulfilling our God-designated destiny. This was the case with the attempt on Trump’s life, and the enemy lost!

We clearly see the victory of God’s providence and protection over Trump’s life in a miraculous way. Like it or not, Trump has been an instrument in God’s hands all these years. It is only by the grace and mercy of God that he is alive today, not only for his own life but for a much greater purpose.

Several liberal social networks in the USA, which typically avoid talking about God, recently reported a possible divine intervention that saved Trump from death. So, let us be on guard with the truth in the face of adversity, always wearing the preparation of the gospel of peace, which is the power of God for all who believe in Him.

Finally, we come to another amazing fact. A loud voice of indignation for justice burst into the air. After putting on his shoes, amidst pain, blood, and confusion, Trump cried out to the crowd, saying, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” This cry was heard by millions on social media worldwide! Isn’t this also the cry of the Church of Christ, not to be intimidated even in the face of struggle and pain, but to cry out for the Kingdom of God to come and for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven? Only after putting on the whole armor of God can we stand our ground. Even Creation eagerly expects the manifestation of the children of God (Romans 8:19).

Today, we see victory after victory over the wicked and all who try to hide behind deceptive false narratives, but in the end, they are defeated. Here is a biblical correlation between the wicked and the righteous: “The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Proverbs 28:1.

The promises of God are for us today and they are for now!!!. Paul writes, “And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen!” Romans 16:20. Here is another great promise in Psalm 108:13: “Through God, we will triumph, for he will trample down our enemies.”

In light of this recent shocking event, we must be on high alert, discerning, and firm in all the truths of God’s word and in the authority He has given us in His name. Let us fight the good fight, for we are more than conquerors in Christ!

INTRODUCTION

WRITTEN LETTER FROM PAUL IN PRISON BETWEEN 60-61 AD GIVEN TO EPAPHRAS FROM COLOSSE

• Epaphras converted through Paul’s preaching and took the gospel to his home town and planted a church there.

• Paul wrote to this church to strengthen their faith, hope and the love to God and to each other. He urged the Colossians to keep their eyes focused on Christ and to live a life pleasing to God. He addressed that Jesus is the only Head of the Church and that Christ is transcendent (both far above, but also near to us) more than enough. Paul pointed out the danger of mingling Christian faith with other faiths, falling into foolish arguments. The believers needed not only to come to Christ, but to be rooted and built up in Him, established in Him. Definitely same truths for today!

THEMES

• CHRIST IS THE CENTER
• THE CHURCH IDENTITY
• THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL
• CHRISTIAN LIFE

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CHAPTER 1

“Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed) by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

WHO WAS PAUL?WHO CALLED PAUL AND TO DO WHAT?UNDER WHOSE WILL AND AUTHORITY WAS PAUL SENT?
PAUL - LEADER - AN APOSTLE , ONE WHO IS SENT FORTH - EMISSARY - MESSENGER - AMBASSADOR - REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD

HE WAS NOT SENT OFF BY HIS OWN WILL OR AUTHORITY

SOMEONE WITH THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY CHOSE HIM AND SENT HIM OFF TO A MISSION UNDER SUCH AUTHORITY

• HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH -

• SENT OFF BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD + AUTHORITY FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD = MISSION HEAVENLY EMPOWERED TO ACCOMPLISH NEVER ALONE BUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
• WHEN GOD CALLS, HE SENDS HE ALSO PROVIDES, EQUIPS AND GUIDES

UNDER GODS LEADERSHIP , SERVANTS GO BY GODS WILL AND AUTHORITY - NOT BY SELF PROMOTION OR SELF AGENDA OR AMBITION

“To the saints and faithful believers in Christ [who are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father. “

PAUL DECLARES THE TRUTH - BY THE BLOOD AND FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS OF JESUS, THE CHURCH IN COLOSSUS IS MADE OF SAINTS FAITHFUL BELIEVERS OF CHRIST
THERE IS NOT A LIST OF CHURCHES, BUT ONLY ONE CHURCH IN TOWN
PAUL CAN ONLY GIVE WHAT HE HAS RECEIVED - HE DECLARED GRACE AND PEACE FROM THE SOURCE OF HEAVEN - GOD THE FATHER WHO GIVES

NO ONE CAN GIVE WHAT HE OR SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED

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FATHER, IN JESUS NAME THANK YOU FOR YOUR GRACE AND PEACE YOU POUR IN ME,THANK YOU FOR FILLING ME WITH YOUR GRACE TO WALK VICTORIOUS IN YOUR SIGHT.THANK YOU FOR FILLING ME WITH SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING THAT LEAD ME TO DISCERN AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS EVERYDAY - AMEM
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“We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we pray always for you, “

• PRAYERS START WITH THANKSGIVING FIRST TO THE FATHER WHO IS THE GIVER OF ALL
• HOW CAN ANYONE NOT GIVE THANKS OR BLESS GOD FIRST WHO DID ALL THINGS THROUGH HIS SON THE CHRIST?

PAUL WROTE OF 3 PILARS OF LIFE AND THEIR PURPOSE AND POWER

• FAITH
• LOVE
• HOPE

“for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [how you lean on Him with absolute confidence in His power, lwisdom, and goodness], “

WHY IS FAITH IMPORTANT HERE?WHAT DOES FAITH LEANING IN CHRIST MEAN ACCORDING TO PAUL? WHAT IS TRUE FAITH IN JESUS?

• AS FOR FAITH

- THERE ARE AT LEAST 3 ABSOLUTE KEYS OF TRUTH

• CONFIDENCE IN HIS POWER - (MY PROTECTION AND STRENGTH )
• CONFIDENCE IN HIS WISDOM - (MY GUIDE ON WHAT TO THINK AND TO FOLLOW)
• CONFIDENCE IN HIS GOODNESS - (MY TRUST ON WHO LOVES AND CARES FOR ME)

“and of the [unselfish] love which you have for all the saints (God’s people); “

• AS FOR LOVE

- AGAPE (GREEK) UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

• UNCONDITIONAL LOVE NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE FRIENDLY TO ME, BUT TO ALL THE SAINTS EVEN IN HIS OR HER WEAKNESSES IN CHARACTER

“because of the [confident] hope [of experiencing that] which is reserved and waiting for you in heaven. “

• AS FOR HOPE

• expectation of what is sure (certain)
• Trust - Confidence

WHAT IS FAITH WITHOUT HOPE?

• NOTHING

WHAT IS KEY FOR CONFIDENT FAITH?

• CONFIDENT HOPE WITH EXPECTATION TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IS RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND TRUST IN JESUS

ESSENTIAL 3 PILARS FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN LIFE

FAITH
LOVE
HOPE

NONE OF THESE CAN BE MISSED IN LIFE GOING INTO ETERNITY

“You previously heard of this hope in the message of truth, the gospel [regarding salvation] “

WHERE DOES HOPE COME FROM?

• FROM BELIEVING AND RECEIVING THE MESSAGE OF THE TRUTH - THE GOSPEL

“which has come to you. Indeed, just as in the whole world the gospel is constantly bearing fruit and spreading [by God’s power], just as it has been doing among you ever since the day you first heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth [becoming thoroughly and deeply acquainted with it]. “

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FATHER, IN JESUS NAMETHANK YOU FOR THE FAITH, LOVE AND HOPE YOU GAVE ME.
LET FAITH IN ME GROW IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE OF THE POWER, WISDOM AND GOODNESS OF GOD.
LET MY HEART BE ROOTED AND FILLED WITH YOUR LOVE AGAPE TOWARDS YOU AND FOR ALL AROUND ME
LET HOPE FLOURISH AS I EMBRACE MORE AND MORE THE MESSAGE OF THE TRUTHS OF THE GOSPEL AND CONFIDENT WAITING FOR YOUR PROMISES
MAKE ME FRUITFUL IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, BEARING AND SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS OF RIGHTEOUS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST - AMEM

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WHAT DOES THE CONSTANT BEARING FRUIT AND THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL REQUIRE?
THEY REQUIRE:

• HEAR OF IT - OPEN HEART
• BELIEVE,RECEIVE AND UNDERSTAND THE GRACE OF GOD IN TRUTH
• DEEPLY GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE GOSPEL - WORD OF GOD AND ITS POWER

“You learned it from [our representative] Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf “

WHERE DOES THE LEARNING OF THE TRUE GOSPEL COME FROM?

• FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH FAITHFUL MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST (NOT PERFECT) - NOT FROM SELF PROMOTERS
• FROM BOND-FAITHFUL SERVANTS OF GOD

“Also he has informed us of your love in the [Holy] Spirit.”

WHAT IS VITAL FOR EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER TO LIVE BY?

• LIVE A FULL LIFE OF LOVE WELL GROUNDED AND NURTURED IN THE WORD OF GOD AND IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• THERE IS NO GROWTH IN THE LOVE OF GOD WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD AND DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO REVEALS THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD - NURTURES THE SOULSWHO ARE HUMBLED AND YIELDED TO HIM

“For this reason, since the day we heard about it, we have not stopped praying for you, “

WHAT IS THIS PRAYER ABOUT AND FOR WHAT REASON?

• TO CONTINUE GROUNDING AND NURTURING GODS LOVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT DEEP IN THE SOUL

HOW LONG DOES THIS PRAYER TAKE?

• NEVER STOPS

HOW CAN GODS LOVE CONTINUE TO GROW ?
“asking [specifically] that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [with insight into His purposes], and in understanding [of spiritual things], “

• START BY ASKING

ASKING FOR WHAT?
WHAT SHOULD EVERY CHILD OF GOD ASK FOR?

• TO BE FILLED

(From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.)
FILLED WITH WHAT?

• BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GODS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING

KNOWLEDGE

• ἐπίγνωσιν (epignōsin); recognition, i.e. full discernment, acknowledgement.

WISDOM

• σοφίᾳ (sophia) Wisdom, insight, skill (human or divine), intelligence. (SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE)

UNDERSTANDING

• συνέσει (synesei) mental putting together, i.e. Intelligence or the intellect (SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE)

TO BE FILLED - FOR WHAT PURPOSE OR REASON?
AT LEAST 4 REASONS

“so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord [displaying admirable character, moral courage, and personal integrity], “

“to [fully] please Him in all things, “

“bearing fruit in every good work “

“and steadily growing in the knowledge of God [with deeper faith, clearer insight and fervent love for His precepts]; “

SO WHAT DOES BEING FULL OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’s WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING CAN PRODUCE?

4 RESULTS:

• WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD
• PLEASE HIM IN ALL THINGS
• BEAR FRUIT IN EVERY WORK
• GROW CONSISTENTLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (KNOW GODS CHARACTER)

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FATHER IN JESUS NAME THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME PERSEVERANCE ON ASKING AND RECEIVING. THAK YOU FOR FILLING ME WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GODS WILL IN ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING
I ASK HOLY SPIRIT TO TEACH ME TO WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD, PLEASING HIM IN ALL THINGS, BEARING FRUITS IN EVERY WORK AND GROWING CONSISTENTLY IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (KNOW GODS CHARACTER AND GLORY) AMEM
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“we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy; “

WHAT IS PAULS PRAYER TO THE SAINTS TO ATTAIN EVERY KIND OF ENDURANCE?

WHAT IS EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS PRAYER?

• BE STRENGTHENED AND INVIGORATED WITH ALL POWER ACCORDING TO THE MIGHT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS IN US

ACCORDING TO WHAT? HOW?

• ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS MIGHT - POWER OF JESUS
• ACCORDING TO HIS POWER THAT OPERATES IN THE SAINTS
• NOT BASED ON FIRST HEAVEN WISDOM OR UNDERSTANDING, BUT FROM THIRD HEAVEN REVELATION, WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING

TO WHAT PURPOSE?
TO ATTAIN - ACHIEVE WHAT?

• TO ACHIEVE ALL KIND OF ENDURANCE AND PATIENCE WITH JOY (IN ALL SEASONS OF LIFE)

ENDURANCE

• the ability to withstand hardship or adversity - especially : the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity

• the act or an instance of enduring or suffering

• : PERMANENCE, DURATION

HOW CAN JOY BE PART OF A LIFE OF ENDURANCE AND PEACE?
WHY IS JOY IMPORTANT IN LIFE?

JOY IS NOT AS THE SAME AS HAPPY - TRUE HAPPINESS IS A RESULT FIRST FROM TRUE JOY THAT COMES FROM THE SOURCE - THE HOLY SPIRIT

• BE ONE WITH JESUS WHO ENDURED WITH PATIENCE AND HAD GREAT JOY UNTIL THE END AT THE CROSS - HE SAW THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOR SO HE REJOICED GREATLY -
• OUR JOY AND THANKSGIVING INCREASE AS WE SEEK AND RECEIVE GREATER REVELATION OF THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST AT THE CROSS - AMAZING LOVE
• JESUS IS STILL FULL OF JOY TO THIS DAY SO WHOEVER FOLLOWS HIM IS ALSO FULL OF JOY FOR HE CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH
• HIS FOLLOWERS ARE A FAMILY OF JOYFUL PEOPLE - HOW COULD IT NOT BE IF THE LORD JESUS CONQUERED ALL THINGS AND GAVE US HIS KINGDOM?

“giving thanks to the Father, “

• ENDURANCE PATIENCE AND JOY FLOW FROM A HEART OF THANKSGIVING TO THE FATHER
• THANKFUL HEART KEEPS HOPE GROWING AND RESISTS MURMURING AND COMPLAINT FROM MANIFESTING EVEN IN TROUBLING SEASONS

“who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God’s people) in the Light. “

WHAT DID JESUS DO ? WHO QUALIFIED US AND FOR WHAT?

• HE QUALIFIED AS HIS CHILDREN BY HIS BLOOD
• MADE US WORTHY
• CERTIFIED US

TO WHAT?

• TO RECEIVE AND JOIN FREELY WITH HIM IN HIS GLORIOUS INHERITANCE
• IN THE LIGHT
• THE FATHER IS THE LIGHT AND IN HIM WE STAND CERTIFIED

HOW?

• LIVING IN THE LIGHT BY FAITH - ONLY IN BY AND FROM HIM

Luke 12:33 “ Do not be afraid and anxious, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

INCOMPARABLE CHRIST

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, HOW GREAT YOU ARE!!! I BLESS AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME STRENGTH AND INVIGORATE ME WITH ALL POWER ACCORDING TO THE MIGHT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS IN ME. THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR TEACHING ME TO ACHIEVE ALL KIND OF ENDURANCE AND PATIENCE WITH JOY (IN ALL SEASONS OF LIFE). THANK YOU FOR I RECEIVE AND I JOIN FREELY WITH YOUR GLORIOUS INHERITANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE FATHER WHO IS THE LIGHT. IN HIM WE STAND CERTIFIED FOR ETERNITY. AMEM
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“For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins’ penalty]. “

WHAT HAS JESUS DONE FOR ALL ETERNITY?

• RESCUED US
• DRAW US TO HIM TO BE WITH HIM
• TRANSFERRED US TO HIS KINGDOM

WHY DID HE RECUE US?

• HE MADE US FOR HIM AND FOR HIM ALONE - HIS FAMILY
• WE ARE BOUGHT BY HIS BLOOD - LOVES US SO MUCH
• TO DRAW US TO HIMSELF
• NEVER ORPHANS OR ALONE AFTER BEING RESCUED
• GREAT JOY OF KNOWING HE IS ALWAYS WITH US
• WE ARE NOW IN ANOTHER KINGDOM AS HE TRANSFERRED US TO HIS KINGDOM

WHAT DID HE RESCUE US FROM?

• FROM THE DOMINION OF DARKNESS
• FROM THIS KINGDOM OF FALLEN WORLD
• FROM THE POWER OF THE ENEMY OF THIS WORLD
• FROM A LIFE OF SIN AND DEATH

WHERE DID JESUS TAKE US AFTER WE WERE RESCUED?

TO WHICH CITIZENSHIP DO WE BELONG TO NOW?

TRANSFER:(MEANING)

• conveyance of right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person to another
• removal or acquisition of property by mere delivery with intent to transfer title
• an act, process, or instance
• the carryover or generalization of learned responses from one type of situation to another
• TRANSFERRED US TO HIS KINGDOM OF LIGHT
• KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON
• UNDER NEW DOMINION AND AUTHORITY
• BONDSERVANT OF LOVE
• CITIZENSHIP OF GODS KINGDOM - GATES OF JUSTICE AND WALLS OF PRAISE
• CITIZENSHIP OF THE NEW JERUSALEM

“The Lord will count, when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah. The singers as well as the players of flutes will say, “All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God].””‭‭Psalms‬ ‭87:6-7‬ ‭AMP‬‬

HOW DID HE REDEEM US TO HIMSELF?

WHAT DID HE DO?

• BY THE POWER OF HIS LOVE
• POWER OF FORGIVENESS
• DUE TO THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS - HIS SACRIFICE AND BLOOD, HE FORGAVE MY SINS AND CANCELED THE PENALTY OF SIN AND DEATH
• MY SINS HE DOES NOT REMEMBER MORE - HE THREW IT IN THE LAKE OF NO REMEMBRANCE - IT IS LIKE I NEVER SINNED BEFORE
• IN CHRIST GOD DOES NOT SEE MY SINS - THE SON ADVOCATE FOR US ETERNITY BEFORE THE FATHER

DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN SIN SINCE GOD DOES NOT SEE US MORE AS SINNERS, BUT JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, GLORIFIED IN JESUS? (ROM 6:15)
SAVED (JUSTIFIED)BEING SAVED (SANCTIFIED)WILL BE SAVED (GLORIFIED)

• NO - WHY?
• “Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.” (ROM 6:18)
• WE HAVE THE LORD AS OUR MASTER, FRIEND AND KING OVER OUR LIVES
• WE ARE HIS AND HIS ALONE

SUPREMACY OF CHRIST

“He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation.

WHO IS JESUS?

• PERFECT VISIBLE REPRESENTATION OF GOD THE FATHER WHO IS SPIRIT
• THE WORD OF GOD WHO BECAME FLESH
• FULL OF GRACE AND FULL OF TRUTH
• EXACT EXPRESSION OF GODS GLORY AND PERFECT DISPLAY OF HIS CHARACTER
• FIRST OF ALL THINGS BEFORE ALL CREATION -THE SEEN AND UNSEEN

“For by Him all things were created in heaven and on earth, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities;

• HE IS THE WORD OF GOD- ETERNAL SOUND - FREQUENCY FROM WHICH ALL CREATION CAME ABOUT

“all things were created and exist through Him [that is, by His activity] and for Him. “

• ALL THINGS WERE CREATED THROUGH AND TO HIM

“And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.] “

• HE HOLDS ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR HE IS THE ETERNAL WORD OF GOD

“He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the church; “

JESUS ALONE IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH FOR THE CHURCH IS HIS

“and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, “

OTHERS WERE RAISED FROM THE DEAD BEFORE LIKE LAZARUS, BUT HE IS THE BEGINNING AND FIRSTBORN FROM THE DEAD WITH GLORIFIED BODY
WHO CAME TO THE FATHER AS A LIVING SACRIFICE FOR ALL ?

AT THE END ALL BORN AGAIN WILL BE BEFORE THE FATHER WITH THEIR BODIES GLORIFIED INTRODUCED BY JESUS (NOT ONLY WITH THEIR SPIRIT)

“so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything. “

JESUS IS SUPREME ABOVE ALL

“For it pleased the Father for all the fullness [of deity—the sum total of His essence, all His perfection, powers, and attributes] to dwell [permanently] in Him (the Son), “

WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR ALL HIS CHILDREN?

WHAT PLEASES HIM THE MOST?

• TO DWELL AND FILL THEM WITH ALL OF HIS FULLNESS DEITY - FIRST WAS JESUS THE HEAD AND NOW HIS BODY - ALL GODS ESSENCE, PERFECTION, POWER AND ATRIBUTES

• AS HE DID WITH JESUS NOW HE DWELLS IN ME ALL OF HIM FOR HIM TO HIM THROUGH HIM BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

“and through [the intervention of] the Son to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace [with believers] through the blood of His cross; through Him, [I say,] whether things on earth or things in heaven. “

ALL THIS PEACE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE SON - RECONCILES ALL THINGS TO HIMSELF - BE ON EARTH AS IN HEAVEN

“And although you were at one time estranged and alienated and hostile-minded [toward Him], participating in evil things, “

WHERE WAS THE FALLEN HUMANITY?

• AT KRONOS TIME, ESTRANGED AND HOSTILE MINDED DOOMED TO HELL PARTICIPATING IN ALL EVIL THINGS

“yet Christ has now reconciled you [to God] in His physical body through death, “

YET SOMETHING CHANGED IT ALL

HOW DID CHRIST RECONCILE HUMANITY TO GOD?

• HE OFFERED HIMSELF IN HIS HUMAN BODY AS THE PERFECT LIVING SACRIFICE
• AS THE SON OF MAN - IN HUMAN BODY - SECOND ADAM
• DEATH TO HIS PHYSICAL BODY AS THE PAYMENT TO SIN AND DEATH - WE ARE REDEEMED BY HIS BLOOD FOR HE BECAME HUMAN - WORD OF GOD BECAME FLESH TO RECONCILE ALL WHO BELIEVES IN HIM BY HIS BLOOD

“in order to present you before the Father holy and blameless and beyond reproach— [and He will do this] “

• ALL HUMANITY WILL BE BEFORE GOD ONE DAY
• THERE WILL BE THE HOLY AND BLAMELESS ONES BEING PRESENTED TO THE FATHER BY JESUS HIMSELF BOUGHT BY HIS BLOOD
• IT IS JESUS JOY AND PLEASURE TO PRESENT US BEFORE THE FATHER

PRESENT US HOW?

• HOLY
• BLAMELESS
• BEYOND REPROACH BY HIS SACRIFICE AND BLOOD

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , YOUR LOVE IS AMAZING! THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN EXPRESS LORD JESUS OF WHAT YOU DID AT THE CROSS IN OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER. BY YOUR BLOOD YOU RESCUED MY SOUL. LORD JESUS THANK YOU FOR TRANSPORTING ME FROM DARKNESS INTO YOUR LIGHT. AS YOU GAVE YOUR ALL BODY SOUL AND SPIRIT TO RECONCILE ME TO THE FATHER GOD, I GIVE MY ALL TO YOU TO LOVE, WORSHIP AND SERVE YOU ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE IN YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU FOR PREPARING ME TO BE BEFORE THE FATHER THAT DAY HOLY, BLAMELESS AND BEYOND APPROACH. I AM YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE. AMEM
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WHAT IS THE CONDITION OR NEED OF EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER FOR JESUS TO PRESENT HIS BELOVED ONES BEFORE THE FATHER BLAMELESS AND HOLY?
THERE IS THE “IF”

IF THERE IS A “IF” THERE IS A CONDITION TO FOLLOW THE FAITH IN CHRIST.

IF SOMEONE DECIDES TO SHIFT AWAY , HOW CAN THERE BE SALVATION OF HIS OR HER SOUL IF THERE IS NO REPENTANCE OF THE WRONG DECISION OF SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH ?

IF (CONDITION OF THE HEART TO ALLOW OR TO YIELD )

: in the event that: allowing that: on the assumption that: on condition that
“if you continue in the faith,well-grounded and steadfast,and not shifting away from the [confident] hope [that is a result] of the gospel that you have heard, “

3 CONDITIONS FOR MY LIFE

1 - NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN THE TRUTH OF JESUS, WHO HE IS IN ME AND WHO I AM IN HIM - BELOVED GROWING ALWAYS IN THE FAITH

• THE REACTION OF SOMEONE REVEALS THE CURRENT PERSONAL BELIEF OF TRUTH AND VALUES
• DO WE REACT IN FAITH OR IN FEAR?
• DO WE REACT WITH THANKSGIVING OR MURMURING ?
• IN FACE OF TRIBULATION, DO WE REACT WITH JOY OR WITH DEPRESSION?

2 - HAVE STRONG FOUNDATION AND DEEP CONVICTION OF THE TRUTH AND DEEP ROOTS IN THE LOVE OF GOD

• NEVER SHIFT AWAY FROM THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL - THERE IS POWER OF THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL

• WHAT IS THE TRUTH OF GOD AND WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND THAT SETS US FREE?

• THERE IS NO SOLID FOUNDATION OR DETERMINATION WITHOUT BEING ROOTED IN GODS PERFECT LOVE

• KNOW AND BE ALIGNED WITH HIS WORD

WELL-GROUNDED - having a firm foundation

STEADFAST - : firmly fixed in place : not subject to change, firm in belief, determination, or adherence

3 - NEVER CHANGE FROM THE CONFIDENT HOPE THAT COMES FROM RECEIVING THE GOSPEL

THE TRUE OF SOMETHING DOES NOT SET US FREE BUT ONLY THE TRUTH OF THE WORD

TRUE OF SOMETHING IS NOT THE FINAL WORD OF THE TRUTH

I CAN BE SICK WHICH IT CAN BE A TRUE REALITY, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT BY HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED , I AM RICH, I AM SAVED

• THE TRUTH IS A PERSON AND HIS WORD IS THE WORD OF GOD - TO MEDITATE DAY AND NIGHT TO OBEY, TO PROSPER AND TO SUCCEED PLEASING GOD

“which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which [gospel] I, Paul, was made a minister. “

• PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL WAS FOR ALL CREATION UNDER HEAVEN

“Now I rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf. And with my own body I supplement whatever is lacking [on our part] of Christ’s afflictions, on behalf of His body, which is the church. “

WHY DOES PAUL REJOICE IN HIS SUFFERINGS?

ON BEHALF OF WHO?

THE CHURCH - GODS PEOPLE

WHY THE CHURCH?

“In this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship which God entrusted to me for your sake, “

IT CAME FROM GOD THIS ORDINANCE AND NOT FROM MEN - IT WAS IN GODS HEART TO ENTRUST THE CHURCH TO PAUL TO MINISTER AND TO BE THE STEWARD OF THE SAME - PAUL WAS A BONDSERVANT IN FIRST PLACE TO GOD AND HE WOULD BY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF GOD FULFILL HIS ASSIGNMENT

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

“so that I might make the word of God fully known [among you]— “

IT WAS ENTRUSTED TO PAUL TO BRING FORTH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD OF GOD FULLY TO THE CHURCH

• PAULS COMMITMENT IS TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD TO BE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH FULLY - NOT SOME OF IT - FULL GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM NOT THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION ALONE
• GOSPEL OF SALVATION FOCUS ON BEING SAVED AND TO GO TO HEAVEN
• GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH AS JESUS TAUGHT THE DISCIPLES ABOUT PRAYING TO THE FATHER - JESUS PREACHED THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO COME TO EARTH AND NOT THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION

“that is, the mystery which was hidden [from angels and mankind] for ages and generations, “

PAUL RECEIVED THE REVELATION OF THE WORD AND MYSTERY THAT WAS HIDDEN FROM MEN AND ANGELS FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE RIGHT TIME TO REVEAL IT

WHAT WAS THE MYSTERY?

JESUS THE HOPE OF GLORY

REVEALED TO WHOM?

“but has now been revealed to His saints (God’s people). “

WHAT DID GOD CHOOSE TO DO WITH THIS MYTERY IN HIS ETERNAL PLAN?

“God [in His eternal plan] chose to make known to them how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, “

GOD CHOSE TO MAKE KNOWN - AWARE

MAKE KNOWN WHAT?

WHAT ARE THE RICHES OF THE GLORY OF THIS MYSTERY

“which is Christ in and among you, the hope and guarantee of [realizing the] glory. “

JESUS IS THE MYSTERY - THE WORD OF GOD IN AND AMONG HIS CHILDREN - THE HOPE GUARANTEE OF TRUE GLORY

• HOPE AND GLORY IS CHRIST
• IN US
• AMONG US
• NOT FAR AWAY, BUT EMMANUEL

“We proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in Him—the Anointed]. “

WHAT DID PAUL PROCLAIM?
WHAT AND WHY DID HE INSTRUCT WITH COMPREHENSIVE INSIGHT INTO THE WORD AND PURPOSE OF GOD?

BY THE WILL OF THE FATHER AS A BONDSERVANT TO PRESENT EVERYONE BY THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AND THE WORD OF GOD COMPLETE/WHOLE SPIRIT ,SOUL AND BODY IN CHRIST -MATURE , FULLY TRAINED, AND PERFECT IN HIM - THE ANOINTED

“For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.”

THIS IS PAUL’s ASSIGNMENT WHICH HE DOES AT A POINT OF EXHAUSTION DUE TO THE LOVE AND IMPORTANCE

HOW DOES HE FULFILL HIS ASSIGNMENT?
ALL COMES FROM THE DYNAMOS POWER AND ENERGY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WORKS WITHIN HIM - INSIDE OUT FROM HEAVEN PERSPECTIVE AND INFLUENCE

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1:1-29‬ ‭AMP‬‬
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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , THANK YOU FOR IN CHRIST I HAVE HOPE , DWELL AND CARRY YOUR GLORY. TEACH ME TO LIVE AND PREACH THE FULL GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEALED SOUL THAT NEVER STOPS BELIEVING IN THE TRUTH OF GOD OF WHO I AM IN JESUS AND JESUS IN ME - BELOVED GROWING ALWAYS IN THE FAITH. THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR BUILDING IN ME STRONG FOUNDATION OF THE TRUTH WITH DEEP ROOTS OF YOUR LOVE - AMEM
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CHAPTER 2

“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those [believers] at Laodicea, and for all who [like yourselves] have never seen me face to face. “

WHAT DOES PAUL WANT THE BRETHREN TO KNOW?
WHAT WAS HE CONCERNED ABOUT?
THE STRUGGLES AND CRY OF HIS HEART - PAUL HAD THE HEART OF THE FATHER

“For my hope is] that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in [unselfish] love,”

WHAT WAS PAUL’s HOPE? WHY?

• IT IS ALL ABOUT THE HEART OF MEN THAT CAN BECOME DISCOURAGED IN FAITH OR DULL AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TO EACH OTHER

WHAT DOES THE HEART/ SOUL OF THE BELIEVERS NEED?

• IT NEEDS HEALING, ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRENGTH

HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?

• IT ONLY HAPPENS THROUGH RELATIONSHIP BEING KNITTED -UNITY IN FAITH AND IN THE SPIRIT WITH UNSELFISH LOVE

• IT COMES FIRST THROUGH DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

• THEN WITHIN THE BODY UNITED EXPRESSED BY LOVE ACTION - NOT SELFISH OR SELF INTEREST OR AMBITION OR PROMOTION
• HEALING ALSO COMES BEING UNITED WITH EACH OTHER

PAUL POINTS OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BIDDING ONE TO ANOTHER IN UNSELFISH LOVE OF GOD - UNITY IN LOVE IS THE CHANNEL FOR BLESSING

• UNITY IN LOVE AND AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD OF GOD ARE KEY AGAINST DIVISION, UNBELIEF, HOPELESSNESS AND DISCOURAGEMENT

• THERE IS NO ENCOURAGEMENT OR HEALING OF THE HEART OR SOUL OF THE BODY OF CHRIST WITHOUT KNITTING - BEING UNITED IN FAITH AND IN THE SPIRIT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND TO ONE ANOTHER ALL WITH THE LOVE OF GOD

“so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the mystery of God, that is, Christ, “

WHY IS BIDDING SO IMPORTANT?

WHAT DOES PAUL WANT THE BELOVED ONES TO HAVE?

WHAT CAN BELIEVERS MISS OR NOT UNDERSTAND CASE THERE IS LACK OF UNITY (BUT DIVISION, PRIDE, STRIVE)?

WHAT CAN IT HAPPEN IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT ACCEPTED AND HONORED (WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE HEAD) AND THERE IS NO UNITY AMONG BELIEVERS IN LOVE?

• LOSE ALL THE RICHES OF HEAVEN WITHOUT UNITY WITH THE HEAD AND WITH THE BODY
• NOT A FEW, BUT WE ARE TO RECEIVE ALL THE RICHES OF BLESSINGS IN CHRIST
• ALL GODS PROMISES COME FROM THE ASSURANCE BY RECEIVING THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE JOY OF SALVATION WHICH IS THE TRUE INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MYSTERY OF GOD - HIS SON JESUS THE ANOINTED ONE
• THERE IS NO ACCESS TO SUCH RICHES OF HEAVEN WITHOUT RECEIVING FIRST
• PEOPLE CAN BE THIRSTY FOR GOD, BUT IF ONLY THIRST EXISTS AND THEY DO NOT RECEIVE OR DO NOT KNOW HOW TO RECEIVE OR TO SHARE IT, NO TRANSFORMATION WILL TAKE PLACE
• IT IS A GIFT TO SEARCH AND IT AVAILABLE TO LEARN AND TO RECEIVE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS UNITY WITH THE HEAD JESUS AND ALSO WITH THE BODY (BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST) ?

“How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up? “ Deut 32:30

WHAT DO UNDERSTANDING THE POWER AND PURPOSE OF UNITY AS WELL AS THE JOY OF THE SALVATION IN CHRIST RESULT IN ?

“in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God]. “

• ALL TREASURES OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE
• JESUS HOLDS IN HIMSELF ALL THE TREASURES OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORD AND PURPOSES OF GOD - BEING ONE WITH HIM AND WITH HIS FAMILY MEAN ALSO TO HOLD AND TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL SUCH TREASURES

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KNIT YOUR CHILDREN AS ONE WITH YOU AND EACH OTHER. IN YOU I FIND ALL THE RICHES OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU ARE - FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.THANKS FOR THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ME THAT BRINGS ENCOURAGEMENT AND PATIENCE ENDURANCE IN THE RACE OF FAITH. I PRAISE YOUR LORD JESUS - THE WORD - MYSTERY OF GOD. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THE RICHES I HAVE IN YOU AS YOUR LOVE DRAWS ME CLOSER TO THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE MYSTERY OF GOD - YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY. AMEM
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“I say this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive [but thoroughly deceptive] arguments. “
(OTHER VERSION)
“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

WHY DID PAUL CLEARLY SPEAK THE TRUTH EVEN WITH STRUGGLES IN HIS HEART FOR THE NEED OF THE BRETHREN TO BE KNITTED IN LOVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ALL THE TREASURES IN JESUS ?

WHAT IS THE DANGER AND HOW CAN THIS WORLD ROB THE TREASURE OF WISDOM, REJECT THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND LEAD MANY ASTRAY WITH SELFISH AMBITIOUS AND DESIRES ?

• WITHOUT BEING UNITED AND ENCOURAGED WITH THE LORD FIRST AND WITH EACH OTHER, GREATER IS THE DANGER OF FALLING INTO PERSUASIVE AND DECEIVING ARGUMENTS - IDEAS - HUMAN /DEVIL THOUGHTS

• ARGUMENTS - a reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.

• PHILOSOPHY AND EMPTY DECEIT ACCORDING TO TRADITIONS AND PRINCIPLES OF THIS WORLD AND NOT OF GOD

WHAT KILLS SUCH HUMANISTIC EARTHLY FIRST HEAVEN (NOT 3rd HEAVEN) PRINCIPLES AND ARGUMENTS ?

• ALIGNMENT WITH THE HEAD OF ALL WISDOM AND POWER

• ALIGNMENT WITH THE TRUTH AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT COME FROM THE HEAD - THIRD HEAVEN

• BE UNITED WITH THE HEAD CHRIST AND WITH HIS BODY (BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST)

• THERE IS NO UNITY ONLY WITH THE HEAD WITHOUT BEING UNITED ALSO WITH CHRIST BODY AND VISE-VERSA

• THERE IS NO LOVE TO GOD WITHOUT LOVING OTHERS

• LACK OF UNITY OPENS DOOR AS EASY PREY TO THE SPIRIT OF LIES AND DECEPTION

“For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] “

and steadfastness of your faith in Christ [that leaning of the entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].”
‭

• PAUL COULD SEE THE BRETHREN IN SPIRIT UNITED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AS FORMING A SOLID FRONT -REMINDS OF ROMAN ARMY WITH HIGH SHIELDS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER

“As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him.”
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WHAT KIND OF FAITH IS PAUL MENTIONING HERE?

STABILITY FAITH - STRONG WITH ENDURANCE - RESIST AGAINST CHANGE TO GIVE IN

• the quality, state, or degree of being stable

• the strength to stand or endure : FIRMNESS

• the property of a body that causes it when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium or steady motion to develop forces or moments that restore the original condition

• resistance to chemical change or to physical disintegration

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—“
WHAT ARE ALL THE BRETHREN CALLED TO DO AFTER RECEIVING JESUS?

• CONTINUE WALKING , SPEAKING OR BEHAVING AS BEFORE RECEIVING JESUS? NEVER
• WALK HOW? IN UNITY WITH JESUS - FOLLOW HIS LEAD - LEANING ON HIM - PROGRESS FAITH IN HIM

WALK - TO REFLECT SAME CHARACTER, DEEDS AND WORDS AS HE DID

HOW?
BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM - SAME FREQUENCY OF LOVE CONNECTED LIKE GLUE - BRANCH CONNECTED TO THE VINE TO PRODUCE WHAT COMES FROM THE VINE ALONE

• To behave; to pursue a course of life; to conduct oneself

“living lives that lead others away from sin], having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, “
HOW SHOULD BELIEVERS BORN AGAIN LIVE THEIR LIVES?

• LIVE A LIFE THAT LEADS OTHERS AWAY FROM SIN

HOW CAN THE CHILDREN OF GOD LEAD OTHERS AWAY FROM SIN?

• BEING DEEPLY ROOTED IN HIM IN LOVE
• ALLOW JESUS TO LOVE AND TOUCH ME FIRST SO THAT HE CAN LOVE AND TOUCH OTHERS THROUGH ME
• ALLOWING HIS WORD TO GO DEEP AND LIVE IT OUT NOT ONLY HEARER BUT DOERS OF THE WORD BY FAITH
• BEING BUILD UP IN HIM - BE INFUSED WITH STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT
• BEING ESTABLISHED CONTINUOUSLY IN THE FAITH IN DEVOTION TO HIM PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT

HOW CAN CHILDREN OF GOD BE ESTABLISHED MORE AND MORE IN THEIR FAITH?

• FAITH IS PERSONAL
• FAITH TAKES COURAGE
• FAITH REQUIRES TO TAKE RISK
• FAITH REQUIRES TO STEP OUT OF THE BOAT AS PETER DID
• FAITH COMES FROM THE SOURCE - TO LISTEN AND EXPERIENCE THE WORD AND GOODNESS OF GOD

“just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude. “

• KEY TO HAVE TEACHABLE HEART
• KEY TO OVERFLOW WITH IT IN WITH GRATITUDE
• OVERFLOW WITH ALL THAT WAS LEARNED WALKS TOGETHER HAND AT HAND WITH GRATITUDE
• THERE IS NO LEARNING OR OVERFLOW WITHOUT GRATITUDE

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the elementary principles of this world, rather than following [the truth—the teachings of] Christ. “

DIFFERENT VERSIONS
“Beware that no one distracts you or intimidates you in their attempt to lead you away from Christ’s fullness by pretending to be full of wisdom when they’re filled with endless arguments of human logic. For they operate with humanistic and clouded judgments based on the mindset of this world system, and not the anointed truths of the Anointed One.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

WHAT IS THE DANGER?

WHAT MUST EVERY BELIEVER BE AWARE OF?

• HUMAN CARNAL MIND FROM FIRST HEAVEN MENTALITY COMBINED WITH EVIL FORCES WITH ATTEMPT TO
• DISTRACTION TO PLEASE THE FLESH
• TAKE CAPTIVE,
• LEAD AWAY
• STEAL FAITH AND HOPE
• REMOVE LOVE
• ATTRACT CHILDREN OF GOD AWAY FROM CHRIST AND ALL THE FULNESS ABUNDANT LIFE HE GIVES FREELY

HOW DOES THE ENEMY TRY TO ATTRACT AND MISLEAD?

• PERSUASIVE THOUGHTS AND WORDS

“For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells in bodily form [completely expressing the divine essence of God].

WHAT IS JESUS FULL OF IN HIS BODY? WHAT DWELLS IN HIM?

WHAT ARE BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS FULL OF AND DWELLS IN THEM THROUGH JESUS?

• THE FULNESS OF DIETY TO EXPRESS DIVINE ESSENCE OF GOD HEAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWEELS IN ME

FULNESS -> STATE - INTENSITY - RICHNESS

• the quality or state of being filled completely or to utmost capacity:
• Music. the quality of possessing a richness or intensity of sound:
• (especially in wine, beer, or coffee) richness of body and flavor:

“And in Him you have been made complete [achieving spiritual stature through Christ], “

IN WHOM CAN LIVES BE MADE COMPLETE?

ONLY IN JESUS

COMPLETE DEFINITION

1. To finish; to make done; to reach the end. To make whole or entire.

• With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
• Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
• (mathematical analysis, of a metric space) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
• (algebra, of a lattice) In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
• (mathematics, of a category) In which all small limits exist.
• (logic, of a proof system of a formal system with respect to a given semantics) In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.

“and He is the head over all rule and authority [of every angelic and earthly power]. “

WHO IS THE HEAD OVER ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY BE IN HEAVEN OR EARTH?

• JESUS IS THE ONE AND UNDER HIS PERFECT LEADERSHIP HE REIGNS SUPREME - RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH ARE THE FOUNDATION OF HIS THRONE

“In Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but by the [spiritual] circumcision of Christ in the stripping off of the body of the flesh [the sinful carnal nature], “

• JESUS CIRCUMCISION IS SPIRITUAL NOT PHYSICAL.
• IT IS OF THE HEART (SOUL) OF MAN AND ONLY BY HIS POWER HE CAN STRIPP AWAY ALL SINFUL CARNAL NATURE

“having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead. “

WHAT IS THE SIGN OF BEING WITH CHRIST?

• BURIED WITH HIM (BAPTISM OF WATER)
• RAISED WITH HIM

BURIED TO WHAT?
RAISED TO WHAT - TO WHOM?

• BURIED TO SUNFUL NATURE
• RAISED TO LIVE THE NATURE OF CHRIST IN HIM (NEW CREATION IN GOD)

HOW? THROUGH WHAT?

• THROUGH FAITH ( LOVE AND HOPE EMERGES FROM FAITH)
• BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE ARE SAVED

FAITH IN WHAT?

• FAITH IN THE WORKING OF GOD
• FAITH IN THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST AT THE CROSS
• WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE HEART

WHAT WAS GOD’ s DISPLAY OF WORKING IN FAITH?

• JESUS RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD - SO ARE THOSE UNITED WITH HIM - THERE IS NO FAITH OF GODS WORKING WITHOUT GOD RAISING HIS SON FROM THE DEAD

“When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (worldliness, manner of life), “

WHERE IS GODS CREATION - HUMANITY WITHOUT CHRIST?

• DEAD SPIRITUALLY IN OUR SINS
• UNCIRCUMCISED IN THE FLESH WALKING NOT IN FAITH BUT ACCORDING TO THE VALUES AND MANNER OF LIFE OF THIS WORLD

“God made you alive together with Christ, having [freely] forgiven us all our sins, “

WHAT DID THE FATHER DO?

• TOGETHER UNITED WITH JESUS HE MADE US ALIVE

HOW DID HE ACCOMPLISH THIS?

• BY HIS LOVE AND MERCY, THE FATHER FORGAVE US ALL OF OUR SINS THROUGH HIS SON
• IN CHRIST WE FIND LIFE

“having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of legal demands [which were in force] against us and which were hostile to us. “

WHAT ELSE DID JESUS DO AT THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS FOR ALL ETERNITY?

• JESUS CANCELLED ALL THE CERTIFICATE OF DEBT HOSTILE AGAINST HIS CHILDREN

“And this certificate He has set aside and completely removed by nailing it to the cross. “

HOW DID HE REMOVE THE CERTIFICATE OF DEBT?

• BY HIM THE TRUE WORD BEING NAILED TO THE CROSS
• AS HE WAS NAILED, HIS BLOOD WAS DISPLAYED AS SIGNATURE OF BEING BOUGHT BY HIM COMPLETING CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND SIN DEMANDS

“When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil operating against us],

BY JESUS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, WHAT DID HAPPEN TO THE RULERS AND AUTHORITIES OF 2 HEAVEN AND EARTH AS HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS?

• JESUS DISARMED THEM

DISARMED

• to deprive of means, reason, or disposition to be hostile
• to win over
• to divest of arms
• to deprive of a means of attack or defense
• to make harmless
• to lay aside arms
• to give up or reduce armed force

“He made a public example of them [exhibiting them as captives in His triumphal procession],”

• JESUS DID NOT HIDE HIS VICTORY, BUT HE EXPOSED ALL DARKNESS
• TO EVERYONE TO KNOW AND FREELY BE TO DECIDE TO BE WITH HIM OR NOT
• NO ONE HAS EXCUSE OF NOT SEEING WHAT HE DID FOR ALL EYERNITY

“having triumphed over them through the cross. “

• IT WAS THROUGH THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS - NOTHING ELSE COULD GIVE SUCH POWER AND THE RIGHT FOR JESUS TRIUMPHED OVER THE ENEMY OF SIN AND DEATH

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , THANK YOU FOR IN CHRIST I AM CIRCUMCISED AS A NEW CREATION. I DECLARE I AM FREE AS YOU HAVE SET ME FREE OF ALL EVIL AND DECEITFUL SPIRITS. THANK YOU FOR I WAS BURIED TO MY SINFUL NATURE WITH YOU AT THE CROSS AND NOW I WAS RAISED WITH YOU, MADE COMPLETE AND ALIVE THROUGH YOU. BY YOUR POWER YOU DISARMED THE ENEMY AND I AM FREE TO LIVE FOR YOU ALONE. YOU GAVE ME SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT NOT TO FALL INTO FOOLISH AUGMENTS OF THIS WORD. I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE ROOTING MY HEART AND SOUL DEEPER IN YOUR LOVE. LET MY FAITH GROW STRONG AND BE STABLED IN YOUR WORD. AMEM

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“Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day. “

• PEOPLE JUDGE OTHERS UNDER SPIRIT OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS , PRIDE AND GUILT
• PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE TRUTH SO JUDGE ACCORDING TO TRADITIONS OF MAN
• PAUL ALERTS NOT TO FALL INTO FALSE WORDS OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES ZELOUS OR SPIRIT SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS
• FALLING INTO RELIGIOUS SPIRIT JUDGEMENTS ENDS INTO CONDEMNATION AND GUILT
• RELIGIOUS ACTS ARE AGAINST THE FINISH WORK OF THE CROSS. IT IS NOT A SAFETY NET FOR A CLEAR CONSCIOUS
• DUE TO THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS, THERE IS NO MORE RULING, TRADITIONS OR JUDGEMENT OF THE FIRST COVENANT OF THE LAWS OF MOSES, BUT NOW HUMANITY ARE JUDGED AND RULED BY THE SECOND COVENANT OF GRACE AND TRUTH THOUGH CHRIST

“Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; “

• SYMBOLIC VALUE ARE NOW ONLY UNDER THE NEW COVENANT
• FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS IS RECEIVED BY GRACE NOT BY WORKS OF THE FLESH OR TRADITIONS OF MAN

“but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ. “

• THE TRUTH AND REAL SUBSTANCE OF TOTAL DELIVERANCE AND FREEDOM FROM SIN AND DEATH ARE ONLY FOUND IN CHRIST AND IN WHAT HE DID AT THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS

“Let no one defraud you of your prize [your freedom in Christ and your salvation] by insisting on mock humility and the worship of angels, going into detail about visions [he claims] he has seen [to justify his authority], puffed up [in conceit] by his unspiritual mind, and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], “

• THERE ARE THE ONES UNDER RELIGIOUS SPIRIT PUFFED UP FULL OF SELF PRIDE WITH UNSPIRITUAL MIND (1 & 2 HEAVEN MENTALITY) NOT YELLED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT READY TO MOCK AND HUMILIATE OTHERS
• BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS CAN BE DEFRAUDED AND CORRUPTED IF LISTEN TO SUCH PEOPLE

• DEFRAUD
• to deprive of something by deception or fraud
• Synonyms
• beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

“from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God. “

HOW DOES THE BODY OF CHRIST GROW?
HOW CAN EACH BELIEVER DEVELOP IN ITS OWN DESIGN AND CALLING?

• THE SOURCE AND SUPPLY COME ALIGNED AND UNITED WITH THE HEAD. CONSEQUENTLY ALSO CONNECTED JOUNED TOGETHER WITH THE PARTS OF THE BODY
• BEING CONNECTED WITH THE HEAD ALSO RESULTS BEING CONNECTED WITH THE BODY
• THE GROWTH COMES FROM UNITY ALIGNED FIRST WITH THE HEAD AND THEN WITH THE BODY
• THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL (HEAD) AND THEN EACH OTHER (BODY)
• THERE IS NO UNITY WITHOUT LOVING EACH OTHER AND LOVE HAS EXPRESSION NOT ONLY WORDS

“If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were still living in the world, do you submit to rules and regulations, such as, “Do not handle [this], do not taste [that], do not [even] touch!”? (these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men. “

WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THOSE IN CHRIST?

• IT IS PAST TENSE OF SOMETHING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE PAST

• IN CHRIST AS HE DIED SO DID I

WHAT DID A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER DIE TO? WHAT DOES BEING DEAD IN CHRIST MEAN?

• ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THIS WORLD
• MATERIAL WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS
• RUDIMENTS OF THIS WORKD
• RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS AND POWER OF THIS WORLD

WHAT IS THE CONTEXT HERE?

“These practices indeed have the appearance [that popularly passes as that] of wisdom in self-made religion and mock humility and severe treatment of the body asceticism(), “

• ACTIONS AND PRACTICES OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS - RELIGIOUS SPIRIT

• 3 PRACTICES

• FALSE APPEARANCE - SEEK SELF WISDOM IN SELF MODE RELIGION - NO NEED OF GODS GRACE AND HOLY SPIRIT
• MOCK HUMILITY - FULL OF SELF PRIDE - SELF INTEREST - ATITUDES OF MOCKING

• to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech; mimic derisively.
• to mimic, imitate, or counterfeit.
• to use ridicule or derision; scoff; jeer (often followed by at).

• ABUSE OF BODY AS SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS - SELF PITY

asceticism

• the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline : the condition, practice, or mode of life of an ascetic : rigorous abstention from self-indulgence

“but are of no value against sinful indulgence [because they do not honor God].”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭2:1-23‬ ‭AMP‬‬

• SUCH PRACTICES HAVE NO VALUE OR POWER AGAINST SELF INDULGENCE OF SIN - THERE IS NO POWER TO CHANGE HEART
• ONLY THRU BELIEVING AND ACCEPTING THE TRUTH OF THE FINISHED WORK AT CROSS AND BLOOD OF JESUS THAT THERE IS POWER TO BREAK THE POWER OF SIN AND CHANGE HEARTS

INDULGENCE

• willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence
• done or enjoyed as a special treat or pleasure

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , MY HEART IS YOURS - MY OLD NATURE HAS DIED WITH YOU AT THE CROSS. I LOOSE FROM MY SOUL (EMOTION, MIND , WILL) ALL FLESH DESIRES FOR SIN, CORRUPTION, LUST, FEAR OF MAN, SELF CENTER, SELF INTEREST, ALL THAT IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE WILL AND PURPOSES OF GOD FOR MY LIFE.
I DECLARE THAT I BIND MY SOUL TO THE LIFE OF GOD. THE LOVE OF GOD , HIS WAYS ,HIS THOUGHTS, HIS WILL AND PURPOSES FOR MY LIFE. I DECLARE THAT MY SOUL IS HEALED AND STRONG IN YOU NOT TO FALL IN THE INDULGENCE OF SINFUL NATURR OR PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD THAT ARE AGAINST YOUR WORD WITH THE APPEARANCE OF FALSE HUMILITY AND RELIGION OF MAN. AMEM

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CHAPTER 3

“Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS?IS THERE A SHARING OF LIFE WITH CHRIST DEATH AND RESURRECTION?

IF THERE IS A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE TO CONTINUE SEEKING?

WHAT IS LEFT TO SEEK AND PURSUIT?

WHAT ARE THE THINGS FROM ABOVE TO SEEK?

• FOR ALL BELIEVERS, NEW LIFE IN CHRIST MEANS ALSO BEING RAISED. WITH HIM-NO MORE DEBT TO PAY NO MORE GUILT OR CONDEMNATION!
• WITH THE NEW LIFE - KEEP SEEKING WHAT IS ETERNAL FOR THE NEW LIFE - SEEK WHAT IS FOUND IN THE 3RD HEAVEN
• WHAT CAN IT BE FOUND IN 3RD. HEAVEN ?

• REVELATION OF THE ONE WHO GIVES NEW LIFE - WORD WHO BECAME FLESH
• NOW WE IN THE FLESH BECOME FORMED AS THE WORD OF GOD
• REVELATION OF THE THRONE AND MAJESTY OF THE CREATOR
• SECRETS AND MYSTERIES OF GOD TO THOSE WHO SEEK
• NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE

“Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. “

WHAT MUST WE DO TO KEEP SEEKING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN FIRST PLACE?

• SET THE MIND (The faculty of a human or other animal by which it thinks, perceives, feels, remembers, or desires)

MIND - SET OR POSITION THE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, PERCEPTION, MEMORIES AND DESIRES

• CREATE NEW PATHWAYS OF THOUGHT IN THE HUMAN MIND BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD- THOUGHTS OF PURITY, GOOD,OF PRAISE OF PEACE, JUSTICE AND JOY
• BY MEDIATING DAY AND NIGHT IN GODS WORD AND IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM CREATING NEW SOLID PATHWAYS IN THE MIND

To pay attention toTo be careful aboutTo heed in order to obeyTo take care or charge of; look afterTo be concerned or annoyed by; careTo object toTo remember.To become aware of; notice.To take notice; give heedTo behave obedientlyTo be cautious or careful

HOW CAN WE SET OUT MINDS AND CONSTANTLY KEEP FOCUSED AT HEAVENLY THINGS?

“For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. “

PAUL HERE EMPHASIZES 2 VITAL TRUTHS THAT NEEDS TO BE DECLARED, RECEIVED AND BELIEVED!

• EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER IS DEAD TO THIS WORLD
• EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER HAS HIS OR HER LIFE HIDDEN IN CHRIST

BUT HOW ?

• BE FULL WITH THE WORD OF GOD AND WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT - SEEK AND ASK TO BE FULL
• BE CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT IS IN MY SPIRIT
• CREATE NEW PATHWAY OF THOUGHTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
• EAT FROM HIM AND DRINK FROM HIM NO STOP - FROMHIS WORD AND FRIM THE HOLY SPIRIT

THERE IS NO PLACE OF REFUGE AND TO BE HIDDEN FROM THE DECEITFUL PASSIONS OF THIS WORLD WITHOUT BEING DEAD FIRST TO THE WORLD AND ALIVE IN CHRIST

HUMAN SOUL NEEDS ITS MIND TO BE RENEWED ALWAYS WITH THESE TRUTHS.

RENEW - RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL IDEA (MYLES MUNROE)

IF NOT, HE OR SHE WILL NOT GRASP THE PURPOSE AND DESTINY GOD HAS FOR THEM. IT IS A LIE AND TRAP OF SATAN OF RELIGIOUS SPIRIT - TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ON HIS OWN TO SAVE OR HELP GOD FREE HIS OR HER SOUL FROM GUILT, PAIN AND HELL .

IT IS BELIEVING AND TRUSTING IN THE POWER OF THE NAME AND BLOOD OF JESUS AND HIS WORD

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE A LIFE HIDDEN IN CHRIST?

• to conceal (properly, by covering) -- hide (self), keep secret, secret(-ly).

“My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely. Young Women of Jerusalem” Song of Songs 2:14

• PLACE TO STAND PROTECTED - REFUGE - SECURED AGAINST THE STORMS OF LIFE
• PLACE WHERE FIRE CAN BE SET UP TO WARM KEEP DRY AND SHINE FOREVER
• PLACE OF ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE
• PLACE OF REVELATION OF SECRETS
• PLACE TO SEE HIS FACE AND HEAR HIS VOICE
• PLACE TO SHINE MY FACE AND SPEAK MY VOICE TO JESUS

“When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. “

• APPEARANCE WITH CHRIST STARTS FROM A PLACE OF BEING HIDDEN IN HIM FIRST
• HE IS THE ONE WHO CALLS AND BRINGS HIS CHILDREN INTO APPEARANCE ACCORDING TO THE FATHERS PLAN
• APPEARANCE IN GLORY ONLY COMES FROM HIS LIFE WHICH IS OUR LIFE
• NOTHING HAPPENS APART FROM JESUS WHO IS OUR LIFE
• THERE IS NO AFFECT OR POWER TRYING TO APPEAR AND MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD WITHOUT FIRST CAPTURING AND BEING WITH JESUS FILLED OF HIS GLORY FROM THE HIDDEN PLACE OR SECRET PLACE

JESUS KNEW FROM WHERE THE POWER TO OBEY AND SERVE THE FATHER CAME FROM AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT

IT WAS FROM THE HIDDEN PLACES ALONE WITH THE FATHER (SECRET PLACE)

“So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed” Luke 5:16
“So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God]. “

• IN CHRIST EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER IS DEAD TO SIN
• WHY IS PAUL DECLARING TO PUT TO DEATH EVIL LONGINGS OF THE BODY?
• HE DOES NOT REFERENCE THE SOUL, BUT OF THE BODY
• ALTHOUGH WE ARE NEW CREATION IN GOD, WE ARE STILL IN THIS CORRUPTIBLE EARTHLY VESSEL WITH EVIL DESIRES
• ON THE SAME TOKEN AS NEW CREATION IN GOD, EVERY BELIEVER IS NOT SLAVE TO EVIL AND DESIRES OF THE FLESH, BUT CONQUERER BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND LIVE IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

PAUL WRITES ABOUT HUMAN NATURE

“What a miserable man I am! Who will save me from this body that brings me death? 25 I thank God for saving me through Jesus Christ our Lord! @ Rom 7:24-25

• BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS SET THEIR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT

“For those who are living according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh [which gratify the body], “

PAUL WRITES THE RESULT OF BEING ALIGNED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

“but those who are living according to the Spirit, [set their minds on] the things of the Spirit [His will and purpose]. “

• THE SOUL IS HEALED TO SET ITS MIND IN THE WILL AND PURPOSES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

“Now the mind of the flesh is death [both now and forever—because it pursues sin]; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace [the spiritual well-being that comes from walking with God—both now and forever];” Romans‬ ‭8:5-6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF LIVING ALIGNED TO THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH - THINKING CONTROLLED - DOMINATED BY SINFUL SELF?

ANOTHER VERSION
“If people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, there is death. But if their thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace.” Rom 8:6

• DEATH FOR THINKING OF THE SOUL MIND CONTROLLED RULED BY SINFUL SELF
• THE DEEDS WILL FOLLOW THE CONTROLLED SINFUL SELF THINKING

THOUGHT

• the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts
• reasoning power
• the power to imagine

: OPINION, JUDGMENT

• thought that is characteristic (as of a period, group, or person)

SATAN FELL WITH SINFUL THOUGHT AND FROM A THOUGHT HE SPOKE INTO HIS OWN SOUL FOR DESTRUCTION
HE THOUGHT HE COULD BE AS THE MOST HIGH SEATED ABOVE ALL THE OTHER ANGELS *STAR* - AND HE SAID IN HIS HEART. MAYBE NOT AUDIBLE VOICE, BUT FROM HIS INNER BEING - AND GOD SEES IT ALL - NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIM
SATANS PATTERN

• IT STARTED AS A THOUGH
• IT BECAME A WORD
• IT BECAME AN ACTION
• IT BECAME WHO HE IS
• IT BECAME HIS FATE

“For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High”’ (Isaiah 14:12-14).

TO WHOM IT COME THE WRATH OF GOD?

“Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts], “

WHAT IS THE FRUIT OR RESULT OF CONFORMING WITH SIN?

GOD DOES NOT MAKE EXCEPTIONS - AS HE DID WITH SATAN HE DOES WITH THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE

• GOD BRINGS JUDGEMENT ON THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN CHRIST - THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR
• AS FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST, JESUS HAS ALREADY AT THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS PAID AND RESCUED HIS OWN BEFORE THE FATHER.
• JESUS HAS ALREADY JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED AND GLORIFIED HIS BELOVED ONES.
• AMAZING NEWS!!!! GODS JUDGEMENTS AND WRATH ARE GONE ALREADY FOREVER TO THOSE WHO ARE IN FOR THEIR SINS ARE THROWN AWAY INTO THE LAKE OF NO REMEMBRANCES

WHO ARE THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE ?
WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE DISOBEDIENCE ONES?

• SATAN TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN CHRIST AND DO NOT BELIEVE AND TRUST IN HIM
• THOSE WHO ALTHOUGH LISTEN STILL RESIST TO OBEY THE PRECEPTS OF GOD
• THOSE WHO ROUTINELY - SINFUL HABITS REJECT - OBSTINATELY DISREGARDS GODS PRECEPTS

OBSTINATELY

• stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
• obstinate resistance to change

not easily subdued, remedied, orremoved obstinate fever

PRECEPTS

• a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
• an order issued by legally constituted authority to a subordinate official

“and in these [sinful things] you also once walked, when you were habitually living in them [without the knowledge of Christ]. “

• KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS AND WHAT HE DID AT THE CROSS - OLD NATURE CRUCIFIED AT THE CROSS
• IGNORANCE OF THE TRUTH RESULTS IN WALKING IN SUNFUL LIVING

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS - I DECLARE AND DECREE I HAVE THE MIND AND LIFE OF CHRIST IN ME AND THAT MY THOUGHTS ARE FROM ABOVE NOT OF THIS EARTH . I DECLARE THAT MY SOUL WILL ONLY SEEK WHAT IS FROM ABOVE. MY WALK IS WITH CHRIST IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM. I DECLARE MY LIFE IS ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT AND THAT MY MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS ARE SET ON THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT -HIS WILL AND PURPOSES. AMEM

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“But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth. “

• PERSONAL DECISION IN FAITH TO ELIMINATE EVIL THOUGHTS AND PRACTICES
• GET HID OF EVIL BEHAVIOR ROOTED IN A HEART OF OLD ADAM OF SELF INDULGENCE AND DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST GOD
• VULGAR LANGUAGE FROM THE MOUTH REVEALS CONDITION OF THE HEART STILL ATTACHED TO THE OLD SELF

“Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices, “

• IN CHRIST THE OLD SELF IS GONE WITH ITS LIES AND EVIL PRACTICES
• WHO EVER LIVES LYING IS A SON OF THE DEVIL AND NOT OF GOD
• THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE PRACTICE OF EVIL DO NOT KNOW GOD AND NEED CONTINUOUS RENEWAL OF THE MIND THROUGH THE MEDITATION OF THE WORD OF GOD AND A DEVOTIONAL LIFE PRAYER FOR COMPLETE DELIVERANCE AND HEALING OF THE SOUL

OLD SELF NATURE

• the way that you normally were in the past, before something happened

“and have put on the new [spiritual] self who is being continually renewed in true knowledge in the image of Him who created the new self— “

IF THE OLD SELF IS GONE, WHAT IS LEFT?

• THERE IS THE NEW SELF IN CHRIST
• NEW NATURE - NEW CREATION

PUT ON

• to dress oneself in
• to make part of one's appearance or behavior
• put a saintly manner on
• to cause to act or operate

HOW TO PUT ON THE NEW?

• NOT ONLY ONE TIME, BUT CONTINUAL RENEWAL
• REMOVE THE OLD BY THE WORD AND POWER OF GOD

RENEWAL OF WHAT?

• OF THE MIND OF THE SOUL

RENEWAL WITH WHAT?

• WITH THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS
• IN THE IMAGE OF JESUS WHO CREATED AND IT IS THE SOURCE OF THE NEW SELF - NATURE AND CREATION

STARTS WITH ETERNITY WHICH IT IS BASED ON :

“Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent.” John‬ ‭17:3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

WHERE DOES THE RENEWAL START?

“a renewal in which there is no [distinction between] Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [nor between nations whether] barbarian or Scythian, [nor in status whether] slave or free, but Christ is all, and in all [so believers are equal in Christ, without distinction].

FIRST FOUNDATION - PERSONAL ATITUTE IS KEY

• SEE AS GOD SEES AND THINK
• THERE IS NO SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCE OR STATUS
• CHRIST IS IN ALL WHO BELIEVE AND TRUST HIM AND ALL ARE FREE AS CHILDREN OF GOD EQUAL WITHOUT DISTINCTION

“So, as God’s own chosen people, who are holy [set apart, sanctified for His purpose] and well-beloved [by God Himself],

SECOND FOUNDATION - PERSONAL CONVICTION

• CHILDREN OF GOD ARE LOVED AND DIVINE CHOSEN BY HIM
• HE CHOSE US FIRST BEFORE WE CHOSE HIM

TO BE WHAT????

• TO BE HOLY
• SET SPART
• SANCTIFIED TO HIS PURPOSE

“put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience [which has the power to endure whatever injustice or unpleasantness comes, with good temper]; “

TO PUT ON WHAT? WHEN?

• HEART OF COMPASSION
• KINDNESS
• HUMILITY
• GENTLENESS
• PATIENCE THAT ENDURES INJUSTICE - GOOD TEMPER

PUT ON
to dress oneself into make part of one's appearance or behaviorput a saintly manner onto cause to act or operate

• I PUT ON AFTER SURRENDERING MYSELF COMING TO THE FATHER THROUGH HIS SON RECOGNIZING AND REPENTING FROM MY OWN SIN, PRIDE ,WRONG MOTIVES
• I PUT ON AFTER RECEIVING AND GIVING FORGIVENESS
• I PUT ON BELIEVING AND TRUSTING ON JESUS AND NOT ON MY RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS NOTHING, BUT IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS IN ME

“bearing graciously with one another, and willingly forgiving each other if one has a cause for complaint against another; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so should you forgive. “

THIRD FOUNDATION - RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER

HOW MUST RELATIONSHIP BE WITH ONE ANOTHERAND HOW TO GROW IT?

• SUPPORT - BEAR EACH OTHER WITH GRACE
• WILLINGLY TO FORGIVE AS GOD HAS FORGIVEN
• LOVE AS GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN

“Beyond all these things put on and wrap yourselves in [unselfish] love, which is the perfect bond of unity [for everything is bound together in agreement when each one seeks the best for others].

• HOW. CAN SUCH FOUNDATION FLOURISH?
• LOVE IS THE ANSWER
• UNSELFISH LOVE
• FORGIVE AND DO NOT JUDGE
• LEAVE IT TO THE LORD AND TRUST HIM

• UNITY IS KEY FOR MATURITY AND IT ONLY COMES THROUGH LOVE THAT BOUNDS- SEEK THE BEST OF OTHERS
• UNITY ONLY IS PRESERVED WITH FORGIVENESS AND LETTING GO ANY PAIN

TPT VERSION
“For love is supreme and must flow through each of these virtues. Love becomes the mark of true maturity.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭TPT‬‬
“Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always]”

• ALLOW PEACE OF CHRIST TO REIGN - INNER CALM IN THOSE WHO WALK WITH HIM DAILY
• PEACE OF CHRIST IS WHAT GUIDES AND DO NOT LEAN ON SELF UNDERSTANDING OR ARGUMENTS THINKING
• PEACE WHEN ALLOWED HAS THE POWER TO CONTROL THE HEARTS DECISIONS
• PEACE IS THE UMPIRE OF THE MIND

• IT IS THE PEACE OF CHRIST THAT BINDS ALL IN ONE BODY

IS THERE UNGRATEFUL TEMPTATION NOT TO BIND TO EACH OTHER?

WHAT IT TAKES TO BIND TO EACH OTHER WHICH WILL REQUIRE SACRIFICE OF UNSELFISH LOVE?

• BE GRATEFUL TO AVOID LOOSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
• BE GRATEFUL TO STOP ANY MURMURING AND COMPLAINING WHICH HINDER PEACE OF CHRIST TO REIGN IN THE HEARTS

“Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind—permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. “

• WHAT SHOULD EVERY CHILD OF GOD BE FILLED WITH IF NOT WITH THE WORD OF GOD
• LET HIS WORD DWELL - NOT OCCASIONALLY, BUT PERMEATE EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE - LET JESUS WHO IS THE WORD FLOOD THE SOUL AND MIND

HOW CAN THE WORD OF GOD GROW AND FLOURISH IN THE HEART AND MIND?

WHAT IS THE PATH TO FOLLOW TO BE FULL OF THE WORD?

• BE FULL OF THE SCRIPTURES AND WITH THE POWER OF GOD
• YIELD TO STEP OUT AND SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS
• RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE AND GROW
• TEACH AND SPEAK THE WORD TO EACH OTHER
• PROPHECY TO EACH OTHER
• ADMONISH EACH OTHER
• TRAIN EACH OTHER WITH ALL WISDOM OF HEAVEN

ADMONISH

• to indicate duties or obligations to
• to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner
• to give friendly earnest advice or encouragement to
• to say (something) as advice or a warning

WHAT IS THE MECHANISM TO APPLY, TEACH AND TRAIN OTHERS WITH THE WORD OF GOD?

• ONLY GIVE WHAT I HAVE RECEIVED
• TO RECEIVE FIRST THE GRACE AND THE TRUTH OF GOD
• BE FILLED THROUGH:

WHAT ARE THE CHANNELS TO RECEIVE MORE FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT? WHAT OPENS HEAVENS TO GIVE AND RECEIVE?

• LEARN THE FREQUENCY AND MELODY OF THE HEART THAT LOVES GOD
• SING THE WORD - PSALMS HYMMS -FOUNDATION
• SING THE WORD REQUIRES TO KNOW THE WORD
• SING PROPHETICALLY - SPONTANEOUS
• SING IN THE SPIRIT
• ALWAYS GRATEFUL IN WORSHIP AND PRAISE
• PRAISE AND WORSHIP (EXPRESSION OF LOVE, HOPE AND FAITH - TRUST) OPEN GATES TO HEAVEN TO RECEIVE

POWER AND PURPOSE OF MUSIC

• CREATION CAME INTO EXISTENCE THROUGH SOUND - MELODY - MUSIC - FREQUENCIES OF GOD’s CREATION
• REVELATION COMES FROM HEAVEN SOUNDS AND DIVINE FREQUENCIES BEING RELEASED
• FOLLOW FREQUENCIES OF HEAVEN TO RELEASE HEAVEN OVER THE EARTH
• SATAN WAS CREATED WITH PIPES - MUSIC WITHIN HIM TO RELEASE THE SOUNDS OF REVELATION OVER THE EARTH, BUT PRIDE AND JEALOUSY CORRUPTED HIS HEART - JESUS WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR HIM
• SATAN LOST HIS POSITION OF RELEASING SOUND OF REVELATION OVER THE EARTH
• NOW GODS CHILDREN WERE CREATED TO CARRY GODS GLORY AND TO RELEASE NEW FREQUENCIES OF REVELATION OF HEAVEN OVER THE EARTH

“Whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus [and in dependence on Him], giving thanks to God the Father through Him. “

• EVERY THOUGHT , DEEDS , MANNERS AND WORDS ARE NOTED AND PUT IN BALANCE BEFORE GOD RECORDED IN THE BOOKS OF HEAVEN

HOW SHOULD SUCH DEEDS AND WORDS COME FROM?

WHAT MUST BE THE SOURCE AND UNDER WHICH AUTHORITY SHOULD DEEDS AND WORDS COME FORTH?

• DO ALL THINGS IS JESUS NAME - UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, DEPENDENCY AND AUTHORITY

• DO ALL IN THANKSGIVING HEART UNTO THE FATHER - THERE IS NO CONDITION OR STATUS -
• THANKSGIVING IS NOT MOTIVATED BY FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS - IT COMES FROM THE SOIRIT REALM AND NOT FROM THE SOULS REALM -
• THANKSGIVING IS MOTIVATED BY FAITH IN THE WORD OF GOD AND DECISION

• EVERY OTHER THOUGHT OR DEED OR WORD WITHOUT JESUS IS TEMPORARY AND IT WILL BURN IN ETERNITY

**** BELOW FOLLOWING VERSES ABOUT AUTHORITY IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS ******

WIFE - WOMAN POSITION TO BE PROTECTED AND TO BE SUBJECT TO

“Wives, be subject to your husbands [out of respect for their position as protector, and their accountability to God], as is proper and fitting in the Lord. “
FIRST COMES TO THE WIVES

• FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION, TO RECEIVE BLESSING AND TO RESIST AGAINST EVIL

• BE SUBJECT - SUBMISSION TO BE UNDER AUTHORITY - BRINGS COVERING AND PROTECTION IN THE SPIRIT AND IN THE NATURAL

BE SUBJECT - one that is placed under authority

• To be guided, controlled, or ruled by something.
• To be required to receive, incur, or experience something.
• To be prone or susceptible to something; to be likely o
• having a tendency for something
• conditional upon

IT DOES NOT SAY FOR WIVES TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS - SO HOW DO WIVES FIND LOVE TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS?

WHILE THE WIVES NEED TO BE UNDER AUTHORITY OF MAN , WHAT ABOUT THE MAN?

UNDER WHOSE AUTHORITY IS MAN?

• HIGHER AUTHORITY FROM HEAVEN WHO REQUIRES TOTAL SURRENDER TO HIS WILL, WAYS AND PURPOSES

WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO TO BE PROTECTED, BE BLESSED AND RESISTANT AGAINST EVIL?

HUSBAND POSITION TO LOVE - THERE IS NO AUTHORITY FROM HEAVEN WITHOUT LOVING THE WIVES - SOW LOVE TO HEAP LOVE

• THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP AT HOME WITHOUT HIM BEING ON THE THRONE FIRST
• REQUIRES FIRST LOVE TO THE ONE WHO IS AUTHORITY OVER ALL

“Husbands, love your wives [with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them] and do not be embittered or resentful toward them [because of the responsibilities of marriage].

• LOVE THE WIVES AS JESUS LOVES THE CHURCH
• JESUS NEVER IMPOSED OVER HIS BRIDE
• JESUS CONQUERED HIS BRIDE WITH LOVE AND SACRIFICE
• DO NOT BE RESENTFUL TOWARDS WIVES

WHERE DO MEN FIND LOVE TO LOVE THEIR WIVES?

HOW WILL WIVES LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS SINCE IT IS ONLY REQUIRED ON THIS VERSE TO BE SUBJECT TO MAN AUTHORITY IN LOVE?

• HUSBAND CAN ONLY FIND LOVE TO LOVE THE WIFE BY BEING CONNECTED WITH THE HEAD AND WITH THE BODY
• THERE IS NO LOVE WITHOUT THE HEAD
• THERE IS NO LOVE BEING CONNECTED WITH THE BODY
• BY SOWING SEEDS OF LOVE FROM HUSBAND - HARVEST WILL COME FROM THE WIFE WHO RECEIVES THE SEEDS OF LOVE AND GIVES IT BACK IN LOVE TO THE HUSBAND

“Children, obey your parents [as God’s representatives] in all things, for this [attitude of respect and obedience] is well-pleasing to the Lord [and will bring you God’s promised blessings]. “

HOW DO CHILDREN RECEIVE GODS PROMISES AND BLESSINGS?

WHAT PLEASES GOD BY BEING A CHILD?

• OBEDIENCE IS KEY TO AUTHORITY STARTING FROM HOME
• OBEDIENCE AND RESPECT IN ALL

HOW CAN A CHILD RESPECT GODS AUTHORITY IF HE OR SHE DOES NOT RESPECT AND OBEY THE PARENTS?

HOW DO PARENTS GIVE EXAMPLE TO THEIR CHILDREN IF FIRST THEY ARE NOT UNDER AUTHORITY AND DO NOT FEAR OR RESPECT GOD FIRST AND HIS PRESETS

“Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or exasperate your children [with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken]. “

• FOOLISHNESS ABUSE FROM THOSE IN AUTHORITY WILL FAIL AND PROVOKE WRONG REACTION

HOW CAN CHILDREN - PEOPLE UNDER AUTHORITY LOOSE HEART (SPIRIT BROKEN) AND BECOME DISCOURAGED AND UNMOTIVATED?

• NOT BEING LOVED AND CARED FOR
• WITH ABUSIVE DISHONEST HUMILIATING INDIFFERENCE AUTHORITY!!!
• PRIDE FOOLISH BEHAVIOR

HOW TO CORRECT?

• BE HUMBLE, AND WISE
• TREAT PEOPLE UNDER AUTHORITY WITH TENDER HEART AND LOVINGKINDNESS

“Servants, in everything obey those who are your masters on earth, not only with external service, as those who merely please people, but with sincerity of heart because of your fear of the Lord. “
HOW CAN SERVANTS OBEY IN EVERYTHING TO THEIR MASTER?

HOW CAN GOD’S CHILDREN OBEY HIM IN ALL THINGS?

• WITH SINCERE HEART IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD

“Whatever you do [whatever your task may be], work from the soul [that is, put in your very best effort], as [something done] for the Lord and not for men, “

WHERE DOES THE MOTIVATION OF THE SOUL COME FROM TO DO ALL THINGS AS FOR THE LORD AND NOT FOR MEN?

• Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit / acknowledge to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Psalm 32:8 “The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.”
• Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

“knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [greatest] reward. It is the Lord Christ whom you [actually] serve. “

• RECOGNIZE AND LEARN TO KNOW THAT GOD SEES ALL

FROM WHOM DOES THE REWARD OF SERVING COME FROM?WHAT WILL THE CHILDREN OF GOD RECEIVE?

WHAT IS THE GREATEST REWARD?WHO DO WE REALLY SERVE?

• THE LORD IS THE ONE WHO GIVES
• TO RECEIVE INHERITANCE OF THE LORD - BIRTH RIGHT
• BEING BORN IN HIM GIVES HIS CHILDREN BIRTH RIGHT BY HIS MERCY AND GOODNESS TO RECEIVE ALL INHERITANCE OF CHRIST - WHAT IS HIS IS OURS
• BELIEVE/RECEIVE THE REWARDS THAT COME FROM HIM TO THOSE WHO OBEY AND BELIEVE
• SERVE THE LORD NOT FOR OWN PRIDE OR EGO OR SELF INTEREST OR AMBITION

INHERITANCE - BIRTHRIGHT

• bequest, birthright, heritage, legacy, patrimony

• INHERITANCE IS WHAT YOU WERE BORN WITH, NOT SOMETHING YOU DO TO ACHIEVE OR FIGHT FOR EXCEPT TO RECEIVE, CHERISH AND TO HONOR THE ONE FROM WHOM THE INHERITANCE COME FROM!

“For he who does wrong will be punished for his wrongdoing, and [with God] there is no partiality [no special treatment based on a person’s position in life].”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3:1-25‬ ‭AMP‬‬

• WRONG ACTIONS KNOWING OR NOT HAVE NO EXCEPTION FOR PUNISHMENT
• GOD DOES NOT TREAT HUMANITY BASE ON POSITION SINCE ALL ARE THE SAME CLASS IN SOCIETY BEFORE HIM
• NO PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE IN CHRIST FOR HE TOOK ALL OUR WRONG DOING AND GAVE US AN INHERITANCE IN HIM WITH A NEW NAME FOR ALL ETERNITY

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THANK YOU FOR I AM CHOSEN BY YOU, I AM LOVED BY YOU AND I AM SET APART TO BE HOLY IN YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT FLOW FROM MY HEART. I DECLARE THAT I LOOSE FROM MY SOUL ALL MY OLD-SELF NATURE AND I BIND TO MY SOUL THE LIFE OF GOD, A HEART OF COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS, PATIENCE THAT ENDURES INJUSTICE AND GOOD TEMPER . I SEEK AND GIVE PERMISSION FOR YOUR WORD TO GROW IN ME AND TO PERMEATE EVERY ASPECT OF MY LIFE. I DECLARE I AM UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY TO LOVE MY NEIGHBOR AND THOSE UNDER MY AUTHORITY AS CHRIST LOVES HIS BRIDE. TEACH ME HOLY SPIRIT TO LOVE AND TO BE HUMBLE IN ALL TIMES AS BEING UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY AND TO BE IN AUTHORITY OVER OTHERS.AMEM

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CHAPTER 4

“Masters, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
HOW SHOULD THOSE IN AUTHORITY ACT WITH THE SERVANT OR SLAVES?

WHAT IS THE CORRECT ATITUDE WITH THOSE IN AUTHORITY?

• GOD SEES WATCHES ALL - DEAL - TREAT ALL JUSTLY AND FAIRLY
• GOD IS THE MASTER OF ALL - RESPECT AND HONOR ARE KEY
• FORGIVE ALWAYS AND BE JUST IN EVERY LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE

“Be persistent and devoted to prayer, being alert and focused in your prayer life with an attitude of thanksgiving. “

• WHAT IS PAUL POINTING OUT HERE ABOUT PRAYER ?
• WHAT KIND OF PRAYER OF LIFE IS HE CALLING OUT?

• BE PERSISTENT
• BE DEVOTED
• BE ALERTED
• BE FOCUSED
• ALL WITH THANKSGIVING

PERSISTENT PRAYER - NOT STOPPING FOR DISTRACTION OR RESISTANCE

• retained beyond the usual period a persistent leaf
• continuing without change in function or structure
• remaining infectious for a relatively long time in a vector after an initial period of incubation
• continuing or inclined to persist in a course
• continuing to exist despite interference or treatment

DEVOTED PRAYER - ADORATION

• adoring, affectionate, fond, loving, tender, tenderhearted

ALERTED LIFE PRAYER - QUICK TO DISCERN OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPOSITION

• the state of being watchful for possible danger:
• vigilance, watchfulness, carefulness, attentiveness, guardedness,
• warn (someone) of a danger, threat, or problem, typically with the intention of having it avoided or dealt with
• quick to notice any unusual and potentially dangerous or difficult circumstances; vigilant:

FOCUSED LIFE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION

• directing a great deal of attention, interest, or activity towards a particular aim

Synonyms

ALL UNDER A LIFE OF THANKSGIVING - RECOGNIZATION - ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRACE AND GOODNESS OF GOD

“In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. “ Prov 3:6

THANKSGIVING

• the expression of gratitude, especially to God
• the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.

The Hebrew term for gratitude is hakarat ha'tov, which literally translates to: “recognizing the good.” As we begin to “recognize the good” even in small ways, it will undoubtedly lead us to noticing the good in other areas of our lives

In Biblical terms means to respond to God's goodness and grace with gratitude. The word for giving thanks in the Old Testament means to raise hands to God in gratitude. The New Testament word for thanks has the root idea of grace.

• WITHOUT THANKSGIVING THERE IS NO FULLNESS OF BEING PERSISTENT, BEING DEVOTED, BEING ALERT OR FOCUSED.

“At the same time pray for us, too, that God will open a door [of opportunity] to us for the word, to proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I have been imprisoned; that I may make it clear [and speak boldly and unfold the mystery] in the way I should. “
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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I CHOOSE AND DECLARE I HAVE APERSISTENT, DEVOTED, ALERTED, FOCUSED, WITH THANKSGIVING PRAYER LIFE. HELP ME HOLY SPIRIT TO LVE A LIFE OF PRAYER AS YOU HAVE CALLED ME TO LIVE AND PRAY. AMEM
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• WHAT IS PAUL ASKING?
• WHAT SHOULD EACH ONE PRAY FOR EACH OTHER?

• PRAYER FOR OPPORTUNITY

FOR WHAT?

• TO PROCLAIM THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST
• TO SPEAK CLEARLY WITH BOLDNESS

PAUL INITIALLY WRITES THE INNER MATTER - FIRST NNER MAN OF A LIFE OF PRAYER
THEN HE WRITES THE OUTER MATTER - THE EXTERNAL ACTION THAT FLOWS FIRST FROM THE SPIRIT TO THE SOUL - LIFE OF PRAYER

“Conduct yourself with wisdom in your interactions with outsiders (non-believers), “
FIRST ACTION - THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDE OF LIFE

• HOW SHOLD EACH CHILD OF GOD CONDUCT WITH OTHERS?
• HOW SHOULD EACH BELIEVERS INTERACT WITH UNBELIEVERS?

• ACT WITH WISDOM

“make the most of each opportunity [treating it as something precious]. “

• WHAT SHOULD EACH ONE DO ABOUT TIME AND OPPORTUNITY ?
• RECOGNIZE - WAKE UP FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
• DO YOUT DUTY TO SHINE AND GLORIFY THE FATHER

SECOND ACTION - WORDS AFTER THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED

“Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, “

• HOW SHOULD THE WORDS AND SPEECH BE ?
• WHEN? SOMETIMES?
• FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
• TEMPER WITH WHAT?
• WHY SALT?
• HOW CAN IT BE SEASON WITH SALT?
• ALL TIMES ALLOW WORDS OF GRACE, TRUTH AND FAITH PLEASANT FLOW
• WORDS OF COMPASSION
• WORDS FRIENDLY, CLEAR AND MAKE OTHERS THIRSTY FOR THE TRUTH
• WORDS THAT MAKES DIFFERENCE
• WORDS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH THE WORDS OF JESUS

WHY DOES PAUL USE THE SALT AS A REFERENCE?
WHAT DOES SALT DO TO THE BODY? (NOT TOO MUCH SALT ,BUT BALANCED SEASONED SALT)

• Helps you stay hydrated. To stay better hydrated your body needs a delicate balance of sodium and potassium. ...
• Promotes good vascular health. ...
• Balances electrolytes and prevents muscle cramping. ...
• Supports a healthy nervous system. ...
• Improves sleep.

WHO CAN HELP AND TEACH US ALL THIS?

• LIFE OF PRAYER THAT GIVES HOLY SPIRIT ACCESS TO TEACH HOW TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE WITH SEASONED SALT - BEING FULL OF THE WORD OF GOD IN ORDER TO BE FULL WITH THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING

“so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you]. “

• WHEN SEASON WITH SALT, GODS PROMISES SAY THAT I WILL KNOW WHAT TO ANSWER AND SPEAK ABOUT MY DECISION - POSITION

“As to all my affairs, Tychicus, who is a much-loved brother and faithful assistant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will give you all the information. “
“I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts; “

• PAUL SENT A BOND-SERVANT TO TESTIFY OF THE TRUTH
• WITH WHAT PURPOSE?
• FOR HEARTS TO BE ENCOURAGED WITH THE TRUTH OF GODS WILL AND ABOUT THE SITUATION IN ROME

“and with him is Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will let you know everything about the situation here [in Rome]. “

“Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you; as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him); “

• REFERENCE OF MARK - COUSIN OF BARNABAS
• LOVE AND RECONCILIATION WITH MARK AFTER EARLY YEARS OF CONFLICT TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER EVEN WITH BARNABAS
• LEADERSHIP FORGIVES AND LEADS BY EXAMPLE

“and from Jesus, who is called Justus. These are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision (Jewish Christians), and they have proved to be an encouragement and a comfort to me. “

• PAUL MAKES ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL AND HAVE GIVEN PROVEN TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMFORT TO HIM

“Epaphras, who is one of you and a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you in his prayers, “
“praying with genuine concern, [pleading] that you may [as people of character and courage] stand firm, [spiritually mature] and fully assured in all the will of God. “

WHAT IS PAUL PLEADING BEFORE GOD IN PRAYER?
3 POINTS

• TO STAND FIRM - PEOPLE OF CHARACTER AND COURAGE
• BE SPIRITUALLY MATURE
• BE FULLY ASSURED IN THE WILL OF GOD

“For I testify for him that he has worked strenuously for you and for the believers in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis. “
“Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you. “
“Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house. “

“When this letter has been read among you, see that it is read in the church of the Laodiceans; “
and also that you in turn read my letter [that is coming to you] from Laodicea.

And say to Archippus, “See to it that you fulfill [carefully the duties of] the ministry which you have received in the Lord.”
“I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. May grace (God’s unmerited favor and blessing) be with you.”‭‭Colossians‬ ‭4:1-18‬ ‭AMP‬‬
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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT WHO TEACHES ME OUT OF LIFE OF PRAYER TO CONDUCT MYSELF WITH WISDOM IN MY INTERACTION WITH OUTSIDES . YES TEACH ME HOLY SPIRIT AND MAKE MY THOUGHTS, DEEDS AND WORDS BE FULL OF SALT BALANCED. THANK YOU FOR BUILDING ME TO STAND FIRM - IN CHARACTER AND COURAGE. I PRAY YOU MAKE ME SPIRITUALLY MATURE AND FULLY ASSURED IN THE WILL OF GOD. MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE WITH ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE BEFORE YOU - AMEM
BLESSINGS!!!

CHAPTER 1

“Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), To all the saints (God’s people) in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, including the overseers and deacons: “

WHO WROTE THIS LETTER AND WHY?

PAUL AND TIMOTHY TO ALL THE CHURCH  AND LEADERS AND DEACONS - NO ONE WERE EXCLUDED

PAUL -THE SPIRITUAL FATHER AND TIMOTHY - THE SPIRITUAL SON - 2 GENERATIONS IN AGREEMENT BRINGING GODS TRUTHS TO THE CHURCH IN PHILLIPI

HOW DID THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES IN  THE LETTER BEFORE THE SAINTS?

DID THEY COME IMPOSITION OR CONTROLLING OR DEMANDING OVER OTHERS? 

AT START - THEY STATED THEY WERE BONDSERVANT TO THE LORD JESUS ANOINTED ONE - THE OWNER OF THEIR LIVES AND OF THE CHURCH 

THEY HAD A HEART OF SURRENDER - HUMBLE HEART POSTURE BEFORE ALL 

WHAT IS A BOUND-SERVANT?

• SOMEONE WHO SURRENDERS TOTALLY TO ITS MASTER

is a translation of the Greek word doulos.

• “servants who could never leave their master for another.”
• “it is the commitment to a radical lifestyle of obedience. A bondservant no longer lives for himself,”
• “A bondservant does not have any money of his own, and he therefore cannot freely spend what he has been entrusted with, because it is not his. “
• In Scripture, a Hebrew bondservant was able to go free after six years of service, but if he loved his master so much that he chose to be his slave for the rest of his life, he was permanently marked (see Exodus 21:5-6). We, too, are free to choose whether or not we will be a bondservant or not.
• “Now if the servant says to you, ‘I will not leave you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he is doing well with you; 
• then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall [willingly] be your servant always. Also you shall do the same for your maidservant.” Deuteronomy‬ ‭15:16-17‬ ‭AMP‬‬
• LOVE RECEIVED - LOVE RESPONDS - IT COMES TO A TOTAL SURRENDER 

JESUS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF BONDSERVANT TO THE FATHER - HE IS THE DOOR ON WHICH EVERY “EAR IS MARKED” -AND  HE IS AT THE DOOR OF EVERY HEART KNOCKING TO ENTER IN,  AND ESTABLISH  AN ETERNAL COVENANT OF FELLOWSHIP/RELATIONSHIP. SUCH COVENANT IS  MADE  OUT OF FREE WILL - IT IS THE DOOR OF FREE WILL OF THE SOUL TO OPEN OR TO CLOSE FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH CHRIST - GATEWAY OF DECISION 

• JESUS AS THE MASTER WHO GAVE HIS ALL TO THE WILL OF THE FATHER - BOUND-SERVANT ALSO SUBMITS HIS ALL TO THE MASTER OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION 
• IT IS A CHOICE FOR TOTAL SURRENDER OR NOT 

WHAT IS THE SIGN OF LOVE OF A BOND SERVANT? 

WHAT DOES A BOND SERVANT DO TO SHOW HIS COMMITMENT? 

WHAT ARE HE AND SHE MARKED WITH? AND WHERE?

IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, (Deuteronomy‬ ‭15:16-17‬ ) HE OR SHE  PIERCES THE NOB OF THE EAR. 

THERE IS PAIN, BUT TEMPORALLY (AS THE GRACE OF CHRIST IS ENOUGH FOR THE TEMPORARY SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST FOR THE SAINTS IN HIS NAME) 

BLOOD COMES OUT FROM THE PIERCED EAR - COVENANT FOR LIFE  - THE SOUL IS MARKED AT THE DOOR OF DECISION - JESUS IS THE DOOR ON WHICH EVERY “EAR” IS PIERCED FOR LIFE - 

HE IS THE ONE WHO FIRST “PIERCED” OR COMMITTED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO DO AND TO SAY ONLY WHAT HE SAW HIS FATHER DO AND SAY.

JESUS POURED HIS BLOOD TO ALL HIS BOND SERVANTS - STAIN OF LOVE AND COMMITMENT  -TESTIMONY OF LIFE NOT HIDDEN FROM OTHERS

WHAT IS THE CUP THAT JESUS SPOKE TO HIS DISCIPLES - HIS BOND SERVANTS? 

THERE IS THE CUP OF JOY MEANING I  BELONG TO JESUS AND I AM WITH  THE MASTER IN ALL ETERNAL IN PLEASURE OF HOLY LIFE 

THERE IS THE CUP OF TEMPORALLY SUFFERING -  PIERCED EAR MEANING BY HIS GRACE,  I SHARE WITH HIM THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AS HE DID IT AT ALL AT THE CROSS. (HEAVY LIFTING OF SUFFERING) 

THIS MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE AFFLICTIONS IN THIS LIFE ON EARTH FOR FOLLOWING CHRIST,  WE STILL EXCHANGE OUR BURDEN OF PAST FAILURES AND SIN WITH HIS BURDEN WHICH IT IS LIGHT (NOT HEAVY SINCE HE PAID THE PRICE AND DID THE HEAVY LIFTING  AT THE CROSS) - MAT 11:28

BY HIS GRACE NOW WE ARE NEW CREATION IN HIM (OLD THINGS HAVE PAST AWAY) AND WE ARE SET INTO A NEW PATH OF FREEDOM TO BELIEVE AND WALK IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL HE DID AND COMMANDED US TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE AS ONE WITH HIM.  NOW THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE NEW CREATION IN HIM, WE SURELY FIND PEACE AND REST TO OUR SOUL IN HIS PRESENCE. 

WHY IS THE EAR PIERCED? 

WHY NOT THE NOSE? 

WHY NOT THE MOUTH?

MANY ARE THE VOICES, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE VOICE TO LISTEN AND TO FOLLOW INTO ETERNAL LIFE  

THERE IS ONLY ONE VOICE THAT HEALS THE SOUL OF MEN

• BEING LEAD BY THE NOSE IS LIKE TRYING TO CONTROL A BULL FORCEFULLY BY THE NOSE TO OBEY WHERE TO GO- SUBMISSION BY FORCE
• BEING LEAD BY THE MOUTH DOES NOT LAST MUCH AND IT IS ALSO SUBMISSION BY FORCE
• BEING LEAD BY THE EAR - SUBMISSION BY FREE WILL TO LISTEN FIRST AND THEN TO DECIDE TO FOLLOW OR NOT BY LOVE AND LIFE COMMITMENT 

THE PATH OF ETERNAL LIFE OF EVERLASTING JOY AND PEACE IS ONLY FOUND  THROUGH ONE VOICE TO LISTEN AND OBEY - JESUS VOICE - NO OTHER MASTER OR DISTRACTION TO FOLLOW

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. “ John 10:27-28

“He who has ears [to hear], let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:9‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“IF YOU will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments which I command you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God.” Deuteronomy‬ ‭28:1-2‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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FATHER IN JESUS NAME - THANKS FOR CREATING A BOUNDSERVANT HEART IN ME - A COVENANT OF LIFE,  HUMBLE TO LOVE AND TO SERVE THE LORD WITH ALL MY HEART - I DECLARE I AM A NEW CREATION IN YOU AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD I ONLY LISTEN AND OBEY YOUR VOICE. I EMBRACE THE BOND SERVANT HEART - COMMITTED FOR LIFE -  IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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“Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. “

WHAT ARE THE TWO BASIC ELEMENTS JESUS ASSURES US AS HIS BOLD-SERVANTS?  

• GRACE AND PEACE ARE GIVEN TO EVERY BOUND SERVANT OF CHRIST

PAUL AND TIMOTHY - DECLARED OVER THE BRETHREN

PAUL WAS IN PRISON - HOW DID HE FIND STRENGTH TO WRITE TO THE BRETHREN IF NOT BY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF GOD IN HIM?   

• THEY COULD GIVE BECAUSE THEY HAD RECEIVED THE GRACE AND PEACE OF GOD TO GIVE
• YOU CANNOT GIVE WHAT YOU  HAVE NOT RECEIVED
• GRACE AND PEACE BELONG TO BOND-SERVANTS WHO HAVE SURRENDERED  TO THE GIVER OF ALL LIFE - JESUS
• THERE IS POWER, GRACE AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST - NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN MOVE OR CHANGE THAT

MEANING OF GRACE 

Hannah. A classic Hebrew origin name that stands for grace and favour. Other variants of the names are Hanna or Hana

• means forgiveness, repentance, regeneration, and salvation. In the Bible, it is described as the unmerited favor of God towards man. Grace is a feminine given name from the Latin gratia. It is often given in reference to the Christian concept of divine grace and used as a virtue name

MEANING OF PEACE 

• FREEDOM FROM DISTURBANCE - DISTRACTION - HEALTH, PROSPERITY, WELLBEING - GOD IS PEACE - HIS CHARACTER 

“I thank my God in every remembrance of you,”

PAUL AND TIMONY REMEMBERED PRECIOUS MEMORIES BUILT BY RELATIONSHIPS - BEING TOGETHER

“always offering every prayer of mine with joy [and with specific requests] for all of you, “

EVERY REQUEST WITH JOY - NOT SAD OR DISTURBED OR COMPLAINING 

• PRAYING FOR THE SAINTS WITH JOY - WHAT KIND OF PRAYER WITH JOY CAN EXIST IN TIMES OF PERSECUTION OR PRISON? 

WHY OR HOW WITH JOY?

THE JOY COMES FROM THE TRUST AND ASSURANCE OF GODS PROMISES - HE WHO  INITIATED GOOD WORK IN US WILL ACCOMPLISH UNTIL THE END OF EVERY BELIEVER IN HIM. 

“thanking God] for your participation and partnership [both your comforting fellowship and gracious contributions] in [advancing] the good news [regarding salvation] from the first day [you heard it] until now”

PAUL AND TIMOTHY GIVE THANKS FOR THE OPEN HEART OF THE BRETHREN TO GET INVOLVED -  BE PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

ON WHAT?

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD THROUGH THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION 

“I am convinced and confident of this very thing, “

WHAT IS PAUL CONVINCED OF? 

WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE CONVINCED OF? 

• convinced - completely certain about this
• confident - full of conviction : CERTAIN. confident of success - having or showing assurance and self-reliance

“that He who has begun a good work in you “

IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US AND NOT BY OUR OWN WILL OR EFFORT WHO HAS BEGUN AND WILL COMPLETE THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD IN US - 

HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE WHO WILL MATURE US INTO  PERFECT LOVE UNTIL THE RETURN OF THE SON JESUS

OUR LIVES HAVE ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS OF HEAVEN AND OUR DECISIONs AND OBEDIENCE IN LIFE WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED.  

“will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]. “

FATHER GOD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE INITIATES AND ACCOMPLISHES HIS WILL ACCORDING TO HIS WORD - HIS SON IN US

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANKS FOR I AM CONVINCED OF YOUR PROMISE OF  THE BEGINNING AND FINISHING GOOD WORK YOU HAVE SET IN MY LIFE BE IN MY SPIRIT,  SOUL AND BODY AS YOUR WORD SAYS  IN 1:6 - I DECLARE THAT I BELIEVE  AND SURRENDER ALL TO THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD.  I TAKE POSSESSION  OF WHO YOU CREATED ME TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE FOREVER. I BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE COMPLETE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST AT THE CROSS FOR MY LIFE. I  ALSO DECREE AND RECEIVE COMPLETE HEALING FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IN MY SOUL AND BODY UNTIL JESUS RETURN -. IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US - 

• HE IS THE TEACHER IN US WHO PERFECTS OUR LOVE INTO MATURITY  
• HE COMPLETES WHAT HE HAS STARTED (LFE OF HOLINESS - PLEASING TO GOD)
• HE IS THE ONE WHO REVEALS WHO WE ARE IN CHRIST DESTINED EVEN BEFORE CREATION. 
• AS WE SURRENDER HE DOES AND REVEALS MORE IN US
• IN OTHER WORDS, THE DEEPTH OF OUR YIELDING TO HIM CORRESPONDS ON HOW MUCH HE ACCOMPLISHES THE WILL OF THE FATHER IN US
• IT IS OUR YIELDING AND OBEDIENCE TO THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT  THAT GIVES HIM PERMISSION / ACCESS TO COMPLETE THE WORK OF CHRIST IN US - TO BE ONE WITH HIM AS HE IS ONE WITH THE FATHER. 
• AS LONG AS WE DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND GIVE NO PROVISION TO FLESH AND SIN ,  WE WALK GROWING IN VICTORY BY HIS GRACE IN US
• PERFECT - make (something) completely free from faults or defects, or as close to such a condition as possible
• COMPLETE -  • finish making or doing - finished, ended, concluded, completed, finalized
  make (something) whole or perfect:

WHAT ARE PAUL AND TIMOTHY SURE ABOUT? 

WHY?

OF THE GOOD WORK OF  THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HEALS THE SOUL AND BODY OF EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER. SUCH WORK WILL BE COMPLETED UNTIL THE RETURN OF THE SON. 

PAUL AND TIMOTHY TRUSTED,  BELIEVED AND TOTALLY YIELDED TO  THE RESURRECTION POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OPERATING IN THE SPIRIT,  SOUL AND BODY  

“It is right for me to feel this way about you, because [you have me in your heart as] I have you in my heart, 

WHAT DOES PAUL AND TIMOTHY HAVE WITH THE SAINTS? 

AS BOND-SERVANTS OF THE LORD DEEP LOVE OF HEART -

“since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the good news [regarding salvation], all of you share in [His matchless] grace with me. “

WHY DOES PAUL HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL SOMETHING IN HIS SOUL FOR THE SAINTS? 

BECAUSE PAUL GAVE AWAY HIS HEART TO JESUS AND TO HIS BELOVED ONES - HE HAS EMBRACED IN HIS HEART THE CHURCH AS A CHICKEN THAT CARES DEEPLY TO HIS CHICKS KEEPING THEM SAFE UNDER HER WINGS

• BE IN PRISON
• BE IN CONFIRMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS

BOTH CASES PAUL DRANK OF THE CUPS - THE CUP SWEET/JOY AND THE CUP OF SUFFERING FOR CHRIST

PAUL HAS ACCEPTED AND LOVED THE SAINTS - HE ACCEPTED AND BELIEVED THAT HE WAS A DEAD MAN ALREADY IN CHRIST ANYWAY - SO HE YIELDED TO LOVE 

“For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus [whose great love fills me]. “

WHAT DID PAUL HAVE THAT IT  GREW IN HIM? 

WHAT ATTACHMENT OR AFFECTIONS WAS BUILT IN PAULS’s HEART AND SOUL FOR THE SAINTS?

THE AFFECTIONS OF THE LOVE OF GOD - CURRENCY FROM HEAVEN AS CHRIST FILLED THE HEART OF PAUL TOWARDS THE SAINTS  - SAME FEELING AS CHRIST HAS TO HIS BELOVED ONES

THE AFFECTION WAS THERE DUE TO THE EXCHANGE - PAUL TOTALLY YIELDED HIS LIFE FOR GODS WILL

• THE DEEPTH OF YIELDING CORRESPONDS TO THE DEEPTH OF THE AFFECTION AND LOVE TO GOD AND OTHERS   

“And this I pray, “

WITH GREAT AFFECTION, WHAT IS PAULS PRAYER REQUEST?

“that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight, “

ANOTHER VERSIONS

““I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.” Philippians‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

“I continue to pray for your love to grow and increase beyond measure, bringing you into the rich revelation of spiritual insight in all things.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:9‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AND GIVING YOUR LIFE FOR ME  AT THE FINISHED WORK AT THE CROSS. I BELIEVE, SURRENDER AND  RECEIVE THE ABOUND OF YOUR LOVE - THE ABUNDANCE  - I DECLARE I AM ABOUND FULL WITH YOUR LOVE IN ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE ACCORDING TO v9  FOR I YIELD TO YOU ALL OF MY HEART!  LET YOUR LOVE GROW IN UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOU AND OF YOUR WILL BEYOND MEASURE IN ME. I  DECLARE THAT I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART, SOUL AND STRENGTH AND I LOVE MY NEIGHBOR AS MYSELF. . IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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WHAT IS AT THE TOP OF THE PRAYER OF PAUL? 

FAITH?

HOPE?

OTHER NEEDS? 

NO - BUT THE LOVE OF GOD - MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN ALL UNIVERSE AND EXISTENCE - CURRENCY OF HEAVEN - LOVE THAT GIVES IT ALL UNCONDITIONALLY - WITH NO EXPECTANCY OF RETURN  

WHAT MUST ABOUND MORE AND MORE IN THE BELIEVER? 

• GODS PERFECT LOVE COMES BY LETTING GO OF ITSELF AND YIELD TO JESUS - FOCUS - KEEP EYES ON THE ONE WHO IS ALIVE NOT ON THE DEAD HUMAN NATURE- DEAD TO SIN AND DEAD CRUCIFIED IN CHRIST 

ABOUND  - “all-around “ GREAT AMOUNT OF

• HEBREW - flow, discharge, abound, emanate, teem
• GREEK - abundant, beyond what is anticipated, exceeding expectation; "more abundant," going past the expected limit

Jn 10:10: "I came in order that they [believers] might continuously have life, even that they may continuously have it all-around  (abound)

FULL AND FLOW - all-around

• existing in or providing a great or plentiful quantity or supply It's simply full of …
• to be present in large numbers or in great quantity :
• to be copiously supplied —used with in or with

• to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
• to be rich or well supplied (usually fol. by in):
• to be filled; teem (usually fol. by with):

LOVE - REAL EXISTENCE AND PRACTICAL - LOVE HAS LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSION

BY ABOUNDING IN LOVE - 

ALL SAINTS ARE ABLE TO WALK IN 3 THINGS :

• RECOGNIZE WHAT IS EXCELLENT TREASURES OF GOD
• DISCERN WHAT IS GOOD
• BE PURE AND BLAMELESS   

THE LOVE (CURRENCY OF HEAVEN)  MAY ABOUND  - GROW DEEPER - REAL EXPERIENCE

ABOUND IN WHAT?

• REAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
• PRACTICAL REVELATION OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE
• WALK EXPERIENCING HIS LOVE FOR OTHERS

THERE IS NOTHING MORE RELEVANT  THAN TO KNOW JESUS AND RECEIVE REVELATION OF HIM WHO LOVED US FIRST AND CALLED US INTO HIMSELF

“so that you may learn to recognize and treasure what is excellent [identifying the best, “

“This will enable you to choose the most excellent way of all —becoming pure and without offense until the unveiling of Christ.”Philippians‬ ‭1:10‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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FATHER -  IN JESUS NAME , I BELIEVE,  RECEIVE AND SURRENDER TO BE FILLED WITH YOUR PERFECT LOVE THAT ENABLES ME TO DISCERN THE RIGHT AND MOST EXCELLENT WAY TO FOLLOW AS IT IS WRITTEN IN V10- I DECLARE YOUR LOVE IN ME MAKES ME PURE AND GIVES ME POWER TO WALK IN PURITY WITHOUT OFFENSE OR BEING CONTAMINATED BY THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. I DECREE I AM NEW CREATION PERFECTED IN LOVE WITH A YIELDED HEART TO YOU UNTIL THE UNVEILING OF CHRIST. - IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEM

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WHAT ENABLES ME TO CHOOSE WHAT IS BEST IF NOT TO BE ABOUNDED (full - all around) IN GODS LOVE?

WHAT MAKES MY SOUL PURE IF NOT  BY BEING FULL OF GODS LOVE?

HOW CAN I KEEP MY SOUL FREE FROM ATTACHMENTS AND WOUNDS OF THE PAST,  OFFENSE,  PRIDE OR SELFISH MOTIVES IF NOT BY BEING ABOUNDED  (FULL IN ABUNDANCE) IN GODS LOVE?

WE HAVE THE CHOICE  - TO EXAMINE - TO APPROVE - TO DISCERN WHEN WE ABOUND IN LOVE (FULL OF) 

ROOT WORD - ACCEPTED - PLEASING 

• FULL OF THE POWER OF LOVE TO BE ABLE TO:

TO LEARN WHAT ?

TO DISCERN WHAT ?

TO RECOGNIZED WHAT?

WHAT NEEDS TO BE TREASURED? 

WHAT IS EXCELLENT? 

• THAT GODS IS LOVE - HE LOVED US FIRST - WE NOW LOVE HIM WITH ALL HEARTS
• GOD FILL US WITH HIS LOVE WHEN WE SURRENDER ALL TO HIM 
• GODS PERFECT WILL AND WAYS THROUGH LOVE THAT IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN US 
• GODS THOUGHTS AND WAYS - BOUNDARIES SET
• KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND HIS MIGHTY POWER THAT RAISED HIS SON  FROM THE DEAD AND RAISED US AS WELL IN CHRIST 

“and distinguishing moral differences],”

• characteristic of one thing or person, so serving to identify it; distinctive:
• BE ABLE TO DISCERN*  
• MORAL LIFE - WALK WITH CHARACTER AND NATURE OF CHRIST IN US  - HUMBLENESS , MEEK AND TRUTH 

“and that you may be pure “

WHERE DO PURITY OF HEART AND SOUL COME FROM? 

HOW TO ACHIEVE AN EXCELLENT PROSPEROUS SOUL?   

• IT COMES FROM YIELDING TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO BE  ABOUNDING IN HIS LOVE LEARNING TO TREASURE WHAT IS EXCELLENT AND GOOD - DISCERN WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD
• HATE WHAT GOD HATES AND LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES

“and blameless until the day of Christ [actually living lives that lead others away from sin]; “

WHERE DOES BLAMELESS - NO MORE GUILT COME FROM?

• THROUGH THE POWER OF GODS LOVE - LIVE AND EXPERIENCE 

“filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God [so that His glory may be both revealed and recognized]. “

WHERE DOES BEING FILLED WITH  THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME FROM? 

OUT OF LOVE COMES:

• CONFIDENCE IN HIS  LOVE FOR US - WE ARE ONE WITH HIM - BOUND IN HIS LOVE
• A CONTRITE SPIRIT HUMBLED  HEART WILLING TO  SURRENDER ALL TO HIM 

TO WHICH PURPOSE? 

• GOD IS GLORIFIED THROUGH HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND HIS GLORY IS REVELED FOLLOWING JESUS AND LISTENING TO HIS VOICE 

“Now I want you to know, believers,”

WHAT DOES PAUL WANT THE BELIEVERS TO KNOW? WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW? 

PAUL’s  CURRENT STATUS IN PRISON

RESULT OF A LIFE SURRENDERED TO GODS WILL 

 “that what has happened to me [this imprisonment that was meant to stop me] has actually served to advance [the spread of] the good news [regarding salvation]. “

WHAT THE ENEMY INTENDED TO STOP THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL PUTTING PAUL IN PRISON AND TO DISCOURAGE THE FAITH OF BELIEVERS,  GOD CHANGED IT TO GOOD - PRISON SERVED TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL  INSTEAD OF BEING BLOCKED BEHIND BARS. GODS WAYS ARE HIGHER AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING EVEN PLACING PAUL IN PRISON. 

“My imprisonment in [the cause of] Christ has become common knowledge throughout the whole praetorian (imperial) guard and to everyone else. “

PAUL FULL OF GOD PRESENCE IN PRISON BECAME KNOWN BY THE GUARDS AND EVERYONE ELSE

WHY? BECAUSE GOD LOVES EVERYONE AND HE DOES NOT MAKE EXCEPTION OF ANY ONE TO SAVE. PAUL WAS SOLD OUT TO JESUS (BOUND-SERVANT) EQUIPPED TO

PREACH THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL EVEN IN PRISON TO THE WORSE PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY.

“Because of my chains [seeing that I am doing well and that God is accomplishing great things], “

EXAMPLE OF LOVE AND JOY OF BEING IN CHAINS ( REAL EXPERIENCE ) 

RESULT -> TO WITNESS THE RESURRECTION POWER OF THE WORKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PAUL

IN AFFLICTIONS GOD IS ACCOMPLISHING GREAT THINGS THROUGH PAUL 

“most of the brothers have renewed confidence in the Lord, “

WHAT DO CHAINS, SUFFERING AND PAIN IN CHRIST DO? 

• TEACH THAT GRACE OF GOD IS MORE THAN ENOUGH 
• THAT THE BURDEN/AFFLICTIONS OF CHRIST IS LIGHT AND NOT HEAVY - JESUS DID THE HEAVY LOAD AT THE CROSS
• IT RENEWED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LORD  

HOW DOES AFFLICTION CAN HELP AND RENEW CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD?  HIW THAT IS POSSIBLE?

• AS ONE IN CHRIST, HIS GRACE AND POWER IN US ARE REVEALED AND RELEASED IN EVERY PAINFUL SITUATION IF WE DO NOT LOOSE HEART, BUT BELIEVE AND RECEIVE HIS GRACE   
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FATHER - IIN JESUS NAME EVEN N THE MIDTS OF AFFLICTIONS, BY YOUR GRACE I DECLARE I WILL DRING THE CUP OF JOY AND THE CUP OF SUFFERING IN YOUR NAME!!! I DECLARE THAT I AM NOT ALONE, BUT THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS IN MY SPIRIT TO RELEASE YOUR GRACE IN ME THAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCES. I WILL REJOICE IN THE GOD OF MY SALVATION AS FOR WHAT THE ENEMY INTENDED FOR BAD , YOU CHANGED IT INTO GOOD. I DECREE THIS DAY THAT MY LOVE AND  CONFIDENCE IN YOU ARE RENEWED WITH FRESH OIL (Psalm 92:10) TO LIVE IN  CHRIST  AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS WITH ALL BOLDNESS  TO WHOEVER- I REJECT THE FEAR OF MEN AS TO BE REJECTED BY THEM - FOR I AM ACCEPTED IN FROM AND BY YOU - IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEM

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WHAT DID THIS CAUSE AMONG MOST BELIEVERS OF PAUL BEING IN PRISON?

IN TIMES OF AFFLICTION -  IT PRODUCED SWEET WORSHIP - RENEW CONFIDENCE IN THE LORD (TRUST)

• INNER MAN - SOUL BECOMES STRONG IN THE TRUST IN THE LORD - SOUL BEING HEALED

• the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust:synonyms

trust, belief, faith, credence, conviction, 

“and have far more courage to speak the word of God [concerning salvation] without fear [of the consequences,

• RENEWED MIND TOWARDS MORE COURAGE IS RELATED TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE WHAT JESUS DID AT THE CROSS - IT  GROWS FOR WHAT IS REAL INSIDE THE SOUL 
• AND WHAT IS FROM SIN AND FLESH LIKE FEAR OF MEN ARE REMOVED NOT EXISTENT  IN A HEALED SOUL - NEW CREATION OF GOF

WORKED FROM INSIDE OUT - EXPRESSION OF BOLDNESS THAT COMES FROM INNER MAN - HEALED AND STRONG SOUL BY THE LOVE AND GRACE OF JESUS

• NO FEAR TO SPEAK THE TRUTH - WORD OF GOD - EVEN IF BELIEVERS COULD END AS PAUL IN PRISON

“seeing that God can work His good in all circumstances]. @

GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING - HE IS NOT CAUGHT BY SURPRISE - HE CHANGES ALL THINGS INTO GOOD AT THE END FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM

• WE CAN SEE GOD IS AT WORK IN ALL TIMES AND THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE

“So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose.” Romans‬ ‭8:28‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“Some, it is true, are [actually] preaching Christ out of envy and rivalry [toward me—for no better reason than a competitive spirit or misguided ambition], but others out of goodwill and a loyal spirit [toward me]. “

SOME BELIEVERS HAD MISGUIDED MOTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL - 

NEED ATTENTION? 

NEED OF RECOGNITION? POPULARITY? 

CENTER STAGE?

THESE ARE SIGNS OF A SOUL THAT NEEDS HEALING AND STOP FOCUSING IN ITSELF - SELF CENTERED 

• OTHER BELIEVERS - SURRENDERED ALL WITH  HUMBLE WITH  GOODWILL AND LOYAL SPIRIT - MOTIVES OF THE PURE HEART - SOUL HEALED WITH NO NEED FOR ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES

“The latter [preach Christ] out of love, because they know that I have been put here [by God on purpose] for the defense of the gospel; “

IT IS OUT OF SURRENDERED LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PREACH IN LOVE

• AUTHORITY TO SPEAK THE TRUTH ONLY EXISTS WHERE THERE IS LOVE
• NO LOVE NO AUTHORITY

THERE IS NO AFFECT OR PURPOSE OR AUTHORITY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL WITHOUT LOVE

LOVE IS CURRENCY OF HEAVEN AND ALL THINGS SHOULD BE DONE OUT OF LOVE - HEART YIELDED TO LOVE

“but the former preach Christ [insincerely] out of selfish ambition [just self-promotion], thinking that they are causing me distress in my imprisonment. “

MOTIVATION  - OUT OF SELF AMBITION - SELF PROMOTION

WHAT KIND OF MOTIVATION  DO THEY HAVE TO THINK THAT THEY ARE CAUSING MORE DISTRESS TO PAUL? HE IS IN PRISON SUFFERING ALREADY - 

• PEOPLE MOTIVATED BY PRIDE OF LIFE OUT OF ISSUES OF THE HEART - SELF AMBITION, SELF CENTERED AND PRIDE 

“What then [does it matter]? So long as in every way, whether in pretense [for self-promotion] or in all honesty [to spread the truth], Christ is being preached; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice [later as well], “

PAUL STILL REJOICED!!! WHY? GOSPEL WAS STILL BEING PREACHED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

“for I know [with confidence] that this will turn out for my deliverance and spiritual well-being, “

PAUL SAW WITH ETES OF FAUTH  THE FUTURE HOPEFUL WHERE ALL THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD TURN OUT TO HIS DELIVERANCE AND SPIRITUAL WELL BEING - HE WAS SURE OF HIS DELIVERANCE (SOUL) - AND GROWTH OF HIS SPIRITUAL WELL BEING - HIS SOUL WAS HEALED AND FREE OF ANY OFFENSE OR GUILT WHICH RESULTED IN HIS  SPIRIT BEING RENEWED 

HOW?

“through your prayers and the [superabundant] supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ [which upholds me]. “

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANK YOU FOR I BELONG TO YOU AND TO THE FAMILY OF GOD  - I AM CHOSEN AS YOUR CHILD - PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH - I SURRENDER ALL - GUARD MY HEART AWAY FROM BEING OFFENDED, OR PRIDEFUL OR SELF CENTERED  - THANKS FOR THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS - I DECLARE IN MY LIFE THE SUPERABUNDANCE SUPPLY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT SUSTAINS (

confirm, endorse, sustain, validate, ratify,) ME - YOU ARE MY PROVIDER AND IN YOU I TRUST- IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEM

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WHAT IS THE SECRET TO UPHOLD US IN TIMES OF TRIALS? 

• PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ( WE DO NOT WIN ALONE)
• SUPPLY OF THE SPIRIT OF JESUS - SUSTAINS PAUL - GRACE AND PEACE OF GOD

SIPPLY 

• a stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource: 
• synonyms
  stock, store, reserve, reservoir, stockpile,

“It is my own eager expectation and hope, that [looking toward the future] 

“I will not disgrace myself nor be ashamed in anything, “

PAUL IS IN GREAT EXPECTATION - HE WILL NOT SIN OR DISGRACE OR ASHAMED IN ANYTHING - 

HOW? 

HIS SPIRITUAL EYES ALREADY SEE THE HOPE OF A BETTER FUTURE AND HIS SOUL IS HEALED AND SAFE IN GODS HANDS

“but that with courage and the utmost freedom of speech, even now as always, “

WHAT DID PAUL OBTAIN BY DRINKING THE CUP OF JOY AND  AFFLICTIONS?

• CHRIST IS EXALTED AND MAGNIFIED THROUGH HIS  LIFE 
• COURAGE
• FREEDOM OF SPEECH

“Christ will be magnified and exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. “

THE END PURPOSE - JESUS BE GLORIFIED IN LIFE OR DEATH

PAUL WILL MAGNIFY CHRIST. HOW?

IN HIS SURRENDER ALL TO CHRIST BEING IN SUFFERING FOR CHRIST IN THE BODY - ALIVE OR NOT 

“For to me, to live is Christ [He is my source of joy, my reason to live] “

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS MY WHOLE LIFE IS YOURS BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD OF YOUR SON - I DECLARE AND BELIEVE THAT TO LIVE THIS LIFE IN ETERNITY IS CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU ARE MY SOURCE OF JOY AND MY REASON TO LIVE -  TO DIE FOR THIS BODY IS ALSO GAIN TO BE IN  ETERNITY WITH YOU - IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEM

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WHAT IS TO LIVE FOR PAUL? 

• BE IN JESUS AS HIS SOURCE IN THIS CHRONO TIME OF MEN

WHAT IS TO DIE FOR PAUL? 

• TO BE WITH JESUS IN ETERNITY - ETERNAL TIME OF GOD

“and to die is gain [for I will be with Him in eternity]. “

“If, however, it is to be life here and I am to go on living, this will mean useful and productive service for me; 

PAUL ALIVE WILL BE USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE 

“so I do not know which to choose [if I am given that choice]. “

PAULS HAS FEELINGS IN HIS SOUL OF LEAVING TO BE WITH JESUS,  BUT ALSO TO  STAY FOR THE GOSPEL AND THE SAINTS  

“But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better; 

“yet to remain in my body is more necessary and essential for your sake.“

AS FOR THE SAINTS IS MORE NECESSARY FOR PAUL TO BE IN HIS BODY FOR NOW

“Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,”

PAUL’s TIME TO BE PROMOTED TO HEAVEN HAD NOT ARRIVED YET -,SO HE WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON:

• SAINTS PROGRESS  IN JOY IN THE FAITH

“so that your rejoicing for me may overflow in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again. “

GREATER JOY OF THE SAINTS TO BE ABLE TO SEE PAUL AGAIN - OVERFLOW IN CHRIST

“Only [be sure to] lead your lives in a manner [that will be] worthy of the gospel of Christ,”

WHAT DOES PAUL WANT THE SAINTS TO BE SURE ABOUT? HOW SHOULD THE LIVES BE LEAD BY? 

PAUL IS CONCERN ABOUT THE LIFE MANNER OF THE BRETHREN - 

• TO WALK IN HOLINESS WITH NO PROVISION TO THE FLESH 

HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES? WHAT IS TO LIVE WORTHY OF THE GODPEL OF CHRIST? HOW?

• LIVE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST (PATH OF LIGHT, TRUTH , RIGHTEOUSNESS)    BY YIELDING AND BEING  LEAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO TEACHES US ALL  THINGS
• BE OBEDIENT AND PRACTICE ALL THE TRUTH WE HAVE HEARD, SEEN AND LEARNED 
• AS JESUS GAVE HIS ALL WE GIVE OUR ALL - NOT HALF OR MOST OF IT, BUT ALL SURRENDER - HOW CAN WE LIVE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL IF NOT TOTALLY SURRENDERED?
• WORRHY
• deserving, good, meritorious

“so that whether I do come and see you or remain absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit [and one purpose], “

WHAT DOES PAUL EXPECT TO FIND AMONG THE SAINTS?

• TO STAND STRONG FIRM  IN ONE SPIRIT AND ONE PURPOSE

“with one mind striving side by side [as if in combat] for the faith of the gospel. “

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS I SURRENDER ALL TO BE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. NO COMPROMISES OR PROVISION TO THE FLESH.  THANKS FOR FORMING IN US A HEART OF OBEDIENCE AND FAITHFULNESS TO YOU TO BE WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL. I BELIEVE  AND DECLARE WE ARE ONE IN YOU AND THAT WE STAND STRONG IN ONE SPIRIT AND ONE PURPOSE AS THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE EARTH.  I DECLARE WE ARE ONE MIND FIGHTING THE FIGHT OF  FAITH SIDE BY SIDE WITH NO FEAR IN COMBAT FOR THE FAITH OF THE GOSPEL -  IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEM

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• ONE MIND - SAME FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING - SIDE BY SIDE 
• LOVE THE CHURCH - LOVE THE BODY EVEN IF IT IS NOT PERFECT 
• DO NOT AGREE WITH SIN, BUT LOVE AND SEE WITH GODS EYES HIS FAMILY

FOR WHAT? WHAT PURPOSE?

• FAITH OF THE GOSPEL

“And in no way be alarmed or intimidated [in anything] by your opponents, “

THE OPPOSITION WILL COME - BUT A DEAD SURRENDERED SOUL DOES NOT COMPLAIN OR NEGOTIATE WITH GOD AND HIS WAYS

• N CHRIST THERE IS NO FEAR OR INTIMATION BEFORE THE OPPONENTS
• GOD IS LOVE AND LOVE WINS ALL
• FORGIVE AND LOVE YOUR ENEMIES WITH GODS LOVE
• NO WAY TO BE INTIMIDATED OR ALARMED
•   having a frightening, overawing, or threatening effect

HOW?

“for such [constancy and fearlessness on your part] is a [clear] sign [a proof and a seal] for them of [their impending] destruction, 

• IN CHRIST WITH CONSTANT FEARLESS HEART FULL WITH THE DYNAMOS POWER, WITH  LOVE AND OF SOUND MIND INSIDE
• RESULTS IN CLEAR SIGN OF THEIR OWN QUICK DESTRUCTION - WHO CAN BE AGAINST GOD AND NOT BE REMOVED AND DESTROYED? 

“but [a clear sign] for you of deliverance and salvation, and that too, from God. “

• AS FOR THE SAINTS THE FEARLESS HEART FULL OF LOVE (FEARLESS LOVE HEART)  IS SIGN OF DELIVERANCE AND SALVATION FROM THE FATHER 

“For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake, not only to believe and confidently trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, “

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FATHER - IN JESUS NAME I THANK YOU NOT FOR NOT ONLY GRANTING ME FAITH TO BELIEVE AND CONFIDENTLY TRUST IN YOU , BUT ALSO FOR THE LOVE AND GRACE YOU POURED IN MY HEART TO PATIENTLY  ENDURE AND SUFFER FOR CHRIST . GIVE ME A FEARLESS LOVE HEART TOWARDS YOU AND OTHERS THAT LOVES WHAT YOU LOVE AND HATE WHAT YOU HATE!  IN JESUS NAME AMEN

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WHAT HAVE THE SAINTS RECEIVE ? WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN FROM THE FATHER TO HIS CHILDREN?

2 KEY POWERFUL ELEMENTS FOR CHRIST SAKE 

• TO BELIEVE AND CONFIDENTLY TRUST IN HIM 
• TO SUFFER FOR HIS NAME (BOUND SERVANT FOR ETERNITY) IN TOTAL LOVE AND SURRENDER

SUFFER

• experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)
  synonyms
  hurt, ache, be in pain, feel pain, be racked with pain, ... more
• tolerate:

CHRIST SAKE

• for the purpose of; in the interest of; in order to achieve or preserve: 
  
  synonyms
  cause, purpose, reason, aim, end, 
• out of consideration for or in order to help someone:

“and so you are] experiencing the same [kind of] conflict which you saw me endure, and which you hear to be mine now.”  Philippians‬ ‭1:1-30‬ ‭AMP‬‬

SAINTS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING WHAT PAUL IS GOING THROUGH - THEY FIRST SAW THEN NOW LIVE THE CONFLICT FOR CHRIST SAKE

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CHAPTER 2  

“Therefore if there is any encouragement and comfort in Christ [as there certainly is in abundance], if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship [that we share] in the Spirit, if [there is] any [great depth of] affection and compassion, 

IF ANY OF THESE ARE PRESENT, WHAT IS PAUL SAYING? 

1 - encouragement and comfort in Christ 

2 - any consolation of love

3 - any fellowship [that we share] in the Spirit,

4 - great depth of] affection and compassion, 

SPHERE OF THE SOUL AND SPIRIT

1 - COMFORT TO THE SOUL-WILL

2 - COMFORT TO THE SOUL-EMOTIONS

3 - FELLOWSHIP IN THE SPIRIT  

4 - GREATER DEPTHS - GREATER HUNGER OF MORE OF HIS LOVE - FOR OTHERS WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GODS LOVE

OTHER VERSION TPT

““Look at how much encouragement you’ve found in your relationship with the Anointed One! You are filled to overflowing with his comforting love. You have experienced a deepening friendship with the Holy Spirit and have felt his tender affection and mercy.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:1‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANK YOU FOR IN CHRIST I RECEIVE COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT - JESUS YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING - THANK YOU FOR I BELIEVE , SURRENDER AND RECEIVE YOUR OVERFLOWING LOVE POURED IN MY SOUL THROUGH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT - I BELIEVE AND RECEIVE YOUR MERCY, AFFECTIONS AND TENDERNESS TOWARDS YOU AND OTHERS  - IN JESUS NAME AMEM! 

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“make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love [toward one another], knit together in spirit, intent on one purpose [and living a life that reflects your faith and spreads the gospel—the good news regarding salvation through faith in Christ]. “

PAUL’s JOY AS A SPIRITUAL FATHER IS COMPLETE - SATISFYING WHEN:

• HAVE SAME HEART OF GOD - UNCONDITIONAL LOVE TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER
• UNITED IN SPIRIT (DEEPER THAN SOULSH  REALM)
• LIVE INTENTIONALLY ON ONE PURPOSE IN LIFE 
• LIVE OF LIFE OF FAITH SHARING THE GOOD NEWS 

BASED UPON THE SAME UNITY OF THE SAINTS IN THEIR SOULS

• MIND
• SAME LOVE
• KNIT TOGETHER IN SPIRIT
• INTENT IN ONE PURPOSE  
• LIFE OF FAITH SPREADING THE GOSPEL 

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit [through factional motives, or strife], but with [an attitude of] humility [being neither arrogant nor self-righteous], regard others as more important than yourselves. “

“Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 

WHAT IS NOT THE WILL AND PLEASING TO GOD THE FATHER?

WHAT NOT TO DO?

WOUNDED SOUL THAT NEEDS HEALING AND TO BE FREE OF  :

• BEING SELFISH - ME CENTER
• EMPTY CONCEPT - TOO MUCH PRIDE - FOOLISH
• WRONG MOTIVES - STRIFE
• ARROGANT
• PRIDEFUL
• SELF RIGHTEOUS
• ATITUTE OF BEING ABOVE OTHERS
• SEEK OWN INTERESTS 
• FEAR OF BEING LEFT BEHIND OR REJECTED

WHAT IS RIGHT TO DO?

• WHAT IS THE CORRECT POSITION OF THE SOUL? 

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF A HEALED SOUL? 

• HUMILITY ATITUTE 
• NOT ARROGANT
• NOT SELF RIGHTEOUS
• PLACE OTHERS ABOVE MYSELF
• SEEK INTERESTS OF OTHERS 
• SAME ATITUTE OF SELFLESS AND HUMBLE AS JESUS
• SOUL THAT FORGIVES 

“Have this same attitude in yourselves which was in Christ Jesus [look to Him as your example in selfless humility], “

WHO IS THE EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW?

• JESUS - SAME ATITUTE AS HIS
• SELFLESS HUMILITY
• THOUGHT OF OTHERS

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANK YOU FOR I AM NEW CREATION IN YOU. I BELIEVE, SURRENDER AND WALK IN THE DIVINE NATURE OF CHRIST THROUGH OUT MY LIFE IN FAITH - THANK YOU FOR HEALING  MY SOUL COMPLETELY AT THE FINISH WORK OF THE CROSS AND BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS AND OPERATES IN ME. THANK YOU FOR YOU CREATED IN ME A CLEAN SOUL AND RENEWED IN ME A STRONG SPIRIT. YOU SET ME FREE OF ALL SELFISH, WRONG MOTIVES - STRIFE, ARROGANCE, PRIDE, SELF RIGHTEOUS, ATITUTE OF BEING ABOVE OTHERS, SEEKING MY OWN INTERESTS , ADDICTIONS, AND MUCH MORE- I LIVE NOW IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST IN   HUMILITY - I AM TOTAL YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE - LOVER OF MY SOUL IN JESUS NAME AMEN

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WHO WAS JESUS?

“who, although He existed in the form and unchanging essence of God [as One with Him, possessing the fullness of all the divine attributes—the entire nature of deity], 

HE WAS FULLY GOD - ONE WITH GOD BUT HE DID NOT REGARD AS GOD AS THE FATHER 

“did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped or asserted [as if He did not already possess it, or was afraid of losing it]; “

WHAT DID JESUS DO IN HUMILITY AND SELFLESS? 

“but emptied Himself [without renouncing or diminishing His deity, 

but only temporarily giving up the outward expression of divine equality and His rightful dignity] “

• EMPTIED  HIMSELF OF HIS RIGHTFUL DIGNITY - BUT DID NOT RENOUNCE HIS DEITY - HIS IDENTY AS THE SON OF GOD 
• ONE THING JESUS DID NOT RENOUNCE OR GAVE UP WAS HIS SONSHIP - INTIMACY WITH THE FATHER - ALL THE REST HE EMPTIED HIMSELF  
• AS JESUS WE LIVE AND WALK IN HUMILITY AND IN SURRENDER TO HIS WILL, BUT WE DO NOT RENOUNCE OUR BIRTH RIGHT AS CHILD OF GOD - THE ENEMY WILL TRY EVERYTHING TO CONVINCE US TO NOT BELIEVE OR NOT HONOR  OUR SONSHIP CREATED AS IMAGE OF GOD

“by assuming the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men [He became completely human but was without sin, being fully God and fully man]. “

• JESUS BECAME BOND SERVANT TO THE FATHER
• MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF MEN - COMPLETE HUMAN 
• BUT WITH NO SIN
• FULLY GOD FULLY MAN
• NEVER NEGOTIATED HIS INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER 
• INTIMATE IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER UNTIL THE CROSS AND AFTER THE CROSS

“After He was found in [terms of His] outward appearance as a man [for a divinely-appointed time], He humbled Himself [still further] by becoming obedient [to the Father] to the point of death, even death on a cross. “

• JESUS OBEDIENCE COST HIM WHAT HE CHERISHED AND LOVED THE MOST - HIS SONSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER - WHO HE SAW, SPOKE AND DID  ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF  THE FATHER SEEING, SAYING AND DOING - 

JESUS  KNEW HIS ASSIGNMENT AND THAT HE CAME TO DIE IN OBEDIENCE TO THE FATHER

“For this reason also [because He obeyed and so completely humbled Himself], God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, “

FOR WHAT REASON DID HE DO ALL THIS ? TO EXALT AND GLORFY HIS FATHER IN HUMBLE AND OBEDIENCE HEART - TO DO WHAT PLEASES THE FATHER - BRING  HIS PEOPLE HE CREATED TO HIMSELF  (JEWS AND GENTLES)  BY THE BLOOD OF HIS SON - THE LAMB THAT PAID IT ALL AT THE CROSS - FOR HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH - ETERNAL TEMPLE NOT MADE OF HUMAN HANDS, BUT OF GOD.

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF BEING HUMBLE AND OBEDIENCE?

• THE FATHER IS FAITHFUL TO EXALT AND HONOR HIS CHILDREN WHO ARE IN CHRIST OF HUMBLE HEART - THE FATHER HONORS THOSE WHO HONORS JESUS

“so that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow [in submission], of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, “

JESUS NAME IS ABOVE ALL

• SUBMISSION TO JESUS NOT FREELY ON EARTH, HEAVEN AND UNDER THE EARTH
• SUBMIT FREELY IN SURRENDER AND IN LOVE TODAY OR SUBMIT NOT FREELY IN THE FUTURE DURING JUDGEMENT BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD

“and that every tongue will confess and openly acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord (sovereign God), to the glory of God the Father. “

JESUS CHRIST HOLINESS AND SACRIFICE WILL DEMAND

• CONFESSION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF  HIM
• THERE IS ONLY ONE KING AND LORD

WHY ? JESUS COMMITMENT IS TO GLORIFY THE FATHER AND HE WILL MAKE SURE THIS WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ANGELS AT HIS COMMAND SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE WEED  

“So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed [my instructions with enthusiasm], not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, “

FULL OBEDIENCE BE IN PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF PRESENT AUTHORITY - GOD SEES ALL 

EVE WITH THE ABSENCE OF ADAM AUTHORITY TO STOP HER , SHE STILL GAVE ATTENTION TO THE VOICE OF THE DEVIL  

ADAM IN RETURN GAVE VOICE TO EVE AND NOT TO THE ORDER OF GOD

“continue to work out your salvation [that is, cultivate it, bring it to full effect, actively pursue spiritual maturity] “

WHAT DOES “WORK OUT OUR SALVATION” MEAN? 

SALVATION OF WHAT? 

MATURITY OF WHAT? 

BODY ,SOUL OR SPIRIT? 

• WORK OUT  SALVATION OF THE SOUL TO BE HEALED AND STRENGTHEN TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE OF SOUL - WILL, MIND AND EMOTIONS
• SPIRIT AND BODY CANNOT BE SAVED SINCE : 
• THE BODY RETURNS TO DUST AND THE SPIRIT OF MAN RETURNS BACK TO GOD (Ecclesiastics 12:7)  “For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.”

WORK OUT:

• To shape or forge: ( FIRE HAMMER  WATER)
• Cultivate - NURTURE
• PURSUE SPIRITUAL MATURITY 
• SUBMIT SOUL TO THE SPIRIT WHICH IS NEW, REVIVED,  UNITED WITH HOLY SPIRIT
• SOUL NEEDS HEALING - NEEDS LIGHT - REVELATION OF THE TRUTH ( MIND, WILL ,EMOTIONS)

WORK OUT BY BELIEVING AND RECEIVING GODS WORD - THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD BRINGS HEALING AND MATURITY

BURN BRIDGES OF THE PAST AND PURSUE JESUS WITH ALL HEART

BELIEVE ON:

• THE COMPLETE WORK OF THE CROSS “ “by Your stripes we are healed” , 
• THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS 
• THE FLOW OF THE DYNAMOS POWER  - SAME RESURRECTION POWER IN US) 

“with awe-inspired fear and trembling [using serious caution and critical self-evaluation to avoid anything that might offend God or discredit the name of Christ]. “

• CONSTANT SELF EVALUATION - JUDGE MYSELF 
• WALK IN THE SPIRIT ON THE FEAR OF THE LORD
• BE INTENTIONAL, PURPOSE ,  VIGILANT AND DO NOT GRIEVE OR OFFEND THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH THOUGHTS, WORDS OR DEEDS  

“For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, 

WHERE DOES THE EFFECTIVE WORK IN MY SOUL COME FROM? 

• IT IS GOD BY THE DWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO IS AT WORK DAILY IN ME HEALING MY SOUL - EMOTIONS WILL AND MIND - GODS LOVE IN ME HEALING THE SOUL

“both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure. “

IT COMES FROM GOD THE GOOD WILL AND THE STRENGTH TO WORK 

• THE STRENGTH AND GRACE COME FROM HIM
• THE ENERGIZING - DYNAMOS POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES FROM HIM
• THE LONGING TO KNOW HIM AND TO FULFILL MY PURPOSE THAT COMES FROM HIM   

• ALL FOR HIS GLORY AND PLEASURE
• I WAS MADE FOR HIS DELIGHT AND WE WERE MADE TO DELIGHT IN HIM AS WELL
• I WAS MADE ALSO TO CARRY HIS PRESENCE AND WALK WITH HIM

“Do everything without murmuring or questioning [the providence of God], “

WHAT AFFECTS NEGATIVELY WITH   MY WALK WITH GOD? 

WHAT CAN AFFECT THE GLORY AND DELIGHT WITH HIM ? WHAT CAN HINDER THE PURPOSE OF OUR CALLING?

• EVEN SMALL NEGATIVE THOUGHT  IN ACTION AND WORDS INFLUENCED BY THE FLESH WITH FREQUENCY SOUND OF MURMUR - THOUGHT OF COMPLAINS OF LIFE EVEN MORE TEMPTATION THEY ARE
• NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, WORDS AND DEEDS WITH BAD ATITUTE 

• MURMURING 

• -IT IS NOT A FREQUENCY OR SOUND OF HEAVEN, BUT DEVIL
•  A low, indistinct, continuous sound: An indistinct, whispered, or confidential complaint; a mutter.
• An abnormal sound, usually emanating from the heart, that sometimes indicates a diseased condition.
• COMES FROM A WOUNDED SOUL THAT NEEDS HEALING - NEEDS GODS LOVE

“so that you may prove yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you are seen as bright lights [beacons shining out clearly] in the world [of darkness], “

• HOW DO  WE PROVE OURSELVES BLAMELESS CHILDREN OF GOD IN A CORRUPTED WORLD?
• HOW SHOULD WE BE SEEN IN THIS WORLD OF DARKNESS? 

• DEPEND TOTALLY IN GOD FOR IS HE WHO KEEPS US PURE IN HIS LOVE
• IN ALL OF GODS PROVISION NEVER COMPLAIN OR MURMUR 
• BE VIGILANT OF THE THOUGHTS AND WORDS THAT COME OUT OF THE MOUTH
• LET HIS LIGHT IS IN US COME FORTH BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - DYNAMOS POWER - LET IT SHINE BRIGHTER AND DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING NEGLIGENT OF HIS PRESENCE AND GOODNESS  

“holding out and offering to everyone the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to rejoice greatly because I did not run [my race] in vain nor labor without result. “

• STAND STRONG IN THE TRUTH AND HOLD ON TIGHT  IN THE TRUTH  IN LOVE
• OFFER AND NEVER STOP SPEAKING THE TRUTH OF WORD OF LIFE TO EVERYONE IN LOVE
• LOVE WINS ALL

PAUL WILL SEE THAT HE DID NOT RUN THE RACE OF FAITH IN VAIN

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS - THANK YOU FOR  I AM TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON YOU - YOU WORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD. I DECLARE MY THOUGHTS, MY WORDS AND DEEDS ARE SAFE AWAY FROM ANY THOUGHT OR FREQUENCY OR SOUND OF COMPLAINT OR MURMURING FROM YOUR PROVISION AND WORK IN ME.  I AM YOUR CHILD BLAMELESS BY THE POWER OF BLOOD OF YOUR SON JESUS. I DECLARE THE  LOVE AND LIGHT OF CHRIST IN ME SHINES BRIGHTER EVERYDAY TO EVERYONE TO SEE GIVING  GLORY TO YOUR NAME - IN THE NAME OF JESUS

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“But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith [for preaching the message of salvation], still I rejoice and share my joy with you all. 

• EVEN BY DRINKING THE CUP OF SUFFERING AND PAIN FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FAITH OF OTHERS, PAUL SHARES HIS JOY WITH OTHERS. LOVE IS THE REASON! 

“You too, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me.”

• PAUL ALSO IS ABLE IN JESUS TO DRINK THE CUP OF JOY AND SHARE TOGETHER WITH THE BRETHREN 

“But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I may also be encouraged by learning news about you. “

For I have no one else [like him who is] so kindred a spirit who will be genuinely concerned for your [spiritual] welfare. 

• TIMOTHY’S HEART FOR THE SAINTS - KIND SPIRIT CONCERNED FOR OTHERS 

For the others [who deserted me after my arrest] all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 

• SAY TO BE BELIEVERS , BUT WHEN PERSECUTION CAME THEY ABANDONED PAUL
• PEOPLE SEEKING THEIR OWN INTERESTS NOT OF CHRIST WILL FLEE WHEN FIRE ARRIVES  

“But you know of Timothy’s tested worth and his proven character, that he has served with me to advance the gospel like a son serving with his father. “

• TIMOTHY WAS FAITHFUL
• TESTED WORTH
• PROVEN CHARACTER

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FATHER - IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I YIELD MY HEART TO BE TEACHABLE  AND TO BE FOUND FAITHFUL UNTIL THE END. TEST ME AND PRUNE ME - LET ME NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN  - FILL ME WITH YOUR LOVE AND BUILD YOUR CHARACTER IN ME FORGED BY THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  IN JESUS NAME AMEM

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Therefore, I hope [that it is His will] to send him immediately, just as soon as I see how my case turns out; 

PAUL WAITS FOR HIS CASE, BUT HIS CASE IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN

“and I trust [confidently] in the Lord that soon I also will be coming to you. “

IN TRIALS TRUST AND LOVE ARE KEY FOR GOD IS GOOD AND FAITHFUL

“However, I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, [who has been] my brother and companion and fellow soldier, who was also sent as your messenger to take care of my needs. 

“

BROTHER IN CHRIST

“For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. “

Epaphroditus BEING ATTACKED - AS HE ALIGNED WITH PAUL - SOUL ISSUES GIVING SPACE TO THE ENEMY? 

He certainly was sick and close to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. 

GODS MERCY SET HIM FREE OF DEATH FOR PAULS ACCOUNT ALSO

So I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less Qconcerned about you. 

PAUL SELFLESS HEART TO SERVE OTHERS 

Welcome him home in the Lord with great joy, and appreciate and honor men like him; 

JOY OF BEING UNITED IN CHRIST

because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me [which distance prevented you from rendering personally].”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:1-30‬ ‭AMP‬‬

GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE WORK OF CHRIST SERVICING PAUL 

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CHAPTER 3 

“FOR THE rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him. 

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS - AT THE END MY DELIGHT IS IN YOU AND IN YOU ALONE - I WILL CONTINUE REJOICING FOR I AM IN YOU - BY YOUR LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE  I AM IN YOU AND YOU ARE IN ME - IN JESUS NAME AMEN

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AT THE END WHAT REALLY MATTERS? WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE? 

AFTER ALL - DO WHAT?

DELIGHT IN THE LORD  - LOVE HIM WITH ALL HEART

WHAT IS TO DELIGHT OURSELVES IN THE LORD? 

• BE SATISFIED IN THE LORD AND NEVER STOP LOVING HIM - ALLOW THE FLOW OF A JOYFUL LIFE BY EATING - BAKING THE BREAD AND DRINKING THE WINE OF GOD - EXPERIENCING THE REVELATION AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE

WHAT IS THE SOURCE TO CONTINUE  REJOICING?

• LIVE IN GODS HOPE - JOYFUL TRUSTING GOD WILL COME THROUGH  DWELLING IN CHRIST AS WE ARE THE HOPE OF GLORY IN HIM
• NEVER STOP CARRYING HIS GLORY - HIS PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY

“To keep writing to you [over and over] of the same things is not irksome to me, and it is [a precaution] for your safety. “

WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT THAT CAN AFFECT OUR SOUL? WHAT IS TO LOOK OUT?

Look out for those dogs [Judaizers, legalists], look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 

DOGS - THOSE RELIGIOUS SPIRITS DRIVING SOULS TO EAT THEIR OWN VOMIT  - JUST LIKE 400 WORSHIPPERS OF BAAL WHO MUTILATED THEIR FLESH TO CALL DEVILS ATTENTION WHO IS POWERLESS BEFORE THE LIGHT OF GOD - CIRCUMCISION OF THE FLESH BUT NOT OF THE HEART  - SOUL

WE PRIDE IN THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS - FOR HIS DEATH IS OUR DEATH - HIS RESURRECTION IS OUR RESURRECTION  - NO MORE LIES RELIGIOUS CONTROLLING DRIVING SPIRITS - OUR CIRCUMCISION IS IN OUR INNER MAN - IN THE SOUL(EMOTIONS, WILL AND MIND) TO WORSHIP HIM NOT OTHER IDOLS

BIBLE PROVES THAT WE HAVE A 

 SOUL COMPRISED OF MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS 

MIND - Proverbs 2:10, Proverbs 19:21 and 24:14 , Psalm 139:14 , Psalm 13:2, . Lamentations 3:20

WILL - Job 7:15 and 6:7 , First Chronicles 22:19

EMOTIONS  - Song of Songs 1:7 , Psalm 42:1, Second Samuel 5:8, Psalm 107:18, Ezekiel 36:5 , Isaiah 61:10 , Psalm 86:4 , Deuteronomy 14:26 and Jeremiah 22:27 

“For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, “

WHAT IS THE TRUE CIRCUMCISION? 

IT IS ALL ABOUT WORSHIP - WHO TO WORSHIP AND HOW TO WORSHIP  

THOSE : 

“who worship God in spirit “

• CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART IS PROVEN BY A SOUL AND SPIRIT TOUCHED BY GOD THAT WORSHIPS HIM IN THE SPIRIT - NOT IN THE SOUL OR BODY - THESE FOLLOW WHAT IS INITIATED IN THE SPIRIT
• WHERE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS THERE IS FREEDOM FROM THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION AND TRADITIONS OF MEN 

“and by the Spirit of God “

• CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART IS TRUE AND CONFIRMED BY A HEALED SOUL AND ANOINTED SPIRIT THAT WORSHIP GOD BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD  
• THERE IS NO TRUE WORSHIP WITHOUT BEING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO IS THE ONLY WHO CAN GIVE US FREEDOM FROM ANY INFLUENCE OF EVIL SPIRITS AND OF THE FLESH. ONLY THEN WE ARE ABLE TO WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRIT FOR HE IS SPIRIT 

IT IS IN HIM FROM HIM AND FOR HIM ALL THINGS - JESUS IS THE ONE WHO WE WORSHIP BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD

“and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, “

• CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART IS CONFIRMED BY A SPIRIT , SOUL AND BODY  THAT  SURRENDERS TO A LIFE OF JOY OF EXULTING , GLORIFYING AND PRIDING THE LIFE IN JESUS 

WE PRAISE AND PRIDE ON WHAT HE HAS DONE - AND IN WHAT HE HAS MADE US TO BE - TRUE WORSHIPERS IN THE SPIRIT 

WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING SINCE  HE DID IT ALL AT THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS. 

PRAYER AND FASTING CAN BECOME A RELIGIOUS RITUAL THAT BRING THE CURSE OF GOD IF NOT MIXED WITH  FAITH.  

WITH FAITH,  JOY AND THANKSGIVING FLOURISH IN A  HUMBLE SOUL BEFORE HIM, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE BLESSING OF FUTURE TO THE CURRENT PRESENT AND TO BREAK EVIL SPIRITS OF CONTROL 

“and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances– “

ANY CONFIDENCE OR DEPENDENCY OR WORK OR EFFORT TO DO ANY ACCOMPLISHMENT  OR TO SERVE OR WORSHIP GOD BY THE FLESH OR SOUL ARE ALREADY DOOMED AND DESTROYED

ANY PERFORMANCE OR THOUGHT OR SELF PROMOTION ON EXTERNAL APPEARANCE IS FUTIL  

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS - I THANK YOU FOR YOU HAVE CIRCUMCISED MY HEART AND SOUL THROUGH YOU SON - YOU ARE MY ONLY WORSHIP THAT I WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT DWELLS IN ME . I EXALT AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME FOREVER. THERE IS NO TRACE OF CONFIDENCE OR DEPENDENCY ON THE FLESH WHICH HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.  NO MORE SELF CENTERED OR NEED OF EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE, BUT ONLY HUMBLE HEART SOLD OUT IN LOVE TO YOU - IN JESUS NAME AMEN

Though for myself I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. 

If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more! 

PAUL WAS A VERY ZELOUS PERSON WHO WOULD BE ABOVE OTHERS CASE SOMEONE WOULD BOAST ON ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FLESH - HE DID NOT BUT CONSIDERED HIS OWN LIFE AND EFFORTS AS GARBAGE BEFORE THE GRACE AND TRUTH OF JESUS  

“Circumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [and the son] of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of [the party of] the Pharisees, “

PAUL ZELOUS LIFE - BUT NOTHING COMPARED WITH NEW CREATION IN GOD - THE HOPE OF GLORY

“As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me. “

ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, PAUL FELLOWED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS

But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ's sake. 

WHAT DID PAUL COME TO CONSIDER ABOUT CHRIST? 

WHAT DID HE FIND THAT HE CONSIDERED ALL HIS ZEOLUS LIFE AS LOSS OR WASTE? 

“Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord “

“and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. “

TWO AMAZING DISCOVERIES THAT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE

• HE FOUND THE OPPORTUNITY BY GOD’s GRACE TO  BE ABLE TO POSSESS PRICELESS PRIVILEGES OF A SURPASSING WORTH OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS
• HE FOUND HE COULD GO PROGRESSIVELY DEEPER  INTO AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST JESUS RECOGNIZING AND UNDERSTANDING HIM MORE FULLY AND CLEARLY 
• IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT BEING SAVED, BUT TO KNOW THE SAVIOR INTIMATELY  AND GROW IN LOVE TOWARDS HIM 

“For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One), “

SO WHAT DID PAUL HAVE TO DO TO GAIN/POSSESS CHIST? WHAT PRACTICAL ACTIONS DID HE DO? 

• HE CONSIDERED HIS PAST RUBBISH - LET GO OF THE PAST OF THE FLESH

WHY? 

• HIS SPIRIT ACCEPTED THIS DECISION  AND HIS SOUL FOLLOWED TO WORSHIP AND SERVE ONLY JESUS- HE MADE THE DECISION TO HAVE ONLY WHAT MATTERS IN LIFE - HIS LIFE AND ALL HE HAD DEVELOPED DURING HIS OLD NATURE WAS SEEN AS RUBISH SO HE LET IT GO -  AND ONLY THEN HE COULD  WIN JESUS
• THERE IS NO WAY TO CARRY THE OLD NATURE AND VALUES OF THE PAST WITH THE NEW CREATION IN GOD OF GROWING IN CHRIST 

• PAUL BURNED THE BRIDGES OF IDOLS OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FLESH AND OF  HIMSELF AND WENT AFTER JESUS -  THERE IS ONLY ONE TO LOVE AND WORSHIP - THE SON OF GOD

“And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, “

PAUL DESIRES IS TO BE FOUND - BELONGED - TO BE KNOWN IN JESUS 

HIS OLD NATURE COULD NOT MAKE HIM KNOWN OR FOUND IN JESUS 

“not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law's demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), “

• NO MORE SELF ACHIEVEMENT OR SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS BASED ON HUMAN EFFORD OR SOUL EFFORTS 

“but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith. “

WHAT DO WE POSSESS? 

• THROUGH CHRIST WE POSSESS HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS   IN US 

HOW TO POSSESS THE LIFE OF CHRIST? 

HOW TO GRAB HOLD OF THE GENUINE RIGHTEOUSNESS ? 

HOW TO STAND RIGHT WITH GOD? 

• IT COMES BY FAITH  IN CHRIST 
• FROM BELIEVING, YIELDING  AND RECEIVING BY FAITH IN CHRIST -  HAVE HIS MIND, WORD AND DEEDS - SAVING GRACE BY FAITH

WHAT IS A PRACTICAL FAITH ? 

WHAT ARE THE STEPS PAUL SPEAKS ABOUT WINING JESUS?

“For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him”

• BE DETERMINED INTENTIONAL TOWARDS HIM

FOR WHAT PURPOSE?  

• TO KNOW JESUS AND TO BE FOUND IN HIM

 “that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, “

• BE ACQUAINTED  PROGRESSIVELY KNOWING AND BEING WITH HIM DEEPLY

“perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly],”

• PERCEIVE (more conscious) 
• RECOGNIZE (identify by knowing)
• UNDERSTAND (interpret ). The wonders OF HIS PERSON 

“and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], “

PAUL GOES DEEPER IN KNOWING NOT THE WONDERS OF THIS MAN JESUS BUT

• COME TO KNOW THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION THAT DWELLS AND FLOWS FROM THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM  

“and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] “

• SHARE HIS SUFFERING TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS TO HIS DEARH

That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]. 

• ALL THESE STEPS TO WHAT PURPOSE?
• TO ATTAIN (to reach, achieve, or accomplish; ) RESURRECTION LIFE AFTER DEATH IN THIS EARTH

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS THANK YOU FOR YOU CREATES IN ME AN EXCELLENT SOUL THAT KNOWS 

• TO BE PURPOSELY DETERMINED AND  INTENTIONAL TOWARDS YOU. 
• TO BE ACQUAINTED  WITH YOU DEEPLY - PERCEIVE, RECOGNIZE , UNDERSTAND WONDERS OF JESUS AS A PERSON 
• TO RECOGNIZE  THE RESURRECTION POWER OF JESUS THAT DWELLS IN ME AND FLOWS FROM WITHIN ME IN HIM
• LET DYNAMOS POWER IN ME TO FLOW FROM MY SPIRIT INTO MY SOUL AND BODY 
• SHARE HIS SUFFERING AND TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS UNTO HIS DEARH

IN JESUS NAME AMEN

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“Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, “

• PAUL RECOGNIZES GOD HAS NOT FINISHED HIS WORK OR MADE HIM PERFECT IN LOVE

WHAT DOES HE DO THEN?

2 STEPS 

• “but I press on to lay hold of (grasp)
•  “and make my own, “

IT IS PERSONAL PURSUIT TO GRASP TO MAKE IT OWN - PERSONAL

“that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. “

• JUST AS JESUS DID I DO AS WELL - HE RAN AFTER ME SO I RUN AFTER HIM WITH ALL MY HEART AND LOVE

“I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; “

• HUMBLED ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE REALITY

“but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: “

• WHAT DOES PAUL DO BY FACING THE REALITY OF LIFE?

3 POSITIONS

“forgetting what lies behind and “

“straining forward to what lies ahead, “

“I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize “

• HE BURNED THE BRIDGES OF THE PAST WITH A HEALED SOUL
• SET WHOLE BEING AND EYES TOWARDS ETERNITY AND ON WHAT IS ETERNAL THAT CANNOT BE SHAKEN - KINGDOM OF GOD IN US  (THOUGH, WORDS AND DEEDS)  
• SET THE TRUE GOAL OF GAINING AND KNOWING JESUS AND NEVER STOP PRESSING FORWARD KNOWING JESUS AND HIS GRACE

WHAT IS JESUS CALLING US TO DO? 

“to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. “

• FOLLOW HIM UPWARD - MOVE TO A HIGHER PLACE

“So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown “

WHAT DO THEY HAVE OR MUST HAVE? 

“have this mind and hold these convictions; “

WHAT MIND OR CONVICTIONS MUST THE MATURE SON AND DAUGHTER OF  GOD HAVE?

• BURN BRIDGES OF THE PAST
• FOCUS - SET EYES ON THE ETERNAL
• PRESERVER WITH ENDURANCE TOWARDS THE ETERNAL PRIZE JESUS

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS , THANKS FOR CALLING US UP. THANKS FOR THE GRACE YOU GIVE US TO PRESS ON TOWARDS THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND SUPREME PRIZE OF HEAVEN - BE WITH YOU AS ONE IN ETERNITY - YOU CREATED US FOR YOUR DELIGHT AND YOU ARE OUR DELIGHT - OUR GREATEST REWARD - IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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“and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also. “

• DIFFERENT CONVICTIONS AS MATURE COMES 

“Only let us hold true to what we have already attained “

WHAT HAVE WE ATTAINED? 

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HOLD AS TRUE?

• IN CHRIST WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

“and walk and order our lives by that. “

WHAT WALK AND ORDER OF LIFE DO WE HAVE OR ARE BASED UPON?

• PRESS ON TOWARDS THE GOAL SUPREME PRIZE
• CONVICTIONS OF CHRIST
• HOLD RENEWED MIND

“Brethren, together follow my example and observe those who live after the pattern we have set for you. “

WHOSE EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW?

• PAUL 
• OTHERS WHO CARRY THE GLORY OF GOD AND WALK A HOLY LIFE AND CHARACTER   ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN OF HEAVEN  

“For there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One). “

SAD TO LEARN OF THOSE WHO ARE ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST

THEY DO NOT BELIEVE OR ACCEPT THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST AT THE CROSS - THEY DO NOT LIVE BY FAITH, BUT BY TRADITIONS,  RELIGION OF MAN AND TEACHINGS OF DEMONS. 

“They are doomed and their fate is eternal misery (perdition); “

WHAT IS THEIR FUTURE AND RESULT OF LIVING?

ETERNAL MISERY AND LOST SOULS 

“their god is their stomach (their appetites, their sensuality) “

WHO IS THEIR GOD?

• THEIR HUMAN NATURE AND FLESH DESIRES TO SIN BE FOOD OR SEXUAL PERVERSION 

“and they glory in their shame, “

WHAT IS THEIR GLORY?

FOOLISHNESS AND SHAME OF THIS EARTHY LIFE

“siding with earthly things and being of their party. “

WHAT DO THEY RELY ON ? 

WHO DO THEY AFFILIATE WITH? 

EARTHY THINGS THAT ARE TEMPORARY AND WILL PERISH FOREVER  

“But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, “

WHO ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD?

• WE ARE CITIZENS OF HEAVEN 
• OUR HOMELAND IS HEAVEN WHICH IS ETERNAL 

“and from it also we earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior, “

WHO DO WE WAIT ON AND HOW?

• WE WAIT JESUS SECOND COMING AS PROMISED
• WE WAIT EARNESTLY - (with deep and sincere feeling; seriously:)
• WE WAIT PATIENTLY - BRAVELY - CALMLY - QUIETLY - STAND OUR GROUND ON THE TRUTHS OF GOD

“Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.”

WHAT WILL JESUS DO WHEN HE COMES SECOND TIME? 

WHAT KIND OF  CHANGE  THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TO EVERYONE TO SEE AND BE AMAZED? 

• OUR BODIES WILL NOT BE EARTHY HUMILIATED VESSELS ANYMORE
• JESUS WILL TRANSFORM AND FASHION OUR BODIES TO BE LIKE HIS GLORIFIED BODY - HEAVENLY BODIES    - FULL OF LIGHT AND COLORS
• IT WILL BE BODIES OF HIS GLORY AND MAJESTY  - ETERNAL STONES - HOLY TEMPLE OF GOD IN HEAVEN 

HOW WILL THIS BE?

• POWER DYNAMOS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US
• SAME POWER THAT MAKES ALL THINGS - NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL  TO SUBJECT UNTO HIM  - JESUS THE WORD OF GOD

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:1-21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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FATHER IN JESUS NAME,  THERE ARE NO WORDS ABLE TO THANK YOU AND DESCRIBE THE BEAUTY OF WHAT YOU HAVE STORED TO YOUR CHILDREN - WE ARE SO THANKFUL AND OVER JOYED TO  RECEIVE THE GIFTS FROM YOU - NEW CITIZENSHIP OF HEAVEN AND HOMELAND WITH NEW BODIES TRANSFORMED AND  FASHION BY YOUR SON JESUS WITH THE SAME GLORY AND MAJESTY BEFORE ALL ONE TO SEE HOW GOOD AND WONDERFUL YOU ARE TO YOUR FAMILY - ABOVE ALL TO BE WITH YOU OUR GREATEST DESIRE AND DELIGHT - IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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CHAPTER 4

“THEREFORE, MY brethren, whom I love and yearn to see, my delight and crown (wreath of victory), thus stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. “

WHAT IS PAUL’S LOVE, DELIGHT AND CROWN? 

• GOD’s CHILDREN WHOM PAUL IS THE SPIRITUAL FATHER AND HAS RELATIONSHIP TO SERVE AND CARE 
• TO WHOM HE HAS GOD’S HEART AND IMPARTS GIFTS 
• THE DETERMINATION AND CONVICTION ARE STRONG AND FIRM IN THE LORD
• PURPOSE, SATISFACTION AND REWARD

WHAT IS PAUL URGING TO THE CHURCH?

• STAND FIRM IN THE LORD  - MEANING ARISE IN FULLNESS OF OUR UNION WITH CHRIST 

“I entreat and advise Euodia and I entreat and advise Syntyche to agree and to work in harmony in the Lord. “

THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THE CHURCH OF TWO WOMEN NOT BEING IN AGREEMENT AND IN HARMONY WITH  THE LORD IN FIRST PLACE - IF THAT TAKES PLACE, ALL OTHER DISAGREEMENTS FLOURISHES 

DOES THE CHURCH OF TODAY HAVE DISAGREEMENT  AND DISHARMONY?

YES AND MANY 

WHO DOES THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE  HAS DISAGREEMENT  AND DISHARMONY WITH IN FIRST PLACE?  

WITH THE LORD BEFORE WITH EACH OTHER

WHY?

THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST WALK IN AGREEMENT AND HARMONY WITH HIM - CONSEQUENTLY WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST IF MATURED -THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT IN HEAVEN 

• WE SEE SOUL ISSUE BEING DEALT WITH - TWO SISTERS

HOW? 

• PAUL ADDRESSES THE ISSUE BRINGING THIS TO THE WHOLE CHURCH. HE POINTS THE ROOT OF THE CAUSE -THERE IS  NO AGREEING AND BEING IN HARMONY WITH THE LORD IN FIRST PLACE

AGREEMENT  -  accordance in opinion or feeling; a position or result of agreeing

HARMONY - FLOW IN AGREEMENT

 Synonyms

balance, coherence, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, orchestration, proportion, symmetry, symphony, unity

• PAULS EATS FROM THE TREE OF LIFE TO KNOW WHAT AND HOW TO ENTREAT AND ADVISE THE ISSUE
• HE DOES NOT BRING JUDGEMENT OR POINTS OUT WHO IS RIGHT OR WHO IS WRONG - BOTH NEEDED TO GET BEFORE THE LORD TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM
• HE GOES EARNESTLY REQUESTING AND ADVISING THE TWO TO WALK AND LIVE IN AGREEMENT AND  HARMONY WITH THE LORD FIRST PLACE- 
• NO  DISAGREEMENT AND DISHARMONY IS ALLOWED IN THE CHURCH CREATED BY THESE TWO SINCE THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT IN HEAVEN WITH GOD
• THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND ONLY ONE LORD ON THE CASE - ONLY BY BEING IN AGREEMENT AND HARMONY WITH JESUS THAT HIS CHILDREN WILL WALK AND LIVE IN  LOVE N PEACE

• IT IS NOT ABOUT WHO IS WRONG OR WHO IS RIGHT ON WHATEVER THE MATTER WAS
• EATING FROM THE TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL (WISDOM OF THIS WORLD) BRINGS ACCUSATION  POINTING WHO IS RIGHT AND WHO IS WRONG - PAUL DID NOT DO THIS WAY FOR HE HAD THE WISDOM OF GOD
• THE ANSWER FOR HEALING AND RESOLVING THE ISSUE ARE TO  AGREE AND BE IN HARMONY  WITH THE LORD ABOVE ALL THINGS - THIS WAY THEY EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE - JESUS FOR BEING IN ALIGNMENT TO HIS WILL 

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FATHER IN THE NAME , THANK YOU FOR THE TREE OF LIFE - JESUS THE ONE FROM WHOM WE EAT AND WHO MAKE US ONE WITH YOU - WE ARE IN JESUS ABLE TO WALK IN AGREEMENT IN THE EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOUNDS OF HEAVEN - TO WALK IN HARMONY IN THE SAME FREQUENCY AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE LORD OF OUR LIVES AND WITH OUR BROTHERS IN CHRIST  - IN JESUS NAME AMEM

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“And I exhort you too, [my] genuine yokefellow, help these [two women to keep on cooperating], for they have toiled along with me in [the spreading of] the good news (the Gospel), as have Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the Book of Life. “

HEALING OF SOULS COME FROM AMONG THE BODY OF CHRIST - THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF CHRIST HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE CHURCH AS THE NAMES OF THE SAINTS ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE

“Rejoice in the Lord always [delight, gladden yourselves in Him]; again I say, Rejoice! [Ps. 37:4.] “

THE JOY COMES NOT FROM THE SUBMISSION OF EVIL SPIRITS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, BUT BY KNOWING THAT OUR NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK LIFE

JOY COMES FROM KNOWING IN OUR SPIRIT - INNER BEING WHO WE ARE IN JESUS 

PAUL REMINDS AGAIN - REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS 

WHY ? 

BECAUSE NOTHING CHANGES FROM HEAVENS PERSPECTIVE - THERE IS CONSTANT JOY IN HEAVEN - SO IT SHOULD BE ON EARTH 

HAPPINESS FROM THE SOUL COMES AND GOES

JOY OF THE SPIRIT IS ETERNAL 

“Let all men know and perceive and recognize your unselfishness (your considerateness, your forbearing spirit). The Lord is near [He is coming soon]. “

WHAT IS TO BE DISPLAYED FOR ALL TO SEE AND TO BE RECOGNIZED AS SON AND  DAUGHTERS  OF GOD?

THE CHARACTER OF GOD IN HIS CHILDREN

• HUMBLE HEART
• UNSELFISHNESS SPIRIT
• CHANNEL OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS 

TWO SIGNS AS CHILDREN OF GOD: 

• 1 - REJOICE IN ALL TIMES ( ALWAYS JOY) - DEVIL HATES JOYFUL PEOPLE 

• JOY COMES FROM THE SPIRIT OF MAN THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT - IT IS ONE OF THE EXPRESSIONS OF THE FRUIT OF LOVE (GAL 6) 
• HAPPINESS COMES FROM THE SOUL OF MAN - IT IS NOT JOY. IT IS A FRUIT FROM THE EMOTION OF MAN - PART OF THE SOUL
• JOY IN CHRIST IS ETERNAL 
• HAPPINESS IS TEMPORARY  

*** WHERE DOES THE JOY COME TO GODS CHILDREN EVEN IN THE MIDTS OF AFFLICTIONS?  HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE? 

**** HERE IS A SECRET THAT DAVID FOUND AND WROTE IN PSALMS 86:11 - IT IS NOT HUMAN HAPPINESS, BUT THE JOY OF JESUS AS WE BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE TRUTH OF WHO WE ARE IN HIM AND HE IN US. TRUTH IS THAT  OUR HEARTS ARE UNDIVIDED, BUT JOINED TOGETHER WITH JESUS HEART UNDER THE FEAR OF THE LORD - SINCE THE 2 HEARTS ARE KNITTED TOGETHER, JESUS HEART OF JOY OVERCOMES MY HEART, BE OF SADNESS OR FEARS AS WE BECOME ONE WITH HIM  - ALL UNDER THE TEACHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US WITH THE REVELATION OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD (HEART OF WORSHIP AND OBEDIENCE)   

“Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. “ Psalm 86:11

• 2 - UNSELFISH POSITION TO BE A CHANNEL OF  BLESSING  TO ALL ( ALWAYS HUMBLE ) .  

• THE GIFTS OF GOD AND BLESSINGS ARE NOT FOR US, BUT TO FLOW THROUGH US INTO OTHERS AND BLESS ALL THAT ARE IN NEED. GODS BLESSINGS ARE AS A LIVING RIVER THAT COMES FROM THE THRONE OF GOD , FLOWS IN AND THROUGH US UNTIL REACHES  THE DEAD SEA OF HUMANITY BRINGING HOPE AND LIFE OF CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE - JESUS THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER
• WE ARE NOT LIKE A LAKE TO RETAIN THE WATER  
• WE ARE AS RIVER TO LET THE BLESSINGS OF GOD TO FLOW AND GLOW FROM US
• JESUS DECLARED IN THE BOOK OF JOHN  7:38 RIVERS WOULD FLOW FROM OUR INNER MAN - SPIRIT - TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM 

WHAT IS TO RESIST AND TO REJECT?

“Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, “

NO FEAR - NO ANXIETY  - GODS LOVE CAST OUT EVERY FEAR

• REMOVE THE SOURCE OF CONSTANT FRET AND ANXIETY
• TAP  INTO THE WORD OF GOD, FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PRESENCE OF JESUS - PRINCE OF PEACE AND DRINK FROM THE WINE OF JOY OF HIS PRESENCE TO CUT OFF ANY CONNECTION TO FRET OR FEAR 
• BURN THE BRIDGES OF THE PAST WITH RENEWED MIND -THE MIND OF CHRIST 

“but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. “

WHAT -  HOW - TO WHAT PURPOSE? 

WHAT DO GODS CHILDREN NEED TO DO  IN EVERY CASE OR SITUATION ?

• MAKE PRAYERs AND DEFINITE  REQUEST
• IN TIMES OF AFFLICTIONS - PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT - STRENGTHEN THE INNER MAN 

HOW TO MAKE PRAYERS AND MAKE DEFINITE REQUEST?

• ALWAYS WITH A THANKFUL HEART - ( NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AFFLICTION) - START GIVING  THANKS IN ALL PRAYERS/REQUESTS - JESUS ALWAYS THANKED THE FATHER BEFORE A AFFLICTED SITUATION - HE THEN  BLESSED THE PEOPLE, RAISED THE DEAD LIKE LAZARUS AND MULTIPLIED FOOD 

TO WHAT PURPOSE?

• THANKFUL HEART BREAKS THE CHAIN OF DESPAIR AND DISCOURAGEMENT  IN TIMES OF AFFLICTION
• TO MAKE ALL WANTS (NOT NEEDS)  KNOWN TO GOD 
• MAKE ALL WANTS KNOWN TO GOD- AND IN ALL TIMES DO NOT ASK WITH WRONG SELFISH MOTIVES OUT OF THE WILL OF GOD

WHY ONLY WANTS? 

WHAT ABOUT THE NEEDS? 

IS THERE ANY NEED THAT GOD HAS NOT ALREADY PREPARED AND PROVIDED SINCE HE KNOWS THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE?   WASNT THERE ALREADY A LAMB PROVIDED FOR ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE TO GOD INSTEAD OF HIS SON ISAAC?  HASN’T  JESUS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED BY THE FATHER TO BE THE LAMB OF GOD WHO  REDEEMED US TO HIMSELF WITH  ALL OUR NEEDS SUPPLIED BY THE RICHES OF CHRIST FOR US TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE LACKING ANYTHING?  (Eph 1:3)

• ALL THE NEEDS ARE ALREADY KNOWN AND TAKEN CARE IN JESUS - HE MADE POOR SO THAT WE COULD  BE RICH, HE MADE SICK SO THAT WE COULD WALK IN PERFECT HEALTH - NEVER ACCEPT REALITY OF LIFE AS THE TRUTH OF GOD. HIS TRUTH IN US IS MORE POWERFUL THAN CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE. JESUS DID IT ALL AT THE CROSS AND IT IS FINISHED - NO SICKNESS, NO  LACK, NOT ONE BLESSING MSSING FROM HEAVEN TO THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST
• GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS, BUT HE DELIGHTS TO HEAR THE DESIRES OF HIS CHILDREN WHO ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM. BY FAITH HE ANSWERS WITH PLEASURE - ALL THE WANTS ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JESUS AND HIS WILL

“And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. “

WHAT DOES GOD’s PEACE DO? 

WHAT DOES IT PROVIDE TO THE SOUL? 

• GIVES ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION IN CHRIST
• GIVES FREEDOM FROM ANXIETY, AND FREEDOM FROM FEAR WITH THE FEAR OF GOD DUE TO GUILT OR REJECTION.  INSTEAD THERE IS JOY AS WE ARE ACCEPTED  IN HIM
• DEVELOPS A THANKFUL HEART FOR GODS PROVISION BY BEING CONTENT WITH ALL EARTHLY LOT   
• GUARDS THE HEART AND MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS - KEEP SAFE THE SOUL OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE PEACE OF GOD

• PEACE OF GOD - TRANSCENDS - GOES BEYOND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN MIND AND ALL UNDERSTANDING -KNOWLEDGE 

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FATHER IN THE NAME , THANK YOU FOR IN YOU WE REJOICE AND REJOICE AGAIN. LET YOU CHARACTER SHINE THROUGH US WITH A HUMBLE SPIRIT. HEAL OUR SOUL OF ANY FEAR OR ANXIETY OF THE CARES OF THIS WORKD FOR YOU KNOW ALL OUR NEEDS . THANK YOU FOR YOU SUPPLY ALL OUR NEEDS  WITH THE RICHES OF YOUR SON IN US. WE BELIEVE , RECEIVE AND EMBRACE YOUR PEACE THAT GUARDS OUR HEART AND MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS. OUR TRUST IS IN YOU ALONE -   IN JESUS NAME

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“For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, “

HERE IS THE SUMMARY FOR A PRACTICAL LIVING - FIX THE MIND - SET THE THOUGH OF THE SOUL IN 

 7 WHATEVER IS REAL: 

• TRUE
• WORTHY OF REFERENCE -RESPECTFUL
• HONORABLE
• KIND
• LOVABLE
• WINSOME - CHARACTER
• GRACIOUS

“if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. “

3 WHATEVER CONTAINS:

• VIRTUE
• EXCELLENCE
• ANYTHING WORTHY OF PRAISE

TO DO WHAT WITH THESE THINGS?

FIX THE MIND ON THEM

HOW??? 

HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST

• THINK ON
• WEIGHT ON
• TAKE ACCOUNT ON 

HOW CAN THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED???

“Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, “

PRACTICE - 

WHAT HAS LEANED, 

WHAT HAS HEARD

WHAT HAS SEEN 

WHAT IS PAUL’s ADVICE?

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

WHAT HAVE YOU RECEIVED?

WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?

WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN  IN JESUS AND THROUGH HIS WORD?

PRACTICE - WORK IT OUT

• engage in, deal,, concern, attend,

HOW TO PRACTICE SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS OF HEAVEN AND REVELATION OF GODS WORD? 

• RECOGNIZE NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITHOUT JESUS - HIS GRACE AND PEACE
• BELIEVE AND ASK FOR THE MIND OF CHRIST - HIS GRACE AND FLOWING OF THE DYNAMOS POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US
•  SEEK ALWAYS HIS PRESENCE DAILY 
• EAT FROM THE WORD DAILY TO RENEW THE MIND AND WALK IN FAITHFULNESS

“and model your way of living on it, “

SET OUR LIFE TO FOLLOW THIS PATTERN  OF HOLINESS

“and the God of peace (of untroubled, undisturbed well-being) will be with you. “

AGAIN THE PEACE OF GOD IS WITH THOSE WHO PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS - HOLINESS  BY THE GRACE OF GOD

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PRACTICING AND LIVING THE MODEL SET BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PAUL’s LIFE AND OTHERS?

• NOT ONLY THE GOD OF SALVATION IS PRESENT, BUT THE GOD OF PEACE IS OUR PORTION 

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS - OUR HEARTS ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR IN YOU OUR MINDS ARE FILLED OF TRUTH WORTHY OF REFERENCE -RESPECTFUL

-HONORABLE

 -KINDNESS 

-LOVE

-WINSOME - CHARACTER

-GRACIOUS

THROUGH THE GRACE AND RESURRECTION POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ME, I  FIX MY MIND IN WHAT IS EXCELLENT, OF VIRTUE AND WORTHY OF PRAISE. 

THANK YOU FATHER FOR THE PEACE YOU GIVE ME IN ALL TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES. IT IS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT IN ME AND BY YOUR GRACE THAT I PUT IN PRACTICE ALL I HAVE HEARD, SEEN AND BEEN TAUGHT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT - YOUR WORD THAT IS ALIVE IN ME- IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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“I was made very happy in the Lord that now you have revived your interest in my welfare after so long a time; you were indeed thinking of me, but you had no opportunity to show it. “

PAUL BRINGS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE INTEREST AND CARE OF THE BRETHREN TOWARDS HIM  

“Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. “

WHAT HAS PAUL LEARNED IN LIFE REGARDING HIS STATE AND WELL BEING?

• HOW TO BE CONTENT WITH MUCH OR LESS

CONTENT

• contentedness, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gladness, gratification, happiness, pleasure, relish, satisfaction

HOW DID HE ACHIEVE THIS STATE OF MIND?

“I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. “

WHO TAUGHT HIM SUCH CONTENTMENT IF NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT? 

“I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. “

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS - MY LIFE BELONGS TO YOU. TEACH ME THE SECRET OF LIVING A LIFE OF CONTENTMENT AND OF JOY ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL.  SET ME FREE OF ANY WORD OF COMPLAINT OR MURMUR, BUT OF THANKSGIVING. AS PAUL, GIVE ME A HUMBLE HEART TO LIVE BE ABUNDANCE AND PLENTY OR  IN STRAINED CIRCUMSTANCES. YOU ARE MY PROVIDER AND IN YOU I HAVE ALL I NEED. I AM BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING IN THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD FOR HIS KINGDOM. THE BLESSINGS OF GOD DO NOT STOP IN ME, BUT FLOWS THROUGH ME TO OTHERS TO THE  GLORY OF HIS NAME IN ALL TIMES. 

IN JESUS NAME - AMEM

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WHAT IS THE SECRET THAT HE FOUND TO BE SATISFIED IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES? 

“I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. 

PAUL FOUND THE SECRET OF ALL THE STRENGTH HIS SOUL AND BODY NEEDS. 

WHERE? 

BY BEING IN CHRIST - ALIGNED WITH HIS WORD UNDER THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS 

HOW?

CRHIST IS THE ONE WHO EMPOWERS  THOSE WHO ARE IN HIM

JESUS IS THE ONE WHO INFUSES INNER STRENGTH IN THE INNER MAN

 INFUSE

• endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse

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FATHER IN JESUS NAME - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EMPOWERING ME IN MY SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. . YOU FLOOD MY INNER BEING WITH YOUR POWERFUL BEANS OF LIGHT THAT OPENS MY EYES TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL YOU ARE. IN CHRIST JESUS I HAVE ALL I NEED AS ALL MY NEEDS ARE SUPPLIED IN THE RICHES OF MY SAVIOR - GODS SON. IN JESUS NAME AMEM

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“But it was right and commendable and noble of you to contribute for my needs and to share my difficulties with me. “

PAUL POINTS OUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND BLESSING OF SHARING THE DIFFICULTIES SINCE WE ARE A BODY UNITED IN CHRIST

“And you Philippians yourselves well know that in the early days of the Gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church (assembly) entered into partnership with me and opened up [a debit and credit] account in giving and receiving except you only. “

ONLY THE CHURCH IN PHILIPPINE OPENED SUPPORT TO PAUL IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY - PAUL BRINGS THIS UP AS AN IMPORTANT WORTHY OF RECOGNITION 

“For even in Thessalonica you sent [me contributions] for my needs, not only once but a second time. “

PHILIPPIANS WERE THE ONLY ONES IN EARLY STAGES OF PAULS MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL TO SUPPORT HIM - THEY BELIEVED IN HIM

“Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account]. “

PAUL RECOGNITION OF THE TRUE FRUIT, CREDIT AND BLESSINGS OF THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HIM. (THE HARVEST OF BLESSINGS ARE ACCUMULATED TO THE ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HIM) 

“But I have [your full payment] and more; I have everything I need and am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent me. “

PAULS GRATEFUL HEART - HE DECLARED HE HAD ALL HE NEEDED FULLY SUPPLIED

“They are the] fragrant odor of an offering and sacrifice which God welcomes and in which He delights. “

WHAT DO THESE OFFERINGS REPRESENT BEFORE GOD?

• PLEASANT FRAGRANT ODOR - SMELL  - OFFERING AND SACRIFICE  TO GOD
• FATHER GOD LOVES AND RECEIVES THEM AS WELCOME AND DELIGHT

“And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. “

PAUL MAKES STRONG DECLARATION TO THE SAINTS - 

• EVERY NEED WILL BE LIBERALLY SUPPLIED BY GOD ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS SON
• GOD KNOWS ALL OUR NEEDS - EVEN BEFORE WE KNOW IT IN THE FUTURE - THE PROVISION AND SUPPLY ARE ALREADY THERE IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE NEEDS APPEAR. 
• NOT WHAT WE NEED - BUT WHAT WE WANT TO PRESENT TO THE FATHER - GLORIFY HIM ABOVE ALL

“To our God and Father be glory forever and ever (through the endless eternities of the eternities). Amen (so be it). “

WITH THANKFUL HEART  - WE ARE MADE TO WORSHIP AND GLORIFY THE ONLY ONE WHO DESERVES TO BE WORSHIPED AND GLORIED OUR GOD AND FATHER! IF WE DO NOT WORSHIP AND GLORIFY OUR GOD AND FATHER, WE ARE UNGRATEFUL WORSHIPPING HUMANS -US INCLUDED - OR CREATION OR DEMONS

“Remember me to every saint (every born-again believer) in Christ Jesus. The brethren (my associates) who are with me greet you. “

PAUL REQUESTS ALL TO REMEMBER HIM - BOUND SERVANT OF GOD EXAMPLE OF A HOLY SOLD OUT LIFE TO JESUS. DO NOT FORGET THOSE WHO WALKED BEFORE YOU AND LAID GROUND AS EXAMPLE OF CHRIST OF LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS  

“All the saints (God's consecrated ones here) wish to be remembered to you, especially those of Caesar's household. “

DO NOT IGNORE BROTHERS AND SISTERS SAVED BY GRACE OF DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASS OF LIVING, FOR WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN THE EYES OF GOD

“The grace (spiritual favor and blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One) be with your spirit. Amen (so be it).” Philippians‬ ‭4:1-23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

WHAT ARE PAULS LAST WORDS?

WHAT CANNOT BE MISSED OR LACK IN THE SPIRIT OF EVERY BORN AGAIN BELIEVER.?

WHAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH IN TIMES OF TEMPTATION AND FROM ATTACKS OF THE ENEMY TO OUR SOUL? 

GRACE

OF WHO? FROM WHO? 

FROM THE ONLY WHO CAN GIVE US TRUE GRACE - JESUS

WHERE DOES JESUS GRACE ABIDE?

IN THE SPIRIT OF MAN

NOT IN HIS SOUL OR BODY

IT IS FROM THE SPIRIT, THAT JESUS GRACE COMES, FILLS AND FLOWS FROM AFFECTING OUR SOUL AND BODY

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FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORD IS ALIVE IN US. WE LIVE BY THE WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM  YOU. WE WORSHIP AND GLORIFY YOU FOR IN YOU WE LIVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. WE ARE GREATLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND GRACE. WE DECLARE THAT BY YOUR GRACE ALL OUR NEEDS  ARE LIBERALLY SUPPLIED ACCORDING TO THE RICHES IN GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS. YOU ARE OUR GOOD SHEPARD IN WHO WE HAVE NO LACK!  WE ARE NOT FORGOTTEN OR LEFT ASIDE, BUT WE  DECREE THAT BY YOUR GRACE IN OUR SPIRIT WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERS  WORSHIP WARRIORS OF GOD IN THIS TIME AND AGE. AMEM!

**** OBS  GO DEEPER IN GODS WORD BY JESUS GRACE IN THE REVELATION OF HIS WORD FOR IT IS ENDLESS

Let me go straight to the point. There has never been a greater opportunity in US history of overturning of the law allowing the killing of innocent blood of babies. Yes I am referring about Roe vs Wade. The argument of protecting a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion using tax payers has resulted in more than 60 million killing of innocent babies since 1973 when the law was instated by the supreme court. Now the same supreme court with new judges has the best chance of overturning the previous decision and stop such cruel action against human life.

For those who are not born again believers, blind to the truth of God’s word will largely agree to continue such evil practice. This is expected due to human sinful nature. What is not expected and pathetic at the same time, is to find born again believers missing the opportunity of fighting against such evil law from hell.  To make it worse, several leaders of great Christian influence, teachers of the Word of God, prolific writers and speakers are chosing the easy path of doing nothing about it or giving ridiculous excuses, agreeing with the law of men instead of God’s law.

This act of stupidity reminds us of the foolish servant who received a talent from his master, and instead of investing it, chose the easy way and hided it (Mat 25:14).

Are we reading the same Bible? Is there an alternative truth to this matter of killing innocent blood?

Did God say “Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live” Deut 30:19.  ?

Did God order to “...and let none of you devise or imagine or think evil against his brother in your heart.” Zechariah‬ ‭7:10‬ ‬‬. ?

Worse than even thinking evil against each other, people are actually killing an innocent brother or sister in the womb. 

Isn’t it written in the scriptures that instead of doing nothing  about a free talent received from the master “ ...you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.” (Mat 25:27).? We can read that there is no permission for omission or space for crazy excuses either.

Today the “talent” that God has given to all of His children of this land is called “VOTE”. It is a seed of righteousness fought for centuries in wars, which must be sowed in order to harvest life for future generations.  The vote today is for life, for freedom and for what it is right. The vote is not about a beauty contest or  a personality contest or even who has the best character fit to be a president.

So what it is so obvious that many believers rather excuse themselves with a pathetic justification saying “he is not fit to be a president”  or “his personality is an issue for me to vote for him”.  If such vote was based on character, who knows many would not have voted to a pagan king  such as Cyrus (Is 45) or even a military commander  as Jeru (2 King 9)  king of Israel (northern kingdom ) . Both kings (unfit by many to be kings) were actually anointed by God and  destined to fulfill  their calling.

So what is it happening here? Why so much confusion among believers on what to do in this election? Is this an issue of the heart of believers?

Yes, I believe so and goes in line with what God says regarding Israel ...“They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah‬ ‭7:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Yes, pride and arrogance have blinded many  to see who God has anointed today to fight against the killing of innocent babies among  other key factors such as the freedom of religion, law and order and in favor of Israel.

Final word - The decision is personal. Do not blame others for our wrong doing.  As a reminder, those who do nothing are considered not to be hot nor cold, but lukewarm ready to be cast out from the presence of God. Let’s choose the narrow path of life  and do not allow to be deceived by the lies of the enemy of our soul in such a time as this.

Lance S Scates
Rivers of Judah Ministries
www.riversofjudah.com

INTRODUCTION “But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase.”” ‭‭DANIEL‬ ‭12:4‬ ‭AMP‬‬ "WE ARE IN THE DAYS TO THE REVELATION OF VISIONS AND SIGNS OF THE TIMES OF THE END " PERRY STONE BOOK OF DANIEL (WRITTEN FOR ISRAEL) BOOK OF REVELATION (WRITTEN FOR ISRAEL & CHURCH AND WORLD) EACH APOCALYPTIC BOOK (DANIEL & REVELATION) COMPLIMENTS EACH OTHERS THE SIGNS AND VISIONS IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL • NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM OF THE METALLIC IMAGE (DAN CHAPTER 2) • THE DREAM OF THE TREE STUMP WITH THE BRASS & IRON BAND (DAN 4) • THE VISION OF THE FOUR GREAT BEASTS RISING FROM THE SEA (DAN CH 7) • THE VISION OF THE RAM AND THE GOAT (DANIEL CHAPTER 8) • THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SEVENTY WEEK PROPHECY (DAN CHAPTER 9) WHAT DID WE DISCOVER IN DANIEL 2,4,7,8 and 9 1 - THE ORDER OF PROPHETIC EMPIRES 2 - THERE'S A FINAL KINGDOM WITH A DREADFUL LEADER 3 - THE ANTI-CHRIST FORMS HIS OWN KINGDOM 10 KINGS 4 - THE MESSIAH RETURNS IN THE DAYS OF THSES 10 KINGS WHAT DANIEL DID NOT SEE FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION? • NEVER SAW THE FALSE PROPHET ( REV 13:11) • NEVER SAW THE MARK OF THE BEAST ( REV 13:18) • NEVER SAW THE BEHEADING OF PEOPLE ( REV 20:4) • NEVER SAW THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST ( REV 13:14-15) • NEVER SAW THE NEW JERUSALEM ( REV 21&22) • NEVER SAW THE FALSE PROPHET ( REV 13:11) WHAT DID BOTH DANIEL AND JOHN SEE? • BOTH SAW THE WORLDS FINAL KINGDOM ( DANIEL 7:9-26 REV 7:11-14) • BOTH SAW A TIME FRAME OF 7 YEARS ( DANIEL 9:26 REV 11:2; 13:5) • BOTH SAW THE FINAL RULE FOR 42 MONTHS ( DANIEL12:7 REV 12:14) • BOTH SAW THE RISE OF FINAL DICTATOR ( DANIEL 8:23-24 REV 13:1-2) • BOTH SAW THE FINAL KINGDOM DESCRIBED AS A BEAST ( DAN 7:7 REV 13:1-2) • BOTH SAW 10 KINGS ACCOMPANY THE BEAST ( DANIEL 7:24 REV 17:12) • BOTH SAW A TIME OF GREAT TRIBULATION ( DANIEL 12:1 REV 7:14) • BOTH SAW TROUBLE FOR ISRAEL AND THE JEWS ( DANIEL 12:1. REV 12:17) • BOTH SAW A TIMW OF GREAT TRIBULATION ON EARTH ( DANIEL 12:1 RE7:14) • BOTH SAW MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL INTERVENE ( DANIEL 12:1 REV 12:7) • BOTH SAW INTO THE THRONE ROOM. OF GOD ( DANIEL 7:9 REV 4:2) • BOTH SAW 10 x 10 THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS ( DANIEL 7:10 REV 5:11) • BOTH SAW BOOKS OPEN IN HEAVENLY JUDGEMENT ( DAN 7:10 REV 20:12) • BOTH SAW THE RETURN OF THE MESSIAH ( DANIEL 7:13 REV 19:11? • BOTH SAW THE MESSIAH COMING IN THE CLOUDS ( DANIEL 7:13 REV 1:7) • BOTH SAW THE BEAST BURNING IN FLAMES ( DANIEL 7:11 REV 19:20) • BOTH SAW THE SAINTS TAKING OVER THE KINGDOM ON EARTH (DAN 7:22 REV 20:4) • BOTH SAW THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM THAT WOULD NOT END ( DAN 7:27 REV 21:1-4 WHY WOULD GOD USE SYMBOLISM DESCRIBED IN THESE BOOKS? 1 - GOD USES SYMBOLISM THAT PEOPLE OF THAT DAY WERE FAMILIAR WITH ( WE ALSO USE EAGLE FOR US BEAR FOR RUSSIA AND DRAGON FOR CHINA) 2 - THE NATURE OF THE ANIMALS MATCHED THE NATURE OF THE KINGDOM REPRESENTED (LEPARD REPRESENT ALEXANDER THE GREAT BECAUSE HE CONQUERED FAST) • GOD WANTS YOU TO SEARCH OUT THE TRUTH - SCRIPTURES FOR THE INTERPRETATION - IT IS THE ORDER OF THE KING TO SEARCH FOR SECRETS) • SYMBOLISM CAN HIDE THE MEANING TO PROTECT THE WRITER AND SYMBOLISM ITSELF (REV 17 & 18 - JEWS WOULD VEAL THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY CALLING IT BABYLONIAN EMPIRE - WHY? • BOTH DESTROYED JERUSALEM, BOTH DESTROYED THE TEMPLE, BOTH THEY TOOK THE TREASURES , BOTH TOOK CAPTIVE THE JEW PEOPLE AND BOTH DESTROYED THE TEMPLE ON THE SAME JEW CALENDAR - TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED IN 70AD - THE SCRIPTS OF REVELATION WRITTEN BY JONH IN THE ISLAND OF PATMOS WOULD NOT HAVE LEFT POSSIBLY THE ISLAND FOR BEING CONSIDERED A POLITICAL SCRIPT ANTAGONISTIC AGAINT ROME - GOD SEALED THE BOOK IN SYMBOLISM SO THAT PEOPLE OF GOD COULD SEARCH THE REVELATION AND TRUTH IN OUR DAYS WHY DID GOD SEND THE BABYLONIANS TO DESTROY ISRAEL? ONE POSSIBILITY • ISRAEL DID NOT OBEY KEEPING THE LAND TO REST EVERY 7 YEARS AND 50 YEARS - LEV 25 , JEREMIAH 25:11 • WHERE DOES THE 70 YEARS COME FROM? - IF THE 10 COMMANDS THAT ISRAEL WAS SUPPOSED TO OBEY AND IF THEY DISOBEY THEY WOULD BE PUNISHED 7 TIMES (LEV 26:18-21, 24) ============================================================ CHAPTER 1 • INITIAL HISTORY OF DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS • RELOCATION AND TESTING OF FAITH AT YOUNG AGE • GOD's WISDOM BEING MANIFESTED THROUGH OBEDIENCE "During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. WHO GAVE VICTORY AS INSTRUMENT TO CHASTISE ISRAEL? GOD GIVE VICTORY TO HIS CHOSEN (Nebuchadnezzar) ONE ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT KNOW GOD GOD PERMITTED HIM TO TAKE SOME NOT ALL THE TREASURES OF ISRAEL The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure-house of his god. THE PROCESS OF BRINGING FORTH DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS WAS SET Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah’s royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives. “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon. ” The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah. 4 WERE CHOSEN FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names: Daniel was called Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach. Azariah was called Abednego. YOU CAN CHANGE NAMES BUT NEVER YOUR IDENTITY BEFORE GOD THE EXTERNAL CAN BE CHANGED - BUT YOUR SPIRIT IS NOT TOUCHED WHAT WAS DANIEL DETERMINED ABOUT? WHAT COULD HE RESIST WITH THE GRACE OF GOD? But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. WE ACCEPT TO BE AFFECTED BY THE EXTERNAL (CHANGE NAME) , BUT WE DO NOT ACCEPT BY DETERMINATION WHAT TO FEED OUR SOUL - DECISION OF FIRMNESS IN PURPOSE - RESOLUTE - SETTLED INSIDE TO EAT WHAT CAN CHANGE US INTERNALLY WHERE DOES DETERMINATION COME FROM? BY BELIEVING AND TRUSTING IN GOD AND HIS WORD BY TRAINING - DISCIPLINE SINCE YOUNG AGE BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF GARBAGE WHAT FOOD ARE WE EATING TODAY- FEEDING OUR SOUL? WE FEED OUR SOUL BY THE 5 HUMAN SENSES - WE FEED OUR INNER MAN WITH THE WORD AND POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - WE EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY HEARING BUT ALSO SEEING WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES US AS WE LEAVE BEHIND THE OLD WINE SKIN MENTALITY AND EXPERIENCES OF THE PAST. WE PRESS ON TO KNOW MORE OF THE NEW - JESUS THE WORD OF GOD (LIVING SPRING OF ETERNAL WATER) AND YIELD TO THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT OPERATES IN AND THRU US. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD - KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS WITHOUT THE FRUITS OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN AND THRU US IS VANITY AND GIVES SPACE FOR PRIDE. GOD KNOWS WHAT DIET WE NEED TO FEED OUR SOUL AND THAT IS HIS WORD - SPOKEN WORD THAT PROCEDES FROM GOD - WHAT IS HE SAYING TODAY? WHAT IS THE WORD TODAY? NOT THE WORD OF YESTERDAY - WE ARE NOT TO BE STUCK WITH YESTERDAY MANNA THERE IS NEW MANNA EVERYDAY MIXED WITH THE DUW OF THE EARLY MORNING - FRESH ANOINTING FOR A FRESH WORD THE PRINCIPLES DO NOT CHANGE BUT THE MOVE OF GOD AND EMPHASES CHANGES - IT IS THE PROCEEDING OF A HE SPOKEN WORD (RHEMA) ACCORDING TO THE RIGHT TIME OF GOD THAT WE NEED TO BE IN SYNC WITH AND DISCERN IT AS WELL HOW TO RESIST EVIL FOOD? WHAT IS THE WISDOM OF GOD IN SUCH OCCASIONS? WHAT DID DANIEL DO TO FOLLOW HIS DETERMINATION? DANIEL SPOKE OUT HIS DETERMINATION - PRESENTED A CHALLENGE He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel. IF THERE IS DETERMINATION OF DOING GODS WILL, HE WILL PROVIDE THE GRACE AND FAVOR FOR US TO FOLLOW THROUGH. GOD TOUCHED THE CHIEF OF STAFF TWO WAYS THAT CONCEDED DANIEL'S DETERMINATION - RESPECT TO THE CHILD OF GOD - AFFECTION TO THE CHILD OF GOD LOGICAL ANALYTICAL CALCULATIONS But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.” NOT CONFORMED WITH THE LOGIC WISDOM OF THIS WORLD Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah WHAT IS THE STRATEGY - ACT OF FAITH - TRUSTING IN GOD's WILL ? THERE IS A TEST THAT REQUIRES FAITH - RISK AND COURAGE TO STEP UP . “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said. “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king’s food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.” GOD PROVIDED THE GRACE FOR THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion and tested them for ten days. RESULT OF TRUSTING GOD AGAINST LOGIC AND HUMAN WISDOM At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king. WHAT ARE WE FEDING OUR MINDS WITH? WISDOM OF THIS WORLD? OR FOLLOWING THE WORD AND GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN FACE OF TRIAL AND TEST? So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OBEDIENCE IS IN PLACE? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS AGREEMENT WITH GODS WORD AND GOD WILL? ON ONE HAND YOU HAVE THE WORLD WISDOM FOR FOLLOWED BY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHAT IS THE RIGHT AND WISED DECISION? THERE IS NO QUESTION - THE DECISION IS CLEAR - FOLLOW AND OBEY GODS WORD AND WALK IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. GOD PROVIDES THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING - THERE IS NO LACKING IN GOD And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams. GOD ALWAYS HAS A PURPOSE AND PLAN ALL ALONG AND DANIEL RECEIVED SOMETHING SPECIAL GIFT FOR GOD KNOWS ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE When the training period ordered by the king was completed, the chief of staff brought all the young men to King Nebuchadnezzar. The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service. GOW DID THEY ENTERED IN WHAT GOD CALLED THEM TO DO? WHAT DID THEY ENTER INTO? ROYAY SERVICE FOR THEY WERE ROYALTY IN GODS EYES Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom. WITH GOD THERE IS 10 TIMES MORE WISDOM THEN THE WORLD WISDOM GODS WISDOM IS 10 TIMES GREATER THAN THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD NUMBER 10 - PERFECTION OF DIVINE ORDER GODS WISDOM IS PERFECT ACCORDING TO HIS ORDER AND NOT OF MEN IT IS THE COMPLETION OF A CONCLUSION OF A CYCLE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SOMETHING NEW 10 COMMANDMENTS 10 FOR TITHES 10 MANIFESTATIONS OF GODS GLORY THRU THE 10 PLAQUES IN EGYPT 10 VIRGINS - ONLY 5 HAD FRESH OIL (PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THEY HAD NEW WINE SKIN TO HOLD HIS PRESENCE) THE THE AGE TO COME AND FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SON FOLLOWED BY A THE 5 WISED VIRGINS - THE 5 BELIEVED RECEIVED AND WALKED IN THE GRACE AND GOODNESS OF GOD TO BE READY FOR THE RIGHT TIME OF HIS MANIFESTATION IN THE WORLD IT TAKES THE WORK AND FRUITFULNESS OF THE WORD OF GRACE IN US THRU THE OPERATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE READY AS THE 5 WISE VIRGINS FOR THE MANIFESTATION THAT THE SON THRU US 10 TIMES JESUS SAID I AM IN THE BOOK OF JOHN 10 BELIEFS AND AGREEMENTS WITH JESUS AS HE SAID I AM • THE SON OF GOD • THE WAY • THE TRUTH • THE LIFE • ONE WITH THE FATHER • Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus.” 365 DAY - 3 TRINITY - 6 MEN - 5 GRACE ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------------ CHAPTER 2 GODS PLAN GIVING DREAMS TO THE KING “One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep. He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers, and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king, he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.” Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.” GODS PLAN OF HARDEN THE KINGS HEART TO REQUEST ONLY GOD CAN REVEAL But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble! But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. SIMPLE AND IMPOSSIBLE REQUEST FOR HUMAN Just tell me the dream and what it means!” They said again, “Please, Your Majesty. Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.” The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say, ‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ WORLD OF LIES AND MANIPULATION KNOWN BY THE KING So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.” LOGICAL HUMAN REPLY The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer! The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.” PRIDE OF DESTRUCTION The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed. And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends. WISDOM AND DISCRETION FROM GOD WITHOUT PANIC TO HANDLE SITUATION When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion. CHECKING THE REASONS He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened. DANIEL QUICK ACTION - NO DELAY OR FEAR OR INTIMIDATION Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant. GOD GAVE FAVOR TO DANIEL AND THE KING ALLOWED MORE TIME FOR DANIEL IN TIME OF CRISIS DANIEL WISELY GATHERED HIS FRIENDS AND IN AGREEMENT TO GO TO GOD AND ASK FOR HELP AND SOLUTION • ISOLATION DURING CRISIS RESULTS IN FRUSTRATION, FEAR AND CONFUSION • UNITY IN AGREEMENT DURING CRISIS RESULTS IN COMFORT, SECURITY AND REVELATION Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon. GOD ANSWERS PRAY AND REVEALS THE DREAM TO DANIEL IT WAS GOD WHO CREATED THE SITUATION, GAVE THE DREAM AND REVEALED IT TO DANIEL TO MANIFEST HIS GLORY AND PURPOSE THROUGH THIS CRISIS That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven. WHAT WERE DANIEL WORDS UNTO THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH? GOD's ATTRIBUTE : • FOREVER PRAISE HIS NAME • HAS ALL WISDOM AND POWER • CONTROLS THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE WORLD • REMOVES KINGS AND SETS KINGS • GIVE WISDOM TO THE WISE • GIVES KNOWLEDGE TO SCHOLARS • REVEALS DEEP AND MYSTERIOUS THINGS • KNOWS WHAT LIES HIDDEN IN DARKNESS THOUGH HE IS SURROUNDED BY LIGHT DANIEL THANKFUL HEART • FOR GOD HAS GIVEN DANIEL WISDOM AND STRENGTH • GOD ANSWERED WHAT DANIEL HAS REQUESTED He said, “Praise the name of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom and power. He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though he is surrounded by light. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have given me wisdom and strength. You have told me what we asked of you and revealed to us what the king demanded.” Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.” Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!” KING ASKING DANIEL SIMPLE QUESTION The king said to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar), “Is this true? Can you tell me what my dream was and what it means?” THE TRUTH COMING TO LIGHT WHERE ONLY GOD HAS THE POWER TO REVEAL Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king’s secret. GOD OF THE UNIVERSE REVEALS SECRETS But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed. “While Your Majesty was sleeping, you dreamed about coming events. He who reveals secrets has shown you what is going to happen. CONTINUE SPEAKING TRUTH AND HONOUR ONLY TO GOD And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart. “ GOD DESIRES TO REVEAL WHAT IS IN HIS HEART AND THOUGHTS GOD DESIRES TO REVEAL WHAT IS IN OUR HEART REVELATION GIVEN TO DANIEL SPEAKING OF EMPIRES OF THE FUTURE - EVENTS WILL TAKE AND IT HAS TAKEN PLACE ON EARTH JESUS IS THE ROCK THAT DESTROYS ALL EVIL EMPIRES ON EARTH In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a frightening sight. THE KING IS THE FIRST EMPIRE AT THE TOP FULL OF GOLD The head of the statue was made of fine gold. MEDO PERSEA IS THE SECOND REIGN ON EARTH Its chest and arms were silver, GREEK REIGN THIRD ON EARTH - WISDOM OF THIS WORLD its belly and thighs were bronze, ROMAN EMPIRE REIGN DURING JESUS FIRST COMING its legs were iron, DEMOCRACY REIGN - TRYING TO BRING UNITY BETWEEN WEAK AND STRONG NATIONS TOGETHER - ALLIANCES and its feet were a combination of iron and baked clay. THE ROCK COMES FROM ABOVE - - THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD ONLY GODS DOING - NO HUMAN INTERFERENCE OF JESUS COMING As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. • THE ROCK WAS PART OF THE MOUNTAIN • THE ROCK CAME FROM ABOVE • THE ROCK STRUCK THE FEET - END TIMES WHERE NATIONS WERE TRYING TO ESTABLISH HUMAN KINGDOM THROUGH PEACE ALLIANCES BETWEEN WEAK AND STRONG NATIONS WEAK HUMAN SISTEM DESTROYED SMASHED BY JESUS POWER It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS SMASHED BY JESUS AT THE CROSS - IT WAS DONE - ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER BELONGS TO JESUS The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. HOLY SPIRIT REMOVED ALL TRACES - NO MORE REMEMBRANCE OF WORLD SYSTEM AND ITS CORRUPTION Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. JESUS AND HIS CHURCH AND HIS KINGDOM BECAME A GREAT MOUNTAIN EXPANDING AND FILLING ALL THE EARTH But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth. "That was the dream. Now we will tell the king what it means. Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor. He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold. “But after your kingdom comes to an end, another kingdom, inferior to yours, will rise to take your place. After that kingdom has fallen, yet a third kingdom, represented by bronze, will rise to rule the world. Following that kingdom, there will be a fourth one, as strong as iron. ROMAN EMPIRE That kingdom will smash and crush all previous empires, just as iron smashes and crushes everything it strikes. END TIMES - NATIONS TRYING PEACE AND REIGN ACCORDS The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron. But while some parts of it will be as strong as iron, other parts will be as weak as clay. This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix. “ GOD SETS HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever. That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.” THE KING WORSHIP DANIEL RECOGNIZING GODS POWER THROUGH DANIEL Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his people to offer sacrifices and burn sweet incense before him. KINGS DECLARATION The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.” Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men. At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭2:1-49‬ ‭NLT‬‬ -------------------- CHAPTER 3 PRIDE SEEKS ITS OWN GLORY AND POWER HUMBLE SEEKS TO HONOUR AND BLESS OTHETS “King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet tall and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. WHAT DOES NUMBER 90 MEAN? IN THE BIBLE - FREEDOM WORLD - is a combination of the energies and attributes of number 9 and number0. Number 9 brings its vibrations of the Universal Spiritual Laws, compassion and empathy, benevolence and generosity, spiritual awareness, leading life as a positive example for others, service to humanity and lightworking. PRIDE SHOWING OFF Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up. So all these officials came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. Then a herald shouted out, “People of all races and nations and languages, listen to the king’s command! When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments, bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue. SOUND OF MUSIC - NOISE - ALARM - SIGN - TIME TO WORSHIP AND BOW Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.” DEATH FOR NOT OBEYING WORSHIPING GOD AND THINGS OF THIS WORLD So at the sound of the musical instruments, all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ENEMY SEEKS TO FIND THOSE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW HIS PLANS AND DESIRES But some of the astrologers went to the king and informed on the Jews. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, ENEMY REINFORCES THE PLAN OF DESTRUCTION FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW HIS DESIRES AND PLAN "Long live the king! You issued a decree requiring all the people to bow down and worship the gold statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments. That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace. WHO ARE NOT OBEYING AND WHY? But there are some Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. ENEMY BRINGS MORE TO THE TABLE TO EXPAND THE DISOBEDIENCE They pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They refuse to serve your gods and do not worship the gold statue you have set up.” THE ORDER WAS TO BOW BEFORE THE GOLD STATUE IN REALITY IT WAS TO GO FURTHER MORE BUT TO WORSHIP AND SERVE HIS GODS THE STATUE WAS JUST THE STARTING POINT TO ENTER IN AGREEMENT TO SERVING OTHER GODS Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him. When they were brought in, Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I have set up? THE ENEMY WANTS WORSHIP TO HIM AND HIS GODS AND DESIRES I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. THE ENEMY KNOWS THE POWER OF GOD WHO CAN DELIVER ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN AND WILL BUT HUMAN BEINGS DO NOT AND THEY MAKE THREATS INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?” WHAT IS THE DISCERNMENT AND TRUE POSITION OF GOD'S CHILDREN IN FACE OF DEATH? DO WE NEED TO DEFEND OURSELVES IN FACE OF DEATH? DO WE NEED TO FEAR IN FACE OF DEATH? DO WE NEED TO FEEL ABANDONED IN FAVE OF DEATH? DO WE NEED TO FEEL,INSECURE IN FACE OF DEATH? WHO DO WE SERVE? IT IS UP TO THE ONE WHO WE SERVE TO BRING DELIVERANCE. CAN ANY WISDOM OR POWER OF THIS WORLD DELIVER US FROM ETERNAL DEATH? NO SO WE SERVE THE ONLY WHO CAN PROVIDE AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL TRUTH SPEAKS THE FACTS THAT ONLY JESUS IS KING THEY DID NOT CALL HIM KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR FOR HE IS NOT THEIR KING Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. • IN FACE OF TROUBLE AND DEATH PRIORITIES ARE SET IN OUR HEART: • THE RESOLUTION IS : • WE DO NOT DEFEND OURSELVES • WE DO NOT DELIVER OURSELVES • WE KNOW WHO WE SERVE AND AND ON WHO WE HAVE BELIEVED • WE KNOW AND TRUST ON WHO CAN RESCUE US • WE MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO US AND TO ALL AROUND US - WE SERVE AND LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS - THERE IS NO COMPROMISE BETWEEN LIGH AND DARKNESS - TRUTH AND LIES - THEY DO NOT MIX • IF EVEN DEATH AND DESTRUCTION COME TO THIS BODY OUR SOUL IS INTACT. OUR TIME HAS COME TO MEET WITH OUR KING AND LORD AND THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO BE THEN TO BE WITH HIM If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty. But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.” Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. DEMONIC POWER DISTORTING FLESH - ANGER RESULTS IN DESTRUCTION He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual. ENEMY TRYING TO SHOW OFF HIS POWER Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace. So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments. ENEMY STRATEGY PLAN BACK FIRES ON HIM And because the king, in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as they threw the three men in. So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames. THE 3 MEN STILL WENT THROUGH THE FIRE • WE STILL GO THROUGH THE FIRES AND TRIALS OF LIFE - THE PROCESS IS IMPORTANT TO REFINE US AND GOD MANIFESTS HIS GLORY • WE GO IN THROUGH THE PROCESS IN 3 (RESURRECTION LIFE) IN AGREEMENT WITH OF GODs PLAN AND WE COME OUT WITH 4 (NEW CREATION IN GOD) • WITH RESURRECTION LIFE NEITHER THE SMOKE OR DAMAGE OF FIRE AFFECTS US • THE RESULT IS GOD'S NEW CREATION MANIFESTING HIS GLORY IN JESUS THE ENEMY KNOWS THE TRUTH, HUMAN ARE IGNORANT AND WILL SEE THE GLORY OF GOD But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn’t we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?” “Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied. “Look!” DURING THE PROCESS OF FIRE AND TRIALS OF LIFE , THE UNBELIEVERS WILL SEE NEW CREATION OF GOD (4) PEOPLE WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!” UNBELIEVERS WANT TO SPEAK OF SUCH WONDERS FOR THEY ARE ATTRACTED BY THE GLORY OF GOD Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” THE PROCESS ENDED AND THE RESULT WAS ACHIEVED FOR GOD's GLORY • THE FIRE AND TRIALS ARE FOR A SEASON ONLY NOT FOREVER AS THE NEW CREATION IS FORMED AND BROUGHT TO LIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. NOT ONLY THE KING BUT ALL PEOPLE CAME TO TESTIFY OF THE MIRACLE OF WHAT NEW CREATION IS ALL ABOUT - THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE SOUL FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST ALL THE DETAILS OF WHAT THE FIRE COULD HAVE CAUSED OF DAMAGE WERE CHECKED THERE IS NO AFFECT ON EVEN A BIT OF TRIALS OF LIFE IN A RESURRECTED LIFE THAT BRINGS FORTH NEW CREATION IN CHRIST Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke! • THE 3 WERE VERY CLEAR WHO THEIR GOD WAS AND TO WHOM ALL THE GLORY • THE KING RECOGNIZED AND PRAISE THEIR GOD FOR THAT MAKE SURE TO WHOM YOU SERVE AND TO WHOM THE GLORY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. WE DEFIEL ALL ODDS IN MIDTS OF TRIAL AND WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE OUR LIVES NEVER TO DENY OUR GOD AND SAVIOR WHO WE LOVE AND SERVE TO PLEASE MAN AND SERVE OTHER GODs WE ONLY HAVE ONE GOD, ONE SAVIOR, ONE MASTER, ONE BELOVED OF OUR SOULS They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. CHANGE COMES AS NEW CREATION IS MANIFESTED WE COME IN 3 SO THAT WE CAN COME OUT 4 IN GLORY Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!” Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭3:1-30‬ ‭NLT‬‬ --------------------- CHAPTER 4 DREAM “King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “ MESSAGE AFTER HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GODS POWER HE WANTED TO LET ALL KNOW HOW GREAT IS GOD REACTION OF A HEART CHANGED FROM PRIDE TO HUMILITY Peace and prosperity to you! “I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me. How great are his signs, how powerful his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, his rule through all generations. “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity. But one night I had a dream that frightened me; I saw visions that terrified me as I lay in my bed. HE GAVE A CHANCE TO ALL, BEFORE CALLING DANIEL HE DID NOT THREAT NO ONE THIS TIME So I issued an order calling in all the wise men of Babylon, so they could tell me what my dream meant. When all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not tell me what it meant. NO WISDOM. OR POWER OF THIS WORLD CN DISCERN WHAT GOD IS DOING DANIEL COULD DISCERN AS GOD WAS WITH HIM PEOPLE CAN CALL DANIEL NAMES BUT HIS IDENTITY IS SECURE AND HIDDEN IN THE FATHER At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.) “ KING WAS STILL IGNORANT SAYING THAT THE HOLY GODS WERE WITH DANIEL - THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND NO OTHER I said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too great for you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means. “‘While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth. The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see. It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree. “‘Then as I lay there dreaming, I saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven. The messenger shouted, “Cut down the tree and lop off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds from its branches. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field. For seven periods of time, let him have the mind of a wild animal instead of the mind of a human. For this has been decreed by the messengers; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.” “‘Belteshazzar, that was the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now tell me what it means, for none of the wise men of my kingdom can do so. But you can tell me because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.’ “ DANIEL WALKS IN THE LIGHT AND SPEAKS THE TRUTH EVEN IF IT HURTS Upon hearing this, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) was overcome for a time, frightened by the meaning of the dream. Then the king said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, don’t be alarmed by the dream and what it means.’ “Belteshazzar replied, ‘I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you! The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see. It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth. “‘ Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. BABYLONIAN KINGDOM CUT. BUT NOY COMPLETELY DESTROYED DUE TO THE ROOTS - REGIONS WILL ARISE AGAINST ISRAEL IN THE END TIMES BAND OF IRON - ROMAN EMPIRE REGIONS RETURNING IN THE END TIMES BAND OF BRONZE - GREEK KINGDOM REGION RETURNING IN THE END TIMES SURROUNDED BY TENDER GRASS - WEAK NATIONS AROUND READY TO BE DECEIVED AND EATEN EASLY Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.” “‘ • 7 YEARS OF THE BEAST IN DANIEL • 7 YEARS OF TRIBULATION BY THE BEAST IN REVELATION SPEAKS THE TRUTH OF WHAT THE MOST HIGH HAS DECLARED This is what the dream means, Your Majesty, and what the Most High has declared will happen to my lord the king. You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses. But the stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again when you have learned that heaven rules. “‘ THERE IS A LEARNING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND THE PROCESS EVEN PAINFUL COMES FROM REMOVING ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. REPLACE THE YOKE OF SIN WITH HIS YOKE THAT IS LIGHT AND TRUSTWORTHY. RECOGNIZE, LEARN AND OBEY GODs RULES AND THE DIVINE ORDER OFHIS KINGDOM OF PEACE, JUSTICE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS NO END DANIEL GAVE THE KING ADVICE - REPENT AND TURN BACK AWAY FROM SIN King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. JUDGMENT AND LEARNING COMES TO: • STOP SINNING • DO WHAT IS RIGHT • BREAK DOWN WICKED PAST • BE MERCIFUL TO THE POOR • HATE SIN • LOVE JUSTICE • BURN THE BRIDGES OF THE PAST OFFENSES - BAD HABITS AND PRESS ON TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION TO BE FREE OF BONDAGE OF WICKEDNESS • Phil 3:13-14 “No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us” • HAVE THE HEART OF GOD FOR COMPASSION - MERCY FOR THOSE IN NEED OF SALVATION - NEW LIFE MAYBE GOD WILL HAVE MERCY AND MAKE YOU CONTINUE PROSPERING WHAT IS THE ADVICE? • STOP SINNING • DO WHAT IS RIGHT • BREAK FREE FROM WICKED PAST • BE MERCIFUL TO THE POOR WHAT DOES THE GRACE OF GOD EMPOWER US TO DO IN THE NEW COVENANT? • BY GRACE WE STOP SINNING • BY GRACE WE DO WHAT IS RIGHT • BY GRACE WE ARE SET FREE FROM WICKED PAST AND BOUNDAGE • BY GRACE WE HAVE COMPASSION AND MERCY TO THE NEEDY ONE Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’ “ THE KING AND HIS PRIDE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS But all these things did happen to King Nebuchadnezzar. Twelve months 12 - DIVINE ORDER AND AUTHORITY TAKES PLACE later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon. As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’ “ THE WORDS IN THE MOUTH SPEAKS WHAT THE HEART IS FULL OF BY HIS WORDS AND ACTION HE WAS JUDGED BY HIS WORDS AND ACTION HE WAS REDEEMED WHAT ARE YOUR WORDS DECLARING? WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STYLE IN CONCORDANCE WITH YOUR WORDS? ARE THEY IN AGREEMENT WITH HEAVEN WISDOM OR WORLD WISDOM? YOUR LIFE STYLE IS A REFLEXION OF YOUR WORDS - THERE IS POWER IN MY WORDS - LIFE OR DEATH. WHAT IS THE RESULT OF BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORLD WISDOM? WORDS OF THIS WORLD? WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF A WORLD LIFE STYLE? • NO MORE AUTHORITY - RESPECT OR HONOR • DRIVEN AWAY FROM SOCIETY - ISOLATION - SELF INTEREST - INSURGENCY AGAINST TRUE WISDOM • LIVE CRAZY LIKE THE ANIMALS - STUPID IDEAS - NONSENSE - BLIND - • FEED YOUR MIND AND SOUL WITH IMPROPER THINGS THAT DO NOT SATISFY - EAT GRASS DIRT OF THIS WORLD While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom. You will be driven from human society. You will live in the fields with the wild animals, and you will eat grass like a cow. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.’ “ That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws. “ AFTER THE PROCESS COMES ENLIGHTENMENT After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’ “ RESTORATION - STARTING POINT LIFT THE EYES ONLY TO THE ONE WHO CAN SAVE AND RESTORE. FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PRAISE AND WORSHIP. MEN WERE CREATED TO WORSHIP AND ONLY JESUS IS WORTHY OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE. THOSE WHO WORSHIP MEN, MONEY, POWER OR THEMSELVES CONTINUE AS ANIMALS EATING THE DIRT OF THIS WORLD. HUMILITY AND RECOGNITION TO THE TRUE GOD ARE KEYS FOR A PROCESS OF RECOVERY OF HONOR, GLORY AND KINGDOM When my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored as head of my kingdom, with even greater honor than before. “ NOW HE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD - KING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭4:1-37‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------------------ CHAPTER 5 NEW GENERATION - LOST NEW GENERATION NOT AWARE OF GODS POWER - NO FEAR “Many years later King Belshazzar gave a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles, and he drank wine with them. THERE IS NO MIX WITH THE HOLINESS OF GOD WITH DARKNESS While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines. So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WHAT IS HOLY IS DEFIED? WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE? JUDGEMENT OF GOD COMES - RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SET IN PLACE While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. WHAT DOES A HAND AND FINGERS SAY? Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, near the lampstand. ONLY FINGERS WERE SEEN? WHY? EGYPYT SAW THE FINGER OF GOD THROUGH MOSES GOD WROTE 10 COMMANDMENTS JESUS WROTE ON THE GROUND ON ADULTEROUS LADY FINGER - JUDGEMENT AND DECISION IS SET IN MOTION THERE IS ONLY FEAR FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN FEAR AND NOT IN LOVE The king himself saw the hand as it wrote, and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him. HUMAN REASONING IN SEARCH OF TRUTH ON THE WRONG PLACES THERE IS EVIL COMPENSATION EVEN The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will have a gold chain placed around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!” THERE IS NO HUMAN WISDOM CAPABLE OF DISCERNING SPIRITUAL THINGS But when all the king’s wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant. So the king grew even more alarmed, and his face turned pale. His nobles, too, were shaken. OLD GENERATION KNOWS SOMETHING NEW GENERATION DOES NOT ONLY THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR GOD WILL DO WONDERS - DANIEL But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don’t be so pale and frightened. There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predecessor, the king—your predecessor King Nebuchadnezzar—made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon. This man Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, has exceptional ability and is filled with divine knowledge and understanding. He can interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.” NEW GENERATION LEARNED THE HISTORY OF WHERE DANIEL CAME FROM, BUT DID NOT RECOGNIZED THE POWER DISPLAYED DURING KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR. LEARN HISTORY WITHOUT RECOGNITION DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles brought from Judah by my predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar? WRONG PERCEPTION - HEARD A LIE SINCE DANIEL WOULD HAVE SAID THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND NOT GODS I have heard that you have the spirit of the gods within you and that you are filled with insight, understanding, and wisdom. My wise men and enchanters have tried to read the words on the wall and tell me their meaning, but they cannot do it. I am told that you can give interpretations and solve difficult problems. If you can read these words and tell me their meaning, you will be clothed in purple robes of royal honor, and you will have a gold chain placed around your neck. You will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom.” DANIEL POSITION CLEARLY BEFORE THE KING - HE HAS NOTHING OR WANT SOMETHING WITH DARKNESS THERE IS NOTHING IN BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS Daniel answered the king, “Keep your gifts or give them to someone else, but I will tell you what the writing means. DANIEL SPEAKS THE TRUTH THAT IT IS THE MOST HIGH GOD (NOT GODS) IT WAS GOD WHO GAVE PREVIOUS KING GLORY AND HONOR BEFORE AND AFTER HE RECOGNIZE AND HUMBLED HIMSELF BEFORE GOD DANIEL BRINGS TO LIGHT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar. He made him so great that people of all races and nations and languages trembled before him in fear. He killed those he wanted to kill and spared those he wanted to spare. He honored those he wanted to honor and disgraced those he wanted to disgrace. But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, WHAT DOES PRIDE AND ARROGANCE CAUSE? WHAT IS THE RESULT? • BROUGHT DOWN OF POSITION • STRIPPED OF GLORY • DRIVEN AWAY FROM HUMAN SOCIETY • FEED THE BODY AND MIND WITH GARBAGE • LIVE ALONG WITH IRRATIONALS he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, UNTIL WHEN? until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them. “ UNTIL HE LEARNED THAT GOD RULES AND IS IN CONTROL OF ESTABLISHING AUTHORITY OVER PEOPLE TO HUMBLE AND LIVE IN FEAR OF THE LORD THE NEW GENERATION KNEW ALL THESE FACTS BUT HE DID NOT HUMBLE OR RECOGNIZE GODS RULE You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself. THE PRIDE GO TO A POINT OF DEFILEMENT AGAINST THE LORD OF HEAVEN TRYING TO MIX WHAT IT IS HOLY WITH IMPURITY THERE IS NOT COMMON GROUND BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS - PURITY AND INIQUITY DEFILEMENT AGAINST GOD HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS NO HUMBLE SPIRIT AND TRY TO MIX HOLINESS WITH SIN OUR BODIES ARE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - THERE IS NO MIX BETWEEN HOLINESS AND SIN ROM 12:1-2 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone— WHAT ARE THE GODS OF THIS WOULD? OBECTS THAT CANNOT HEAR OR UNDERSTAND gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. TO WHOM BELONGS THE HONOR AND GLORY? GOD WHY? GOD IS THE ONE WHO GIVES US BREATH OF LIFE GOD IS THE ONE WHO CONTROLS OUR DESTINY But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny! So God has sent this hand to write this message. “This is the message that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN. This is what these words mean: Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end. Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up. Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” NEW GENERATION STILL TRY TO COVER UP THEIR PRIDE BUT THE FALL IS EMINENT THE KING DID NOT REBUKE DANIEL SINCE HE DID NOT BELIEVE OR BOTHERED OR THE TRUTH AFFECTED HIM SINCE THOSE WORDS WERE TRUE Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom. That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed. And Darius the Mede took over the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.” 60 - GENTILE FULNESS 2 - SEPARATION - DIVISION ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭5:1-31‬ ‭NLT‬‬ -------------------------- CHAPTER 6 GOD SHOWS HIS POWER AND GLORY IN THE NEXT KING “Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests. GOD GAVE DANIEL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ABOVE ALL Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. WHAT DID DANIEL HAVE ABOVE OTHERS? ABILITIES GIVEN BY GOD Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire. WHAT JEALOUSY CAN CAUSE? DARKNESS MOTIVE SEEKS FAULT Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. NOTHING WAS FOUND IN DANIEL WHO WALKED IN THE LIGHT NO DARKNESS WAS FOUND IN DANIEL - NO PART IN HIM WHO WAS DANIEL ? He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy. So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.” STRATEGY OF THE ENEMY IS TO BREAK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOURCE AGREEMENT OF MANY LEAD TO DESTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH GOD IS WHAT IT COUNTS So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius! We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions. And now, Your Majesty, issue and sign this law so it cannot be changed, an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.” THE KING FELL INTO THE TRAP - POSITION AND POWER MOTIVATED BY IGNORANCE AND PRIDE MADE HIM SIGN So King Darius signed the law. WHAT WAS DANIEL REACTION? WAS HE AFRAID? WAS HE INTIMIDATED BY THE THREAT ? DID HE CHANGE HIS SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE? But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. WE WILL BE TESTED TO STOP IN EVERY SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE WE WILL BE TESTED TO COMPLAIN AND NOT TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE WHAT GAVE DANIEL SUCH DETERMINATION NOT TO STOP IN HIS SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE? DANIEL RECOGNIZE AND HONORED THE GOD WHO GIVES BREATH TO LIVE AND THAT HE IS IN CONTROL OF HIS DESTINY - THESE WERE THE WORDS OF DANIEL BEFORE THE PREVIOUS KING - HE WAS TESTED ON WHAT HE BELIEVES Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help. So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?” “Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.” THE ENEMY WORDS ARE TO DEMOTE - RIDICULE - MAKE SMALL Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.” KING TRAPPED IN HIS OWN LIES Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament. In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.” So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. THE TEST OF FAITH OF DANIEL IN GOD HAS COME WHAT WERE THE KINGS WORDS FOR DANIEL? The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.” KING RECOGNIZES THAT DANIEL SERVES AND IS FAITHFUL TO GOD GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN RESCUE HIS FAITHFUL ONES ENEMY TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR OF RESCUE - OF HOPE - OF SALVATION - OF PROVISION - PUT A ROCK AT THE ENTRANCE USING MAN RULES TO ESTABLISH THE PLOT BUT GOD A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel. THE KING WAS DISTURBED BY THE TRAP Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night. Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den. THE KING OPENED THE DOOR THAT THE ENEMY HAD SET AND CALLED OUT IN ANGUISH When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?” KING RECOGNIZES AND CALLS DANIEL GOD OF THE LIVING GOD IS GOD OF ALL CREATION ABLE TO RESCUE HIS BELOVED? IS THERE SOMETHING TOO IMPOSSIBLE OR HARD FOR GOD? WITH HIS BREATH A MOUNTAIN IS MOVED INTO THE SEA WHAT DID DANIEL SAY? THE TRUTH ABOUT GODS ANGEL IN PROTECTION TO HIS CHILDREN THE TRUTH THAT HE DID NOT WRONGED THE KING Daniel answered, “Long live the king! My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.” KINGS REACTION SEEING GODS POWER BEING MANIFESTED The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. WHY WAS THERE NO SCRATCH OR HURT? DANIEL's TRUST HIS LIFE IN GOD's HAND AND IF HE WANTS HE REDEEM HE WILL RESCUE - NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God. Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. ALL THE INIQUITY IN THE FAMILY AND FUTURE GENERATION ARE DESTROYED The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den. KINGS REACTION OF SEEING A MIRACLE DUE TO A LIFE OF FAITH AND TRUST Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “ Peace and prosperity to you! “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end. He rescues and saves his people; he performs miraculous signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth. WHAT WAS THE TESTIMONY OF DANIEL OF GOD? He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.” THERE IS PROSPERITY FOR THOSE WHO WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUST IN THE LORD EVEN IN FACE OF DEATH So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭6:1-28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ----------------------- CHAPTER 7 DANIEL DREAM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A MEW KING WHERE WAS DANIEL WHEN HE HAD THE DREAM AND SAW VISIONS? “Earlier, during the first year of King Belshazzar’s reign in Babylon, Daniel had a dream and saw visions as he lay in his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is what he saw. In my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction. GREAT SEA - HUMANITY IN TURMOIL BY GREAT STORM JESUS ON THE BOAT COMMANDED THE STORM TO STOP Then four huge beasts came up out of the water, each different from the others. OUT OF THE HUMAN RACE- NATIONS ARISED FOUR NATIONS-EMPIRES SYMBOLIZED BY ANIMALS DUE TO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NATION SEEN AS ANIMAL STRONG AND SWIFT The first beast was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off, and it was left standing with its two hind feet on the ground, like a human being. And it was given a human mind. FIRST - LION WITH WINGS WITH FEET AND MIND OF A HUMAN - WHY WAS ITS WINGS REMOVED? WHY HUMAN FEET AND MIND? BABYLON - STRONG - LION - KING ABOVE OF ALL OTHER ANIMALS Then I saw a second beast, and it looked like a bear. It was rearing up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And I heard a voice saying to it, “Get up! Devour the flesh of many people!” SECOND - MEDO-PERSIA BEAR RUTHLESS - SAME REGION OF RUSSIA RUTHLESS IN THE SECOND WAR Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four bird’s wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast. THIRD - ALEXANDER THE GREAT - CONQUERED FAST AND FOUR KINGS CAME AFTER HIM SAME REGION AS ITALY IN 2 WAR Then in my vision that night, I saw a fourth beast—terrifying, dreadful, and very strong. FORTH - ROMANS REGIN ANTI-CHRIST - GERMANY It devoured and crushed its victims with huge iron teeth and trampled their remains beneath its feet. It was different from any of the other beasts, and it had ten horns. OUT OF THE 10 GOAT NATIONS (AGAINST ISRAEL) WILL COME WITH THE ANTI- CHRIST AT THE END TIMES As I was looking at the horns, suddenly another small horn appeared among them. Three of the first horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly. OUT OF THE 10 GOAT NATIONS - 3 REMOVED TO GIVE IN A NEW AUTHORITY TO REIGN ANTI-CHRIST FULL OF ARROGANCE AND DECEIT I watched as thrones were put in place and the Ancient One sat down to judge. JESUS AND THE CHURCH TO JUDGE THE WORLD His clothing was as white as snow, his hair like purest wool. He sat on a fiery throne with wheels of blazing fire, and a river of fire was pouring out, flowing from his presence. JESUS SAT ON THRONE OF FIRE WITH WHEELS - MOVED AS WISHED Millions of angels ministered to him; many millions stood to attend him. Then the court began its session, and the books were opened. JUDGEMENT OF THE NATIONS - SEVERAL BOOKS WHERE OPENED THERE WAS THE BOOK OF LIFE BOOKS OF WRITTEN HISTORY OF HUMANITY I continued to watch because I could hear the little horn’s boastful speech. THE LITTLE ANTI-CHRIST WAS BOASTING WITH ARROGANCE I kept watching until the fourth beast was killed and its body was destroyed by fire. ROMAN MENTALITY AND REIGN - HUMANISM DESTRUCTION The other three beasts had their authority taken from them, but they were allowed to live a while longer. WHY WERE THESE 3 NATIONS ALLOWED TO LIVE LONGER - BECAME A SHEEP NATION? As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. JESUS - CAME INTO THE FATHERS PRESENCE He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence. He was given authority, honor, and sovereignty over all the nations of the world, so that people of every race and nation and language would obey him. His rule is eternal—it will never end. His kingdom will never be destroyed. JESUS KINGDOM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED I, Daniel, was troubled by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me. So I approached one of those standing beside the throne and asked him what it all meant. DANIEL APPROACH TO ONE STANDING BESIDE THE THRONE He explained it to me like this: “ SUMMARY EXPLANATION These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth. But in the end, the holy people of the Most High will be given the kingdom, and they will rule forever and ever.” WHO WILL RECEIVE THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND RULE HIS KINGDOM FOREVER? BODY OF CHRIST ON NEW EARTH - TOGETHER WITH HEAVEN Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one so different from the others and so terrifying. ROMAN EMPIRE AND HUMANISM It had devoured and crushed its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws, trampling their remains beneath its feet. I also asked about the ten horns on the fourth beast’s head and the little horn that came up afterward and destroyed three of the other horns. ANTI-CHRIST BOASTING ARROGANTLY WITH ALL DECEPTION This horn had seemed greater than the others, and it had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly. As I watched, this horn was waging war against God’s holy people and was defeating them, until the Ancient One—the Most High—came and judged in favor of his holy people. THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL DEFEAT MANY IN THE LAST 3.5 YEARS AGAINST HOLY PEOPLE OF GOD - UNTIL JESUS RETURNS AS THE LION OF JUDAH TO END THE ENEMY Then the time arrived for the holy people to take over the kingdom. END TIMES Then he said to me, “This fourth beast is the fourth world power that will rule the earth. It will be different from all the others. It will devour the whole world, trampling and crushing everything in its path. Its ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire. Then another king will arise, different from the other ten, who will subdue three of them. THE WILL DEFY GOD AND ATTACK GODS PEOPLE He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time. “ FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST 3.5 YEARS OF PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL - ANTI-CHRIST WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE FESTIVALS AND LAWS But then the court will pass judgment, and all his power will be taken away and completely destroyed. Then the sovereignty, power, and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be given to the holy people of the Most High. ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD WILL BE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS PEOPLE His kingdom will last forever, and all rulers will serve and obey him.” That was the end of the vision. I, Daniel, was terrified by my thoughts and my face was pale with fear, but I kept these things to myself.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7:1-28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ----------------------------- CHAPTER 8 DANIEL VISION - HEAVEN EXPERIENCE “During the third year of King Belshazzar’s reign, VISION OF DANIEL DURING KING BELSSHAZZAR SON OF KING NABU NUMBER 3 - RESURRECTION - REVELATION I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me. In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River. WHERE WAS DANIEL WHEN THE VISION TOOK PLACE? HE WAS BESIDE A RIVER - ULAI AT THS FORTRESS OF SUSA As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river. RAM - 2 HORNS -> MEDO E PERSIA RAM WITH TWO LONG HORNS - MATURED SHEEP - LAMB • NOT A SHEEP • NOT SHORT HORNS One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one. • ONE HORN GREW LONGER - EXTENDED REIGN AND DOMAIN The ram butted everything out of his way to the west, to the north, and to the south, and no one could stand against him or help his victims. • STRONG MEDO- PERSIA - HAD HIS WAY TO ANY DIRECTION HE WANTED • NOTHING COULD STAND AGAINST HIM He did as he pleased and became very great. • HE DID WHAT HE PLEASED AND BECAME GREAT While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn’t even touch the ground. • A MALE GOAT APPEARED FROM THE WEST - CROSSED THE LAND QUICKLY • GREECE - ALEXANDER THE GREAT CONQUERING ALL AROUND IN FEW YEARS - VERY SHORT OF TIME • GOAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM RAM SPECIALLY WITH THE HAIR THAT COVERS This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes, headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage. • THE GOAT MALE HAD A LARGE HORN BETWEEN THE EYES • WHY ONE HORN - BETWEEN THE EYES? • GREEK REIGN -> LONG HORN - ONE STRONG KINGDOM -> EYES - GREEK KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION UNTIL TODAY • • ONE PURPOSE AND GOAL - VIGILANT WATCHFUL • RUSHED AGAINST THE RAM WITH 2 HORNS The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. GREEK STRENGTH BROKE MEDO-PERSIA KINGDOM • THE GOAT FURIOUSLY STRUCK THE RAM BREAKING HIS HORNS - DOMAIN Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. • THE RAM (MEDO-PERSIA) HAD NO HELP AND THE GOAT GREEK TRAMPLED HIM No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power. The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE GOAF AT THS PEEK OF HIS POWER - HIS LARGE HORN - DOMAIN WAS BROKEN ALEXANDER 32 SO YOUNG AT THE PEEK OF HIS REIGN PASSED AWAY "Alexander probably died of typhoid fever (which, along with malaria, was common in ancient Babylon)." In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth. • OUT OF THE BROKEN LARGE HORN - 4 HORNS DOMAIN APPEARED POINTING TO 4 DIRECTIONS OF THE EARTH FOUR KINGDOMS APPEARS WITH 4 STRENGTHS "The kingdom of Cassander (circa 358–297 BC), consisted of Macedonia, most of Greece, and parts of Thrace. The kingdom of Lysimachus(circa 361–281 BC), included Lydia, Ionia, Phrygia, and other parts of present-day Turkey. The kingdom of Seleucus (died 281 BC; later the Seleucid Empire), comprised present-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and parts of Central Asia. The kingdom of Ptolemy I (died 283 BC) included Egypt and neighboring regions Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. • OUT OF ONE OF THE 4 KINGDOM , ANOTHER HORN - DOMAIN GREW VERY POWERFUL - ROMAN EMPIRE • ANTI-CHRIST - KINGDOM THAT CRUCIFIED CHRIST It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel. - ITS CONTROL EXTENDED SOUTH AND EAST ROMAN EMPIRE - (BABYLONIAN IDEOLOGY - WRITTEN IN REVELATION) SPIRIT OF DIVISION AND INTIMIDATION OF CLASSES IN THE NAME OF THE LAWS THEY CREATED FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES TO JUSTIFY This basic idea of Roman superiority, and superiority of Roman laws, justified a lot of other ideas, many of which evolved over the years: • Order: If you are creating common rational laws and government practices, they should be the same everywhere. A law should be enforced the same way in Syria as in Spain. An extension of this idea is that roads and cities should look the same in Syria and Spain. • Imperium sine fine: "Empire without limits" or "Power without limits." If you buy the idea that upper-class Romans were the most rational, and the laws that upper-class Romans made were the best of all possible laws, then you would naturally want everyone in the world to be living under Roman law. Which means the Romans should conquer everything, forever! This idea was very prevalent from the reign of Augustus on. • Treat barbarians however you want: If people who didn't live under Roman Law were "less rational" they were therefore "less human." Barbarians included everyone outside of the Roman Empire - famously, the Romans considered the King of Persia a barbarian. Trickery and dishonorable military tactics was allowed against all barbarians, though in practice Romans usually only acted dishonorably with respect to the tribes to the North. • The common people of Rome are lucky: Without the smart laws created by the upper class, the common people of Rome would probably be living slovenly and barbaric lives. Therefore "classes" were viewed as somewhat preordained. - JESUS FIRST IN THE EARTH BEING CONFRONTED BY THIS IDEOLOGY • JESUS SECOND IN THE EARTH IN THE LAST DAYS BEING CONFRONTED BY THE SAME IDEOLOGY - NEW ORDER FROM THE ANTI-CHRIST • "ROMAN SPIRIT" - DIVISION, DECEIT AND INTIMIDATION WITH UNITY IN THE EARTH - ITS POWER REACHED THE HEAVENS "Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them. " • HOW DID IT REACH TO THE HEAVENS? • HOW DID IT ATTACK THROWING SOME OF HEAVENLY BEINGS AND TRAMPLING SOME STARS? It even challenged the Commander of heaven’s army by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by destroying his Temple. WHO IS THE COMMANDER OF HEAVEN's ARMY? JESUS WHAT DID THE ANTI-CHRIST DO? CANCELLED THE DAILY SACRIFICES TO JESUS - PRAYERS AND WORSHIP TO JESUS DESTROYED JESUS TEMPLE - SAINTS DESTROYED OR "ISRAEL REESTABLISHED THE TEMPLE AND SOME OF THE SACRIFICES "? REVELATION ANTI- CHRIST STOPPED THE SACRIFICES AND SEAT THE CHAIR OF DOMAIN IN ISRAEL "The army of heaven was restrained from responding to this rebellion. " GOD RESTRAINED FROM THIS REBELLION - EARTHS REBELLION So the daily sacrifice was halted, and truth was overthrown. WHAT STOPED? WHAT WAS OVERTHROWN? • DAILY SACRIFICES AND THE TRUTH • TRUTH OF WHAT? THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST "The horn succeeded in everything it did. " • THE HORN - ANTI CHRIST SUCCEEDED IN EVERYTHING IT DID - TOTAL CONTROL OF HUMAN RACE WITH THE POWER OF SATAN Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. • ARE THESE THE TWO WITNESSES IN REVELATION TALKING TO EACH OTHER? • ARE THESE ELISH AND MOSES ASKING EACH OTHER? One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?” • THE ANTI-CHRIST DOMAIN WILL LAST 3.5 YEARS - 42 MONTHS • 42 MEANS JESUS RETURN • 44 MEANS PERDITION - COMES AFTER 43 ABOMINATION DESOLATION • The other replied, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again.” As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me. SOMEONE APPEARED BEFORE DANIEL - ANGEL GABRIEL THE REVELATOR And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.” GOD TOLD GABRIEL TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE VISION As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “ WHY DID DANIEL BECOME TERRIFIED? GLORY OF GOD BEFORE A MAN Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.” AGAIN DANIEL MENTIONED THAT HE PLACED HIS FACE ON THE GROUND While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. BUT GABRIEL ROUSED DANIEL TO BE ON HIS FEET AND LISTEN But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet. Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time. THIS IS AT THE VERY END OF TIMES - LAST GENERATION The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire. ALEXANDER THE GREAT - SHAGGY - ROUGH THICK HAIR The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first. “ Cassander Lysimachus Seleucus Ptolemy BUT NOTHING LIKE ALEXANDER SHORT REIGN At the end of their rule, when their sin is at its height, a fierce king, a master of intrigue, will rise to power. He will become very strong, but not by his own power. WHEN WILL A FIERCE KING RISE TO POWER ? AT THE PEEK OF HUMAN SIN ANTI-CHRIST WILL BE VERY POWERFUL BUT NOT BY HIS POWER - BUT SATANS MASTER OF INTRIGUE WHAT WILL THE ANTI-CHRIST DO? He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. WHAT ELSE? He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people. (THE SAINTS WILL PERISH) He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; WHAT IS HE MASTER IN? WHAT WILL HE BECOME? • DECEPTION COMING FROM SATAN • ARROGANCE HE WILL GIVE NO WARNING BUT DESTROY PEOPLE he will destroy many without warning. ANTI- CHRIST WILL GO AGAINST THE PRINCE OF PEACE JESUS IN BATTLE, BUT HE WILL BE BROKEN AND LOOSE.o THE ENEMY WILL LOOSE BY THE POWER OF GOD - NOT BY HUMAN POWER He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power. “ This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret.” WHY KEEP A SECRET? JUST REVEAL WHEN THE RIGHT TIME COMES Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. DANIEL GOT SICK BECAUSE OF THE VISION - OVERWHELMED Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.” DANIEL WAS TOO FAR IN TIME TO UNDERSTAND ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭8:1-27‬ ‭NLT‬‬ --------------------------------- CHAPTER 9 NEW GOVERNMENT - NEW REVELATION “It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians. WHAT DID DANIEL LEARN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A NEW KING? HOW DID HE LEARN? WHY NOW? NEW SEASON - NEW OPENED DOOR OF REVELATION WITH THIS KING During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the Lord, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years. DANIEL READ THE BOOK OF PROPHET JEREMIAH HE SOMEHOW HAD ACCESS TO THE BOOK THROUGH THE NEW GOVERNMENT WHY WAS JERUSALEM DESOLATE FOR 70 YEARS? BY THE LAW OF MOSES ISRAEL MUST GIVE REST OF A FULL YEAR OF THE LAND EVERY 7 YEARS - LET THE POOR EAT ISRAEL DISOBEYED FOR 7 CYCLES - DID NOT GIVE REST TO THE LAND FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS WHAT WAS DANIEL'S RESPONSE? So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. DID NOT ONLY PRAYED, BUT FASTED I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes. DANIEL CONFESSION I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: “ WHO IS THE LORD? O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! WHAT DOES HE DO? You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands. WHAT HAVE WE DONE? But we have sinned and done wrong. WHAT DID WE DO? We have rebelled against you and scorned your commands and regulations. We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land. “ Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, WHAT IS OUR FACES COVERED BY? our faces are covered with shame. IS SOMEONE EXCLUDED? NO This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you. O Lord, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. WHO IS THE LORD? But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him. WHAT HAVE WE DONE? We have not obeyed the Lord our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets. All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “ WHAT ARE THE JUDGEMENTS OF THE LAW OF MOSES So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin. WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE? You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. WHAT HAS HAPPENED Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem. Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the Lord our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth. WHAT IS THE RESULT OF WHAT WE HAVE HAS DONE ? Therefore, the Lord has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. THE LORD IS JUST TO DO ALL ACCORDING TO HIS WORD The Lord our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him. “ O Lord our God, you brought lasting honor to your name by rescuing your people from Egypt in a great display of power. But we have sinned and are full of wickedness. IN VIEW OF WHAT IS DANIEL PLEADING TO GOD? GOD IS MERCIFUL In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, TO DO WHAT? please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. WHAT DO THE NATIONS AROUND DO? All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors. “ DENIEL PLEADS O our God, hear your servant’s prayer! Listen as I plead. WHAT IS DANIEL PLEADING FOR ? GOD'S SMILE TO US For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary. “ DANIEL REQUEST O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. WHY DOES DANIEL ASK FOR HELP? NOT BECAUSE WE DESERVE HELP BUT BECAUSE GOD IS MERCY We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy. “ DANIEL ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.” I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the Lord my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain. WHAT HAPPENED WHILE DANIEL WAS CONFESSING ? WHAT HOUR DID THE ANGEL ARRIVED? EVENING SACRIFICE - GOD WALKED WITH ADAM IN THE EVENING IN EDEN As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice. The moment you began praying, a command was given. WHEN WAS THE COMMAND GIVEN? WHAT WAS THE ACTION TO RELEASE THE COMMAND? WHWN HE BEGAN TO PRAY And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. DANIEL IS PRECIOUS TO GOD WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision. “ A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city DECREE WAS GIVEN - TO DO WHAT? TO REMOVE THE OLD AND CORRUPTED MOLD - OLD WINE - ACTION -BEHAVIOUR to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, TO BRING THE NEW CLOTHE - MOLD - NEW WINE to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. Now listen and understand! WHAT IS TO BE LISTENED AND UNDERSTOOD? JESUS FIRST COMING TO JERUSALEM FROM DANIEL TIME UNTIL JESUS FIRST COMING Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One —comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. ROMAN EMPIRE DURING JESUS IN THE EARTH “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. JESUS IS CRUCIFIED AND THE TEMPLE IS DESTROYED 70 YEARS LATER The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. WHY WILL THE END WILL COME WITH A FLOOD? NOT LIKE NOAHS TIME? THE FLOOD WILL AFFECT A FEW CONTINENTS WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE EARTH - MAGNETIC FORCE TAKING EARTH OUT OF ITS AXLE POINT END TIMES DESCRIBED IN MATHEW 24 The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. THE ANTICHRIST WILL MAKE TREATY WITH ISRAEL IN THE 7 YEARS OF TRIBULATION, BUT AFTER 3.5 YEARS HE WILL BREAK AND "end to the sacrifices and offerings" - KILL THE BELIEVERS FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”” UNTIL THE END OF 7 YEARS WHEN JESUS WILL RETURN AND CRUSH HIM ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭9:1-21, 23-27‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------ CHAPTER 10 GABRIEL's VISIT TO DANIEL “In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) had another vision. WHEN DID DANIEL HAVE THE VISION? 3 YEAR OF A NEW SEASON - COMPLETION - PERFECTION - UNITY GOD TOOK DANIEL TO A NEW SEASON INTO GREATER UNITY WITH THE HEART AND MIND OF GOD TO REVEAL MORE He understood that the vision concerned events certain to happen in the future—times of war and great hardship. FUTURE HOLDS WARS AND GREAT HARDSHIP When this vision came to me, I, Daniel, had been in mourning for three whole weeks. WHEN DID THE VISION COME? AFTER 3 WEEKS - 21 DAYS - 13 (SINFUL) + 8 (COMPLETION - GRACE) = BREAKTHROUGH All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed. VEGETABLE FAST - PURPOSE TO SEEK THE LORD On April 23, as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River, I looked up and saw YOU CAN ONLY SEE IF YOU "LOOK" - HUMBLE HEART IN SEARCH OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT DID DANIEL SEE? SAME VISION AS JOHN OF LORD JESUS a man dressed in linen clothing, with a belt of pure gold around his waist. His body looked like a precious gem. His face flashed like lightning, and his eyes flamed like torches. His arms and feet shone like polished bronze, and his voice roared like a vast multitude of people. Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The men with me saw nothing, but they were suddenly terrified and ran away to hide. WHAT DO THE BLIND PEOPLE DO? THEY DO NOT SEE, BUT ARE FULL OF FEAR OF GODS GLORY So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak. WHAT DOES GOD's PRESENCE DO? NO FLESH CAN STAND IN HIS PRESENCE Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, WHAT HAPPENED WITH DANIEL WHEN HE HEARD THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE? I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees. THE MAN JESUS TOUCHED DANIEL TO SPEAK WITH HIM And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” DANIEL IS AFFIRMED OF HIS LOVE OF GOD - NOT PRECIOUS BUT VERY PRECIOUS When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling. Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. WHAT DID THE MAN JESUS SAY TO DANIEL ? DO NOT FEAR IN GODS PRESENCE WHEN DID THE REQUEST FROM DANIEL WAS HEARD IN HEAVEN? WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF HIS HEART TO BE HEARD? DANIEL BEGAN TO PRAY!!! FOR WHAT DID DANIEL PRAY FOR? • UNDERSTANDING - AND OF WHAT? GODS HEART, THOUGHTS AND WAYS • WHAT WAS THE CONDITION TO BE HEARD? • HUMBLE HIMSELF BEFORE GO WHAT IS TO HUMBLE ITSELF? Humility is the prerequisite for honor ( Prov 15:33 ; 18:12 ; 22:4 ; 29:23 ) and physical blessing ( Psalm 37:11 ; Matt 5:5 ). Intimately associated with the fear of the Lord ( Psalms 25:9 Psalms 25:12-14 ; Prov 15:33 ), it may provide the key to wealth and life ( Prov 22:4 ); but even when blessings are postponed, a humble spirit is necessary ( Prov 16:18-19 ; cf. Romans 12:14 Romans 12:16-17 ). It is the gateway to eternal life ( Matt 5:3 ; 18:1-4 ), not necessarily physical reward (5:10-12). THE MAN JESUS I have come in answer to your prayer. But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. WHAT DID THE SPIRIT OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA DO? BLOCKED JESUS WAY WHY 21 DAYs? 21 - BREAKTHROUGH (NEW BEGINING) FOR THE SAINTS AND JUDGEMENT DAY FOR THE ENEMY 13+8 = 21 13 - "symbolic of rebellion and lawlessness. " 8-"represents a new beginning, meaning a new order or creation, and man's true 'born again' event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life." Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. WHO COME? MICHAEL - WARRIOR TO DEFET SATAN Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.” JESUS IS THE ONE WHO CAME TO EXPLAIN THE VISION TO DANIEL While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word. WHY DID DANIEL LOOK AT THE GROUND UNABLE TO SPEAK? WHY? WAS HE IN TOO MUCH SHOCK? OR WEAK? Then the one who looked like a man touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. 1- TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THERE IS A NEED TO BE TOUCHED FROM GOD WITHOUT GODS TOUCH - THERE IS NO TRUE WORD WORTH SPEAKING said to the one standing in front of me, “ DANIEL EXPRESSED HIS HEART BEFORE JESUS "I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak. How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe.” DANIEL CALLED JESUS AS LORD - HE COULD NOT CALL THE ANGEL "LORD" Then the one who looked like a man touched me again, and I felt my strength returning. “ 2 - IN ORDER TO HAVE STRENGTH IT IS NECESSARY A TOUCH FROM GOD - ONLY THEN DANEL FELT HIS STRENGTH BACK Don’t be afraid,” he said, “for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!” 2ND TIME AND AGAIN JESUS REAFFIRMS TO DANIEL - BE FREE OF FEAR - FREE OF THIS LIE THAT COMES WITH HUMAN NATURE - NOT FROM THE NEW CREATION IN GOD WHY ? BECAUSE THE TRUTH SETS FREE FROM A LIE OF FEAR WHAT IS THE TRUTH? WHY DOES IT HAS TO BE SPOKEN TWICE? DANIEL IS NOT JUST PRECIOUS, BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT HE IS VERY PRECIOUS TO GOD - SUCH TRUTH SETS HIM FREE IN JESUS PRESENCE THERE IS PEACE, ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRENGTH As he spoke these words to me, I suddenly felt stronger and said to him, “Please speak to me, my lord, for you have strengthened me.” JESUS WORDS ARE LIFE AND WITH IT COMES THE SUDDENLIES OF GOD NOW DANIEL STOOD UP AS REQUESTED AS THE LORD STRENGTHENED HIM He replied, “Do you know why I have come? JESUS IS ASKING DANIEL WHY? WHAT IS THE ANSWER? AND HE WILL FIGHT ANOTHER KINGDOM AGAINST SATAN RISING GREECE TO DESTROY THE PLANS OF GOD Soon I must return to fight against the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia, and after that the spirit prince of the kingdom of Greece will come. Meanwhile, I will tell you what is written in the Book of Truth. BUT FOR NOW JESUS IS OPENING THE BOOK OF TRUTH AND INFORMING DANIEL ABOUT WHAT IT IS YET TO COME IN THE FUTURE THE SPIRIT PRINCE OVER ISRAEL IS MICHAEL (No one helps me against these spirit princes except Michael, your spirit prince. I have been standing beside Michael to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)” JESUS HAS STAND WITH MICHAEL IN BATTLE SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING HIM - HOW? BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR JESUS IS 100% MAN AND GOD ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭10:1-22‬ ‭ —————————— CHAPTER 11 KINGS OF THE SOUTH AND OF THE NORTH ““Now then, I will reveal the truth to you. WHAT IS THE TRUTH HERE? Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. WHO WERE THE 3 KINGS? WHO IS THE FORTH? ROMAN EMPIRE He will use his wealth to stir up everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece. “Then a mighty king will rise to power who will rule with great authority and accomplish everything he sets out to do. "As the first Roman emperor (though he never claimed the title for himself), Augustus led Rome's transformation from republic to empire during the tumultuous years following the assassination of his great-uncle and adoptive father Julius Caesar." "Who was the Roman emperor at the time of the birth of Jesus? Thus the Roman Empire was born in 27 B.C.E., and Octavian, called Caesar Augustus, was its first emperor. Augustus was a wise ruler. He secured the borders of the empire and built roads." But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. "The Year of the Four Emperors, 69 AD, was a year in the history of the Roman Empirein which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian. The suicide of the emperor Nero in 68 was followed by a brief period of civil war, the first Roman civil war since Mark Antony's death in 30 BC." It will not be ruled by the king’s descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. ROME DIVIDED For his empire will be uprooted and given to others. “The king of the south will increase in power, but one of his own officials will become more powerful than he and will rule his kingdom with great strength. “ ROME HISTORY Some years later an alliance will be formed between the king of the north and the king of the south. The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be abandoned along with her supporters. But when one of her relatives becomes king of the south, he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him. When he returns to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless articles of gold and silver. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone. “Later the king of the north will invade the realm of the king of the south but will soon return to his own land. However, the sons of the king of the north will assemble a mighty army that will advance like a flood and carry the battle as far as the enemy’s fortress. “ Then, in a rage, the king of the south will rally against the vast forces assembled by the king of the north and will defeat them. After the enemy army is swept away, the king of the south will be filled with pride and will execute many thousands of his enemies. But his success will be short lived. “A few years later the king of the north will return with a fully equipped army far greater than before. At that time there will be a general uprising against the king of the south. Violent men among your own people will join them in fulfillment of this vision, but they will not succeed. Then the king of the north will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF (PAST FUTURE) “The king of the north will march onward unopposed; none will be able to stop him. He will pause in the glorious land of Israel, intent on destroying it. He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail. “ After this, he will turn his attention to the coastland and conquer many cities. But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and cause him to retreat in shame. He will take refuge in his own fortresses but will stumble and fall and be seen no more. “ His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. But after a very brief reign, he will die, though not from anger or in battle. “ HITLER? GREMANS? The next to come to power will be a despicable man who is not in line for royal succession. He will slip in when least expected and take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue. Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince. With deceitful promises, he will make various alliances. He will become strong despite having only a handful of followers. Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land. Then he will distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich—something his predecessors had never done. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while. “Then he will stir up his courage and raise a great army against the king of the south. The king of the south will go to battle with a mighty army, but to no avail, for there will be plots against him. His own household will cause his downfall. His army will be swept away, and many will be killed. Seeking nothing but each other’s harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for the end will come at the appointed time. “ The king of the north will then return home with great riches. On the way he will set himself against the people of the holy covenant, doing much damage before continuing his journey. “ Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different. 2nd WAR US INVASION? For warships from western coastlands will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. THE ANTI- CHRIST But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant. “His army will take over the Temple fortress, pollute the sanctuary, put a stop to the daily sacrifices, and set up the sacrilegious object that causes desecration. He will flatter and win over those who have violated the covenant. RESISTANCE COMES FROM WHERE? FROM SPEAKING ABOUT GOD? NO - BUT BY KNOWING GOD AND HIS WAYS WHAT IS TO KNOW GOD? HAVE RELATIONSHIP, SEEK HIS FACE, KNOW HIS WORD, DO HIS WILL But the people who know their God will be strong and will resist him. END TIMES LEADERS “Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed. During these persecutions, little help will arrive, and many who join them will not be sincere. And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. SOME WISE ONES WILL FALL VICTIM TO PERSECUTION In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come. “ PERSECUTION BRINGS - REFINANMENT, CLEANSING AND MADE PURE UNTIL THE END OF TIMES THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL DO AS HE PLEASES The king will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god, even blaspheming the God of gods. THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL SUCCEED UNTIL “TIME OF WRATH” (retributory punishment for an offense or a crime : divine chastisement) He will succeed, but only until the time of wrath is completed. THIS INDIVIDUAL WITH SATAN LIMITED POWER WILL BOAST AS THE GREATEST EVEN ABOVE ALL BELIEVED GODS For what has been determined will surely take place. He will have no respect for the gods of his ancestors, or for the god loved by women, or for any other god, for he will boast that he is greater than them all. Instead of these, he will worship the god of fortresses—a god his ancestors never knew—and lavish on him gold, silver, precious stones, and expensive gifts. Claiming this foreign god’s help, he will attack the strongest fortresses. ANTI-CHRIST REIGN He will honor those who submit to him, appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land among them as their reward. “ THIS IS THE TIME OF THE END Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the king of the north. The king of the north will storm out with chariots, charioteers, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood. He will enter the glorious land of Israel, and many nations will fall, but Moab, Edom, and the best part of Ammon will escape. He will conquer many countries, and even Egypt will not escape. He will gain control over the gold, silver, and treasures of Egypt, and the Libyans and Ethiopians will be his servants. “ But then news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy and obliterate many. He will stop between the glorious holy mountain and the sea and will pitch his royal tents. But while he is there, his time will suddenly run out, and no one will help him.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭11:2-45‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ————————— CHAPTER 12 ““At that time Michael, the archangel who stands guard over your nation, will arise. IN THE END TIME - WHO WILL ARISE AS THE GUARD OF ISRAEL? MICHAEL Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. AT THAT TIME - THERE WILL BE A RESCUE (RAPTURE?) FOR THE ONES WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued. DANIEL PEOPLE - ONLY JEWS? OR ALL ISRAEL? Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace. ANGELS GATHERING THE SAVED ONES FROM THE NON SAVED Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever. WHO WILL SHINE BRIGHT AS THE SKY? THE WISE ONES AND THOSE WHO LEAD MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL SHINE LIKE THE STARS FOREVER But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.” WHAT DO IS FOR DANIEL TO DO? KEEP THE PROPHECY OF THE END A SECRET - SEAL THE BOOK OF DANIEL UNTIL NOW - END TIMES APPROACHING FAST WHAT WILL IT HAPPEN IN THE END TIMES? MANY AND NOT A FEW ALL OVER THE GLOBE - INFORMATION ALL OVER - KNOWLEDGE WILL GROW Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing on opposite banks of the river. WHO DID DANIEL SEE FROM THE OTHER SIDE? WHY FROM ANOTHER SIDE? One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, WAS IT MOSES OR ELIJAH WHO ASKED THE QUESTION TO THE ONE ABOVE THE RIVER? IS JESUS THE ONE ABOVE THE RIVER ? “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?” WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? HOW LONG WILL THIS DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY WILL LAST? The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “ THE MAN ABOVE THE RIVER MADE A DECREE OF HOW LONG It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. IT WILL GO FOR 3 YEARS AND A HALF When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.” IT WILL END WHEN ALL THE POWERS OF THE HOLY PEOPLE ARE GONE. WHAT POWER THAT WILL BE CRUSHED? POWER OF BEING ALIVE FOR PRAYER, WORSHIP, PRAISE , TO BE A WITNESS OF GODS POWER “and as soon as they finish shattering and crushing the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.” DANIEL‬ ‭12:7‬ ‭AMP‬‬ I heard what he said, but I did not understand what he meant. DANIEL DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE MEANING SO HE ASKED THE QUESTION So I asked, “How will all this finally end, my lord?” THE ONE ABOVE THE RIVER REPLIED SAYING But he said, “Go now, Daniel, for what I have said is kept secret and sealed until the time of the end. THE TRIALS WILL: Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. THE END TIMES WILL BE A TIME OF PURIFICATION - OF WHAT? “For all that is in the world-- 1- the lust and sensual craving of the flesh 2- the lust and longing of the eyes 3- the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]-- these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever.” 1 JOHN‬ ‭2:16-17‬ ‭AMP‬‬ But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. WHY PEOPLE - EVIL DOERS WILL NOT UNDERSTAND THE END TIME TRIALS? THE WICKED WILL CONTINUE IN THEIR WICKEDNESS - THEY ARE BLINDED TO THE TRUTH BY THE ENEMY OF THIS WORLD. WHO WILL UNDERSTAND ALL THE MEANING OF THESE TRIALS? ONLY THOSE WHO ARS WISE (having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment.) Only those who are wise will know what it means. “ WHAT DOES WISE PERSON MEAN ? Wise, wisdom a moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be "foolish" is to be godless ( Psalms 14:1 ; Compare Judges 19:23 ; 2 Sam 13:13 ). True wisdom is a gift from God to those who ask it ( Job 28:12-28 ; Proverbs 3:13-18 ; Romans 1:22 ; 16:27 ; 1 Corinthians 1:17-21; 2:6-8 ; James 1:5 ). "Wisdom" in Proverbs 1:20 ; 8:1 ; 9:1-5 may be regarded not as a mere personification of the attribute of wisdom, but as a divine person, "Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God" ( 1 Corinthians 1:24 ). In Matthew 11:19 it is the personified principle of wisdom tat is meant. Beginning and End of Wisdom Wisdom begins and ends with the fear of the Lord. It isn’t a fear of being struck by lightning or fear of being struck dead but it’s a deep, abiding, holy reverence and respect for the Lord and for His Word, the Bible. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS FOUNDED IN DEEP LOVE WHERE WOSHIP FLOURISH AND GROWS BY EXPERIENCING OF HIS AMZING LOVE AND NOT BASED IN HUMAN FEAR OF LOOSING SOMETHING The Book of Proverbs has more to say about wisdom than any other book in the Bible. For example in Proverbs 9:10 Solomon, who was the wisest man on earth, at least until Christ came, said that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” Where there is fear, there tends to be obedience and God has said He prefers obedience over sacrifice (1 Sam 15:22; Hosea 6:6). Sometimes obedience comes before understanding and when someone obeys what they know to be true, understanding usually follows. Wisdom begins with reverence for God and a fear (MOTIVATED BY SURRENDER AND LOVE) for Him and His Word. That’s where wisdom begins. Where there is no fear of the Lord, there can never be any true wisdom. It’s just not possible. WHEN THE DAILY SACRIFICES OF GOD S PEOPLE ARE GONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 7 YEARS OF FALSE PEACE ISRAEL (GODS PEOPLE KILLED OR RAPTURED) THE ANTI- CHRIST WITH HIS ARROGANCE FULL OF SATAN WILL SEAT AT THE CENTER OF ALL FOR THE LAST 3.5 YEARS - 1,290 days. (1260 - 42 months) + 30 DAYS (MOON CALENDAR?) From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days. And blessed are those who wait and remain until the end of the 1,335 days! “ 1260 - 42 MONTHS 30 + 45 -> 1335 IF THERE ARE THOSE WHO STAYED ALIVE UNTIL THE 1335 DAYS (THEY MAY SEE JESUS RETURN AND WILL MEET WITH HIM IN HEAVEN) 1335 days - As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.” ‭‭Daniel‬ ‭12:1-13‬ ‭ THERE IS AN INHERITANCE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST TO BE RECEIVED WHEN WE ARE RISED AGAIN

INTRODUCTION ISAIAH 1-5 GODS DESIRE FOR HIS PEOPLE AND JUDGEMENTS TO THE WICKET WHO SAYS GOOD IS EVIL AND EVIL IS GOOD. Chapter 1 GOD BROUGHT UP HIS PEOPLE - JERUSALEM - BUT THEY REBELLED AGAINST HIM GOD PROMISED TO PURIFY THEM THOSE WHO REPENT WILL BE REVIVED BY JESUS - RIGHTEOUSNESS “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ WHAT HAS GOD DONE? FATHER NOURISH HIS OWN - BUT FOR THE REBELLION HE REMOVES HIS PROVISION - GOD RESIST THE PROUD, BUT EXALT THE HUMBLE IN THE RIGHT TIME. “Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”” ‭‭ THERE IS NO RECOGNITION OF GODS CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE - PEOPLE STUBBORN GOD CALLS HIS PEOPLE BEAUTIFUL - BUT ABANDONED “Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege. GOD IN HIS MERCY SPARED THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.” ‭‭ “When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims. GOD DOES NOT LISTEN TO NATIONS COVERED WITH BLOOD OF INNOCENT BABIES AND VICTIMS INNOCENT VICTIMS - LOST ONES WHO DID NOT HEAR THE TRUTH IN LOVE, GIVEN ATTENTION, NOT LOVED ONES WHAT DOES GOD COMMAND US TO DO OURSELVES? GIVE UP EVIL WAYS - LIES, DESIRES OF THE FLESH, PRESUMPTUOUS SIN, PRIDEFUL SELFISH HEART - NO SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE WASH AND BE CLEAN - BY BELIEVING, RECEIVING THE WORD - JESUS SAID THAT HIS DISCIPLES WERE CLEAN BECAUSE HE GAVE AND THEY RECEIVED THE WORD. "Wash yourselves and be clean! " NO MORE SIN FOR THERE IS NOTHING HIDEEN BEFORE HIM "Get your sins out of my sight. " WE HAVE FREE WILL BUT OUR WAYS ARE NOT ACCEPTED BEFORE GOD - ONLY HIS WAYS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR OUR WAYS (THOUGHTS, DEEDS) ARE EVIL SINCE BIRTH "Give up your evil ways. " HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE WHO TEACHES TO DO GOOD "Learn to do good." WHAT DO WE SEEK? WE SEEK JUSTICE OF HIS KINGDOM Seek justice. WITH JUSTICE THERE IS PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AS WE HELP THE OPPRESSED, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows. “ GOD CALLS US IN HIS PRESENCE TO RESOLVE THIS - CHANGE RED INTO WHITE - SIN FORGIVEN - GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SETTLE THIS - NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? JUST OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS AND PROVISION WILL COME - OBEDIENCE COMES THRU LOVE AND NOT BY FEAR "If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat. " OBEDIENCE - RESULTS IN NOURISHMENT - PLENTY TO EAT - PROVISION TO LIVE WHAT IS RESULT OF NOT OBEDIENCE? DESTRUCTION BY THE ENEMY "But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!” “When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, WHY GOD WILL NOT LISTEN? for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims. GOD WILL NOT LISTEN - WORKS OF HANDS-OWN WAYS - INNOCENT BLOOD - PEOPLE WHO HAS NOT HEARD THE GOSPEL - ABORTION - PEOPLE WHO CANNOT DEFEND THEMSELVES - WIDOWS AND ORPHANS HOW TO CLEAN OURSEVES? GIVE UP EVIL WAYS WAYS TO GIVE UP EVIL WAYS: TEACH ME HOLY SPIRIT TO DO GOOD (LEARN TO DO GOOD) SEEK JUSTICE-DO WHAT IS RIGHT-BE ACTIVE RUNNING TOWARDS WHAT IS RIGHT HELP THE OPPRESSED - GIVE TIME/MONEY - SPEAK TRUTH IN LOVE DEFEND AND FIGHT FOR THE CAUSE OF ORPHANS - GOD WILL INTERVENE AND BURN ALL SIN AND MELT IT DOWN - PURIFY LIKE GOLD I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities. WHT WILL HAPPEN THEN? GOOD COUNCIL AND JUDGES - CORRECT JUDGEMENT COMES AFTER PURIFICATION Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City.” "Zion will be restored by justice; " WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO REPENT? "those who repent will be revived by righteousness. " BE REVIVED BY RIGHTEOUSNESS WHO REPENT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REBELS? DESTRUCTION But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭1:15-20, 25-28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ =========================================================== CHAPTER 2 FUTURE REIGN OF JESUS IN THE EARTH - ONLY GOD WILL BE EXALTED PEOPLE ARE CREATED WITH ONE PURPOSE - TO WORSHIP LORD’s TEACHING WILL GO OUT FROM ZION NO MORE WARS OR TRAINING- EQUIPMENT OF WAR “In the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all the most important place on earth. " 7 MOUNTAINS - 1 MOUNTAIN WILL BE ABOVE ALL OTHERS - GODS KINGDOM IN AND THROUGH THE CHURCH It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship. PEOPLE ARE CREATED WITH ONE PURPOSE - WORSHIP - ALL THINGS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF WORSHIP (LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL HEART AND NEIGHBOR AS MYSEF) THERE IS NO TEACHING WITHOUT WORSHIP THERE IS NO TEACHING WITHOUT GOING TO THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD - IT IS NOT A VALLEY - IT IS A MOUNTAIN LIKE MOSES HAD TO CLIMB MOUNT SINAI TO GET THE LAW WE HAVE ACCESS BY THS BLOOD TO GO INTO HIS PRESENCE WITH THANKS GIVING People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” LORD TEACHES HIS WAYS AS HE TAUGHT MOSES - HE DID NOT ONLY SHOW HIS SIGNS - WE WALK IN HIS PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES THE FATHERS WAYS For the LORD’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem. FROM HIS PEOPLE HIS TEACHING WHO WILL SETTLE INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES? THE LORD WILL The LORD will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. NO MORE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION - NO MORE TRAINING FOR WAR ANYMORE They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.” NO MORE WARS OR TRAINING OF WAR UNDER HIS KINGDOM JUDGEMENT DAY “Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD! ON THAT DAY - WE WILL WALK IN THE LIGHT FOR HE IS THE LIGHT - OUR TRUST IS IN WALKING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT OF HIS WORD - HIS PROMISES WHY HAS GOD REJECTED ISRAEL? “For the LORD has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. " ISRAEL HAS MADE ALLIANCES WITH PAGANS "They have made alliances with pagans. " Israel is full of silver and gold; there is no end to its treasures. Their land is full of warhorses; there is no end to its chariots WHT IS THE LAND FULL OF ? IDOLS Their land is full of idols; the people worship things they have made with their own hands. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ?THEY WILL BE HUMBLED So now they will be humbled, and all will be brought low— do not forgive them. ON THAT DAY: PEOPLE WILL TRY TO HIDE FROM THE LORD “Crawl into caves in the rocks. Hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the glory of his majesty.” "Human pride will be brought down, and human arrogance will be humbled." ONLY THE LORD IN HIS BODY WILL BE EXALTED ON THAT DAY Only the LORD will be exalted on that day of judgment. THE DAY OF RECKONING IS COMING - ENOUGH OF THIS For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted. HOLY SPIRIT CREATE IN ME HUMBLED SPIRIT - SET ME APART OF PRIDEFUL HEART - WHO AM I WITHOUT YOUR LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE? DO NOT PUT TRUST ON HUMAN!!! Don’t put your trust in mere humans. WHO ARE THEY ? FRAIL AS BREAK - NO GOOD IN THEM WITHOUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST They are as frail as breath. What good are they?” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭2:5, 8-9, 11-12, 22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ WHAT IS MAN WITHOUT GOD - SMOKE THAT VANISHES IN A SECOND =========================================================== CHAPTER 3 JUDGEMENT AGAINST JUDAH - STARTS IN THE CHURCH STARTS ON ALL DEPENDENCY - IT WILL BE ALL REMOVED THE GODLY WILL SURVIVE AND IT WILL BE ALL WELL WHAT GOD WILL DO? EVERYTHING HIS PEOPLE DEPEND UPON “The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will take away from Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on: WHAT DO PEOPLE DEPEND UPON? FOOD AND WATER - NOT ONLY FROM BREAD MEN WILL LIVE BUT FROM THE WORD OF GOD IDOLS - DESIRES FOR IDENTITY OUT OF GOD JUDGEMENTS - DECISIONS AND VISIONS OF OTHERS - NO SELF CONVICTION - DISCERNMENT VOICES FROM OTHERS MORE EXPERIENCE - CODEPENDENT MORE EXPERIENCED ON BATTLES OF LIFE MORE VOICES OF OTHERS TRICKS AND REBELLION SPIRIT MORE DECEITFUL SPIRIT "every bit of bread and every drop of water, all their heroes and soldiers, judges and prophets, fortune-tellers and elders, army officers and high officials, advisers, skilled sorcerers, and astrologers.” ‭‭ WHY WILL GODS PEOPLE STUMBLE AND FALL? THEY SPEAK AGAINST THE LORD - ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT THEY REFUSE TO OBEY THEY PROVOKE GOD THEY DISPLAY THEIR SIN LIKE SODOM “For Jerusalem will stumble, and Judah will fall, " WHY? "because they speak out against the LORD and refuse to obey him. They provoke him to his face. The very look on their faces gives them away. They display their sin like the people of Sodom and don’t even try to hide it. " WHAT IS THE RESULT? DOOMED - DESTRUCTION UPON THEMSELVES They are doomed! They have brought destruction upon themselves.” JUDGEMENT COMES AGAINST THOSE WHO SPEAK AGAINST THE LORD AND REFUSES TO OBEY HIM - EVERY WORD AND ATTITUDE THAT DOES NOT ALIGN IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD OF GOD - PEOPLE ARE DOOMED - THEY BRING DESTRUCTION UPON THEMSELVES GOD WILL REMOVE THE BEAUTY OF ZION - WHAT HE HAS GIVEN HER “So the Lord will send scabs on her head; the LORD will make beautiful Zion bald.” GOD WILL REMOVE HER GLORY On that day of judgment the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful: ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,” ‭ NO ATTRACTION - NO GLORY ON THAT DAY BUT PROMISES OF ALL WILL BE WELL FOR THE GODLY - HERE ON EARTH OR NOT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GODLY - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST “Tell the godly that all will be well for them. " WHAT WILL THEY ENJOY? RICH REWARDS THEY EARNED "They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned! " DESTRUCTION TO THE WICKED But the wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they deserve.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭3:10-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ =========================================================== CHAPTER 4 LACK OF MAN DUE TO DEATH IN BATTLES REMNANTS WILL SURVIVE - GLORIOUS HOLY PEOPLE - WILL BE CLEANSED "LORD will provide SHADE for Mount Zion and all who assemble there. " In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”” ‭‭ PROMISES OF RESTORATION GOD's PEOPLE AND THE GENTILES INCLUDED - BRANCH ADDED “But in that day, the branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of all who survive in Israel. WHO WILL BE HOLY PEOPLE? THE REMAINING OF ZION All who remain in Zion will be a holy people— WHO ARE THEY? WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY ARE HOLY "those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem and are recorded among the living. " WHAT WILL GOD DO? THROUGH CHRIST ZION WILL BE CLEANSED The Lord will wash the filth from beautiful Zion and cleanse Jerusalem of its bloodstains with the hot breath of fiery judgment. GODS PROTECTION -DAY AND NIGHT AGAINST THE "SUN" OF THE WORLD Then the LORD will provide SHADE for Mount Zion and all who assemble there. He will provide a canopy of CLOUD during the day and SMOKE and flaming fire at night, COVERING the glorious land. It will be a shelter from daytime heat and a hiding place from storms and rain.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭4:2-6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ =========================================================== CHAPTER 5 JUDGEMENT IN THAT DAY GOD EXPECTED SWEET GRAPES, BUT RECEIVED BITTER GRAPES HUMANITY WILL BE DESTROYED PEOPLE SAY LIGHT IS DARK AND DARK IS LIGHT - DEATH AND SORROW GODS ANGER AGAINT HIS PEOPLE - PEOPLE REJECTED THE WORD OF GOD - THE LAW OF THE LORD “Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: WE SING TO THE ONE WE LOVE My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill. He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter. “Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard. WHAT ELSE COULD GOD DO? What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?” WHAT WILL GOD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD? DESTRUCTION Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it. I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. GOD WILL COMMAND NO MORE RAIN ON IT - SEEN 1700-1800 WASTE LAND I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it. The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. WHO ARE GOD PLEASANT GARDEN? PEOPLE OF PRAISE The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. BUT He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence. FOR THOSE WHO SEEK SELF INTEREST “What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land. But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “ WHAT DOES GOD SWEAR SOLEMN OATH? LIVES WILL BE EMPTY Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty. Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.” SORROWS FOR THE DRUNK ONES IN THEIR REBELLION What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties— lyre and harp, tambourine and flute— PEOPLE BLIND IN THEIR SINS DO NO THINK OR NOTICE GOD DOING - THEY DO NOT KNOW GOD but they never think about the LORD or notice what he is doing. RESULT - EXILE So my people will go into exile far away because they do not know me. Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of thirst. DEATH IS OPEN “The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.” WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HUMINITY? Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down; even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation. BUT WHO WILL BE EXALTED? GOD WILL AND HIS PEOPLE WILL FIND PROVISION AMONG THE RUINS BY WHAT WILL HE BE EXALTED? BY HIS JUSTICE "But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. HOW WILL HIS HOLINESS BE DISPLAYED? BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS "The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness. " HIS PEOPLE THE LAMBS (NOT WILD GOATS) WILL FIND PROVISION "In that day lambs will find good pastures, and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins." PEOPLE DRAG THEIR SINS BEHIND THEM HIDING LIKE ROPES MADE OF LIES - RESULT IN SORROW AND PAIN “What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart! SORROW TO PEOPLE HOLDING TO THEIR PAST AND SINS They even mock God and say, “Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.” ‭‭ WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY? THERE,IS SORROW AND PAIN FOR THOSE WHO SAY\SPEAK GOOD IS EVIL AND THAT EVIL IS GOOD "What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, PEOPLE SAY LIGHT IS DARK AND DARK IS LIGHT "that dark is light and light is dark, " PEOPLE SAY BITTER IS SWEET AND SWEET IS BITTER "that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter. " THERE IS SORROW - FEEL OR DISPLAY OF DEEP DISTRESS FOR THOSE WHO ARE WISE ON THEIR OWN EYES - THINK THEY ARE CLEVER "What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever." SORROW FOR THOSE WHO LEAN ON THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING AND DO NOT TRUST THE LORD “What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine and boast about all the alcohol they can hold. SORROW TO THE CORRUPTED They take bribes to let the wicked go free, and they punish the innocent.” LIKE NATURE IS DESTROYED EVEN ROOTS - NO FUTURE "Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. " WHY? WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SUCH SORROW? PEOPLE BY FREE WILL MADE DECISION TO REJECT THE WORD OF GOD - THE LAW OF THE LORD "For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. " THIS IS THE RESON OF GOD ANGER That is why the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE COPSES OF THE PEOPLE - LITTER LIKE GARBAGE ON THE STREETS The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the LORD’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike! WHAT WILL GOD DO? HE WILL SEND A SIGNAL - GOD WILL SEND A SIGN - NATIONS WILL COME RACING TOWARDS JERUSALEM “He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem." THEY WILL RUN AND NOT GET TIRED They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken. Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind. They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.” They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. WHAT WILL PEOPLE SEE LOOKING ACROSS THE LAND? ONLY DISTRESS AND DARKNESS - EVEN SUN WILL BE DARKND If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.” ‭‭ =========================================================== CHAPTER 6 ISAIAH EXPERIENCE WITH GOD AT OLDER AGE ONLY AFTER DEATH - I CAN SEE THE LORD ONLY AFTER CLEANSING - I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE BEFORE A CHANGE, PROMOTION, NEW SEASON - GOD SENDS A MAN INTO OUR LIVES WHY ONLY AFTER THE KING's DEATH? DEALTH ON DEPENDENCY OR CO-DEPENDENCY OF OTHERS WHAT DID ISAIAH SEE AFTER THE DEATH OF THE KING? WHICH OF THE 5 SENSES IS PRIMARILY IMPORTANT? THE EYES - WHY? PAUL PRAYER IS FOR THE EYES OF OUR UNDERSTANDING TO BE OPEN UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHO? GOD HIMSELF JOB SAYS - “Job 42:5 “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” ONE THING IS TO HEAR, BUT ONLY BY SEEING WE CAN KNOW AND BE CHANGED BY WHO WE SEE PAUL WRITES “Eph 1:18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints” PAULS WRITES “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:4-6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ THE LIGHT OF JESUS SHINES OUR HEARTS SO WITH OPEN HEART IN LIGHT WE CAN SEE KNOW THE GLORY IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST “Pascal said, “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things” (Pensées). There is a spiritual seeing through and beyond natural seeing. There is a spiritual hearing through and beyond natural hearing. There is spiritual discerning through and beyond natural reasoning.”https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-god-opens-the-eyes-of-the-heart WHAT ISAIAH SAW THE KING OF KINGS SEATED ON HIGH - POSITION ON GOVERN THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE GLORY FILLED THE TEMPLE - POWER GLORY WHAT DOES THE VISION SHOW ? EXPANSION OF GODS GLORY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ME AS I SEE BEHOLD HIM ALONE - I AM THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HE IS ENTHRONED IN ME - SEATED IN MY HEART “It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. BRING DEATH LORD TO the lust of the flesh [craving for self preservation - sensual gratification] the ambitions of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] the pride of life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]–these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].” 1 John‬ ‭2:16‬ ‭AMP‬‬ FIRST HE SAW THEN HE HEAD ANGELS - CELESTIAL BEING CALLING EACH OTHER? WHY AND WHAT WERE THEY CALLING AT? WHY AT EACH OTHER? DID THEY HAVE REASON TO CALL? THEY WOULD SEE AND CALL OUT TO EACH OTHER HIS GLORY ON EACH AS THE FATHER GOD MANIFESTED HIS HOLINESS IN ALL HIS CREATION HOLY,HOLY,HOLY - THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT - 3 IN 1 WHOLE COMPLETE - ONE WITH HIS WORD HIS SON THEY SAID THE WHOLE EARTH (NOT HEAVEN) IS FILLED WITH HIS GLORY - AS HEAVEN CAME DOWN AND EARTH ARE ONE - THERE IS NO TIME LINE - FOR THEY LIVE IN THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE "They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!” ANGELS CALL THE EARTH AND NOT THE HEAVEN AS THEY HAVE BECOME ONE FILLED WITH HIS GLORY BEYOND ALL THIS GLORY - ISAIAH RECOGNIZES HIS SINFUL HEART - HOW COULD HE HAVE SEEN THE LORD AND STILL LIVE? HE DECLARED HE WAS DOOMED ON HIS OWN EYE, BUT NOT BEFORE THE MERCIFUL EYES OF GOD Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.” GODS IN MERCY AND LOVE COMES COMES AND TOUCHES US TO REMOVE THE GUILTY STAINS He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.” ONLY AFTER CLEANSING - I CAN HEAR HIS VOICE "Then I heard the Lord asking, “ WHAT DID ISAIAH HEAR? A QUESTION TOWARDS A NEEDY PEOPLE WHAT IS THE LORD ASKING? WHAT DOES HE WANT TO DO? HE IS ASKING FOR A MESSENGER - THERE IS A NEED FOR A MAN AS A MESSENGER - TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE - BRING CHANGE BEFORE A CHANGE, PROMOTION, NEW SEASON - GOD SENDS A MAN INTO OUR LIVES GOD LOVED AND SENT HIS SON Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? WHO WILL GO FOR US? GOD INCLUDES HIMSELF Who will go for us?” WHO WILL GO TO THIS YOUNG GENERATION? I WILL - SEND ME ISAIAH RESPONDS - I said, “Here I am. Send me.” And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people, ‘ WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY? 'Listen carefully, but do not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing.’ Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?” And he replied, “ THIS WENT UNTIL PALESTINE BECAME A WASTE LAND Until their towns are empty, their houses are deserted, and the whole country is a wasteland; LAND OF ISRAEL BECAME A WASTE LAND FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. THERE WAS A STUMP LEFT AFTER ALL THE BURNING - ZIONIST RETURNED But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.”” HISTORY FACTS "In the twelve and a half centuries between the Arab conquest in the seventh century and the beginnings of the Jewish return in the 1880's, Palestine was laid waste. Its ancient canal and irrigation systems were destroyed and the wondrous fertility of which the Bible spoke vanished into desert and desolation... Under the Ottoman empire of the Turks, the policy of disfoliation continued; the hillsides were denuded of trees and the valleys robbed of their topsoil" "After a visit in 1817-1818, travelers reported that there was not "a single boat of any description on the lake [Tiberias]."In a German encyclopedia published in 1827, Palestine was depicted as "desolate and roamed through by Arab bands of robbers." "The British Consul in Palestine reported in 1857 that The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population." "In the 1860s, it was reported that "depopulation is even now advancing."19 At the same time, H. B. Tristram noted in his journal that The north and south [of the Sharon plain] land is going out of cultivation and whole villages are rapidly disappearing from the face of the earth. Since the year 1838, no less than 20 villages there have been thus erased from the map [by the Bedouin] and the stationary population extirpated." "To find ". . . the sort of solitude to make one dreary," one must, Twain wrote dramatically, Come to Galilee for that... these unpeopled deserts, these rusty mounds of barrenness, that never, never do shake the glare from their harsh outlines, and fade and faint into vague perspective; that melancholy ruin of Capernaum: this stupid village of Tiberias, slumbering under its six funereal palms.... We reached Tabor safely .... We never saw a human being on the whole route. 24 Nazareth is forlorn .... Jericho the accursed lies a moldering ruin today, even as Joshua's miracle left it more than three thousand years ago: Bethlehem and Bethany, in their poverty and their humiliation, have nothing about them now to remind one that they once knew the high honor of the Savior's presence; the hallowed spot where the shepherds watched their flocks by night, and where the angels sang, "Peace on earth, good will to men," is untenanted by any living creature... Bethsaida and Chorzin have vanished from the earth, and the "desert places" round about them, where thousands of men once listened to the Savior's voice and ate the miraculous bread, sleep in the hush of a solitude that is inhabited only by birds of prey and skulking foxes." http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~peters/depopulated.html The Hovevei Zion, or the Lovers of Zion, were responsible for the creation of 20 new Jewish settlements in Palestine between 1870 and 1897.[1] The success of Zionism has meant that the percentage of the world's Jewish population who live in Israel has steadily grown over the years and today 40% of the world's Jews live in Israel. There is no other example in human history of a nation being reestablished after such a long period of existence as a diaspora.[citation needed] ========================================================= CHAPTER 7 3 GENERATIONS SON OF THE PROPHET - YOUNGER GENERATION LEARNING NEW WAYS SON OF CORRUPTED KING TRYING OVERTHROWN JUDAH KING SON OF GOD - EMMANUEL - KING FOREVER JESUS - EMMANUEL WHAT DID GOD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHY TAKE HIS SON? TAKE THE YOUNG PROPHETIC GENERATION TO LEARN TO WALK IN GODS WAY - BE A MODAL “Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed. TO SAY WHAT? NOT TO WORRY - NO NEED TO FEAR HIS ENEMIES Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah. Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying, ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. WHAT DOES THE ENEMY WANTS TO DO? CAPTURE INTO SLAVERY THE YOUNG PROPHETIC GENERATION REPLACE THE PROPHETIC GENERATION WITH NON LEGITIMATE GENERATION Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’ WHAT DOES THE NAME MEAN? "good is God," -REVERSE SPIRIT TO STOP THE REBUILDING OF JERUSALEM CONTRARY SPIRIT TO SPEAK AGAINST GODS WORD - PREVENT PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING FROM REIGNING IN GODS CHILDREN HEART WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT THIS? WHY NOT TO WORRY? NO INVASION - NO SPACE OF TERRITORY TAKEN BY THE ENEMY - GODS POWER AND LOVE IS GREATER ENEMY HAS NO POWER AND HIS TERRITORY IS SMALL AS THE CAPITAL AND NO STRONGER THAN A MAN But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “This invasion will never happen; it will never take place; for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus, and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin. ISRAEL - NOT JUDAH WILL BE CRUSHED IT ALSO DOES NOT HAVE POWER As for Israel, within sixty-five years it will be crushed and completely destroyed. Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria, and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah. THE ONLY WAY TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE ENEMY IS THAT FAITH NEEDS TO BE FIRM "GOD TOLD THE KING Ahaz Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm.” WHAT GOD REQUIRES TO MAKE US FIRM? FIRM FAITH HOW CAN GOD STAND US FIRM? BY FIRM FAITH AND NOT ONLY FAITH IS THERE WEAK FAITH? FAITH THAT IS NOT FIRM - RESOLUTE WHAT IS FIRM FAITH? STRONG BELIEF AND TRUST - NOT COMPROMISING "continued steadily; remaining the same: a firm friendship. unchanging; resolute; constant: firm faith. showing determination, strength, etc.: a firm command. legally or formally concluded; definite; final: a firm contract, a firmorder." “Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16:13‬ ‭NLT Jesus described very difficult times that would come, and said that many would turn away from the faith, and the love of many would grow cold. Then he said, “but he who stands firm to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13 NIV). Other Scriptures repeat this admonition to stand firm. Paul told the Corinthians to “…stand firm in the faith…” (1 Corinthians 16:13 NIV). “…it is by faith you stand firm” (2 Corinthians 1:24 NIV). (Also see Galatians 5:1; Philippians 1:27, 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; James 5:8.) Peter told believers to resist the devil, “…standing firm in the faith…” (1 Peter 5:9 NIV). Paul also told believers to “…stand firm…” against the devil’s schemes (Ephesians 6:13 NIV). (See Ephesians 6:11-18.) Jude told us to “contend earnestly for the faith” (Jude 3). The Old Testament says the same. “When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever” (Proverbs 10:25 NIV) . “…If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all” (Isaiah 7:9 NIV). HOW TO HAVE A FIRM FAITH? HOW TO STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH? CAUSED BY IGNORANCE - REJECTION TO THE TRUTH Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. "MAT 22: "They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!" 2 Timothy‬ ‭3:5‬ ‭ WHERE DOES FAITH COME FOM? “So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by obeying the law of Moses? Of course not! You received the Spirit because you believed the message you heard about Christ. "I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not! It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.” Galatians‬ ‭3:2, 5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “The real children of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God.” ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭3:7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ STEPS TO FIRM FAITH 1 - BE BORN AGAIN AND RECEIVE THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - BY POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT BELIEVING AND RECEIVING JESUS Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” JOHN 3:3 2- EAT OF THE BREAD - SPEAKS OF KNOWING AND MEDITATING ON THE WORD DRINK OF THE WINE - SPEAKS OF BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WALK IN THE ANOINTING GOD GAVE US Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. "MAT 22: KNOWING THE WORD IS NOT ENOUGH - WE SHOULD KNOW AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF GOD - HIS LOVE "So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. john 6:53" "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, EPH 5:18 HOW CAN I BE FILLED? "singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, " SINGING IN UNITY - POWER OF AGREEMENT AND ANOINTING OF THE BODY SINGING WITH UNDERSTANDING (PSALMS AND HYMNS) AS WELL AS IN THE SPIRIT (NEW SONG FROM OUR SPIRIT INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US) "and making music to the Lord in your hearts. " WORSHIP IS FROM THE HEART NOT TO PEOPLE BUT TO THE LORD - FROM COMING INSIDE OUT - NOT PERFORMANCE - GREAT QUALITY ALONE TO SHOW OFF And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5:19-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ 3 - LISTEN AND OBEY TO THE WORD - HAVE FAITH WITH DEEDS FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, BELIEVING AND RECEIVING GODS WORD - OBEY BY CONFESSING THE WORD 22You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead. JOS 8:1 "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall read [and meditate on] it day and night, so that you may be careful to do [everything] in accordance with all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will be successful." "For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith" 1 JOHN 5:4 GOD CHALLENGES THE KING TO DREAM BIG IS THERE SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE TO HIM? “Ask the LORD your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead. ” OK YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE BUT THE LORD DOES LORD PROVES HIMSELF A SIGN - HIS SON All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. WHAT IS TO OBSERVE? GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON BORN FROM VIRGIN MARY Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). TIME COMES TO CHOOSE WHAT IS RIGHT AND REJECT WHAT IS WRONG JESUS WILL GROW FAST IN WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING - HE ALSO WILL HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG HE WILL START LIFE RUNNING By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. THEN GOD WILL BRING JUDGEMENT AGAINST YOU FOR YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE SON “Then the LORD will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!” ASSYRIA CAME AND DESTROYED ALL In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people. THE LAND WAS A WASTE LAND The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife.” ‭‭ ========================================================= CHAPTER 8 GODS IS WITH US - CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE - REFRESHING - PEACEFUL - ABUNDANT GRACE "THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME A STRONG WARNING NOT TO THINK LIKE EVERYONE DOES". IT DOES NOT SAY BELIEVE OR ACT, BUT THINK - CONSIDER - INTERPRET EXPERIENCES AND ACT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HOW NOT TO THINK LIKE THIS WORLD? DECIDE AND MAKE THE LORD HOLY IN MY LIFE - THOUGHTS AND DEEDS HOLY - HIS WORD REIGN IN ME HOLY - NO COMPROMISE BE CAUTIOUS - ZEALOUS OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND HOPE WILL NOT DISAPPEAR LOST GENERATION WEARY DESPERATE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD “My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. " JUDGEMENT ON DEPENDING OR JOKING ON THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS They are rejoicing over what will happen to King Rezin and King Pekah. Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River —the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel. GOD IS WITH US Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us! ” DO NOT THINK AS THE WORLD THINK - WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST WHAT DID GOD GIVE TO ISAIAH ? WHAT DOES GOD GIVES IN A STRON WAY? GOD GIVES US STRONG - FIRM -RESOLUTE WARNING - FORCEFUL ADVICE DO NOT THINK - (DIRECT YOUR MIND, IMAGINATION, OPINION, BELIEF) LIKE EVERYONE ELSE -IT IS BEFORE WALK OR BELIEVE DO NOT WALK LIKE OTHERS WALK "The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. "Walk like the others walk" SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? HOW DO I THINK LIKE JESUS? "He said, Make the LORD of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. "He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble. " MAKE GOD HOLY IN MY LIFE - HOW ? FEAR HIM (FEAR OF THE LORD) WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD? HUMBLE POSTURE OF WORSHIP - GROW IN LOVE AND NOT FEAR GODS JUDGEMENTS Hebrew noun yirah “usually refers to the fear of God and is viewed as a positive quality. This fear acknowledges God’s good intentions (Ex. 20:20). … This fear is produced by God’s Word (Ps. 119:38; Prov. 2:5) and makes a person receptive to wisdom and knowledge (Prov. 1:7; 9:10)” HOW DO WE LEARN THE FEAR OF THE LORD? GO AFTER JESUS - FOLLOW HIM RECOGNIZE WE ARE GODS CHILDREN LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE TEACHABLE HEART KEEP TONGLE FROM EVIL KEEP LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT DEPART FROM EVIL - DO GOOD SEEK PEACE WITH ALL MAN - PURSUIT IT Psalm 34 King David also tells us about learning the fear of the Lord: “Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. WHAT IS THE FEAR OF THE LORD? Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it” (verses 11, 13-14). We must never lose our respect and appreciation for God, but we should grow beyond being motivated solely by fear and rather be motivated by God’s love—having a deep love and respect for God and His words. BENEFITS “Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; for surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off” (Proverbs 23:17-18). “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death” (Proverbs 14:27). The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil” (Proverbs 19:23). THE LORD IS THE ONE NOT MEN WE SHOULD RESPECT, LOVE AND WORSHIP WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT IS THE OUTCOME? SAFETY AGAINS EVIL "He will keep you safe. " THE LORD KEEP US SAFE UNDER SHADOW OF HIS WINGS JESUS EMANUEL - HAS BECOME THE CORNER STONE "But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare." JESUS IS THE CORNER STONE WHAT TO DO ? KEEP THE TEACHING OF THE WORD - SHARE THE WORD\ MAKE DISCIPLES - WAIT ON THE WORD "Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me. I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. " MY HOPE IS IN HIM "I will put my hope in him. I and the children the LORD has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the LORD of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion. " CONFUSED PEOPLE SAY "Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” "But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? "NO THE ANSWER IS TO: "Look to God’s instructions and teachings!" WALK IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN A LIE (NO AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD) ARE IN THE DARK - TO LIVE IN THE LIGHT - TRUTH IS TO BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE WORD CONFUSION - BLIND FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN LIES AND DARKNESS "People who contradict his word are completely in the dark. They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. " RESTLESS SOULS LIVING A LIE LIFE - RUNNING ALL OVER BLIND AND CONFUSED - WHEREVER THEY GO THERE WILL BE TROUBLE AND ANGUISH AND DARK DESPAIR "And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. " LOST SOULS REVOLT AGAINST AUTHORITY "They will look up to heaven and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. " WHAT IS THEIR END? TERRIBLE END "They will be thrown out into the darkness.” FATHER - MERCY - HERE I AM SEND ME TO THIS GENERATION - I AM AVAILABLE - PUT YOR LOVE FOR THEM IN ME- LET ME LOVE THEM WITH YOUR LOVE - MOLD, FILL AND USE ME FOR YOUR GLORY ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭8:6-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ========================================================= CHAPTER 9 JESUS IS BORNED AND HE SHALL BE CALLED Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. GLORY PROMISES OF JESUS AS THE LIGHT JESUS SET US FREE FROM ANY BONDAGE GOD IS COMMITTED WITH PASSION FOR HIS SON AND HIS PEOPLE - REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER “Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory. JESUS PROMISE WHAT WILL PEOPLE SEE? GREAT LIGHT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE NATION OF ISRAEL - HOLY NATION? GROW WITH BELIEVERS - GROW IN ITS INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD WHAT WILL PEOPLE REACTION BE? REJOICE GREATLY "The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and its people will rejoice. They will rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest and like warriors dividing the plunder. " WHAT DID JESUS DO AT THE CROSS? JESUS BROKE THE YOKE OF SLVERY FROM SIN AND DEATH ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE - JESUS (CRIST - ANOINTED) II Corinthians 1:21-22 “Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” I John 2:27 “But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.” REMOVED THE HEAVY BURDEN OF SIN - PAID THE RANSOM BROKE THE ENEMIES OPPRESSION "For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressor’s rod, just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian." For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Wonderful Counselor - divine lawyer - intercessor - speaks the truth Mighty God - All powerful - God of the impossible Everlasting Father - loves deeply - embraces - give gifts - model eternal Prince of Peace - ends wars - remove all stress/strives of life "His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. " "The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!" GOD IS COMMITTED WITH PASSION FOR HIS SON AND HIS PEOPLE - REIGN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOREVER MEN STILL WILL REJECT THE LIGHT AND TRY ON THEIR OWN REBUILD THEIR LIVES WITH SAND "They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.” "For after all this punishment, the people will still not repent. They will not seek the LORD of Heaven’s Armies." EVIL LEADERSHIP GUIDING PEOPLE INTO DESTRUCTION The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail. For the leaders of the people have misled them. They have led them down the path of destruction. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME OF EVIL DOERS? THEY SPREAD LIES AND WICKEDNESS LIKE FIRE This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9:1-4, 6-7, 10, 13, 15-16, 18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ====================================================== CHAPTER 10 INJUSTICE SORROW GOD IS THE FIRE WHO DEVOURS BURNING THE ENEMY "the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel." END TIME DAYS - FREEDOM “What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws. What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe? KINGS DO NOT UNDERSTAND - THEY ARE TOOLS IN GODS HANDS But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool; his mind does not work that way. His plan is simply to destroy, to cut down nation after nation. GOD USES THE ENEMY AND THEN PUNISH HIM FOR HIS PRIDE AND ARROGANCE After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant. WHO IS MAN COMPARED TO HIS CREATOR But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it? Is the saw greater than the person who saws? Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it? Can a wooden cane walk by itself? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ENEMY? GOD WILL SEND PLAQUE AND FIRE TO DESTROY IT Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will send a plague among Assyria’s proud troops, and a flaming fire will consume its glory. GOD IS THE FIRE WHO DEVOURS BURNING THE ENEMY WHO IS THE LORD? HE IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL - FIRE WHO DEVOUR WHAT WILL GOD DO? BURN THE ENEMY IN ONE NIGHT The LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night. The LORD will consume Assyria’s glory like a fire consumes a forest in a fruitful land; it will waste away like sick people in a plague. ISRAEL DEPENDENCY WILL BE IN GOD ALONE - FAITHFULLY TRUST THE LORD - NOT ON THE ALLIES WHO ARE LIKE WOLFS WHO SEEK TO DESTROY THEM Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them! In that day the remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE ENEMY - GOD WILL JUDGE THE ENEMY “So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago. In a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.” The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD’s staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.” ‭‭ END TIME DAYS - FREEDOM In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people. He will break the yoke of slavery and lift it from their shoulders. But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭10:1, 3, 7, 12, 15-20, 27, 33‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ========================================================== CHAPTER 11 ISRAEL - SPIRITUAL PEOPLE OF GOD EMERGES 7 SPIRITS OF GOD - PERFECTION IN JESUS The earth will shake at the force of his word GOD WILL CHANGE THE LAND SCAPE - MAKE PATHS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM “Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. SPIRIT OF GOD RESTING ON JESUS AND ON HIS BODY - HIS PEOPLE WHAT REST AND DWELLS IN US? And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— JESUS IN US BY HIS SPIRIT HOLY SPIRIT IN US THE SPIRIT of wisdom - LIGHT REVELATION OF THE TRUTH - SCRIPTURES BEING OPENED JESUS IS WISDOM I COR 1:30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption THE SPIRIT OF understanding, - DISCERNMENT - MIND OF CHRIST - UNSEARCHABLE UNDERSTANDING - HE KNOWS US PERFECTLY -Understanding in Hebrew has the idea of a sharp sense of smell. Trapp says it describes Jesus’ “Sharpness of judgment in smelling out a hypocrite . . . His sharp nose easily discerneth and is offended with the stinking breath of the hypocrite’s rotten lungs, though his words be never so scented and perfumed with shows of holiness.” THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL PROVEN BY THE FIRE TO GIVE COUNSEL - LEARN TO BE OBEDIENT He has both the wisdom and the understanding to be a perfect counselor! THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT - WALKING IN THE RESURRECTION POWER LIFE - JESUS HAS THE POWER TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO - NO LACK - NOTHING MISSING OR BLOCKING THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE JESUS KNOWS ALL - He knows our hearts, He knows all the facts. Many times we have made decisions that seemed strange or wrong to others because they didn’t have the knowledge that we have THE SPIRIT OF the fear of the LORD. - KNOWS GOD AND HIS WAYS - WORSHIP DEVOTION - FEAR OF THE LORD JESUS KNOWS HIS PLACE And OUR PLACE IN HIM . He willingly kept Himself in a place of submission, respect, and honor to God the Father. WE WILL DELIGHT IN OBEYING THE LORD JOY COMES FROM OBEDIENCE - JESUS IS THE EXAMPLE "He will delight in obeying the LORD. " GOD DOES NOT JUDGE BY APPEARANCE - HE KNOWS THE HEART "He will not judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay. " GOD GIVES JUSTICE TO THE POOR "He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited. " WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE EARTH? IT WILL BE SHAKEN AT THE FORCE OF GODS WORD - WICKED DESTROYED WITH ONE BREATH "The earth will shake at the force of his word, and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked. " ARMOR OF GOD - RGH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH "He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment." NOTHING CAN HURT WHAT GOD DOES IN HIS HOLY MOUNTAIN Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD. MILLENARIAN ERA JESUS IS THE HEIR OF DAVIDS THRONE AND WE ARE WITH HIM "In that day the heir to David’s throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world" NATIONS WILL COME TO HIM The nations will rally to him, and the land where he lives will be a glorious place. He will raise a flag among the nations and assemble the exiles of Israel. He will gather the scattered people of Judah from the ends of the earth. Then at last the jealousy between Israel and Judah will end. They will not be rivals anymore. GOD WILL CHANGE THE LAND SCAPE - MAKE PATHS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO HIM The LORD will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River, sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams so it can easily be crossed on foot. He will make a highway for the remnant of his people, the remnant coming from Assyria, just as he did for Israel long ago when they returned from Egypt.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:1-5, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ======================================================== CHAPTER 12 JESUS PAID THE PRICE - GOD SEES JESUS BLOOD COVERS US - NO MORE ANGER WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO AFTER PRAISING HIM? TELL - PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE! LET PEOPLE KNOW OF HOW MIGHTY GOD IS TO SAVE! AND SING MORE FOR HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS LET HIS PRAISES BE KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH FRUIT OF PRAISE FOR SALVATION IN HIS NAME “In that day you will sing: “I will praise you, O LORD! You were angry with me, but not any more. MY SONG Now you comfort me. See, God has come to save me. WHAT WILL I DO SINCE GOD SAVED ME? I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID" I will trust in him and not be afraid. The LORD GOD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory.” JESUS MAKE ME DRINK DEEPLY OF YOU - THE FOUNTAIN OF SALVATION ! DRAW WATER - LEARN TO YIELD AND RECEIVE AND DRINK DEEPLY PRAISE AND WORSHIP HIM - YIELD AND RECEIVE HIM - DRINK OF HIM With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation! PREACH THE GOOD NEWS - GOD HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS!!! DAY OF REJOICING - BE THANKFUL In that wonderful day you will sing: “Thank the LORD! Praise his name! WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO AFTER PRAISING HIM? TELL - PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE! LET PEOPLE KNOW OF HOW MIGHTY GOD IS TO SAVE! AND SING MORE FOR HE HAS DONE WONDERFUL THINGS LET HIS PRAISES BE KNOWN IN ALL jTHE EARTH FOR EMMANUEL IS WITH US " Tell the nations what he has done. Let them know how mighty he is! Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things. Make known his praise around the world. Let all the people of Jerusalem shout his praise with joy! " WHY? FOR HE IS GREAT AND HE LIVE AMONG US For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.”” Isaiah‬ ‭12:1-6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 13 WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE? HE HAS SEPARATED AND DEDICATED THESE SOLDIERS FOR A SPECIAL TASK - THEY MARCH FOR WAR AND TAKE TERRITORY AND EXPRESS GODS JUSTICE AND ANGER - GODS ARMY REJOICES WHEN HE IS EXALTED DAY OF THE LORD ON THE EARTH - PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY WILL BE CRUSHED "I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. " TIME TO CALL FOR WAR AGAINST BABYLON - SPIRIT OF CONFUSION ““Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon. LET THE ARMIES OF GOD KNOW AND BE ENCOURAGED Wave your hand to encourage them as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty. WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE? HE HAS SEPARATED AND DEDICATED THESE SOLDIERS FOR A SPECIAL TASK - THEY MARCH FOR WAR AND TAKE TERRITORY AND EXPRESS GODS JUSTICE AND ANGER - THEY WILL REJOICE WHEN GOD IS EXALTED I, the LORD, have dedicated these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am exalted.” DAY OF THE LORD ON THE EARTH - PRIDE OF THE MIGHTY WILL BE CRUSHED "For see, the day of the LORD is coming— the terrible day of his fury and fierce anger. " WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE LAND? WITH THE SINNERS? "The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed with it. " The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light. “ THE WORLD WILL BE PUNISHED DARK SKIES DARK SUN DARK MOON "I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their sin. " I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble the pride of the mighty. I will make people scarcer than gold— more rare than the fine gold of Ophir. HEAVEN WILL BE SHAKEN TO GIVE PLACE TO HIS KINGDOM NOT ONLY THE EARTH WILL BE DISPLACED , BUT THE HEAVENS (ALL THE HEAVENS) WILL BE SHAKEN "For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.” NATURAL REGION DESOLATED Babylon will never be inhabited again. It will remain empty for generation after generation. Nomads will refuse to camp there, and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭13:2-3, 9-13, 20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ‭‭======================================================== CHAPTER 14 ISRAEL RETURN - HE WILL CHOOSE AGAIN HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE (GENTILES INCLUDED) The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the LORD’s land will serve them. JESUS HAS CRUSHED WICKED POWER AND EVIL RULE ON THE EARTH "For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule. " “But the LORD will have mercy on the descendants of Jacob. He will choose Israel as his special people once again. ISRAEL RETURNING BACK TO THEIR LAND He will bring them back to settle once again in their own land. NATIONS WILL HELP And people from many different nations will come and join them there and unite with the people of Israel. The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the LORD’s land will serve them. ISRAEL WILL RULE OVER ITS ENEMIES Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies. "In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains, you will taunt the king of Babylon. (SATAN)" JESUS VICTORY ON THE CROSS SATAN IS DESTROYED WITH ITS INSOLENCE "You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended. " JESUS HAS CRUSHED WICKED POWER AND EVIL RULE ON THE EARTH "For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule. " PEOPLE WILL BE PUNISHED You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny. Even the trees of the forest— the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon— sing out this joyous song: ‘Since you have been cut down, no one will come now to cut us down!’ “ "In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. ALL WILL SEE SATANS DESTRUCTION The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you. (SATAN -ANTI-CHRIST) SATAN FALL - IT WAS THE SON OF THE MORNING - NOW DESTROYER OF THE NATIONS SATAN TROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH COMES TO DESTROY DE NATIONS - GODS CREATION “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. WORDS OF PRIDE SPOKEN A LIE TO ITSELF - BE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT - LEAD TO DESTRUCTION MADE A DECISION INSIDE AND SPOKE ALTHOUGH IT NEVER REACHED ITS GOAL For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. WANTED TO BE ABOVE GODS CREATION AND ANGELS WHETE DID HE WANT TO REIGN? IN THE NORTH - MOUNTAIN OF THE GODS ULTIMATELY DESIRE TO pBE LIKE GOD I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’ HUMANITY AND ANGELICAL HOSTS WILL SEE AND BE SHOCKED Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble? Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’ GOD DEALT WITH BABYLON - DESOLATED LAND This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “ GOD HIMSELF WILL DESTROY THE SPIRIT OF CONFUSION I, myself, have risen against Babylon! I will destroy its children and its children’s children,” says the LORD. “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!” GODS MOUNTAINS - GOVERNMENTS IN DIFFERENT AREAS I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel; I will trample them on my mountains. FREE IN CHRIST My people will no longer be their slaves nor bow down under their heavy loads. GOD HAS WONDERFUL PLAN FOR THE WHOLE EARTH I have a plan for the whole earth, a hand of judgment upon all the nations. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken— "who can change his plans? When his hand is raised, who can stop him?” FATHER GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN - POOF OF SPIRIT WILL BE FEED “I will feed the poor in my pasture; the needy will lie down in peace. " THE END OF THE EVIL ONE But as for you, I will wipe you out with famine and destroy the few who remain.” ‭ What should we tell the Philistine messengers? TELL THE ENEMY THAT GOD HAs BUILT A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS WORD IS A REFUGE FOR THE OPPRESSD, NEEDY AND HUNGRY Tell them, “The LORD has built Jerusalem; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭14:1-6, 8-9, 12-14, 16-17, 22-23, 25-27, 32‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ===================================================== CHAPTER 15 MOAB - LO DAUGHTER - GOD WEEPS FOR ALL PEOPLE GOD KNOW ALL AND WEEPS FOR THE LOST ONES “My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah. Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim. JUSTICE The stream near Dibon runs red with blood, but I am still not finished with people ! Lions will hunt down the survivors— both those who try to escape and those who remain behind.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭15:5, 9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ======================================== CHAPTER 16 MOAB SPIRIT OF KILLING GENERATIONS DESTROYED NO MORE JOY AND SONGS - WINE OF THIS WORLD DESTROYED JESUS RULING ON EARTHl “Let our refugees stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.” When oppression and destruction have ended and enemy raiders have disappeared, then God will establish one of David’s descendants as king. JESUS RULING ON EARTH WHAT WILL JESUS DO? RULE WITH MERCY AND TRUTH ALWAYS He will rule with mercy and truth. He will always do what is just and be eager to do what is right. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PROUD? We have heard about proud Moab— about its pride and arrogance and rage. But all that boasting has disappeared. The farms of Heshbon are abandoned; the vineyards at Sibmah are deserted. WHAT HAS HAPPEN WITH GODS GRAPEVINE? The rulers of the nations have broken down Moab— that beautiful grapevine. Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jazer and trailed eastward into the wilderness. Its shoots reached so far west that they crossed over the Dead Sea. THE END OF FLESHY WORLD Gone now is the gladness, gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the vineyards, no more happy shouts, no treading of grapes in the winepresses. I have ended all their harvest joys. PEOPLE OF PRIDE - GODS OF THIS WORLD WILL NOT SAVE THEM The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines, but it will do them no good. NOTHING GOOD COMES FROM PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP EVIL TEACHINGS AND BABY SACRIFICES They will cry to the gods in their temples, but no one will be able to save them. NOTHING WILL BE ABLE TO SAVE THEM "Moloch (Masoretic מֹלֶךְ mōlek, Greek Μολόχ) is the Biblical name relating to a Canaanite godassociated with child sacrifice. The name of this deity is also sometimes spelled Molech,Milcom, or Malcam." MOAB GONE - JESUS RESURRECTION AFTER 3 DAYS DEAD ENDED THE GLORY OF MAN But now the LORD says, “Within three years, counting each day, the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a feeble few will be left alive.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭16:4-6, 8, 10, 12, 14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ================================================ CHAPTER 17 ISRAEL ON NORTH - DESTROYED “The fortified towns of Israel will also be destroyed, and the royal power of Damascus will end. All that remains of Syria will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away. Only a few of its people will be left, like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five scattered here and there on the limbs,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel. ZIONIST - NO MORE IDOLS WILL THE LAST PEOPLE DO? TURN AND LOOK TO THEIR CREATOR AND SEE THE HOLY ONE OF ISREAL Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. NO MORE IDOL WORSHIP They will no longer look to their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or worship at the pagan shrines they have built. WHY DESTRUCTION Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you. NEVER FORGET THE ROCK THAT CAN SAVE AND HIDE YOU "You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you." Song 2:14 IT WILL NOT EAT THE FRUIT - ENJOY So you may plant the finest grapevines and import the most expensive seedlings. They may sprout on the day you set them out; yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them, but you will never pick any grapes from them. Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain. LAST DAYS - GOD WILL STOP THEM - THEY WILL RUN AWAY Listen! The armies of many nations roar like the roaring of the sea. Hear the thunder of the mighty forces as they rush forward like thundering waves. WHAT WILL THE NATION ARMIES DO AGAINST ISREAL? RUSH FORWARD THUNDERING LIKE BREAKERS ON A BEACH WHAT WILL GOD DO? HE WILL SILENCE THEM AND THEY WILL RUN AWAY But though they thunder like breakers on a beach, God will silence them, and they will run away. They will flee like chaff scattered by the wind, like a tumbleweed whirling before a storm. QUICK DESTRUCTION In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭17:3-4, 6-8, 10-14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 18 ALARM TO ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH “All you people of the world, everyone who lives on the earth— when I raise my battle flag on the mountain, look! When I blow the ram’s horn, listen! For the LORD has told me this: “I will watch quietly from my dwelling place— as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day, or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.” Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears. He will snip off and discard your spreading branches. Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain vultures and wild animals. The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter. END TIMES At that time the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem, where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies dwells.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭18:3-7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 19 EGYPT -FALLEN WORLD “This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear. The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead. What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors? The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit. In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border. It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. MESSIAH JESUS When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them. The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it. STRIKE AND HEALING The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them. In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth. For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭19:1, 3, 11, 14, 19-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 20 OBEDIENCE TO GOD ABOVE HUMAN REPROACH “Then the LORD said, “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the last three years. This is a sign—a symbol of the terrible troubles I will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭20:3‬ ‭NLT‬‬ 3 YEARS - DAYS - TROUBLE TIMES IN END TIMES ==================================================== CHAPTER 21 MESSAGE ABOUT BABYLON WATCH AND PRAY - TO SEE AND SPEAK WHAT AND WHEN HE SEES WHAT IS HE LOOKING FOR? BE FULLY ALERT - NO DISTRACTION OF THIS WORLD “Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, “Put a watchman on the city wall. Let him shout out what he sees. He should look for chariots drawn by pairs of horses, and for riders on donkeys and camels. Let the watchman be fully alert.” DAY AND NIGHT Then the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post. Now at last—look! Here comes a man in a chariot with a pair of horses!” WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? Then the watchman said, “Babylon is fallen, fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!” O my people, threshed and winnowed, I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said, everything the God of Israel has told me. MESSAGE ABOUT EDOM - TODAY ASSYRIA This message came to me concerning Edom: Someone from Edom keeps calling to me, “Watchman, how much longer until morning? When will the night be over?” The watchman replies, “Morning is coming, but night will soon return. If you wish to ask again, then come back and ask.” O people of Tema, bring water to these thirsty people, food to these weary refugees. They have fled from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow and the terrors of battle. The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end. Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the LORD, the God of Israel, have spoken!”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭21:6-12, 14-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 22 JUDGEMENT OVER JERUSALEM “That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.” Oh, what a day of crushing defeat! What a day of confusion and terror brought by the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, upon the Valley of Vision! The walls of Jerusalem have been broken, and cries of death echo from the mountainsides. Between the city walls, you build a reservoir for water from the old pool. But you never ask for help from the One who did all this. You never considered the One who planned this long ago. LORD CALLS FOR REPENTANCE At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse. PRIDE DESTRUCTION But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep. You feast on meat and drink wine. You say, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!” The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you. I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah. THE KEY OF DAVID - HIGHEST POSITION - OPENS AND CLOSES WE HAVE THE KEY IN CHRIST - ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSING ARE GIVEN ALREADY I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them. He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall. They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family. ” But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭22:4-5, 11-14, 20-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 23 ECONOMY OF THIS WORLD “But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon, for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says, “Now I am childless; I have no sons or daughters.” When Egypt hears the news about Tyre, there will be great sorrow. PRIDE IS DESTROYED The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth’s nobility. The LORD held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He has spoken out against Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed. He says, “Never again will you rejoice, O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed. Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.” Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world. PROVISION FOR GODS PEOPLE AT THE END But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD’s priests.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭23:4-5, 9, 11-12, 17-18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 24 DESTRUCTION OF THIS WORLD “Look! The LORD is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared. The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The LORD has spoken! The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse consumes the earth. Its people must pay the price for their sin. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive. REMNANT GODS PEOPLE Throughout the earth the story is the same— only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest. PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE EARTH But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the LORD’s majesty. In eastern lands, give glory to the LORD. In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One! But my heart is heavy with grief. Weep for me, for I wither away. Deceit still prevails, and treachery is everywhere. The earth has broken up. It has utterly collapsed; it is violently shaken. The earth staggers like a drunk. It trembles like a tent in a storm. It falls and will not rise again, for the guilt of its rebellion is very heavy. JUDGEMENT ON DEMONS AND HUMANS In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens and the proud rulers of the nations on earth. They will be rounded up and put in prison. They will be shut up in prison and will finally be punished. REVELATION 6:12. - Act 2:20 Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of his people.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭24:1-3, 5-6, 13-16, 19-23‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 25 END TIMES “O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them. REFUGE FOR THE POOR OF SPIRIT - THOSE WHO HUMBLE Therefore, strong nations will declare your glory; ruthless nations will fear you. But you are a tower of refuge to the poor, O LORD, a tower of refuge to the needy in distress. You are a refuge from the storm and a shelter from the heat. For the oppressive acts of ruthless people are like a storm beating against a wall, FUTURE JERUSALEM In Jerusalem, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will spread a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a delicious banquet with clear, well-aged wine and choice meat. There he will remove the cloud of gloom, the shadow of death that hangs over the earth. LAST ENEMY WILL BE SWALLOWED He will swallow up death forever! The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears. He will remove forever all insults and mockery against his land and people. The LORD has spoken! In that day the people will proclaim, “This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the LORD, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!” For the LORD’s hand of blessing will rest on Jerusalem. JUDGEMENT ON THE PROULD But Moab will be crushed. It will be like straw trampled down and left to rot. God will push down Moab’s people as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands. He will end their pride and all their evil works. The high walls of Moab will be demolished. They will be brought down to the ground, down into the dust.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25:1, 3-4, 6-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 26 GREAT DAY OF THE LORD THERE IS PLACE OF SALVATION TO ENTER - THE FAITHFUL WILL ENTER “In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song: Our city is strong! We are surrounded by the walls of God’s salvation. Open the gates to all who are righteous; allow the faithful to enter. THERE IS CONSTANT PEACE FOR THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM NOT ONLY TRUST BUT WHOSE THOUGHTS (NOT WORDS OR DEEDS YET) ARE FIXED (DOVE EYES - UNWAVERINGLY TOWARDS - GAZED - NO DOUBT - NO FEAR) You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! TRUST ALWAYS = OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock. NO PLACE FOR PRIDE - ARROGANT He humbles the proud and brings down the arrogant city. He brings it down to the dust. The poor and oppressed trample it underfoot, and the needy walk all over it. GOD SMOOTH OUT THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them. WHAT IS OUR HEARTS DESIRE? GLORIFY YOU JESUS TRUST ALWAYS = OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name. In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you. For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right. Your kindness to the wicked does not make them do good. WICKED DOES NOT NOTICE GODS MAJESTY Although others do right, the wicked keep doing wrong and take no notice of the LORD’s majesty. O LORD, they pay no attention to your upraised fist. Show them your eagerness to defend your people. Then they will be ashamed. Let your fire consume your enemies. ALL WE DO COMES FROM HIM LORD, you will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from you. ONLY YOU WE WORSHIP O LORD our God, others have ruled us, but you alone are the one we worship. SPIRIT OF MAN NEVER RETURNS - NO REINCARNATION Those we served before are dead and gone. Their departed spirits will never return! You attacked them and destroyed them, and they are long forgotten. GOD IS THE ONE WHO MAKES GREAT - NOT OUR SELFISHNESS HE IS THE ONE WHO EXTENDS OUR BORDERS-CAPACITY, WISDOM ,ABILITIES AND IN RETURN WE GIVE HIM GLORY - ACTION/REACTION O LORD, you have made our nation great; yes, you have made us great. You have extended our borders, and we give you the glory! IN YOUR PRESENCE, THERE IS PAIN IN GIVING BIRTH TO THE DREAMS HE HAS GIVEN US Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth, so were we in your presence, LORD. RESURRECTION LIFE But those who die in the LORD will live; their bodies will rise again! Those who sleep in the earth will rise up and sing for joy! For your life-giving light will fall like dew on your people in the place of the dead! HIDE IN HIM IN JUDGEMENT TIMES UNDER THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS OF LOVE Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the LORD’s anger has passed. Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed. They will be brought out for all to see.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:1-15, 17, 19-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 27 FUTURE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY “In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea. GOD CARES FOR HIS PEOPLE “In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard. I, the LORD, will watch over it, watering it carefully. WHO OR WHAT CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD? NOTHING CAN HIS LOVE AND CARE FOR US IS DAY AND NIGHT WATCHING OVER US "Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it. " "My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up— unless they turn to me for help. " PEACE COMES THROUGH BELIEVING IN THE PRINCE OF PEACE JESUS HEART ISSUE - DECISION MAKING "Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me.” GODS PEOPLE WILL GO DEEP SEEKING HIS FACE, TRUST IN HIS LOVE, BE FULL AND OBEY HIS WORD, JUMP IN WHOLE HEARTED IN THE LIVING WATER. REST FRUITFULNESS OF THE SPIRIT WILL BE THE RESULT IN ALL THE WORLD - WHOLE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LORD JESUS "The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit!" PURGE PROCESS The LORD did this to purge Israel’s wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing. DESOLATED LAND DURING CENTUARIES The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches. The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. STUPIDITY BY TURNING AWAY FROM GOD Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. JUDGEMENT FOR SUCH FOOLISHNESS Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy. ISRAEL BEEN GATHER FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS NOW Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them—from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west. In that day the great trumpet will sound. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING TO JERUSALEM - GODS KINGDOM ? WORSHIP Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭27:1-6, 9-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 28 JUDGEMENT OVER ISRAEL “What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel. It sits at the head of a fertile valley, but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower. It is the pride of a people brought down by wine. PRIDE RESULTS INTO DRUNKENNESS - PLEASURES OF THIS WORLD The proud city of Samaria— the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel — will be trampled beneath its enemies’ feet. JESUS REIGN Then at last the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will himself be Israel’s glorious crown. He will be the pride and joy of the remnant of his people. He will give a longing for justice to their judges. He will give great courage to their warriors who stand at the gates. GODS CHILDREN - WARRIORS WHO STAND AT THE GATE - DISCERNING - JUDGING Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions. GODS ADMONITION He tells us everything over and over— one line at a time, one line at a time, a little here, and a little there!” HIS KINGDOM IS A PLACE OF REST FOR ALL WEARY ONES God has told his people, “Here is a place of rest; let the weary rest here. This is a place of quiet rest.” But they would not listen. You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. The coming destruction can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.” Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: JESUS IS THE CORNER STONE - THE FOUNDATION “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. JESUS IS THE SAFE PLACE TO BUILD A FAMILY It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never be shaken. THERE IS NO SHAKING IN BELIEVING ON HIM I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy sweeps through, you will be trampled into the ground. 70 AD - ROMAN CRUSHED ISRAEL - TITUS KILLED 1.1 million JEWS ACCORDING TO (Josephus had acted as a mediator for the Romans ) For the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater. Does he not finally plant his seeds— black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat— each in its proper way, and each in its proper place? GOD IS THE ONE WHO GIVES UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AND WHEN TO PLANT The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding. Grain for bread is easily crushed, so he doesn’t keep on pounding it. He threshes it under the wheels of a cart, but he doesn’t pulverize it. TRUE WISDOM COMES FROM GOD - HE IS A GREAT TEACHER The LORD of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭28:1, 3, 5-7, 10, 12, 15-16, 18, 22, 25-26, 28-29‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 29 DISASTER UPON JERUSALEM ““What sorrow awaits Ariel, the City of David. Year after year you celebrate your feasts. Yet I will bring disaster upon you, and there will be much weeping and sorrow. For Jerusalem will become what her name Ariel means— an altar covered with blood. GOD WILL BE THE ENEMY - END TIMES I will be your enemy, surrounding Jerusalem and attacking its walls. I will build siege towers and destroy it. GODS END TIMES SALVATION - NATIONS WILL VANISHED QUICK LIKE A BOMB IN ACTION - HE WILL ACT THROUGH THUNDER, EARTHQUAKE,GREAT NOISE, WHIRLWIND STORM AND CONSUMING FIRE “But suddenly, your ruthless enemies will be crushed like the finest of dust. Your many attackers will be driven away like chaff before the wind. Suddenly, in an instant, I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will act for you with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and storm and consuming fire. All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish like a vision in the night. STUPIDLY - UNBELIEF - BLINDNESS Are you amazed and incredulous? Don’t you believe it? Then go ahead and be blind. You are stupid, but not from wine! You stagger, but not from liquor! GOD HAS CLOSED THE EYES TO NOT TO SEE For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets and visionaries. JESUS - REGARDING THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM - And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. TO BE TRULY HIS - HEART NEEDS TO BE HIS AS WELL - ONLY LIPS DOES NOT MAKE IT They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. MAN-MADE RULES TO WORSHIP - NOT ACCEPTED BY GOD And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise will pass away, and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.” GOD KNOWS ALL What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their evil deeds in the dark! “The LORD can’t see us,” they say. “He doesn’t know what’s going on!” HE IS THE POTTER - WE ARE THE CLAY How foolish can you be? He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay! Should the created thing say of the one who made it, “He didn’t make me”? Does a jar ever say, “The potter who made me is stupid”? GODS GLORY COMING FORTH Soon—and it will not be very long— the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops. In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book, and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness. FRESH JOY - FRESH OIL COMES TO THE HUMBLE The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the LORD. The poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. The scoffer will be gone, the arrogant will disappear, and those who plot evil will be killed. Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent. PEOPLE OF GOD - SHINNING LIGHT THE SUN That is why the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed or turn pale with fear. For when they see their many children and all the blessings I have given them, they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Jacob. They will stand in awe of the God of Israel. Then the wayward will gain understanding, and complainers will accept instruction.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭29:1-3, 5-7, 9-10, 13-24‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 30 SORROW COMES FROM NOT AGREEING WITH GOD ““What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,” says the LORD. “You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. For without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt for help. WHO DO I TRUST? DEPENDENCY ON THIS WORLD BRINGS HUMILIATION AND DISGRACE You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection. You have tried to hide in his shade. But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced. all who trust in him will be ashamed. He will not help you. Instead, he will disgrace you.” THERE IS NO PROTECTION INTHIS WORLD FULL OF LIES AND WORTHLESS PROMISES This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return. Egypt’s promises are worthless! Therefore, I call her Rahab— the Harmless Dragon. GOD TOLD ISAIAH TO WRITE IN A BOOK UNTIL THE END TIMES TO PEOPLE WHO REJECT RIGHTEOUSNESS - SEEK lLIES - SELFISHNESS - PLEASE THE FLESH Now go and write down these words. Write them in a book. They will stand until the end of time as a witness that these people are stubborn rebels who refuse to pay attention to the LORD’s instructions. They tell the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Don’t tell us what is right. Tell us nice things. Tell us lies. Forget all this gloom. Get off your narrow path. Stop telling us about your ‘Holy One of Israel.’” BECAUSE OF DESPISING - CALAMITY WILL COME SUDDENLY This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies, calamity will come upon you suddenly— like a bulging wall that bursts and falls. In an instant it will collapse and come crashing down. You will be smashed like a piece of pottery— shattered so completely that there won’t be a piece big enough to carry coals from a fireplace or a little water from the well.” SALVATION ONLY COMES FROM RETURNING TO GOD - REST (TRUST) IN HIM This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Only in returning to me and resting in me will you be saved. WHERE DOES STRENGTH COME FROM? QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN HIS LOVE In quietness and confidence is your strength. But you would have none of it. You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.’ But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! MERCY AND PATIENCE OF GOD TO SHOW LOVE AND COMPASSION So the LORD must wait for you to come to him so he can show you his love and compassion. For the LORD is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help. PEOPLE OF GOD WHO ASK FOR HELP FROM HIM O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will be gracious if you ask for help. He will surely respond to the sound of your cries. GOD CHASTISING HIS CHILDREN - FOR HE IS FATHER WHO TEACHES US - HIS PROMISE THAT WE WILL SEE HIM AND HEAR HIS VOICE Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you. PERSONAL ENCOUNTER OF SEEING AND HEARING HIM You will see your teacher with your own eyes. Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right or to the left. VICTORY OVER ANY IMAGE OF HOPE, TRUST EXCEPT HIM Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!” BLESSING COMES OVER US AFTER WE GET RIDE OF FLESHY AND WORLDY THINGS AND DESIRES Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock. LIFE FLOWING FROM EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL - GOVERNMENT - DOMAIN In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. GOD JUDGEMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS Look! The LORD is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by thick, rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire. His hot breath pours out like a flood up to the neck of his enemies. He will sift out the proud nations for destruction. He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin. GODS PEOPLE WILL SING WITH JOY - HE WILL DISPLAY HIS MIGHTY ARM But the people of God will sing a song of joy, like the songs at the holy festivals. You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD — to the Rock of Israel. And the LORD will make his majestic voice heard. He will display the strength of his mighty arm. It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones. REBELLIOUS PEOPLE WILL BE SHATTERED At the LORD’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter. And as the LORD strikes them with his rod of punishment, BUT his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps. Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭30:1-3, 5-16, 18-23, 25, 27-32‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 31 WORLD JUDGEMENT “What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help, trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers and depending on the strength of human armies instead of looking to the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. In his wisdom, the LORD will send great disaster; he will not change his mind. He will rise against the wicked and against their helpers. For these Egyptians are mere humans, not God! ANGELS ARE MIGHTY IN POWER CREATED BY GOD Their horses are puny flesh, not mighty spirits! When the LORD raises his fist against them, those who help will stumble, and those being helped will fall. They will all fall down and die together. GODS FIERST LOVE AND ZEAL FOR JERUSALEM - PROTECTION But this is what the LORD has told me: “When a strong young lion stands growling over a sheep it has killed, it is not frightened by the shouts and noise of a whole crowd of shepherds. In the same way, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will come down and fight on Mount Zion. The LORD of Heaven’s Armies will hover over Jerusalem and protect it like a bird protecting its nest. He will defend and save the city; he will pass over it and rescue it.” ALL CHAINS OF SELF DEPENDENCY AND WORDLY WILL VANISH I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made. “ WOLRD DESTRUCTION BY GODS POWER The Assyrians will be destroyed, but not by the swords of men. The sword of God will strike them, and they will panic and flee. The strong young Assyrians will be taken away as captives. Even the strongest will quake with terror, and princes will flee when they see your battle flags,” says the LORD, whose fire burns in Zion, whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.” WE ARE THE BURNING ONES IN ZION ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭31:1-5, 7-9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 32 ISRAEL DELIVERANCE JESUS HAS COME AND HE IS COMING HIS PRINCES WILL RULE UNDER HIM “Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him. EACH ONE FROM THEIR INNER BEING RIVERS OF LIFE WILL FLOW Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land. PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it. Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly. In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected. For fools speak foolishness and make evil plans. They practice ungodliness and spread false teachings about the LORD. They deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty. The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just. THOSE THAT GIVE WILL STAND FIRM But generosity (NOBLE, COURAGEOUS,NOT MEAN) people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity. (IDENTITY) In a short time—just a little more than a year— you careless ones will suddenly begin to care. For your fruit crops will fail, and the harvest will never take place. Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms and your fruitful grapevines. For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers. Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone. The palace and the city will be deserted, and busy towns will be empty. Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze in the empty forts and watchtowers until at last the Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops. KINGDOM OF GOD REIGN Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field. And this righteousness will bring peace. Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest. Even if the forest should be destroyed and the city torn down, the LORD will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭32:1-8, 10, 12-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 33 ASSYRIANS DESTRUCTION “What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who have destroyed others but have never been destroyed yourselves. You betray others, but you have never been betrayed. When you are done destroying, you will be destroyed. When you are done betraying, you will be betrayed. PRAYER OF THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD - STRENGTH AND SALVATION COMES But LORD, be merciful to us, for we have waited for you. Be our strong arm each day and our salvation in times of trouble. NO RESISTANCE The enemy runs at the sound of your voice. When you stand up, the nations flee! Just as caterpillars and locusts strip the fields and vines, so the fallen army of Assyria will be stripped! GODS PLEASURE TO MAKE HIS HOME OF JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS PEOPLE Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven, he will make Jerusalem his home of justice and righteousness. THERE ARE STORES IN HEAVEN OF WISDOM, SALVATION AND KNOWLEDGE In that day he will be your sure foundation, providing a rich store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. FASCINATED BY HIS BEAUTY - FEAR OF THE LORD IS OUR TREASURE The fear of the LORD will be your treasure. Your roads are deserted; no one travels them anymore. The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses. They have no respect for anyone. TIME WILL COME - KINGDOM OF GOD But the LORD says: “Now I will stand up. Now I will show my power and might. Your people will be burned up completely, like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire. Listen to what I have done, you nations far away! And you that are near, acknowledge my might!” The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear. Terror seizes the godless. “Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry. “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?” THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong— these are the ones who will dwell on high. RESULT - ABUNDANCE - PROTECTION The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress. Food will be supplied to them, and they will have water in abundance. Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance. END TIMES You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language. GOD KINGDOM ON EARTH - HOLY FESTIVALS Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals. You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure. It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut and whose stakes are firmly fixed. The LORD will be our Mighty One. He will be like a wide river of protection that no enemy can cross, that no enemy ship can sail upon. HE IS EVERYTHING FOR US For the LORD is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us. RICHES OF THUS WORLD IN GODS PEOPLE HANDS “The enemies’ sails hang loose on broken masts with useless tackle. Their treasure will be divided by the people of God. Even the lame will take The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the LORD will forgive their sins.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭33:1-6, 8, 10, 12-17, 19-22, 24‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 34 END TIMES JUDGEMENT TO ALL NATIONS “Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words. DESTRUCTION For the LORD is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies. He will completely destroy them, dooming them to slaughter. BOMB Their dead will be left unburied, and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The mountains will flow with their blood. NOT ONLY THE EARTH, THE HEAVENS 2 and 3 WILL BE JUDGED The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree. AFTER HEAVENS 2-3 ARE DEALT WITH , EDOM IS NEXT And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, it will fall upon Edom, the nation I have marked for destruction. The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood and covered with fat— with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah. He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom. Even men as strong as wild oxen will die— the young men alongside the veterans. The land will be soaked with blood and the soil enriched with fat. For it is the day of the LORD’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel. The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch, and the ground will be covered with fire. This judgment on Edom will never end; the smoke of its burning will rise forever. The land will lie deserted from generation to generation. No one will live there anymore. It will be haunted by the desert owl and the screech owl, the great owl and the raven. For God will measure that land carefully; he will measure it for chaos and destruction. It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone. Thorns will overrun its palaces; nettles and thistles will grow in its forts. The ruins will become a haunt for jackals and a home for owls. Search the book of the LORD, and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the LORD has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true. He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess it forever, from generation to generation.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭34:1-13, 16-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 35 RESTORATION - GODS KINGDOM ON EARTH GOSPEL BEING SPREAD “Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the LORD will display his glory, the splendor of our God. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” JESUS HAS COME - HE IS COMING AMONG HIS BODY LORD OPEN THE EYES OF MY UNDERSTANDING, UNPLUG MY EARS OF MY HEART TO HEAR YOUR VOICE And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! JESUS - THE LIVING WATER Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland. The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived. JESUS IS THE WAY - ROAD OF SALVATION And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. EVIL MINDED PEOPLE AND FOOLS WILL NOT EXPERIENCE SUCH GLORY ONLY THOSE WHO WALK ON GODS WAYS LORD MAKE ME WALK IN YOUR WAYS - LISTEN AND OBEY Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there. Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it. SALVATION Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭35:1-10‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 36 HISTORY OF JERUSALEM - ISAIAH - THE PROPHETIC VOICE WAS ALIVE ASSYRIA THREATENS TO ATRACK JERUSALEM IT DOES NOT KNOW THE GOD OF ISRAEL “What god of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? So what makes you think that the LORD can rescue Jerusalem from me?”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭36:20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 37 GODS REPLY TO KING FROM ASSYRIA HUMBLE POSTURE BEFORE GOD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE FIRST - RUN TO GOD ASKING FOR MERCY ALTHOUGH DO NOT RECOGNIZE IN HIS WAYS BUT DID NOT MAKE THE PROPER PRAYER “When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the LORD. HEZEKIAH DID NOT KNOW GOD - HE TRIED TO USE ISAIAH AS INTERMEDIATOR FOR HELP “They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.” ‭‭GOD OF ISAIAH ONLY ? But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff, sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!” GOD WILL DO BY HIS MERCY FOR HIS NAME SAKE BRING JUSTICE Listen! I myself will move against him, and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.’” After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD’s Temple and spread it out before the LORD. SECOND RUN TO GOD WITHOUT ISAIAH - HE RECOGNIZED GOD AND PRAYED THE TRUTH - SET FREE - SOMEONE TAUGHT HIM THE TRUE WORDS “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth. And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.Now, O LORD our God, rescue us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone, O LORD, are God. ” Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you prayed about King Sennacherib of Assyria, the LORD has spoken this word against him: “ RIGHT PRAYER IS CHANNEL OF GOD TO ACT SINCE HE GAVE DOMINION OF THE EARTH TO MAN. THE BRIDE OF CHRIST - DESPISE THE WORKS OF THE ENEMY The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head in derision as you flee. “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel! By your messengers you have defied the Lord. You have said, ‘With my many chariots I have conquered the highest mountains— yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights and explored its deepest forests. I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’ THE ENEMY DID NOT HEAR - THE FUTURE IS ALREADY DEFINED BY THE DECISION LONG TIME AGO ( BEFORE CREATION) “But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. WHAT IS DECIDED? LORD GOD USES WHO HE WANTS AND WHEN HE WANTS Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. HUMAN NATURE IS WEAK AS GRASS - SCORCHED BEFORE IT CAN GROW I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, WHAT DOES GOD DO WITH PRIDE AND ARROGANCE? I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.” PROVE OF TRUTH - PROCESS - 1 EAT WHAT IS AVAILABLE - 2 EAT WHAT GROWS FROM WHAT IS AVAILABLE - 3 EAT WHAT YOU PLANT AND HARVEST (PROMISES WILL BE FULFILLED ON THE 3 DAY - WE WITH JESUS WERE RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true: “This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit. THE REMNANT - PERSEVERANCE AND PATIENT ONES And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and grow up and flourish. For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem, a group of survivors from Mount Zion. GOD IS PASSIONATE COMMITTED TO HIS WORD - HIS WILL WILL BE DONE The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen! “ ENEMY WILL NOT REACH JERUSALEM - FOR IT IS FOREVER And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: “‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls. PROTECTION OF GODS PEOPLE - GODS HONOR AND FOR MY SERVANT DAVID ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’” ONE ANGEL ALONE DESTROYED 185,000 MAN That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭37:1, 4, 7, 14, 16, 19, 21-27, 29-33, 35-37‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 38 KING HEZEKIAH EXPERIENCE AND POEM “About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.’” THE KING RAN TO GOD INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM HIM IN FACE OF DEATH HE HUMBLED HIMSELF - GOD HEARS THE BROKEN HEART When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, “Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly. ANCESTOR DAVID - SOME ONE CLOSER TO WHOM HE COULD RELATE TOO NOT ONLY MORE LIFE BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AS WELL - GOD HEARS THE PRAYERS AND SEE THE TEARS - OTHER gods DO NOT HEAR OR SEE “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. Yes, I will defend this city. MIRACLE JUST AS JOSUAH - GOD CHANGES TIME 2 TIMES - WHY HE IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING EVEN TIME I will cause the sun’s shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!’” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps. KING POEM REFLECTING HIS LIFE - TIME WAS SHORTEN I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?” I said, “Never again will I see the LORD GOD while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world. My life has been blown away like a shepherd’s tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over. I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over. Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!” DO WHAT IF GOD WHO ALLOWED THE SICKNESS LIKE IN JOB LIFE? WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO TEACH? SPEAKING THIRD PERSON - NOT FACE TO FACE But what could I say? For he himself sent this sickness. THE KING CHOOSES TO HUMBLE HIMSELF INSTEAD OF BEING BITTER Now I will walk humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt. MAN (HIS CHILDREN) LIVE BY THE DISCIPLINE OF GOD - AND LIGE IN THE SPIRIT IS FOUND - IN ADDITION HEALTH AND LIFE IS RESTORED SPEAKING IN FIRST PERSON - FACE TO FACE - DEAL WITH GOD PERSONALLY "Lord, your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. You restore my health and allow me to live! " “O Lord, by these things (DISCIPLINE BY HIS LOVE IN LIFE) men live; And in all these things (THROUGH ALL PROCESSES OF LOVE FOR SANCTIFICATION ) is the life of my spirit; AS A RESULT I AM RESTORED AND LIVE IN AND FOR HIM So You will restore me and make me live.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭38:16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ DISCIPLINE OF LOVE IS GOOD - RESCUES FROM DEATH AND FORGIVENESS OF SIN Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins. THERE IS NOTHING FROM THE DEAD For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to the grave can no longer hope in your faithfulness. ONLY THE BORN AGAIN CAN PRAISE HIM ONLY THE BORN AGAIN CAN EXPERIENCE HOPE AND HIS FAITHFULNESS AND PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION GODS UNFAILING LOVE Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next. STOP A MOMENT - THINK - HEALING IS NOW - GREAT REASON TO PRAISE HIM ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE IN HIS TEMPLE - HIS FAITHFULNESS Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the LORD.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭38:1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 39 PRIDE - BRINGS DESTRUCTION AFFECTING OTHERS AS BLESSING BLESSES ONE PERSON AS WELL THE PEOPLE AROUND, DESTRUCTION DOES THE SAME “‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says the LORD.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭39:6‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 40 GOD HAS A PEOPLE THAT NEEDS TO BE COMFORT - DAYS OF DISCIPLINE \ SUFFERING HAS ENDED AND THAT HER SINS ARE FORGIVEN THROUGH THE SON JESUS ““Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. Tell her that her sad days are gone and her sins are pardoned. Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over for all her sins.” SPIRIT OF ELISHA - JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE DESERT CRYING OUT PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD SANCTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE GLORY TO BE REVEALED CLEAR THE WAY - FORGIVE THE PAST MOVE FORWARD MAKE STRAIGHT HIGHWAY - WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS\SPEAK TRUTH FILL THE VALLEYS - EXALT THE HUMBLE SPIRIT LEVEL THE MOUNTAINS - PUT DOWN THE PROUD SPIRIT STRAIGHTEN THE CURVES - MOVE WITH THE CHANGES - YIELD SMOOTH OUT ROUGH PLACES - BRING PEACE - WALK IN WISDOM Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it together. WHAT IS TO BE ANNOUNCED LOUD - SHOUT WHAT ? HUMAN RACE IS NOTHING WITHOUT GOD - IT IS A SMOKE THAT DISSIPATES IN THE WIND BUT GODS WORD IS FOREVER AND HIS IS ONE WITH HIS WORD The LORD has spoken!” A voice said, “Shout!” I asked, “What should I shout?” “Shout that people are like the grass. Their beauty fades as quickly as the flowers in a field. The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the LORD. And so it is with people. The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” GODS PEOPLE ARE MESSENGERS OF GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL DO NOT BE AFRAID BUT ANNOUNCE - JESUS IS COMING WE ARE CALL TO REACH MOUNTAINTOPS (7 MOUNTAINS) TO SHOUT - ANNOUNCE THE GOOD NEWS - JESUS IS COMING AGAIN O Zion, messenger of good news, shout from the mountaintops! Shout it louder, O Jerusalem. Shout, and do not be afraid. Tell the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming!” HOW IS HE COMING ? POWER AND REWARD (WE ARE HIS REWARD) Yes, the Sovereign LORD is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. WHAT IS TO SEE? HIS REWARD WE AS HE COMES TO SHINE See, he brings his reward with him as he comes. HE IS THE ONE WHO FEEDS HIS PEOPLE - CARRIES AND HOLDS CLOSE HIS CHILDREN TO HIS HEART - MOTHER SHEEP IS THE CHURCH WITH THE NEW BORN AGAIN BABIES IN CHRIST THE FATHER : FEEDS US , CARRIES US ON HIS ARMS AND HE HOLDS US CLOSE TO HIS HEART - WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT OR NEED? He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young. WHO IS LIKE GOD? Who else has held the oceans in his hand? Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers? Who else knows the weight of the earth or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? Who is able to advise the Spirit of the LORD? Who knows enough to give him advice or teach him? Has the LORD ever needed anyone’s advice? Does he need instruction about what is good? Did someone teach him what is right or show him the path of justice? NO ONE IS LIKE GOD No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand. All the wood in Lebanon’s forests and all Lebanon’s animals would not be enough to make a burnt offering worthy of our God. WHAT ARE THE NATIONS WITHOUT HIM? NOTHING The nations of the world are worth nothing to him. In his eyes they count for less than nothing— mere emptiness and froth. WHOM CAN YOU COMPARE GOD? IMAGES MADE BY NOTHING IS NOTHING To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him? Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains? Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down! ARE YOU IGNORANT ? Haven’t you heard? Don’t you understand? Are you deaf to the words of God— the words he gave before the world began? Are you so ignorant? LOOK WHERE GOD IS God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing. They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff. “ GOD ASKS To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?” asks the Holy One. JUST LOOK THE HEAVENS. ARE YOU BLIND? Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. THERE IS NOTHING MISSING UNDER HIS CONTROL Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. HOW CAN BELIEVERS SAY THAT GOD DOES NOT SEE ALL? O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights? Have you never heard? Have you never understood? WHO IS GOD? CREATOR OF ALL, NEVER GETS WEAK, HAS SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING, WHO GIVES POWER AND STRENGTH TO THE WEAK HAVE YOU NOT UNDERSTOOD WHO GOD IS ? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE YOUNG SUPPOSED TO BE STRONG? THEY FALL BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO TRUST? - THEY FIND STRENGTH SOMEHOW WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY SOAR HIGH - THEY RUN AND THEY WALK AND NOT FAINT SOAR - DREAM AND ACHIEVE BIG THINGS FOR THEY HAVE BIG GOD RUN - THE PATH IS CLEAR IN JESUS AND THEY HAVE STRENGTH WALK - THEY HAVE PEACE, FAITH AND MOVE FORWARD YIELD ACCORDING HIS DIRECTION Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who WAIT - trust (FIRM BELIEF IN THE REALIBILITY) in the LORD will find new strength. WAIT - primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). PSALM 27 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. STRENGTH IS FOUND WHEN IT IS PURSUED - WAITING - TRUSTING - BE WITH JESUS They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40:1-31‬ ‭NLT‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 41 GOD ALMIGHTY BRING YOUR THOUGHTS AND ARGUMENTS ““Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea. Bring your strongest arguments. Come now and speak. The court is ready for your case. “ JESUS AND HIS BODY CALLED Who has stirred up this king from the east, rightly calling him to God’s service? JESUS SON OF MAN SON OF GOD Who gives this man victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot? With his sword, he reduces armies to dust. YOUTH - THOSE OF INFLUENCE With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind. He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground. Who has done such mighty deeds, summoning each new generation from the beginning of time? It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last. I alone am he.” FOOLS ACTION - WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. “Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.” Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over. “ GODS CHILDREN ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD SYSTEM - FOOLISH But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend, I have called you back from the ends of the earth, saying, ‘You are my servant.’ WE ARE CHOSEN FROM GOD - AS SUCH WE WILL NOT BE ABANDONED WE ARE NOT AFRAID WE ARE NOT DISCOURAGED WE ARE STRENGTHEN WE ARE HELPED BY GOD WE ARE HOLD UP BY HIS VICTORIOUS HANDS For I have chosen you and will not throw you away. Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. “ WE CAN SEE ENEMY ANGRY DESTROYED See, all your angry enemies lie there, confused and humiliated. ANY OPPOSITION AGAINST THE ELECTED OF GOD COME TO NOTHING Anyone who opposes you will die and come to nothing. You will look in vain for those who tried to conquer you. Those who attack you will come to nothing. THERE IS NO REASON FOR FEAR FOR HE IS WITH US For I hold you by your right hand— I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you. WHO ARE WE? WE IN OURSELVES ARE LOWLY WORM Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob, BUT WE HAVE A REDEEMER SO WE ARE NOT AFRAID don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you. I am the LORD, your Redeemer. I am the Holy One of Israel.’ WE ARE HIS INSTRUMENT FOR JUSTICE You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth. You will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains. You will toss them into the air, and the wind will blow them all away; a whirlwind will scatter them. IN VICTORY WE REJOICE Then you will rejoice in the LORD. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. “ BLESSED ARE THOSE POOR OF SPIRIT - HUMBLE BLESSED ARE THOSE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS GOD WILL ANSWER THERE THIRST When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them. I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus. I will give them fountains of water in the valleys. I will fill the desert with pools of water. Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground. MIRACLES IN THE NATURAL AND IN THE SPIRIT I will plant trees in the barren desert— cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine. I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means— that it is the LORD who has done this, the Holy One of Israel who created it. “ PEOPLE GOING AFTER THEIR OWN IDOLS - IDEOLOGIES - THOUGHTS TURNED IN MATERIAL Present the case for your idols,” says the LORD. “Let them show what they can do,” says the King of Israel. “Let them try to tell us what happened long ago so that we may consider the evidence. Or let them tell us what the future holds, so we can know what’s going to happen. Yes, tell us what will occur in the days ahead. Then we will know you are gods. In fact, do anything—good or bad! Do something that will amaze and frighten us. But no! You are less than nothing and can do nothing at all. Those who choose you pollute themselves. “ GODS PEOPLE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP But I have stirred up a leader who will approach from the north. From the east he will call on my name. I will give him victory over kings and princes. He will trample them as a potter treads on clay. “Who told you from the beginning that this would happen? Who predicted this, making you admit that he was right? No one said a word! I was the first to tell Zion, ‘Look! Help is on the way!’ I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news. MESSENGER COMES AS A SIGN OF CHANGE Not one of your idols told you this. Not one gave any answer when I asked. See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41:1-4, 7-29‬ ‭NLT‬‬ =================================================== CHAPTER 42 JESUS IS THE SERVANT - WE ARE THE SERVANTS IN HIM FOR HIS SPIRIT DWELLS IN US WE ARE CHOSEN IN HIM ““Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, who pleases me. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush the weakest reed or put out a flickering candle. He will bring justice to all who have been wronged. JUSTICE WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE EARTH He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction. ” GOD CREATOR OF ALL THINGS - HE GIVES LIFE TO ALL God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth. WE ARE ALL CALLED - TO DO WHAT? AS HIS AMBASSADORS TO DEMONSTRATE HIS RIGHTEOUNESS And it is he who says, “I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness. HOW? HE IS WITH US NOT AGAINST US - HE GUARDS OUR HEARTS TO SPEAK TRUTH IN LOVE I will take you by the hand and guard you, and I will give you to my people, Israel, as a symbol of my covenant with them. WHAT ARE HIS WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH US? BE LIGHT TO ALL OPEN EYES OF THE BLIND TO SEE THE TRUTH OF GODS LOVE FREE CAPTIVES FROM PRISON OF SIN RELEASE THOSE WHO SIT - STUCK IN DEEP DARKNESS And you will be a light to guide the nations. You will open the eyes of the blind. You will free the captives from prison, releasing those who sit in dark dungeons. “ HE POURS HIS GLORY IN HIS SERVANT AND HIS PEOPLE - NOTHING ELSE I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols. Everything I prophesied has come true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.” IT IS TIME TO SING A NEW SONG! EVERYONE Sing a new song to the LORD! Sing his praises from the ends of the earth! Sing, all you who sail the seas, all you who live in distant coastlands. Join in the chorus, you desert towns; let the villages of Kedar rejoice! Let the people of Sela sing for joy; shout praises from the mountaintops! ALL THE WORLD GLORIFY THE LORD - ONLY HE IS WORTH IS Let the whole world glorify the LORD; let it sing his praise. FOR HE IS OUR HERO The LORD will march forth like a mighty hero; he will come out like a warrior, full of fury. He will shout his battle cry and crush all his enemies. WHAT WILL HE SAY? I HAVE BEEN LONG SILENT - BUT NO MORE He will say, “I have long been silent; yes, I have restrained myself. TODAY I WILL CRY But now, like a woman in labor, I will cry and groan and pant. WHAT THE LORD WILL DO? HUMBLE THE PROULD I will level the mountains and hills and blight all their greenery. RESOURCES WILL DRY I will turn the rivers into dry land and will dry up all the pools. TO HIS PEOPLE - HE WILL LEAD TO A NEW PATH - UNFAMILIAR WAY I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. THE LORD WILL REMOVE ALL DARKNESS - SMOOTH LIFE JOURNEY I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. FOR HIS LOVE TOWARDS HIS PEOPLE HE WILL DO ALL THESE THINGS HE WILL NOT FORSAKE US Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them. FOR THE FOOLS WHO TRUST IN THE IDOLS OF THIS WORLD - SHAME But those who trust in idols, who say, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned away in shame. “ GODS PEOPLE BLIND Listen, you who are deaf! Look and see, you blind! Who is as blind as my own people, my servant? Who is as deaf as my messenger? Who is as blind as my chosen people, the servant of the LORD? REFUSE TO DO RIGHT ALTHOUGH YOU SEE AND RECOGNIZE WHAT IS RIGHT You see and recognize what is right but refuse to act on it. You hear with your ears, but you don’t really listen.” GOD IS JUST - HE HONORS HIS LAWS - HIS WORD Because he is righteous, the LORD has exalted his glorious law. SUFFERING AMONG THE PEOPLE OF GOD But his own people have been robbed and plundered, enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped. They are fair game for anyone and have no one to protect them, no one to take them back home. Who will hear these lessons from the past and see the ruin that awaits you in the future? Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt? THE LORD ALLOWED DUE TO SIN - THEY DID NOT LEARN THEIR LESSON TIMES OF HITLER DESTROYED IN FLAMES It was the LORD, against whom we sinned, for the people would not walk in his path, nor would they obey his law. Therefore, he poured out his fury on them and destroyed them in battle. They were enveloped in flames, but they still refused to understand. They were consumed by fire, but they did not learn their lesson.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭42:1-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 43 GOD SAVIOUR OF JACOB LISTEN FOR WE WERE CREATED AND FORMEC BY GOD “But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “ THERE IS NO REASON FOR FEAR FOR HE HAS REDEEMED US HE CALLS US BY MY NAME FOR I AM HIS Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. GOD'S PROMISES NEVER FAILS WE GO TO DEEP NO SHALOW WATERS, BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. I BELIEVE AND RECEIVE HIS PROMISES - THIS MEANS I TRUST IN HIS LOVE AND POWER TO SUSTAIN ME IN TIMES OF TRIALS When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. WHY ? BECAUSE HE IS THE LORD MY GOD HOLY ONE . HE IS ONE WITH HIS WORD - HE IS MY SAVIOR For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. JESUS IS THE RANSOM FOR MY FREEDOM FROM EGYPT THIS FALLEN WORLD I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place. Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. OTHER LAID THEIR LIVES SO THAT I COULD HEAR THE GOSPEL WHY? WHO AM I TO BE EVEN CONSIDERED OR SEEN IN THE UNIVERSE? GOD SAYS I AM HONORED AND I AM LOVE SO THAT I CAN ALSO HONOR AND LOVE MY NEIGHBOR You are honored, and I love you. “ WORD FOR ISRAEL ALSO NATURAL Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will gather you and your children from east and west. I will say to the north and south, ‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth. I CLAIM YOU ARE MY GOD - I WAS CREATED FOR HIS GLORY Bring all who claim me as their God, for I have made them for my glory. It was I who created them.’” BRING ALL PEOPLE BEFORE THE LORD - PEOPLE LOST AND BLIND. WHO TRUST IN THEIR IDEOLOGIES ? - WHO CAN VERIFY IF THEY SPEAK THE TRUTH? Bring out the people who have eyes but are blind, who have ears but are deaf. Gather the nations together! Assemble the peoples of the world! Which of their idols has ever foretold such things? Which can predict what will happen tomorrow? Where are the witnesses of such predictions? Who can verify that they spoke the truth? BUT WE HIS CHILDREN ARE HIS WITNESS THAT TESTIFIES THAT HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the LORD. “You are my servant. WHY WAS I CHOSEN? TO KNOW JESUS, BELIEVE IN JESUS, AND UNDERSTAND THAT ONLY GOD IS MY GOD AND MY FATHER. THERE IS NO OTHER GOD!!! NO OTHER HOPE !!! NO OTHER TRUTH, WAY AND LIFE -THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER GOD You have been chosen to know me, believe in me, and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God— there never has been, and there never will be. I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no other Savior. First I predicted your rescue, then I saved you and proclaimed it to the world. No foreign god has ever done this. YES JESUS WAS SENT AND PAID THE PRICE You are witnesses that I am the only God,” says the LORD. THERE IS NO END TO GOD POWER AND LOVE - NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM HIS LOVE “From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.” GODS DELIVERANCE This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon, forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of. GOD ASSURES US THAT HE IS LORD THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator and King. WHAT HAS HE DONE? OPENED THE SEA I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. “ BUT FORGET SUCH WONDERS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING COMPARED WITH WHAT I WILL DO - THERE IS MUCH MORE COMING THRU JESUS But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. SOMETHING NEW IN JESUS See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? DO YOU SEE JESUS ? IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM I will make a pathway through the wilderness. JESUS HAS MADE A WAY I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER - WE ARE THE RIVERS IN HIM The wild animals in the fields will thank me, the jackals and owls, too, for giving them water in the desert. Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so my chosen people can be refreshed. JESUS IS THE WATER THAT REFRESHES OUR SOUL WHY? GODS PEOPLE ARE HIS FAMILY AND WE WILL HONOR (INTEGRITY AND AUTHORITY) IN THE WORLD I have made Israel for myself, and they will someday honor me before the whole world. BUT BEFORE GLORIOUS DAYS - ISRAEL HAS NOT HONORED GOD "But, dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel! You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and frankincense. You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. WHAT ELSE HAS ISRAEL DONE? Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults. “ WHAT WILL GOD DO WITH ISRAEL? JESUS SACRIFICE DEALING WITH SIN FOREVER I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again. GOD CALLS FOR A REVISION - THERE IS NO WAY TO PROVE OUR OWN SINS - WE DO NOT DESERVE Let us review the situation together, and you can present your case to prove your innocence. From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me; all your leaders broke my laws. WHAT GOD HAS DONE WITH THE OLD PRIESTS? OLD ORDER? HE REMOVED THEM - JESUS IS THE NEW COVENANT - NEW ORDER - HIGH PRIEST That is why I have disgraced your priests; I have decreed complete destruction for Jacob and shame for Israel.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:1-28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 44 TIME TO LISTEN - BELIEVE IN GODS PROMISES ““But now, listen to me, Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one. The LORD who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one. JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER - HE QUENCHES OUR THIRST For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME - BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - IT WILL MAKE US THRIVE And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children. They will thrive like watered grass, like willows on a riverbank. IDENTITY RESTORED - WHO DO WE BELONG TO? Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the LORD.’ Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the LORD’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.” WORDS OF TRUTH - WHO IS LIKE HIM? HE IS MY KING AND MY REDEEMER This is what the LORD says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies: “ FIRST AND LAST - THERE IS NO OTHER TRUE GOD I am the First and the Last; there is no other God. Who is like me? WHOEVER PROCLAIMS TO BE GOD LET HIM COME FORWARD GODS PEOPLE IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED BEFORE ANCIENT TIMES AND ITS FUTURE IS SET - WE KNOW THE END ALREADY - AND WE LIVE BY IT Let him step forward and prove to you his power. Let him do as I have done since ancient times when I established a people and explained its future. DO NOT BE AFRAID - FOR GOD HAS PROCLAIMED HIS PURPOSE FOR ME --HE IS ASKING "DIDNT I" YES YOU HAVE Do not tremble; do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago? WE ARE HIS WITNESS - LIVE BY IT You are my witnesses—is there any other God? No! There is no other Rock—not one!” THE FOOLS AND THEIR STUPID ACTIONS How foolish are those who manufacture idols. These prized objects are really worthless. The people who worship idols don’t know this, so they are all put to shame. T JUST A FOOL WOULD MAKE HIS OWN GOD - CANNOT SPEAK,CANNOT HEAR,CANNOT DO ANYTHING - PEOPLE BECOME WHAT THEY BEHOLD Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit? All who worship idols will be disgraced along with all these craftsmen—mere humans— who claim they can make a god. LOST PEOPLE CAN UNITE BUT WILL STAND IN FEAR., AND SHAME They may all stand together, but they will stand in terror and shame. CRAZY ACTIVITY - FROM GODS CREATION FOOL SAYS GOOD AND MAKE IT AS AN IDOL Then he uses part of the wood to make a fire. With it he warms himself and bakes his bread. Then—yes, it’s true—he takes the rest of it and makes himself a god to worship! He makes an idol and bows down in front of it! He burns part of the tree to roast his meat and to keep himself warm. He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.” Then he takes what’s left and makes his god: a carved idol! He falls down in front of it, worshiping and praying to it. “Rescue me!” he says. “You are my god!” FOOL BECOMES WHAT HE BEHOLDS - BLIND AND MIND SHUT Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think. WHERE IS THE REFLECTION? The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?” The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?” “ AS FOR PEOPLE OF GOD - PAY ATTENTION - DO NOT BE A FOOL - GOD MADE YOU TO HIMSELF TO BE HOLY (I HAVE SWEPT AWAY YOURS SINS LIKE A CLOUD) OUR SIN ARE REMOVED FOREVER BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the LORD, made you, and I will not forget you. I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. JESUS CALLS US TO HIMSELF -FOR HE PAID THE PRICE AT THE CROSS AND RESURRECTION TO SET US FREE!!!!! Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.” HEAVENS AND EARTH - SING WITH JOY!!!! Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done this wondrous thing. Shout for joy, O depths of the earth! Break into song, O mountains and forests and every tree! WHAT BREAK IN JOY? WHAT HAPPENED??? OUR GOD AND FATHER HAS REDEEMED US AND HE IS GLORIFIED AMONG HIS PEOPLE REDEMPTION - RESCUE FROM THE WRATH OF GOD AND JUSTIFIED BY THE BLOOD OF THE SON TO BECOME RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and is glorified in Israel. WHO IS MY REDEEMER ? THE ONLY TRUE GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer and Creator: “I am the LORD, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth? I expose the false prophets as liars and make fools of fortune-tellers. I cause the wise to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools. But I carry out the predictions of my prophets! By them I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live here again,’ and to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be rebuilt; I will restore all your ruins!’ When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’ they will be dry. REFERRING TO PEOPLE IN HISTORY THAT DID NOT KNOW GOD BUT WAS USED BY HIM LIKE DONALD TRUMP When I say of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd,’ he will certainly do as I say. He will command, ‘Rebuild Jerusalem’; he will say, ‘Restore the Temple.’”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭44:1-11, 15-28‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 45 CYRUS - TRUMP OF TODAY GOD CHOSE SOMEONE WHO DID NOT KNOW HIM AND ANOINTED HIM SO WAS IN THE PAST SO IT IS FOR TODAY - DONALD TRUMP “This is what the LORD says to Cyrus, his anointed one, whose right hand he will empower. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN UNDER CYRUS RULE? OTHER AUTHORITIES WILL FEAR AND THERE WILL BE NO RESISTANCE Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear. Their fortress gates will be opened, never to shut again. IT IS THE LORD WHO GOES BEFORE CYRUS This is what the LORD says: “I will go before you, Cyrus, GOD WILL LEVEL THE MOUNTAINS - HUMBLE AUTHORITY and level the mountains. REMOVE GATES - PLACE OF DECISION - CUT BARS OF IRON- REMOVE EVIL AND HASH POSITIONS AND DO WHAT? I will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. GIVE GODS PEOPLE TREASURES HIDDEN IN THE DARKNESS - SECRET RICHES - NEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness— secret riches. WHY? TO KNOW THAT GOD IS LORD OF ALL - HE WILL DISPLAY HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY THROUGH HIS CHILDREN TO ALL NATIONS I will do this so you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name. “ "And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? " IT IS FOR GODS PEOPLE SAKE It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one. WHAT GOD HAS DONE? LET ALL NATIONS KNOW THAT THERE IS NO OTHER GOD I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don’t even know me, so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. WHO IS GOD? CREATOR OF LIGHT AND MAKER OF DARKNESS WITH THE PURPOSE OF SHINING LIGHT I am the LORD, and there is no other. I create the light and make the darkness. HE IS IN CONTROL OF THE GOD AND BAD TIMES - HE DOES IT ALL I send good times and bad times. I, the LORD, am the one who does these things. WE DECLARE IN UNITY WITH HEAVENS VOICE “Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. SORROW AWAITS FOR THOSE WHO ARGUE WITH THEIR CREATOR I, the LORD, created them. “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’ Does the pot exclaim, ‘How clumsy can you be?’ How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father, ‘Why was I born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘Why did you make me this way?’” WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION HIS JUDGEMENTS This is what the LORD says— the Holy One of Israel and your Creator: “Do you question what I do for my children? Do you give me orders about the work of my hands? WHO MADE THE EARTH AND THE PEOPLE IN IT I am the one who made the earth and created people to live on it. With my hands I stretched out the heavens. ALL THINGS ARE UNDER HIS COMMAND All the stars are at my command. WHO WILL GOD RAISE? A MAN WHO DOES NOT KNOW HIM TO FULFILL HIS RIGHTEOUS PURPOSES I will raise up Cyrus to fulfill my righteous purpose, and I will guide his actions. He will restore my city and free my captive people— DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL NOT RECEIVE PRESIDENT SALARY without seeking a reward! I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!” This is what the LORD says: “You will rule the Egyptians, the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans. They will come to you with all their merchandise, and it will all be yours. They will follow you as prisoners in chains. They will fall to their knees in front of you and say, ‘God is with you, and he is the only God. There is no other.’” GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways. SHAME FOR THOSE WHO MAKE IDOLS All craftsmen who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together. JESUS IS OUR ETERNAL SALVATION But the LORD will save the people of Israel with eternal salvation. Throughout everlasting ages, they will never again be humiliated and disgraced. GOD SET ALL THINGS IN PLACE For the LORD is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos. “ "I am the LORD,” he says, “and there is no other. GOD MAKES HIS BOLD PROMISES I publicly proclaim bold promises. I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner. HE CAN BE FOUND - SEEK WITH ALL OUR HEARTS I would not have told the people of Israel to seek me if I could not be found. FULL OF TRUTH - SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH AND RIGHT I, the LORD, speak only what is true and declare only what is right. “ GATHER ALL FOOL PEOPLE Gather together and come, you fugitives from surrounding nations. What fools they are who carry around their wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save! Consult together, argue your case. Get together and decide what to say. Who made these things known so long ago? What idol ever told you they would happen? Was it not I, the LORD? THERE IS NO OTHER GOD - THERE IS NO OTHER SALVATION For there is no other God but me, a righteous God and Savior. There is none but me. Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: END TIMES - ALL WILL KNEE BEFORE HIM AND ALL WILL DECLARE - YOU ARE THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me. ” WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STRENGTH? The people will declare, “The LORD is the source of all my righteousness and strength.” ALL ANGRY PEOPLE AGAINST HIM WILL COME AND BE ASHAMED And all who were angry with him will come to him and be ashamed. IN JESUS WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD In the LORD all the generations of Israel will be justified, and in him they will boast.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭45:1-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 46 WORLD FALSE GODS - CANNOT DO ANYTHING “Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together. LISTEN CHILD OF GOD “Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. WHAT HAS GOD DONE SINCE YOU ARE BORN? GOD HAS CARED AND CARRIED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born. HE IS OUR GOD FOR ALL OUR LIFETIME I will be your God throughout your lifetime— until your hair is white with age. WHO MADE US AND CARES FOR US AND SAVES US - LORD GOD I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you. “ WHO IS EQUAL TO GOD? To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal? FOOLS ACTIONS They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble. “Do not forget this! Keep it in mind! REMEMBER WHAT ? REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE Remember this, you guilty ones. Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me. Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. GODS WORD AND PLAN ARE FOREVER Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish. “Listen to me, you stubborn people who are so far from doing right. GOD IS READY TO SAVE AND SHOW HIS GLORY TO ISRAEL For I am ready to set things right, not in the distant future, but right now! I am ready to save Jerusalem and show my glory to Israel.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭46:2-5, 7-10, 12-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 47 BABYLON FALL - REV 17 - SPIRIT OF CONFUSION In Babylonian the name Bab–ilu (Babel, or Babylon) meant “gate of the gods,” but the Hebrews derogatorily associated it with balal, a word in their language meaning “to confuse” (Gen. 11:9). The rulers of Babylon doubtless called their city the “gate” of the gods in the sense that they chose to think of it as the place where the gods consorted with men, to order the affairs of earth (Judges 9:35; Ruth 4:1; 1 Kings 22:10; Jer. 22:3). The name reflected the claim of the Babylonian kings (Gen. 11:4). TIME OF CONFUSION - RELIGION (CATHOLIC CHURCH) AND HUMAN REIGN HAS ENDED TIME OF CONFUSION ENDING ““Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust. For your days of sitting on a throne have ended. FRUITS OF HUMAN NATURE WILL BE EXPOSE O daughter of Babylonia, never again will you be the lovely princess, tender and delicate. Take heavy millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, and strip off your robe. Expose yourself to public view. You will be naked and burdened with shame. I will take vengeance against you without pity.” "Pope Benedict is also actively pursuing ecumenical efforts to re-unite with the Eastern Orthodox churches, which separated from Rome nearly a thousand years ago. Indeed, the "mother" church is actively seeking the return of her "separated" daughters—just as Bible prophecies indicate! Watch for these expansive ecumenical efforts of the Roman church to increase—and to culminate with the "daughter of Babylon" promoting and supporting a political figure who will emerge from the ashes of the old Holy Roman Empire—as these ancient prophecies come alive in the news!" http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/magazines/2010/september-october/the-daughter-of-babylon GOD IS OUR REDEEMER - BY HIS BLOOD WHO IS HE? LORD OF HEAVENS ARMY - NO ONE MORE POWERFUL HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL Our Redeemer, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, is the Holy One of Israel. “ O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence. Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms. For I was angry with my chosen people and punished them by letting them fall into your hands. WORLD CHURCH DID NOT DO A THING IN THE HOLOCAUST But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy. You oppressed even the elderly. You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!’ WHAT DID THE RELIGIOUS WORLD DID NOT DO? "You did not reflect on your actions or think about their consequences. “ LISTEN NOW Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom, living at ease and feeling secure. You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other. I will never be a widow or lose my children.’ DISASTER WILL COME IN A MOMENT Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment: widowhood and the loss of your children. Yes, these calamities will come upon you, despite all your witchcraft and magic. “ RELIGIOUS WORLD INVOLVED IN WITCHCRAFT AND MAGIC You felt secure in your wickedness. ‘No one sees me,’ you said. But your ‘wisdom’ and ‘knowledge’ have led you astray, and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.’ So disaster will overtake you, and you won’t be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won’t be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared. “Now use your magical charms! Use the spells you have worked at all these years! Maybe they will do you some good. Maybe they can make someone afraid of you. All the advice you receive has made you tired. Where are all your astrologers, those stargazers who make predictions each month? Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds. HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND ASSOCIATIONS - CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES But they are like straw burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from the flame. You will get no help from them at all; their hearth is no place to sit for warmth. PEOPLE WILL TURN AND GO THEIR OWN WAY And all your friends, those with whom you’ve done business since childhood, will go their own ways, turning a deaf ear to your cries.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭47:1-15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 48 ISRAEL STUBBORNNESS BELIEVERS ARE BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF PRAISE(JUDAH) ““Listen to me, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and born into the family of Judah. LISTEN ALL WHAT PROMISES ISRAEL DID NOT KEEP? THE OATHS - COVENANT - DEPENDENCY ON THE LORD Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and call on the God of Israel. You don’t keep your promises, even though you call yourself the holy city and talk about depending on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. GOD SPOKE IN THE PAST AND ACTION COME FAST Long ago I told you what was going to happen. Then suddenly I took action, and all my predictions came true. HARD HEARTED PEOPLE For I know how stubborn and obstinate you are. Your necks are as unbending as iron. Your heads are as hard as bronze. You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled, but you refuse to admit it. NEW THINGS ARE TO HAPPEN Now I will tell you new things, secrets you have not yet heard. They are brand new, not things from the past. So you cannot say, ‘We knew that all the time!’ “Yes, I will tell you of things that are entirely new, things you never heard of before. PEOPLES HEART REBELS FROM BIRTH For I know so well what traitors you are. You have been rebels from birth. GOD WILL NOT WIPE OUT ISRAEL - FOR HIS HONOR AND SAKE Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out. I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. GOD WILL REFINE ISREAL INSTEAD IN THE FURNACE OF SUFFERING AND RESCUE ISRAEL - GOD'S PEOPLE Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering. I will rescue you for my sake— yes, for my own sake! I will not let my reputation be tarnished, IT IS WITH IDOLS THAT GOD DOES NOT SHARE HIS GLORY and I will not share my glory with idols! “ LISTEN AGAIN CHOSEN ONE Listen to me, O family of Jacob, Israel my chosen one! ONLY GOD IS GOD - THE FIRST AND THE LAST I alone am God, the First and the Last. It was my hand that laid the foundations of the earth, my right hand that spread out the heavens above. When I call out the stars, they all appear in order.” Have any of your idols ever told you this? CYRUS DID NOT KNOW GOD FIRST, BUT IT WAS USED TO DESTROY THE RELIGION SPIRIT OF THE WORLD Come, all of you, and listen: The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally. He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon and to destroy the Babylonian armies. “I have said it: I am calling Cyrus! I will send him on this errand and will help him succeed. THE INVITATION IS GIVEN - COME CLOSER AND LISTEN INTIMACY THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB Come closer, and listen to this. From the beginning I have told you plainly what would happen.” And now the Sovereign LORD and his Spirit have sent me with this message. This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “ WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO US WHEN WE COME CLOSE TO HIM AND LISTEN? HE TEACHES WHAT IS GOOD HE LEAD US TO THE PATH WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIM I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow. WHAT IS THE RESULT OF LISTENING AND OBEYING? PEACE FLOWING LIKE A GENTLE RIVER RIGHTEOUSNESS ROLLING OVER LIKE WAVES MANY DESCENDANTS NO DESTRUCTION Oh, that you had listened to my commands! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river and righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea. Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore— too many to count! There would have been no need for your destruction, or for cutting off your family name.” BE FREE TODAY FROM ANY CAPTIVITY - LEAVE RELIGION - LEAVE THE WORLD VIEW SYSTEM AND LEAVE ANY ASSOCIATION WITH IT Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon and the Babylonians. THIS IS THE SAME MESSAGE IN REVELATION - LEAVE THE LOVE OF THIS WORLD AND FLESH PRIDE, ARROGANCE AND EVIL TRICKS OF THE ENEMY - LOVE PEOPLE BUT NOT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH AND DEVIL HOW CAN I LEAVE? WHY SING? SING OUT - DECLARE AND SHOUT THE TRUTH THAT THE LORD HAS REDEEMED HIS PEOPLE BE ALIGNED WITH HIS WORD AND TRUTH DECLARED SINGING POWER OF WORDS OF LIFE POWER OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP THROUGH SINGING THAT WE ARE REDEEMED - FREE AND WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB Sing out this message! Shout it to the ends of the earth! The LORD has redeemed his servants, the people of Israel. THERE IS PROVISION IN THE DESERT OF THIS WORLD FOR GODS PEOPLE ARE REDEEMED JESUS THE ROCK WHO CAME AND LEAD US THROUGH THE DESERT FROM HIS SIDE AT THE CROSS GUSHED WATER FOR US TO DRINK FROM HIS SIDE ALSO GUSHED HIS BLOOD THAT WASHES US FROM EVERY SIN NO ONE NEEDS TO GO THIRSTY AWAY AS JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER - SPRING OF LIVING WATER They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert. He divided the rock, and water gushed out for them to drink. “ NO PEACE FOR THE WICKED But there is no peace for the wicked,” says the LORD.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:1-4, 6-22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 49 GOD SERVANT -LANCE “Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! GOD CALLED ME BEFORE I WAS BORN The LORD called me before my birth; from within the womb he called me by name. WHAT HAS THE LORD MADE ME INTO? HIS VOICE - WORD OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE TO PENETRATE LIKE SWORD - STRAIGHT TO THE POINT He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. WHERE HAS HE MADE ME INTO HIS FRIEND AND SERVANT? IN THE SECRET PLACE UNDER HIS HANDS - MARKED - WORK AT THE CROSS - KNOWING HIS SUFFERING He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. AS A RESULT I AM AN ARROW IN HIS HANDS-WEAPON I GO FAR LIKE AN ARROW - MY INFLUENCE I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver. He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.” WE ARE BORN TO LOVE AND BRING HIM GLORY WORDS OF MAN SPEAKING FROM HIS OWN PERSPECTIVE YET I LEAVE ALL THINGS IN HIS HAND - HE IS MY REWARD AND I TRUST IN YOU I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose. Yet I leave it all in the LORD’s hand; I will trust God for my reward.” WORDS OF GOD And now the LORD speaks— the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him. WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE? HE HAS HONORED ME HE HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH The LORD has honored me, and my God has given me strength. WHAT DOES HE SAY? He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” I MAKE YOU A LIGHT - SHINES IN THE DARKNESS TO THE GENTILES BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH -SET CAPTIVES FREE The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations, to the one who is the servant of rulers: “ WHAT WILL THE AUTHORITIES DO WITH THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD? PAY ATTENTION WHEN YOU PASS HUMBLE BECAUSE OF GODS PRESENCE Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will also bow low because of the LORD, the faithful one, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” WHAT THE LORD SAYS MORE? This is what the LORD says: “ At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvation I will help you. I will protect you and give you to the people as my covenant with them. Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel and assign it to its own people again. I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’ WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE? They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures and on hills that were previously bare. They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the LORD in his mercy will lead them; he will lead them beside cool waters. And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the valleys. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE NATURAL ISRAEL? See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. ” WHAT SHOULD THE REACTION BE? Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering. BUT ISRAEL RESPONSE IS WRONG Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “ GOD SAYS: Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! HOW THE LORD WILL NOT FORGET HIS CHOSEN ONES? See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins. Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away. Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live,” says the LORD, “they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display. “ Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Your enemies who enslaved you will be far away. The generations born in exile will return and say, ‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’ Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile. I was left here all alone. Where did all these people come from? Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?’” WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms; they will bring your daughters on their shoulders. WHAT AUTHORITIES WILL DO? Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before you and lick the dust from your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Those who trust in me will never be put to shame.” WHO CAN REMOVE US FROM HIS LOVE? Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let his captives go? But the LORD says, “The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will be retrieved. HOW WILL THE CAPTIVES BE RELEASED? For I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ENEMY? I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood. ALL NATIONS WILL KNOW All the world will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel. ”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭49:1-26‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 50 WHAT DID THE ISRAEL DO? DUE TO SIN IT WAS SOLD “This is what the LORD says: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins. WHERE WAS ISRAEL WHEN THE LORD VISIT HER? BLIND AND DEARH IN SIN JESUS TO THE EARTH Why was no one there when I came? Why didn’t anyone answer when I called? Is it because I have no power to rescue? No, that is not the reason! GOD IS ALMIGHTY For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up! I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish. I dress the skies in darkness, covering them with clothes of mourning.” THE FATHER GAVE JESUS WORD OF WISDOM? WHY ? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? TO COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE WEARY -> BLIND - LACK OF REST - RELUCTANT TO SEE OR TO EXPERIENCE FOR MORE The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. WHAT DOES THE LORD DO EVERY MORNING? HE WAKENS ME AND OPENS MY UNDERSTANDING TO HIS WILL LORD EVERY MORNING WAKEN MY HEART AND OPEN THE EYES OF MY UNDERSTANDING TO YOUR WILL Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will. JESUS OBEDIENCE EVEN TO THE CROSS The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me, and I have listened. I have not rebelled or turned away. WHAT WAS JESUS REACTION? FIRM RESOLVE I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting. BECAUSE THE LORD HELPS ME - THERE IS NO DISGRACE Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. JESUS RESOLUTION - FIRM FACE FOR LOVE - DETERMINED YO OBEY HIS WILL Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE LORD WHO IS NEAR And I know that I will not be put to shame. He who gives me justice is near. WHERE ARE THE ACCUSERS OF JESUS BLOOD? Who will dare to bring charges against me now? Where are my accusers? Let them appear! THE LORD IS ON OUR SIDE See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side! Who will declare me guilty? WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ENEMY? DESTROYED All my enemies will be destroyed like old clothes that have been eaten by moths! Who among you fears the LORD and obeys his servant? TRUST IN THE LORD (NOT ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING) AND RELY IN YOU IN THE REVELATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF YOU If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the LORD and rely on your God. THE DANGER OF WALKING IN YOUR OWN LIGHT - OWN UNDERSTANDING - MIND - THOUGHTS - WARM YOURSELF BY YOUR OWN FIRES RESULT - TORMENT But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭50:1-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 51 CALL TO TRUST IN THE LORD - DO NOT FEAR MERE HUMANS ““Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance— all who seek the LORD! CONSIDER THE PIT FROM WHICH THE LORD RESCUED ME Consider the rock from which you were cut, the quarry from which you were mined. FRIEND OF GOD - WHO BELIEVED IN GODS PROMISES - ABRAHAM Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation. Abraham was only one man when I called him. GODS BLESSINGS IS MULTIPLICATION - ABUNDANCE But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.” GODS LOVE - RESTORATION The LORD will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD. RESTORED HEART IS A JOYFUL AND THANKSGIVING HEART Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. “ GODS JUSTICE - STRONG ARM IS LIGHT TO THE NATIONS Listen to me, my people. Hear me, Israel, for my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to the nations. My mercy and justice are coming soon. My salvation is on the way. My strong arm will bring justice to the nations. PEOPLE WILL BE HOPING FOR GODS POWER ARM IN ACTION All distant lands will look to me and wait in hope for my powerful arm. WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE SKIES AND THE EARTH Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE ? DIE LIKE FLIES The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end! “ WE ARE THE ONES WHO CHERISH GODS WORD Listen to me, you who know right from wrong, you who cherish my law in your hearts. THERE IS NO NEED FOR FEAR OF MAN Do not be afraid of people’s scorn, nor fear their insults. For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing. The worm will eat at them as it eats wool. WHY ? BECAUSE GODS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOREVER But my righteousness will last forever. My salvation will continue from generation to generation.” SPEAKING OF THE LORD - SPEAKING OF HIS BODY Wake up, wake up, O LORD! Clothe yourself with strength! Flex your mighty right arm! Rouse yourself as in the days of old when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile. GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER Are you not the same today, the one who dried up the sea, making a path of escape through the depths so that your people could cross over? WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ISRAEL NATURAL - SPIRITUAL ENTER YOUR GATES WITH SINGING CROWNED WITH JOY NO ENDING Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. NO MORE SORROW - PAIN Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. “ HOW? WHO COMFORTS US? I, yes I, am the one who comforts you. NO MORE FEAR OF MERE MAN So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear? PEOPLE FORGET GOD - CREATOR OF ALL Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator, the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. DO NOT REMAIN IN THE PIT OF FEAR OF THE ENEMIES ANGER - WHY? BECAUSE IS GONE Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors? Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies? Where is their fury and anger now? It is gone! WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CAPTIVES? Soon all you captives will be released! Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate! HOW? For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. WHAT DOES THE LORD WITH OUR MOUTHS? HE PUTS HIS WORD IN OUR MOUTHS And I have put my words in your mouth WHAT DOES HE DO WITH OURS LIVES? WHERE ARE WE SAFE? HE HIDES OUR LIVES IN HIS SAFEY HANDS and hidden you safely in my hand. WHO SAYS THAT I BELONG TO GOD? HE DOES I stretched out the sky like a canopy and laid the foundations of the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, ‘You are my people!’” TIME TO REPENT ISRAEL Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem! You have drunk the cup of the LORD’s fury. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops. Not one of your children is left alive to take your hand and guide you. These two calamities have fallen on you: desolation and destruction, famine and war. 2nd WORLD WAR NO NATION CAME OR SYMPATHIZED WITH ISRAEL DURING HISTORY AND WARS HITLER ATTACK And who is left to sympathize with you? Who is left to comfort you? For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The LORD has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them. WHAT DOES GOD DEFENDER SAYS? But now listen to this, you afflicted ones who sit in a drunken stupor, though not from drinking wine. This is what the Sovereign LORD, your God and Defender, says: “ GOD WILL REMOVE HIS FURY AGAINST ISRAEL AND HAND TO THE TORMENTORS See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury. Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust and walk on your backs.’”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭51:1-23‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 52 TIME TO ZION TO WAKE UP - CLOTHE WITH GODS STRENGTH “Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. TIME TO PUT CLOTHES OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, NO MORE UNCLEAN AND GODLESS PEOPLE SETTING ORDERS IN THE GATES for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer. PEOPLE OF GOD RISE - WE ARE SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem. Sit in a place of honor. Remove the chains of slavery from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. For this is what the LORD says: “When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without having to pay for you.” What is this?” asks the LORD. “Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long. TIME WILL COME GOD WILL REVEAL HIS POWER TO THE NATIONS POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. GODS PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE ITIS THE LORD WHO SPEAKS TO THEM Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.” WONDERFUL IS THE WALK OF WHO ANNOUNCES THE GOOD NEWS WHAT IS THE NEWS AS WELL? GOD REIGNS How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! WHAT DOES THE WATCHMEN DO? SHOUT AND SING FOR THEY SEE THE LORD The watchmen shout and sing with joy, for before their very eyes they see the LORD returning to Jerusalem. TIME TO BREAK IN JOY - MY REDEEMER LIVES Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song, for the LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem. JESUS RESURRECTION POWER The LORD has demonstrated his holy power before the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth will see the victory of our God. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? LEAVE CAPTIVITY OF THE UNCLEAN Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves, you who carry home the sacred objects of the LORD. WHAT ARE THE SACRED OBJECTS IN OUR LIVES? HIS WORD, PRAYER LIFE, PRAISE AND WORSHIP, INTERCESSION, GOOD NEWS WE WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR OUR LIVES FOR GOD WILL GO AHEAD AND PROTECT US FROM BEHIND - ENEMY ATTACKS WHEN WE DO NOT SEE COMING You will not leave in a hurry, running for your lives. For the LORD will go ahead of you; yes, the God of Israel will protect you from behind. JESUS WILL PROSPER - HIGHLY EXALTED See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted. JESUS SUFFERING MARKED IN HIS FACE AND BODY But many were amazed when they saw him. His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human, and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man. JESUS REIGN IN THE EARTH And he will startle many nations. Kings will stand speechless in his presence. For they will see what they had not been told; they will understand what they had not heard about.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭52:1-3, 5-15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 53 JESUS SUFFERING FOR OUR SINS “Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm? WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HOW DID HE GROW? LORDS PRESENCE IN DRY LAND My servant grew up in the LORD’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. WHAT WAS SPECIAL ABOUT HIM? HIS APPEARANCE WAS NOTHING BEAUTIFUL There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him. WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIM? WHO WAS HE? DESPISED AND REJECTED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE - MAN OF SORROW He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. WHY? HUMAN NATURE - WE TURN OUR BACKS ON HIM - LOOKED THE OTHER WAY - WE DID NOT CARE ABOUT HIM We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. WHAT DID HE DO ANYWAY? HE CARRIED OUR WEAKNESSES Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. WHAT DID WE THINK? THOUGHT WRONG And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE - DEATH OF CROSS But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. WHAT HAPPENED? WHY? He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. WHAT DID WE DO? LEFT GODS PATH - FOLLOWED OUR OWN WAYS All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. GOD IN HIS MERCY AND LOVE HE STILL LAID ON HIM OUR SINS Yet the LORD laid on him the sins of us all. JESUS SUFFERING He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. Unjustly condemned, he was led away. No one cared that he died without descendants, that his life was cut short in midstream. WHY? But he was struck down for the rebellion of my people. He had done no wrong and had never deceived anyone. But he was buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man’s grave. IT WAS GODS GOOD PLAN - FOR HE WILL HAVE MANY DESCENDANTS But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. JESUS AND HIS DESCENDANTS - THE BORN AGAIN WILL REIGN AND LIVE FOREVER He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD’s good plan will prosper in his hands. JESUS WILL BE SATISFIED AS HE SEES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. MANY WILL BE COUNTED RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE JESUS WILL BEAR ALL THEIR SINS And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins. GOD WILL GIVE JESUS HONORS OF A VICTORIOUS SOLDIER WHY? BECAUSE HE EXPOSED - GAVE HIMSELF TO DIE FOR ALL I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among the rebels. He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53:1-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 54 FUTURE OF GODS PEOPLE THERE IS NO DESCENDANTS WITHOUT JESUS “Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. THROUGH JESUS NOW THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband,” says the LORD. “ IT IS TIME TO ENLARGE - TO BUILD IN ADDITION Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! WHY? BECAUSE MANY WILL COME TO CHRIST IN THE END TIMES For you will soon be bursting at the seams. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH GODS CHILDREN ? THEY WILL OCCUPY OTHER NATIONS - FIX RUINED GOVERNMENTS - CITIES Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. “ THERE IS NO MORE SHAME OR FEAR Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don’t be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. WHY? THE ONE WHO CREATED ME WILL BE MY HUSBAND For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is his name! WHO IS HE.? MY REDEEMER, HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, THE GOD OF ALL THE EARTH He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. For the LORD has called you back from your grief— as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,” says your God. “ WHAT HAPPENED? For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. BUT HE LOVES ME WITH ETERNAL LOVE AND HAS COMPASSION OF ME But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD, your Redeemer. “ IN JESUS THERE IS NO MORE PUNISHMENT Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you. WORLD WILL CHANGE, BUT GODS LOVE IS FAITHFUL ALWAYS AND HIS COVENANT IS FOREVER For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you. “ GOD WILL BUILD HIS PEOPLE O storm-battered city, troubled and desolate! I will rebuild you with precious jewels and make your foundations from lapis lazuli. I will make your towers of sparkling rubies, your gates of shining gems, and your walls of precious stones. THE LORD WILL TEACH - GREAT PEACE WILL COME I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. JESUS GOVERNMENT IS SECURE, JUST AND FAIR You will be secure under a government that is just and fair. WHAY WILL HAPPEN WITH THE ENEMIES? Your enemies will stay far away. PEOPLE OF GOD WILL LIVE IN PEACE AND VICTORY You will live in peace, and terror will not come near. If any nation comes to fight you, it is not because I sent them. Whoever attacks you will go down in defeat. “ I have created the blacksmith who fans the coals beneath the forge and makes the weapons of destruction. And I have created the armies that destroy. NO WEAPON AGAINST US WILL PROSPER But in that coming day no weapon turned against you will succeed. You will silence every voice raised up to accuse you. ALL COMES FROM THE LORD FOR HE HAS SPOKEN These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD; their vindication will come from me. I, the LORD, have spoken!” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54:1-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 55 GODS INVITATION TO SALVATION WHO IS THIRSTY? WHO NEEDS A RELATIONSHIP AND TOUCH OF GOD? IS IT FREE? DRINK WHAT? JESUS IS THE LIVING WATER. WHO DRINKS (BELIEVES AND RECEIVES HIS WORD WILL NOT THIRST AGAIN) ““Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! WHAT ARE THE CHOICES? WINE -> PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? WHY SPEND RESOURCES-TIME ON THOUGHTS - WORDS - BELIEFS THAT DO NOT GIVE ME STRENGTH TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE? Why pay for food that does you no good? WHY LISTEN TO THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOOD OR WILL NOT RENEW MY MIND? HOW DO I EAT - FILL MY MIND AND HEART WITH WHAT IT IS GOOD AND BRINGS BENEFITS? LISTEN TO JESUS - LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OBEY HELP ME JESUS TO LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE - MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE GOD GIVES US A NEW HEART AND SENDS US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL AND TO OPERATE IN US. THIS WAY WE OBEY GODS WORD AS WE BELIEVE AND YIELD TO THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. WHAT IS THE OUTCOME - THE RESULT OF LISTENING AND OBEYING? NOT ONLY EAT, ENJOY, FIND ANSWER WITH FINEST WORDS You will enjoy the finest food. HOW DO I LISTEN? HOW CAN I EAT THE LIVING WORDS OF JESUS? LISTEN: "describes the process of remaining vigilant in the acquisition of information in order to discover hidden, secret or extra information" "What was keeping Israel from hearing what God had to say? Arrogance! The imperative translated here as “Do not be arrogant” meant, more literally, “Do not be high and exalted.” Jeremiah 13:15 As things kept getting worse with the children of Israel, as they persisted in worshiping idols and ignoring justice, God kept on warning them of the consequences of their behavior. If they did not repent, soon Jerusalem would be sacked by foreign enemies, and the people would be killed or scattered. In desperation, Jeremiah cried out, “Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken” (13:15). ARROGANT HEART WORSHIPS AND BEHOLDS IDOLS OF PRIDE AND STUBBORNNESS WORSHIP JESUS WHO IS HUMBLE AND MEEK OPPOSITE OF ARROGANT AND PRIDE In Hebrew, the words translated here as “listen” (shama‘) and “pay attention” (’azan) have similar meanings. The second verb is closely related to the Hebrew word for “ear” (’ozen), and means something like “open your ears” or “use your ears.” As God was speaking through the prophet Jeremiah, the people needed to use their ears and pay attention. “If we are going to hear God’s word today, if we are going to pay attention to what he’s saying to us, then we can’t think we know it all, or that we know better than God. The more I think, “I’ve got all the answers,” the less I am able to listen to the real answers that come from God alone. A prideful confidence in one’s own understanding is something found among many Christians, especially those of us who are leaders, who spend much of our lives in study, and who are used to being the speaker and not the listener. We will only be able to hear from the Lord, and thus speak God’s truth with accuracy and power, when we come before him with open ears and humble hearts. “ COME TO JESUS WITH ATTITUDE AND HEART WILLING TO LISTEN AND OBEY. IF I LISTEN (NOT ONLY HEAR) I WILL FIND LIFE!!!! JESUS MY HEART IS WIDELY OPEN TO LISTEN TO YOU!!! WE DO NOT ONLY FIND LIFE BUT WE ALSO GET IN COVENANT WITH GOD FOREVER - FRIENDS FOREVER - BOND THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN “Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will THREE PROMISES FROM GOD: 1 - find life. 2 - I will make an everlasting covenant with you. (Under covenant we have access to all the power, provision, protection, and mercy that that covenant carries.) THERE IS MORE!!!!! 3 - I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. GOD SENDING JESUS TO DISPLAY HIS POWER AMONG THE PEOPLE See how I used him to display my power among the peoples. I made him a leader among the nations. GODS CHILDREN WILL COMMAND NATIONS AS WELL - JESUS IS THE LEADER HOW? GOD HAS MADE US GLORIOUS FOR HIS GLORY WE ARE PEOPLE OF GLORY FOR GOD HAS MADE US GLORIOUS You also will command nations you do not know, and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey, because I, the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.” HOW CAN THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED ? LORD HELP ME SEEK HIS PRESENCE CALL HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR LET THE WICKED WAY BANISH THE VERY THOUGHT OF DOING WRONG TURN ALWAYS TO GOD - RUN TO HIM FOR HE FORGIVES GENEROUSLY Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously. “ WHY RUN TO GOD? BECAUSE HIS THOUGHT AND WAYS ARE HIGHER AND BETTER THAN OURS My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. “ The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. THE WORD OF GOD IS THE WATER FOR OUR SOIL HEART - PRODUCES SEED FOR THE BELIEVER TO BE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY ONES It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. KEEP THE WORD OF GOD IN THE HEART AND I WILL LIVE IN JOY AND PEACE You will live in joy and peace. HOW WILL THE MOUNTAINS WILL SING? PEOPLE ARE THE TREES AND MOUNTAINS ARE THE SPHERES IN SOCIETY The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. SUCH SIGNS OF LOVE AND POWER These events will bring great honor to the LORD’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:1-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 56 LISTEN AND OBEY - BE WHAT THE LORD SAYS FOR ME TO BE BE JUST AND DO WHAT IT IS RIGHT FOR HE IS COMING TO RESCUE ME HE WILL DISPLAY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AMONG HIS CHILDREN “This is what the LORD says: “Be just and fair to all. Do what is right and good, for I am coming soon to rescue you and to display my righteousness among you. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HONOR AND OBEY - LEARN TO TRUST AND REST IN THE LORD Blessed are all those who are careful to do this. Blessed are those who honor my Sabbath days of rest and keep themselves from doing wrong. “ ALL NATIONS ARE ACCEPTED NOT ONLY ISRAEL THOSE WHO ARE SEPARATE TO THE LORD - COMIT THEIR LIVES TO HIM Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD say, ‘The LORD will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say, ‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’ WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY? FOR THOSE WHO MAKE A DECISION AND CHOOSE TO BE SEPARATED TO ME KEEP MY REST - TRUST IN ME PLEASES ME - LISTEN AND OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS COMMIT YOUR LIFE TO ME REWARD INSIDE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, I WILL GIVE YOU MEMORIAL A EVERLASTING NAME FOR GREATER THAN TO SONS AND DAUGHTERS For this is what the LORD says: I will bless those eunuchs who keep my Sabbath days holy and who choose to do what pleases me and commit their lives to me. I will give them—within the walls of my house— a memorial and a name far greater than sons and daughters could give. For the name I give them is an everlasting one. It will never disappear! “ ALL NATIONS ARE BLESSED - PEOPLE WHO: COMMIT TO ME SERVE AND LOVE MY NAME WORSHIP ME REST AND TRUST IN ME HOLD FAST MY COVENANT I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD, who serve him and love his name, who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest, and who hold fast to my covenant. REWARD: SUCH FRIENDS I WILL BRING TO MY MOUNTAIN OF JERUSALEM - HOUSE OF PRAYER TO ALL NATIONS I WILL FILL THEM WITH JOY IN MY HOUSE OF PRAYER I WILL ACCEPT THEIR OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICE I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations. SALVATION GOES BEYOND ISRAEL - GENTILES ARS SAVED AS WELL AS ME For the Sovereign LORD, who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says: I will bring others, too, besides my people Israel.” GODS JUDGEMENT ON BLIND AND IGNORANT DO NOT WARN OTHERS OF DANGER ARE LIARS - SLEEPING AND DREAMING GREEDY FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATH AND SELFISH DESIRES Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people! For the leaders of my people— the LORD’s watchmen, his shepherds— are blind and ignorant. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming. Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain. “Come,” they say, “let’s get some wine and have a party. Let’s all get drunk. Then tomorrow we’ll do it again and have an even bigger party!”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭56:1-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 57 GOODLY PEOPLE OFTEN DIE EARLY - WHY? God is protecting them from the evil to come. “Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. For those who follow godly paths will rest in peace when they die. PUNISHMENT TO THE IDOLATROUS . “But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! Whom do you mock, making faces and sticking out your tongues? You children of sinners and liars! You worship your idols with great passion beneath the oaks and under every green tree. You sacrifice your children down in the valleys, among the jagged rocks in the cliffs. Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys. You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings. IDOLS ARE THE INHERIT-EDGE OF THE WICKET They, not I, are your inheritance. Do you think all this makes me happy? You have committed adultery on every high mountain. There you have worshiped idols and have been unfaithful to me. You have put pagan symbols on your doorposts and behind your doors. You have left me and climbed into bed with these detestable gods. You have committed yourselves to them. You love to look at their naked bodies. SINNERS GONE TO THE DEVIL - TO THE WORLD OF THE DEAD You have gone to Molech with olive oil and many perfumes, sending your agents far and wide, even to the world of the dead. You grew weary in your search, but you never gave up. Desire gave you renewed strength, and you did not grow weary. MOTIVATED BY FEAR “Are you afraid of these idols? Do they terrify you? Is that why you have lied to me and forgotten me and my words? WHY HAVE PEOPLE FORGOTTEN GODS WORD? FEAR IS GONE BECAUSE OF LONG SILENCE? Is it because of my long silence that you no longer fear me? WHAT IS GOD GOING TO DO? Now I will expose your so-called good deeds. None of them will help you. Let’s see if your idols can save you when you cry to them for help. Why, a puff of wind can knock them down! If you just breathe on them, they fall over! WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE WHO TRUST IN THE LORD? I WILL INHERIT THE LAND I WILL POSSESS GODS HOLY MOUNTAIN But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”” GOD SAYS FOR THOSE WHO REPENT “God says, “Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my people can return from captivity.” REMOVE ANYTHING THAT BLOCKS HIS CHILDREN FROM COMING TO HIM TO WORSHIP The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? WITH THE CONTRITE AND HUMBLE SPIRITS “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. WHAT DOES GOD DO? HE RESTORES . WHO? CRUSHED SPIRIT OF THE HUMBLE NOT OF THE PROUD REVIVE THE COURAGE OF THE REPENTANT HEART WHAT IS CONTRITE AND HUMBLE SPIRIT? I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts. GOD WILL NOT BE ANGRY FOREVER WITH ALL THE SOULS HE CREATED. IF NOT, WE WOULD PASS AWAY For I will not fight against you forever; I will not always be angry. If I were, all people would pass away— all the souls I have made. I was angry, so I punished these greedy people. EVEN WITHDRAWING HIS PRESENCE, HUMAN HEART KEEPS STUBBORN WAY I withdrew from them, but they kept going on their own stubborn way. GOD KNOWS THE HUMAN HEART AND WHAT IT CAN DO. BUT BY HIS MERCY AND LOVE HE WILL: HEAL OUR HEARTS LEAD US COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN BRING WORDS OF PRAISE IN OUR LIPS GIVE ABUNDANT PEACE NEAR OR FAR FATHER - THANK YOU FOR HEALING, LEADERSHIP, COMFORT BY WORDS OF PRAISE IN OUR LIPS AND ABUNDANT PEACE "I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn, bringing words of praise to their lips. May they have abundant peace, both near and far,” says the LORD, who heals them.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭57:14-19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 58 TRUE WORSHIP HOW SHOULD SIN BE TREATED? WITHOUT FEAR OR INTIMIDATION - BUT LOUD SHOULT ALOUD - BRING TO THE LIGHT SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR AND SEE DO NOT FEAR - NOT TIMID “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast. Shout aloud! Don’t be timid. Tell my people Israel of their sins! WORSHIP OF APPEARANCE - BUT NOT OF CLEAN HEART Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me. ‘ FATHER - FORGIVE ME ANY PRETENTIOUS SPIRIT (SHOW OFF) ANY PRIDE - ANY ARROGANCE - ANY SELF AMBITION (INTEREST) We have fasted before you!’ they say. ‘Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’ “ GOD GIVES THE REASON WHY BY HIS MERCY AND LOVE - WE DO NOT DESERVE I will tell you why!” I respond. “ WRONG FAST: It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. THERE IS NO HEART REPENTANCE REASON: PLEASE MYSELF - SELF INTEREST YOU KEEP PEOPLE AROUND YOU OPPRESSED YOU CONTINUE FIGHTING WITH EACH WITH NEGATIVE WORDS NOT TRUE REPENTANCE - JUST FALSE MOTIONS AND APPEARANCE Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the LORD? “ No, this is the kind of fasting I want: GODS FASTING WHAT IS THE TRUE FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD? Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help. “ FREE THE CAPTIVES WHO ARE BOUGHT BY THE BLOOD HELP THE BURDEN OF EACH OTHER LET THE OPPRESS GO FREE REMOVE THE CHAINS OF SIN AND GUILT THAT BINDS PEOPLE SHARE MY FOOD TO THE HUNGRY - BE THE BREAD TO THE HUNGRY GIVE SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS - COVER WITH PRAYER CLOTHE THE NEEDY HELP THE RELATIVE WHAT IS THE REWARD - FRUITS? Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind. MY SALVATION WILL SHINE - LIGHT TO SEE MY WOUNDS AND HURT WILL HEAL FAST MY GODLINESS WILL LEAD ME THE GLORY - GOODNESS OF GOD WILL PROTECT ME EVEN WHEN I DO NOT SEE THE ENEMY Then when you call, the LORD will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply. HE WILL ANSWER!!! HOW ? QUICKLY WHAT IS OUR RESPONSABILITY? GODS LIFESTYLE "Remove the heavy yoke of oppression. " ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE - I NEED FRESH OIL EVERYDAY "Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors! " DO NOT BE JUDGMENTAL OF OTHERS - DO NOT OPEN THE MOUTH TO SPEAK FOOLISH OR ASSUMPTIONS\RUMORS "Feed the hungry" SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE - GIVE TIME AND WORDS OF WISDOM "and help those in trouble. " BE ACTIVE AND VIGILANT GIVING AND HELPING OTHERS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY LIFE - LIGHT IN ME? "Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. " The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. GOOD WILL GUIDE- GIVE WATER AND RESTORE STRENGTH WHAT IS MY LIFE ? You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring. WELL-WATERED GARDEN - I AM HIS GARDEN WHAT WILL I DO? Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. RESTORE LIVES AND SOCIETY - REBUILDER OF FAMILIES Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls and a restorer of homes WHAT SHOULD I BE VIGILANT ABOUT? "Keep the Sabath day holy" "Don’t pursue your own interests on that day, " "but enjoy the Sabbath and speak of it with delight as the LORD’s holy day. " "Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day, " "and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly. ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE AND WIFE WALK IN HOLYNESS DON'T PURSUE MY OWN INTERESTS ENJOY MY WALK WITH GOD BY SPEAKING WITH DELIGHT OF HIS GOODNESS WALK IN HONOR IN ALL I DO. - AMBASSADOR OF THE KING DO NOT FOLLOW MY OWN DESIRES DO NOT TALK FOOLISHNESS OR IDLY RESULTS : "Then the LORD will be your delight. " "I will give you great honor and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. " "I, the LORD, have spoken!” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭58:1-14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 59 RESULT OF SIN GODS POWER AND LOVE IS READY “Listen! The LORD’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. WHAT IS HINDERING ME FROM HIM ? SIN It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. THANKS FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT WASHES AWAY ALL MY SINS Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. WHAT HAS HUMAN NATURE DONE IN SIN? Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption. HANDS - ACTIVITIES DAILY THROWING ACCUSATIONS OR NOT OPENING HAND FINGERS - POINTING JUDGEMENTS - MANIPULATION FOR EVIL LIPS - FULL OF DECEIT AND LIES MOUTH - LARGE QUANTITY OF CORRUPTION COMING FROM THE HEART No one cares about being fair and honest. THERE IS NO JUSTICE - COMMON SENSE ACTING IN SIN The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin. They hatch deadly snakes and weave spiders’ webs. Whoever eats their eggs will die; whoever cracks them will hatch a viper. Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark. Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS OF SINNER? TO SIN - DO HARM They think only about sinning. WHAT IS THE RESULT? "Misery and destruction always follow them. " PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND PEACE DUE TO SIN They don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and good. They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace. WHAT IS RIGHT LIVING? LIVING IN SIN DOES NOT ALLOW TO KNOW So there is no justice among us, and we know nothing about right living. PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PRESENCE - LIGHT OF GOD We look for light but find only darkness. We look for bright skies but walk in gloom. We grope like the blind along a wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. Even at brightest noontime, we stumble as though it were dark. Among the living, we are like the dead. We growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us. WHY THERE IS NO RESCUE? OUR SINS ARE PILLED BEFORE GOD For our sins are piled up before God and testify against us. Yes, we know what sinners we are. We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD. We have turned our backs on our God. PEOPLE TURN THEIR BACK TO GOD We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies. Our courts oppose the righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. TRUTH OF THE WORD IS GONE Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? HE LOOKED AND WAS DISPLEASED The LORD looked and was displeased to find there was no justice. He was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. BUT GOD SO LOVED US THAT HE HIMSELF CAME AND PAID THE PRICE TO HAVE THE SIN REMOVED AND HE RESCUED US BY THE BLOOD OF THE SON So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm, and his justice sustained him. JESUS ACTIONS IN DEEP LOVE AND RESOLVE He put on righteousness as his body armor and placed the helmet of salvation on his head. He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion. WHAT HAPPENED? He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth. IN GODS SALVATION - NATIONS WILL COME TO HIM AND GLORIFY HIM In the west, people will respect the name of the LORD; in the east, they will glorify him. JESUS RETURN For he will come like a raging flood tide driven by the breath of the LORD. WE ARE DRIVEN BY THE WORD OF THE LORD - HIS BREATH “The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the LORD. “ THERE IS NEW COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD - HIS SPIRIT AND WORD WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “ My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭59:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 60 FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD IT IS TIME TO ARISE AND SHINE - THE LORD IS WITH YOU - SHINES OVER YOU ““Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. "Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you. " "All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance. “ NATIONS WILL COME TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD - RADIANCE IN WISDOM AND POWER THE RETURN OF THE NATURAL PEOPLE OF ISRAEL TO ISRAEL "Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. " WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, WHY? for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands. Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the LORD. The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious. “ AIRPLANES FLYING TO ISRAEL BRING THE NATURAL PEOPLE ISAIAH DID NOT KNOW WHAT AIRPLANES ARE And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests? They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish. WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING? PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE GOLD AND SILVER They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold. PEOPLE OF GOD WILL HONOR THE LORD - HE HAS FILLED US WITH SPLENDOUR They will honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendour. “ WHAT WILL THE NATIONS DO TO ISRAEL - NATURAL- SPIRITUAL? REBUILD AND SERVE Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you. GOD IS MERCIFUL - THROUGH HIS GRACE For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace. GATE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT - PLACE OF PRAYER, WORSHIP AND PRAISE (ANCIENT DOORS) WHERE WISE DECISION ARE FOUND - PLACE WHERE ENTERS WEALTH Your gates will stay open day and night to receive the wealth of many lands. The kings of the world will be led as captives in a victory procession. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO NATIONS THAT WILL NOT SERVE JESUS AND HIS KINGDOM? DESTRUCTION "For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed. “ WHY? THE GLORY WILL BELONG TO JESUS AND HIS PEOPLE WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WE WILL BE GLORIOUS The glory of Lebanon will be yours— the forests of cypress, fir, and pine— to beautify my sanctuary. My Temple will be glorious! WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE TORMENTORS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ? THEY WILL COME AND BOW - KISS OUR FEET The descendants of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the LORD, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel. “ GODS PEOPLE ONCE DESPISED AND HATED - WHAT WILL HAPPEN? HE WILL MAKE US BEAUTIFUL AGAIN Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, a joy to all generations. NATIONS WILL SATISFY ALL OF OUR NEEDS Powerful kings and mighty nations will satisfy your every need, as though you were a child nursing at the breast of a queen. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE LORD IS MY SAVIOR AND MY REDEEMER - MIGHTY GOD ODF HIS PEOPLE You will know at last that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel. THERE WILL BE AN EXCHANGE - UPGRADE IN ALL AREAS I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron. JESUS IS OUR LEADER AND JUST I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler. WHAT IS THE RESULT? NO MORE VIOLENCE Violence will disappear from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end. SALVATION AND PRAISE WILL BE SURROUNDING THE COMMUNITIES Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there. “ IN ETERNITY - JESUS WILL BE OUR SUN AND LIGHT No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down. For the LORD will be your everlasting light. NO MORE MOURNING - ALL PEOPLE WILL BE RIGHTEOUS Your days of mourning will come to an end. All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory. ALL WILL HAPPEN AT THE RIGHT TIME - SAYS THE LORD The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭60:1-22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 61 JESUS READ OF HIMSELF WE AS THE BODY OF CHRIST READ AND BELIEVE OVER US HOLY SPIRIT IS UPON AND IN US “The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO US ? HE ANOINTED US FRESH OIL (PSALM 92-10) "for the LORD has anointed me " TO DO WHAT? SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE OF THE GOSPEL TO THE NEEDY SENT (AUTHORITY FRM ABOVE) TO COMFORT THE BROKENHEARTED - HOLY SPIRIT IS THE COMFORTER PROCLAIM THAT CAPTIVES IN SIN WILL BE RELEASED BY THE BELIEVING AND CONFESSING - IT IS BY THE BLOOD FREE THE PRISONERS BY PROCLAMATION OF THE TRUTH SENT TO TELL THOSE THAT MOUN THAF GODS FAVOR HAS ARRIVED WITH IT JUSTICE OF GOD HAS COME AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES "to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the LORD’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. " WHAT DOES GOD GIVE TO HIS PEOPLE? HE GIVES ME CROWN OF BEAUTY FOR ASHES JOYFUL BLESSINGS FOR MOURNING FESTIVE PRAISE OF DESPAIR "To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. " GOD IS THE INE WHO PLANTED US STRONG FOR HIS GLORY "In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. " WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD GOING TO DO? REBUILD ANCIENT RUINS - RESTORE TRUE VALUES REPARE CITIES - RESTORE FAMILIES REVIVE PLACES - BRING REVIVAL "They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations. " WHAT WILL THE UNBELIEVER DO? BE SERVANTS BRING PROVISION ASSIST ON THE BUSINESS Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards. WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD CALLED? PRIEST OF THE LORD - MINISTERS OF GOD carry His presence and release His Word and Glory! "You will be called priests of the LORD, ministers of our God. " JOB DESCRIPTION At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and to bless in His name unto this day. (Deuteronomy 10:8 AMP)) WHERE WILL THE PROVISION COME FROM? "You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches. " WHAT ARE THE BLESSINGS AS A RESULT OF BEING IN CHRIST? DOUBLE HONOR DOUBLE PROSPERITY EVERLASTING JOY "Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. “ WHAT DOES GOD LOVE? LOVES JUSTICES WHAT DOES GOD HATE? HATE WRONGDOING "For I, the LORD, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. " GODS REWARDS TO HIS PEOPLE EVERLASTING COVENANT I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them. RESULTS - RECOGNITION Their descendants will be recognized and honored among the nations. ALL WILL SEE THEY ARE PEOPLE OF GOD Everyone will realize that they are a people the LORD has blessed.” WHY AM OVERWHELMED WITH JOY IN THE LORD? I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! WHAT DID HE DO FOR ME? DRESSED ME CLOTHING OF -------(COME INTO PROPOR ALIGNMENT; MAKE ATTRACTIVE;SMOOTH SURFACE OF A STONE DRAPED WITH ME ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ---------(COVER SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE SURGICAL OPERATION, MADE TO BE CRUSHED, THICK,BEATEN , TO PROTECT "FOR he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. " COL 3:15 WHO IS THE CHURCH? SHE IS DRESSED BY HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - SHE IS WEARING JEWELS GIVEN BY THE BRIDEGROOM "I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels. " GOD JUSTICE WILL COME TO ALL NATIONS The Sovereign LORD will show his justice to the nations of the world. WHAT WILL THE RESPONSE BE? "Everyone will praise him! " "His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭61:1-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 62 ISAIAH PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM WHAT IS HE PRAYING ABOUT? GOD PEOPLE RIGHTEOUSNESS SHINE SALVATION BLAZES LIKE A TOUCH BURNING “Because I love Zion, I will not keep still. Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent. I will not stop praying for her until her righteousness shines like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch. GOD WILL NOT STOP UNTIL ZION BECOMES TO ITS IDENTITY AND GIVES THE LAW OF GOD WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN WITH JERUSALEM? "The nations will see your righteousness. ALL World leaders will be blinded by your glory. And you will be given a new name by the LORD’s own mouth. The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see— a splendid crown in the hand of God. Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City” or “The Desolate Land.” Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight” and “The Bride of God,” for the LORD delights in you and will claim you as his bride. (MERRIED) Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. " WHAT IS GODS REACTION? WHAT IS GODS FEELING FOR JERUSALEM (SPIRITUAL/NATURAL)? "Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride. " WHAT HAS GOD ESTABLISHED? WATCHMEN ON THE WALL TO DO WHAT? PRAY DAY AND NIGHT - 24/7 NO REST TO GOD - HOUSE OF PRAYER UNTIL WHEN UNTIL GOD COMPLETES HIS WORK MAKES JERUSALEM THE PRIDE OF THE EARTH "Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray day and night, continually. Take no rest, all you who pray to the LORD. Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth." (24/7 prayer and worship) WHAT GOD HAS SWORNED? WHAT WILL DO.? GIVE US TO THE ENEMY NOT LET THE ENEMY STEAL OUR BREAD (WORD) AND WINE (JOY OUR SALVATION) The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength: “ "I will never again hand you over to your enemies. " "Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine. THE SEEDS PLANTED AND RAISED, WE WILL EAT PRAISING GOD You raised the grain, and you will eat it, praising the LORD. WE WILL DRINK THE NEW WINE WE HAVE PURSUIT IN HIS PRESENCE Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.” WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO? Go out through the gates! WE CAN ONLY GO OUT IF WE HAVE GONE IN HIM (OPEN ANCIENT GATES SO THAT THE KING CAN COME IN) TO DO WHAT? WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? PREPARE THE HIGHWAY - REMOVE THE STONES- EVIL HINDRANCES Prepare the highway for my people to return! FREE FROM OBSTACLES Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders; HIS BANNER OVER US IS HIS LOVE raise a flag for all the nations to see. The LORD has sent this message to every land: “ WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? JESUS "Tell the people of Israel, ‘Look, your Savior is coming. HE DOES NOT COME EMPTY HANDED - HE BRINGS HIS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS "See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’” WHAT WILL WE BE CALLED? They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the LORD.” And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place” and “The City No Longer Forsaken.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭62:1-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Vs 1 - ==================================================== CHAPTER 63 JESUS JUDGEMENTS OVER NATIONS - ENEMIES WHY HIS CLOTHES IN RED? BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES “Who is this who comes from Edom, from the city of Bozrah, with his clothing stained red? HE MARCHES IN GREAT POWER Who is this in royal robes, marching in his great strength? “ WHAT IS THE LORD ANNOUNCING? SALVATION TO HIS PEOPLE "It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation! It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!” Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes? “ A LOT OF ENEMIES I have been treading the winepress alone; no one was there to help me. ONLY THE LORD IS WORTHY FOR HE ALONE BROUGHT JUSTICE THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH HAS COME IN HIS FURY - HE DID NOT COME AS A LAMB THIS TIME In my anger I have trampled my enemies as if they were grapes. In my fury I have trampled my foes. Their blood has stained my clothes. WHY? TIME HAS COME FOR JESUS AVENGE HIS BRIDE For the time has come for me to avenge my people, to ransom them from their oppressors. JESUS WAS AMAZED NO ONE CAME TO HELP HIS PEOPLE? NO NATION I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. SO WHAT DID JESUS DO? HE CAME WITH HIS STRONG ARM AND RESCUED HIS BRIDE AND CRUSHED THE NATIONS IN HIS ANGER - IN THE POWER OF HIS WORD So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm, and my wrath sustained me. I crushed the nations in my anger and made them stagger and fall to the ground, spilling their blood upon the earth.” ISAIAH PRAISE GOD FOR HIS DELIEVERANCE JESUS RESCUED US FROM SIN AND DEATH - HIS BLOOD AND MARKS SPEAK OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS BRIDE IT ALL BECAUSE OF HIS UNFAILING LOVE FOR HIS BRIDE - ALL JUSTICE AND MERCY IS BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL CAOS AND DELIVERANCE THE BRIDE TAKES ACTION: FIRST BRIDE WILL INFORM ALL OF HIS GREAT LOVE - SHE IS IN DEEP LOVE FOR HIM SO SHE GOES OUT ANNOUNCING IT - SHE CANNOT CONTAIN OF HER FEELINGS OF BEING TOUCHED BY HIS LOVE - NEVER THE SAME AGAIN "I will tell of the LORD’s unfailing love. " SECOND BRIDE WILL PRAISE HIM FOR HE HAS DONE - WHAT HAS THE BRIDEGROOM DONE FOR HIS BRIDE? SHE RECOGNIZES HIS MERCY AND LOVE I will praise the LORD for all he has done. THIRD BRIDE WILL REJOICE IN HIS GREAT GOODNESS TO ISRAEL ACCORDING TO WHAT? TO HIS MERCY AND LOVE I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel, which he has granted according to his mercy and love. WHAT IS THE BRIDEGROOMS RESPONSE He said, “They are my very own people. Surely they will not betray me again.” JESUS SUFFERED ON THE CROSS FOR ALL And he became their Savior. In all their suffering he also suffered, and he personally rescued them. HOW AS GODS PEOPLE REDEEMED? IN HIS LOVE AND MERCY WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH THE YEARS? HE LIFTED UP HIS PEOPLE AND CARRIED THEM - - THERE ARE NO FOOT MARKS ON THE DESERT EXCEPT HIS In his love and mercy he redeemed them. He lifted them up and carried them through all the years. BUT HUMAN HEART IS AGAINST GOD's SPIRIT But they rebelled against him and grieved his Holy Spirit. IN RETURN GOD BECAME ENEMY So he became their enemy and fought against them. WHAT DID THEY DO? REMEMBERED OLD DAYS Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people? Where is the one whose power was displayed when Moses lifted up his hand— the one who divided the sea before them, making himself famous forever? Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling. SPIRIT OF GOD GAVE PEACE As with cattle going down into a peaceful valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led your people, LORD, and gained a magnificent reputation.” ISAIAH CRY - SEE US FROM YOUR HOLY HOUSE LORD, look down from heaven; look from your holy, glorious home, and see us. Where is the passion and the might you used to show on our behalf? Where are your mercy and compassion now? ALTHOUGH ALL REBELLION AND AFFLICTION - GOD STILL OUR FATHER THOROUGH HIS SON "Surely you are still our Father! " Even if Abraham and Jacob would disown us, LORD, you would still be our Father. WE BELONG TO HIM EVEN IF REJECTED BY OTHERS IN AUTHORITY You are our Redeemer from ages past. WHY THE LORD ALLOWED? LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? WHY STUBBORN HEARTS SO NO LONGER FEAR GOD? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? WHAT DO YOU WANT? LORD I DO NOT WANT A STUBBORN HEART - I WANT A BROKEN CONTRITE HUMBLE HEART - NO ARROGANCE , NO PRIDE, NO SELF INTEREST LORD RETURN TO US - WE ARE YOUR POSSESSION Return and help us, for we are your servants, the tribes that are your special possession. How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it. HUMAN PERCEPTION LIMITED BY TIME Sometimes it seems as though we never belonged to you, as though we had never been known as your people.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭63:1-19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 64 ISAIAH CRY - LONGING FOR HIS COMING “Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! As fire causes wood to burn and water to boil, your coming would make the nations tremble. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? ENEMY WOULD LEARN YOUR FAME Then your enemies would learn the reason for your fame! MOSES TIME - MOUNT SINAH When you came down long ago, you did awesome deeds beyond our highest expectations. And oh, how the mountains quaked! OUR WEEDING VERSE FOR 25 YEAR SINCE CREATION - THERE IS NOTHING - NO SENSE CAPABLE TO FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, WHAT DOES GOD DO SINCE CREATION?HE IS WORKING FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL who works (PERIOD OF TIME GOD IS ENGAGED) FOR WHOM? WHY WOULD HE CARE? SO GREAT LOVE THOSE WHO DO SOMETHING - THEY ARE NOT INACTIVE SON AND DAUGHTERS WAITING FOR HIM? for those who wait for him! (ISAIH 39:40 WHAT DOES WAITING ON HIM MEAN? JESUS HEART BINDED TO THE FATHERS HEART BIND TOGETHER - ROPE TIED TOGETHER FAST GIVING STRENGTH WAIT - primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect:—gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). PSALM 27 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways. GOD DOES NOR AGREES WITH SIN - HE HATES EVIL But you have been very angry with us, for we are not godly. We are constant sinners; how can people like us be saved? We are all infected and impure with sin. MAN TRIES TO DISPLAY THEIR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS - BUT IT IS FILTHY RAGS - CLOTHES - ACTIONS ROOTED IN SIN JESUS CAME AND CLOTHES US WITH PURE CLOTHES OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS - THAT IS WHAT GOD SEES - WE CLOTHED/COVERT WITH JESUS RIGHTEOUSNESS When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind. SIN JUST SWEEPS US AWAY LIKE A WIND Yet no one calls on your name or pleads with you for mercy. HEARD OF MEN IS STUBBORN AND HARD AND EVIL GOD TURNS AWAY FOR NO ONE PLEADS HIM FOR MERCY Therefore, you have turned away from us and turned us over to our sins. YET GOD IS MERCIFUL - HE IS THE FATHER - HE IS GOD OF JUSTICE AND POWER AND FATHER OF MERCY AND LOVE WE ARE FORMED BY WHOM? BY HIS HANDS AND HE DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKE And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand. ISAIAH CRY - SEE - AS WE ARE FORMED BY HIM, HAVE MERCY AND RESCUE US Don’t be so angry with us, LORD. Please don’t remember our sins forever. GOD DOES NOT REMEMBER ARE SINS FOREVER - HE DUMPS IT INTO THE DEEPHS OF THE SEA OF NO REMEMBRANCE - IS 43:25 HEB 8:12 - MICAH 7:19 ASKING FOR MERCY - SEE YOUR PEOPLE Look at us, we pray, and see that we are all your people. WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF HIS PEOPLE? LOST IN SIN - ALL THINGS OF BEAUTY ARE DESTROYED Your holy cities are destroyed. Zion is a wilderness; yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. The holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned down, and all the things of beauty are destroyed. ISAAH ASK IF GOD WILL CONTINUE SILENT REFUSING TO HELP After all this, LORD, must you still refuse to help us? Will you continue to be silent and punish us?” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭64:1-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ==================================================== CHAPTER 65 LAST DAYS - JUDGEMENT WHAT GOD HAS DONE TO ISRAEL AND NATIONS LONGING TO RESPOND TO RHE THIRSTY AND NEEDY OPENED HIS ARMS OF LOVE AND MERCY TO ALL WHO WOULD CALL ON HIS NAME REBELLIOUS PEOPLE DID NOT CRY OUT FOR HIM “The LORD says, “I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help. I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’ to a nation that did not call on my name. All day long I opened my arms to a rebellious people. WHAT A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE DO? FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATHS FOLLOW THEIR OWN SCHEMES - FOLLOW THEIR OWN IDEAS- THOUGHTS But they follow their own evil paths and their own crooked schemes. WHAT DO THEY DO AS A RESULT? INSULT GOD WORSHIPPING IDOLS THEY BUILT WHERE DO THEY DO THAT? SACRED GARDENS - RELIGIOUS GROUNDS WHERE THEY PLACE THEIR MOST PRECIOUS IDOL - INIQUITY DEEP IN THEIR HEARTS All day long they insult me to my face by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens. They burn incense on pagan altars. DARK AT NIGHT - WORSHIP THE DEAD - AS THEY ARE DEAD AS WELL At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. THEY FEED THEIR MINDS AND HEART WITH GARBAGE They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods. RELIGION AS HINDUS RELIGIOUS SPIRIT AMONG BELIEVERS Yet they say to each other, ‘Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ TERRIBLE AROMA DO GOD - NOT THE PERFUME OF CHRIST These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away. “ GOD HAS DECREE - HE WILL ACT Look, my decree is written out in front of me: I will not stand silent; I will repay them in full! Yes, I will repay them— both for their own sins and for those of their ancestors,” says the LORD. “ WHAT DID ISRAEL DO? WHAT DOES RELIGIOUS SPIRIT DO? "For they also burned incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. I will pay them back in full! “ (Great depravity and corruption of manners are generally the consequence of a disregard of God . IDOLATRY IS LINKED WITH IMMORALITY GOD IS MERCIFUL FOR HE WILL NOT DESTROY ALL But I will not destroy them all,” says the LORD. “ For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones (and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away— some of those grapes are good!’), so I will not destroy all Israel. THERE IS STILL A REMNANT - THEY WILL POSSESS GODS LAND For I still have true servants there. I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel and of Judah to possess my land. GOD HAS CHOSEN HIS HERITAGE Those I choose will inherit it, and my servants will live there. The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks WHY? SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD FIRST for my people who have searched for me, THE VALLEYS WILL BE A BLESSING and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds. “ WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WHO FORGET GOD? PEOPLE WHO GAVE THEIR BELIEF TO DEMONIC TEACHINGS - HIDDEN UNDER EVIL CULT But because the rest of you have forsaken the LORD and have forgotten his Temple, and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny, now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword. http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/shai.html#.WNpTl-v3arU SWORD AND DESTRUCTION BEFORE THE EXECUTIONER All of you will bow down before the executioner. WHY? GOD CALLED AND NO ONE ANSWERED , NO ONE LISTENED WHEN HE SPOKE For when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not listen. DELIBERATE SIN - INIQUITY - DONE CONSCIOUSLY AND INTENTIONALLY You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes— and chose to do what you know I despise.” PROMISES FOR THE SERVANT - PROVISION, WATER, REJOICE, SING AND HAVE A NEW NAME THERE IS FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY SERVANT Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve. THERE IS DRINK FOR THE THIRSTY SERVANT My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. SERVNT WILL REJOICE My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed. SERVNT WILL SING My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair. Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name. All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. GOD OF TRUTH WILL PUT ASIDE HIS ANGER AND HE WILL FORGET THE EVIL For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days. “ WHAT IS GOD DOING IN THE END TIMES? Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore. GOD WILL WASH AWAY THOUGHTS OF THE OLD ONES - NEW EARTH AND HEAVEN GODS COMMAND TO BE GLAD AND REJOICE Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! WHY? I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. NO MORE SOUND OF SADNESS - THOUSAND YEARS REIGN And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more. “ LONGEVITY - HEALING IN THE LANDQ No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! WHO IS GOING TO DIE YOUNG? THERE BE THOSE WHO ARE CURSED Only the cursed will die that young! NO MORE STEAL OR CORRUPTION In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards. Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards. GODS PEOPLE WILL LIVE LIKE TREES - SEQUOIAS TREES For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. ALL WORK WILL BE PRODUCTIVE - THERE WILL BE CHILDREN They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. PEOPLE BLESSED BY GOD "For they are people blessed by the LORD, and their children, too, will be blessed. " GOD ALREADY KNOWS ALL AND WILL ANSWER BEFORE IS REQUESTED I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers! ANIMAL KINGDOM WILL BE DIFFERENT The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. SNAKES WILL CONTINUE THE SAME FOR IT IS CURSED But the snakes will eat dust. NO HURT OR DESTRUCTION IN GODS LAND MOUNTAIN In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain. GODS DECLARATION THAT STANDS FOREVER I, the LORD, have spoken!”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭65:1-25‬ ‭NLT ==================================================== CHAPTER 66 END TIMES WHERE IS GODS THRONE ? WHERE IS HIS FOOTSTOOL - PLACE WHERE HE RESTS HIS FEET “This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. COULD MAN DO SOMETHING AS CREATE A TEMPLE? FOR GOD? BUT HE MADE US TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT "Could you build me a temple as good as that? Could you build me such a resting place? " GOD CREATED IT ALL BY HIS HANDS - ALL IS HIS "The My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine" WHO WILL GOD BLESS? HUMBLE HEART 1. The humble heart understands dependence upon God (The humble rightly understand their insufficiency and powerlessness apart from Christ. ) 2. The humble heart trembles before God’s Word. (There is a love, seriouness, and value for what God says that clearly sets apart the humble from the proud.) 3. The humble heart is willing to own up to sin.(Isaiah and Davids attitude involves dealing with any sin in our hearts promptly, readily, and rightly.) 4. The humble heart is willing to acknowledge human weakness so that Christ can show Himself to be strong.(So God ordained suffering for Paul to remind him that he was but a very weak human being who needed God for everything. We need to remember our weakness if we want to let Christ be strong through us. ) 5. The humble heart has the fruit of obedience.(Truly humble hearts that truly repent and turn to God will no longer be opposed by God. When we draw near to God, immediately He will draw near to us. He only wants us to be humble enough to call sin “sin” and to deal with it by repenting and seeking the forgiveness that He is fully ready and prepared to offer. The humble heart is an obedient heart.) 6. The humble heart values the welfare of others ahead of its own.(NOT SELFISH SEEKING HIS OWN INTEREST AND NO FEAR OF MAN (Philippians 2:3-4 says, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” The humble of heart are cognizant of the needs of others, and they are willing to sacrifice so that others can be ministered to. ) 7. The humble heart accepts the role of servant.(Humility may not be a characteristic that the world exalts in, but they don’t understand God’s ways. 1 Peter 5:6 says, “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.” There are no shortcuts to true exaltation, something only God can bestow. What is sure is that those who are humble in heart will, at the proper time, be exalted. If we want to truly be exalted we need to truly be humble, saying with our Savior the ultimate expression of humility, “Lord, not my will but Yours be done” (Luke 22:42) CONTRITE HEART - YIELDING HEART TREMBLES AT HIS WORD - STATE OF EXTREME APPREHENSION . I, the LORD, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word. THERE IS NO ACCEPTATION OF OFFERINGS FROM THOSE WHO CHOOSE THEIR OWN WAYS - THESE WAYS ARE DELIGHTING IN THEIR DETESTABLE SINS MAN ARE FREE TO MAKE CHOICES - FREE WILL GIVEN BY GOD - BUT ACCEPTANCE ONLY COMES FROM CHOOSING GODS WAYS AND NOT YOUR OWN But those who choose their own ways— delighting in their detestable sins— will not have their offerings accepted. DOING YOUR WAY MEANS OFFERING THE WORST WRONG OFFERING When such people sacrifice a bull, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb, it’s as though they had sacrificed a dog! When they bring an offering of grain, they might as well offer the blood of a pig. When they burn frankincense, it’s as if they had blessed an idol. WHAT DOES GOD DO IN RETURN? TROUBLE IN WHAT PEOPLE FEAR I will send them great trouble— all the things they feared. WHY? THERE IS NO ANSWER WHEN GOD CALLED, THERE IS NO LISTENING WHEN GOD SPOKE For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. SIN OF INIQUITY - PEOPLE SINNED DELIBERATELY, NOT IN IGNORANCE, BUT KNOWING THE WRONG CHOICE AND DOING IT "They deliberately sinned before my very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise.” FOR THOSE WHO TREMBLES AT HIS VOICE - HEAR THE MESSAGE Hear this message from the LORD, all you who tremble at his words: “ Your own people hate you and throw you out for being loyal to my name. ‘ BEING LOYAL TO GODS NAME CAUSES PEOPLE TO HATE AND ACT BY REJECTING - THROWING OUT PEOPLE MOCK GOD AND THEY WILL BE PUT TO SHAME "Let the LORD be honored!’ they scoff. ‘Be joyful in him!’ But they will be put to shame. THE VOICE OF GOD BRINGS COMMOTION AMONG SOCIETY - HODS VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS ENEMIES What is all the commotion in the city? What is that terrible noise from the Temple? It is the voice of the LORD taking vengeance against his enemies. ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION IN ONE DAY - 1948 “Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son. Who has ever seen anything as strange as this? Who ever heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? "In May 1948, Israel became an independent state after Israel was recognised by the United Nations as a country in its own right within ..." But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, her children will be born. GOD IS ASKING A QUESTION - WILL HE NOT ALSO DELIVER IT? ONE DELIVERANCE WAS IN 1967 - SIX DAY WAR Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD. No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” says your God. “ REJOICE FOR SHE IS BORN Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her. Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.” LAND OF PROSPERITY WIYH WEALTH OF NATIONS FLOWING TO HER This is what the LORD says: “I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity. The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and held on her lap. I will comfort you there in Jerusalem as a mother comforts her child.” When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! Everyone will see the LORD’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies. HOW IS GOD COMING O VENGEANCE HIS ENEMIES? AS CONSUMING FIRE See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind. "He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke. " GOD WILL PUNISH THE WORLD NOT BY WATER LIKE IN NOAHS DAYS, BUT WITH FIRE AND BY HIS WORD - SWORD "The LORD will punish the world by fire and by his sword. He will judge the earth, and many will be killed by him. “ FOLLOWERS OF DEMONIC TEACHINGS CONSECRATING THEMSELVES IN SECRET GARDENS TO IDOLS WILL HAVE TERRIBLE END IN JUDGEMENT. Those who ‘consecrate’ and ‘purify’ themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD. “ GOD CAN SEE AND KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF MAN I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. WHAT WILL GOD DO? SHIW HIS GLORY TO ALL NATIONS So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory. SIGNS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL BE DISPLAYED I will perform a sign among them. MESSENGER - MISSIONARIES WILL BE SENT TO THE NATIONS TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS AND SEE HIS GLORY - THE ONES WHO SURVIVED GODS JUDGEMENTS "And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. " FROM THESE LANDS , GODS CHILDREN WILL DECLARE HIS GLORY TO THE NATIONS "There they will declare my glory to the nations. " GOD WILL BRING HIS PEOPLE BACK TO ISRAEL BY THE MESSENGERS They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. THEY WILL BRING AS AN OFFERING TO THE LORD They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. THEY WILL COME IN EVERY TYPE OF VEHICLE TO REACH THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD "They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the LORD. “ SOME OF THE REMANT WILL BE APPOINTED AS PRIESTS AND LEVITES - WE ARE KINGS AND PRISTS BEFORE OUR GOD THROUGH HIS SON OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST "And I will appoint some of them to be my priests and Levites. " I, the LORD, have spoken! “ THERE WILL A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH - AND FOREVER HIS PEOPLE WITH THEIR NAMES THAT WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR "As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the LORD. “ WHO WILL COME TO WORSHIP GOD WEEK BY WEEK FROM MONTH TO MONTH? ALL MAN KIND WILL COME "All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month. " BODIES OF THOSE WHO REBELLED AGAINST GOD WILL STILL BE IN DISPLAY And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. WHY? THE WORMS WILL NEVER DIE AND FIRE WILL NEVER GO OUT - IT WILL BE HORRIBLE "For the worms that devour them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by will view them with utter horror.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:1-24‬ ‭NLT‬‬

INTRODUCTION LET US ESTABLISH AND LAY DOWN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR APPROACH TO THIS STUDY AND MEDITATION OF THE WORD OF GOD FOR A SOUND AND BALANCED INTERPRETATION OF IT. MY DISCLOSURE HERE IS THAT WE SEE AND KNOW IN PART SINCE THE WORD OF GOD IS HIDDEN IN LAYERS, REVEALED AT THE RIGHT TIME. IT IS THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD THAT HIS WORD IS REVEALED TO THOSE WHO YIELD, SEEK AND BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH OF THE SCRIPTURES, OUR APPROACH HERE WILL BE OF CONSTANT QUESTIONING AND MEDITATION WITH JESUS IN EVERYTHING WE SEEK AND ASK OF THIS BOOK - WE WILL TRY TO DIG IN AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE LEAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE WORD . THE UNDERSTANDING AND REVELATION WILL COME ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND PROPORTIONALLY TO OUR HUNGER FOR THE TRUTH. THE TIME OF GOD IS NOW FOR GREATER REVELATION. I SAY THE TIMING OF GOD BASED ON CURRENT HEBREW CALENDAR. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN THE HEBREW CALENDAR? WHAT HAS JUST COMPLETED IN THE LAST DECADE? ACCORDING TO JONNY ENLOW "The 5770-5779 Window is Completed. For those who follow the Hebraic Calendar, you know that the present 5779 year is closing out a most important decade. In the number 70 there is the Hebrew letter Ayin associated with it and it carries the picture symbol for the eye. For the 2010-2019 decade the primary focus has been on SEEING. I have covered that fact in virtually every year of this 5770-5779 decade. Battles are won and lost at the point of SEEING," SO BACKLE UP AND GET READY TO BE MORE AMAZED OF HIS WORD THAT IS ETERNAL LIFE FOR US SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK REVELATION MEANING OF THE WORD 1- A surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made way in a dramatic way. 2) The divine or supernatural disclosure to humans. Its title is derived from the first word of the text, written in Koine Greek: apokalypsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation" (before title pages and titles, books were commonly known by their first words, as is also the case of the Hebrew Five Books of Moses (Torah)). The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document in the New Testament canon (although there are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the Gospels and the Epistles).[a] WHAT IS THE BOOK OF REVELATION UNVEILING? (to remove the cover or shroud from, esp in the ceremonial unveiling of a monument, etc. to remove the veil from (one's own or another person's face) (tr) to make (something secret or concealed) known or public; divulge; reveal.) THERE IS NO CLEAR INTERPRETATION OR APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES AND THE RIGHT CONTEXT OF IT . THE BOOK OF REVELATION ITSELF HAS MORE CITATIONS AND QUOTES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT THAN ANY OTHER BOOK FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT - THIS ALSO DEMANDS KNOWING THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ORDER FOR BETTER INTERPRETATION AND REVELATION OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION OLD TESTAMENT SPECIALLY FROM THE BOOK OF DANIEL SPEAKS OF THE END TIMES IN A BROADER VIEW WHILE THE NEW TESTAMENT SPECIALLY IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS MORE DESCRIPTIVE FULL OF INSIGHTS. AS TO THE AUTHORS OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND REVELATION, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE BOTH DANIEL AND AP JOHN WERE LIVING IN CRUCIAL TIMES OF THEIR LIVES DURING THE CAPTIVITY AND DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL IN ADDITION, BOTH AUTHORS HAD HEAVENLY EXPERIENCES AND REVELATION AT OLD AGE - THEY WERE MATURED AND APPROVED MEN OF GOD WHO FAITHFULLY WERE QUALIFIED TO REPORT ALL THAT THEY SAW AND HEARD SO LET US START FROM MAKING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION WHAT IS THE BOOK OF REVELATION ALL ABOUT? WHAT IS THE THEME - SUBJECT, THE TOPIC OF THE BOOK? THINK ABOUT IT REVELATION OF WHOM AND WHAT? WHY? WHAT IS THE REASON OF SUCH REVELATION? Psalm 67 starts with this verse, "God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on the earth; Your salvation among all nations." WHAT IS GODS WAY IF NOT THROUGH JESUS? WHO IS GODS SALVATION AMONG ALL NATIONS IF NOT HIS SON HE SENT? REVELATION IS ABOUT HIS SON JESUS CHRIST WHO RECEIVED THE REVELATION TO REPORT IT FAITHFULLY? WHY DID AP JOHN RECEIVE A SIMILAR REVELATION AS DANIEL DID? THE BOOK OF REVELATION BRINGS A PERSPECTIVE OF HEAVEN AS ONE MAN CALLED JOHN - DISCIPLE AND BONDSERVANT OF JESUS CHRIST WAS CALLED TO GO UP IN SPIRIT INTO HEAVEN AND REPORT FAITHFULLY ALL WHAT HE HEARD AND SAW IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SUCH REVELATION, JOHN WAS CALLED AND CHOSEN AS HIS SPIRIT YIELDED IN OBEDIENCE TO THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GO TO A DIMENSION IN THE 3rd HEAVEN WHERE FLESH DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT SO BOOK OF REVELATION IS A UNIQUE BOOK DIFFERENT FROM ALL THE OTHER BOOKS AND LETTERS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT FOR IT HAS MORE PERSPECTIVE OF HEAVEN LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK IT IS REMOVING ANY HIDDEN SECRET OR DOUBT OF WHO JESUS IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE GODS LIGHT OF TRUTH IS SHINNING OVER THE PERSON OF THE GOD SON JESUS REVEALING WHO HE IS JESUS IS BEING KNOWN OF WHO HE WAS, IS AND HE IS TO COME HIS APPEARANCE IN GLORY - FACE - CHARACTER, BEAUTY , AUTHORITY, WORTH, HOLINESS, DESIRE, PLANS AND DEEDS WITH THE REVELATION OF JESUS, IT IS KEY TO IDENTIFY THE THEMES OF THE BOOK AGAIN WHAT IS THE THEME, TOPIC , THE SUBJECT OF IT ? ACCORDING TO SAMUEL ONE OF THE LEADERS AT IHOP IN KANSAS CITY AND I QUOTE " A. First of all we must understand the book of Revelation is a book of majesty, mystery, and misery. We need to understand the primary themes in that order. Too many neglect the subject of majesty and end up with an unbalanced view of the book. " 3 M - MAJESTY, MYSTERY AND MISERY I PERSONALLY AGREE WITH THE 3 M AND IT MUST BE IN THIS ORDER - LET US POINT OUT THAT THERE IS DIVINE ORDER AND IT IS VITAL - IF THE ORDER OF GODS WORD IS MISPLACED IT CAN GIVE SPACE TO CONFUSION AND UNBELIEF MAJESTY MYSTERY MISERY THE REVELATION OF JESUS AND END TIMES ARE NOT FOCUSED FIRST ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MAN OR THE END OF GODs ORIGINAL CREATION ALTHOUGH SPEAKS ABOUT IT THE REVELATION OF JESUS AND THE END TIMES ARE NOT MAINLY FOCUSED ABOUT THE FUTURE TIMES ALTHOUGH SPEAKS ABOUT IT THE REVELATION OF JESUS AND END TIMES ARE NOT MAINLY FOCUSED ON SYMBOLISM ALTHOUGH SPEAKS ABOUT MYSTERIES IT IS FOCUSED IN : MAJESTY 1 FIRST THEME - THE FOCUS POINT ABOVE ALL IS GOD SHINNING HIS FACE (Psalms 67) OF REVELATION AND MAJESTY, BEAUTY, POWER, AUTHORITY, WORTH REGARDING HIS SON THE BRIDEGROOM JESUS, HIS BRIDE THE CHURCH AND HIS ETERNAL KINGDOM IN A NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH MYSTERY 2nd THEME - IT IS ALSO FULL OF MYSTERY WITH SYMBOLIC FEATURES BUT IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD WHEN STUDIED IN CONTEXT WITH THE OLD TESTAMENT INTERPRETATION. WITHOUT THE CONTEXT OF UNDERSTANDING THE OLD TESTAMENT OF GODS MYSTERIES AND PLAN OF THE REDEMPTION OF MAN KIND THROUGH HIS SON, THE BOOK OF REVELATION CAN BECOME INTIMIDATING, CONFUSING AND MISS UNDERSTOOD BY MANY EVEN BELIEVERS. MISERY 3rd THEME SPEAKS OF CLEAR JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH AGAINST EVERY WICKEDNESS AND SIN RESULTING IN TERRIBLE MISERY AND PAIN IN ALL CREATION. THE JUDGMENT COMES FROM THE ONE WHO IS NOT ONLY SEEN AS A LAMB OF GOD WHO REMOVE SIN , BUT AS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH WHO BRINGS MERCY AND JUDGEMENT WITH THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH. HE IS THE THE ONE WHO COMES SEATED ON A WHITE HORSE. AND WITH THE SWORD THAT COMES FROM HIS MOUTH. HE DESTROYS THE ANTICHRIST (THE BEAST) THE FALSE PROPHET AND ALL SATAN's ARMIES. THE DESTRUCTION IS SO SEVERE IN THE EARTH THAT CREATURES LIKE VULTURES ARE CALLED TOO FEAST ON SUCH DEATH AND DESTRUCTION - SUCH JUDGEMENT HAPPENS TWICE - ONE WITH THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS AND THE LAST BATTLE AFTER THE 1000 YEARS OF JESUS REIGN ON EARTH WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE THEME OF THE BOOK TO BE IN THIS ORDER ? REVELATION OF JESUS AND HIS MAJESTY MYSTERY WITH SYMBOLS AND SIGNS MISERY AND JUDGMENT ON GODS CREATION IN THIS EARTH AND HEAVEN DOES THE ORDER HERE MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A BALANCED UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION? YES IT DOES . GODS KINGDOM IS A KINGDOM OF DIVINE ORDER. IF PEOPLE REMOVE THE MAIN THEME OR FOCUS POINT FROM HEAVENS PERSPECTIVE, WHICH IT IS TO UNVEIL THE TRUTH OF JESUS, HIS MAJESTY AND GLORY OUT FROM HIS PLACE OF SUPREMACY, BELIEVERS OR NOT ARE BLIND AND DO NOT KNOW JESUS INTIMATELY JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE, THE FOUNDATION OF THE REVELATION OF TRUE FAITH , HOPE AND LOVE. ANY PERSON BEING A BELIEVER OR NOT WHO STARTS HIS UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEFS ON THE WRONG FOOT ( UNBALANCED VIEW AND PERSPECTIVE) SETS THE FOUNDATION OF HIS OR HER OWN UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEFS BASED ON THOUGHTS, IDEAS AND WORDS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE TRUTH OF JESUS - THIS IS A SOUL/FLESH HUMANISTIC REASONING APPROACH AND NOT BY THE SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION/DISCERNMENT THAT COMES FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT SETS JESUS ABOVE ALL THINGS . WORLD WISDOM AND DEMONIC TEACHING SET MAN AND THEIR IDEOLOGIES AS THE CENTER AND JESUS REVELATION AS EQUAL OR LESS TRUE DISCERNMENT STARTS FROM LISTENING AND LEARNING FROM THE HOLY SPRIT INTO THE SPIRIT OF MAN AFFECTING HIS OR HER SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY AND NOT THE WAY AROUND. THE SPRIT OF MAN IS QUICKEN BY THE REVELATION OF JESUS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS IN THE SPIRIT OF MAN., JOHN THE APOSTLE RECEIVED THE REVELATION IN HIS SPIRIT AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO A DIMENSION THAT ONLY OUR SPIRIT CAN GO - NO FLESH HAS ACCESS TO IT ALL THINGS EVEN OUR SANCTIFICATION START WITH OUR SPIRIT BEING RENEWED AND NOT WITH OUR SOUL OR BODY FIRST. "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.I Tess 5:23 AGAIN HUMANISTIC REASONING AND WORLD WISDOM IS BASED ON HUMAN SINFUL NATURE AND FLESH DESIRES WITH DEMONIC INFLUENCE OF SATAN LIES AND DECEIT) LET US POINT OUT - DEMONIC TEACHING WILL ALWAYS TRY TO DIMINISH JESUS AUTHORITY, HONOR AND WORTH. IT TRIES TO REMOVE OR SET JESUS AND HIS WORD AS EQUAL OR LESS TO OTHER PEOPLE, IDEAS OR FALSE GODS THE WORLD WISDOM WILL ALWAYS TRY TO EXALT AND ELEVATE HUMAN EXISTENCE AND SURVIVAL. ITS WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ARE MADNESS FOUNDED ON VALUES AND IDEOLOGY CONTRARY TO THE WORD OF GOD WHERE THOUGHTS AND DEEDS INFLUENCED BY SATAN LIES AND TEACHINGS HOLY SPIRIT DISCERNMENT AND GODLY UNDERSTANDING WILL ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH AND EXALT JESUS ABOVE ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR THE UNBELIEVERS , THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PRESENCE AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE OF THEM TO DISCERN THE TRUTH OF GOD SINCE THEY LIVE A LIFE OF SIN AND ARE BLIND TO THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD - THEIR SPIRIT IS NUMBED AS FOR THE BELIEVERS, THEIR HEART AND SPIRIT CAN BECOME DULL OR INSENSITIVE TO THE SPIRIT AND WORD OF GOD. THE STONY HEART COMES FROM DISOBEDIENCE, HIDDEN SIN, RELIGIOUS SPIRIT, BITTERNESS AS WELL AS UNFORGIVING HEART. IT IS ROOTED ON SELFISH AMBITION, LOVE OF THIS WORLD , PRIDE OF LIFE AS KEY FACTORS TO CAUSE A DULL SPIRIT. CONSEQUENTLY IMMATURE BELIEVERS IN THE BABY FAITH STAGE ARE NOT ABLE TO DISCERNMENT PROPERLY AND CAN BECOME BLIND TO THE REVELATION OF THE TRUTH OF THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION, LAYERS AND DEPHTS OF THE WORD OF GOD AS DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS AN INFINITE REVELATION OF THE WORD OF GOD CALLED RHEMA AND LOGOS OF THE SCRIPTURES. ALL BELIEVERS MUST HAVE BOTH AND NOT ONLY ONE OF THEM In the New Testament, there are two different Greek words used to identify words from God: lógos and rhḗma. LOGOS IS THE WRITTEN WORD Logos is used in John 1:1 (NKJV). "In the beginning was the [logos] Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1 NKJV). Rhema—A Spoken Word The Greek word rhḗma simply means "any spoken word." Rhema is a spoken word. "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the [spoken] word of God" (Eph. 6:17 NKJV). When Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness, He countered each temptation by speaking a "rhema" word. In Matthew 4:4, He said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every [spoken (rhema)] word.' "Jesus spoke the written Word He needed for the situation. So a rhema word IS the spoken Word of God. IT IS THE WORD OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE HEARTS OF MEN AND NOT ONLY INFORMATION IN THEIR MINDS We need the written Word as our foundation, but we also need the spoken Word (rhema) for direction. We have the written Word, to stand on. We have rhema, the spoken Word, so we can walk and know what to do and where to go. When the Holy Spirit speaks to US, He quickens a Scripture verse or specific direction to you—a specific word for a specific time and purpose - IT IS SPOKEN WORD BEING CAPTURED IN OUR SPIRIT TO WALK IN IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS INFINITE RHEMA FOR EVERY LOGOS OF THE SCRIPTURES. SO SPEAKING OF LOGOS AND RHEMA WE CAN READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION 22 CHAPTERS IN 2-3 DAYS GETTING INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE INTI OUR MIND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE SENSE OF WHAT WE ARE READING OR WE CAN READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN ONE YEAR ALLOWING A PROCESS OF NOT ONLY OF INFORMATION INTO OUR MINDS, BUT OF REVELATION TO OUR HEART SPIRIT THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US - THE WRITTEN INFORMATIONAL WORD LOGOS BECOMES A RHEMA THE SPOKEN WORD IN OUR HEARTS AND SPIRIT - WE START TO LIVE OUR LIVES AS A LIFESTYLE BASED ON THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD AND NOT ONLY PIECES OF IT OR WE CAN ALSO READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION ALL OUR LIVES DISCOVERING ALWAYS THE NEW DEPHTS OF THE WORD , TRANSITIONING FROM REVELATION INTO IMPARTATION AND GREATER TRANSFORMATION OF OUR HEART SPIRIT MIND AND SOUL. OUR WHOLE BEING SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY BECOME IN TOTAL AGREEMENT AS ONE WITH THE LOGOS AND RHEMA SPOKEN WORD OF GOD - THE PERMANENT WORD OF JESUS IS IMPRINTED IN OUR HEART AND SPIRIT JESUS SAYS :If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." John 15:7 GOD SAYS TO US ““But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already,” says the Lord. “And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭31:33-34‬ ‭NLT‬‬ THE ACTION OF REMAINING AND TO SEAL THE WORD OF JESUS IN US CAN ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS TOTAL BELIEF, ACCEPTANCE AND AGREEMENT WITH HIS WORD. THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN OUR SPIRIT CAPTURES THE TRUTH BY FAITH WITH ACTION - IT IS NOT ONLY INFORMATION INTO OUR MINDS, BUT THROUGH RHEMA OF THE REVELATION, IMPARTATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF HIS WORD WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS - SPIRIT SOUL AND BODY. THE WORD OF GOD IS ENDLESS SINCE HIS WORD IS ETERNAL - THE WORD SPEAKS AND CONTINUES TO SPEAK THROUGH ETERNITY - THIS PRESENT HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY ONE DAY BUT NOT HIS WORD OF TRUTH WHICH CONTINUES TO SPEAKING THROUGH ETERNITY BY NOT BELIEVING OR RECEIVING IN FAITH THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD . IT WLL NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO JESUS WAS SENT BY THE FATHER TO THIS WORLD AS THE LAMB OF GOD AND DEFEATED DEATH AND SIN AT THE CROSS. ALL AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN TO HIM In HEAVEN AND EARTH. NOW AP JOHN REPORTS FAITHFULLY THE REVELATION OF JESUS ACCORDING TO HEAVENS PERSPECTIVE. AND NOT ACCORDING TO EARTHY PERSPECTIVE AGAIN ABOVE ALL, THE THEME IS ABOUT THE MAJESTY AND GLORIOUS KINGDOM OF THIS MAN SON OF GOD AND SON OF MEN JESUS CHRIST WHO HAS EYES OF FIRE TOTALLY ZELOUS FOR HIS OWN THE ONES THE FATHER HAS GIVEN HIM AS HIS HERITAGE - BRIDE HE IS NOT ONLY THE LAMB OF GOD, BUT ALSO THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH SEATED ON THE THRONE HEIR OF DAVID GIVEN BY THE FATHER PROMISE DONE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WITH DAVID ARE FULFILLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH JESUS ACCORDING TO JOHN PIPER founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. "Jeremiah stresses that the coming king will fulfill the condition of righteousness (in Jeremiah 23:5–6): "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: 'The Lord is our righteousness'" (see 33:21, 25–26)." "When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary in Luke 1:31–33, he said, "Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." Therefore, beyond any shadow of a doubt the Bible teaches that the promise to David that his descendant would rule forever is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. As the Son of David (Romans 1:3) and the Lord of David (Matthew 22:45; Psalm 110:1) Jesus now reigns as king in heaven (1 Corinthians 15:25) over the true house of Israel." WITH THAT SAID THERE ARE DIFFERENT VIEWS - INTERPRETATIONS - APPROACHES OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION 1 - Historicist a broad view of history; 2 - Preterist mostly referring to the events of the apostolic era (1st century), or, at the latest, the fall of the Roman Empire; 3 - Futurists describes future events; 4 - Idealist or symbolic does not refer to actual people or events, but is an allegory of the spiritual path and the ongoing struggle between good and evil. AS FOR THE PRETERITS THEY BELIEVE THAT THE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST CENTURY AND FULFILLED DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEFORE THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM 70 AD BUT IT CONFLICTS WITH THE HISTORICAL APPROACH THAT THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN DATED AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM. THERE IS ALSO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE WORD BABYLON USED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IN ORDER FOR THE BOOK OF REVELATION TO TRAVEL AMONG ALL CHURCHES OF THAT TIME, THE WORD BABYLON WAS USED INSTED OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO AVOID BEING STOPPED OR DESTROYED. EITHER WAY THE CORRUPTED SYSTEM AND THE EVIL SPIRIT ARE THE SAME IN BOTH EMPIRES EXPRESSED ON THE STATUE HEAD OF GOLD OR THE FEET OF CLAY AND BRONŽE DREAM OF NABUKODNESOR IF THERE IS NO RHEMA OF THE WORD OF GOD, NOT EVEN THE BEST APPROACH WILL BRING CHANGE TO THE HEART OF MEN. IF THERE IS NO RHEMA OF THE WORD OF GOD NOT EVEN THE BEST APPROACH WILL AFFECT TO THE HEART IF THERE IS NO GUIDANCE AND REVELATION OF THE WORD BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD , THE ONLY LEVEL PEOPLE MAY REACH IS THE INFORMATION LEVEL OF WHAT IT IS BEING READ - IT MAY GET CONFUSING AND MISS UNDERSTOOD EVEN MORE WITH THE LACK OF PROPER FULL CONTEXT GOING BACK TO THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT RENEWING THE MIND AND HEART OF MEN THERE IS NO REVELATION, IMPARTATION TRANSFORMATION OF OUR MIND HEART AND SOUL THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LINKED TO THE CONDITION OF THE HUMAN HEART - IS THE HEART YIELDING AND SINCERELY SEEKING THE TRUTH ? IF THE CONDITION OF THE HEART IS NOT BASED ON SURRENDER AND THIRST FOR MORE OF GOD - CONSEQUENTLY THERE IS NO RENEWING, REVELATION, IMPARTATION TRANSFORMATION OF OUR MIND HEART AND SOUL TO GET THIS STRAIGHT, GOD AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM ARE PROPORTIONAL AND LIMITED TO THE LEVEL OF OUR SURRENDER AND HUNGER FOR HIM - IT TAKES GOD TO KNOW GOD GODS MOST DESIRE IS TO REVEAL HIMSELF AND HIS WORD AS MUCH AS OUR HUNGER GOES - HE DOES NOT VIOLATE OR FORCE OUR FREE WILL TO RECEIVE MORE OR LESS OF HIM - HE RESPECTS OUR FREE WILL AND CHOICES IN LIFE THE SAME IS FOR HIS WORD GOD DOES NOT MAKE EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE - HE HONORS THOSE WHO HONOR HIM AND HIS WORD THOSE WHO RECEIVE GREATER REVELATION AND IMPARTATION ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND YIELD FOR MORE OF HIM AND HIS WORD GREATER THE HUNGER GREATER THE REVELATION TRANSFORMATION MORE YOU DIG DEEP IN THE WELL OF LIVING WATER MORE YOU GET THE REVELATION OF SUCH LIVING WATER PULLED OUT FROM THE WELL - JESUS IS NOT AN EMPTY WELL OF REVELATION AND POWER - HE IS THE ETERNAL SPRING OF LIVING WATER THAT FLOWS FOREVER “So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.” James‬ ‭4:7-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ THERE IS NO WAY TO COME CLOSE TO GOD AND HIS WORD WITHOUT A HUMBLE HEART IN TRUE REPENTANCE THERE IS NO WAY TO COME CLOSE TO GOD AND HIS WORD WITHOUT A RESISTING THE DEVIL AND HIS TEMPTATIONS THERE IS NO WAY TO COME CLOSE TO GOD AND HIS WORD WITHOUT BELIEVING AND MAKING A DECISION, DESIRE AND WILL TO COME TO HIM AND AGREEING WITH HIM IF WE DENY HIS INVITATION TO KNOW HIM INTIMATELY, HIS PRESENCE AND HIS WORD, HE WILL ALSO DENY US BEFORE THE FATHER LET US GET STARTED VERSION NLT ---------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 1 “This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, THE REVELATION IS ABOUT JESUS AS THE CENTER OF ALL - THERE IS NOTHING MORE VITAL AND IMPORTANT TO THE HUMAN HEART THEN THE REVELATION OF JESUS EVENTS OF LIFE WILL COME BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS FIRST IS THE REVELATION OF JESUS WHAT IS THE REVELATION OF JESUS? WHY IS THE REVELATION OF JESUS SO IMPORTANT? WHERE WERE THE CHURCHES AT THE TIME THAT THEY RECEIVED JOHN'S LETTER? WHAT WAS THEIR STATUS? SEVERE PERSECUTION AND DECEIT DID BELIEVERS NEED A NEW FRESH REVELATION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE? HUMAN HEART NEEDS A CONSTANT RENEW OF THE WORD OF GOD TO KEEP RUNNING THE RACE OF LIFE OF FATH THE FIGHT AGAINST DOUBT DECEIT AND FEAR IS SOMETHING WE FACE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - AND ONLY THE CONSTANT RENEW OF A FRESH REVELATION OF JESUS - HIS WORD - ARMOR OF GOD TO KEEP US SAFE AND GOING FORWARD IN KNOWING AND HAVING INTIMACY WITH HIM THERE IS NO POWER OR VICTORY OR BELIEFS IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE WITHOUT THE REVELATION OF WHAT IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO OUR EXISTENCE - JESUS CHRIST PERSONALLY AND INTIMATELY WHAT IS REVELATION JESUS HE IS THE SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN HE IS THE ONE WHO WAS WHO IS AND AND IT IS TO COME HE IS THE ONLY ONE WORTHY TO RECEIVE ALL GLORY POWER WORSHIP AND PRAISE HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER HE IS WONDERFUL COUNCILOR, PRINCE OF PEACE, ALMIGHTY GOD, ROCK OF AGES ETERNAL FATHER HE IS THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS HE IS THE HIGH PRIEST FROM THE ORDER OF MILQUISEDEQUE HE IS ONE WITH HIS FATHER HE IS THE WORD OF GOD WHO GIVES ETERNAL LIFE HE IS THE ONE WHO EMPTY HIMSELF FROM THE GLORY OF GOD TO BECOME A MAN AND LEARN OBEDIENCE BY HIS SUFFERING HE IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO EMPATHIZE FOR HE ALSO SUFFERED GREATLY HE IS THE ONE SENT BY GOD AS THE LAMB OF GOD A LIVING SACRIFICE WHO WAS SLAIN BUT BY HIS BLOOD RANSOMED PEOPLE FOR GOD HE IS THE ONE WHO REMOVES SIN OF THE WORLD HE IS THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF HIS FATHER ABOVE ALL - HE SEES AND DOES WHAT HE SEES WHAT HIS FATHER IS DOING HE IS THE ONE WHO BAPTIZE HIS CHILDREN WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE HE IS THE ONE WHO REJOICED EVEN PAYING THE PRICE OF DEATH ON A CROSS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS PEOPLE HE IS THE FIRST RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD AMONG HIS BRETHREN BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SALVATION OF ALL WHO BELIEVES AND RECEIVES HIM HE IS GENTLE AND HUMBLE (HE SPOKE OF HIMSELF) HE IS THE CORNERSTONE - ROCK OF SALVATION HE IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND LIFE TO THE FATHER HE IS THE DOOR THE LIVING BREAD AND LIVING SPRING OF ETERNAL WATER WHO QUENCHES EVERY THIRST HE IS THE BRIDEGROOM WHO HAS REDEEMED HIS BRIDE AND WITH WHOM HE IS IN DEEP IN LOVE WITH HER HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS EYES OF FIRE AND WALKS AMONG HIS PEOPLE HE IS THE ONE ON WHITE HORSE WHO CONQUERS AND BRINGS JUDGMENT IN THE EARTH HE IS THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN AND OVER THE NEW JERUSALEM - NO OTHER LIGHT OR SUN IS NEEDED THERE IS NO END TO THIS LIST SO THERE IS NO END TO THE REVELATION OF JESUS. SO THE SAME TIME THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE IMPACT OF HIS REVELATION OF HIM IN US AND THROUGH US GREATER INTIMACY WITH JESUS GREATER IS THE REVELATION OF HIM AND GREATER THE REVELATION OF HIM GREATER IS THE INTIMACY WITH HIM "which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. " GOD REVEALED THE EVENTS TO HIS SERVANTS REVELATION OF JESUS IS GIVEN BY WHOM? THE FATHER GOD WHO GIVES BECAUSE HE IS LOVE AND LOVES TO GIVE TO HIS CHILDREN THE REVELATION OF HIMSELF AS ONE WITH THE SON LOVE AGAPE - FREE WITHOUT CONDITION - FAITHFUL TO WHOM? NOT TO ANYONE, BUT TO HIS SERVANTS WHO SEEK HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS SERVANT - BEST TRANSLATION - SLAVE - BONDSERVANT Greek word doulos, which means “one who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master; a slave.” Other translations use the word slave or servant. Romans 1:1 Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God which He promised before through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures BONDSERVANT - WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BONDSERVANT ? SOMEONE WHO WAS A SLAVE FIRST BUT WHO IS WILLING TO BE CONNECTED - ALIGNED WITH THE WILL OF THE MASTER. HE KNOWNS AND HE IS KNOWN BY HIS MASTER AND SERVES AT HIS HOUSE - NOT OUTSIDE HE SERVES FOR HE IS PERFECTLY CONTENT WITH THE WILL OF HIS MASTER - I Tim 6:6, 8 - HOW CAN SOMEONE BE A BONDSERVANT IF HE IS NOT COMPLETE DELIGHTED SATISFIED WITH THE WILL OF THE MASTER? THIS IS BONDSERVANT -TOTAL SOLD OUT AND SATISFIED WITH THE WILL OF THE MASTER ABOVE HIS OWN LIFE AND DESIRES CONTRARY TO COMPLETE CONTENTMENT IS COVETOUSNESS WHICH IS IDOLATRY "He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John, who faithfully reported everything he saw. " GOD SENDS AN ANGEL TO BRING REVELATION TO HIS FAITHFUL LOVED ONES LIKE JOHN GOD USES HIS ANGELS AND WE ENCOUNTER THEM AS THEY COME BY OBEDIENCE AND PURPOSE AM I FAITHFUL TO RECEIVE AND REPORT THE REVELATION OF JESUS? NOT THAT I AM PERFECT, BUT FAITHFUL TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN, SEE AND BE A CHANNEL TO REPORT TO ALL WHAT IT IS IN GODS HEART GOD SENDS AN ANGEL WHO KNOWS IS GABRIEL - REVELATOR CAME TO JOHN "This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. " JOHN'S REPORT IS ABOUT 2 THINGS: 1 JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD - SINCE THE BEGINNING GODS WORD SPOKEN THROUGH THE SON - THE WORD OF GOD NOT OF MAN - GOD SPOKE IN THE PAST. THROUGH HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS - BUT TODAY HE SPEAKS THROUGH HIS SON - HEB 1:2 (REVELATION IS ABOUT JESUS AND GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIM) 2 THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS BASED ON OBEDIENCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER - JESUS IS THE EXAMPLE OF BEING ONE WITH THE FATHER - HE IS THE HIGH PRIEST WHO CONSTANTLY WORSHIPPED THE FATHER IN EARTH BY HIS OBEDIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP AND NOW IN HEAVEN WITH THE FATHER - THEY ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE WHAT IS TESTIMONY "is a form of evidence that is obtained from a witness who makes a solemn statement or declaration of fact. Testimony may be oral or written, and it is usually made by oath or affirmation under penalty of perjury." JESUS TESTIMONY IS MARKED BY HIS OWN BLOOD - HIS TESTIMONY IS CONFIRMED BY THE FATHER HIMSELF WHO BACKS HIS TESTIMONY UP AS BEING TRUE FOR ALL ETERNITY JOHN REPORTED ALL THAT HE SAW WITH HIS SPIRITUAL EYES NOT ONLY WITH WHAT HE HEARD ONE THING IS TO REPORT WHAT YOU HEAR ANOTHER IS WHAT YOU SEE IT AS IT WAS WITH JOB EXPERIENCE? - TO HEAR IS NOT ENOUTH ONE THING IS TO KNOW SOMEONS OR SOMETHING BY HEARING ANOTHER IS BY SEEING “I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.” ‭‭Job‬ ‭42:5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ "God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near. " WHO BLESSES HERE? GOD - THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS WHAT IS GODS BLESSING? AND WHO IS BLESSED HERE BY GOD? 2 GROUPS HERE WITH PROPER CONDITIONS OF GODS BLESSING DOING WHAT? WHAT IS THE ACTION OF FAITH ? 1 - THOSE WHO READ (TEACH - MAKE DISCIPLES) THE WORD OF THIS PROPHECY TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD (TO BELIEVERS) - THESE ARE THE ONES WHO EAT THE BREAD AND BECOME BREAD FOR OTHER BELIEVERS WHO ARE THE ONES WHO GOD BLESSES THEM ALL? 2 - THOSE WHO LISTEN AND OBEY WHAT HE SAYS START WITH READING - ENDS IN LISTENING AND OBEYING IRIT RECEIVE INFORMATION BY READING WITH HUNGER INFORMATION CAN BECOME REVELATION - LIGHT GOES ON IN YOUR SPIRIT SOULD AND BODY BELIEVING AND RECEIVING REVELATIONS/LIGHT GOES TO IMPARTATION AND TRANSFORMATION MESSENGER IS BLESSED BY READING - EATING THE WORD - MAKING DISCIPLES PEOPLE - RECEIVER IS BLESSED BY LISTENING AND OBEYING NOW LISTENING IS NOT ENOUGH WITHOUT OBEYING - NOT OBEYING IS AS LOOKING AT THE MIRROR AND LEAVING WITHOUT REMEMBERING OR KNOWING WHAT WAS YOUR APPEARANCE BEFORE "This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. " TO WHOM ARE THE LETTERS (BOOK) INTENDED TO? TO 7 CHURCHES IN ASIA :- CHURCHES JOHN MIGHT KNOW WHY TO THESE 7 CHURCHES? EPHESUS (west cost of turkey) SMYRNA PERGAMUM THYATIRA SARDIS PHILADELPHIA LAODICEA AGAIN - BEFORE WRITING THE LETTERS - WHERE DOES THE MESSAGE COME FROM? WHO IS GIVING JOHN THE MESSAGE? IS JOHN WRITING FROM HIS OWN REASONING? JOHN IS WRITING WHAT HE HEARD AND SAW IN SPIRIT AS JESUS DID JESUS DID WHAT HE HEARD AND SAW FROM THE FATHER DOING WE ACT IN FAITH WHATEVER ASSIGNMENT GOD GIVES US BY FIRST READING AND LISTENING (GIVE HIM 100% ATTENTION SO THAT HE CAN KISS US WITH HIS WORD) AS WELL AS TO SEE WHAT HE PUTS IN OUR SPIRIT - REVELATIONS CONVICTIONS FROM HEAVEN JOHN WRITES "Grace and peace to you " WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF SUCH GRACE AND PEACE? THERE IS GRACE AND PEACE FROM 3 PEOPLE - THEY ARE ONE SPEAKING OF THE TRINITY AS ONE 1 - from the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come; 2 - from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; 3 - and from Jesus Christ. " OUT OF THE THREE JOHN NOW GOES TO THE REVELATION OF JESUS WHO IS JESUS? THE REVELATION IS ABOUT HIM "He is the faithful witness to these things", - HIS TESTIMONY IS TRUE FOREVER - HE IS FAITHFUL WHAT THINGS? THE FACTS AND EVENTS JOHN HEARD AND LISTENED AND ALSO TO "the first to rise from the dead", - FIRST ONE IN HUMAN HISTORY AS HUMAN TO BE RAISED FROM DEATH BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - NO POWER OF DEATH COULD HOLD HIM DOWN "and the ruler of all the kings of the world". - HIS KINGDOM IS ETERNAL AND HE HAS ALL THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OVER ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER OF THE WORLD AFTER THE CROSS "All glory to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen. " WHY DOES JESUS DESERVE ALL THE GLORY? WHAT HAS JESUS DONE FOR US? TWO BASIC THINGS THE FOUNDATION IS LOVE - HE LOVES US FREED US FROM OUR SINS THERE IS NO DELIVERANCE WITHOUT LOVE FIRST HOW DID HE FREE US? BY THE POWER OF HIS LOVE BY THE SHEDDING (COVER) HIS BLOOD FOR US - HIS BLOOD POURED OUT FREELY GIVEN TO US WHICH BREAKS ALL BONDAGES AND SLAVERY OF SIN - WE ARE HIS SLAVES OF LOVE FOREVER NOW - BONDSERVANTS STARTS HERE SPEAKING OF THE BLOOD - LIFE AND THE NAME OF JESUS BY HIS BLOOD HE MADE HIMSELF SIN SO THAT WE WOULD BE HOLY BY HIS BLOOD HE MADE HIMSELF LOST WITHOUT GOD SO THAT WE COULD BE FOUND BY THE FATHER BY HIS BLOOD HE MADE HIMSELF REJECTED SO THAT WE COULD BE ACCEPTED BY THE FATHER AS HIS CHILDREN AND CITIZENS OF HEAVEN BY HIS BLOOD HE MADE HIMSELF POOR, BLIND, NAKED SO THAT WE COULD BE RICH, SEE AND BE CLOTHED WITH WHITE GARMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS LOVE BY HIS BLOOD HE MADE HIMSELF SEPARATED FROM THE FATHER SO THAT WE COULD BE ONE WITH THE ETERNAL FATHER - NOT AN ORPHAN ANY MORE BY HIS BLOOD HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF FOR US FOR ONLY PURE BLOOD CAN REDEEM MAN FROM SIN BY HIS BLOOD HE WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED SO THAT WE COULD BE CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, DIE AND BE BURIED FROM OUR SINFUL NATURE BY THE CONFESSION OF SIN AND THE BAPTISM OF WATER BY HIS BLOOD HE WAS QUICKEN, MADE ALIVE AND RESURRECTED BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SO THAT WE COULD ALSO BE QUICKEN, MADE ALIVE AND RESURRECTED IN OUR SPIRIT BY THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT BY HIS BLOOD HE GAVE US ETERNAL LIFE AWAY FROM ETERNAL DEATH WITHOUT GOD BY HIS BLOOD HE HE GAVE US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL IN US AND TEACH US ALL THINGS BY HIS BLOOD THE VEIL WAS TORNED DOWN WHERE ONLY THE HIGH PRIEST COULD APPROACH THE ARK OF THE COVENANT - PRESENCE OF GOD IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES BY HIS BLOOD HE GIVE US ALL ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY OF THE FATHER BY HIS BLOOD HE GAVE HIS ALL EVEN THE MOST PRECIOUS THING HE VALUED THE MOST IN LIFE - THE ONE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER SO THAT WE COULD BE ONE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER AS WELL NOW AS HE LOVES AND FREED US , WHAT HAS HE MADE US TO BE? WHAT IS HIS PURPOSE FOR US IN ETERNITY AFTER SETTING US FREE FROM OUR SINS? WE ARE FREE FROM SIN BY HIS LOVE, WHAT HAPPENS NOW? WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE, ACCEPT AND TRUST IN HIM? "He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. " AS PART OF HIS KINGDOM, WHAT ARE WE CALLED TO DO? WHAT DOES A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS FOR GOD HIS FATHER MEAN? TO WHOM? ALL IS DONE ACCORDING TO THE WILL AND GLORY OF THE FATHER REV 5:5 "....And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” WHAT IS A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS? WHICH PRIESTS? WHY PRIESTS? IS GOD REFERRING KINGDOM OF ARAN LEVITICUS PRIESTSHOOD? IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WE LEARN ABOUT THE LEVITICUS PRIESTHOOD STARTED WITH ARAN BUT WE ALSO LEARN THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER PRIESTHOOD THAT ABRAHAM FATHER OF FAITH WHO MET THIS HIGH PRIEST AFTER CONQUERING IN BATTLE TO RESCUE HIS NEPHEW AND FAMILY SO WHICH PRIESTHOOD OR PRIEST ORDER IS JOHN REFERRING HERE? REMEMBER THAT THE REVELATION IS ABOUT JESUS AND HE IS ACCORDING TO A HIGHER PRIESTHOOD THAT COMES A FROM A DIFFERENT ORDER OF PRIESTHOODS. PSAL 110 AND HEB 5 IS THE HIGH PRIEST OF A SPECIAL ORDER!!! WHICH ORDER? MILQUEZEDED ORDER WHAT DOES THIS ORDER MEAN? IS IT IDENTICAL TO ARAN's LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD? WHAT IS SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PRIESTHOOD? THE LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD IN MOSES TIME HAD VERY SPECIFIC CALLING AND DUTIES - IT WAS FROM THE OLD COVENANT AS A REPRESENTATION AND A SHADOM IMAGE OF HEAVILY PRIESTHOOD MINISTER TO GOD IN THE TABERNACULE, CARRY THE ARK AND BLESS THE PEOPLE WHAT DID THE AUTHOR IN HEB SAY ABOUT THIS MILQUESEDEK PRIESTHOOD? WHO IS THE HIGH PRIEST FROM THE ORDER OF MILQUESEDQUE PRIESTHOOD. IT IS JESUS THE HIGH PRIEST HEB UNDER JESUS THERE IS NEW COVENANT NOT MADE BY HUMAN HANDS HE ALONE FULFILLED ALL THE LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE OLD COVENANT - AS THE LAMB OF GOD HE WAS SLAIN BUT RESURRECTED FOR THE SALVATION OF MANY HE IS THE LAMB OF GOD BUT AFTER HIS RESURRECTION HE IS ALSO THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH THIS MEANS THAT HE IS FROM A SUPERIOR PRIESTHOOD - ORDER OF MILQUESEDEQUE HE IS WORSHIPPER IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUE HE WORSHIPS AND MINISTERS TO THE FATHER AND CARRIES HIS GLORY AND BLESSES NATIONS PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND LANGUAGES BUT HE IS ALSO A WARRIOR WHO BRINGS JUDGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE LAWS AND PROCEDURES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD HE GOES OUT IN WHITE HORSE TO CONQUER THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD IN BATTLE WHAT IT IS HIS BY JUSTICE AND RIGHT - JESUS IS A WARRIOR ON A WHITE HORSE FOLLOWED BY HIS PRIESTS WHO ARE ALSO RIDING ON WHITE HORSES THEY ARE NOT ONLY WORSHIPPERS OF GOD IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH BUT THEY ARE WARRIORS AS WELL REV 19 THE MILQUESEDEK PRIESTHOOD FIRST OF ALL WORSHIPS THE TRUE GOD PRIESTS BECAUSE THESE ARE THE ONES GOD MADE THEM TO BE: FAITHFUL ONE WITH HIM AS JESUS IS. THE ONES WHO SERVE AND OBEY 100% ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND DO WHAT THE FATHER DESIRES. THE ONES WHO KNOW THE HEART AND THOUGHTS OF GOD THE MEDIATORS TO BLESS OTHERS IN HIS NAME SO WHO ARE THE PRIEST GOD IS RAISING UP FOR HIS KINGDOM “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever.” ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭2:35‬ ‭NLT‬‬ WHAT DO PRIESTS DO? CHARACTERISTICS? WHAT DOES DEUTERONOMY 10:8 SAY ? “At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and to stand before the Lord as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day. That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The Lord himself is their special possession, as the Lord your God told them.)” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭10:8-9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ CARRIERS OF HIS PRESENCE STANDS AND MINISTERS TO HIM CHANNEL OF BLESSINGS TO OTHERS PRONOUNCING BLESSINGS IN HIS NAME GODS PRIEST CHARACTERISTICS 1 - PRIEST WHO KNOWS THE HEART AND MIND OF GOD. HEART OF GOD REVEALS GOD'S MOTIVATION WHAT HE DOES. THE MIND \ THOUGHTS OF GOD REVEALS THE METHODS OF GOD. 2 - GOD BUILDS THE HOME OF HIS FAITHFUL PRIEST. THIS SPEAKS OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS TO THOSE WHO PLACE HIS KINGDOM FIRST - PRIORITY IS TO LOVE AND ENJOY GODLY PRIEST LIFESTYLE - GOD PROVIDES AND ESTABLISH THE HOMES. 3 - THE FAITHFUL PRIEST WILL WALK 'BEFORE GOD AS THE LORD'S ANOINTED FOREVER - ALWAYS WITH FRESH OIL - FRESH ANOINTING 4 - THE FAITHFUL PRIEST WILL EXPERIENCE 'SPEAKING FACE TO FACE - MOUTH THE MOUTH IN COMMUNION WITH GOD. THIS IS A DEEP COMMUNION OF PRIESTS WHO WILL KNOW JESUS ​​LIKE HIS KING, THE HIGH PRIEST AND HIS FRIEND 5 - THE FAITHFUL PRIEST WILL SET THE WATCHERS AND OPEN THE GATES. THEY WILL STAND AS "WATCHERS" AND HOLD THE KEYS TO DETERMINE WHO AND WHAT HAS ACCESS TO GOD'S FAMILY 6 - THE FAITHFUL PRIEST WILL DISTRIBUTE TO THE BRETHREN FROM THE LORD'S TREASURY. THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE RICHES OF THE KINGDOM IN BOTH DIVINE REVELATION AND KINGDOM RESOURCES. THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE THOSE RESOURCES ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD. 7 - THIS RESTORED PRIESTHOOD WILL TEACH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRECIOUS AND VILE. THERE IS MUCH NEED TODAY. ONLY JESUS AND NO IDOLATRY OF STUBBORNNESS (RESISTING TRUTH) OR COVETOUSNESS (NOT CONTENT IN LIFE) 4 SIMPLE AND BASIC DISCIPLINES TO DEVELOP PRIESTHOOD HOW TO DEVELOP COMMUNION WITH JESUS ​​THAT IS ALWAYS THE DOOR CALLING US TO DEEP RELATIONSHIP · 1 - OFFER SACRIFICE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO JESUS ​​DAILY - PRIVATE - SEPARE TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE - GIVE JESUS 100% ATTENTION FOR HIS KISSES - POSTURE OF PRIEST - DO NOT WAIT FOR SUNDAY - WE HAVE TO BE FULL OF HIM ALWAYS - THE HEAVEN HAS PRAISE AND WORSHIP 24/7 - PLACE ANOINTED MUSIC TO BUILD YOUR FAITH AND BE ALWAYS FULL AWARE OF PROPHETIC CDS MESSAGES THAT DECLARE TRUTHS ABOUT YOUR LIFE SACRIFICES TO GOD DID NOT STOP - IT IS REQUIRED IN THE NEW AND OLD TESTAMENT - THE OLD THERE WERE ANIMALS - NIE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT UNDER THE NEW COVENANT AND PRIESTHOOD ORDER OF MILQUESEDEQUE QUEST WHO IS THE SACRIFICE - WE ASE THE LIVING SACRIFICE - WE OFFER OUR LIVES WITH PRAISE YADAH - HANDS OPEN LIFTED UP AND TEHILA - SPONTANEOUS FREE FRESH NEW PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING AND WORSHIP OBEDIENCE - NO IDOLATRY (COVETOUSNESS - NO CONTENTMENT- PERFECT SATISFACTION TO GODS WILL AND NO STUBBORNNESS AGAINST GODS WILL) 2 - PRAY AND SEEK GOD DAILY - TAKE A TIME TO SPEAK WITH THE FATHER. 3 - READ AND STUDY YOUR BIBLE AND MEDITATE IN HIM - BIBLE - 'WORD OF GOD AND' THE SWORD OF SPIRIT - DO NOT GET INFORMATION ONLY, RECEIVE REVELATION, IMPARTATION AND PRACTICE THE TRUTH BEING READ - SEEK THE WORD THAT PROCEEDS (FLUID) OF GOD MAT 4: 4 - "THE MAN SHALL NOT LIVE FROM FOOD ALONE BUT FROM ANY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD" - BE RENEWED IN THE NEW OF GOD TODAY - GOD HAS A NEW AND ANOITED WORD FOR TODAY - EVERY MORNING THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL GATHERED THE MANNA WHO HAD THE HUMID DUW OF HEAVEN - MANNA REPRESENTS THE WORD AND THE DUW (EX 16:13) AND THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - YOU CAN BE IN A DRY PLACE OR DARK PLACE BUT YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A DRY PERSON OR LIVE IN THE DARK WHAT ARE THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH BEING SPOKEN? THEIR WORDS ARE IN TUNE AND CONCORDANCE WITH THE WORDS OF GOD 4 - BE A GENEROUS GIVER - TIES AND OFFERINGS - BE FAITHFUL - RESISTING THE EVIL OF THE LOVE OF MONEY AND DEPENDENCE BE FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL - WHO IS THE PROVIDER? JESUS ALONE "Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him— even those who pierced him. " NO ONE WILL ESCAPE FROM SEEING JESUS IN HIS SECOND COMING MOST IN ISRAEL MISSED HIS FIRST COMING, BUT NOT THE SECOND COMING "And all the nations of the world will mourn for him. Yes! Amen! “ ALL NATIONS WILL COME TO HIM WITH DEEP RECRET FROM NOT KNOWING AND SURRENDERING TO HIM JESUS DECLARES ABOUT HIMSELF SAYING I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.” THERE IS NO BEGINNING OR END WITHOUT JESUS JOHN SPEAKS OF HIMSELF AND WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE RECEIVED THIS VISION I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. JOHN IS OUR BROTHER AND PARTNER IN 3 EXPERIENCES OF LIFE 1 - IN THE SUFFERING - LOVE AND SURRENDER TO GODS WILL 2 - IN GODS KINDOM - AUTHORITY AND CITIZENSHIP 3 - IN THE PATIENT ENDURANCE - FAITH AND HOPE OF HIS GLORY - APPROVED WHO CALLED US INTO ALL THIS? JESUS WHO KNOWS ALL THAT IS BEST FOR US I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. WHAT WAS JOHN DOING ON THIS ISLAND ? EXILED - BUT NOT WITHOUT A PURPOSE - NOT RETIRED - NOT GIVEN UP IN DESPAIR IN LIFE BUT WITH 2 BASIC PURPOSE OF PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD AND GIVE HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS REALIZE OR NOT ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST HAVE THE MOST SPECIAL AND VALUED PURPOSE IN LIFE OF ALL - WHO CAN SAY HE OR SHE DOES NOT KNOW THE PURPOSE GOD HAS FOR THEIR LIVES? THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO WORSHIP GOD AND SERVE HIM ANNOUNCING THE GOOD KNEWS - PREACH THE WORD OF GOD AND LET ALL KNOW ABOUT YOUR TESTIMONY HOW TO PREACH WITHOUT KNOWING THE WORD? HOW TO BE A WITNESS OF JESUS WITHOUT KNOWING HIM THROUGH HIS KISSES IN WORSHIP? WITHOUT THESE THEN THERE IS REALLY NO PURPOSE JOHN WAS NOT THERE TO RETIRE, SLOW DOWN AND WAIT TO DIE COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS SUFFERINGS AND AFFLICTION IN LIFE, BUT TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD THAT IS POWERFUL AND ALIVE AS WELL AS TO TESTIFY OF JESUS WHO DIED BUT ROSE AGAIN BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIF IN HIS AMAZING LOVE FOR US "It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. " JOHN KNEW HIS ASSIGNMENT IN THAT ISLAND WHICH IT WAS TO PREACH THE KINGDOM AND BE A TESTIMONY - BUT HOW COULD HE ACCOMPLISH SUCH ASSIGNMENT? SPENDING TIME IN GOD's PRESENCE IN WORSHIP IN THE SPIRIT HOW? NOTHING CAN STOP MY WORSHIP IN THE SPIRIT EXCEPT ME MAYBE JOHN WAS IN CHAINS AND PAIN AT OLD AGE IN THAT ISLAND BUT THAT DID NOT STOP HIM FROM WORSHIPPING JESUS IN THE SPIRIT WHAT WAS JOHN DOING BEFORE HEARING A VOICE BEHIND HIM? WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS? IT WAS THE DAY OF REST AND HE WAS WORSHIPING JESUS IN THE SPIRIT - MAYBE SPEAKING IN TONGUE THE WHOLE DAY WORSHIPPING JESUS DO I WANT TO KNOW JESUS AND HIS WORD? SPEND TIME WITH HIM IN PRAYER, FASTING, GIVING AND WORSHIPPING IN SPIRIT SINCE HE WAS WORSHIPPING JESUS (NOT ANY OTHER ACTIVITY) "Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. " SUDDENLY - UNEXPECTEDLY - SO QUICK - TIME IN HISTORY WHY BEHIND HIM? JESUS DESIRES US TO TURN TO HIM TO THE VOICE THAT SPEAKS IN OUR HEARTS It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” A VERY DIRECT SPECIFIC BOOK - NOT A LETTER BUT LETTERS EACH ONE FOR THE 7 CHURCHES When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. THERE IS NO ENCOUNTER OR SOUND TO BE HEARD WITH WHAT JESUS DESIRES TO REVEAL TO US WITHOUT POSITIONING OUR HEARTS TO WORSHIP AND TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE LIKE JOHN WAS - IT IS ONLY THEN THAT WE CAN HEAR AND TURN TO THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE SOUND IS COMING AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE VISION TURN MY HEART TOWARDS YOUR GLORY JESUS REPENTANCE AND YIELDING IN HUMBLE HEART IS KEY TO BE ABLE TO TURN AND SEE HIS GLORY FIRST COMES BY HEARING THE SOUND OF HEAVEN - HOW CAN I HEAR? WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF MY HEART TO LISTEN? BY DOING WHAT JOHN WAS DOING - 1 - REPENTANCE AND SURRENDER WITH HUMBLE HEART WORSHIPPING JESUS IN THE SPIRIT 2 - TURN THE HEART TOWARDS THAT SOUND OF HEAVEN - HUMBLY SEEK WHAT IT IS FROM ABOVE TO HAVE EYES OPENED TO SEE AND CAPTURE THAT VISION OF HIS GLORY THE SOUND PRECEDES THE VISION - NOT THE OPPOSITE FIRST WE ARE GUIDED BY THE SOUND OF HEAVEN TO FULFIL OUR DESTINY OF SEEING AND REVEALING HIM TO THE WORLD "And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. " JESUS IS THE CENTER OF ALL WHAT DID JOHN SEE? WHAT WAS JESUS WEARING? "He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest. " GARMENT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS - WORD AND ACTION GOLD PURE SASH - OFFICIAL GARMENT - COMING FROM HIS SHOULDERS GUARDING OVER OUR HEARTS IN PURITY AND MOTIVE DOMINION AND AUTHORITY COMING ACROSS HIS HEART - FAITHFUL COMMITTED TO HIS WORD THIS IS WHAT IT IS CLOTHED IN JESUS "His head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow. " THE HEAD AND HAIR IS WHITE - MATURED - SIGNS OF SUFFERING AND APPROVED "And his eyes were like flames of fire. " HIS EYES SHOWS HIS NATURE - CONSUMING FIRE FULL OF LOVE AND ZEAL NO DARKNESS IS FOUND IN HIM - HE SEES IT ALL - NOTHING HIDDEN "His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, " HIS WALK AND TESTIMONY OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER ON EARTH WAS TESTED, POLISHED - REFINED BY HIS OBEDIENCE TO HIM "and his voice thundered like mighty ocean waves. " HIS VOICE IS POWER - JUST A WHISPER DESTROYS THE OPPOSITION WHAT DID JESUS HOLD IN HIS RIGHT HAND? "He held seven stars in his right hand, " 7 SEVEN CHURCHES ARE IN HIS RIGHT HAND TO DEFEND AND BRING JUSTICE "and a sharp two-edged sword came from his mouth. " HIS MOUTH - WORD GOES DEEP IN THE MATTER - CAPABLE OF SEPARATING EVIL FROM GOOD "And his face was like the sun in all its brilliance. " HIS COUNTENANCE IS LIGHT AND RESILIENT WHAT WAS JOHN'S REACTION WHEN HE SAW JESUS? When I saw him, I fell at his feet as if I were dead. WHAT DOES JESUS DO WHEN WE SURRENDER AT HIS FEET? DOES HE TAKE NOTICE? But he laid his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last. I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave. “ 1 - JESUS LAIDS HIS RIGHT HAND OF APPROVAL, ACCEPTANCE AND STRENGTH - I AM HERE TOUCHING YOU - YOU ARE NOT ALONE 2 - JESUS SEES ALL EVEN FEAR AND SPEAKS AGAINST FEAR BY DECLARING TRUTH ABOUT HIMSELF AS HE DID HERE ON JOHNS LIFE SETTING HIM FREE OF ANY FEAR - THE TRUTH OF JESUS REVELATION REMOVES EVERY FEAR 3 - WHY NOT TO FEAR? BECAUSE FEAR AND DEATH ARE DESTROYED - JESUS IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST - HE IS NOT ONLY WHO LIVES ETERNALLY , BUT POINTS OUT THE TRUTH THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AGAINST DEATH AND FEAR - (POWER OF FEAR AND DEATH HAVE NO AFFECT) HE NOW ALONE HAS THE KEY OF DEATH AND HELL IN HIS HANDS AND ALL THE FEAR THAT COMES WITH IT EVEN FEAR OF MEN - ALL UNDER HIS CONTROL SINCE HE IS IN CONTROL HE HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, BOLDNESS AND SELF CONTROL POWER TO HAVE STRENGTH AND AUTHORITY TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER BOLDNESS TO ASK AND EXECUTE THE WILL OF THE FATHER WITH NO FEAR OF MAN SELF CONTROL - SOUND MIND -TO BE YIELDING UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER JESUS GIVES THE COMMAND TO JOHN Write down what you have seen—both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen. This is the meaning of the mystery of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:1-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------- CHAPTER 2 ------------------------------------------------------------- LETTER TO EPHESUS ------------------------------------------------------------- Write this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus. TO WHOM IS THE LETTER? WHY IS THIS THE FIRST LETTER TO THIS GROUP? TO THE ANGEL MESSENGER OF THIS CHURCH - IN CHARGE OF DELIVERING THE MESSAGE PASTOR - BISHOP This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands: WHAT DOES JESUS HOLD - HAVE CONTROL OVER? OVER THE ANGELS/LEADERS IN CHARGED OF THE CHURCHES HE WALKS AMONG HIS PEOPLE - EDIFYING HIS BODY “I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. IN EPHESUS - THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS: JESUS IS NOT BLIND, BUT HE KNOWS ALL THINGS - HE WALKS AMONG THEM - HE IS AWARE OF THEIR PATIENCE THAT THEY HAVE ENDURED WHAT DO THIS BELIEVERS DO NOT SUPPORT OR AGREE WITH SUCH PRACTICE? "I know you don’t tolerate evil people. " THERE IS NO SPACE OR OCCURRENCES OF EVIL PRACTICES FROM EVIL PEOPLE AMONG THEM "You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. " THESE BELIEVERS HAVE THE SPIRIT OF DISCERNMENT AND HAVE INSPECTED THE ASSERTION OF SOME SAYING BEING AN APOSTLE, BUT ARE NOT - LIERS "You have discovered they are liars. " WHAT HAVE THEY FOUND AND BEEN AWARE ABOUT ? THEY FOUND PEOPLE LYING CLAIMING FALSE STATEMENTS - THEY DO NOT TOLERATE LIES "You have patiently suffered for me without quitting. “ WHAT HAS JESUS NOTICED? THESE BELIEVERS DO NOT GIVE UP - THEY DO NOT DESIST IN THEIR WALK OF FAITH WITH JESUS- HOW? THEY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING WITHOUT BEING ANNOYING, AGITED, ANXIOUS BUT TRUSTING PATIENTLY IN THE LORD "But I have this complaint against you." WHAT COULD JESUS COMPLAIN ABOUT? THIS GROUP: THEY DID NOT STOP THE FAITH EVEN IN PERSECUTION THEY CONTINUE HAVING HOPE THEY CONTINUE DISCERNING THE TRUTH REJECTING LIES ARE'NT ALL THESE GOOD ACTIONS ENOUGH TO PREVENT JESUS FROM COMPLAINING? WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FAITH AND HOPE? ARE FAITH AND HOPE FOR THE CHILD OF GOD ENOUGH THAT JESUS WILL NOT COMPLAIN? ARE'NT ALL THESE GOOD ACTIONS ENOUGH FOR JESUS TO KNOW HIS FOLLOWERS ? IS KNOWING SOMEONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTING IN FAITH AND HOPE? BOTH ARE EQUALY IMPORTANT, BUT KNOWING SOMEONE ROOTED IN LOVE TAKES PRECEDENT SINCE LOVE IS GREATER THAN FAITH AND HOPE IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE FAITH AND HOPE AND STILL LOOSE LOVE? IS IT POSSIBLE TO KNOW SOMEONE WELL JUST ON FAITH AND HOPE BASIS? IT IS NOT ANY LOVE BUT THE FIRST LOVE - SO IS THERE A LAST OR ANOTHER LOVE? WHY DID JESUS ASK PETER 2 TIMES FOR AGAPE LOVE AND 1 FOR PHILEO LOVE? WHICH LOVE DOES IT TAKE CARE FOR GODS CHILDREN? SPEAKING OF LOVE - THERE ARE AT LEAST 3 TYPES OF LOVE IN GREEK. AGAPE - UNCONDITIONAL LOVE PHILEO - BROTHERLY FRIENDSHIP LOVE EROS - SEXUAL LOVE "There is also an interesting contrast when you look at the Greek words for “love” used in John 21:15–17. When Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” in John 21:15–16, He used the Greek word agape, which refers to unconditional love. Both times, Peter responded with “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you,” using the Greek word phileo, which refers more to a brotherly/friendship type of love. It seems that Jesus is trying to get Peter to understand that he must love Jesus unconditionally in order to be the leader God is calling him to be. The third time Jesus asks, “Do you love me?” in John 21:17, He uses the word phileo, and Peter again responds with “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you,” again using phileo. The point in the different Greek words for “love” seems to be that Jesus was stretching Peter to move him from phileo love to agape love." THEY LOST THEIR FIRST LOVE TO JESUS AND OTHERS BESIDES ALL THESE BLESSINGS JESUS HAS ALSO FOUND SOMETHING HE DID NOT APPROVE OF. WHAT IS THAR JESUS DOES NOT ACCEPT AND HE IS AGAINST THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS? WHAT IS THIS GROUP DOING AND LIVING THAT DOES NOT PLEASE JESUS? . You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! WHERE IS THE AGAPE LOVE? THAT TRULY LOVES GOD AND OTHERS? WHAT DID THESE BELIEVERS STOP DOING THAT IT WAS TRUE AND NECESSARY? WHAT DOES THE FIRST LOVE MEAN? - WHEN THIS GROUP FIRST CAME TO JESUS IN REPENTANCE WITHOUT ANY RELIGIOUS SPIRIT OR JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS, BUT LIKE A CHILD SURRENDERING ALL TO HIM - LOVED MUCH BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED HOW MUCH THEY WERE FORGIVEN. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FIRST LOVE TO JESUS AND OTHERS? WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE FIRST LOVE TO DIMINSH? WHAT CAUSED THEIR HEARTS TO GROW COLD STOPPING SEEKING HIS PRESENCE AND ENJOYING HIS GOODNESS AND FORGIVINESS? COULD IT BE TOO MUCH ACTIVITY EVEN IN THE CHURCH BUSINESS AS WELL AS TOO MANY CONCERNS OF THIS LIFE EVEN THE BLESSINGS FROM GOD HAVE TAKEN THEIR EYES FROM WHAT IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SEEK WHAT IT IS FROM ABOVE KIND, PURE AND LOVELY? WHAT COULD HAVE ROBBED THE FIRE OF THE FIRST LOVE? WHAT IS THE KRYPTONITE OF THIS WORLD THAT HAS DIMINISHED THE LOVE OF GOD IN THE HEART OF THIS GROUP? DID THE GROUP LOOSE SIGHT OF HOW MUCH THEY WERE FORGIVEN AND LOVED BY GOD? ISSUE OF THE HEART - ALL GOES BACK TO THE HEART THEY MAY HAVE STARTED ENJOYING SO MUCH THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AND FORGOT TO GIVE ATTENTION TO THE BLESSER - DID THEY GIVE IN TO RELIGIOUS SPIRIT AND CARES OF THIS WORLD ? WHY? WHERE IS THE ORDER OF PRIORITIES? SINCE THE FIRST LOVE WAS LOST , WHAT SHOULD THEY DO TO RESTORE THE FIRST LOVE - AND RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS? TWO THINGS JESUS COMMANDED THAT ARE NECESSARY TO HAPPEN: TWO THINGS JESUS ORDERED FOR THIS GROUP TO DO THAT ARE VITAL: 1 - "Look how far you have fallen! " WHAT IS THIS WORD OF ACTION? EXAMINE THE CONDITION OF THE HEART - TAKE MEASUREMENT OF HOW FAR THEY HAVE MISSED AND FALLEN FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THERE IS NO MENTION OF THEIR FAITH OR HOPE THAT HAS FALLEN, BUT OF THEIR FIRST LOVE THAT WAS LOST - NO MORE ATTENTION TO JESUS KISSES THE GROUP STOPPED RECEIVING JESUS KISSES TAKE TIME (HEART SEARCH) TO MAKE A REFLECTION AND SEE HOW DISTANT HAVE THIS GROUP FALLEN - RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE BIG DIFFERENCE OF THE LOVE, RELATIONSHIP THAT IT WAS LOST FROM THE BEGINNING - REMEMBER WHEN I WAS SAVED - THE PURE JOY OF SALVATION AND EXPERIENCING HIS GREAT LOVE IN DIFFERENT SEASONS OF LIFE SPECIALLY THE FIRST ONES BEFORE STOPPING RECEIVING HIS KISSES IN THE MORNING - BRING TO MEMORY THOSE MOMENTS AT THE WALL SEEKING AND SINGING TO JESUS - GIVING HIM ATTENTION 2 - "Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. " HAVE TRUE REPENTANCE - TURN BACK - RETURN TO JESUS HUMBLE AND YIELD TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD - REJECT PRIDE AND SELFNESS SHOW SIGNS OF REPENTANCE - DO THE WORKS YOU DID AT THE BEGINNING - LOVE HAS ACTION AND VOICE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS GROUP IF THEY DO NOT TURN BACK AND REPENT? "If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches. " JESUS WILL REMOVE HIS LIGHT, THE ANOINTING FOR THE LAMP, REVELATION OF HIMSELF , FAVOR AND PRESENCE OUT OF SUCH GROUP BUT THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS GROUP FAVOR "But this is in your favor: You hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, just as I do. " THIS GROUP HATES WHAT JESUS HATES - THE NICOLAITANS HOW ARE THE NICOLAITANS? RELIGIOUS SPIRIT TEACHING - according to history these are those religious people who teach and eat things sacrificed to idols,' and 'who commit sexual immorality.' - fornication connected with religious rites". MAN CAN HAVE MANY WIFVES GROUP THAT TEACHES DIFFERENCES OF HUMAN CLASSES - SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR PEOPLE “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS AMONG MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT AND JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - HAVE OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - AS THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS HIM TO DO EVEN TO KISS NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR HE IS LOVE FOR THE SON TO KISS ALL FOD THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS TO THE FATHER FOR JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN WHAT IS THE REWARD? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA? "To everyone who is victorious " ONLY THE VICTORIOUS - THERE IS NO EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE - ANYONE CAN BE VICTORIOUS. BUT OF WHAT AND HOW? AGAINST 2 ENEMIES : SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS - ENEMIES OF OUR SOUL TO OUR OWN FLESH - EGO - THE FLESH HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED IN CHRIST HOW? 1 - BY THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - IT IS ALL ABOUT HIM - HE FIRST EVEN LIFE WHAT DOES THE BLOOD DO? IT GIVES US REDEMPTION FROM SIN - REMOVES SEPARATION - GIVES US ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GRACE TO BE ONE WITH THE TRINITY AND TO BE ALL THAT GOD MADE US TO BE 2 - BY CONFESSION OF THE THE TESTIMONY - EVIDENCE OF PROVE OF WHAT? EVIDENCE OF LIVING AND SPEAKING AS JESUS DID IN THE EARTH BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - LIFE TESTED AND APPROVED 3 - NOT TO LOVE LIFE AS MUCH AS TO BE READY TO DIE FOR JESUS VICTORY IS ALL ABOUT THE BLOOD OUT OF HIS GREAT LOVE STARTS WITH PURE BLOOD THAT WAS FREELY POURED OUT IN LOVE AT THE CROSS THEN BELIEVERS WHO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE BLOOD LIVE WASHED AND WALK BY THE POWER OF PURE BLOOD EVEN UNTIL THE END WHEN IT IS FREELY POURED OUT OF ITS OWN BLOOD - TO DIE NOT LOVING ITS OWN LIFE - THERE IS NO FEAR OF DEATH WHEN BELIEVING AND RECEIVING THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB “And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ WHAT IS THE REWARD? "I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God. “ ETERNAL LIFE BY RECEIVING AND EATING THE FRUIT OF LIFE THIS IS THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE ADAM AND EDEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO EAT AFTER THEY SIN SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT LIVE ETERNALLY SEPARATED FROM GOD JESUS HIMSELF WILL GIVE US THE FRUIT OF ETERNAL LIFE - HIMSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD ------------------- THE SECOND LETTER IS TO SMYRNA ------------------------------------------------------------- Write this letter to the angel of the church in Smyrna. WHAT IS ABOUT THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS This is the message from the one who is the First and the Last, who was dead but is now alive: “ WHO IS SPEAKING HERE? WHERE IS THE MESSAGE COMING FROM? FROM THE ONE WHO IS THE WORD OF GOD - JESUS - WHO CREATED ALL FIRST AND LAST FROM THE ONE WHO DIED AS A SON OF MAN AND AS A SON OF GOD FROM THE ONE WHO IS THE FIRST ONE TO BE RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD RECEIVING A GLORIFIED BODY FROM THE ONE WHO IS STILL AND WILL ETERNALLY BE ALIVE FOR GODS GLORY I know about your suffering and your poverty—but you are rich! WHAT DOES JESUS KNOW ABOUT THIS GROUP? JESUS IS AWARE THAT THIS GROUP HAS SUFFERED AND ARE POOR? WHY? GREAT PERSECUTION DUE TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. BECAUSE OF THE GOSPEL THEY SUFFERED AND LOST POSSESSIONS BUT JESUS DECLARES BEYOND ALL THESE THINGS THE TRUTH THAT THEY ARE RICH! HOW? WHAT ARE THE TRUE RICHES JESUS IS SPEAKING ABOUT? THE TRUE RICHES ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE FROM ABOVE ETERNAL AND NOT TEMPORARY. THE LAND, RESOURCES AND RICHES OF THIS WORLD WILL ALL PASS AWAY THE NEW JERUSALEM IS RICH AND ETERNAL AND THESE BELIEVERS ARE CITIZEN OF THAT WONDERFUL PLACE I know the blasphemy of those opposing you. JESUS IS AWARE OF PEOPLE OPPOSING AND SPEAKING NEGATIVELY IN BLASPHEMY They say they are Jews, but they are not, because their synagogue belongs to Satan. PEOPLE WHO BELONG TO SATAN LYING - DECEIT SPIRIT Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? WHY? BECAUSE OF JESUS WE ARE PERSECUTED - WE ARE ONE WITH HIM AND AS HE WAS PERSECUTED SO ARE WE WHAT IS JESUS ALERTING THEM ABOUT? AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF FEAR IN FACE OF SUFFRING PEOPLE THAT BELONG TO SATAN USE THE OLD TACTICS OF WITCHCRAFT BASED ON FEAR, INTIMIDATION, BULLING AND LIES The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. WHAT WILL THE DEVIL DO? DEVIL WILL TEST YOU SEEKING TO KILL YOUR FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE OF GOD "You will suffer for ten days. " HOW MANY DAYS WILL THIS GROUP SUFFER? FOR 10 DAYS - WHY? WHAT DOES 10 MEAN? PERIOD OF COMPLETE ORDER - EXPERIENCE TESTING APPROVAL "In the Bible, the number 10 is used 242 times. The designation "10th" is used 79 times. Ten is also viewed as a complete and perfect number, as is 3, 7 and 12. It is made up of 4, the number of the physical creation, and 6, the number of man. As such, it signifies testimony, law, responsibility and the completeness of order." "God gave the 10 Commandments to man. Ten therefore represents man's responsibility to keep the commandments. A tithe is a 10th of our earnings and is a testimony of our faith in the Lord. The Passover lamb was selected on the 10th day of the 1st month (Exodus 12:3), as was Jesus, the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world (John 12:28 - 29; 1Corinthians 5:7). The 10th day of the 7th month is the Holy Day known as the Day of Atonement. This unique day of fasting pictures the removal of Satan, the author of sin, before the Millennial reign of Jesus begins (Revelation 20:1 - 2). The last great world-ruling kingdom of man under Satan is symbolized prophetically by the 10 toes of Daniel 2 and the 10 horns of Revelation 13 and 17." "But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life. " AFTER PERIOD OF COMPLETE ORDER AND TESTING WHAT MUST THIS GROUP DO? EVEN IN FACE OF DEATH? REMAIN FAITHFUL - NO FEAR - FACE OF RESILIENCE LIKE JESUS BEFORE BEING CRUCIFIED - DETERMINED TO GIVE THEIR OWN LIFE TO JESUS AS HE GAVE HIS OWN WHAT IS THE REWARD JESUS WILL GIVE FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN FAITHFUL? WHAT IS THE CROWN OF LIFE?WHERE IS IT PLACED? CROWN OF LIFE - ETERNAL ROYAL POSITION WITH JESUS THE CROWN IS PLACE ON THE HEAD CROWN IS MADE OF GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES THE HEAD IS OUR MIND - THOUGHTS - CONVICTIONS WE ARE CHANGED BY THE RENEWAL OF OUR MIND AND THAT CHANGE OF MIND (REPENTANCE) IS KEPT FOR ALL THE ETERNATY JESUS RECEIVED A CROWN OF THORNS SO THAT WE COULD RECEIVE A CROWN OF LIFE CROWN SPEAKS OF POWER AND AUTHORITY - RIGHTS TO BE WHAT GOD PRE DESTINED US TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS - MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - BUT DO THEY HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - FOR THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS AND TELLS HIM TO DO , EVEN THE KISSES NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD IS LOVE AS HE SENT HIS SON TO KISS ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS THE FATHER FOR THE SON JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN WHAT IS THE REWARD? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA? " Whoever is victorious " ONLY THE VICTORIOUS - THERE IS NO EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE - ANYONE CAN BE VICTORIOUS. ONE CONDITION ABOVE - THE VICTORS ARE THOSE WHO ARE IN LOVE SICK TO THE BRIDEGROOM - HE IS ALL FOR THEM BUT OF WHAT AND HOW? AGAINST 2 ENEMIES : SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS - ENEMIES OF OUR SOUL TO OUR OWN FLESH - EGO HOW? 1 - BY THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - BECAUSE OF HIM ALONE AND NOTHING ELSE - HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS OF FULL LOVE WHAT DOES HIS BLOOD DO? IT GIVES US REDEMPTION FROM SIN - REMOVES SEPARATION - GIVES US ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GRACE TO BE ONE WITH THE TRINITY AND TO BE ALL THAT GOD HAS MADE US TO BE 3 - BY THE TESTIMONY - EVIDENCE OF PROVE OF WHAT? EVIDENCE OF LIVING AND SPEAKING AS JESUS DID IN THE EARTH BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - LIFE TESTED AND APPROVED 4 - DID NOT LOVE LIFE AS MUCH AS TO BE READY TO DIE FOR JESUS - LOVE HIM ABOVE ALL - HE HAS FULL ATTENTION OF THE HEART EVEN ABOVE LIFE "will not be harmed by the second death. " WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE VICTORIOUS ONES? NO HARM - NO AFFLICTION BY THE SECOND DEATH - COMPLETE ETERNY WITHOUT GOD ------------------- THE THIRD LETTER IS TO PERGAMUM ------------------------------------------------------------- IN PERGAMUM - WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS? “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Pergamum. This is the message from the one with the sharp two-edged sword: “ FROM WHO IS THIS MESSAGE FOR THIS GROUP? JESUS WHO HAS THE POWER OF THE WORD TO PENETRATE AND DISCERN ALL THINGS - TWO EDGED SWORD - WORD OF TRUTH AND GRACE THAT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. JESUS KNOWS ALL THINGS AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES THIS GROUP LIVES IN A BAD CITY - CITY WHERE SATAN HAS HIS THRONE. WHY DOES SATAN HAVE HIS THRONE ON THIS CITY You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city. “ CBN DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PERGAMUM http://www1.cbn.com/700club/seat-satan-ancient-pergamum "Today, all that's left of the city of Pergamum, now in modern-day Turkey, are ruins. But when the Apostle John wrote his letter to the church there, it was one of the most influential cities in the Roman Empire. “Pergamum had a unique status that was different than any other city because it was the political center, says Rick Renner, the author of A Light in the Darkness, a study of the seven churches of Asia Minor. “It was from there that all the rulings were made that affected the whole of Asia Minor.” The people of Pergamum were inventors and innovators. They perfected a parchment made out of calfskin and built the world's first psychiatric hospital. Pergamum was also a well-known center for the arts. The city’s theater seated ten thousand people a night. The acoustics were so good that a whisper on stage could be heard all the way in the top row. The city's acropolis rivaled Athens, and its library was the second largest in the ancient world. Its collection was so great that the Roman general Marc Antony presented it as a wedding gift to Cleopatra. At the end of the first century, Pergamum was a thriving city. So why does the book of Revelation call it the dwelling place of Satan? The answer lies in the ruins of the city's temples. “On one side, it was a very beautiful city,” says Renner. “But on the flip side, it was one of the darkest, eeriest cities in the whole Roman Empire.” The people of Pergamum were known as the "Temple-keepers of Asia." The city had three temples dedicated to the worship of the Roman emperor, another for the goddess Athena, and the Great Altar of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. Many scholars believe this altar is the “Throne of Satan” mentioned in the book of Revelation. “That word ‘throne’ was used in a personal private residence, and it was a chair for the lord of the house, the master of the house,” says Renner. “The very fact that Jesus would use this word means that Satan felt at home there. He sat on a throne there. It was his territory. He was the master of that house.” The city also had a healing center called the Asklepion, built in honor of Asklepios, the Greek serpent-god. In the first century, this was a cross between a hospital and a health spa, where patients could get everything from a mud bath to a major surgery. Even the emperors came all the way from Rome to be treated here, but this was no ordinary doctor's visit. “If you were a terminal patient, you were not allowed to go into the Asklepion,” says Renner. “These Asklepion priests didn’t want anyone hearing that someone had died in the Asklepion. There was a huge sign just above the official entrance to the Asklepion that said, ‘Death is not permitted here.’ So the only way you were going to get in to begin with is if they knew you were going to live.” Patients entered through an underground tunnel. Then they drank a sedative, and spent the night in the dormitories of the Asklepion, while non-poisonous snakes crawled around them all night. They were told that the serpent-god Asklepios would speak to them in their dreams and give them a diagnosis. “It was believed that the snakes carried the healing power of Asklepios,” and if a snake slithered across you while you were sleeping at night, that was a divine sign that healing power was coming to you.” The next morning, the patients told their "dreams" to the priests, who prescribed their treatments. Finally, the patients made clay sculptures of the body parts that needed healing and offered them to Asklepios. The people of Pergamum worshipped a myriad of Greek and Roman gods, but when Christianity arrived with the belief in just one god, the city's pagan priests went on the attack and their most famous victim was a man named Antipas. In the book of Revelation, Jesus called Antipas "my faithful martyr." He was the bishop of Pergamum, ordained by the Apostle John, and his faith got the attention of the priests of Asklepios. “He had cast out so many devils that the demons had been complaining to pagans, saying, ‘You’ve got to do something about this Antipas’,” says Renner. The pagan priests went to the Roman governor and complained that the prayers of Antipas were driving their spirits out of the city and hindering the worship of their gods. As punishment, the governor ordered Antipas to offer a sacrifice of wine and incense to a statue of the Roman emperor and declare that the emperor was "lord and god." Antipas refused. “If you reject the divinity of the emperor, then that is the equivalent of rejecting the city of Rome,” says Renner, “and believers were killed for this.” Antipas was sentenced to death on the Altar of Zeus. Most of that altar still survives today, and surrounding it are some of the world's most famous marble friezes. They depict the Gigantomachy, or the battle between the Greek gods and the giants. At the top of the altar was a hollow bronze bull, designed for human sacrifice. Renner describes the method of execution suffered by Antipas. “They would take the victim, place him inside the bull, and they would tie him in such a way that his head would go into the head of the bull. Then they would light a huge fire under the bull, and as the fire heated the bronze, the person inside of the bull would slowly begin to roast to death. As the victim would begin to moan and to cry out in pain, his cries would echo through the pipes in the head of the bull so it seemed to make the bull come alive.” Even in the midst of the flames, the elderly bishop Antipas died praying for his church. The year was AD 92. A few years later, the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation, mentioning the death of Antipas in Pergamum. Today, all that's left there is the foundation; the Altar of Zeus is more than a thousand miles away. In the 19th century, German engineers dismantled the altar and took it to Berlin. The so-called "Throne of Satan" went on display in the city's Pergamon Museum in 1930, just in time to inspire one of the most brutal dictators the world has ever seen." BUT JESUS HAS A FEW COMPLAINTS - HE DOES NOT APPROVE WHAT THIS GROUP IS TOLERATING - ALLOWING ACCEPTING SATANS TEACHING AMONG THEM But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. ALTHOUGH THIS GROUP IS BRAVE ENOUGH NOT TO DENY JESUS IS THE CITY OF HELL THEY STILL FALL SHORT OF BECOMING WHAT IS THIS BALAAM TEACHING INFILTRATED AMOUNG THIS GROUP? He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin. THE SAME TEACHING OF NICOLAITANS EATING IDOLATRY FOOD - FILLING MINDS WITH LIES WRONG DOCTRINE COMMITTING PORNOGRAPHY, FORNICATION, PROSTITUTION ADULTERY SEX SEPARATING CLERGY FROM THE PEOPLE - SPIRIT OF COMPETITION - STRIVING - SPIRIT OF SEPARATION - DEVALUE OTHERS - THIS IS NOT THE SPIRIF OF GOD WHO IS UNITY AND LOVE - ALL ARE IMPORTANT IN HIS KINGDOM - ALL ARE PRIESTS BEFORE HIM THERE IS NO PRIEST FIRST CLASS AND OTHERS SECOND CLASS TODAYS CHURCH SUFFERS THE SAME AFFLICTION - SIN WRONG DOCTRINE - IDOLATRY OF COVETOUS AND STUBBINESS ( NOT YIELD TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD) SEX IMPURITY - PORNOGRAPHY In a similar way, you have some Nicolaitans among you who follow the same teaching. WHAT IS JESUS ORDER TO THIS GROUP AGAINST SUCH SIN - IMPURITY? Repent of your sin, REPENT - TRUE REGRET - TURN AWAY FROM SIN - CHANGE OF MIND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY BUT TO HUMBLE SEEK GOD IN REPENTANCE or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth. “ WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF DISOBEDIENCE? JESUS WILL BRING JUDGEMENT AND WITH HIS WORD HE WILL BRING DOWN \CAST OUT "Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. " WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS - MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - BUT DO THEY HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - FOR THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS AND TELLS HIM TO DO , EVEN THE KISSES NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD IS LOVE AS HE SENT HIS SON TO KISS ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS THE FATHER FOR THE SON JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN "To everyone who is victorious " WHAT IS THE REWARD TO THE VICTORIOUS? ONLY THE VICTORIOUS - THERE IS NO EXCEPTION OF PEOPLE - ANYONE CAN BE VICTORIOUS. BUT OF WHAT AND HOW? AGAINST 2 ENEMIES : SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS - ENEMIES OF OUR SOUL TO OUR OWN FLESH - EGO - WHICH HAS BEN CRUCIFIED ALREADY HOW? 1 - BY THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - IT ALL ABOUT HIM ALONE WHAT DOES THE BLOOD DO? IT GIVES US REDEMPTION FROM SIN - REMOVES SEPARATION - GIVES US ACCESS TO THE THRONE OF GRACE TO BE ONE WITH THE TRINITY AND TO BE ALL THAT GOD MADE US TO BE 2 - BY THE TESTIMONY - EVIDENCE OF PROVE OF WHAT? EVIDENCE OF LIVING AND SPEAKING AS JESUS DID IN THE EARTH BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - LIFE TESTED AND APPROVED 3 - DID NOT LOVE LIFE AS MUCH AS TO BE READY TO DIE FOR JESUS I will give some of the manna that has been hidden away in heaven. And I will give to each one a white stone, and on the stone will be engraved a new name that no one understands except the one who receives it. “ WHAT IS THE 1ST PROMISE? THE REWARD? RECEIVE MANNA FROM JESUS HIDDEN IN HEAVEN - WORD OF TRUTH AND LIFE WHY IS IT HIDDEN? IT IS PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE WHAT IS THE 2ND PROMISE? THE REWARD? EACH VICTORIOUS ONE WILL RECEIVE A WHITE STONE? WHY WHITE? WHAT IS WRITTEN ON IT? WHITE - PURE - FOUNDATION - LIVING STONES OF THE HOUSE OF GOD NEW NAME - NEW IDENTITY - ONLY THE ONE WHO RECEIVES IT KNOWS THE NAME -------------------- LETTER OF THYATIRA ------------------------------------------------------------- Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP? TO WHOM IS THE LETTER? FROM WHO IS THIS MESSAGE This is the message from the Son of God, JESUS DECLARES HE IS THE SON OF GOD whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze: “ WHAT ARE JESUS EYES ? LIKE FLAMES OF FIRE - NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIS EYES - EYES OF FIRE OF LOVE - HE LONGS FOR HIS CHILDREN ABOVE ALL FOR HE GAVE ALL FOR HIS CHILDREN - ALL IS PURIFIED AS PURE GOLD THROUGH HIS EYES WHAT ARE JESUS FEET? POLISHED - REFINED - TESTED AND APPROVED WITH YELLOWISH COLOUR BY THE SUN OF TRIALS ON EARTH "I know all the things you do. " JESUS WALKS AMONG THE CHURCHES AND KNOWS ALL THIS GROUP DO - THERE ARE NO SECRETS OF THE ACTS DONE FROM THIS GROUP I have seen your love, your faith, your service, and your patient endurance. WHAT ARE THEIR DOING? "love, faith, service, and patient endurance" And I can see your constant improvement in all these things. “ THE GROUP ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING IN THESE AREAS WHICH ARE GOOD AND NECESSARY "But I have this complaint against you. " JESUS SEES ONE THING HE DOES NOT APPROVE AND IT IS AGAINST THIS GROUP ALTHOUGH ALL THIS EFFORT, PRACTICE AND IMPROVEMENT You are permitting that woman—that Jezebel who calls herself a prophet—to lead my servants astray. WHAT IS THIS GROUP DOING? WHAT ARE THEY ALLOWING TO HAVE GOD SERVANTS ASTRAY AND BE LEAD BY DECEIT - AWAY FROM THE CORRECT PATH THE GROUP IS GIVING PERMISSION TO A SPECIFIC WOMAN CALLED JEZEBEL (SPECIFIC SPIRIT OF ENCHANTING AND DECEIT) TO LEAD THE SERVANTS TO WORSHIP OTHER GODS THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE RIGHTEOUS AND PURE PERSON TO LEAD GODS SERVANTS AND THAT PERSON IS THE HOLY SPIRIT ANY OTHER SPIRIT IS FROM HELL - DEVIL WHO IS JEZEBEL? "Jezebel's story is told in the Books of Kings. She was a Phoenician princess, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre (1 Kings 16:31 says she was "Sidonian", which is a biblical term for Phoenicians in general).[4] According to genealogies given in Josephus and other classical sources, she was the great-aunt of Dido, Queen of Carthage.[4] Jezebel married King Ahabof the Northern Kingdom (i.e. Israel during the time when ancient Israel was divided into Israel in the north and Judah in the south). Ahab was the son of King Omri, who had brought the northern Kingdom of Israel to great power, established Samaria as his capital, and whose historical existence is confirmed by ancient inscriptions on the Mesha Steleand the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.[5] This marriage was the culmination of the friendly relations existing between Israel and Phoenicia during Omri's reign, and possibly cemented important political designs of Ahab. Jezebel, like the foreign wives of Solomon, required facilities for carrying on her form of worship, so Ahab made an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.[6] Jezebel went so far as to require that her religion should be the national religion of Israel. She organized and maintained guilds of prophets, 450 of Baal, and 400 of Asherah. She also destroyed such prophets of Israel as she could reach. Obadiah, the faithful overseer of Ahab's house, rescued one hundred of these, hid them, and secretly fed them in a cave.[6]Bromiley points out that it was Phoenician practice to install a royal woman as a priestess of Astarte. As such she would have a more active role in temple and palace relations than was customary in the Hebrew monarchy" WHAT DOES SHE TEACH? She teaches them to commit sexual sin and to eat food offered to idols. FOLLOWS NICOLATIANS - BAAL TEACHING - WORSHIP IDOLS OF IMMORALITY IN THIS GROUP DEPEND ON PROVISION COMING FROM IDOLS OF LIFE LIKE MATERIALISM IDOLATRY OF STUBBINESS AND COVETOUSNESS - SHOW GREAT DESIRE TO POSSESS SOMETHING - PEOPLE / OBJECT THAT DOES NOT BELONG EVE DESIRED TO EAT THE FRUIT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL I" gave her time to repent, but she does not want to turn away from her immorality. " WHAT DID JESUS DO ON HIS MERCY? GAVE TIME TO REPENT FOR PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES PROPHETS BUT ARE LEAD BY THIS SPIRIT OF IDOLATRY AND IMPURITY WHAT WILL JESUS DO WITH THIS GROUP DO NOT REPENT? “Therefore, I will throw her on a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer greatly unless they repent and turn away from her evil deeds. PEOPLE WHO PERMIT HER INFLUENCE AND COMMIT ADULTERY (WORSHIP OTHER GODS INSTEAD OF GOD ALONE) WILL HER WILL SUFFER GREATLY PAIN I will strike her children dead. THE DESCENDANTS - FRUIT OF THEIR LABOR IN LIFE WILL PERISH THEN WHAT WILL THE CHURCH BE AWARE AND KNOW ABOUT? Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. THE BODY OF CHRIST WILL KNOW THAT NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIS EYES OF FIRE - FULL OF LIGHT THAT SEARCHES - HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS ALL - TRYING TO FIND - ALL THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF EVERY PERSON (NO EXCEPTION) JESUS KNOWS ALL OUR THOUGHTS (an idea, plan, opinion, picture, etc., that is formed in your mind : something that you think of. : the act or process of thinking. : the act of carefully thinking about the details of something.) JESUS KNOWS ALL OUR INTENTIONS (intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, end, object, objective, goal mean what one intends to accomplish or attain. intention implies little more than what one has in mind to do or bring about.) And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve. “ WHAT WILL JESUS DO WITH THIS GROUP? JESUS WILL GIVE - GIVE WHAT? WHATEVER THIS GROUP DESERVE - Deserve definition, to merit, be qualified for, or have a claim to (reward, assistance, punishment, etc.) because of actions) WHAT DOES THIS GROUP DESERVE FROM THEIR ACTIONS? QUALIFY FOR WHAT? HEAP WHAT YOU SOW But I also have a message for the rest of you in Thyatira who have not followed this false teaching (‘deeper truths,’ as they call them—depths of Satan, actually). DEPTHS OF SATAN - FALSE TEACHING - DECEIT AND LIES I will ask nothing more of you except JESUS HAS A MESSAGE TO THE GROUP WHO DOES NOT TOLERATE OR AGREE WITH THE TEACHING OF NICOLATIANS WHAT DOES JESUS ASK FOR THIS GROUP THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THE TRUTH? HE ASK NOTHING MORE THAN TO that you hold tightly to what you have until I come. HOLD TIGHTLY - ON WHAT? WHAT SHOULD THIS GROUP NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN (hold definition: 1. to take and keep something in your hand or arms: 2. to support something: 3. to press your nose tightly) HOLD FIRM ON WHAT THEY HAVE WHAT DOES THIS GROUP OF BELIEVERS HAVE? HOW CAN THIS GROUP HOLD TIGHT WHAT THEY HAVE HOLD UNTIL WHEN? HOLD ON JESUS FULL OF GRACE FULL OF TRUTH - KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS WORD OF LIFE IN THEIR HEARTS JESUS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH - ALL WE NEED ALL WE DESIRE HOLD ON THE TRUTH OF GODS WORD UNTIL JESUS COMES HOLD ON TO THE TRUTH BRIDE HOLDS TIGHT ON HIM HOW DO I HOLD TIGHT WHAT I HAVE? FOLLOW SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE: SEEK TO BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS BY: 1 - OFFER SACRIFICE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP TO JESUS ​​DAILY - PRIVATE - SEPARE TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE - POSTURE OF PRIEST - GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION - DO NOT WAIT FOR SUNDAY - WE HAVE TO BE FULL OF HIM ALWAYS - THE HEAVEN HAS PRAISE AND WORSHIP 24/7 - PLACE ANOINTED MUSIC TO BUILD YOUR FAITH AND BE ALWAYS FULL AWARE OF PROPHETIC CDS MESSAGES THAT DECLARE TRUTHS ABOUT YOUR LIFE 2 - PRAY AND SEEK GOD DAILY - TAKE A TIME TO SPEAK WITH THE FATHER. - ASK FOR A NEW LANGUAGE OF INTIMACY PRAYER - ASK WHAT IS IN HIS HEART 3 - READ AND STUDY YOUR BIBLE AND MEDITATE IN HIM - BIBLE - 'WORD OF GOD AND' THE SWORD OF SPIRIT - DO NOT GET INFORMATION ONLY, RECEIVE REVELATION AND PRACTICE THE TRUTH BEING READ - SEEK THE WORD THAT PROCEEDS (FLUID) OF GOD MAT 4: 4 - "THE MAN SHALL NOT LIVE FROM FOOD ALONE BUT FROM ANY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD" - BE RENEWED IN THE NEW OF GOD TODAY - GOD HAS A NEW AND ANOITED WORD FOR TODAY - EVERY MORNING THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL GATHERED THE MANNA WHO HAD THE HUMID DUW OF HEAVEN - MANNA REPRESENTS THE WORD AND THE DUW (EX 16:13) AND THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - YOU CAN BE IN A DRY PLACE OR DARK PLACE BUT YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A DRY PERSON OR LIVE IN THE DARK WHAT ARE THE WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH BEING SPOKEN? THEIR WORDS ARE IN TUNE AND CONCORDANCE WITH THE WORDS OF GOD 4 - BE A GENEROUS GIVER - TIES AND OFFERINGS - BE FAITHFUL - RESISTING THE EVIL OF THE LOVE OF MONEY AND DEPENDENCE BE FINANCIAL, PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL -RUN FROM SIN OF NO CONTENTMENT - COVETOUS - SIN OF DISOBEDIENCE GUARD YOUR HEART AND WORDS UNTIL HIS RETURN To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations. WHAT IS THE REWARD TO THE VICTORIOUS OF THOSE WHO HOLD ON WHAT THEY HAVE UNTIL JESUS RETURN ? They will rule the nations with an iron rod and smash them like clay pots. THEY WILL RULE NATIONS- HOW? IRON ROD AND SMASH WRONG DOING WHERE DOES THEIR AUTHORITY COME FROM? WHAT KIND OF AUTHORITY ? "They will have the same authority I received from my Father, " WHAT WILL THEY RECEIVE? WHAT IS THE MORNING STAR? and I will also give them the morning star! “ MORNING STAR? The idea would be that the Lord’s people will partake of his victory “glow” in the heavenly realm. Another scholar, Professor Robert Wall, says “it would seem likely that ‘the morning star’” is a symbol of the situation of those Christians who “overcome,” by pointing to their “future participation in the triumph of God’s rule over all those secular and materialistic pretenders to the Lord’s throne” (79). Similarly, Frank Pack suggested: “The victorious Christian shares in Christ’s glorious triumph and authority, and possesses Christ as an everlasting treasure” (48). Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS - MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - BUT DO THEY HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - FOR THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS AND TELLS HIM TO DO , EVEN THE KISSES NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD IS LOVE AS HE SENT HIS SON TO KISS ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS THE FATHER FOR THE SON JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:1-29‬ ‭NLT‬‬ --------------------- LETTER TO SARDIS ------------------------------------------------------------- ““Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: “ WHERE DOES THE LETTER COME FROM? WHO HAS WHAT? JESUS HAS THE SEVEN CHURCHES JESUS HAS THE ANGELS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE CHURCH "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation " WHAT DOES JESUS KNOW? JESUS WALKS AMONG THE CHURCH - NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM HIM WHAT DOES THIS GROUP HAVE? THEY HAVE A REPUTATION - WHAT IS REPUTATION? reputation the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something."his reputation was tarnished by allegations that he had taken bribes" a widespread belief that someone or something has a particular habit or characteristic."his knowledge of his subject earned him a reputation as an expert": name, good name, character, repute, standing, stature, status, position, renown, esteem, prestige; Moreinformalrep, rap
"your careless gossip has ruined my reputation in this town" Origin Middle English: from Latin reputatio(n-), from reputare ‘think over’ (see repute). WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE THAT IT IS SO WRONG? "for being alive—but you are dead. " JESUS KNOWS WHO IS ALIVE IN HIM AND WHO ARE DEAD Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. HAT DOES JESUS COMMANDS? TIME TO WAKE UP - TIME TO RECOGNIZE - BECOME AWARE - BE ALERT WHAT SHOULD THEY DO ALSO? STRENGTHEN WHAT LITTLE REMAINS! WHAT DOES IT REMAIN? SOME TRUE VALUE OF GODS WORD? SOME FAITH IN GOD - SOME HOPE AND LOVE? STRENGTHEN THESE - ENCOURAGE - GIVE SUPPORT TO THESE THINGS BY ACTIONS AND WORDS THESE THINGS ARE ALMOST DEAD IN THIS GROUP I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. WHAT HAS JESUS FOUND? THEIR ACTIONS - FRUITS OF THEIR LIVES WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR ACTIONS OF LIFE? THE ACTIONS DO NOT MEET - FULFILL - AGREES WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD - NECESSARY CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY GOD WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD? LOVE GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS AND LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS JESUS ORDERS TO FIX THE ISSUE OF BEING DEAD "Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. " GO BACK TO WHERE? TO THE GOSPEL WORDS AND BELIEVE ON THOSE WORDS AND MESSAGE OF GODS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS - WHEN I WAS BORN AGAIN REJECT RELIGIOUS SPIRIT, PRIDE - ANY SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF AND DO WHAT? HOLD STRONG AND FIRM TO THE CONVICTIONS AND TRUTHS OF GODS WORDS BRIDE HOLDS TIGHT FOR SHE IS SICK IN LOVE FOR THE BRIDEGROOM ABOVE HER OWN LIFE WHAT ELSE? "Repent and turn to me again. " TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND UNBELIEF TURN TO JESUS - GIVE HIM ATTENTION FOR HIS KISSES FOR HE IS THE HOPE AND LIGHT FOR ETERNAL LIFE WHAT HAPPENS IF JESUS ORDERS ARE NOT FOLLLOWED? If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief" ALL WILL BE LOST IF THERE IS NO WAKENING AWAKE - to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken, to rouse from inactivity; stir up or excite; arouse;awaken: . “Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. THERE IS A SMALL GROUP THAT HAS KEPT CLEAN FROM EVIL REMANENT GROUP They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS GROUP? THEY WILL WALK WITH JESUS - THEY WILL BE WITH JESUS WHEREVER HE GOES OR DOES HOW? WHITE IN PURITY WHY? BECAUSE JESUS FOUND THEM WORTHY TO BE WITH HIM All who are victorious will WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE VICTORIOUS ONES? "be clothed in white. " WHAT WILL JESUS DO WITH THEIR NAMES? I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, HE WILL KEEP THEIR NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIVE but I will announce beforehand e my Father and his angels that they are mine. HE WILL ANNOUNCE (make a public and typically formal declaration about a fact, occurrence, or intention.) BEFORE THE FATHER AND HIS ANGELS THAT WE ARE HIS IT WAS JESUS FULLY GOD FULLY MAN WITH HIS BLOOD THAT REDEEMED US - THE FATHER IS SPIRIT AS THE HOLY SPIRIT “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. “ WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS - MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - BUT DO THEY HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - FOR THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS AND TELLS HIM TO DO , EVEN THE KISSES NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD IS LOVE AS HE SENT HIS SON TO KISS ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS THE FATHER FOR THE SON JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN ------------ LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA ------------------------------------------------------------- Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. TO WHOM WAS THIS LETTER WRITTEN? TO THE LEADER OF THIS GROUP This is the message from the one who is holy and true, the one who has the key of David. What he opens, no one can close; and what he closes, no one can open: “ FROM WHOM IS THIS LETTER? FROM THE HOLY AND TRUE GOD AND FATHER - JESUS AND HOLY SPIRIT NOT FROM JOHN OR OTHERS BUT FROM THE ONE WHO IS PURE AND HAS AUTHORITY WHAT DOES THE TRINITY HAVE? JESUS HAS THE KEY OF DAVID. WHAT IS THE KEY OF DAVID? WHY DAVID? (WORSHIPPER AND WORRIER) DECREE THE TRUTH LIVE THE TRUTH IT IS THE KEY - THE WAYS OF GOD THAT PENETRATES ANYPLACE HE DESIRES AND THAT OPENS WHATEVER HE DESIRES TO OPEN OR CLOSE I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can close. JESUS KNOWS ALL AND HE HAS OPENED A DOOR - OPPORTUNITY THAT NO FORCE CAN GO AGAINST IT You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me. THE GROUP IS WEAK , BUT EVEN WEAK THEY HAVE OBEYED JESUS IN 2 WAYS: 1- OBEYED THE WORDS 2- DID NOT DENIED JESUS IN FACE OF OPPOSITION CAN THIS GROUP BE WEAK AND YET OBEY JESUS WORDS AND NOT DENY HIM? HOW? JESUS GIVES THEM GRACE IN THEIR WEAKNESS TO OBEY THROUGH INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM - RECEIVING HIS KISSES IS THE ONLY WAY WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO BELONG TO SATANS SYNAGOGUE? LIARS WHO SAY ARE JEWS THAT BELING TO GOD BUT ARE NOT... WHAT WILL JESUS DO TO THE ENEMY? Look, I will force those who belong to Satan’s synagogue—those liars who say they are Jews but are not—to come and bow down at your feet. JESUS WILL MAKE THE ENEMY COME AND BOW DOWN AT THE FEET OF THIS GROUP They will acknowledge that you are the ones I love. “ THE LIARS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE - ADMIT - ACCEPT THE TRUTH OF THIS GROUP THAT THEY BELONG AND ARE LOVED - TAKEN CARE OF BY JESUS Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world. WHAT WILL JESUS DO TO THIS GROUP THAT HAS OBEYED HIS COMMANDMENT TO PERSEVERE? (CONTINUE THE COURSE OF ACTION IN THE FACE OF DIFFICULTY) JESUS WILL PROTECT - KEEP SAFE FROM HARM OR INJURIES FROM WHAT? WHAT IS COMING? FROM THE GREAT TIME (END TIMES) fOF TESTING IN THE WHOLE WORLD WHO WILL BE TESTED? ALL THOSE WHO BELONG TO THIS FALLEN WORLD WHO BELONG TO THIS WORLD? ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT BORN AGAIN FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD ALL THOSE WHO ARE CHILDREN OF SATAN THE LIAR AND FIGHTS AGAINST THE TRUTH GOD’s PEOPLE DO NOT BELONG TO THIS WORLD, BUT ARE CITIZEN OF HEAVEN AND FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. JESUS IS COMING SOON SO WHAT IS THIS GROUP MUST DO UNTIL HE COMES? WHAT SHOULD THEY HOLD UNTIL HE COMES? HOLD TO WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED - WHAT HAVE THEY RECEIVES? WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT THEY NEED TO HOLD ON TIGHT? THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE CROWN OF LIFE - THE BELIEF, CONFESSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FORGIVENESS, REVELATION AND TRUTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH JESUS WHO DWELLS IN US - JESUS IS THE BREAD AND WINE WHO HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR OUR SINS AND HAS TRANSPORTED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS FATHER WHO IS OUR FATHER NOW WHAT IS THE DANGER OF NOT HOLDING SUCH REVELATION? THE DANGER OF SOMEONE TAKE AWAY OUR CROWN - THE POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND POWER AS SONSHIP AND CITIZEN OF HEAVEN CROWN - (be the triumphant culmination of (an effort or endeavor, especially a prolonged one). WHAT IS THE 5 REWARDs OF THE VICTORIOUS ONE? WHAT DOES THE CROWN POSITION MEAN? All who are victorious 1 - will become pillars in the Temple of my God, (TRUSTWORTHY OF THE TESTIMONY THAT HOLDS THE TRUTH) 2 - and they will never have to leave it. (NOT A TEMPORARY DESTINY BUT THE ULTIMATE ETERNAL DESTINY BEFORE HIM) 3 - And I will write on them the name of my God, (JESUS HE HIMSELF WILL COME AND WRITE ON THEM TO WHOM THEY BELONG) 4 - and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. (PLACE OF BELONGING, DWELLING AND ACCEPTED TO REIGN AND STAY) And I will also write on them my new name. “ (JESUS WILL WRITE ALSO HIS NEW NAME ON THEM - PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP) Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. “ WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS - MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - BUT DO THEY HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT OF LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - FOR THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS AND TELLS HIM TO DO , EVEN THE KISSES NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR GOD IS LOVE AS HE SENT HIS SON TO KISS ALL THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS THE FATHER FOR THE SON JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN ------------ LETTER TO LAODICEA ------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP ? WHAT WAS THE CULTURE OF THE CITY? "Laodicea was an important, wealthy city, with a significant Jewish population. Like other cities in the region, it was a center for Caesar worship and the worship of the healing god Asklepios. There was a famous temple of Asklepios in Laodicea, with a more famous medical school connected with the temple. After an earthquake devastated the region in 60 a.d. Laodicea refused Imperial help in rebuilding the city, successfully relying on their own resources. They didn’t need outside help, they didn’t ask for it, and they didn’t want it. “Laodicea was too rich to accept help from anyone. Tacitus, the Roman historian, tells us: ‘Laodicea arose from the ruins by the strength of her own resources, and with no help from us.’ Laodicea was also a noted commercial center, and some of its goods were exported all over the world. It is frequently noted that Laodicea prided itself on three things: financial wealth, an extensive textile industry, and a popular eye-salve which was exported around the world." WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS GROUP? "Write this letter to the angel of the church in Laodicea. " WRITE TO THE LEADER OF THE CHURCH This is the message from the one who is the Amen—the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s new creation: “ WHERE IS THE MESSAGE COMING FROM? IT COMES FROM THE ONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH WHATEVER HE DESIRES - HE IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS OF GODS POWER AND LOVE - JESUS 100% MAN AND GOD IS THE BEGINNING OF GODS NEW CREATION - THE FIRST ONE TO BE RESURRECTED BEFORE HIS BRETHREN THROUGH CHRIST I know all the things you do, JESUS WALKS AND KNOWS ALL ABOUT EACH HEART that you are neither hot nor cold. JESUS NOTICED THAT THIS GROUP IS NOT HOT FOR MORE OF JESUS AND IT IS NOT COLD TO LEAVE JESUS I wish that you were one or the other! WHAT IS JESUS DESIRE ABOUT A HEART OF MAN? TO BE SET ONE WAY OR ANOTHER - NOT BE DOUBLE MINDED, BUT FIXED MINDED But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! WHAT IS THIS GROUP LIKE? WHAR DID JESUS COMPARE THIS GROUP WITH? LIKE WATER - AND THE CONDITION OF THEIR HEART IS NOT COLD OR HOT. SINCE THE HEART AND MIND ARE NOT SET - MAKE A DECISION AND STAY WITH IT JESUS WILL CAST THIS GROUP OUT OF RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM "You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!" WHAT DOES THIS GROUP SAY? WHY?WHAT IS THE CULTURE OF THE CITY? WHY DECEIVE THEMSELVES? WHAT IS THE ROOT AND MOTIVE TO SAY SUCH A FOOLTHING? INDEPENDENT SPIRIT SELF-SUFFICIENT SELF RELIANT LACK OF IDENTITY PRIDE CARES MORE OF THIS LIFE NO INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS NO HUNGER NO THIRST And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. WHAT DOES THIS GROUP DOES NOT REALIZE? WHAT DO THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE? THEIR SOUL IS DECEIVED BY THS EVIL SPIRIT OF THE CITY FULL OF PRIDE - SELFNESS CONSEQUENCE: WRETCHED - VERY UNHAPPY - POOR IN QUALITY - NO JOY OF GOD MISERABLE - STATE OF DISTRESS - NO COMFORT OR PEACE POOR - NO PROVISION FROM HEAVEN BLIND - UNABLE TO SEE THE TRUTH NAKED - NO COVERING FOR THE SHAME AND GUILT OF SIN IN LIFE HISTORICALLY LAUDECIA WAS A PROSPEROUS TOWN IN THE ATEAS OF TEXTIL, OPHTOMOLIGY "So I advise you " WHAT IS JESUS ADVISE - COUNSEL ? HE DOES NOT COMMAND YOU ALTHOUGH HE COULD BUT THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE BY VOLUNTARY LOVE AND HEART IT IS NOT ACHIEVED BY FORCING BUT BY GIVING "to buy" 3 PURCHASES gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? WHAT IS JESUS ADVISE? TO BUY GOLD - FROM WHOM? FROM JESUS WHY? HOW? BECAUSE THE GOLD HE PROVIDES HAS BEEN PURIFIED BY FIRE WHAT DOES GOLD MEAN? KINGSHIP ON EARTH - CONQUERER - VICTORIOUS - LAST FOREVER TO BUY FROM JESUS IS TO BE ONE WITH HIM WHO HAS THE FAITH, CHARACTER AND THE WILL OF GOD THE WORKS - DEEDS DONE THROUGH FAITH UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THAT IS PURE AND LAST FOREVER THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID HERE. THERE IS SACRIFICE TO BE MADE THAT ONLY THIS GROUP MUST AND CAN DO IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT RECEIVING FREE SALVATION, BUT IT IS TO BUY PURITY - TO BE HOLY AND HOT AFTER GOD AND BUY FROM JESUS THE COST COMES FROM: THE MIND, SOUL AND FLESH TO SURRENDER TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND HIS LEADERSHIP HOW DO WE BUY? TO BUY WHAT? JESUS GOLD IS PURE SO IT IS BOUGHT BY THROUGH FIRE - HIS FIRE. BEING CLOSE TO THE FIRE YIELD IN ENGAGING INTIMATE WITH WHOM IS SELLING TO YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD ACCEPT WHAT IT IS BEING OFFERED YIELD TO THE PRICE THAT IT IS BEING REQUESTED - WHOLE LIFE AS JESUS OFFERED HIS WHOLE LIFE YIELDING WORK - EFFORT - DISCIPLINE - LET HIS FIRE BURN ALL GARBAGE TO ACHIEVE PURE GOLD WHAT IS THE TRADE OF BUYING GOLD FROM JESUS? HIS LEADERSHIP, WAYS AND GUIDANCE THAT ARE PERFECT THE FATHER WILL REWARD VERY WELL Then you will be rich. RICHES COMES FROM BUYING AND RECEIVING FROM JESUS - BEING INTIMATE WITH HIM AND HIS WILL TO BE RICH BE WALK ASIDE LEARN FROM THE ONE WHO IS RICH SECOND PURCHASE Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, THERE IS ALSO GARMENTS TO BUY AS WELL AND THEY ARE WHITE - PURE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - SUCH GARMENTS OF PRAISE TO HIM WILL REMOVE THE SHAME OF OUR NAKEDNESS - BREAK LOOSE ALL IMPURITY AND GUILT OF SIN HOW DO WE BUY WHITE GARMENTS? BY RECEIVING AND BELIEVING THE WORD OF GOD JESUS TOLD THE DISCIPLES YOU ARE WASHED BY THE WORD and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. THERE IS SPIRITUAL OINTMENT - ANOINTING ONLY WAY TO SEE - REMOVE THE DIRT - BARRIERS THAT BLOCKS VISION OINTMENT - DOES NOT ALLOW ATTACHMENTS OF DIRT BUT BRING HEALING OINTMENT SPEAKS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US EYES SPEAKS OF REVELATION TO OUR SPIRIT SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE TRUTH AND WALK IN IT DO YOU KNOW HOW A SHEPHERD TREATS HIS SHEEP TO AVOID DIRT AND PARASITES FROM CRAWLING INSIDE THE SHEEP EARS GOING TOWARDS THEIR BRAIN CAUSING THElI M TO BECOME CRAZY ANS DIE? CONSTANT USE OF OINTMENT TO MAKE THE EARS CLEAN AND SLIPPERY PREVENTING THESE PARASITES FROM CRAWLING AND DWELLING IN THEIR EARS AND BRAINS NO ATTACHMENT FOR DIRT AND NASTY BUGS I correct and discipline everyone I love. IN JESUS LOVE THERE IS CORRECTION AND DISCIPLINE "So be diligent and turn from your indifference. “ WHAT DOES JESUS ASK OF THIS GROUP TWO POSITIONS THIS GROUP MUST DO TO GET INTO ALIGNMENT WITH JESUS APPROVAL 1 - BE DILIGENT - CONSCIENTIOUS - CAREFUL - THOUGHTFUL characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : painstaking. a diligent worker. industrious, hard-working, assiduous, conscientious, particular, punctilious, meticulous, painstaking, rigorous, careful, thorough, sedulous, earnest 2 - TURN FROM YOUR INDIFFERENCE the quality of not caring about or being interested in something or someone - lack of interest, concern, or sympathy, mediocrity. CHANGE MIND OF A LIFE OF NOT CARING FOR WHAT IT IS IMPORTANT CHANGE MIND OF A LIFE OF MEDIOCRITY JESUS CALLS ATTENTION TO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT JESUS SHOWS THE ANSWER AND PATH TO REACH THE TWO POINTS HIS DESIRE IS CONNECTION - RELATIONSHIP IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE TWO POINTS HE KNOWS THE GROUP IS WEAK ( NOT HOT OR COLD) THE HUMAN HEART NEEDS TO CRY OUT FOR BEING NEITHER HOT OR COLD ON HOW TO BE DILIGENT AND AWAY FROM INDIFFERENCE BUT HOW? JESUS SHOWS THE ANSWER - HE CALLS ATTENTION TO HIMSELF FOR HE IS THE TRUE DOOR AND THERE IS NOT OTHER HE IS THE DOOR FOR THE ANSWER TO BE HOT AND PASSION FOR HIM HE IS AT THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH EVERYONE IS IN THE CHURCH ENJOYING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JESUS JESUS IS NOT IN THE CHURCH SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN OPEN FOR HIM HE ASKS TO DO WHAT ? "Look! I stand at the door and knock. " WHAT IS THE ANSWER? WHERE IS JESUS IN ALL OF THIS? HE IS AT THE DOOR STANDING - HE IS WAITING PATIENTLY JESUS IS THE DOOR - "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture." JOHN 10:9 JESUS IS THE DOOR BUT THIS DOOR HERE IS THE DOOR OF THE HUMAN HEART JESUS HONORS AND RESPECT THIS DOOR - THE FREE WILL OF MAN THIS DOOR IS ONLY OPENED FROM THE INSIDE THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE DOOR OF WHAT? AT THE DOOR FOR HIS KISSES AND RELATIONSHIP AT THE DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY AT THE DOOD OF CONNECTION AT THE DOOR OF HOPE AT THE DOOR OF SURRENDER AT THE DOOD OF CRYING OUT AT THE DOOR OF SALVATION AT THE DOOR OF COMMUNION BUT ONLY HUMAN HEART CAN HEAR, ACCEPT AND OPEN IT FROM HE INSID WHAT IS HE DOING? WHY? JESUS IS KNOCKING - CALLING - TRYING TO COMMUNICATE SONG OF SONGS "If you hear my voice and open the door, " JESUS IS CALLING WITH HIS SWEET VOICE HE IS NOT REQUIRING ANYTHING BUT JUST TO HEAR HIS VOICE AND OPEN THE DOOR OF COMMUNION HIS VOICE NEEDS TO BE HEARD IN ORDER TO OPEN THE DOOR MANY VOICES IN RHE WORLD BUT ONLY HIS VOICE IS KEY TO OPEN THE HEART CONNECTION IS KEY FOR THE HEALING OF HUMAN HEART HUMAN HEART WAS MADE FOR CONNECTION - RELATIONSHIP "I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. " TO DO WHAT? WHAT DOES JESUS WANT TO DO? HE WANTS TO COME IN - BUT WHERE? COME INTO ALL PLACES IN THE LIFE OF THE GROUP - COME IN TO CONNECT - WHERE? TO THE POOR, NEEDY, BLIND, NACKED AND ORPHAN HEART SECRETS OF THE HEART PAINS / FRUSTRATIONS IN LIFE LONENESS OF HEART FOR HIS GLORY DISTANT FEELINGS AND LACK OF RELATIONSHIPS SOUL OF MAN - MIND AND THOUGHTS WHAT IS JESUS GOING TO DO WHEN HE COMES IN? FELLOWSHIP AND EAT EAT WHAT? HOW? HE ASKS US TO EAT OF HIM - HIS WORDS AND DRINK OF THE NEW WINE - BE FILLED OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH THE NEW WINE “So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day." "Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”” John‬ ‭6:53-54, 56-58‬ ‭NLT‬‬ CONNECTION WITH BREAD (MEDITATE ON THE WORD) AND WINE (DRINK WITH SINGING AND JOY) PRODUCE DILIGENCE AND REMOVE INDIFFERENCE CONNECTION - LINK WITH THE VINE PRODUCES MUCH FRUIT "Those who are victorious " WHAT HAPPENS TO THE WINNERS - THOSE WHO PERSEVERE UNTIL THE END? will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne. “ POSITION OF KING - DOMINION - REST IN PEACE - ACCOMPLISHMENTS Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.”” WHAT MUST EVERYONE DO? WHO HAS EARS? WHAT IS JESUS SAYING? BESIDES ALL PERSEVERANCE, GOOD DOCTRINE OF SOME, SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE ALL GROUPS AMONG MOST FALL SHORT OF A VICTORIOUS SPIRIT AND JESUS EXORTS TO REPENT OF THE SHORT COMINGS THOSE SPIRITUAL BABIES WHO HAVE DEVELOPED EARS - HAVE OPEN HEART AND MIND TO STOP, BUT NEED TO STOP AND GIVE JESUS FULL ATTENTION AND LISTEN TO STOP AND SPEND TIME IN INTIMATE WITH HIM TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES AND LISTEN TO WHAT HIS PROCEEDING WORD IS SAYING RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND AND OBEY OUT LOVE AND NOT OUT OF OBLIGATION - FULL ATTENTION AND TIME TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE AS PRIESTS TO RECEIVE HIS KISSES - IT NEEDS TO COME FROM A HEART - EMOTION THAT CRIES OUT TO THE FATHER - AS THE SON ONLY DOES WHAT THE FATHER SHOWS HIM TO DO EVEN TO KISS NEEDS THE FATHERS APPROVAL - WHICH GOD HAS ALREADY ALLOWED AND APPROVED WHEN HE SENT HIS SON OUT OF LOVE FOR HE IS LOVE FOR THE SON TO KISS ALL FOD THOSE WHO CRY OUT FOR HIS KISSES OF INTIMACY - HIS THE PROCEEDING WORD OF GOD TO SOUL OF MAN THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE WHO ASKS TO THE FATHER FOR JESUS KISSES “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine!” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭ JESUS HEARD THE CRY OF THE HEART OF THE BRIDE AND HE APPROACHES HER WITH THE FATHER's PERMISSION. FOR THE CRY COMES FROM A HEART (INWARD - NOT OUTWARD RELIGIOUS SPIRIT) THAT RECOGNIZES THAT JESUS LOVING KISSES ARE BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD EVEN GODS GOODNESS, AND BLESSINGS TO THE SOUL OF MAN ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:1-22‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ----------------------- CHAPTER 4 WORSHIP IN HEAVEN “Then as I looked, I saw a door standing open in heaven, "In the season of the door, do not take 'No' for an answer! I have given you free reign with no restrictions. I have gone before you to clear a paved path. I have given you the power to break down bronze gates, smash locks and kick down barred entrances." WHAT DID JOHN DO TO SEE SOMETHING NEW? HE LOOKED - "turn our eyes in a particular direction to see something" HE DID NOT STOP SEARCHING IN GODS PRESENCE - HE TURN TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION - ALIGNED TO SEE JOHN SAW A DOOR OPEN IN HEAVEN - IT CONTINUED OPEN JESUS IS THE DOOR - HE HAS OPENED THE DOOR THAT CONTINUES OPEN TODAY FOR US TO ENTER IN THE HEAVEN "and the same voice I had heard before spoke to me like a trumpet blast. " WITH THE VISION OF AN OPEN DOOR - IT COMES A VOICE SAME AS SPOKEN BEFORE WITHOUT VISION OF THE OPEN DOOR JESUS THERE IS NO LISTENING OF THE POWERFUL VOICE OF JESUS THE ORDER IS TO ALIGNED HEART HUNGRY FOR MORE OF JESUS TOWARS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO SEE JESUS AND THEN TO HEAR HIS VOICE The voice said, “Come up here, WHAT DID THE VOICE SAY? WHAT DOES IS SPEAK TODAY? COME TO A NEW PLACE - COME UP 1. to arise; begin a light breeze came up 2. to be mentioned, as in a discussion 3. to rise or improve, as in status 4. to be put forward, as for a vote "and I will show you what must happen after this.” IN ORDER TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN, FIRST IT IS NECESSARY TO POSITION IN HIGHER PLACE And instantly I was in the Spirit, WHAT HAPPENED WITH JOHN AS HE OBEYED? HE WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD QUICKLY REVELATION OF JESUS COMES TO AND THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIF TO OUR SPIRIT and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it. BY BEING IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHAT DID HE SEE? WHAT DO WE SEE IN THS SPIRIT? THRONE IN HEAVEN - ONE GOD - ONE KINGDOM JESUS IS THE ONE SITTING ON IT The one sitting on the throne was as brilliant as gemstones—like jasper and carnelian. And the glow of an emerald circled his throne like a rainbow. THE ONE ON THE THRONE SHINES - JOHN DESCRIBES BASED ON WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT GEMSTONES AND THE BRIGHT OF IT TO COMPARE THERE WAS A GLOW CIRCLED AROUND THE THRONE LIKE A RAINBOW GLOW OF LIGHF AND GLORY - INFINITE POWER Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. WHAT SURROUNDED JESUS ON HIS THRONE? 24 THRONES - The Meaning of Numbers: The Number 24 The number 24 is associated with the priesthood. Since it is composed of a multiple of 12, it takes on some of 12's meaning (which is God's power and authority, as well as perfect foundation) except in a higher form. Twenty-four, therefore, is also connected with the worship of God, especially at the temple. It was King David who divided those responsible for the music in temple services, those who served as priests, and the Levites who aided the priests, into 24 courses (1Chronicles 23 - 24). When a particular course of priests served they usually divided their work amongst themselves by lot. WHO SEAT ON THE 24 THRONES? ELDERS - EXPERIENCE - APPROVED They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. WHAT DID THEY WEAR? WHAT DID THEY HAVE ON THEIR HEADS? THEY WERE CLOTHED IN WHITE - PURE GOLD - PURE CROWNS - AUTHORITY - REIGN "From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. " WHAT WAS GOING ON FROM THAT PLACE OF REIGN? FLASHES OF POWER AND RUMBLE NOT A QUIET PLACE - BUT OF POWER AND GLORY "And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. " WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF GODS THRONE? SEVEN TOUCHES WITH BURNING FLAMES - 7 PERFECT "This is the sevenfold Spirit of God. " SEVENFOLD - "being seven times as great or as many " "In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. " SEA OF GLASS SPARKLING LIKE CRYSTAL - TRANSPARENCY IN HIS PRESENCE In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. WHO WERE AROUND THE THRONE? WHAT WERE THEY COVERED BY? The first of these living beings was like a lion; - KING OF KINGS - BOOK OF MATHEW the second was like an ox; - BONDSERVANT - SACRIFICE - BOOK OF MARK the third had a human face; - SON OF MAN - BOOK OF JOHN and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. - SON OF GOD - BOOK OF LUKE THEY ARE REAL BEINGS POWERFUL REPRESENTING GODS CHARACTER THEY ALSO HAVE THE HARP (WORSHIP) AND THE INCENSE OF THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE THRONE IN MOVEMENT - LEADING IN WORSHIP TO THE SON -- GIVING HONOR TO THE SON AS THEY GIVE TO THE FATHER GOD Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. NOTHING IS HIDDEN - FULL ATTENTION - GUARDING THE PRESENCE - NOTHING PASSES BY WITHOUT SEEING OR KNOWING WHAT DO THEY DO FOR ALL ETERNITY? WHAT DO THEY DECLARE? WHY? "Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, " “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” THERE IS NO STOP OF GODS GLORY AND REVELATION WHAT MAKES THE 4 LIVING CREATURES DO WHAT THEY DO? THE CREATURES SEE SOMETHING NEW IN GOD (FROM ALL ANGLES) AND THEY DECLARE - HOLY - PERFECT - YOU ARE ONE WITH YOUR WORD "Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), " THE 4 LIVING CREATURES - EXPRESSIONS OF GODS CHARACTER ALSO GIVE (DECLARE SINGING) TO THE ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE JESUS GLORY HONOR THANKS WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN? WHAT ACTIONS OF THE 4 LIVING CREATURES RESULT IN HEAVEN? WHAT TIME DO THEY DO THIS? SPONTANEOUS SPRIT AT ANY TIME IN HIS PRESENCE NO SPECIFIC OR RIGID OR FORCED SINGING OF TRUTH - BUT SPONTANEOUS AND FREE WHERE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS THERE IS FREEDOM - SPONTANEOUS WORSHIP THEY DECLARE AND GIVE WHAT IT IS TRUTH WHEREVER TRUTH IS RELEASED IN FREEDOM AND SPONTANEOUS SPIRIT THERE IS WORSHIP AND SURRENDER WHERE TRUE WORSHIP AND SURRENDER ORIGINATE FROM? WHAT TRIGGERS IT? SPONTANEOUS SINGING OF TRUTH - WHEN TRUTH IS RELEASED the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). THE 24 ELDERS RECOGNIZE - JUST DO THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS SITTING ON THE THRONE PERFECT GOVERNING AND ORDER ARE SURRENDERED TO THE ONE WHO IS WORTHY THEY FALL DOWN THEY WORSHIP WHAT ELSE DO THEY DO? And they lay their crowns before the throne and say, THE CROWNS OF GOLD OF THE 24 ELDERS ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR OWN HEADS THERE IS ONLY ONE HEAD - ONE PERFECT REIGN, ONE LEADERSHIP, ONE GOD THERE IS NO DIVISION OR DOUBT OF WHO REIGN FOR ALL ETERNITY NO MORE SIN OF COVETOUS IN HEAVEN LIKE SATAN ONCE HAD AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM HEAVEN WITH THE OTHER FALLEN ANGELS WHAT WAS 24 ELDERS DECLARATION BESIDES FALLING AND PLACING THEIR CROWNS BEFORE THE THRONE OF JESUS WHAT TRUTH THEY RELEASED SO THAT ALL HEAVEN COULD LISTEN? “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. WHY IS JESUS WORTHY TO RECEIVE GLORY, HONOR AND POWER? For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”” JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION OF ALL THINGS THE CREATION CAME TO EXISTENCE BASED ON HIS DESIRE AND DESIGN - LIFE AND DEATH (KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL) WHERE ALL CREATION CAN WITH FREE WILL DESIDE ALSO WHAT SIDE THEY WANT TO BE ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭4:1-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ --------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 5 THE SCROLL “Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. WHAT DID JOHN SEE MORE SPECIFIC ON THS THRONE? WHAT WAS JESUS HOLDING? SCROLL There was writing on the inside and the outside of the scroll, and it was sealed with seven seals. WHY WAS IT WRITTEN IN AND OUSIDE OF IT? NOTHING HIDDEN - EXPOSED TO ALL TO SEE THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE WHY WAS THERE 7 SEALS? PERFECT LOCK OF SEALS NOT TO BE BROKEN OR OPENED BY ANYONE EXCEPT BY JESUS And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: JOHN SAW A SPECIAL ANGEL THAT EVEN STRONG WAS NOT ABLE TO BREAK THE SEALS IT NOT BY POWER OR BY MIGHT BUT IT IS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO OPENED IT THROUGH JESUS THE ANGEL SHOUTED IN LOUD VOICE - WHAT AND WHY? “Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?” IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE OPENED? WHO CAN OPEN IT? ONLY WHO IS WORTHY YES IT WAS WRITTEN TO BE REVEALED WHO IS WORTHY TO OPEN IT? JESUS - THE ONE WHO PAID THE PRICE WITH HIS BLOOD TO OPEN IT But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll and read it. UNTIL JESUS VICTORY ON THE CROSS THERE WAS NO ONE WORTHY TO OPEN AND READ THE SCROLL Then I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll and read it. WHY DID JOHN START TO WEEP SO MUCH? HE DISCERNED IN HIS SPIRIT THAT BY OPENING AND READING THE SCROLL - KINGDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE OF GOD WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AGAINST ALL THE ENEMIES AND CORRUPTED WORLD But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! ONE OF THE 24 ELDERS TOLD WHAT TO JOHN? WHY ONE OF THE 24? ELDERS ARE EXPERIENCED AND KNOW TO STOP OF NOT KNOWING THE TRUTH Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.” LET THE TRUTH BE KNOW - WHAT IS TO LOOK? WHO IS WORTHY? WHO WON ? WON WHAT? NOT THE LAMB OF GOD, BUT THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH HEIR TO DAVIDS THRONE HE WON OVER SATAN, SIN AND DEATH Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. THE 24 CALLED JESUS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, BUT JOHN SAW JESUS A LAMB THAT IT SEEMED HAD BEEN SLAUGHTERED 24 ELDERS WERE NOT RESCUED BY JESUS AND DID NOT HAD THE REVELATION AS JOHN DID BEING SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WHERE WAS THE LAMB IN HEAVEN? AT THAT MOMENT WHAT WAS HE DOING? HE WAS AT THE CENTER OF GOD'S PRESENCE HE WAS STANDING HOLDING HIS GROUND OF BEING WORTHY OF THAT POSITION BETWEEN THE THRONE OF GRACE AND JUDGMENTS - AT THE MERCY SEAT He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth. WHAT AMD HOW DID JOHN SEE JESUS NOW? WHAT WAS JESUS APPEARANCE? HE SAW BEYOND THE VEIL NOT ONLY THE LAMB OF GOD BUT HE GOT A DEEPER REVELATION OF JESUS AND HIS POWER JESUS PERFECT AUTHORITY (7 HORNS) AND PERFECT REVELATION OF HIMSELF (7 EYES) WERE THERE WITH A PURPOSE ->TO BE SENT BY GOD TO EVERY PART ON EARTH HIS AUTHORITY AND REVELATION OF HIM WERE TO BE DISPLAYED IN ALL THE EARTH "He stepped forward and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne. " WHAT DID JESUS DO AFTER STANDING BEFORE THE FATHER AND HIS CREATION? STEPPED FORWARD IN LOVE AND OBEDIENCE TOOK THE SCROW IN LOVE AND OBEDIENCE HE STEPPED FORWARD IN LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND RECEIVED HIM HE BY HIS BLOOD TOOK THE DESTINY OF HUMAN KIND AND ALL CREATION BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY TO DO WHAT? WHAT WAS JESUS CALLED TO DO? TO TAKE FROM THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER THE SCROW WHY DID JESUS DO THIS? JESUS - THE HIGH PRIEST FULLY MAN AND GOD PAID THE PRICE BY HIS SACRIFICE AND RESURRECTION TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE SCROW AND SAVE ALL THOSE THAT THE FATHER HAD GIVEN TO HIM. WITHOUT HIS INTERVENTION, THE MERCY AND JUSTICE OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE SCROW WOULD NOT BE REVEALED AND THE WORLD WOULD BE DESTROYED WITHOUT HOPE And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. WHAT DID IT HAPPEN WHEN JESUS TOOK THE SCROW? WHAT WAS HEAVENS REACTION IN ALL ETERNITY? WHAT DID THE 4 LIVING BEINGS AND 24 ELDERS DO? ONLY AFTER JESUS TOOK THE SCROW THEY RECOGNIZED HIS PERFECTION AND AUTHORITY AND FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LAMB - GODS SACRIFICE AND WORSHIP HIM "Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people. " WHAT DID EACH ONE HAVE? WHY DID THEY HAVE WHAT THEY HAD? EACH ONE HAD A HARP - INSTRUMENT THAT PRODUCES SOUND - FREQUENCY EACH ONE IS RESPONSIBLE TO PRODUCE THE SOUND OF WORSHIP OTHERS DID NOT PLAY FOR OTHERS BUT EACH ONE DID WHAT THEY WERE MADE TO BE - WORSHIPPERS OF THE MOSF HIGH GOD THE FREQUENCY INSPIRED BY GOD TO WORSHIP HIM SUCH SOUND AND FREQUENCY WERE LIFE AND POWER BESIDES THE HARP - FIRST WORSHIPPERS WHAT ELSE DID THEY HELD? THEY HELD BOWS OF GOLD - PURE - UNDEFILED WHAT DID THE BOWS HAD INSIDE THEM? WERE THEY FULL? FULL OF INCENSE - PRAYERS OF GODS PEOPLE SINCE CREATION - A LOT OF PRAYERS WHY DID THEY HELD THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS? THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF BRINGING THE INCENSE BEFORE GOD BUT NOT BEFORE WORSHIPPING GOD AS IT IS GODS WILL IN HEAVEN SO IT SHOULD BE IN THE EARTH BE A WORSHIPPER BE A PRAYER WARRIOR FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF HEAVEN - DIVINE ORDER And they sang a new song with these words WHAT DID JOHN HEAR? WHAT WAS NEW IN HEAVEN? WHAT DID IT HAPPEN AFTER JESUS APPEARED, STEPPED FORWARD AND TOOK THE SCROW FROM THE RIGHT HAND (WHAT IS MANIFESTED -SEEN) OF THE FATHER? A NEW SOUND CAME ALIVE DURING ETERNITY THAT WAS ORIGINATED AFTER JESUS STEPPED IN BEFORE ALL AND TOOK THE SCROW A NEW SONG THAT HAS NEVER SUNG BEFORE WAS GIVEN TO THE 24 ELDERS AND 4 BEINGS THE DID NOT ONLY SING BUT ALSO BOWED DOWN TO JESUS IN WORSHIP THERE IS NOTHING NEW WITHOUT JESUS AND WORSHIPING - YIELDING TO JESUS - JESUS IS THE FOUNTAIN OF NEWNESS - : “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it.For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.” WHAT DID THE SONG SAY? WHAT WAS THE TRUTH SPOKEN OF JESUS AND WHAT HE DID? FIRST THAT HE IS WORTHY TO TAKE IT, BREAK THE SEALS AND OPEN IT WHY? JESUS WAS SLAUGHTERED - CRUCIFIED - DIED AND BURIED HIS BLOOD PAID THE PRICE AND RANSOMED WHO HAS BEEN RANSOMED AND SAVED? PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS JESUS DID NOT ONLY SAVED, BUT HE ALSO AS THE HIGH PRIEST CAUSED THE PEOPLE HIS BRETHREN TO BECOME PRIESTS OF THE MOST HIGH AND ALSO TO REIGN IN THE EARTH WITH JESUS Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. WHAT HAPPEN AFTER THE SONG WAS SUNG ON HAVEAN? WHAT DID JOHN HEAR? And they sang in a mighty chorus: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.” WHAT WAS HEAVEN IN AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE? WHAT DID CREATION IN HEAVEN DO? THEY SANG - MIGHTY FREQUENCY OF POWER WHAT WAS IN HARMONY IN HEAVEN? JESUS IS WORTHY!!! AS HE WAS SLAUGHTERED TO RECEIVE. RECEIVE WHAT? POWER RICHES WISDOM STRENGTH HONOR GLORY BLESSINGS IN JESUS WE RECEIVE ALL SUCH BLESSINGS AS WELL And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. AS JESUS RECEIVE ALL POWER AND GLORY, WHAT DID EVERY CREATURE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH DO? THEY ALSO SANG - WHAT DID THE SING THE ONES REDEEMED BY HIS BLOOD They sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.” THEY SANG THE TRUTH OF WHO IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE BLESSINGS, GLORY AND POWER TO THE FATHER WHO IS SITTING ON THE THRONE AND ALSO TO THE LAMB OF GOD FOREVER MORE And the four living beings said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.” 4 LIVING BEINGS SEALED - AMEM SO BE IT FOR ALL ETERNITY AT THE BEGINNING AND END JESUS IS WORSHIPPED ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭5:1-14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ -------------------------------- CHAPTER 6 THE LAMB STEPPED FORWARD AND TOOK THE SCROW THAT HAD 7 SEALS FROM THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD AND HERE HE STARTED TO BREAK THE FIRST SIX SEALS “As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder, “ THE 4 LIVING CREATURES MADE THE DECLARATION FIRST SEAL - WHITE HORSE - RIDE VICTORIOUSLY "Come!” I looked up and saw a white horse standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain the victory. RIDER HAD A BOW - PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS RIDER HAD A CROWN - AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT HE WAS CALLED TO DO JESUS IS RELEASED IN THE CHURCH IN TO GAIN VICTORY SECOND SEAL - RED HORSE - WARS AND SLAUGHTER EVERYWHERE When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second living being say, “Come!” Then another horse appeared, a red one. Its rider was given a mighty sword and the authority to take peace from the earth. And there was war and slaughter everywhere. THE RIDER HAD A MIGHTY SWORD THE RIDER HAD AUTHORITY TO TAKE OUT PEACE AND BRING WAR - SLAUGHTER THIRD SEAL - BLACK HORSE - ECONOMICAL CAOS When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, Come!” I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice from among the four living beings say, “A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day’s pay. And don’t waste the olive oil and wine.” THE RIDER HAD A PAIR OF SCALES IN HIS HAND - WORLD ECONOMY AFFECTED THE RIDER READY FOR JUDGEMENT FORTH SEAL - PALE GREEN HORSE - KILL THROUGH SWORD, FAMINE AND DISEASE When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living being say, “Come!” I looked up and saw a horse whose color was pale green. Its rider was named Death, and his companion was the Grave. These two were given authority over one-fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword and famine and disease and wild animals. RIDER CALLED DEATH AND COMPANION GRAVE RIDER AND COMPANION HAD AUTHORITY TO KILL WITH SWORD AND FAMINE 25% FIFTH SEAL - SAINTS CRY FOR JUSTICE - EACH ONE RECEIVED WHITE ROPE When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?” Then a white robe was given to each of them. And they were told to rest a little longer until the full number of their brothers and sisters —their fellow servants of Jesus who were to be martyred—had joined them. NO RIDER - WHAT DID JOHN SEE? UNDER THE ALTAR THE SOULS OF THE MARTYRED FOR: WORD OF GOD FAITHFUL IN THE TESTIMONY THE SAINTS ARE ASKING WHEN WILL JUDGEMENT TAKE PLACE THEN: THE SAINTS RECEIVED WHITE ROBE IT WAS TOLD TO THE SAINTS TO WAIT FOR THE OTHERS MARTYRED TO JOIN THEM - UNTIL FULL NUMBER IS REACHED SIXTH SEAL - GREAT EARTHQUAKE - STARS FALLING ON THE EARTH I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind. The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places. Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers, the generals, the wealthy, the powerful, and every slave and free person—all hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”” NO RIDER - FULFILLMENT OF THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD GREAT EARTHQUAKE - EARTH ALIGNMENT SHIFTED SUN BECOME DARK - SMOKE - VOLCANOS ERUPTED MOON LIKE RED - ASHES STARS - METEORITES FELL FROM SKY INTO THE EARTH MOUNTAINS AND ISLANDS WERE MOVED FROM PLACE EVERY HUMAN BEING AND CREATION TRIED TO HIDE FROM THE WRATH OF THE LAMB - NOT FROM GOD THOUGH THEY ARE ONE WHO COULD SURVIVE? ‭‭ Revelation‬ ‭6:1-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ --------------------------------------- CHAPTER 7 GOD KEEPS SAFE HIS CHILDREN WHAT DID JOHN SEE THIS TIME? “Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree. HE SAW 4 ANGELS IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH WHAT WERE THEY DOING? WHAT WERE THE HOLDING BACK TO HAPPEN? THEY WERE HOLDING 4 WINDS (POWER OF HARMING CREATION) OF DOING WHAT? PREVENTING FROM THESE WINDS FROM COMING AND DESTROYING THE EARTH , SEA AND NATURE And I saw another angel coming up from the east, carrying the seal of the living God. AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER ANGEL ARRIVED HE COME FROM THE EAST (REVELATION) WHAT WAS HE CARRYING? HE WAS CARRYING THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD WHY WAS HE CARRYING THE SEAL? WHAT DID IT SAY? And he shouted to those four angels, who had been given power to harm land and sea, “ THIS ANGEL SHOUTED TO THE OTHER 4 ANGELS WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? Wait! Don’t harm the land or the sea or the trees until we have placed the seal of God on the foreheads of his servants.” THE SEAL OF GOD WAS TO BE PLACED ON THE FOREHEADS OF HIS CHILDREN BY THE ANGELS BEFORE HARMING THE LAND AND SEA And I heard how many were marked with the seal of God—144,000 were sealed from all the tribes of Israel: THE SEAL OF GOD WAS MARKED ON 144,000 FROM ALL TRIBES OF ISRAEL 12000x12 - 144000 72000*2 - 144000 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. AFTER ALL THIS WHAT DID JOHN ALSO SEE? THERE WAS A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE BEFORE THE THRONE OF THE LAMB They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands. WHAT DID THIS CROWED HAD? WHITE ROBES - WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB PALM BRANCHES IN THEIR HANDS - WORKS OF FAITH FLOURISHED “But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.” Psalms‬ ‭92:12-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ And they were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!” WHAT WERE THEY DOING ? SHOUTING - WHY? SHOUTING WHAT? SHOUTING WHAT THEY KNOW AND HAVE EXPERIENCE ANGELICAL ANGELS DO NOT KNOW FOR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REDEEMED - SO THE CANNOT SING AND SHOUT WHAT IS NOT TRUE IN THEIR LIVES SALVATION - REDEMPTION THAT ONLY COMES FROM GOD AND THE FROM THE LAMB And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living beings. And they fell before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshiped God. WHAT WAS HEAVENS REACTION BEFORE GOD? FELL BEFORE THE THRONE WITH FACES IN THE GROUND AND WORSHIPPED GID They sang, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and strength belong to our God forever and ever! Amen.” WHAT DID THEY SING? WHAT HAVE THEY SEEN AND EXPERIENCED? THAT ALL BELONGS TO GOD FOREVER Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? WHO APPROACHED JOHN? WHAY DID HE ASK JOHN? ONE OF THE 24 ELDERS WHO WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS TO JOHN ABOUT THOSE WHO WERE WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WEARING WHITE ROBE Where did they come from?” And I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” JOHN REPLIED TO ONE OF THE 24 ELDERS THAT HE KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION Then he said to me, “These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white. “ THE ELDER BROUGHT REVELATION TO JOHN ABOUT THESE PEOPLE - THESE WENT THROUGH THE GREAT TRIBULATION - HAD THEIR ROBES WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB TO MAKE IT WHITE That is why they stand in front of God’s throne and serve him day and night in his Temple. WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHAT DO THEY DO? AS PRIESTS THEY STAND BEFORE THE THRONE AND SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT And he who sits on the throne will give them shelter. WHAT WILL GOD TO THESE BEFORE HIM? GIVE THEM SHELTER - REFUGE IN HIS PRESENCE THROUGH THE LAMB WHO IS THEIR SHEPHERD They will never again be hungry or thirsty; they will never be scorched by the heat of the sun. IN GOD'S PRESENCE THEY WILL NEVER AGAIN BE HUNGRY OR THIRSTY JESUS IS ENOUGH FOR HE IS THE LIVING WATER For the Lamb on the throne will be their Shepherd. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe every tear from their eyes.”” THEY BELONG TO THE LAMB WHO IS THEIR SHEPHERD THE LAMB WILL LEAD THE TO THEM SPRINGS OF LIFE GIVING WATER GOD IS THE ONE WHO WILL WIPE EVERY TEARS FROM THEIR EYE - OF ALL THAT WAS LOST NOT DONE NOT ACHIEVED ETC ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:1-17‬ ‭ --------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 8 The JESUS BREAKS THE SEVENTH SEAL “When the Lamb broke the seventh seal on the scroll, there was silence throughout heaven for about half an hour. WHY WAS THERE SILENCE IN HEAVEN FOR 30 MIN ? NUMBER 30 - time associated with mourning and sorrow. WHERE IS THE WORSHIP AND PRAISE? SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT WAS RELEASED JUSTICE AND MERCY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED WITH ANSWERS FROM THE SAINTS TIME HAS COME WHEN WRATH OF GOD WAS BEING RELEASED ALL CREATION WAS IN OW OF SOMETHING OLD (NATURAL CREATION ) BEING BEING WRAPED UP GIVING PLACE TO GODS NEW CREATION WITH HEAVEN AND EARTH TOGETHER Then another angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. WHAT DID THIS ANGEL HAVE IN HIS HANDS? INCENSE BURNER WHERE WAS HE? AT THE ALTAE READY TO EXECUTE And a great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne. HE RECEIVED A GREAT AMOUNT (NOT LITTLE) OF INCENSE MIXED THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS WHY DID HE RECEIVE SUCH AMOUNT? CENTURIES OF PRAYERS AND GOD's PATIENCE THE INCENSE WAS FULL READY TO BE OFFERED The smoke of the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out. WHAT REACHED GOD ON THE THRONE? SMOKE OF THE INCENSE - IT WAS BURNED AND OFFERED IN WORSHIP AND SURRENDER OF THE SAINTS IT WAS PLEASING TO GOD THE COMMITMENT AND LOVE OF THE SAINTS IN PRAYER Then the angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar and threw it down upon the earth; and thunder crashed, lightning flashed, and there was a terrible earthquake. WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO? HE GOT FIRE FROM THE ALTAR FILLED THE INCENSE BURNER WITH IT WHERE DID HE THROW THE HOLY FIRE OF JUSTICE AND MERCY? TO THE EARTH WHY THE EARTH? FROM WHERE THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS ORIGINATED GODS FIRST CREATION READY TO BE DESTROYED 1/3 WHY 1/3? STILL GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE REST OF HUMANITY TO REPENT AND GO TO GOD Then the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to blow their mighty blasts. AFTER THE FIRE WAS POUR OUT ON THE EARTH 7 ANGELS WERE READY TO BLOW THE TRUMPET - SOUND OF REVELATION FIRST 5 TRUMPET FOCUSED ON CREATION EARTH DESTRUCTION (1/3) LAST 3 TRUMPETS FOCUSED ON ALL HUMAN BEINGS (EXCEPT THOSE WITH THE MARK OF GOD IN THEIR HEADS) TORTURE AND DESTRUCTION The first angel blew his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were thrown down on the earth. One-third of the earth was set on fire, one-third of the trees were burned, and all the green grass was burned. FIRST TRUMPET - HAIL MIXED WITH BLOOD - 1 /3 WAS ON FIRE 1/3 NATURE WAS BURNED Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and a great mountain of fire was thrown into the sea. One-third of the water in the sea became blood, one-third of all things living in the sea died, and one-third of all the ships on the sea were destroyed. SECOND TRUMPET - HUGE ROCK OF FIRE - ERUPTION FELL ON OCEAN 1/3 OF THE WATER OF THE OCEAN BECAME BLOOD 1/3 OF LIVING CREATIONS OF THE SEA DIED 1/3 OF SHIPS WERE DESTROYED (MANY SHIPS IN THE FUTURE) Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star was Bitterness. It made one-third of the water bitter, and many people died from drinking the bitter water. THIRD TRUMPET - GREAT STAR BITTERNESS FELL FROM SKY ON FIRE IT FELL ON THE SPRINGS OF WATER - AMAZON - NILE AREA 1/3 FRESH WATER GONE - MANY DEATHS Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was struck, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And one-third of the day was dark, and also one-third of the night. FORTH TRUMPET - SUN WAS HIT BY ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT APPROACHED SUN, MOON AND STARS BECAME DARK 1/3 OF THE DAY WAS DARK Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, “Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.”” SINGLE EAGLE - WHY? DOING WHAT? EAGLE CAN SEE VERY FAR FLYING IN THE AIR CRYING OUT - TERROR TO THOSE WHO BELONG TO THIS WORLD FOR THE LAST 3 TRUMPET WILL UNLEASH ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭8:1, 3-13‬ ‭ ------------------------------------------ CHAPTER 9 THE LAST 3 TRUMPET FOCUSED ON HUMAN BEINGS SUFFERING AND DESTRUCTION “Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. FITH TRUMPET - LOCUSTS DEMONS APPEARED - LOOKED LIKE HUMAN FACES, HAIR LIKE WOMAN AND TEETH LIKE LIONS - THEY HAD POWER TO STING LIKE SCORPIONS NOT TO KILL - THEY TORTURED FOR 5 MONTHS When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke. Then locusts came from the smoke and descended on the earth, and they were given power to sting like scorpions. They were told not to harm the grass or plants or trees, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. They were told not to kill them but to torture them for five months with pain like the pain of a scorpion sting. In those days people will seek death but will not find it. PEOPLE WILL TRY TO FIND DEATH BUT THEY WILL NOT FIND IT They will long to die, but death will flee from them! The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. They had what looked like gold crowns on their heads, and their faces looked like human faces. They had hair like women’s hair and teeth like the teeth of a lion. They wore armor made of iron, and their wings roared like an army of chariots rushing into battle. They had tails that stung like scorpions, and for five months they had the power to torment people. WHO IS THE KING OF THESE DEMONS? SATAN Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon —the Destroyer. The first terror is past, but look, two more terrors are coming! SIXTH TRUMPET - 4 ANGELS WITH AN ARMY OF 200 MILLION RELEASED TO KILL 1/3 OF HUMAN BEINGS - CASE HUMANITY REACH 8 BILLION 2.6 BILLION ARE GONE Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice speaking from the four horns of the gold altar that stands in the presence of God. And the voice said to the sixth angel who held the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great Euphrates River.” Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were turned loose to kill one-third of all the people on earth. I heard the size of their army, which was 200 million mounted troops. WHAT DID JOHN SEE? And in my vision, I saw the horses and the riders sitting on them. The riders wore armor that was fiery red and dark blue and yellow. The horses had heads like lions, and fire and smoke and burning sulfur billowed from their mouths. One-third of all the people on earth were killed by these three plagues—by the fire and smoke and burning sulfur that came from the mouths of the horses. Their power was in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails had heads like snakes, with the power to injure people. WHERE WERE THEIR POWERS LOCATED? MOUTHS TAILS LIKE SNKES AFTER ALL THIS DESTRUCTION AND DEATH, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SURVIVERS? NO REPENTANCE OF THEIR EVIL DEEDS - CONTINUED WORSHIPPING DEMONS AND IDOLS But the people who did not die in these plagues still refused to repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. They continued to worship demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk! And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭9:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ----------------------------------- CHAPTER 10 BEFORE THE SEVENTH TRUMPET BLOW SMALL SCROW WAS GIVEN TO JOHN TO EAT “Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, surrounded by a cloud, with a rainbow over his head. WHAT DID JOHN SEE THIS TIME? NOT JUST AN ANGEL, BUT ONE SURROUNDED BY A CLOUD WITH A RAINBOW OVER HIS HEAD WHY BY A CLOUD? WHY WAS THER A RAINBOW OVER HIS HEAD? ANGEL OF PEACE - NOT MORE DESTRUCTION BY WATER NOAH SAY THE RAINBOW FIRST TIME ON THE CLOUDS - NO MORE WATER His face shone like the sun, and his feet were like pillars of fire. WHAT WAS THE APPEARANCE OF THIS ANGEL ? HIS FACE SHONE LIKE THE SUN AND HIS FEET LIKE PILLARS OF FIRE And in his hand was a small scroll that had been opened. THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS HANDS TO BE GIVEN TO JOHN TO EAT - SMALL SCROW - WHY A SCROW? WORDS OF TRUTH WRITTEN He stood with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land. WHERE WAS THIS ANGEL LOCATED? HE HAD AUTHORITY ON WATER AND LAND And he gave a great shout like the roar of a lion. EXPRESSION OF POWER AND AUTHORITY WHAT DID HE SHOUT? And when he shouted, the seven thunders answered. WHEN SOUND WENT FORWARD - THE SEVEN THUNDERS ANSWERED WHAT ARE THE SEVEN THUNDERS? WHAT DID THEY ANSWER? When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down.” JOHN HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN TO KEEP A SECRET WHAT THE 7 THUNDERS REPLIED FROM THE SHOULT OF THE MIGHTY ANGEL WHY KEEP A SECRET? IT WAS NOT TO BE REVEALED - ONLY JOHN KNEW Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven. WHAT DID THE ANGEL DO? RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND TO HEAVEN TO SWORE AN OATH He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. THE MIGHTY ANGEL OF AUTHORITY GIVEN FROM HEAVEN SWORE AN OATH TO THE NAME OF JESUS THAT LIVES FOREVER WHAT WAS THE OATH? GODS MYSTERIOUS PLAN WILL HE FULFILLED AS HE ANNOUNCED IT TO HIS SERVANTS AND PROPHETS He said, “There will be no more delay. When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as he announced it to his servants the prophets.” WHAT IS GODS MYSTERIOUS PLAN ? THE OLD WILL PASS THE NEW WILL APPEAR (NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH) WITH JESUS AND THOSE WHO BELONG TO HIM WILL REIN FOREVER Then the voice from heaven spoke to me again: “Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” WHAT DID JOHN HEAR THE SECOND TIME? TO GO TO THE ANGEL WITH AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE OPEN SCROW "So I went to the angel and told him to give me the small scroll." JOHN IN OBEDIENCE WENT AND SPOKE TO THE ANGEL TO GIVE THE SMALL SCROW ANGEL REPLIED Yes, take it and eat it,” he said. “It will be sweet as honey in your mouth, but it will turn sour in your stomach!” So I took the small scroll from the hand of the angel, and I ate it! It was sweet in my mouth, but when I swallowed it, it turned sour in my stomach. WHY WAS THE SCROW SWEET IN THE MOUTH, BUT SOUR IN THE STOMACH? EZEKIEL 3:3 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”” JOHN NEEDS TO PROPHECY AND SPEAK THE TRUTH - SWEET AS IT GOES FORTH AND MANIFESTS, BUT AS TIME PASSES AND IT IS DIGESTED, COUNTER ATTACKS WILL OCCUR AND AFFLICTIONS IN THIS WORKD WILL TAKE PLACE ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭10:1-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ----------------------------- CHAPTER 11 AFTER JOHN ATE THE SMALL SCROW FIRST TERROR “Then I was given a measuring stick, and I was told, “Go and measure the Temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers. But do not measure the outer courtyard, for it has been turned over to the nations. They will trample the holy city for 42 months. WHAT WAS JOHN MEASURING AND WHY? JOHN WAS MEASURING THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THE ALTAR - PEOPLE OF GOD COUNT THE NUMBER OF WORSHIPPERS - WHY COUNT THE NUMBER OF WORSHIPPERS? THE ONES THAT HAVE DIED IN THE LORD PROTECTION, SEPARATION AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE OF GOD BUT JOHN WAS TOLD NOT TO MEASURE THE COURTYARD - NOT TO SECURE THOSE PEOPLE FOR IT WAS GIVEN TO THEM THE NATIONS HOW LONG WILL THE PEOPLE ON EARTH STEP AND KILL THE PEOPLE OF GOD ? 42 MONTHS - 3 YEARS AND 1/2 SECOND TERROR And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.” TWO WITNESSES WITH POWERS DURING THOSE 3 1/2 YEARS DOING WHAT? SPEAKING THE TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGEMENTS OF GOD These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. WHAT WERE THEIR POWERS AS INSTRUMENTS OF GOD TO BRING JUDGEMENT THEIR WORDS POWER OVER NATURE THINGS If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish. WHO WERE THEY? MOSES AND ELIJAH? WHAT WERE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? TO COMPLETE THEIR TESTIMONY - DECLARED AND DO ALL THAT GOD HAD ASSIGNED THEM TO DO When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them. AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNMENT - BEAST - SATAN INSTRUMENT HIMSELF WILL COME AND KILL THEM And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called “Sodom” and “Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified. THEIR DIED BODIES WILL LIE DOWN ON THE MAIN STREET OF JERUSALEM FOR 3 DAYS AND HALF 1 DAY IS LIKE 1 YEAR OR 1000 YEARS And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them. WHAT IS THE REACTION OF THE NATIONS? PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD? THEY WILL STARE BUT NOT BE ABLE TO BURY THEM All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them. NATIONS WILL CELEBRATE THINKING THEY WON A BATTLE AGAINST THE 2 TESTIMONIES WHO SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND HIS KINGDOM "But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! " WHAT HAPPENS AFTER 3 DAYS IN HALF? GOD INTERVENE - BREATH LIFE INTO THEM AND THEY STAND UP "Terror struck all who were staring at them. " PANIC AMONG THE NATIONS FOR DEATH CANNOT HOLD THEM DOWN Then a loud voice from heaven called to the two prophets, “Come up here!” And they rose to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched. AFTER THEY STOOD UP, WHAT HAPPENS? LOUD VOICE FROM HEAVEN CALLS THEM TO HEAVEN PEOPLE SEE THE POWER OF GOD TAKING THOSE TWO INTO HEAVEN At the same time there was a terrible earthquake that destroyed a tenth of the city. WITH RESURRECTION THERE IS SHAKING TAKING PLACE - AS IT HAPPENED WITH JESUS Seven thousand people died in that earthquake, and everyone else was terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second terror is past, but look, the third terror is coming quickly. THIRD TERROR Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices shouting in heaven "The world has now become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.” WHAT TRUTH WAS HEAVEN DECLARING WITH THE 7th TRUMPET? NOW AFTER THE 7th TRUMPET THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD WHO WILL REIGN FOREVER The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones before God fell with their faces to the ground and worshiped him. WHAT WERE THE 24 ELDERS REACTION TO THIS FACT? WORSHIP TO THE ONE WHO IS WORTHY And they said, WHAT DID THEY SAY? WHAT WAS THE TIME NOW? “We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who always was, for now you have assumed your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were filled with wrath, but now the time of your wrath has come. It is time to judge the dead and reward your servants the prophets, as well as your holy people, and all who fear your name, from the least to the greatest. It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.” TIME TO JESUS ASSUME POWER AND REIGN TIME OF JESUS WRATH TIME TO JUDGE THE DEAD TIME TO REWARD SERVANTS AND GODS PEOPLE TIME TO DESTROY ALL WHO CAUSED DESTRUCTION ON THE EARH Then, in heaven, the Temple of God was opened and the Ark of his covenant could be seen inside the Temple. Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and roared, and there was an earthquake and a terrible hailstorm.” WHAT HAPPEN IN HEAVEN? THE TEMPLE OF GOD WAS OPENED THE ARK OF HIS COVENANT WITH HIS PEOPLE COULD BE SEEN INSIDE WHY? IT COULD BE SEEN FOR THE LAMB OF GOD TEAR DOWN THE SEPARATION THUNDER AND LIGHTNING TOOK PLACE ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭11:1-19‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------------------------------ CHAPTER 12 SATAN AND THE CHURCH - DURING 7 YEARS OS STRING PERSECUTION AND AFFLICTION “Then I witnessed in heaven an event of great significance. WHAT DID JOHN SEE THAT IT WAS SOO SIGNIFICANT I saw a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head. ISRAEL AND THE 12 TRIBES CHURCH SHINING LIGHT AUTHORITY TO REFLECT THE SUN POSITION OF GOVERNANCE She was pregnant, and she cried out because of her labor pains and the agony of giving birth. JESUS CAME OUT OF ISRAEL AS THE SON OF MAN SON OF GOD THE CHURCH INSIDE THE CHURCH - 5 VIRGINS WITH THEIR LAMP-STANDS THE HUNGRY ONES COMING ALIVE IN PAIN - DISCOMFORT DUE TO THE NEW BURNING ONES COMING OUT - THE REMANENT Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. JOHN SAW A SECOND SIGNIFICANT VISION I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads. SATAN WITH 7 NATIONS - WITH POSITION OF AUTHORITY WITH 10 DELEGATIONS WHY RED? COVERED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS - GUILTY OF MURDER His tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. 1/3 OF FALLEN ANGELS FOLLOWED SATAN INFLUENCE AND HE SENT THESE DEMONS TO THE EARTH He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born. AS IT WAS WITH JESUS SO IT IS NOW AS SATAN DESIRES TO DESTROY THE BURNING ONES AS THEY MERGE OUT OF THE CHURCH She gave birth to a son who was to rule all nations with an iron rod. NATURAL ISRAEL GAVE BIRTH TO JESUS SPIRITUAL ISRAEL WILL GIVE BIRTH BURNING ONES JESUS THROUGH HIS BODY ON EARTH WILL RULE ALL NATIONS WITH IRON ROD And her child was snatched away from the dragon and was caught up to God and to his throne. THE BURNING ONES WILL BE RAPTURED BEFORE THE DRAGON CAN DO ANY HARM TO THEM And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days. FOR 3 1/2 THE CHURCH GO INTO HIDING IN THE WILDERNESS - PLACE GOD PREPARED TO CARE FOR HER WHERE SATAN CANNOT TOUCH HER Then there was war in heaven. TIME ARRIVED FOR THE WAR OF AGES - WAR IN HEAVEN Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels. GODS ANGELS FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMONS AND SATAN And the dragon lost the battle, and he and his angels were forced out of heaven. SATAN AND HIS FALLEN ANGELS HAD NO CHANCE - LOST THE BATTLE AND THEY WERE REMOVED FROM SECOND HEAVEN This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels. WHAT HAPPEN WITH SATAN? THROWN DOWN TO THE EARTH Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has come at last— salvation and power and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. WHAT DID THE LOUD VOICE SAY IN HEAVEN? TIME HAS COME :THROUGH JESUS RESURRECTION SALVATION - BY THE BLOOD POWER - BY THE HOLY SPIRIT KINDOM OF GOD - INSIDE OF THE BELIEVER AUTHORITY OF CHRIST - JESUS NAME WHY? JESUS DIED BUT WAS RESURRECTED - ALL POWER WAS GIVEN TO HIM For the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down to earth— the one who accuses them before our God day and night. THERE WAS NO MORE ACCUSER ON SECOND HEAVEN - HE WAS THROWN DOWN INTO THE EARTH And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. HOW DID THE SAINTS DEFEATED SATAN EVEN ON THE EARTH? BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS BY THE TESTIMONY OF LIFE - WHAT WAS CHANGED TO SPEAK ABOUT? BY THEIR OWN DEATH - DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES SO MUCH NOT AFRAID TO DIE HOW? LOVE CONQUERED FEAR - ALL WHO KNOWS THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT FEAR EVEN TO DEATH GOD's LOVE CASTS OUT ALL FEAR AWAY Therefore, rejoice, O heavens! And you who live in the heavens, rejoice! HEAVENS CAN REJOICE FOR JUSTICE AND MERCY REIGN WHO LIVES IN HEAVEN? GODS CREATION FOR HEAVEN DWELLING But terror will come on the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you in great anger, knowing that he has little time.” WHERE IS TERROR COMING? TO EARTH AND SEA WHY? SATAN WAS DEFEATED AND CAST OUT OF THE 2 HEAVEN HE KNOWS HIS TIME IS SHORT SO HE COMES WITH ANGER TO DESTROY HUMAN AND NATURE When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. SATAN COMES AFTER THE CHURCH - CHILDREN OF GOD WHO ARE STILL ALIVE IN THE EARTH OUT OF THE CHURCH THERE IS A BABY CHURCH - MALE CHILD THAT IS BORN NEW GENERATION - NOT MATURE IN THE BEGINNING YET SINCE IT WAS BORN AS A CHILD - BUT GREW But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. NATURAL ISRAEL FINDS REFUGE IN US - EAGLE NATION THE CHURCH FINDS A WAY TO SCAPE BY TWO WINGS OF AN EAGLE - US REFUGE? IT IS A PLACE PREPARED FOR HER IN THE WILDERNESS There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon for a time, times, and half a time. THE CHURCH WILL BE CARED AND PROTECTED AGAINST SATAN FOR 3 YEARS IN A HALF Then the dragon tried to drown the woman with a flood of water that flowed from his mouth. SATAN WILL TRY TO DESTROY THE PEOPLE OF GOD BY WATER - TUSINAMI? WHAT COMES OUT OF SATAN's MOUTH IF NOT LIES AND DECEIT? FLOOD OF LIES AGAINST GODS PEOPLE? But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon. THE PEOPLE ON EARTH WILL NOT ALLOW THE LIES TO CONTINUE BUT THE EARTH WILL BE SHAKEN WITH AN EARTHQUAKE THAT WILL OPEN THE GROUND AND SWALLOW THE WATERS BEFORE IT REACHES PEOPLE OF GOD And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children— SATAN DECLARES TOTAL WAR AGAINST THE REMANT IN OTHER LOCATIONS all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus. THESE ARE BELIEVERS (NOT NATURAL ISRAEL) WHO KEPT GODS COMMANDMENTS AND KEPT THEIR TESTIMONY OF CHRIST - MANY WERE KILLED Then the dragon took his stand on the shore beside the sea.” THE SATAN POSITION HIMSELF AS THE RULER OF THIS WORLD ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭12:1-18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------- CHAPTER 13 BEAST OUT OF THE SEA HOLY PEOPLE OUT OF THE PEOPLE “Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God. WHO IS THIS BEAST? - GOVERNMENT SYSTEM - 10 NATIONS NATO WHAT WAS ITS APPEARANCE? This beast looked like a leopard, GREEK PHILOSOPHY - HUMANISTIC but it had the feet of a bear RUSSIA CONQUESTS ON EUROPE - NO MERCY OR COMPASSION and the mouth of a lion! INTIMIDATION AND FEAR And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority. WHAT DID SATAN DO? SINCE HE IS A FALLEN ANGEL - HE GAVE HIS POWER TO THIS BEAST - HE NEEDS A BODY TO OPERATE I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery—but the fatal wound was healed! ONE OF THE NATION-RULER GOT A BLOW FROM RESISTANCE AND IT WAS ALMOST DESTROYED BUT IT RECOVERED The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast. PEOPLE SAW THE RECOVERY (POWER RECOVERY) AND THEY WERE AMAZED They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast. “ PEOPLE NEED TO WORSHIP SOMETHING - OF VALUE AND TIME FOR THEM PEOPLE WORSHIP SATAN AND THE SYSTEM - GOVERNANCE Who is as great as the beast?” they exclaimed. “Who is able to fight against him?” PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHO CAN GO AGAINST THIS RULER-SYSTEM Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months. BEAST SPOKE OF FOOLISHNESS AND DECEIT AGAINST GOD AND CREATION FOR 3 YEARS IN A HALF HE HAD AUTHORITY TO DO WHATEVER HE WISHES BACKED OUT BY SATAN POWER And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his dwelling—that is, those who dwell in heaven. And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. THIS GOVERNANCE WAS ALLOWED TO WAGE WAR AGAINST GODS PEOPLE AND KILL THEM And he was given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation. And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. THE AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN BY SATAN RULER OF THIS WORLD They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP SATAN AND HIS WORKS? PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE THAT BELONGS TO JESUS - HE WAS ALREADY SLAUGHTERED BEFORE THE WORLD WAS MADE - NO PAST OR FUTURE Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. EVERY BELIEVER MUST HAVE EARS THAT MUST CAPTURE THE TRUTH AND RECOGNIZE THE SEVERATY WHY? Anyone who is destined for prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by the sword. EVERY BORN AGAIN WILL HAVE THEIR OWN DESTINY - PRISON OR DIE This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful. OUT OF 7 YEARS OF SATAN REIGN GODS PEOPLE ON THAT TIME (3 1/2 YEARS) WILL SUFFER - THE RAPTURE WILL BE IN THE MIDTS OF SUFFERING) SO WHAT SHOULD THEY DO LIVING OR DIEING? - THEY MUST ENDURE To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; ). ENDURE WHAT? PERSECUTION - INJUSTICE HOW? PATIENTLY (FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT) - AND REMAIN FAITHFUL HOW? CAST ALL FEAR, HATE AND JUDGMENTAL SPIRIT EVEN OF DEATH REMAINING ON THE 3 ELEMENTS OF LIFE “And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.” ‭‭1 CORINTHIANS‬ ‭13:13‬ ‭AMP‬‬ Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. WHAT DID JOHN SEE EVEN MORE? He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. THE LEADERSHIP AND APPEARANCE WAS LIKE THE LAMB RELIGIOUS SPIRIT WITH THE LIES OF SATAN AND HIS AUTHORITY IT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A SHEEP BUT IT IS A WOLF BEHIND SOCIAL WORKS, etc And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. RELIGIOUS SPIRIT ORDERING PEOPLE TO GIVE IN - WORSHIP THE SYSTEM - GOVERNANCE OF THE FIRST BEAST RELIGIOUS SPIRIT REMOVES THE WORSHIP DEDICATION EFFORT TO JESUS TO ITS OWN He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching. RELIGIOUS SPIRIT WITH POWER FROM SATAN OF MAKING FIRE FLASH DOWN ON EARTH - WHO WOULD NOT BE DECEIVED EXCEPT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WALK IN THE SPIRIT IN AGREEMENT WITH SPIRIT AND WORD Of GOD? And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. NOT ONLY A FEW WERE DECEIVED BUT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH WERE DECEIVED - EXCEPT THE BORN AGAIN WHO WAS SUFFERING PERSECUTION He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. POWER OF SATAN IN OPERATION WHAT DID HE DO? WHAT IS HE CRAZY ABOUT? GODS CREATION TO WORSHIP HIM He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. FIRST TIME A STATUE ABLE TO SPEAK - WITCHCRAFT - SATAN HIMSELF WHO GAVE PERMITION? GOD ALLOWED THIS WITCHCRAFT TO MANIFEST EXPOSING CLEARLY THE EVIL WORKS OF THE ENEMY GIVING PEOPLE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH - GOD OR NO GOD Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die. WHAT DID THE STATUE ORDER? DEARH TO ALL WHO DID NOT WORSHIP SATAN WHAT IT IS LIFE WITHOUT ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD? IS THERE A CHANCE TO EVEN THINK THAT WORSHIPPING THE STATUE BY SAVING THIS LIFE (EVERYONE WILL DIE SOMEDAY) WOULD BE BY ANY CHANCE MORE PROFITABLE,OR BETTER THAN BEING WITH JESUS IN THE ETERNITY? JESUS PROMISED AFTER RESURRECTION THAT HE WOULD GO TO THE FATHER TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR HIS OWN - SO WHY THE CONCERN OF DIEING FOR CHRIST WITH ATHE ASSURANCE OF A PLACE WITH HIM WAITING FOR THE SAINTS TO ARRIVE? ONLY IF SOMEONE BELIEVES IN SATAN LIES THAT ETERNITY DOES NOT EXIST AND THAT GOD DOES NOT EXISTS He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. WHAT WAS THE REQUIREMENT TO ALL PEOPLE? SATAN MARKS THE HUMAN FLESH AS HIS BELIEVERS CARRIES THE MARKS OF THE SUFFERING FOR CHRIST WHICH MARK DO YOU WANT? THERE IS NO OPTION - WAY OUT And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. SURVIVAL WILL BE HARD BUT THE LORD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN- AND IF TIME COMES TO DIE TO BE WITH HIM - WHAT A PRIVILEDGE!!!!!!WHAT A JOY!!!! WORLD FINANCIAL MARKETS CONTROLLED BY THE MARK - SATAN OR 666 Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭13:1-18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------------ CHAPTER 14 WHAT DID JOHN SEE AFTER CORRUPTED WORLD WAS WORSHIPPING SATAN? “Then I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. JESUS AND 144000 REDEEMED ONES WITH JESUS AND THE FATHERS NAMES ON THEIR FOREHEADS WHERE WERE THEY? MOUNT ZION MEANING - Kingdom of God The word “mount” is simply a shortened meaning of mountain and mountains often refer to governments or nations but often is referred to in Scripture as “the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel” (Isaiah 30:29b). In the case of Mount Zion it is representative of the Kingdom of God where we read in Hebrews 12:22 that “you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering.” That is where it is said “the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all” (Heb 12:23) will be at and it looks ahead to the New Jerusalem that will descend WHY ON THE FOREHEADS? THESE ARE THE ONES WHO HAD THE MIND OF CHRIST AND DID NOT ACCEPT THE MARK OF SATAN ON THEM And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. SOUND OF MIGHTY WAVES It was like the sound of many harpists playing together. WHERE DID THE SOUND COME FROM? HARPS OF MANY - GIANT BAND This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. THE LARGE CHOIR WERE REDEEMED AND THEY HAD A NEW SONG ANGELS ARE NOT REDEEMED SO THEY DID NOT KNOW THE NEW SONG No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. WHO WERE THEY AND WHY 144000? REPRESENTATION OF THOSE SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WHAT DID THEY TO BE CHISEN? They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever he goes. EVEN IN MIDST OF GREAT PERSECUTION, THESE 144000 KEPT THE LIVES PURE AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FOLLED JESUS WHEREVER HE WENT They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering to God and to the Lamb. THESE WERE SPECIAL OFFERING PEOPLE BOUGHT BY THE LAMB - BURNING ONES They have told no lies; they are without blame. HOW DID THEY WITHHOLD WITHOUT BLAME? WHAT MADE THEM BLAMELESS? SATAN LIES HAD NO PART ON THIS GROUP THEY SPOKE THE TRUTH IN LOVE - THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD INSIDE AND OVERFLOWED FROM THEIR HEART. THEY DID NOT WALK OR SPEAK LIES - THEY DID NOT AGREE OR GAVE IN INTO SATANS LIES AND DECEIT SATAN IS THE FATHER OF LIES AND DECEIT ,The [intrinsically] good man produces what is good and honorable and moral out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart; and the [intrinsically] evil man produces what is wicked and depraved out of the evil [in his heart]; for his mouth speaks from the overflow of his heart. "LUKE 6:45 And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world—to every nation, tribe, language, and people. “ WHAT DID JOHN SEE THIS TIME? ANOTHER ANGEL WHO WAS SHOULTING? SHOUTING WHAT? WHAT WAS HE CARRYING ? SOMETHING ETERNAL - GOOD NEWS TO PROCLAIM TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD - NATIONS WHAT DID HE SHOULT? Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.” ABOVE ALL FEAR GOD - HOW? GIVE HIM GLORY HONOR AND PRAISE - WORSHIP - OBEY THE ONLY TRUE GOD WHAT ELSE DID THE ANGEL SAY? THE TIME OF JUDGEMENT HAS ARRIVED JUDGEMENTS WHERE? WHAT WILL BE AFFECTED? ON HIS CREATION HEAVENS, EARTH THE SEA AND ALL THE SPRINGS OF WATER WHAT ELSE DID JOHN SEE - ANOTHER ANGEL- WHY? EACH ONES HAS AN ASSIGNMENT AND DELIVERS THE MESSAGE THAT HAS RECEIVED - IT IS DYNAMIC IN ROTATION AS EACH ONES RECEIVES THE MESSAGE Then another angel followed him through the sky, shouting, “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen—because she made all the nations of the world drink the wine of her passionate immorality.” ONE DECLARES TO FEAR GOD AND THAT THE JUDGMENT HAS ARRIVED THE OTHER COMES ALONG AND DECLARES WHAT IS THE INITIAL JUDGEMENT IS ABOUT THAT THE GREAT CITY- PEOPLE UNDER SATAN GOVERNMENT - RULE AMONG THE SOULS OF HIS DOMAIN THEN A THIRD ANGELS ARRIVED - HEAVEN ROTATION Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on the hand must drink the wine of God’s anger. WHO MUST DRINK THE WINE OF GODS ANGER? WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY GODS JUDGEMENTS? WORSHIPPERS OF THE BEAST AND STATURE HUMAN BEINGS WORSHIP - GIVES ATTENTION, DEVOTION AND AFFECTION AND EVEN FOLLOWS AND OBEY GOD OR THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOD - SINFUL DESIRES OF THE FLESH - FALLEN ADAM NATURE IT IS A CHOICE TO WHOM TO WORSHIP FOLLOW AND OBEY - "It has been poured full strength into God’s cup of wrath. " IT IS FULL JUDGEMENT OF ANGER OF GOD And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.” THIS ANGEL HAS GREATER AND DEEPER REVELATION OF THE FALLEN CITY AND ITS JUDGMENTS WHO WILL BE SUFFERING FOR ALL ETERNITY? FROM WHOM IS THE SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT? WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE DO TO SUFFER ETERNALY? THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP BUT NOT THE ONLY TRUE GOD THESE ARE THOSE WHO WALKED AND AGRED WITH THE LIES OF SATAN THESE ARE THE ONES WHO REJECTED GOD, HOLY SPIRIT AND HIS SON THESE ARE THOSE WHO MADE A CHOICE TO LIFE AN EVIL LIE AND DECEIT "This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus. " WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE LAST GENERATION OF BELIEVERS? WILL THEY BE PERSECUTED DURING SUCH TIMES? IS THIS DURING THE 7 YEARS OF THE ANTI- CHRIST OR JUST 3 1/2 YEARS OUT OF THE 7 YEARS? WHAT ABOUT THE RUPTURE? IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE READY TO DIE FOR THEIR FAITH - ONLY THE UNPREPARED IS ANXIOUS AND WORRIES THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT SAY EXACTLY EXCEPT THAT BELIEVERS WILL BE IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION IF THAT IS THE CASE WHAT MUST SUCH BELIEVERS DO? MUST ENDURE PERSECUTION PATIENTLY HOW? BY KEEPING AND OBEYING THE WORD AND MAINTAINING THE FAITH IN JESUS GREAT TRIBULATION - ACCORDING TO RICHARD DEEM "Christians will go through the Great Tribulation. Since much of the Church believes God will deliver them prior to the Great Tribulation, many believers will be surprised when they find themselves being persecuted and killed for their faith. Their faith will be severely tested, since they may believe that God has abandoned them and that the prophecies of the rapture are not true. Under such circumstances, most believers will fall away and deny their faith to save their lives. Jesus, in fact, made just such a prophecy: "And at that time many will fall away and will deliver up one another and hate one another.... "But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved. (Matthew 24:10, 13) If you are a Christian, be prepared to die for your faith. Even your fellow "brothers" will deliver you to the authorities to avoid their own deaths. If you are not willing to die for what you believe, you will deny your faith when threatened with death. Be aware of what Jesus said about those who seek to save their lives: For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. (Matthew 16:25) Many Christians are looking forward to the return of Christ, which will, indeed, be a glorious event. However, the time just preceding the end will not be pleasant for Christians. The watchful Christian should be prepared to join his fellow brothers under the alter of souls of those who will die "because of the testimony which they had maintained." AFTER THIS JOHN HEARD ANOTHER VOICE - THIS TIME THE VOICE WAS SPECIFIC FOR HIM TO WRITE SOMETHING SPECIFIC And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this down: WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO WRITE? Blessed are those who die in the Lord from now on. FROM THAT MOMENT OF GREAT TRIBULATION - THEY ARE BLESSED BY DYING IN THE LORD Yes, says the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds follow them!” THERE IS CONFIRMATION FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! THEY ARE BLESSED THEY WILL REST FROM THEIR HARD WORK - IT IS NOT EASY WORK THEIR DEEDS WILL FOLLOW THEM Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was someone like the Son of Man. AFTER THIS CONFIRMATION - JOHN SAW JESUS SEATED ON THE CLOUD SEATED FOR HE REIGNS FOREVER He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. WHAT DID JESUS HAVE? CROWN OF GOLD - PURE AND RIGHTFUL REIGN - REIGNING ALREADY SHARP SICKLE - "a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming." WHY A SHARP SICKLE? READY FOR THE HARVEST - READY FOR GATHERING HIS OWN WOULD THIS BE THE RAPTURE? Then another angel came from the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Swing the sickle, for the time of harvest has come; the crop on earth is ripe.” THE OTHER ANGEL WHO CAME FROM THE PRESENCE OF GOD TO SAY THE TIME HAS COME. THE SON NEITHER THE ANGEL KNOW THE TIME AND HOUR FOR THE HARVEST OF HUMANITY AND ALL CREATION So the one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the whole earth was harvested. JESUS SWUNG OVER THE EARTH ONCE - IT WAS DONE HIS ACTION WAS TO COLLECT THOSE WHO BELING TO HIM Matthew 25:31–46: "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. After that, another angel came from the Temple in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. Then another angel, who had power to destroy with fire, came from the altar. BESIDES JESUS THERE WAS ANOTHER ANGEL WITH A SHARP SICKLE ALSO READY FOR THE HARVEST AND THE ANGEL WITH SPECIFIC POWER - TO DESTROY WITH FIRE COME FROM THE ALTAR. He shouted to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sickle now to gather the clusters of grapes from the vines of the earth, for they are ripe for judgment.” THIS ANGEL SWUNG TO GATHER ALL READY FOR GODS JUDGEMENT OF HIS WRATH So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and loaded the grapes into the great winepress of God’s wrath. The grapes were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress in a stream about 180 miles long and as high as a horse’s bridle.” DESTRUCTION OF MANY AGAINST GOD - THEIR BODIES MELTED AS THEIR BLOOD RAN ALL OVER ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭14:1-20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 15 AFTER ALL THIS HARVEST AND JUDGEMENT WHAT DID JOHN SEE IN HEAVEN? “Then I saw in heaven another marvelous event of great significance. IT WAS AN EVENT OF GREAR SIGNIFICANCE Seven angels were holding the seven last plagues, which would bring God’s wrath to completion. IT WAS TIME FOR GODS WRATH ON EARTH COMPLETION - THERE ARE NO CREATION SURVIVORS IN GODS PLAN SEVEN ANGELS - COMPLETE WORK HOLDING 7 LAST PLAGUES I saw before me what seemed to be a glass sea mixed with fire. And on it stood all the people who had been victorious over the beast and his statue and the number representing his name. THESE ARE THE MULTITUDE OF BURNING ONES ON FIRE FOR JESUS VICTORIOUS THEY WERE VICTORIOUS FOR - THEY ENDURED PERSECUTION PATIENTLY - DID NOT GIVE IN TO THE TRICKS OF THE ENEMY TO WORSHIP HIM THEY OBEYED THE WORD OF GOD UNTIL THE END THEY KEPT THEIR FAITH IN JESUS HOW? 12:11 THEY CONQUERED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMP - PEICE WAS PAID FOR THEM AND THEY BELIEVED AND ACCEPTED JESUS AS THE ATONEMENT FOR THEIR SINS BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY - THEY FEED AND LIVED BY FAITH THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES EVEN TO DEARH - THEIR LOVE AND AFFECTION WAS JESUS ALONE ABOVE THEIR LIVES They were all holding harps that God had given them. WHAT WERE THE SAINTS HOLDING? JUST LIKE 24 ELDERS THEY WERE HOLDING HARPA GIVEN BY GOD? WHY? WHAT DOES THE HARP STAND FOR? SOUND - MUSIC - NEW SONG FROM THE REDEEMER WHAT WERE THEY SINGING? 2 SONGS IN ONE And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? THE TRUTH OF GODS ETERNAL PLAN TO HUMANITY STARTED WITH MOSES - THE LAW - COMMANDMENTS OF REQUIREMENTS GIVEN TO MEN ENDED WITH JESUS - THE ANSWER - SACRIFICE THAT PAID THE LAW REQUIREMENTS For you alone are holy. GODS WORD IS HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous deeds have been revealed.” JESUS RIGHTEOUS DEEDS OF SACRIFICE AND BLOOD REVEALED PAID FOR EVERY NATION TO COME BEFORE THE FATHER AND WORSHIP - OBEY HIM THE ULTIMATE REVELATION AND TRUTH OF GODS DESIRE AND PLAN IS FOR CHILDREN TO COME AND BE WITH HIM IN WORSHIP AND OBEDIENCE Then I looked and saw that the Temple in heaven, God’s Tabernacle, was thrown wide open. WHAT DID JOHN SEE AFTER THE SINGING? THE TABERNACLE OF GOD IN HEAVEN - NOT BUILD BY HUMAN HANDS THE DOOR OF GODS PRESENCE WAS OPEN WIDE - EXPOSED The seven angels who were holding the seven plagues came out of the Temple. WHO CAME OUT OF THE TAMPLE? 7 ANGELS (MESSAGERS) HOLDING 7 PLAGUES They were clothed in spotless white linen with gold sashes across their chests. HOW WERE THEY DRESSED? WHITE SPOTLESS LINEN WITH GOLD SASHES (LONG STRAP) ACROSS THEIR CHEST - HEARTS ARE COMMITTED TO THE TRUTH Then one of the four living beings handed each of the seven angels a gold bowl filled with the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. EACH ANGEL RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE 4 LIVING CREATURES A BOWL OF GOLD FILLED WITH THE WRATH OF GOD The Temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and power. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TEMPLE? FILLED WITH GODS GLORY AND POWER No one could enter the Temple until the seven angels had completed pouring out the seven plagues.” WHY NOT ANY ONE COULD ENTER THE TEMPLE? UNTIL WHEN? THE ORDER OF GODS JUDGEMENTS ON EARTH WAS SET IN MOTION TO BE FOLLOWED. ONLY AFTER THE PLAGUES WERE RELEASED WAS PERMITTED TO ENTER INTO GODS PRESENCE ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭15:1-8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------- CHAPTER 16 END TIMES OF GREAT FINAL JUDGEMENTS - EARTH COMPLETE DESTRUCTION JESUS IS READY TO RETURN “Then I heard a mighty voice from the Temple say to the seven angels, “ A MIGHTY VOICE CAME OUT FROM THE TEMLE - GOD DECLARING JUDGEMENT TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE ANGELS "Go your ways and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God’s wrath.” EACH ANGEL HAD THEIR ASSIGNMENT AND THEY KNEW THE WAY TO FOLLOW TO POUR OUT THE BOWLS CONTAINING THE WRATH OF GOD - JUDGEMENT ON THE WICKED TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS WHAT DID THE FIRST ANGEL POUR OUT? So the first angel left the Temple and poured out his bowl on the earth, and horrible, malignant sores broke out on everyone who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. ALL THOSE WITH SATANS MARK HAD MALIGNANT SORES HOW LONG DID IT LAST? THE SORES WERE A CLEAR SIGN OF WHO DESERVED SUCH ILLNESS NEXT 6 JUDGEMENTS IS TO DESTROY ALL HOPE OF LIFE ON EARTH WHAT DID THE SECOND ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse. And everything in the sea died. ALL CREATION OF THE SEA DIED - NO LIFE FROM THE SEA - JUAT BLOOD WHAT DID THE THIRD ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs, and they became blood. And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who always was, because you have sent these judgments. Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.” And I heard a voice from the altar, saying, “Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, your judgments are true and just.” ALL RIVERS AND SPRINGS TURNED INTO BLOOD - NO HEALTHY WATER TO DRINK - JUST AS THE NILE WITH PHARAOH THERE IS AN ANGEL WHO HAS AUTHORITY OVER ALL WATERS - HE DECLARES GODS RIGHTEOUSNESS SINCE HUMANITY SHED THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS SO NOW GOD GAVE BLOOD WATER TO THEM TO DRINK - THEIR REWARD THERE WAS A REASON FOR ALL THAT BLOOD - GODS JUSTICE OF ALL THE SHED BLOOD OF HIS HOLY PEOPLE SONCE CREATION STARTING FROM ABELS BLOOD CRYING OUT FOR GODS FOR JUSTICE FROM THE ALTAR COMES A VOICE IN AGREEMENT - JESUS VOICE - LAMB OF GOD AT THE ALTER ? HIS OWN BLOOD WAS SHED AS HUMAN BEING - GODS JUDGEMENT ARE JUST AND TRUE WHAT DID THE THIRD ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, causing it to scorch everyone with its fire. Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had control over all these plagues. They did not repent of their sins and turn to God and give him glory. THE SUN BECAME GODS WEAPON OF JUDGEMENT SCORCHING EVERYONE WITH FIRE - EVERYONE WERE BURNED BY THE BLAST OF HEAR - EXPLOSION OF HEAT PEOPLE STILL DID NOT REPENT FROM THEIR SIN OR TURN TO GOD AND GAVE HIM GLORY BUT CURSED GOD WHAT DID THE FITH ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness. His subjects ground their teeth in anguish, and they cursed the God of heaven for their pains and sores. But they did not repent of their evil deeds and turn to God. DARKNESS - NO MORE LIGHT OR ENERGY FROM THE SUN OVER THE BEAST AND HIS GOVERNMENT - ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM GROUND THEIR TEETH IN ANGUISH FOR THE SORES AND PAIN OF THE BURNING OF THE SUN WHAT DID THE SIXTH ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great Euphrates River, and it dried up so that the kings from the east could march their armies toward the west without hindrance. Euphrates river documentary https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OA2wDy_UtGI THE FINAL WAR OF AGES - NATIONS AGAINST NATIONS And I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs leap from the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. WHO WERE THEY ? WHAT WERE THEIR POWERS? WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE? They are demonic spirits who work miracles and go out to all the rulers of the world to gather them for battle against the Lord on that great judgment day of God the Almighty. “ THEY DID MIRACLES AND WENT TO DECEIVE AND GATHER THE RULERS OF THE EARTH AGAINST THE LORD JESUS "Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.” JESUS AGAI. SPEAKS OF HIS RETURN AS A THIEF - TO BE READY - HOW? HOW CAN WE BE READY FOR HIS RETUN ? BE WATCHFUL watchful, vigilant, wide-awake, alert mean being on the lookout especially for danger or opportunity. watchful is the least explicit term. vigilant suggests intense, unremitting, wary watchfulness. Not distracted with things of this word - pleasures KEEP CLOTHE READY DO NOT BE NACKED IN CORRUPTION AND SIN - HAVE YOUR CLOTHE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP ON FOR HIS ARRIVAL KEEP THE FRESH OIL BEING POURED IN AND OUT OF THE LAMP WHEN HE ARRIVES AS THE FIVE WISED BRIDES If someone is ready, they are properly prepared for something. If something is ready, it has been properly prepared and is now able to be used. If you are ready for something or ready to do something, you have enough experience to do it or you are old enough and sensible enough to do it. If you are ready to do something, you are willing to do it. AGAIN THE ENEMY WENT TO GATHER ALL THE RULERS AT ARMAGEDDON And the demonic spirits gathered all the rulers and their armies to a place with the Hebrew name Armageddon. WHO IS SPEAKING HERE? JESUS WHAT DOES HE SAY THAT IS IMPORTANT? BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING - WAITING FOR HIS RETURN BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE CLOTHE AND READY NOT WALKING NAKED IN SIN WHAT DID THE SEVENTH ANGEL POUR OUT? Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. NOT THE WATER, NOT THE SUN, BUT THE AIR And a mighty shout came from the throne in the Temple, saying, “It is finished!” WHAT DID THE LORD SAY FROM THE THRONE? SAME WORDS AT THE CROSS "IT IS FINISHED" Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck—the worst since people were placed on the earth. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING - METEORITE HIT THE EARTH CAUSED EARTHQUAKE LIKE NEVER BEFORE - SHIFTED EARTH ROTATION The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of many nations fell into heaps of rubble. WITH THE HUGE EARTHQUAKE MANY NATIONS ENDED IN RUBBLE So God remembered all of Babylon’s sins, and he made her drink the cup that was filled with the wine of his fierce wrath. And every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled. EARTH WAS IMPACTED - GOD DID NOT FORGET THE SIN OF HUMANITY ISLANS DISAPPEARED AND MOUNTAINS LEVELED There was a terrible hailstorm, and hailstones weighing as much as seventy-five pounds fell from the sky onto the people below. BIG METEORITES FELL FROM HEAVEN DESTROYING PEOPLE IS THIS THE NIBIRU STAR ? They cursed God because of the terrible plague of the hailstorm.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭16:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------- CHAPTER 17 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE SEVENTH POURING OUT OF THE BOWL? “One of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. “ ONE OF THE ANGELS CAME TO JOHN TO SAY WAHT? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? Come with me,” he said, “and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality.” WHAT DOES THE ANGEL WANT TO SHOW JOHN? JUDGEMENT ON THE GRET PROSTITUTE WHO IS THE GREAT PROSTITUTE WHO RULES? RULES OVER WHAT? OVER MANY WATERS WHAT DOES THE MANY WATERS MEAN? IN THE NATURAL - CONTROL OF WATER FOR SURVIVAL So the angel took me in the Spirit into the wilderness. WHERE DID THE ANGEL TAKE JOHN? TO THE WILDERNESS WHAT DOES IT FIND IN THE WILDERNESS? PLACE OF NO LIFE - DRY LAND There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and blasphemies against God were written all over it. WOMAN - RELIGIOUS WORLD SYSTEM SEVEN HEADS - 7 NATIONS UNDER SATAN DOMINION TEN HORNS - 10 GLOBAL CONFEDERATIONS The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. WHAT DOES THE JEWELRY MEAN? THE RICHES CONQUERED BY BLOOD In her hand she held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality. HAND - WORKS AND FRUITS OF THIS CORRUPTED DECEITFUL SYSTEM WITHOUT GOD A mysterious name was written on her forehead: “Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.” BABYLON - ROME - HUMANISTIC MIXED WITH DARK INFLUENCE I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God’s holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. WORLD SYSTEM WITH BLOOD OF THE SAINTS IN ITS HANDS I stared at her in complete amazement. “Why are you so amazed?” the angel asked. WHY WAS JOHN SO IMPRESSED OF THE WORLD SYSTEM? THE ANGELS EXPLAINS THE VISION TO JOHN “I will tell you the mystery of this woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns on which she sits. The beast you saw was once alive but isn’t now. And yet he will soon come up out of the bottomless pit and go to eternal destruction. THE BEAST WILL GO TO ETERNAL DESTRUCTION And the people who belong to this world, whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made, will be amazed at the reappearance of this beast who had died. “ THE NAMES ARE ALREADY WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE BEFORE THE CREATION PEOPLE WILL BE AMAZED OF THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE BEAST WHO HAD DIED WHO IS THE BEAST? HITLER? "This calls for a mind with understanding: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills where the woman rules. 7 HEADS - HILLS NOT MOUNTAIN - 7 KINGDOMS They also represent seven kings. Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief. “ EGYPT ASSYRIA BABYLON MEDO-PERSA GREECE ROME ANGLO-AMERICA - BRITAIN EMPIRE AND US - SHORT REIGN The head of gold represented the Babylonian Empire. The breasts and arms of silver depicted Medo-Persia. The belly and thighs of copper pointed to ancient Greece. The legs of iron pictured the Roman Empire. The feet, an amalgam of iron and clay, symbolize the politically and socially incohesive state of affairs during the time of the Anglo-American world power. "The scarlet beast that was, but is no longer, is the eighth king. " THE EIGHTH KING IS THE BEAST (MUSLIMS - GLOBAL SYSTEM) WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS (SCARLET - RED) WHAT IS THE EIGHTH KINGDOM ? GLOBAL POWERS UNITED "He is like the other seven, and he, too, is headed for destruction. " ALL 8 KINGDOM WERE DESTROYED The ten horns of the beast are ten kings who have not yet risen to power. 10 CONFEDERATION OF THE GLOBSL SYSTEM THAT MAINTAIN THE CORRUPTED AND DECEITFUL SYSTEM AWAY FROM GOD. They will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast. THE BEAST - GLOBAL WORLD SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE 10 CONFEDERATION NATIONS - GOAT NATIONS "Matthew 25:31–46: "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." WHAT THIS LAST KINGDOM WILL DO? Together they will go to war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will defeat them because he is Lord of all lords and King of all kings. THERE IS NO CHANCE OF THE NATIONS TO WAR AGAINST THE ONE WHO IS THE LORD OF LORDS AND KING OF KINGS And his called and chosen and faithful ones will be with him.” WHO WILL BE WITH HIM? IT IS NOT ONLY HIM AND THE ANGELS BUT ALSO THE REDEEMED ONES BY HIS BLOOD THESE ARE THE ONES: - - CALLED US TO HIS PURPOSE AND GRACE Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, 2 TIM 1:9 CHOSEN EVEN BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:EPH 1:4 FAITHFUL ONES WHO KNOW THE HEART OF THE FATHER Levantarei para mim um sacerdote fiel, que agirá de acordo com o meu coração e o meu pensamento. Edificarei firmemente a família dele, e ele ministrará sempre perante o meu rei ungido. 1 Samuel 2:34-35 NVI ANGEL SPEAKS TO JOHN CLARIFYING THE VISION Then the angel said to me, “The waters where the prostitute is ruling represent masses of people of every nation and language. WHAT IS THE WATER? - MASSES OF PÈOPLE OF EVERY NATION AND LANGUAGE WHAT IS THE PROSTITUTE? - OTHER LOVES AND NOT GOD LIKE RELIGION, MONEY, AND ITS OWN LIFE SURVIVAL THE RELIGIOUS ORDER (PROSTITUE) RULES OVER NATIONS The scarlet beast and his ten horns all hate the prostitute. WHAT IS SCARLET BEAST? SATAN IDEOLOGY WITH BLOOD OF THE SAINTS IN ITS HANDS TEN HORNS? 10 WORLD CONFEDERATIONS UNDER SATANS LEADERSHIP - UN THEY They will strip her naked, eat her flesh, and burn her remains with fire. THE RELIGIOUS ORDER WILL BE STRIPPED OF POWER OF INFLUENCE AND BE DESTROYED For God has put a plan into their minds, a plan that will carry out his purposes. WHAT DID GOD DO? HE PURPOSELY PUT IDEAS AND PLAN IN PEOPLES MINDS INFLUENCING THEM TO DO ACCORDING TO HIS PLANS GOD IS IN CONTROL OF ALL ORCHESTRATING ALL THINGS IN ITS PERFECT TIMING THE BEAST AND OTHERS ARE ALL FOLLOWING GODS PLAN GOD IN HIS WISDOM IS PREPARING THE END TO COME IN ORDER TO REVEAL THE HEART OF MAN HIDDEN BEHIND RELIGIOUS SPIRIT They will agree to give their authority to the scarlet beast, and so the words of God will be fulfilled. NATIONS AND RULERS OF RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE WILL GIVE AUTHORITY TO SATAN IDEOLOGY WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS IN ITS HANDS ALL WILL HAPPEN ACCORDING TO GODS PURPOSE AND PLAN And this woman you saw in your vision represents the great city that rules over the kings of the world.”” THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT OF PEOPLE WITH SATAN IDEOLOGY RULING OVER ALL NATIONS ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭17:1-12, 14-18‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 18 AFTER THE SEVEN ANGELS POURED JUDGEMENT JOHN SAW ANOTHER ANGEL WITH GREAT AUTHORITY “After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. THIS ANGEL HAD SO MUCH AUTHORITY THAT LIFHT WOULD COME OUT OF HIM AND THE EARTH GREW BRIGHT WITH HIS SPLENDOUR - LIKE A SUN ON THE SKY WHAT DID HE COME TO DO ON THE EARTH? He gave a mighty shout: “Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich.” THE GREAT ANGEL SPOKE THE TRUTH OF THIS WORLD SYSTEM - ROMAN EMPIRE - HUMANISTIC IDEOLOGY - THIS WORLD CORRUPTED FULL OF DEMONS HAS FALLEN WHAT HAS THIS HUMANISTIC IDEOLOGY BECOME? A PLACE HOME FOR DEMONS - FOUL SPIRITS - DREADFUL WHY? WHAT HAS SHE DONE? LOVE OF MONEY - EXTRAVAGANT DESIRES FOR LUXURY AND MERCHANTS FOLLOWED HER CORRUPTED SYSTEM AFTER THE GREAT ANGEL SPOKE, ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN SPOKE "Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, “Come away from her, my people." GOD SPEAKS TO HIS PEOPLE STILL LIVING IN THE EARTH - TWO COMMANDS TO DO WHAT? WHAT IS THE COMMAND OF GOD IN THE MIDTS OF HUGE CORRUPTION AND TEMPTATION TO SIN AND LOVE MONEY? COME AWAY phrasal verb with come uk /kʌm/ us /kʌm/ verb came, come. If something comes away from something else, it becomes separated from it 1. To step or otherwise move away from something. Please come away from those rickety oldsteps before you hurt yourself. 2. To travel somewhere. Often used in the sense of a romantic getaway. 3. To be removed, as of a substance from a surface. 4. To depart from something, such as an experience, event, etc., typically after its completion. Inthis usage, the phrase is often followed by "with" and something acquired by the end of theexperience. THE COME AWAY IS A PERSONAL DECISION FROM ALL CHILDREN OF GOD - EACH ONE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN OBEDIENCE OR NOT BEFORE THE FATHER "Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. " 2 - DO NOT TAKE PART OF HER SINS TAKE PART 1. To share or participate in something. Often followed by "in (something)." 2. To support or side with someone in an argument. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is typically used between "take" and "part." For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds. WHAT HAS THE HUMANITY SINS DONE? PILED UP AS HIGH AS HEAVEN AND GOD REMEMBERS HER EVIL DEEDS Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her. She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. TORMENTS AND SORROW NOW MATCHES WITH HER PRIDE AND LUXURY She boasted in her heart, ‘I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn.’ WHAT DOES SHE BOAST ABOUT? HUMANITY CALLS - I AM QUEEN ON MY THRONE - I AM NOT HELPLESS WIDOW - I HAVE NO REASON TO MOURN Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day— death and mourning and famine. She will be completely consumed by fire, for the Lord God who judges her is mighty.” HUMANITY WILL BE COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY FIRE - GOD WILL JUDGE HER MIGHTY And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains. PAST ROMAN EMPIRE FALLEN - CITY TOTALLY DESTROYED FUTURE HUMANISTIC IDEOLOGY FALLEN - DESTROYED They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God’s judgment came on you.” PEOPLE WILL SEE GODS JUDGMENT The merchants of the world will weep and mourn for her, for there is no one left to buy their goods. She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth; things made of fragrant thyine wood, ivory goods, and objects made of expensive wood; and bronze, iron, and marble. She also bought cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, horses, wagons, and bodies—that is, human slaves. “ WORLD HUMANISTIC COMMERCE - MERCHANTS - BUSINESSES OF THIS FALLEN WORLD GONE The fancy things you loved so much are gone,” they cry. “All your luxuries and splendor are gone forever, never to be yours again.” ALL PRIDE OF FANCY THINGS GONE The merchants who became wealthy by selling her these things will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. WHAT ARE THE PEOPLES REACTION OF THE FALLEN SYSTEM? THEY WILL WITHDRAW AND BE TERRIFIED FOR THEIR TRUST WAS ON SUCH CORRUPTED SYSTEM They will weep and cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for that great city! She was clothed in finest purple and scarlet linens, decked out with gold and precious stones and pearls! In a single moment all the wealth of the city is gone!” HOW FAST WILL THIS TAKE PLACE? IN ONE MOMENT IT WILL BE GONE And all the captains of the merchant ships and their passengers and sailors and crews will stand at a distance. They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, “Where is there another city as great as this?” And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out, “How terrible, how terrible for that great city! The shipowners became wealthy by transporting her great wealth on the seas. In a single moment it is all gone.” HOW SHOULD HEAVEN AND GODS PEOPLE REACT TO GODS JUDGMENT ? Rejoice over her fate, O heaven and people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her for your sakes. AT THE END SHE WILL BE JUDGED - GODS MERCY AND JUSTICE TAKING PLACE Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted, “Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence and will never be found again. WHAT DID THE MIGHTY ANGEL DO? AS A DEMONSTRATION HE PICKED A HUGE ROCK AND THREW IT INTI THE OCEAN THE ROCK WAS GONE INA SECOND AS IT WAS WITH THE GREAT ROMAN EMPIRE AS WELL AS THE HUMANISTIC IDEOLOGY WILL BE GONE The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the mill will never be heard in you again. The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. NO MORE SOUND OF JOY OR GREED For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries. HOW WERE THE NATIONS DECEIVED BY SATAN AND HIS CHILDREN ? THEY USED SORCERIES - GIVING SPACE FOR DEMONS TO OPERATE In your streets flowed the blood of the prophets and of God’s holy people and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world.”” DEATH ALL OVER FOR CENTURIES - YOUR STREETS FLOWED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭18:1-24‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ------------------------------- CHAPTER 19 WHAT HAPPEN AFTER BABYLON WAS FALLEN ? WHAT HAPPENED IN HEAVEN? “After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, “Praise the Lord! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.” WHAT WAS THE SOUND ABOUT? WHAT WAS THE GREAT SHOUT? WHO SHOUTED? HUGE CROWD DECLARING AND PRAISING GODS - SPEAKING TRUTH OF GODS SALVATION, GLORY AND POWER - HIS JUDGEMENTS ARE TRUE AND JUST AVENGING THE MURDER OF HIS CHILDREN BOND SERVANTS And again their voices rang out: “Praise the Lord! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!” SMOKE FROM THE LAKE OF FIRE BURNING ALL THAT CORRUPTION FOR EVER Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. WHAT WAS THE 24 ELDERS AND FOUR CREATURES REACTION BEFORE THIS SHOUTING FROM THE NATIONS ? THEY WORSHIP AGAIN AND AGAIN THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS WORSHIP COMES - PROCEEDS BEFORE PRAISE AND NOT THE OPPOSITE - HOW TO PRAISE SOMEONE IF THERE IS NO FEAR OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ONE WHO IS BEING PRAISED They cried out, “Amen! Praise the Lord!” THEY CONFIRMED AND AGREED WITH THE CROWDS SHOUTING TRUTH And from the throne came a voice that said, “Praise our God, all his servants, all who fear him, from the least to the greatest.” AFTER THEIR AGREEMENT - POWER OF AGREEMENT A VOICE FROM HEAVEN COME - IT DOES NOT SAY AN ANGEL SPOKE JESUS IS THE WORD - HE IS THE VOICE IT SAYS PRAISE - THERE ARE 7 TYPES OF PRAISE IN HEBREW PRAISE FLOWS FROM THOSE WHO FEAR HIM - WORSHIP HIM FIRST - PRECEDED BY WORSHIPPING HIM FOR HE IS IN SEARCH OF WORSHIPPERS. ONLY THOSE WHO WORSHIP FEAR HIM WILL BE ABLE TO TRULY PRAISE AND DECLARE TRUTH OF HIM Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder: “ THE VAST CROWD COULD NOT BE SILENT - BUT IT WAS HUNGRY FOR MORE PRAISE WHAT ELSE DO THE VAST CROWD HAS KNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNITION OF GOD? WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT TO BE DECLARED? Praise the Lord! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice, and let us give honor to him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself. She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.” THE FOCUS IS THE BRIDEGROOM WITH HIS BRIDE - HE WASHED AWAY HER SINS AND HAS GIVEN HER PURE WHITE LINEN TO WEAR - NOT COTTON - NO MORE FLESH STRENGTH OR MANIFESTATION ONLY OF THEIR SPIRIT AND SOUL BEFORE THE KINGS OF KING For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people. THE LINEN IS GOOD DEEDS RESULTED FROM HIS LOVE, HOPE AND FAITH ON HIM And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.” WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY TO JOHN? WHY? THERE IS A HEAVENLY WEDDING CALLED WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB - THE UNITY OF THE BRIDE WITH THE BRIDEGROOM FOREVER FEASTING IN HIS PRESENCE WHY? THESE WORDS ARE TRUE THAT NEED TO BE WRITTEN DOWN SINCE THEY COME FROM GOD AND NOT ANY OTHER SOURCE THE TRITH IS THAT THE BRIDEGROOM SAW THE REWARD OF HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS - LIVES FROM ALL CENTURIES ON EARTH REDEEMED BY HIS BLOOD TO BE WITH HIM WHERE HE IS. HE SPOKE OF MANY PLACES DWELLINGS FOR HIS BROTHERS AND LOVED ONES Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said, “No, don’t worship me. WHY DID JOHN WANT TO WORSHIP THE ANGEL? DIDN'T HE KNOW THAT ONLY WORSHIP GOD ? I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers and sisters who testify about their faith in Jesus. Worship only God. For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. ” WHAT WAS JOHN's REACTION BEFORE SO MUCH TRUTH AND GLORY? DID HE LOOSE DISCERNMENT TO THE ONE WHOM HE WAS LISTENING FROM? MAYBE TOO MUCH GLORY FOR A HUMAN BEING ? WHAT DID THE ANGEL SAY? ANGEL IS ALSO A SERVANT OF GOD JUST LIKE THE BORN AGAIN - THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON TO BE WORSHIPPED - GOD WHAT ELSE DID THE ANGEL REVEALED ALSO ? "For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. ” WHAT IS THE TRUE ESSENCE OF PROPHECY ? "foreknowledge of future events, though it may sometimes apply to past events of which there is no memory, and to present hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason." THE TRUTH OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IS ALL ABOUT JESUS THE WORD OF GOD MADE IN FLESH TO PROPHECY IS TO GIVE TESTIMONY OF HIM ALONE Then I saw heaven opened, and a white horse was standing there. WHO DID JOHN SEE AFTER THE REVELATION OF TRUE WORSHIP? WHAT DOES TRUE WORSHIP ALIGNMENT CAUSE OR OPEN? WHY IS TRUE WORSHIP SO VITAL FOR THE BELIEVER? WHAT IS THE DANGER OF NOT ALIGNING TO TRUE WORSHIP? AFTER JOHN ALIGNED TO THE TRUTH OF TO WHOM TO WORSHIP (GOD IS AFTER TRUE WORSHIPPER IN THE SPIRIT IN JESUS NOT PRAISERS) HE SAW OPEN HEAVEN OPEN HEAVEN COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE WORSHIPPERS THERE IS NO PRAISE (EXTERNAL EXPRESSION) WITHOUT FIRST BEING A WORSHIPPER INSIDE - SPIRIT AND IN JESUS TRUTH WORSHIP IS NOT SOMETHING COMING FROM THE SOUL OR BODY WORSHIP COMES FROM THE SPIRIT OF MAN WHO WALKS ON THE TRUTH OF JESUS CHRIST TRUE WORSHIP GROWS AS THE SPIRIT OF MAN IS AWAKEN MATURES AND REACHES NEW HIGHTS - THE SPIRIT - HEART OF MAN NEEDS TO BE ACTIVATED AND DEVELOPED TO THE LEADERSHIP AND TEACHING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT TEACHES GUIDES AND MATURES THE SPIRIT BEING ONE WITH HIM Its rider was named Faithful and True, for he judges fairly and wages a righteous war. A RIDER ON A WHITE HOUSE WHY A WHITE HORSE? WHO WAS THIS RIDER? WORSHIP OPENS A NEW LAYER OF REVELATION OF WHO JESUS IS TRUE WORSHIP REVEALS JESUS NATURE HE IS FAITHFUL - FAITHFUL TO THE FATHER IN FIRST PLACE HE IS TRUE - TRUE TO THE FATHER AND HIS FOLLOWERS WHAT DOES HE DO? 1- HE JUDGES FAIRLY - JUSTICE 2- WAGES A RIGHTEOUS WAR - MERCY His eyes were like flames of fire, and on his head were many crowns. HOW DID JESUS REVEAL HIS APPEARANCE TO JOHN? HIS EYES HIS HEAD HIS TRUE NATURE OF EYES OF FIRE - NOTHING SCAPES HIS EYES OF TRUE LOVE AND COMMITMENT - FAITHFUL HIS HEAD OF AUTHORITY ANS POWER - TRUTH - APPROVED MANY CROWNS - WHY? MANY CONQUESTS AND RECOGNITIONS ACHIEVED ON THE CROSS - EVEN THE CROWNS OF THE TWENTY FOUR ELDERS A name was written on him that no one understood except himself. WHAT DID HE HAVE ON HIM? WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON HIM? WHY WAS A NAME WRITTEN ON HIM? WHY WAS HE THE ONLY ONE TO UNDERSTAND HIS NAME? NAME - PERSONAL IDENTITY IN HIS SPIRIT - UNIQUE PERSONAL THERE IS ONLY ONE UNIQUENESS - THUS ONLY HE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD PUT IN HIM IN THE SPIRIT He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. WHAT DID WEAR? WHAT WAS DIPPED ON HIS ROBE ? WORK OF OBEDIENCE WITH SIGN OF HIS BLOOD POURED OUT FOR HUMANITY AND CREATION WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE BLOOD? REMISSION OF SIN IS ONLY DONE BY BLOOD - COVENANT IS ONLY DONE BY BLOOD - LIFE FOR LIFE WHAT DID HE HAVE? WHAT IS A TITLE? appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or lands a person holding a title especially of nobility legally just cause of exclusive possession the instrument (such as a deed) that is evidence of a all the elements constituting legal ownership WHAT IS THE TITLE ? WHAT IS JESUS NOBILITY? IT IS THE WORD OF GOD - ETERNAL POWER AND AUTHORITY IS THERE ANY OTHER GREATER POWER, AUTHORITY AND SIGNIFICANCE THAN THE WORD OF GOD THAT DEFINES AND ESTABLISHES ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND EARTH? WHAT WILL NEVER PASS AWAY? ALTERED? REMOVED? WHAT DEFINES THE TRUTH? GREATER AND FIRST COMMADMENT? TRUE LOVE? JUSTICE, PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT? COMMITMENT - FAITHFULNESS TO WHOM? TRUE REWARD? TRUE IDENTITY? MARRIAGE? SEX ? FAMILY? FINANCE - TREASURES IN HEAVEN? IS THE THOUGHT, WILL OR BELIEFS OF ANY MAN OR ANGEL GREATER THAN THE WORD OF GOD? NO AND THERE IS NOTHING MAN OR SPIRITS CAN DO TO CHANGE IT HUMAN BEINGS WILL BORN AND DIE WITH HIS OR HER BELIEFS BUT THE TRUTH WHICH IT IS ABSOLUTE (NOT CHANGED BY TIME) IS ETERNAL IS THE GAP OF DEFINING WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS THE AUTHORITY OF IDEAS AND CONCEPTS OF THIS WORLD INCREASING IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE WORD OF GOD? WHY? INCREASE OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE VALUES AND RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WORD OF GOD ? DAN WORD "That sets aside the Bible fact that in the beginning God made them male and female. There’s no choice in the matter. That illustrates how far the confusion of definition has gone. Of course to agree on a definition one must determine the authority of the definition. If there is no agreement on the underlying authority for all definitions then everyone defines something any way they want and the confusion continues. At the tower of Babel the languages were confused, now in Babylon the definitions are confused. Same result. We define words according to how the Bible defines them. Can we agree on that?To answer “yes” to that question broadens the gap between you and the world. Are you ready to be misunderstood?” D Duke ARE BELIEVERS READY TO BE MORE MISUNDERSTOOD IN THE WORLD AS WE AGREE WITH THE WORD OF GOD? The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses. THE RIDER IN THE WHITE HORSE HAD FOLLOWERS WHO WERE THEY? AN ARMY - BUT NOT ANY ARMY, BUT FROM HEAVEN THEY ALSO WERE DRESSED IN PURE WHITE LINEN - NOT COTTON THEY ALSO RODE ON WHITE HORSES From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. WHAT DID JESUS DO TO STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS? HIS WORDS OF TRUTH AND JUDGMENT FROM HIS MOUTH DID IT ALL He will rule them with an iron rod. BESIDES STRIKING DOWN NATIONS - HE WILL RULE WITH JUSTICE WITH AN IRON ROD - HIS TITLE IS THE WORD OF GOD Iron rod or Rod of iron may refer to: Wrought iron, a non-ornamental iron used in building and heavy construction It is a non natural resource gotten from iron ore. Word of God He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. UNDER HIS RULE JESUS WILL RELEASE SOMETHING - WRATH OF GOD Wrath is defined as “the emotional response to perceived wrong and injustice,” often translated as “anger,” “indignation,” “vexation,” or “irritation.” Both humans and God express wrath. But there is vast difference between the wrath of God and the wrath of man. God’s wrath is holy and always justified; man’s is never holy and rarely justified. It is a divine response to human sin and disobedience. Idolatry was most often the occasion for divine wrath. How to avoid Gods wrath? God provided a way to gain divine favor—repentance—which turns God’s wrath away from the sinner. To reject that perfect plan is to reject God’s love, mercy, grace and favor and incur His righteous wrath. The wrath of God is a fearsome and terrifying thing. Only those who have been covered by the blood of Christ, shed for us on the cross, can be assured that God’s wrath will never fall on them. “Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through Him!” (Romans 5:9). On his robe at his thigh was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords. THER IS DESCRIPTION ON HIS ROBE AT HIS THIGH WHY ON HIS THIGH? It is the longest and strongest bone in HUMAN body. Because the femur is so strong, it usually takes a lot of force to break it. SPEAKS OF REACH DISTANCE AND STRENGTH POWER THERE IS NO PLACE WHERE HE CANNOT REACH WITH THE WORD OF GOD THERE IS NO POWER THAT CAN BREAK OR DIMINISH HIS POWER Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, shouting to the vultures flying high in the sky: “Come! Gather together for the great banquet God has prepared. Come and eat the flesh of kings, generals, and strong warriors; of horses and their riders; and of all humanity, both free and slave, small and great.” WHERE WAS THE ANGEL STANDING? IN THE SUN - WHY THE SUN? THE SUN SCORCHED EVERY FLESH - ALL THESE GROUPS OF NO SOCIAL OR ECONOMICAL DISTINCTION DESTROYED , BUT NOT THE VULTURES WHO DID HE SHOULT TO ? VULTURES - WHY? THEY WERE MADE TO EAT FLESH Then I saw the beast and the kings of the world and their armies gathered together to fight against the one sitting on the horse and his army. THE REMANENT OF SATAN THE FALSE PROPHET AND HIS FOLLOWERS GOT TOGETHER TO FIGHT AGAINST JESUS AND HIS ARMY THEY DID NOT HAD A CHANCE AND WERE CAPTURED AND DESTROYED And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. NO MORE FREE PASS FOR SATAN AND THE PROPHET WHAT DECEIVED THE NATIONS TO RECEIVE THE MARK OF SATAN? THE MIRACLES ON BEHAF OF SATAN DONE BY THE PROPHET Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. WHO AND WHERE WAS THROWN ALIVE? SATAN's AGENT AND HIS PROPHET TO A LAKE OF FIRE OF BURNING SULPHUR Sulfur burns with a blue flame with formation of sulfur dioxide, which has a suffocating and irritating odor Molten sulfur assumes a dark red color above 200 °C (392 °F) Their entire army was killed by the sharp sword that came from the mouth of the one riding the white horse. WHO WAS KILLED? ALL SATANS ARMY LEADED BY ANTI- CHRIST HOW? BY WHO? BY THE WORD - SWORD THAT CAME OUT OF THE MOUTH OF JESUS RIDING THE WHITE HORSE And the vultures all gorged themselves on the dead bodies.” THE VULTURES THAT EAT MEAT GORGED THEMSELVES ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ---------------------------- CHAPTER 20 AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF ANTI - CHRIST ARMY SATAN IS SEIZED FOR 1000 YEARS JESUS REIGN ON EATH “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. THIS ANGEL CAME FROM HEAVEN WITH A HEAVY CHAIN IN HIS HAND IT TAKES HEAVY CHAIN TO SEIZE SATAN - TOO MANY LIES AND DECEIT The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished. NO MORE DECEIT FOR 1000 YEARS - JESUS MILLENNIAL REIGN Afterward he must be released for a little while. WHY WAS HE RELEASED FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOT ALL HUMANITY DESIRED JESUS LEADERSHIP AND REIGN ANYONE WHO WILL BE WITH HIM IN THE ETERNITY WILL BE OUT OF FREE LOVE - NOT OBLIGATED Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. THERE ARE THRONES WAITING FOR THOSE WHO WILL RECEIVE AUTHORITY AND JUDGE And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. JOHN SAW SOULS WHICH SOULS ? THOSE BEHEADED? DOING WHAT ? FOR THEIR TESTIMONY AND PROCLAIMING THE WORD OF GOD BEHEADED FOR THE RIGHT REASON AND MOTIVE TWO KEY ACTIONS OF FAITH - TESTIMONY - TELL YOUR STORY OF BEING REDEEMED PROCLAIM WHAT IT IS TRUE - THE WORD OF GOD AND NOT OF MAN HOW TO PROCLAIM IF NOT BEING BELIEVER AND DOER OF THE WORD? They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years. THESE ARE THOSE WHO CAME ALIVE AGAIN TO REIGN WITH JESUS FOR 1000 YEARS ARE THESE ALL THE SAINTS OR ONLY THOSE WHO DID NOT WORSHIP THE BEAST , DID NOT ACCEPT THE MARK ON THEIR FOREHEADS OR THEIR HANDS? This is the first resurrection. (The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years had ended.) THESE ARE THE THE FIRST ONES FROM THE FIRST RESURRECTION Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. WHAT A JOY AND PRIVILEGE OF THOSE WHO SHARE IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION THERE IS NO JUDGEMENT OR CONDEMNATION TO THESE For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him a thousand years. WHO ARE THEY? THEY ARE THE PRIESTS OF GOD - THESE ARE THE ONES WHO STANDS BEFORE HIM IN HOLYNIESS, CARRIES HIS PRESENCE AND GLORY AND DECLARES BLESSING OVER THE PEOPLE - THESE ARE THOSE WHO KNOW THE THOUGHTS AND WAYS OF GOD WHO WILL REIGN FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AMONG HUMANITY ON EARTH WITHOUT SATANS DECEIT When the thousand years come to an end, Satan will be let out of his prison. He will go out to deceive the nations—called Gog and Magog—in every corner of the earth. WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER 1000 YEARS ? WILL HUMANITY BE GRATEFUL YIELDED SATISFIED IN LOVE FOR JESUS, WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND REIGN? WILL THERE STILL BE PEOPLE YOUNG OR OLD WITH HARD HEARTS NOT GIVING TO THE LOVER OF OUR SOULS ON THOSE FINAL DAYS BEFORE SATAN IS RELEASED TO DECEIVE THEM AGAIN AGAINST JESUS AND HIS PRIESTS? WHAT WILL SATAN's LIE THIS TIME? WILL HE SAY WHAT HE TOLD EVE IN THE GARDEN THAT DISOBEYING ORDER OF GOD IS NOT A BAD THING OR THAT HE HAS A BETTER INDEPENDENT IDEA AND FUTURE WITHOUT JESUS? OR BEING AS JESUS IN POWER AND AUTHORITY? WHY WOULD PEOPLE LISTEN TO SATAN AND BE DECEIVED BY HIS LIES? WOULD HE FIND HEARTS THAT ARE COMPLACENT WITH THE EASY COMFORTABLE LIFE DURING THOSE 1000 YEARS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE IN ALL THE EARTH? THE HEART OF MAN IS CORRUPTED AND CURIOUS FOR NEW THINGS SINCE ADAM AND EVE FALL TO SIN - THE HEART IS LEANED TOWARDS EVIL AND NOT GOOD EVEN DURING THOSE BLESSING YEARS AND SATAN KNOWS THAT AND ONLY BEING BORN AGAIN WALKING AND LIVING IN THE SPIRIT KNOWING THE TRUTH OF GODS LOVE TO RESIST SATANS PROPOSAL He will gather them together for battle—a mighty army, as numberless as sand along the seashore. A GREAT GATHERING OF HUMANITY WILL NOT BE SATISFIED SAYING JESUS AND HIS KINGSHIP IS NOT ENOUGH ON EXCHANGE FOR WHAT? TO A LIE OF A BETTER OR DIFFERENT RULE - APPEAL FOR YOU TO REIGN YOURSELVES YOU HAVE POWER YOURSELVES HUMANITY DESIRES AND WISHES And I saw them as they went up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded God’s people and the beloved city. HUMANITY WILL COME AGAINST ISRAEL AGAIN WHERE GODS PEOPLE WILL BE PRESENT - THEY WILL SURROUND THEM TO KILL BELIEVING ON SATANS LIES THAT BY DESTROYING THEM A NEW ERA WILL START OF TOTAL INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM OF THE SOUL TO DO WHAT EVER THE SOUL DESIRES But fire from heaven came down on the attacking armies and consumed them. CONSUMING FIRE WILL BE THE ANSWER FROM HEAVEN FROM ALL THOSE WHO CHOSES TO BE ON SATANS SIDE FOR WHAT? FOR A LIE? TO LIVE ETERNALLY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE ? ONLY A DECEIVED HARD HEARTED. PERSON WOULD DO SO - AND FOR SUCH PEOPLE THERE IS NO SPACE IN HEAVEN THE LAKE OF FIRE WAS SET FOR ALL EVIL SATAN DEMONIC SPIRITS - BUT MANY OF HUMANITY DECIDED TO JOIN THEM FROM THEIR OWN FREE WILL TO BELIEVE AND ACT IN A LIE WHO THINKS GOD IS NOT SEEING EVERYTHING THAT IT IS HAPPENING? ONLY THOSE WHO ARE BLIND AND DO NOT HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SON OF GOD God IS THE ONE WHO GAVE PERMISSION TO RELEASE SATAN FROM THOSE HEAVY CHAINS -AND PERMISSION WAS GRANTED FOR GOD CREATED HUMAN BEING WITH THE GIFT OF CHOICE - FREELY CHOOSE WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES - SINCE CREATION MAN AND WOMAN CAN FREELY CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH - GOD WANTS CHILDREN THAT CHOOSE ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM BUT HE WILL NOT FORCE ANYONE - HE WANTS FREE WILL PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE WITH HIM AND HIS SON IN THE ETERNITY. Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. SATAN DECEIVED HUMANITY AGAIN AND IT WILL JOIN WITH HIS AGENTS AND THEY WILL BE TORMENTED FOREVER There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. AFTER ALL THIS VICTORIOUS BATTLE JOHN SAW SOMETHING AMAZING A GREAT HUGE WHITE PURE THRONE AND JESUS SITTING ON IT - HE CONQUERED DEATH AT THE RESURRECTION AND HE RECEIVED ALL OF HE AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH. SATAN WAS DEFEATED AT THE RESURRECTION, BEFORE THE 1000 YEARS AND NOW AFTER 1000 - WHOEVER JOINS HIM AND AGREED WITH HIS LIES WILL EXPERIENCE DEFEAT AT THE END The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. WHAT HAPPEN WITH EARTH AND 1 HEAVEN? THEY VANISHED - NO MORE I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. JOHN SAW THE END WHERE ALL DEAD SOULS STANDING BEFORE BEFORE THE THRONE OD GOD. WHAT HAPPENED? BOOKS WERE OPEN AND THE BOOK OF LIFE AS WELL And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. ALL WHAT HUMI ITY EXISTENCE, ITS DOING IN LIFE IN THE EARTH WAS WRITTEN ON BOOKS BY THE ANGELS. THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD WAS BASED IN WHAT IT WAS WRITTEN OF THE FREE WILL, THOUGHTS AND DEEDS OF ALL. THE BOOK OF LIFE CONTAINS THE NAMES OF ALL OF THOSE BORN AGAIN - WHO BELIEVED AND ACCEPTED GODS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS THE BOOKS HAD THE WRITTEN WORDS OF THEIR ACTIONS OF A LIFE OF FAITH AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR REWARD The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. NO ONE ESCAPED - THE SEA AND ALL THE GRAVES GAVE UP THEIR DEADS - ALL JUDGED ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.” DEATH AND ALL EVIL SPIRITs WERE THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE - THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH AFTER JUDGEMENT GOING INTO ETERNITY. ONLY THOSE WHO WERE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE DID NOT GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE - THEY BELING TO JESUS AND THERE IS A PLACE PREPARED FOR THEM IN ETERNITY ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭20:1-15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ —————————— CHAPTER 21 AFTER ALL THIS BATTLE AND EARTH DESTRUCTION, WHAT DID JOHN SEE? “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. THE CURRENT HEAVEN WITH ALL ITS GALAXIES VANISHED HOW? GOD WHO CREATED IT JUST TURNED THE PAGE WHAT HAPPEN IN ITS PLACE? - THERE WAS NO VOID And the sea was also gone. NO MORE WATER NO MORE FIRSR CREATION And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. JOHN SAW THE SAINTS - SHINNING LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE DRESSED FOR HER HUSBAND COMING DOWN FROM GOD I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! A LOUD VOICE APPEAR FROM THE THRONE - WOULD IT BE FROM AN ANGEL OR FROM ONE OF THE ANCIENT ONES? WHAT WAS THE VOICE PROCLAIMING? WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO BE SPOKEN ABOUT? GODS DWELLING AND HIS GLORIOUS THRONE IS AMONG HIS PEOPLE NOW THIS WAS NOT THERE UNTIL ALL THINGS HAD PASSED AS HIS WORD IS FOREVER FAITHFUL AND TRUE He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL HERE? GOD SPIRIT CONSUMING FIRE WILL BE WITH HIS PEOPLE EVEN MORE THAN HE WAS WITH ADAM AND EVE BEFORE THE FALL FELLOWSHIP IN TRUTH AND HONOR WILL BE FOREVER He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. ALL THE TEARS OF LOST AND PAIN WILL BE WIPED BY HIS LOVE ALL THE TEARS OF DISAPPOINTMENTS HE WILL REMOVE NO MORE DEATH OR PAIN FOREVER - NO IDEA OR FELLING OF SUCH THING All these things are gone forever.” And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” JESUS SPEAKS TO JOHN - HE IS THE WORD OF GOD WHO MAKES ALL THINGS NEW And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” JOHN WAS TOLD TO LOOK AND THEN TO WRITE JOHN DID NOT ONLY LIFE STEN TO THE VOICE - HE SAW JESUS DOING ALL THINGS NEW IT IS IMPORTANT TO WRITE FOR IT IS TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. WHAT DID JESUS ALSO SAY TO JOHN? ALL THINGS OF THIS WORLD HAS PASSED - IT IS FINISHED WHO IS LORD JESUS TO SAY THAT IT IA FINISHED? HE IS THE FIRST WORD AND LAST WORD OF GOD THAT IT IS ETERNAL HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF ALL THAT IS BEING CREATED AS NEW OR SOMETHING THAT IS THE END OF EXISTENCE EVEN BEFORE SOMETHING NEW OR OLD IS CREATED To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. WHAT IS JESUS GIVING FOR FREE ? WHO ARE THOSE WHO JESUS IS GIVING FOR FREE? WHY IS THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER BEING GIVEN FOR FREE? HE IS THE BEGINNING AND THE END - HE IS ALL WHO DESERVES ALL GLORY HE IS THE ONE WHO HAS ALL THINGS HE IS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HUMAN BEINGS? WHO ARE THEY? THEY ARE NOT THE BEGINNING AND END WITHOUT HIM THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO CAN GIVE ETERNAL LIFE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WITHOUT JESUS HAS NOTHING TO GIVE THEY ARE THE THE THIRSTY ONES BELIEVE IT OR NOT THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WERE DESIGNED TO BE HUNGRY FOR ETERNAL LIFE - HUNGRY FOR THE TRUTH,PURPOSE AND DESIRE THEY ARE BORN TO BE THIRSTY AND DIE BEING THIRSTY FOR MORE OF JESUS THET ARE THE ONES DESIGNED TO BE HUNGRY TO RECEIVE WHAT IS BEING GIVEN FOR FREE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO LACK THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER ETERNAL LIFE IS GIVEN IS TO BE A HUNGRY PERSON HE IS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIVE - HE CAME TO EARTH TO GIVE AND NEVER HOLD BACK WHAT IS BEING GIVING IN RESPONSE FOR THE THIRST? SPRING OF WATER OF LIFE WATER THAT NEVER STOPS FLOWING FOR IT IS A SPRING NOT A LAKE WATER THAT DOES NOT HAVE DEATH IN IT BUT ETENAL LIFE WHAT CAN MEN BE THIRST ABOUT THE MOST? THIRST FOR ETERNAL LIFE? FOR THE TRUTH OF BEING ALIVE? THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS ? JUSTICE? WHO WILL BE SATISFIED ? THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS MAT 5 JESUS GIVES LIVING WATER FOR ETERNAL LIFE IS THERE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THEN TO DRINK FROM THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER? HE GIVES IT TO ALL WHO HAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE? WHAT IS THE CONDITION OR CRITERIA TO RECEIVE FOR WHAT HE IS GIVING? HE GIVES UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES? IS IT MONEY THAT PERISHES? IS IT SELF CONFIDENCE OR SELF EFFORT TO ACHIEVE THIS GIFT? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT MAN CAN DO TO DESERVE WHAT JESUS IS GIVING? ONLY ONE CONDITION THAT QUALIFIES TO RECEIVE WHAT JESUS IS GIVING BE THIRSTY? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS TO CHOOSE TO RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS ALL AND THAT WITHOUT WHAT HE GIVING HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOTHING IT IS TO YIELD TO REPENT AND TO BE HUMBLE HEART TO RECEIVE SUCH GREAT SALVATION THIRST MEAIG : a sensation of dryness in the mouth and throat associated with a desire for liquids also : the bodily condition (as of dehydration) that induces this sensation : a desire or need to DRINK : an ardent desire : CRAVING, LONGING HOW CAN MAN BE THIRSTY TO RECEIVE? WHO PRODUCES THE THIRST IN THE HEART OF MAN? WHAT IS UP TO HUMAN HEART TO ACT UPON TO QUALIFY TO BE BE THIRSTY AND RECEIVE WHAT JESUS IS GIVING? MAN HAS ONE SPECIAL GIFT GOD GAVE HIM THAT INITIATES MAN TO BE THIRSTY AND RECEIVE JESUS GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE IT IS CALLED FREE WILL HUMAN BEING IS NOT A ROBOT. - MAN HAS FREE WILL - HE CAN CHOOSE AND ONLY HE CAN DECIDE WHAT TO CHOOSE OR DECIDE OR SEEK THE THIRSTY PERSON HERE IS THE ONE WHO CHOOSES TO RECOGNIZE THAT HE IS ALL AND THAT WITHOUT WHAT HE GIVING HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOTHING BELIEVES AND RECEIVES WHAT IT OS BEING GIVEN FOR FREE YIELDS REPENTS AND HUMBLES TO RECEIVE SUCH GREAT SALVATION JESUS OFFERS FREE ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM BUT IT IS TO MAN TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE WHAT JESUS IS GIVING JESUS DOES NOT FORCE ANYONE TO RECEIVE WHAT IS BEING GIVEN FREELY HUMAN BEING CAN DECIDE TO CHOOSE TO GO AFTER GOD OR NOT HUMAN BEING CAN DECIDE TO CHOOSE TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE OR NOT THE WORDS OF JESUS THAT HE IS THE GIVER OF SPRING OF LIVING WATER HUMAN BEING CAN DECIDE TO CHOOSE TO REPENT AND ASK JESUS TO BE HIS LORD AND SAVIOR OR NOT HUMAN BEING CAN DECIDE TO CHOOSE TO ASK JESUS TO GIVE HIM THIRST FOR WHAT JESUS IS OFFERING GOD NEVERS VIOLATES OR GOES AGAINST HIS WORD - AS PAINFUL AS IT CAN BE GOD CREATED AND GAVE MAN HIS OR HER OWN WILL TO DECIDE WHAT TO BELIEVE AND TO RECEIVE PAINFUL BECAUSE HE SEES HUMAN BEINGS MAKING THE WRONG CHOICES BUT HE WILL RESPECT THEIR DECISIONS IF HE OR SHE FROM FREE WILL DENIES JESUS AND HIS WORD JESUS SAID HE WILL ALSO DENY HE OR SHE BEFORE THE FATHER WHAT ELSE CAN WE ASK OR MEDITATE HERE ? LET THE LIST OF QUESTIONS CONTINUE FROM YOUR HEART I BELIEVE GOD HAS PLEASURE OF ANSWERING EACH ONE OF THEM HE DESIRES US TO SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH AND NEVER GIVE UP OR STOP QUESTIONING HIM HOW CAN TRUTH BE REVEALED IF THERE IS NO SEARCH OR THIRST TO KNOW THE TRUTH? All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children. “ WHO ARE THE VICTORIOUS ONES? THOSE WHO BY FREE WILL BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE WORD OF JESUS THOSE WHO ARE LISTENERS AND DOERS OF THE WORD OF GOD WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE VICTORIOUS ONES THEY WILL RECEIVE INHERITANCE OF WHAT? ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT NO ONE CAN IMAGINE HOW WONDERFUL AND GREAT THEY ARE - NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE SUCH BLESSINGS - NOT ONE BUT MANY But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. WHAT IS THE FATE OF THOSE WHO DON NOT BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE WORDS OF JESUS? WHAT ARE THEIR DEEDS AND THOUGHTS ? WHAT HAVE THEY BECOME? ALL RELATED TO THE HEART OF MAN - COMES FROM HEART 8 FRUITS OF A HEART THAT DOES BELIEVE OR RECEIVE THE WORD OF GOD TOTAL EVIL OF 8 COWARDS/ FAINTHEARTED/ PESSISMIST- one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity - (ROOT IN FEAR). lack courage or endure doing wrong - person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person. COURAGE - BOLD - FEARLESS UNBELIEF - reject belief , absence of faith - incredulity or skepticism especially in matters of religious faith -distrust, doubt, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty. denial, rejection, repudiation, unfaith. BELIEF - CONFIDENCE - FAITN TRUST - CERTAIN CORRUPT - having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.- state of decay - signs of death - crooked - untrustworthy - shady HONEST - TRUSTWORTHy - HONORABLE - GOOD - CLEAN - MORAL RESPECTABLE MURDER - Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought. - a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness - DESTRUCTION - ASSASSINATION - CRIME - MASSACRE - ROOT OUT TAKE OUT TROW DOWN DELIGH FUN PLEASURE JOY HEAVEN PARADISE IMMORAL - Morals are the principles we follow that help us know the difference between right and wrong. When someone is immoral, they make decisions that purposely violate a moral agreement. Immoral is sometimes confused with amoral, which describes someone who has no morals and doesn't know what right or wrong Means.not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable - not guided by or showing a concern for what is right -DARK EVIL SINFUL LOW INFERNAL EVIL MINDED CURSED NOBLE HIGH MINDED APPROVED CLEAN ALLOWED CHASTE RESPECTED WORTHY PRACTICE WITCHCRAFT - : Witchcraft, the exercise or invocation evil spirits (fallen angels) of alleged supernatural powers to control people or events, practices typically involving sorcery or magic. the power to control natural forces through supernatural means - ENCHANTMENT - CURSE SPELL SORCERY REALITY REPULSIVE SCIENCE IDOL WORSHIPPER - someone who enjoysor values a particular thing very much or too much - IDOL OBJECT OR DEITY - someone who admires too much to recognize faults - NOT DEVOTED - NOT BELIEVER LIARS - to say something that is not true in order to deceive someone. Son of satan - he lies since the beginning - FAlSEHOOD - DECEIVE - MISLEAD DISTORT TRUE REALITY TRUSTFULNESS - FAITHFULNESS RISE their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. THIS FATE IS TERRIBLE PLACE OF PAIN DUE TO FIRE OF SULFUR - SMELL IS UNBEARABLE FATE - DESTINY FUTURE PREDICTION This is the second death.” NOT PHYSICAL BUT THE SOUL IN THE LAKE OF FIRE OF SULFUR WHAT HAPPENED THEN ? Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues came and said to me, “ ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS (WHO HELD THE SEVEN BOWLS ) CAME TO JOHN TO GIBE A MESSAGE AND TO GO HIM Come with me! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” ANGEL WAS ORDED TO SHOW JOHN SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE WHAT WAS THAT SO SPECIAL FOR JOHN TO SEE? THE BRIDE - NOT ONLY THE BRIDE BUT THE WIFE OF JESUS (LAMB THAT RESCUED HER BY HIS BLOOD) So he took me in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. HOW DID HE GO WITH THE ANGEL? TOOK HIM IN THE SPIRIT WHERE WAS THE BRIDE? HIGH MOUNTAIN - SAFE LOCATION THE BRIDE WAS A HOLY CITY JERUSALEM DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN TO WHERE TO THE EARTH THE BRIDE WAS A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN It shone with the glory of God and sparkled like a precious stone—like jasper as clear as crystal. THE GLORY OF GOD WAS OVER R THE CITY - SHINNING BRIGHT AS JASPER WHITE AS CRYSTAL WHY JASPER? HOLD THAT THOUGHT The city wall was broad and high, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. THE CITY WAS LARGE SEATED HIGH PLACE WHY 12 GATES? WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES AND MEANING? WHY THEY NEEDED TO BE GUARDED? And the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates. There were three gates on each side—east, north, south, and west. THE GATE NAMES WERE THE NAMES OF WACH TRIBE OF ISRAEL NUMBER 12 The meaning of 12, which is considered a perfect number, is that it symbolizes God's power and authority, as well as serving as a perfect governmental foundation. It can also symbolize completeness or the nation of Israel as a whole. Christ called and choose twelve men to bear witness to what he did and to spread the good news of the gospel to the entire world. Twelve thousand from each tribe of Israel (144,000 total) will receive salvation during the end time's Great Tribulation (Revelation 7). A set of 144,000 (12 x 12,000), possibly the same as those in chapter 7, will be taken from earth in order to serve and follow the Lamb of God (Revelation 14:1 - 5). Christ's bride in Revelation 12, the church, wears a crown containing twelve stars. The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. THE CHURCH IS FOUNDED ON THE APOSTLE AND PROPHETS Eph 2:20 Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. The angel who talked to me held in his hand a gold measuring stick to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. WHAT AND WHY DID THE ANGEL HAVE IN HIS HAND? STICK MADE OF GOLD TO MEASURE WHAT? THE CITY GATES AND WALL WAS IT NECESSARY TO MEASURE ALL THESE AREAS OF THE CITY? FOR WHAT PURPOSE? IT WAS MEASURED FOR AP JOHN TO REPORT ITS SIGNIFICANCE When he measured it, he found it was a square, as wide as it was long. In fact, its length and width and height were each 1,400 miles. Then he measured the walls and found them to be 216 feet thick (according to the human standard used by the angel). WHY DID THE ANGEL MEASURE THE CITY AND WALL AND SHOWED JOHN? WHY DID JOHN NEED TO SEE IT TO REPORT IT? JESUS IS THE MAIN CORNER STONE - IN HIM THERE IS PERFECTION AND HE IS PERFECTION - ALL THE FOUNDATION AND STRUCTURE OF A LIFE OF HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE ACCORDING TO HIS WORD IS MADE OF PERFECTION - HIS WORD SPEAKING OF HIS OWN - NEW CITY - IS MEASURED BY THE ANGEL THE CITY WAS CHRIST WITH THE CHURCH IN IT MADE OF NEW BORN ONES HUMAN BEINGS LIKE JESUS IN THE FLESH FOLLOWED BY HUMAN MEASUREMENT STANDARD The wall was made of jasper, and the city was pure gold, as clear as glass. THE WALL - EXTERNAL IT IS WHAT YOU SEE FIRST WAS MADE OF JASPER CITY INTERIOR WiAS GOLD PURIFIED CLEAN AS CLAS NO CONTAMINATION BUT WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WHY JASPER AND NOT ANOTHER CRSTAL OR MINERAL? LIKE SILVER OR DIAMOND WHAY IS JASPER MADE OF ? JASPER IS aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions It often contains an abundance of impurities, and therefore some regard it as a rock instead of a mineral. The name means "spotted or speckled stone Flinders Petrie (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts suggested that the odem, the first stone on the High Priest's breastplate, was a red jasper, whilst tarshish, the tenth stone, may have been a yellow jasper OPAQUE BROWN REDISH DUE TO IRON THIS JASPER LIKE VIEW DID NOT HAVE IRON BUT IT WAS PURED AS CRYSTAL IT WAS JASPER SINCE IT IS A DIVERSITY OF MICRO GRANULAR QUARTZ GONE THRU PRESSURE SEVERAL MINERALS LIKE THE HUMAN RACE IMAGE HAD LEGS MADE OF IRON - NABUCODONOZOR DREAM ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED IN TWO WHAT ROMAN EMPIRE DID OR BRING TO SOCIETY ? THEY FOCUSED ON HUMAN POTENTIAL OF CREATION OF IDEAS TO OBTAIN AND KEEP GREATER POWER IN THE SOCETY http://www.danxner.com/extramaterials/art003/Final_Project/Influences.htm Creation of law development of democratic government practices, During the era of the Roman Republic (509 to 49 BC), lawmaking was a bicameral activity. Legislation was first passed by the comitia Romans had indictments and jury trials, similar to today's practices. Many defense techniques currently employed can also be traced back to Roman procedures. The idea of “innocent until proven guilty,” which underlies the United States ' criminal justice system, also came from ancient Roman ideas. Also, the purpose of written law as a way to protect individuals from one another and from the power of the state is an inherently Roman idea. influences in language, literature, art, infrastructure, and city-planning are all areas where the influences of Roman ideas can be seen. Additionally, Roman influences have had considerable importance in the spread of Christianity. The wall of the city was built on foundation stones inlaid with twelve precious stones: the first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. FOUNDATION OF THE WALL HAD 12 STONES WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THESE STONES? WHAT DOES THE OLD TESTAMENT SAY ABOUT THESE STONES? In Exodus 28:15-21, it is of the precious stones in the high priest's breast-piece WHY DID THE HIGH PRIEST WOULD WEAR SUCH BREAST- PIECE? DIVERSITY OF COLOR AND COMPOSITION ? THEY ARE PRODUCT OF WHAT GOD CREATED ON EARTH - REFLECTION OF HEAVEN BEYOND HEALING BELIEFS OF HUMAN IDOLATRY , WHAT DO THEY MEAN ? WHAT IS THEIR IMPORTANCE "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls " Prov 25:28 THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF SOMETHING - WHAT? THEY WERE PART OF THE FOUNDATION NOT OF THE CITY BUT OF THE WALLS OF THE NEW JERUSALEM WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF A WALL OF A CITY? THE WALL WAS BUILT OF JASPER. AND THE OTHERS STONES WERE PART OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE WALL - JASPER WAS PLACED ON TOP OF SUCH FOUNDATION OF PRECIOUS STONES WHY JASPER AND NOT ANY OTHER STONE? WHY NOT DIAMOND ? IS THE ANSWER RELATED TO THE COMPOSITION OF THE STONE? IT IS A SHADOW OF GODS GLORY AND POWER FIRST MENTIONED IN BREAST PLATE OF THE HIGH PRIEST In the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, a different gemstone is listed for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. They are, in the 1st row, carnelian, chrysolite, and emerald; in the 2nd row, turquoise, sapphire, and amethyst; in the 3rd row, jacinth, agate, and crystal; in the 4th row, beryl, lapis lazuli, and jasper. 12 TRIBES  Levi: Carbuncle (red garnet) Zebulon: Diamond Gad: Amethyst Benjamin: Jasper Simeon: Chrysolite Issachar: Sapphire Naphtali: Agate Joseph: Onyx Reuben: Sard Judah: Emerald Dan: Topaz Asher: Beryl 12 APOSTLES Peter: Jasper Paul: Sapphire Andrew: Chalcedony John: Emerald James: Sardonyx Philip: Sardius Bartholomew: Chrysolite Thomas: Beryl Matthew: Topaz Thaddaeus: Chrysoprase Simon: Jacinth Matthew: Amethyst THEY HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON AMONG OTHERS - THEY ARE MADE FROM MINERALS FROM THE EARTH UNDER GREAT PRESSURE JASPER - REDESH - MADE OD A DIVERSITY OF NICRO,CRYSTALS MINERALS The name is derived from the Latin ‘iaspidem’, or the Old French ‘jaspre’. The name Jasper means spotted or speckled stone. This is because it sometimes has mineral, ash, or sediment material. Jasper Stone is found all over the world, but most comes from India and Australia. A stone of physical strength and energy, Red Jasper stimulates gently and steadily, enhancing stamina and endurance, and increasing the amount of chi, or life force, in one's aura. It is a stone of health and passion, and brings the courage to face unpleasant tasks and to rectify unjust situations. The jasper healing properties bring strong healing and nurturing energies to provide you with courage and wisdom. A Picture Jasper stone is often referred to as the Stone of Global Awareness because of its deep connection with the Earth. SAPPHIRE - BRIGHT BLUE - a variety of the mineral corundum, consisting of aluminium oxide (α-Al2O3) with trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper, or magnesium. believed to symbolize wisdom, virtue, good fortune, and holiness for royals. In an engagement ring, a sapphire means faithfulness and sincerity, too. The magnificent and holy Sapphire, in all its celestial hues, is a stone of wisdom and royalty, of prophecy and Divine favor. It is forever associated with sacred things and considered the gem of gems, a jewel steeped in the history and l Sapphire is a 5th and a 45th Anniversary gemstone. Known as the "wisdom stone", each colour of Sapphire brings its own particular wisdom. It releases mental tension, depression, unwanted thoughts and spiritual confusion. AGATE - COLORFUL AND HARD Agate is a rock consisting primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating with microgranular quartz. It is characterized by its fineness of grain and variety of color. Brazilian Agate brings about an emotional, physical and intellectual balance. It aids in centring and stabilising physical energy. Brazilian Agate harmonises yin and yang. It is a soothing and calming stone which works slowly but brings great strength. EMERALD - BRIGHT GREEN Emerald is a precious gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, so their toughness is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosilicate It brings loyalty and provides for domestic bliss. It enhances unconditional love, unity and promotes friendship. Keeps partnerships in balance and can signal unfaithfulness if it changes colour. It encourages growth, reflection, peace and balance. It also represents healing and fertility. Green, the color of life, renewal, nature, and energy, is associated with meanings of growth, harmony, freshness, safety, fertility, and environment. EMERALD COLOR GREEN - STONE OF JUDAH JESUS CITY AND LINEAGE AND STONE OF JOHN - THE BROTHER OF LOVE ONYX - DIFFERENT LAYERS OF COLORS Onyx primarily refers to the parallel banded variety of the silicate mineral chalcedony. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color. A powerful protection stone, Black Onyx absorbs and transforms negative energy, and helps to prevent the drain of personal energy. Black Onyx aids the development of emotional and physical strength and stamina, especially when support is needed during times of stress, confusion or grief. CARNELIAN - ORANGE RED COLOR Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a brownish-red mineral commonly used as a semi-precious gemstone. Similar to carnelian is sard, which is generally harder and darker (the difference is not rigidly defined, and the two names are often used interchangeably). Typical colours - Clear-to-translucent red brown which may vary from a pale orange to pink, or from grey to an intense almost black. A stabilising stone, Carnelian restores vitality and motivation, and stimulates creativity. It gives courage, promotes positive life choices, dispels apathy and motivates for success. CHRYSOLITE - YELLOW-SHISH GREEN OR BROWNISH a gemstone having the property of transmitting light without serious diffusion. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family. The word « chrysolite» (“golden stone”, Greek “chrysos” meaning “gold”, “lithos” meaning “stone”) already existed in ancient times. ... According to another point of view, olive, yellowish or golden-green chrysolites are transparent variety of olivine: peridot is considered only a variety of chrysolite. BERYL - TRANSPARENT Beryl is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium cyclosilicate with the chemical formula Be₃Al₂. Well-known varieties of beryl include emerald and aquamarine. Naturally occurring, hexagonal crystals of beryl can be up to several meters in size, but terminated crystals are relatively rarePowers and History. Beryl is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminum cyclosilicate. It is a very popular mineral in all of its forms. ... The deep green variety of beryl is emerald, one of the most precious gemstones. The light green shade of beryl is known simply as “green beryl.” When chromium is added to colorless corundum, a red ruby is born, and a green emerald emerges when chromium is added to colorless beryl. Diamonds can be colored blue or yellow by the addition of impurities. TOPAZ Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al₂SiO₄(F, OH)₂. Topaz crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, and its crystals are mostly prismatic terminated by pyramidal and other faces. The most valuable colors of Topaz are the golden orange-yellow type, called Imperial Topaz, and the dark pinkish-red and orange-red colors. Topaz is the birthstone for the month of December, and the stone given in celebration of the 4th and 19th anniversaries of marriage. Topaz is a symbol of love and affection, and has been said to be an aid to ones sweetness and disposition. CHRYSOPRASE Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. The darker varieties of chrysoprase are also referred to as prase. For Divine Truth, Joy, Happiness and Healing It promotes joy and happiness and brings through the vibration of Divine Truth, while helping to heal the heart of the energy of depression and anxiety. It has metaphysical properties for healing as well as being a stone to attract new love and abundance and prosperity. Chyrsocolla is first and foremost a Stone of Communication. Its very essence is devoted to expression, empowerment and teaching. The serenity of its turquoise-blue color discharges negative energies, calms, and allows truth and inner wisdom to surface and be heard. JACINTH Jacinth /ˈdʒæsɪnθ/ is an orange-red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone. Jacinth is also a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth). Jacinth is the first stone mentioned in the Bible in the third row of the priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:19). It is derived from the Hebrew word leshem AMETHYST Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek ἀμέθυστος amethystos from ἀ- a-, "not" and μεθύσκω methysko / μεθύω methyo, "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. Just like Fluorite, Amethyst is a meditative and calming stone which works in the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to promote calm, balance, and peace. It is also used to eliminate impatience. THE WALLS WERE MADE OF JASPER PURIFIED - LIGHT AS CRYSTALL WITH LAYERS ON THE FOUNDATION OF 12 PRECIOUS STONES CHURCH IS FOUNDED IN THE DOCTRINES OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS WHAT ABOUT THE 12 GATES? WHAT WERE THEY MADE OF? The twelve gates were made of pearls—each gate from a single pearl! WHAT ARE THESE GATES CALLED? WHAT DO GATES REPRESENT? WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF? EACH GATE IS MADE OF ONE SINGLE PEARL IT IS A GIANT PEAL WITH AN ENTRANCE DOOR IN THE MIDDLE WHAT IS A PEARL MADE OFF? A pearl is a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. Pearls symbolize wisdom acquired through experience. ... Known for their calming effect, pearls can balance one's karma, strengthen relationships, and keep children safe. The pearl is also said to symbolize the purity, generosity, integrity, and loyalty of its wearer WHY ARE THESE GATES MADE OF PEARL AND NOT WOOD OR OTHER MATERIAL? GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE JESUS BAPTIZE HIS OWN BY FIRE ALL MATERIALS THAT CANNOT STAND FIRE LIKE IRON AND WOOD ARE CONSUMED - NOT ACCEPTED WHY THE GATES NEEDED TO BE MADE OF PEARL AND NOT OF STONE OR ANOTHER MATERIAL? WHAT IS PEARL,MADE,OF? PEARL HAS LAYERS GROWN THROUGH TIME OF BEING PROVEN TESTED EXPERIENCED SUFFERING AND PAIN - THERE IS NO PEARL WITHOUT TIME AND SUFFERING THESE ARE GIANT PEALS GROWN BY TIME GOING THROUGH PROCESS OF SUFFERING AND PAIN BEING STORED SAFE UNTIL TIMES COME TO BE SET AT THE GATE FOR ENTRANCE - NOTHING THAT IS NOT PURE AND APPROVED BY FIRE ENTERS THROUGH IT JESUS IS THE GATE - HE ENTERED IN CHRONO TIME AND OBEDIENCE AND SUFFERING HE BECAME THE DOOR OF PEAR - THIS IS NOT BY ACCIDENT BUT BECAUSE HE EMPTY HIMSELF BECAME MEN AND LEARNED COMPLETE OBEDIENCE AND PERFECTED BY BEING TESTED EXPERIENCING PAIN - NOT THAT HE WAS NOT OBEDIENT OR PERFECT - HE WAS BUT HE NEEDED TO GO THROGH EXPERIENCE MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING TO BE PERFECTED- HIS COMPLETE OBEDIENCE AND PERFECT FITTING WAS TESTED AND COMPLETE HOW COULD HE EMPATHIZE WITH HUMAN SUFFERING WITHOUT HE HIMSELF GO THROUGH THE FIRES OF LIFE BY BEING TESTED IN TIME TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE OBEDIENCE ( PERFECTED FITTING ) HE ALSO CREATED LAYERS OF TESTIMONY AND MARKS OF HIS SUFFERING ON THE CROSS LIKE THE PEARL AS IT GROWS https://www.desiringgod.org/labs/how-did-jesus-learn-obedience WHAT DO THESE GATES REPRESENT? MEAN? DOORS - PASS-WAY FROM ONE REALITY TO ANOTHER JESUS SAYS HE IS THE DOOR - HE IS THE ONLY GATE WAY TO THE FATHER HE IS THE KEEPER AND PROTECTION OF HIS FLOCK WHERE NO ENEMY ENTERS TO KILL ROB OR DESTROY AS THROUGH JESUS THE DOOR HIS FLOCK ARE SAFE AND FIND ALL THEY NEED - GREEN PASTURE NOT DRY OR LACK BUT GREEN READY FOR PROVISION "I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture" Joh 10:9 "Jesus is both our Shepherd and the Door to the sheepfold who provides for all our needs. Knowing that the world is full of predators whose sole intent is to destroy us (1 Peter 5:8), we are always under His protection. More importantly, we are fully confident that “when the Chief Shepherd appears, [we] will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away” (1 Peter 5:4)." GATE IS THE: PLACE - PART OF PROTECTION OF A CITY PLACE WHERE WISDOM WAS DISPLAYED - WHY? PLACE OF AUTHORITY - DECISION PLACE OF MAKING AND JUDGEMENT PLACE OF "important business transactions were made, court was convened, and public announcements" PLACE OF "examine the evidence and pass judgment " LAW OF MOSES EVIL SON PLACE OF "legal matters related to Boaz marriage to Ruth were settled." "To control the gates of one’s enemies was to conquer their city. Part of Abraham’s blessing from the Lord was the promise that “your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies” (Genesis 22:17). When Jesus promised to build His Church, He said, “The gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18). An understanding of the biblical implications of “gates” helps us interpret Jesus’ words. Since a gate was a place where rulers met and counsel was given, Jesus was saying that all the evil plans of Satan himself would never defeat the Church." SINCE HE IS THE GATE OF AUTHORITY WHAT HAPPENS THROUGH THE GATES? JESUS FLOCK " will come in and go out and find pasture" Joh 10:9 WHY COME IN AND OUT THROUGH THE GATES? LIFE JOURNEY CHALLENGES AND ACTIVITY - BUT WITH ONE PROMISE - GOING IN OR GOING OUT THERE IS ALWAYS PASTURE PROVISION PROVIDED TO BE FOUND TO THE SOUL OF MEN "First, they shall go safely wherever they find necessary; and, next, they shall be fed to the full. By going in and out, Scripture often denotes all the actions of the life, as we say in French, aller et venir, (to go and come,) [287] which means, to dwell These words, therefore, present to us a twofold advantage of the Gospel, that our souls shall find pasture in it, which otherwise become faint and famished, and are fed with nothing but wind; and, next, because he will faithfully protect and guard us against the attacks of wolves and robbers." GATE SYMBOLIZES DEFINED IN THE WORD RIGHTEOUSNESS Psalm 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the LORD. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING, Isa 60:18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates of praise WHO IS ALLOWED TO ENTER THROUGH THE THESE GATES? KING OF GLORY Psalm 24:9 Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! THANKFUL HEART OF PRAISE Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. ONLY FAITHFUL AND RIGHTEOUS ONE Isaiah 26:2 "Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, The one that remains faithful. WHAT CAUSES THE GATE OF REVELATION - THE EAST SIDE TO OPEN - (EAST - REVELATION) FREE WILL OF LIVING SACRIFICE BEING OFFERED Ezekiel 46:12 "When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate facing east shall be opened for him And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out. Acts 12:10 When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. Isaiah 60:11 "Your gates will be open continually; They will not be closed day or night, So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, With their kings led in procession. Nahum 2:6 The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved. Nahum 3:13 Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars. Gates" can be used figuratively for the glory of a city (Isaiah 3:26; 14:31; Jeremiah 14:2; Lamentations 1:4; contrast Psalms 87:2), but whether the military force, the rulers or the people is in mind cannot be determined. In Matthew 16:18 "gates of Hades" (not "hell") may refer to the hosts (or princes) of Satan, but a more likely translation is `the gates of the grave (which keep the dead from returning) shall not be stronger than it.' The meaning in Judges 5:8,11 is very uncertain, and The gate became a symbol of strength, power, and dominion (Ps. 24:7), but it was also the weakest point of defense (2 Chronicles 14:7, 26:9; 32:5; Psalm 48:12) and therefore heavily defended. Watchtowers were built above the corners of the gates as lookout stations—places where watchmen could see pending danger and call the city to attention. At night the gates were shut, barred and protected (Joshua 2:5, 7; Nehemiah 7:3); secured by locks with big keys. To possess the gate was to possess the city! The children of Israel, the seed of Abraham, were promised power and dominion over the cities of their enemies (Genesis 22:17; 24:60) NAMES OF THE GATES DURING CENTURIES - NEHEMIAH TIMES The Sheep Gate, also known as Stephen's Gate, or the Lions Gate (Nehemiah 3:1,32, 12:39), is located on the east wall, north of the Temple Mount. It is shown in the photograph at left. The Fish Gate was an ancient gate on the east wall, just west of the Gihon spring, where men gathered to sell fish, sometimes in violation of the Sabbath (2 Chronicles 33:14, Nehemiah 3:3, 13:16). It may be the same as the Middle Gate (Jeremiah 39:3). The Old Gate, or Jeshanah Gate, was located at the northwest corner of the city during the time of Nehemiah, near the location of the present-day Holy Sepulcher (Nehemiah 3:6) The Valley Gate, overlooked the Kidron Valley (Nehemiah 3:13) The Beautiful Gate, near the Temple Mount, where Peter healed a crippled man "in The Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth" (Acts 3:1-10) The Golden Gate was located on the east wall adjacent to the Temple Mount. Originally constructed by the Byzantines, it was later sealed by Muslims to "block the future path of the Messiah into Jerusalem." The Dung Gate was one of the 12 or so gates that existed at the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:14). It was located at the southwest corner of the wall, and used for the disposal of garbage and dung. It led out to the Valley Of Hinnom. See also The Tyropoeon Valley. The Fountain Gate was located at the southeast corner of the wall (Nehemiah 3:15). The Zion Gate was on the south wall, overlooking Mount Zion. See also The Zion Bridge The Water Gate (Nehemiah 3:26). The Horse Gate was located between the Water Gate and the Sheep Gate (Nehemiah 3:28). The East Gate (Nehemiah 3:29). The Inspection Gate (Nehemiah 3:31). The Jaffa Gate on the west wall. The New Gate on the west wall just north of the Jaffa Gate. The Damascus Gate on the north wall. Saul (later the apostle Paul) very possibly left the city through this gate on his fateful journey On The Road To Damascus. Herod's Gate on the north wall, just east of the Damascus Gate. BEYOND THE WALLS (SALVATION) AND THE WALL (PRAISE) , WHAT DID EXIST INSIDE THE CITY ? “And the main street was pure gold, as clear as glass. “ THERE IS A MAIN STREET MADE OF PURE GOLD WHERE THE SAINTS WALK ON IT IT IS SO PURE THAT IT IS CLEAR AS CLASS I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. NO TEMPLE - NO CONSTRUCTION LIKE THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON NO NEED FOR A TEMPLE FOR THE SON IS THE CENTER LIGHT OF THE CITY “And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. “ THERE IS LIGHT SHINNING AND IT IS NOT FROM THE SUN OR MOOM BUT FROM THE GLORY OF THE FATHER ILLUMINATES THE CITY - SON IN THE LIGHT “The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory. Its gates will never be closed at the end of day because there is no night there. “ WHO WILL WALK IN THE LIGHT OF JESUS? WHO WILL ENTER THE CITY? NATIONS WHO BELONG TO HIM KINGS WITH THEIR GLORY WILL BOW BEFORE HIM NIGHT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE CITY - GLORY OF GOD KEEPS IT ILLIMINATED “And all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city. “ WHO WILL BRING WHAT? NATIONS RESCUED BY HIS BLOOD WILL BRING THE GLORY AND HONOR THEY RECEIVED FROM THE FATHER INTO THE CITY GLORY AND HONOR IS GIVEN FIRST BY GOD - NATIONS HAVE NOTHING WITHOUT HIM NATIONS IN RETURN GIVE GLORY AND HONOR BACK TO THE ONE WHO GAVE FIRST AND WHO IS WORTHY OF ALL GLORY AND HONOR “Nothing evil will be allowed to enter, nor anyone who practices shameful idolatry and dishonesty—“ THE WALLS OF THE CITY (SALVATION) AND THE GATES (PRAISE) ARE PROTECTION AGAINST : ANY EVIL SHAMEFUL IDOLATRY DISHONESTY NONE ENTERS THROUGH - THE LIGHT SHINES SO BRIGHT THAT ANY LIE OR HIDDEN SECRET IS DISCOVERED AND REJECTED “but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” WHO CAN ENTER? ONLY THOSE WHOSE NAME WRITTEN IN A SPECIAL BOOK - LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE NAMES OF THOSE WHO BELIEVED, CONFESSED AND PERSEVERED UNTIL THE END WHOSE NAMES ARE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE THE ONES WHO ACHIEVED VICTORY BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - RECOGNIZED THE POWER OF THE BLOOD AND THE CROSS THE ONES WHO KEPT THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY - DID NOT COMPROMISED THE TRUTH IN EXCHANGE FOR A LIE THE ONES WHO DID NOT GAVE IN OR GAVE UP INTO FEAR OR TEMPTATION EVEN INTO DEATH OF THEIR NATURAL LIVES, BUT KEPT THEIR EYES ON THE PRICE. OF JESUS - THE SPRING OF LIVING WATER ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭21:1-27‬ ‭ ------------------- CHAPTER 22 FUTURE REIGN “Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. AFTER SHOWING THE AMAZING NEW JERUSALEM - HOLY CITY THE ANGEL HAD ONE MORE WONDERFUL FACTOR - A RIVER THE SOURCE OF THIS RIVER IS FROM THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB IT IS A SPRING OF LIVING WATER FLOWING CONTINUOS ETERNITY It flowed down the center of the main street. WHERE DID THIS RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE FLOW TO ? TO THE MAIN STREET MADE OF PURE GOLD AND CLEAR AS CRYSTAL RECEIVES THIS RIVER WHY TO THE MAIN STREET? THE RIVER SHOULD BE IN TH CENTER OF ALL THIS BEAUTY. IT IS TO BE SEEN AND ACCESSED BY ALL - ALL CAN DRINK AS MUCH AS DESIRED - NO RESTRICTION On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. WHAT GREW ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER? TREE OF LIFE AS ADAM SAW IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IT WAS PLANTED AND IT GREW I. TIME OF MATURITY WHAT DID IT BEAR? HOW OFTEN WAS IT HARVESTED? EACH MONTH A NEW FRESH GROP - WHY MONTHLY? WHY NOT WEEKLY? 30 DAYS 30 - NUMBER OF INITIATION OF MINISTRY - PRIESTHOOD JOSEPH CALLED BY IN EGYPT DAVID BECAME AT 30 JESUS STARTED MINISTRY WITH 30 YEARS JOHN THE BAPTIST STARTED IN THE DESERT JUDAH SOLD JESUS WITH 30 COINS No longer will there be a curse upon anything. NO MORE CURSE OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THE SON AND FATHER AND FATHER AND SON For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, NO MORE DISTANCE - THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB WILL BE IN THE MIDST and his servants will worship him. WHAT WILL HIS CHILDREN AND SERVANTS DO? WHAT IS LEFT TO DO IN HIS PRESENCE? DO WHAT THE FATHER HAS BEEN SEARCHING IN HIS CREATION AND WILL - WORSHIP HIM - DELIGHT IN JOY IN THE PLEASURE OF HIS PRESENCE And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. WHAT WILL THEY SEE ABOVE ALL? WHAT IS THERE TO SEE ABOVE ALL THINGS? WHAT WILL THERE BE WRITTEN ON THEM? WHERE? WHY? JESUS NAME - THEY WERE BOUGHT BY HIS BLOOD - PEOPLE ARE ONE UNDER ONE NAME FOREHEADS - CLOSE TO THE EYES - AT THE TOP DOWN THEIR. MASTER IS JESUS EVERY THOUGHT IS TAKEN CAPTIVE TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS "The word church is identified by scholars as being derived from two original Greek words. One “kuriakon” means “belonging to the Lord”, the other “ecclesia” which means “the assembly called out by legitimate authority”. In Philadelphia the bridegroom calls for the marriage feast – declares that his people don’t belong to men’s churches, they “belong to me!” Now Jesus, as the one with the authority to do so, he calls them out of false church brides:" And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.” (Revelation 14:1) “And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Revelation 22:4) And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. THE SOURCE OF LIGHT AND LIFE IS JESUS And they will reign forever and ever. THERE WILL BE NO END OF REIGNING WITH JESUS WHAT WERE THE LAST WORDS OF THE ANGEL? WHAT WERE JOHN LAST WORDS? Then the angel said to me, “Everything you have heard and seen is trustworthy and true. The Lord God, who inspires his prophets, has sent his angel to tell his servants what will happen soon. ” “ THE ANGEL TOLS JOHN ALL HE SAW AND HEARD IS TRUE - NOT FAKE IMAGINATION BECAUSE GOD IS THE INITIATOR AND THE ONE WHO QUICKENS THE SPIRIT OF MAN AND INSPIRES AND SPEAKSSPEAK TO AND THRU HIS PROPHETS Look, I am coming soon! HERE ARE THE WORDS OF JESUS WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOVE ALL THINGS FIRST? HE IS COMING SOON AS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH THAT HE IS EMMANUEL - HE DID NOT ABANDONE HIS OWN HE IS FOR RELATIONSHIP AND TO BE WITH THOSE WHO THE FATHER GAVE HIM AND THE NAMES OF THOSE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF LIFE THAT HE IS NOT GONE, BUT THAT HE WILL RETURN TO HIS BRIDE ABD TO REIGN ON EARTH Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book WHO IS BLESSED? HOW ARE THEY BLESSED? FOR THOSE WHO OBEYED (WHAT IS OBEDIENCE? compliance, conformity, submission, yield, subordination Follow) TO CONFORM AND AGREE AS ONE TO THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY OBEYED OR FOLLOWED WHAT? WHAT ARE THESE WORDS OF PROPHECY? JESUS IS THE WORD AND ETERNAL LIFE IS FOUND TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIS WORD HOW DID THEY OBEY? BY: LISTENING BELIEVED, RECEIVED ACT IN FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE THERE IS NO OBEDIENCE WITHOUT THE 3 PILARS OF TRUTH AND FOUNDATION - SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY FAITH - BODY ACTION TO SEE HOPE - SOUL STATE OF TRUST/ REST LOVE - ONE IN THE SPIRIT WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT . ” I, John, am the one who heard and saw all these things. JOHN TESTIFIES HE IS THE ONE WHO HEARD AND SAW ALL THESE WORDS OF PROPHECY And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me. WHY DID JOHN FEEL AT THE ANGELS FEET? DID HE NOT RECOGNIZE THAT HE WAS AN ANGEL? HE WAS TOO AMAZED OF THE GLORY OF THE ANGEL WITH JESUS PRESENCE THERE IS NO TIME TO DECIDE TO FALL DOWN - THAT IS DONE BECAUSE OF HIS PRESENCE But he said, “No, don’t worship me. I am a servant of God, just like you and your brothers the prophets, as well as all who obey what is written in this book. Worship only God!” WHAT WAS THE ANGEL'S RESPONSE? DID HE KNOW HIS PLACE? HE SURE DID WHAT IS HIS POSITION ? HE IS A SERVANT OF GOD JUST AS JOHN AND BROTHERS HE IS A SERVANT JUST AS ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WHO DO WHAT? THOSE THAT OBEY OF WHAT IT IS WRITTEN WHAT IS IT WRITEN AND WHERE? OF WHAT JOHN HEARD AND SAW AND REPORTED FAITHFULLY WHO TO WORSHIP ? SATAN AND FLESH WANT TO BE WORSHIP, EXALTED ABOVE GOD ONLY GOD IS WORTHY TO BE WORSHIP - HE CREATED ALL FOR HIS GLORY THEN WHAT DID THE ANGEL INSTRUCTED JOHN TO DO? Then he instructed me, “Do not seal up the prophetic words in this book, for the time is near. WHY NOT TO SEAL? WHAT IS TO SEAL ? TO CONCLUDE TO COMPLETE TO CLOSE FOR A SHORT TIME YET - ALLOW HUMANITY FOLLOW ITS COURSE OF FREE WILL Let the one who is doing harm continue to do harm; let the one who is vile continue to be vile; let the one who is righteous continue to live righteously; let the one who is holy continue to be holy.” “ LET THE WHEAT GROW AT THE SIDE OF THE WEEDS AND MALICIOUS PEOPLE Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat at the barn MAT 13:30 JESUS COME AND SPEAKS TO JOHN Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. JESUS IS COMMANDING TO BE VIGILANT AND DILIGENT WHY? BECAUSE HE IS COMING BACK AGAIN TO THE EARTH AND DO WHAT? HIS NOT COMING EMPTY HANDED HE IS SO HONEST AND MINDFUL OF ALL THINGS SO HE IS COMING TO REWARD DEFINITION: a thing given in recognition of one's service, effort, or achievement. recompense, prize, prize money, winnings, purse, award, honor, decoration, profit, advantage, benefit, bonus, plus, premium; More - make a gift of something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements. recompense, pay, remunerate, give a bounty to, give a present to, make something worth someone's while, tip, honor, decorate, give an award to, recognize, requite; archaicguerdon "they were to be well rewarded for their work AND REPAY ALL PEOPLE OF FREE WILL OUT OF THEIR THE DEEDS WORKS OF FAITH OR NOT - ALL THE FRUITS THAT WERE GENERATED OUT OF THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND ACTED ON THE WORD OF GOD OR NOT BE BIG OR SMALL OF EVERY ONE “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” HE IS STARTED ALL IN JUSTICE AND HE WILL FINISH ALL IN JUSTICE BEFORE CREATION Blessed are those who wash their robes. WHO ARE BLESSED? WHY? THEIR ROBES ARE WASHED ON THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB ROBE - ACTIONS AND THOUGHTS DONE OUT OF FREE WILL SUCH DEEDS AND THOUGHTS ARE CLEANED FORGIVING IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS PURPOSE OF THE ROBE The first and foremost apparent purpose is to cover up the body after taking a bath or shower. Putting on a robe after bathing helps the body to stay warm and can prevent you from becoming cold - PREVENT THE HEART OF MAN FROM BEING DULL TO THE SPIRIT They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. WHAT WAS ALLOWED FOR THESE BLESSED PEOPLE TO GO? ENTER THROUGH THE GATES MADE OF PEARL - THERE MULTIPLE GATES CALLED OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE WHAT IS IT FOUND BEYOND THE GATES? FOOD - FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE - JESUS THAT GIVES ETERNAL LIFE Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie. “ WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER? THE DOGS - WHO ARE THEY? SORCERER - WHY IS THIS ONE THE FIRST IN LINE? - HUMAN HEART TRYING TO BE OR DO SOMETHING BEYOND GOD DESIGNED OR PLANNED FOR MEN TO BE INSPIRED BY SATAN LIES OF SPECIAL POWERS - Difference between “sorcerer” and “wizard” ... a wizard is born an ordinary mortal, learns magic and spells from books; a sorcerer is born a sorcerer, but needs to learn spells (possibly of a certain type) from a master SEXUALLY IMMORAL - USING THE DESIRES OF THE BODY AND THOUGHTS IN AN EVIL PRACTICE OF SEX BE WITH HUMAN ANIMALS OR THINGS MURDERS - THOSE WHO LOVE TO FOLLOW AND DO WHAT SATAN DOES - ROB, KILL AND DESTROY IDOL WORSHIPPERS - WORSHIP AND ADORES THEMSELVES AND OTHER THINGS BESIDE GOD - LOVE OF THINGS OF THIS WORLD - MONEY SATAN CHILDREN WHO LOVE SATAN LIES AND ENJOY LIVING BY IT I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. I am the bright morning star.” JESUS SPEAKS OF HIMSELF SENT MESSAGE TO HIS PEOPLE CHURCH COMMAND AND CHIEF SOURCE OF DAVID HEIR TO THE THRONE OF DAVID BRIGHT MORNING STAR HE HAS ANGELS AT HIS COMMAND TO WHO DOES HE SEND HIS ANGEL AND WHY? THERE IS A VITAL MESSAGE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT THE CHURCH BORN AGAIN BELIEVERS NEED TO BELIEVE RECEIVE IT AND OBEY EVERY WORD THE TRUTH OF BELIEVING RECEIVING AND OBEYING BRING VISION REVELATION OF FAITH HOPE AND LOVE TO HIS PEOPLE WHO IS JESUS AS THE SON OF MAN? HE IS THE SOURCE OF DAVID - WHO WAS DAVID AND WHY THE SOURCE OF DAVID WHY THE TRHONE OF DAVID? ““Don’t be afraid, Mary,” the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God! You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. And he will reign over Israel forever; his Kingdom will never end!” Luke‬ ‭1:30-33‬ ‭NLT‬‬ GOD GAVE JESUS THE TRONE OF HIS ANCESTOR DAVID JESUS WILL REIGN OVER ISRAEL FOREVER HUS KINGDOM WILL HAVE NO END WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT DAVID? GOD IS AFTER PEOPLE WHO ARE AFTER HIS HEART - HIS WILL HIS WORD HIS WAYS HIS THOUGHTS GOD CALLS THESE AS PRIEST TO MOST HIGH GOD WORSHIPPER AND WARRIOR WITH AUTHORITY - KEYS OF DAVID REV 3:7 IS 22:22 HE RECEIVED THE KEYS OF BREAKTHROUGH SUCCESS AND USED THEM WELL JESUS GAVE HIM THE KEYS FOR JESUS WAS HIS SOURCE IS JESUS YOUR SOURCE ? WHAT KIND OF SOURCE? SOURCE OF WHAT? VAMOS LA GUERREIRO!!! VICTORIES IN THE SPIRITUAL AND IN THE NATURAL VICTORIES IN THE NATURAL WERE RESULT OF VICTORIES IN THE SPIRIT WORSHIPPER WAS SHEPHERD OF SHEEP ANOINTED KING BUT LEARNED FIRST TO BE A WORSHIPER WORSHIPPED GOD IN THE DESERT - STARTING POINT CAST DEMON OUT FROM SAUL NOT WITH SLING SHOT BUT WITH THE SOUND OF HEAVEN - NOT WITH WEAPONS OF THIS WORLD CAN CAST OUT DEVIL- ONLY WHAT IT COMES FROM A HEART OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE RECOVERED - BROUGHT THE ARK INTO JERUSALEM - RECOGNIZED AND ACT IN FAITH GOD PRESENCE IS EVERYTHING BEFORE ANY RULING OR ACTIVITY ESTABLISHED 24/7 TENT FOR THE ARK - OPEN ACCESS THROUGH WORSHIP AND PRAISE ANY TIME PREPARED RESOURCES FOR SOLOMON TEMPLE 7 MARVEL OF THE WORLD WARRIOR STARTED BATTLE WITH LIONS/BEARS THEN GOLIATH AND ENEMY DEPENDENCE IN GOD - HUMBLE AND REVERENT HEART WE START WITH SMALL CHALLENGES IN LIFE FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE RUNNING AWAY FROM SAUL -RELATIVES - RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTFUL OF AUTHORITY - RESPECTED ANOINTING OVER SAUL WE RESPECT AUTHORITY IN OUR LIVES - WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO SO ONE WE FIGHT FOR OUR FAITH HOPE LOVE - PEOPLE CLOSE TO US HURT US LEANED ON GOD FOR REFUGE IN THE CAVES OF ADOLON - TRUSTING WE RUN TO GOD IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE AND DEAD CONQUERED MANY VICTORIES WITH HIS WARRIORS DEVOTED HEART AND PURE TO GOD - BLESSINGS DO NOT MEAN TO BE INDEPENDENT FROM GOD REPENTED HEART FOR ADULTERY - WE ARE NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE OR DESERVE MORE THAN OTHERS - HIGHER POSITION GREATER HUMBLENESS AND REPENTANCE FAITHFUL WITH HIS COVENANT - PROMISES WITH FAMILY MIFIBOSETE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WORDS AND DEEDS AND PROMISES - NO EXCUSES OBEDIENCE UNTIL THE END TO BUILD THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON OBEDIENCE EVEN IF YOUR ARE NOT GOING TO HEAP NOW THE BLESSINGS Acts 13:22 says, “After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.‘” The following words describe the heart of David as seen in his own writings: SAUL HAD IDOLATRY IN HIS HEART - HE DID NOT LET GO OF FEAR OF MEN INSTEAD OF FEARING GOD - HIS HEART WAS DECEIVED TWO IDOLS HE DID NOT LET GO COVETOUS - COBIÇOSO/INVEJOSO STUBBORN - TEIMOSO REBELDE I SAM 15:23 Humble – Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Psalm 62:9 Reverent – I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3 Respectful – Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. Psalm 31:9 Trusting – The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 Loving – I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1 Devoted – You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound. Psalm 4:7 Recognition – I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. Psalm 9:1 Faithful – Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:6 Obedient – Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart. Psalm 119:34 Repentant – For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. Psalm 25:11 David’s example is a great road map for how we are to live our life. WHY DID JESUS SAY HE IS THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS THE STAR AND REVELATION THAT COMES IN THE MORNING NEW DAY FROM THE EAST FULLY SHINNING BRIGHTER THAN ANY OTHER STAR THAT MAKES THE OTHERS STARS DISAPPEAR DUE TO ITS LIGHT WAS SATAN CALLED THE MORNING STAR? YES BUT ONLY AS A MORNING STAR AND NOT THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR. SATAN WAS CREATED TO REFLECT THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR JESUS. SATAN WAS THE SON OR CREATION OF THE DAWN OR NEW BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY IN GOD WITH NEW SOUND OF HEAVEN OF WORHIP TO GOD “The first reference to the morning star as an individual is in Isaiah 14:12: “How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!” (NIV). The KJV and NKJV both translate “morning star” as “Lucifer, son of the morning.” It is clear from the rest of the passage that Isaiah is referring to Satan’s fall from heaven (Luke 10:18). So in this case, the morning star refers to Satan. In Revelation 22:16, Jesus unmistakably identifies Himself as the morning star. Why are both Jesus and Satan described as the “morning star”? JESUS IS ALSO CALLED THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH WHO REIGNS ETERNALLY SATAN IS CALLED AS A LION TOO BUT TO DEVOUR AND DESTROY OTHERS "The idea of a “bright morning star” is a star that outshines all the others, and Jesus is the One who is called “bright.” Satan was a morning star. Jesus, as God incarnate, the Lord of the universe, is the BRIGHT and morning star. Jesus is the most holy and powerful “light” in all the universe. So, while both Jesus and Satan can be described as “morning stars,” in no sense is this equating Jesus and Satan. Satan is a created being. His light only exists to the extent that God created it. Jesus is the light of the world (John 9:5). Only Jesus’ light is “bright” and self-existent. Satan may be a morning star, but he is only a poor imitation of the one true bright morning star, Jesus Christ, the light of the world." AFTER JESUS SPOKE OF HIMSELF WHAT HAPPENED? 2 PEOPLE SPOKE The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. WHAT DO THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY?? WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO SAY? THEY HAVE THE INVITATION CALL TO COME COME WHERE OR GO WHERE? WHO IS INVITED FOR THIS CALL? EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME - SMALL OR BIG NO,EXCEPTION TO COME TO DO WHAT? NOT TO OBSERVE OR THINK ABOUY IT BUT TO DRINK - LET THE TRUTH GO INSIDE BE PART OF LIFE DRINK - (SWALLOW LIGUID THROUGH THE MOUTH - Uttered to express one's agreement with or approval of a statement. WHO ARE THOSE WHO COME TO DRINK THEY ARE THE ONE THE FATHER GAVE TO JESUS 37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away. 38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. JOHN 6:37 DRINK WHAT? WHY DRINK? DRINK LIVING WATER FOR ETERNITY - THERE IS NO ETERNAL LIFE WITHOUT DRINKING WATER OF LIFE WHAT IS THE LIVING WATER TO DRINK? THE BLOOD LIFE OF JESUS - THERE IS NO LIFE IN US WITHOUT DRINKING THE BLOOD OF JESUS 53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. 54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. WHAT US THE CONDITION TO COME TO DRINK ? WHO CAN DRINK FROM RHE WATER OF LIFE TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE? FATHER GAVE THEM TO JESUS WITH THIRST FOR HIM ONLY THE THIRSTY ONE GIVEN BY THE FATHER JESUS OR JOHN INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT LAST WORDS And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book. THE CONDITION AND CHOICE IS GIVEN TO MAN TO DECIDE ON WHAR TO DO WITH THE PROPHECY OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION - THERE IS NO EXCUSES THE REVELATION OF JESUS HIS MAJESTY HIS KINGDOM PLAN PURPOSE JUDGEMENT TO ALL EVIL AND CREATION WEEDING WITH HIS BRIDE AND MANY MORE ARE EXPOSED FOR ALL HUMAN BEING TO DECIDE AND CHOOSE SINCE CREATION TO READ BELIEVE RECEIVE AND OBEY OR NOT THERE IS NO ADDING OR REMOVING OF THE TRUTH WRITTEN AND RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN OTHER WORDS THE ADDING OR REMOVING OF WHAT IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS TRUTH IS THE SAME AS NOT LISTENING, BELIEVING, RECEIVING AND OBEYING COMPLETELY THE CONSEQUENCES ARE CLEAR AND DIRECT HERE NO LIE OR MANIPULATION OF DEVIL HERE AS IT WAS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN He who is the faithful witness to all these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon!” JESUS IS THE FAITHFUL ONE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH FOR ALL ETERNITY HERE IS COMING AGAIN SOON IN MAJESTY AND GLORY AS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH TO REIGN IN JUSTICE PEACE AND JOY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE EARTH AS HE IS THE SECOND ADAM WITH HIS RESPONSIBILITY Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s holy people.” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭22:1-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬

And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul" (Deut. 10:12) “Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.” Proverbs‬ ‭9:10‬ ‭NLT‬‬ According to John J. Parsons (www.hebrew4christians.com), this "range of meaning for the fear of the Lord or "yirah" in hebrew also includes the idea of wonder, amazement, mystery, astonishment, gratitude, admiration, and even worship." He continues saying that the "fear of the LORD" includes an overwhelming sense of the "glory, worth, and beauty of the One True God" I invite you to ponder and meditate on these questions below based on Mary's Experience After Jesus Resurrection - "an overwhelming sense of the glory, worth, and beauty of the One True God" “After Jesus rose from the dead early on Sunday morning, the first person who saw him was Mary Magdalene, the woman from whom he had cast out seven demons.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭16:9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize him. “Dear woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. “Sir,” she said, “if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”” ‭‭John‬ ‭20:14-15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”). “Don’t cling to me,” Jesus said, “for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ‭‭John‬ ‭20:16-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Who was one of the first disciples to see Jesus on the third day ? Mary Magdalene What does Mary's name mean? There are many theories such as "crushed rose" , "bitterness" and "beloved" Why was Mary the first one to see Him resurrected? Would it be because of her sick love heart for the Lover of her soul? She was not only at the right place at the right time to meet with Jesus, but she also had poured out her heart to the One who loves and forgave her. “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” Luke‬ ‭7:47-48‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.” Hebrews‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Where did she meet Him? At the Tomb - place where dead copses are buried to never be touched or seen again. What does the tomb speak about? Place of burial and of death, but also the place of encountering resurrection life in Jesus. It is a place where a "stone" is put over a hidden dead copse, as a permanent mark of burial. Jesus is our "stone" , the solid foundation of our faith as we are hidden in His love. The death and burial of our sinful nature is washed away, never to be seen again under His blood. His presence is the secret place of our body, soul and spirit where we are hidden (on the clef of the rock) away from any guilt or sin, totally safe from the traps of the enemy. It is in this hidden dwelling place, under the shadow of the Almighty that we are able to rest and hear His voice as well as to see His face and vise versa as Mary experienced. It is in the secret place where the Father God reveals the secrets of His heart and the plans and purposes that He has for His children. “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never be shaken.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭28:16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “[So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.” ‭‭Song of Solomon‬ ‭2:14‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalms‬ ‭91:1‬ ‭NLT‬‬ "Ask Me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come." Jeremiah 33:3 Why did Mary come to the tomb? She could have stayed home bitter, depressed and crying over her own pain, sorrows and disappointments in life. But she was touched by the love of God. She decided to be close somehow to the one who changed her life forever with eternal love. She was lost without Him. As a result, she postured her heart and went after the One who forgave her of all her sins. She come to the end of herself, and of her own abilities to live in total surrender. In addition, she embraced her destiny as one who was crushed, but also beloved as her name also mean. "Blessed are the poor in spirit..." (Matthew 5:3) What did Mary do to stop Jesus in His way to ascend to the Father and make Him meet her at that place? Would it be because of her crushed spirit in deep worship that touched Jesus' heart in such a way that stopped Him on His way of meeting with the Father? Mary was not the same as she identified her death to herself with the Master's death. It was not only the Head who had surrendered to God's will, but also His body represented by Mary's heart before Him. Jesus is one with His word in all times even before meeting with the Father. Psalm 34:18 - "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed." Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.” Ephesians‬ ‭4:11-13‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Why did Jesus stopped for her? Why would the King of the universe stop on His way to go to the Father? Would it be because of Jesus great love in response to a deep cry of surrender of a human heart towards Him? There are no words that can explain such profound love of God. There was a great hunger and thirst from the Body (represented by Mary) to be united with the Head of His body. Since she had humbled and yield her heart, she could not see Him at first, but she was able to recognize His voice when He called "Mary". She then raised her eyes to Jesus from a posture of worship and see the lover of her soul resurrected. “Mary!” Jesus said. She turned to him and cried out, “Rabboni!” (which is Hebrew for “Teacher”) Jesus had also made a promise earlier to His beloved disciples that they would always be with Him when everything was ready as He said: "When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am..” John‬ ‭14:3-4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Why couldn't Mary touch Jesus at that moment? She could see Him, but not touch Him yet. Jesus, had never done anything without being one with His Father first. Due to sin, the Father had rejected Him. Now, after being resurrected, the Son first needed to present Himself to the Father as the Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice for the salvation of all of those who believe on Him. Jesus first priority was to be united again with His Father so that the truth of resurrection life would not only be present and affective to the Head, but also to the Body of believes from whom God has given Him. "All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭12:27‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Only after Jesus had presented Himself to the Father with the marks of the cross in His body that He could meet later with the disciples. It was only then that they could touch Him as Thomas did by Jesus' invitation. “Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” John‬ ‭20:27‬ ‭NLT‬‬ What did Jesus - the Head speak and reveal to Mary - His body in this encouter? He revealed Himself alive and he was moved by her love towards Him. Among so many eternal words of truths, Jesus spoke to Mary exactly what she and His brethren needed to hear and know the most: "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God" The powerful revelation of Jesus declaring His Father was His brethren's Father and that God of the impossible was His God as well as the God to His beloved one (Who loves them the same) are eternal truths of freedom not only to the Head Jesus, but also to His body of believers. Take notice that such revelation can only be heard and received from a place of death and burial to itself with total surrender to God as Mary did in worship. There is no other way or short cut. "...But go find my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” John‬ ‭20:17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ As for Jesus the Head, all things were finished at the cross. Although the price of sin, death and separation from God was paid for the redemption of all creation by His blood, His body of believers are now called to pick up their own cross and follow Him until the end. The truth of Jesus death at that cross also means the death of His Body to its sinful nature on that day. In other words, it was not only Jesus, the Head, who was crucified, died and buried on on that day. His body of believers were also crucified, died and buried by the baptism in His name. On the same token, it was not only Jesus, who was awaken, resurrected and ascended to the Father on the third day. His body of believers were also awaken, resurrected and today seated in High places by the power of the Holy Spirit, made alive as new creation in Him by His blood. This truth must be embraced by all who are born again by the Spirit of God being baptized in His name. “When Jesus had tasted it, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and released his spirit.” John‬ ‭19:30‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Apostle Paul received such revelation of being dead, buried as well resurrected with Christ by the baptism in His name. He considered himself dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus when he wrote: “Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus.” Romans‬ ‭6:3-11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ So what did Peter and John find inside the tomb after Jesus resurrection? What did they notice inside the tomb? Only cloths - one part folded (for the head of Jesus) and the rest of wrappings for His body lying apart. Would the folded cloth for the head of Jesus speak of the finished work He accomplished at the cross when He said it is "finished"? What about the other wrappings for His body lying apart? Would that suggest that there is still a finish work to be accomplished by His Body of believers? What are the responsibilities of His body to fulfill then? The author of the book of Hebrews writes such obligations when he exhorts all believers to consider themselves dead to sinful nature, but alive in Christ. He urges all to strip away any sin that slow us down, but to run with endurance the race of life God has set before us. At the same time, the writer alerts us to keep our eyes on Jesus in all times, to stand firm to the truth of God word under the new covenant of His blood. In addition, the author earnestly encourages us to seek intimacy with Christ by entering into God's presence with sincere hearts fully trusting on Him until the end. “Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was folded up and lying apart from the other wrappings.” ‭‭John‬ ‭20:6-7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.” Hebrews‬ ‭12:1-2‬ ‭NLT‬‬ In summary, it is for the body as well the bride of Christ, ti believe and receive the revelation of the death and burial of the old sinful nature as well as the resurrection life in Jesus. On contrary, it will miss such encounter of experiencing the Fear of the Lord of worshipping to the "glory, worth, and beauty of the One True God" . In addition, there is no life of experiencing the power of resurrection life of Christ without the Body being in total agreement with the Head. Jesus desire is to share His glory to His body by not only reveling the God of the impossible, but also the loving heart of the Father who awaits His children with open arms of mercy and grace as He never rejects those who come to Him. So what is the fear of the Lord? It is a lifestyle of not only of reverence, honor and respect towards God, but of worship in deep love to Jesus as being fascinated by His beauty and holiness with no end. And what the lifestyle of surrendered worship mean and do to us - His body? • Moves our heart towards God enabling us to enter into the courts of the Lord. • Opens windows of revelation of Who He is as well as of who we are in Him. • Causes us to be filled with the Holy Spirit, making us habitations of God. • Changes the spiritual climates surrounding us. • Refreshes our spirit, soul and body. • Establishes the Lordship of Christ in our hearts. “I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!” ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:10-11‬ ‭NLT

Since the foundation of the world, the power and purpose of alignment has been key for all balance in creation. It has been established not according to the wisdom of this world, but from the will and wisdom of God. All misalignment results from sin, which seeks to bring adjustment, but it will never last forever. Only one thing will never be shaken or removed? the Word of the One who created all things. His word has the power to sustain itself for all eternity. The word that was with God was God, made into flesh and dwelt among us full of grace and truth. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is perfectly aligned with the purpose and power predestined by the Father before the foundations of this world to shine the light in the darkness. All the earth and heaven will pass away, and a new heaven and earth will emerge in the end times according to His eternal word. This new creation will be inhabited this time by the creator Himself with His family of children in perfect alignment with His word of everlasting glory and power. The word alignment comes from the latin root word linea ("line, thread")[i]. It is also has the meaning of "path". The human body is a perfect example of how important the alignment is between the head, neck and the spinal cord. Since human health is totally dependent on how brain, as the central post of command, chemical signals called neurotransmitters need clear path. These neurotransmitters are certain chemical messengers that help us to think, fell and move in our bodies. In addition, they are totally dependent on a clear "path" of communication throughout the whole body. Their importance is so great that virtually impacts everything such as the physical, cognitive and even emotional activity. [ii] In case of any deformation, trauma, stress or malnutrition to the body, the level of neurotransmitters is greatly affected. Unfortunately, this can even start at birth, caused by instruments like forceps used to pull the baby out of the womb. The risk of causing the smallest misalignment between the head and the spinal cord is enormous, where human behavior can potentially be impacted as well highly misunderstood especially by parents. In case of any reduction on the level of neurotransmitters, it automatically opens doors to numerous illnesses and diseases during life time, which inevitably leads to more stress as well as death acceleration as we know it. Before the 1900s, it was discovered that spinal misalignment was associated with the cause of many health problems. The misalignment between the head, neck and spinal cord has its origin in many cases located at vertebra called C1, at the top of the cervical bone in the neck, key to sustain the head. Such unique vertebra is the only free detached bone of the human body that holds the secret of why and how most spinal misalignment can be adjusted to its perfect position. According to Dr. B. J. Palmer [iii], developer of chiropractic in the early 1900s, through many years of clinical research, discovered that vertebra C1 commonly named as Atlas was the key vertebra for the proper alignment. The Atlas is a single, 2 oz. donut-shaped vertebra at the top of the spine. In case of being out of its original position, it can potentially cause a negative chain reaction down the spinal cord. At least two serious consequences would take place in the human body: Body Imbalance and Distortion of Brain Messages to Different Parts of the Body[iv]. As the whole body, tends to compensate any millimeters of a dislocated atlas, unfortunately, it can cause nerves to be compressed in the spinal cord. Consequently, a chain of dysfunctional cells start to take place in the body with back pains and endless list of illnesses emerging with the most common one called degenerative disc disease. In recent years, one of the most intriguing methods used for head, neck and spinal cord misalignment treatment has been done by the Atlas Orthogonal Percussion Adjustment Instrument (see more at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O9wziwsu6QQ ) There is no cracking or popping on this method like the traditional Chiropractic practices already known. It all starts with a split second of positioning the atlas to its proper location through a mechanical and magnetic device called Solenoid, placed behind the ear. When activated, it emits a sound impulse vibration, where the atlas is quickly moved in millimeter measurements to its place without any pain. Since human body has memory, as soon as the Atlas is moved, a chain reaction on the spinal cord unfolds throughout the whole body where nerves, muscles and bones are gradually readjusted to its proper alignment. This is not a "microwave" readjustment, but it is a new journey of several days of the body aligning itself into its proper balance. The results are surprising with back pains for instance gradually starting to disappear. In conclusion, as alignment is important in the natural body, it is also much more important in a spiritual sense. As sin entered through the first Adam, causing misalignment against the wisdom of God, the second Adam has come to restore all things into alignment with His word. The fully man and fully God, Christ Jesus, in a split second, conquered death by the power of the Holy Spirit, giving eternal life to all who believes on Him. He is the head of His body of new born again believers who are being prepared for that day of His return - the great wedding day of the end times. As the body of Christ is being restored to its proper alignment as royal priesthood of God through true worship in spirit and truth, more sounds of praise are released over all the earth. Consequently, it causes a glorious chain reaction of the raising of the manifestation of matured sons and daughters of God of the end times. At the same time, the creation that has been groaning for centuries, are now more than ready to shout for joy as the fullness of the "Son" begins to rise on the horizon as a bright morning sun. As promised, the new creation takes place over the old, and the Kingdom of God, with the head and body of Christ aligned, reigns in justice, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit throughout all eternity. Amen! EndNotes [i] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alignment [ii] http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/coursebook/neuro5(2).pdf) [iii] http://drcaram.com/chiropractic-history/quotes-from-d-d-palmer-the-founder-of-chiropractic/ [iv] http://racinechiropracticorlando.com/