Delayed Broadcast of Fellowship Service in Medan. Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:9
19:9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'"And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
The marriage supper of the Lamb refers to the meeting between Jesus, who comes a second time in the glory as the Heavenly Bridegroom, and the perfect body of Christ or the heavenly bride on the glorious clouds. We can see Jesus face to face. After that, we enter the Paradise or the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace and the New Jerusalem or the eternal heavenly kingdom.
Therefore, from now on we must have the increasing spiritual sight or the one of the bride through the increasing sanctification until we can see Him face to face on the glorious clouds.
Matthew 22:41-46
22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
22:42 saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to Him, "The Son of David."
22:43 He said to them, "How then does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying:
22:44 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool"'?
22:45 "If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his Son?"
22:46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.
There were two times of Jesus' questions about the Messiah or Christ as follows:
- The first [verse 42]. The Pharisees answered that Jesus was the Son of David. They had the physical or fleshly sight.
- The second [verse 43-44]. The Pharisees could not answer because of not having the spiritual sight. Actually it could have been answered through Christmas that Jesus is the Lord who was born to become a man through the genealogy of David.
The Pharisees could only see Jesus as the Son of David or a man, but not as the Lord who sits at the right side of Father God. Consequently, they rejected Jesus as the Messiah and perished forever.
Philippians 3:18-19
3:18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
3:19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame--who set their mind on earthly things.Be careful! Many Christians or God's servants only have the physical sight without the spiritual one, so they follow and minister to God only to look for the fleshly or worldly things, especially the entertainment and the prosperity of the world.
Consequently, they become the enemies of the cross, reject the cross of Christ and Jesus as the Messiah, and perish forever.
Matthew 9:27
9:27 When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!"The Christians or God's servants who only have the physical sight are blind.
The meanings of being blind physically are as follows:
- Always being in problems or facing many impossible problems.
- Facing the darkness in the marriage and children as follows:
- The darkness of the basket or in economy and the sins concerning eating-drinking.
- The darkness of the bed or the sins concerning eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage such as the fornication between a man and a woman who are not legal spouse, a man and another man, as well as between a woman and another woman, mixed marriage, and divorce-remarrying.
The meanings of being blind spiritually are as follows:
- Being hard-hearted, so one does not want to hear or understand the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, the true teaching Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword, or the sanctification Word. It is the same as rejecting the teaching Word, the sanctification, and the long time of preaching the teaching Word.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
4:3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
- Not being able to see and worship the Lord.
The facts found in the spiritual blindness are as follows:
- Begging like Bartimaeus.
Mark 10:46
10:46 Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadbegging.
It means only looking for physical profits such as money, position, praise, honor, and so on or ignoring the spiritual things.
- Always being burden for others in the deeds and words.
- Sitting by the road. It means not being shepherded or not abiding in the True Vine, but wandering to look for the physical, worldly, or fleshly things.
All activities to serve and minister to God without the true shepherding will be useless and never satisfy Him.
- Wearing the old or dirty garments. It means keeping the old life.
Mark 10:50
10:50 And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.
For example, one keeps the hatred without a cause. One who hates must lie.
1 John 2:11
2:11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Isaiah 64:6
64:6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
The old garment also refers to the self-truth, namely the truth by blaming others or covering sins by pretending to do good things. The self-truth is not in line with the Bible.
If one who is blind spiritually is not helped, he will go toward the outer darkness, not to the City of Light or the New Jerusalem.
The solution is entering the house where there is Jesus as the Lord sitting at the right side of the throne of Father God, the High Priest, and the Great Shepherd.
Matthew 9:28-29
9:28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
9:29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."It means that we must enter the sheepfold. In the Tabernacle, it refers to the Holy Place.
The two men refer to a man and his wife. They must enter one sheepfold, so the children and grandchildren will follow them like in the Ark of Noah.
The requirements of entering the sheepfold are as follows:
- Extra fighting to walk through a narrow door or crucify the flesh which wants to be free in all of its wills like the seawater.
- Perseverance or something we do continually without being hindered by anything.
Acts 2:41-42
2:41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
It refers to the perseverance in committing the three main services to God as follows:
- The Golden Candlestick (in the days of Moses) --> perseverance in fellowship (in the days of the church of the early rain) --> perseverance in committing the General Service to get the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the anointing and gifts.
It includes the perseverance in committing the fellowship service as the place to grow the gifts of Holy Spirit.
- The Table of Showbread --> perseverance in the doctrines and breaking of bread --> perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service with the Holy Communion to get the fellowship with the Son of God in the teaching Word and sacrifice of Christ.
- The Golden Altar of Incense --> perseverance in prayers --> perseverance in committing the Prayer Service to get the fellowship with Father God in His love.
Hebrews 10:36-37
10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
10:37 "For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
On the last days, when Jesus will come as second time, all needs in the world increase. It will be more difficult to fulfill the needs for living in the world until the impossibility in the days when the Antichrist reigns over the world. Nevertheless, all of our needs have been in the perseverance in the sheepfold. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, has given His life to be the guarantee of assurance for preserving our life.
Thus, our main need on the last days is the perseverance in doing the three main services to God in the shepherding.
Hebrews 10:38-39
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."
10:39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Drawing back or getting out of the true shepherding, one will only perish forever.
Matthew 9:28-29
9:28 And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
9:29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."
In the sheepfold, we must be able to hear and obey the voice of the Shepherd or the shepherding Word.
The results are as follows:
- Our body, soul, and spirit attach to the Trinity of God, so the trinity of Satan cannot touch us.
- We are touched by God. We get the increasing sanctification, so our sight is also increased from the physical to the spiritual one.
Seeing Jesus as the Son of David means seeing Jesus as the man who willingly dies on the cross for us.
Seeing Jesus as the Lord means seeing Jesus, who has risen and ascended to heaven to become the High Priest sitting at the right side of the throne of Father God in heaven.
Mark 1:40
1:40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You can make me clean."
Jesus willingly dies for us, but He has risen and wants to help us.
Matthew 9:29
9:29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "According to your faith let it be to you."
The spiritual sight refers to the one of faith to Jesus, who willingly dies on the cross and has risen to help us. We believe and entrust our life fully to Him.
Jesus touched the blind men until they could see. It means as follows:
- We can see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, the teaching Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword, or the Bride Tidings.
- We can see the face of Jesus shining like the sun in its strength or worship Him.
The results are as follows:
- We get the light of glory from Jesus' face which is like the sun and able to renew us from the fleshy man to the spiritual one like Jesus is. We can be honest, sincere, and without the darkness of sin and intense to get physical profits. We do not see men, but only Jesus.
If we are honest and sincere, our face will be cheerful and we can be the house of prayer to please God.
- The light of the grace and kindness of God for preserving our physical life in the world as well as the spiritual one so that we can live in righteousness, holiness, faithfulness, and fervency in spirit in our service and ministry to God.
Numbers 6:25
6:25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;
- The light of peace or protection from sins up to the peak, false teachings, disasters, the Antichrist, the three times seven judgments over the world, and the hell.
Numbers 6:26
6:26 The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace."
The proof of God's protection is the peaceful heart and cheerful face. All things become easy and light.
When Jesus comes a second time, we are changed to be as perfect as He is and we have the face like the sun. We can see Him face to face on the glorious clouds.
God blesses you.