Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 4:5
4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
John the apostle in Patmos Island saw the seven burning lamps of fire before the throne which are the same as the seven lamps of Golden Candlestick seen by Moses on Mount Sinai. They refer to the power of Holy Spirit.
John 6:63a
6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
How great a fleshly man is, he is useless without Holy Spirit because he only sins up to the peak, namely the sins concerning eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage. The body is alive, but the spirituality is dead and destroyed forever. Only Holy Spirit is able to make man live in righteousness, holiness, up to the perfection and eternal life. Thus, fleshly man needs Holy Spirit as a must.
John 16:7
16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
We receive Holy Spirit from Jesus who has died on the cross, risen, and ascended to heaven to pour out Holy Spirit. It begins from the upper room in Jerusalem.
Acts 2:3
2:3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
The One who baptizes us with Holy Spirit is Jesus Himself.
Acts 2:4
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
One of the signs of the fullness of Holy Spirit is speaking with other tongues, as the Spirit gave us utterance.
The process of receiving Holy Spirit is as follows.
Ephesians 4:11-12
4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
If we are holy and obedient, we are equipped with the priest offices and gifts of Holy Spirit or appointed as priests and kings to be used in the ministry for building the body of Christ. It begins from the marriage that we minister to God according to our office as the husband, wife, or children. Then, it continues to the shepherding, inter-shepherding, up to the Israel and gentiles become the one perfect body of Christ.
There are three kinds of equipment for the priests and kings as follows.
All gifts and ministries must be done in love as the driver. The results are as follows.
Joshua 7:3-5
7:3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few."
7:4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.
7:5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Be careful because Satan wants to kill 36 = 4 x 9, namely the nine gifts of Holy Spirit, nine offices, nine deeds of love, and nine fruits of Spirit. Israel could defeat Jericho, but not Ai. Ai means the small or the ruin. Now it means as follows.
Deuteronomy 3:11
3:11 "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubitsis its length and four cubitsits width, according to the standard cubit.
Losing the spiritual 4x9, one falls on the iron bedstead with the measure of 4x9. It refers to the hardness of heart and uncleanness sin.
For example, Judas Iscariot.
1 John 2:18-19
2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
He was not serious in the service and ministry. He was not faithful, but walked about. There was no seriousness in the preaching of the true teaching Word and the Holy Communion because he always rejected the Word. He did not want to be sanctified and renewed. Consequently one is overthrown and becomes the antichrist.
God does not look at our superiority or weakness, but the seriousness of our heart.
Joshua 1:7, 9
1:7 "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
It means that we are strong and of good courage. As a result, God will accompany, care, and struggle for us.
God blesses you.
Revelation 4:5
4:5 And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
John the apostle in Patmos Island saw the seven burning lamps of fire before the throne which are the same as the seven lamps of Golden Candlestick seen by Moses on Mount Sinai. They refer to the power of Holy Spirit.
John 6:63a
6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
How great a fleshly man is, he is useless without Holy Spirit because he only sins up to the peak, namely the sins concerning eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage. The body is alive, but the spirituality is dead and destroyed forever. Only Holy Spirit is able to make man live in righteousness, holiness, up to the perfection and eternal life. Thus, fleshly man needs Holy Spirit as a must.
John 16:7
16:7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
We receive Holy Spirit from Jesus who has died on the cross, risen, and ascended to heaven to pour out Holy Spirit. It begins from the upper room in Jerusalem.
Acts 2:3
2:3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
The One who baptizes us with Holy Spirit is Jesus Himself.
Acts 2:4
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
One of the signs of the fullness of Holy Spirit is speaking with other tongues, as the Spirit gave us utterance.
The process of receiving Holy Spirit is as follows.
- Being led by Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit leads or guides us from the wilderness of the world to the will of God or salvation. It means that we enter the Gate of Tabernacle. We hear the Word seriously, believe it or have faith in Jesus. - Being anointed by Holy Spirit.
It means that we enter the Court of Tabernacle. There are two kinds of equipment there, namely the Altar of Burnt Offering and the Brazen Laver. The Altar of Burnt Offering refers to the repentanceor we stop sinning to return to God or die to sin. The Brazen Laver refers to the water baptism.
Romans 6:4
6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
The true water baptism happens when the person who has died to sin or repented is buried in water with Jesus to raise or come out of water and get the new life, namely the heavenly one. It means the righteous life. - The fullness of Holy Spirit.
It refers to the Door. One who is filled up by Holy Spirit will always experience the anointing of Holy Spirit that will encourage him to enter the Holy Place or shepherding pen.
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 means that we persevere in doing three main services to Godas follows.- Golden Candlestick or perseverance in doing General Service to have the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the gifts.
- Table of Showbread or perseverance in doing Bible Study Service with Holy Communion to get the fellowship with the Son of God in the Word and the sacrifice of Christ.
- Golden Altar of Incense or perseverance in doing Worship Prayer Serviceto get the fellowship with Father God in the love.
Romans 8:15
8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
It continues until we can say "Abba, Father" or be obedient until the flesh does not speak. - Golden Candlestick or perseverance in doing General Service to have the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the gifts.
Ephesians 4:11-12
4:11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
If we are holy and obedient, we are equipped with the priest offices and gifts of Holy Spirit or appointed as priests and kings to be used in the ministry for building the body of Christ. It begins from the marriage that we minister to God according to our office as the husband, wife, or children. Then, it continues to the shepherding, inter-shepherding, up to the Israel and gentiles become the one perfect body of Christ.
There are three kinds of equipment for the priests and kings as follows.
- The nine gifts of Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:8-10
12:8 for to one is given (1)the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another (2)the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
12:9 to another (3)faith by the same Spirit, to another (4)gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
12:10 to another (5)the working of miracles, to another (6)prophecy, to another (7)discerning of spirits, to another (8)different kinds of tongues, to another (9)the interpretation of tongues.
The gifts of Holy Spirit are the miraculous ability from Holy Spirit to enable us to serve and minister to God according to the priest office which He has trusted to us. The nine gifts of Holy Spirit can be divided into three parts as follows.- The gift of the revelation of the Word(=spiritual food), namely wisdom (apostle), knowledge (teacher), discerning of spirits (pastor). A pastor is able to discern the true teachings and the false ones.
- The gift of the worship(=breath), namely prophecy (prophet) to reveal the sins and something that has not happened yet but will happen for sure in the future, especially about Jesus' second coming, the gift of the different kinds of tongues, and the interpretation of tongues.
- The gift of the power(=health), namely faith (ministry), healings (healer), the working of miracles (one who performs miracles). Such gifts are possessed by an evangelist.
- The gift of the revelation of the Word(=spiritual food), namely wisdom (apostle), knowledge (teacher), discerning of spirits (pastor). A pastor is able to discern the true teachings and the false ones.
- The nine priest offices or ministries from the Son of God.
1 Corinthians 12:28, 30
12:28 And God has appointed these in the church: first (1)apostles, second (2)prophets, third (3)teachers, after that (4)miracles, then (5)gifts of healings, (6)helps, (7)administrations, (8)varieties of tongues.
12:30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all (9)interpret?
The can be summarized as the five main offices, namely apostle (=thumb), prophet (=poin finger), evangelist (=middles finger), pastor (=ring finger), teacher (= little finger).
Ephesians 4:11
4:11 And He Himself gave some to be (1)apostles, some (2)prophets, some (3)evangelists, and some (4)pastors and (5)teachers,
They are the same as the hand of God in the congregation.
Ministering to God according to the priest office and gifts of Holy Spirit, the hand of God will be real in the congregation. As a result, the congregation will be in physical and spiritual health as well as growth to the spiritual maturity or perfection and experience the miracle or help from God.
2 Chronicles 26:16-19
26:16 But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
26:17 So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the LORD--valiant men.
26:18 And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God."
26:19 Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar.
Ministering without accordance with the office and gift, one will be arrogant and leprousor have self-truth. It means that he is foolish and reckless.
1 Samuel 13:12-13
13:12 "then I said, 'The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.' Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering."
13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
Consequently, there is the hand of Satan which destroys and divides the body of Christ. - The nine deeds of love of Father God.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
13:5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
13:6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
13:8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
They are as follows.- Love is the most important [verse 1-3].
- Love is patient.
- Love is kind.
- Love rejoices in the truth.
- Love bears all things.
- Love believes all things.
- Love hopes all things.
- Love endures all things.
- Love is eternal [ay 8].
- Love is the most important [verse 1-3].
All gifts and ministries must be done in love as the driver. The results are as follows.
- The love is eternal. It means that our ministry will be eternal until we are in heaven.
- The flesh does not speak anymore, so we do not fall in arrogance. We do not fall in the sins concerning position, riches, woman or adultery, and lie.
- There will be the nine fruits of Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is (1)love, (2)joy, (3)peace, (4)longsuffering, (5)kindness, (6)goodness, (7)faithfulness,
5:23 (8)gentleness, (9)self-control. Against such there is no law.
They can be divided in three groups as follows.- Love, joy, peace = the image of Father God.
- Longsuffering, kindness, goodness = the image of the Son of God.
- Faithfulness, gentleness, self-control = the image of Holy Spirit God.
- Love, joy, peace = the image of Father God.
Joshua 7:3-5
7:3 And they returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for the people of Ai are few."
7:4 So about three thousand men went up there from the people, but they fled before the men of Ai.
7:5 And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
Be careful because Satan wants to kill 36 = 4 x 9, namely the nine gifts of Holy Spirit, nine offices, nine deeds of love, and nine fruits of Spirit. Israel could defeat Jericho, but not Ai. Ai means the small or the ruin. Now it means as follows.
- Money.
It is a small thing, but can be great one which overthrows in the church.
Joshua 7:20-21
7:20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, "Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and this is what I have done:
7:21 "When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it."
Formerly, Achan stole the gold and silver of God.
Joshua 6:24
6:24 But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Now, they refer to the tithes and offerings which belong to God. Do not steal them.
Joshua 7:24
7:24 Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them to the Valley of Achor.
The valley of Achor means the difficulty. One who steals the possession of God will find difficulty in life up to the perdition. - The small tongue can overthrow.
Proverbs 11:11
11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Consequently, one is hopeless and disappointed; even he leaves God and perishes.
Deuteronomy 3:11
3:11 "For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubitsis its length and four cubitsits width, according to the standard cubit.
Losing the spiritual 4x9, one falls on the iron bedstead with the measure of 4x9. It refers to the hardness of heart and uncleanness sin.
For example, Judas Iscariot.
1 John 2:18-19
2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
He was not serious in the service and ministry. He was not faithful, but walked about. There was no seriousness in the preaching of the true teaching Word and the Holy Communion because he always rejected the Word. He did not want to be sanctified and renewed. Consequently one is overthrown and becomes the antichrist.
God does not look at our superiority or weakness, but the seriousness of our heart.
Joshua 1:7, 9
1:7 "Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
It means that we are strong and of good courage. As a result, God will accompany, care, and struggle for us.
- We are strong and of good courage to hold fast and obey the true teaching Word. As a result, God will make us prosperous. We moved from the atmosphere of the dry wilderness to the one of Canaan which is full of honey and milk. It means the atmosphere of the throne of heavenly kingdom where we get the blessings and preservation of God. He makes all things beautiful and successful in due time.
- The seriousness of heart in doing the service and ministry to God.
Mark 2:1-4
2:1 And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house.
2:2 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.
2:3 Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.
2:4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
As a result, the miracle happens in the service to God. There is healing power that heals the lame man. The lameness on the bed refers to the destruction of marriage and children. Let us come to God. He is able to restore our marriage and children. He never deceives us. - Seriousness in worshiping God.
For example, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego kept on worshiping God.
Daniel 3:16-18, 24-25
3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
3:17 "If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
3:18 "But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."
3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king."
3:25 "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
As a result, the miracle happens. The impossible can be made possible. God protects us from the temptation, even from the antichrist. We are renewed from fleshly men to spiritual ones like Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
1:7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,in flaming fire
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Negowere with One who was like the Son of God in the midst of the fire. It prophesies that our body, soul, and spirit are perfect to welcome Jesus' second coming in the flaming fire.
God blesses you.