Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 12:312:3. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
Revelation 12: 3-18 is about the clear and complete appearance of Satan or dragon with his activities on the last days as follows:
- [Revelation 12:4a] His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven.
- [Revelation 12:4b] Devouring.
- [Revelation 12:7] Fighting.
[Revelation 12: 3-12] It happens when Satan is still able to go to heaven to accuse men and do his three activities.
- [Revelation 12:13] Persecuting or catching up fast.
- [Revelation 12:15] Causing the woman or the church of God to be carried away by the flood.
- [Revelation 12:17] Making war or persecuting.
[Revelation 12:13-18] It happens when Satan has been defeated and cast to the earth. He has no place in heaven forever, so he uses his short time before he is bound and destroyed to come down to men, having great wrath in his three activities.
ad. 4. Persecuting.
Revelation 12:13-14
12:13. Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.
12:14. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
The dragon or Satan persecutes the woman who gives birth to the male Child.
It has been prophesied by Daniel.
Daniel 9:27
9:27. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominationsshall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."
Satan or the dragon persecutes the woman or the church of God who becomes the light of the world (having the sun, moon, and star) with the wing of abominations to destroy her.
[Revelation 12:14] God gives the two wings of a great eagle to evacuate the church of God to the wilderness, being far from the eyes of the serpent.
Daniel 9:20-23
9:20. Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God,
9:21. yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering.
9:22. And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand.
9:23. "At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision:
[Daniel 9:20] Daniel prays for his own sin and the sin of the Israelites or congregation, so all sins are reconciled.
[Daniel 9:21-23] Daniel receives the revelation of the Word or the true teaching word according to his deep yearning for the true teaching word to be preached to the congregation, so it becomes the spiritual food for them.
Daniel is the image of the shepherd who is earnest, faithful, and responsible before God, so he is greatly beloved by God.
Daniel 8:16-17
8:16. And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
8:17. So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end."
By the revelation of the Word and intercession prayer which is done faithfully and responsibly, Daniel, the servant of God, or the shepherd experiences the spiritual increase.
If our spiritual life increases, the physical one will increase too. Our life is more beautiful until we become the apple of God's eye.
That is why we must be shepherded earnestly, faithfully, and responsibly, so we experience the spiritual increase. Our life is more beautiful. We are saved up to perfection.
We become the apple of God's eye and we are not separated from Him.
Daniel 9:24,27
9:24. "Seventy weeksare determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
9:27. Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."
Daniel prophesied about the last days when there are seventy weeks.
We learn about one week, namely the seventieth or the last seven years. It is the time of the book of Revelation.
The seven years are divided into two, three and a half years each.
The midpoint is Revelation 12.
The first three and a half years is the time of the pre-persecution of the Antichrist.
And the second one is time when the Antichrist reigns over the world.
The seven years in the book of Revelation are divided into two as follows:
- The first three and a half years is the time of the pre-persecution of the Antichrist.
- Two years are the last purification for the Gentiles through the true teaching word that is sharper than any two-edged sword or the Bride Tidings that we receive in the shepherding and sprinkle of blood or suffering in flesh because of Jesus.
Genesis 45:6
45:6. "For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
The time of famine is the time when we must hear the true teaching word earnestly. We hear and obey the word, so we are purified more.
- One and a half years are the purification for the Israelites to receive Jesus as the Christ, King, or Heavenly Bridegroom through the Bride Tidings (the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west or the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain).
As a result, the Israelites and Gentiles become one perfect body of Christ.
[Daniel 9:24a] There are three things that must be experienced in the pre-persecution of the antichrist as follows:
- To finish the transgression.
One of the transgressions is about the worship.
Malachi 3:18
3:18. Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
The wicked is the one who does not minister to God faithfully up to leaving the ministry to God. He ignores the ministry and Holy Spirit's gift that God gives to him.
We must be purified by the sword of the word or the Bride Tidings, so we become the righteous, namely ministering to God faithfully and fervently.
Holy Spirit's gift increases, so we are firmer in the ministry until the gift becomes perfect. It is a garland of twelve stars.
- To make an end of sins.
The darkness increases on the last days. The sin increases up to the peak, namely sin of eating-drinking (smoking, getting drunk, and drugs abuse) and marrying-giving in marriage.
We must experience the increasing purification, so we experience the increasing remission of sins.
We experience the freedom and redemption from increasing sins until there is no more sin. It is the moon under feet or the perfect redemption.
- To make reconciliation for iniquity.
The highest iniquity refers to the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, or the world on the last days.
Ezekiel 16:49
16:49. "Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
The iniquity of Sodom is pride because of the physical and spiritual blessings from God, so she does not help others who suffer and are in need.
It is the same as not loving others and God. One becomes greedy and stingy. He loves money, so he steals the possession of God, namely the tithe and special offering. It is the same as being without love, so nothing can hold God's punishment.
We must be purified, so we can love God more than anything.
The fact found in it is returning the tithe and special offerings that belong to God, and giving for the work of God.
We can love others as we love ourselves and gives to others who are in need; even we can love our enemy. We do not harm and hurt others but we repay good for evil. It is the perfect love or the clothes of the sun.
The Israelites and Gentiles can become the church of God or one body as the light of the world with the sun, moon, and star. There are no more darkness, transgression, sin, and iniquity that can be appointed by God, others, and Satan, so we experience peace.
- The second three and a half years. It is the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world.
Revelation 12:1,6,14
12:1. Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
12:6. Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
12:14. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
There are many things we think about, do, and try to reach every day. Let's do them earnestly.
But, the most important thing is that we must think, do, and try to have the light of the sun, moon, and star (the light of the world).
God gives the two wings of a great eagle to the church of God who becomes the light of the world to evacuate her to the wilderness, far from the eyes of the Antichrist who reigns over the world for three and a half years.
We are taken care by God with the true teaching word and Holy Communion (Christ's sacrifice).
Daniel 9:24b
9:24b. To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy.
There are three things that we must experience in the evacuation to the wilderness for three and a half years as follows:
- To bring in everlasting righteousness. It refers to the Court of Tabernacle.
It means as follows:
- There is no more self-truth or the truth outside the word.
- We are not on the side of others especially the false ones, but God or the true teaching word.
As a result, we live in righteousness until we are righteous, just as Jesus is righteous. It is the everlasting righteousness.
- To seal up vision and prophecy. It refers to the Holy Place.
The vision and prophecy refer to the prophetic, true teaching, or purification Word.
Deuteronomy 29:29
29:29. "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Now, there are many things that have not been revealed to us. Those are the secret thing that belongs to God.
But, in the evacuation to the wilderness, all of the word will be revealed for us until nothing is hidden from us, so we are holy, just as Jesus is holy.
- To anoint the Most Holy. It refers to the Most Holy Place.
Isaiah 11:1-3
The Reign of Jesse's Offspring
11:1. There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.
11:3. His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
The most holy anointing is the anointing of Jesus as follows:
- The Spirit of the LORD, not the one of Satan or the world.
- The Spirit of wisdom.
- The Spirit of understanding.
- The Spirit of counsel.
- The Spirit of might.
- The Spirit of knowledge.
- The Spirit of the fear of the LORD.
Satan does not have it. Lucifer loses the anointing. He does not have the fear of God. He fights against God, so he becomes Satan or the fiery red dragon.
The superiority of Jesus is the Spirit of the fear of the LORD. The additional value of a servant of God is the fear of the LORD.
The facts found in the fear of the LORD are as follows:
- Hating the sins up to perverse mouth.
Proverbs 8:13
8:13. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
We never hate God, but love Him. We never hate others and our enemy.
- Glorifying God with physical possessions, body, soul, spirit, and ministry to God until we worship Him.
Revelation 14:7
14:7. saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."
We stretch out our hands to surrender all of fear, sadness, and impossibility, so God stretches out His powerful hands to us.
The results are as follows:
- The creation power to create something that does not exist yet. It is Jesus as Jehovah Jireh.
Genesis 22:12-14
22:12. And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."
22:13. Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
22:14. And Abraham called the name of the place, The-LORD-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of The LORD it shall be provided."
God creates something that does not exist yet to take care of our life in the midst of difficulties and impossibility of the world until the Antichrist reigns over the world for three and a half years.
He even takes care of us until we become the perfect bride.
- The power to make all things become good and beautiful in due time. Failure is changed into success and beauty in due time.
Exodus 1:17,20
1:17. But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
1:20. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.
For a shepherd, it is also the power to bring people to God to increase the saved people or the quality of the perfect body of Christ. It is the same as being used in the building of the body of Christ.
- The renewal power from fleshly men to spiritual ones like Jesus.
Exodus 1:21
1:21. And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
The thing that we need in the marriage is obedience, so we can love God more than anything as well as loving others and enemy.
As a result, the physical miracle happens. The doors are opened for us. The impossible thing becomes possible.
We experience the purification and renewal of life until we become the light of the world, so we experience the evacuation power by the two wings of a great eagle to the wilderness far from the eyes of the Antichrist who reigns over the world for three and a half years.
We also experience the power of lifting up to the glorious clouds.
Who are lifted up? [Revelation 12:1] The Israelites and Gentiles, one body of Christ, or the church with the light of the world.
[Revelation 19] When Jesus comes a second time, ones who have died in Jesus both from Israelites and Gentiles will be resurrected in the glorious body, and ones who are still alive until Jesus comes a second time both from Israelites and Gentiles will be changed in the glorious body.
Both of them will become one body of Christ who is as glorious as Jesus to be lifted up on the glorious clouds up to entering into the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) and the New Jerusalem forever.
God blesses us.