Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 21:2-321:2. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
21:3. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.The new man is a bride who adorns herself for her husband.
Colossians 3:10-143:10. and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
3:11. where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
3:12. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies(1), kindness(2), humility(3), meekness(4), longsuffering(5);
3:13. bearing with one another, and forgiving(6)one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
3:14. But above all these things put on love(7), which is the bond of perfection.The seven facts of the new man are the same as the seven pillars.
The new man must own three times seven pillars as follows:
- The seven pillars of household or marriage.
Colossians 3:18-25
3:18. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
3:19. Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
3:20. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
3:21. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
3:22. Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.
3:23. And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
3:24. knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
3:25. But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality.
The marriage must have the strong base, namely the righteousness, holiness, and unity of the marriage, so it can be built with the seven pillars.
The requirements are as follows:
- Being blessed by God, namely in one faith, one teaching, and one baptism.
- Being blessed by the parents and shepherd to be affirmed and blessed--the requirements are being true and holy.
- Being recorded in civil registry.
So, the seven pillars can be built in the marriage as follows:
- [verse 18] A wife submits to her husband. She does not teach or have authority over her husband.
- [verse 19] A husband loves his wife and does not do bitterly toward her.
- [verse 20] A child obeys his parents according to the Word, so he has the guarantee of certainty for his life becoming beautiful.
- [verse 21] The parents must not provoke their children and make the children lose hearts. Do not get angry without love! Do not let the children who are false!
- [verse 22-25] The bondservant must obey his master, namely he works heartily, as to the Lord. As a result, he will receive the reward from God, so he always lives abundantly. He can give thanks to God and become the blessing.
- [Colossians 4:1] The master must be fair and just to his bondservants.
- The widow or widower.
1Timothy 5:5-7
5:5. Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
5:6. But she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
5:7. And these things command, that they may be blameless.
A widow must always hope to God by continuing in supplications and prayers, and she always lives in righteousness and holiness.
As a result, the marriage has the candlestick with the seven burning lamps to fight against the darkness as follows:
- The darkness of basket. It refers to the economy crisis and sins of eating-drinking.
- The darkness of bed. It refers to the sins of fornication.
As a result, we can reach the perfect marriage or the spiritual marriage, namely the marriage supper of the Lamb of God on the glorious clouds.
- The seven pillars of the temple of God or the Tabernacle.
2 Peter 1:5-7
1:5. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue(1), to virtue knowledge(2),
1:6. to knowledge self-control(3), to self-control perseverance(4), to perseverance godliness(5),
1:7. to godliness brotherly kindness(6), and to brotherly kindness love(7).
We must have the strong base of the temple of God--the spiritual life-, namely faith. In the Tabernacle, it refers to the Gate.
The two kinds of faith are as follows:
- The true faith.
Romans 10:17
10:17. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The true faith comes by hearing the Word in the anointing of Holy Spirit until we understand and believe in it, so it becomes faith in our heart.
- The stable faith or the tested one.
It means keeping believing in God and holding fast the true teaching Word as well as obeying it in facing the test or temptations.
If we have the stable base, the seven pillars will be built in the house of God as follows:
- The virtueor good deed. It refers to the Altar of Burnt Offering.
The good deed that God waits for is our repenting or stopping sinning and returning to Him--being dead to sin. We are set free from Satan's hand and return to God's hand.
There are no more hatred and lie--Satan is the father of killers and liars.
- The knowledge. It refers to the Brazen Laver.
Philippians 3:10-11
3:10. that I may knowHim and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
3:11. if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
We must know Jesus who has died and risen as well as experience the death and resurrection experience with Jesus through the true water baptism.
Romans 6:4
6:4. Therefore we were buriedwith Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raisedfrom the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
One who has died to sin or repented must be buried in the water with Jesus in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, namely Lord Jesus Christ, and come out or rise from water with Him, so the heavens are opened and we receive new life or the heavenly one, namely life in righteousness.
Proverbs 10:2
10:2. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.
As a result, we are saved. We are not controlled by the death.
Philippians 3:11
3:11. if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
The people who have died will be resurrected in the body of glory when Jesus comes a second time. The people who live in the Lord will be changed in the body of glory. Both will be one perfect body of Christ.
- The self-control. It refers to the Door of Tabernacle. It means the fullness of Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit controls us, so we are not controlled by the lusts of the flesh. We do not commit sin. We do not walk about, but we are shepherded well and correctly, so we are not deceived. We live in order and regularity. We experience the atmosphere of heaven.
- The perseveranceand
- godliness.
Perseverance and godliness refer to the Holy Place. There are three kinds of tool that refer to the perseverance in committing the three kinds of main service to God as follows:
- The Golden Candlestick refers to the perseverance in committing the General Service. We have fellowship with Holy Spirit God in His anointing and gifts.
- The Table of Showbread refers to the perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service with Holy Communion. We have fellowship with the Son of God in the teaching Word and the sacrifice of Christ.
- The Golden Altar of Incense refers to the perseverance in committing the Prayer Service. We have fellowship with Father God in His love.
In the sheepfold, our body, soul, and spirit attach to the trinity of God like a branch that abides in the true vine, so we experience the purification.
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 live in holiness, we will be equipped with the ministry and gifts. It is the tunic of many colors. We are used in the ministry of the building of the perfect body of Christ. It starts from marriage, shepherding, inter-shepherding until the Israelites and Gentiles become one perfect body of Christ.
As a result, all things become beautiful and sweet. We experience the heavenly bliss. We always give thanks and become Jesus' witness.
- Brotherly kindnessas we love ourselves. It means just doing the good things.
- The love. It means that we love others even our enemy. We repay good for evil. It refers to the sprinkle of blood in the Most Holy Place.
Revelation 21:3
21:3. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.
As a result, God is with us to cover us. He is responsible for our life until He makes us perfect.
Leviticus 26:11
26:11. I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
Without the Tabernacle, namely faith and the seven pillars, God will abhor man, so he is vomited like the church of the Laodiceans who is lukewarm, disgusting, and unclean. His life is half dead and separated from God forever.
- The seven wisdoms of heaven.
James 3:15-17
3:15. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.
3:16. For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
3:17. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure(1), then peaceable(2), gentle(3), willing to yield(4), full of mercy and good fruits(5), without partiality(6)and without hypocrisy(7).
The base is that we must put away the earthly, sensual, and demonic wisdom. For where envy, hatred, and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.
As a result, we can receive the seven pillars of the heavenly wisdom as follows:
- Being pure or holy up to our heart.
- Being peaceable.
- Being gentle.
- Being willing to yield. It means obedience.
- Being full of mercy and good fruits. We do not agree or judge the sinner but bring him to God. We can give to others who are in need.
- Being without partiality. It means that we are only on the side of God or the true teaching Word.
- Being without hypocrisy. It means sincerity.
The sincere heart is like dove. It is the place of Holy Spirit or the Spirit of glory.
Ezekiel 1:28
1:28. Like the appearance of a rainbowin a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
The usefulness of the Spirit of glory or the rainbow is as follows:
- Protecting us from the punishment of God, namely three times seven punishments, doomsday, and the hell.
Genesis 9:13-17
9:13. "I set My rainbowin the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
9:14. "It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
9:15. "and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
9:16. "The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
9:17. And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."
The rainbow with the seven colors refers to the candlestick with the seven burning lamps to light us from the darkness of the world until the Antichrist reigns over the world for three and a half years. We are evacuated to the wilderness.
- Anointing our mind, so we are not deceived by the false teaching.
Revelation 10:1
10:1. I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 Corinthians 11:2-4
11:2. For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
11:3. But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!
The engagement--the last days-- means just one more step into the marriage supper of the Lamb of God. In the engagement, there are many servants of God who are deceived by gossip or the false teaching like Eve, so they cannot return to the Paradise.
Holy Spirit anoints our mind, so we firmly hold fast the true teaching Word and reject the false one.
Psalm 133:1-3
133:1. <<A Song of Ascents. Of David.>> Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
133:2. It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments.
133:3. It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing--Life forevermore.
The anointing oil--rainbow--is always upon our head, so God commands the blessing physically and spiritually in the midst of the difficulties of the world. We experience serenity and peacefulness, so all things become easy and light. God also blesses us with the unity, namely one heart and one voice, so we become the house of prayer.
Revelation 4:3
4:3. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.
There are two kinds of throne as follows:
- The throne of glory of God. The Spirit of glory is able to change us to become strong and of good courage. It means that we do not get disappointed and desperate. We keep being happy in the suffering.
- The throne of grace to fight against the dark overcast or steep hill.
Hebrews 4:16
4:16. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The Spirit of glory is able to help us in time of need, finish all of impossible problems, and wipe away every tear.
It continues until we are changed to become perfect. We have the seven signs of the new man.
God blesses us.