Bible Study Service in Malang, July 21, 2020 (Tuesday Evening)

Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 11:15-19 is about the seventh trumpet sound or the last one.

Revelation 11:15
11:15. Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

The seventh trumpet shows Jesus, who will come a second time on the glorious clouds in the glory as the King of all kings and the Heavenly Bridegroom for establishing the heavenly kingdom in the world, namely the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) and the heavenly kingdom or the eternal New Jerusalem.

We see the yearning of God for establishing the heavenly kingdom in the world is shown in the Lord's Prayer. The emphasis is in the sentence 'Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven'.

Matthew 6:9-10
6:9. "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
6:10. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.

'Your will be done' means that we must always be in the will of God, not ours', so we experience the heavenly kingdom in the world.
Outside the will of God is just the one of Satan or the flesh. It may look great, but it will cause suffering, curse, and perdition.

Matthew 6:25
6:25. "Therefore I say to you, do not worryabout your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

The will of God is that we have no worry.
The anxiety means as follows:

1. The fear or worry about something that has not happened yet, especially daily need and future.
   
2. Living without faith, especially about money. It is the source of worry and ruin of the church of God.
   The Antichrist formula is depending on money only.
   

Luke 21:25-26
21:25. "And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
21:26. "men's hearts failing them from fearand the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.

The fear or worry will attack all men including the servant of God on the last days because of facing shocks in all things, namely the physical ones such as health and finance, the spiritual ones such as sins, false teaching, and false ministry, and the ones about marriage and children.

The consequences are as follows:

1. Shortening the heart beat or age up to physical death.
   Matthew 6:27
   6:27. "Which of you by worrying can add one cubitto his stature?
   
   One cubit is the same as one step or one heart beat.
   
   
2. The cubit is the measurement of the Tabernacle.
   It means that the servant of God does not want to enter into the building of the perfect body of Christ or spiritual Tabernacle because of the worry.
   One does not want to minister in the marriage, shepherding, and inter-shepherding, even he obstructs the ministry of the building of the perfect body of Christ by gossiping et cetera. It is the same as supporting the false one, so he experiences spiritual death. His words are sinful, namely lie, gossip, and slander. His deeds are sinful. He hurts others up to the peak of sin, namely the sins of eating-drinking and marrying-giving in marriage.
   
   If one does not want to enter into the building of the body of Christ, he will enter into the one of Babylon, namely the bride of Satan who is perfect in evil and uncleanness.
   Consequently, he cannot become the heavenly bride. He is left when Jesus comes a second time, so he is destroyed forever in the second death.
   

The fear or worry is the main killer on the last days physically and spiritually up to perdition forever.

The anxiety has ever attacked the Israelites in the journey from Egypt to Canaan which was led by Moses. It is the image of the ministry of the building of the perfect body of Christ to the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) and the New Jerusalem, the promised land forever.

Exodus 14:1-8
14:1. Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
14:2. "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.
14:3. "For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are bewildered by the land; the wilderness has closed them in.'
14:4. "Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
14:5. Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people; and they said, "Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
14:6. So he made ready his chariot and took his people with him.
14:7. Also, he took six hundred choice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them.
14:8. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness.

Moses and the Israelites faced the shock in the journey to Canaan as follows:

1. The Red sea was in front, and it could not be passed.
   
2. The wilderness is on the left and right, and it could not be passed.
   
3. Pharaoh and all his army pursued the Israelites from behind.
   

We may be face the same condition that can make us desperate or on the contrary totally surrender to God.

Exodus 14:10,13-15
14:10. And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried outto the LORD.
14:13. And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
14:14. "The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
14:15. And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me?Tell the children of Israel to go forward.

'Why do you cry to Me?' = Moses and the Israelites were very afraid. Moses had heard the voice of God but he was afraid too because he heard the voice of the Israelites more than Gods'.
Crying out refers to crying because of fear or not surrendering to God. It is the same as being without faith or falling from faith.

Moses forgot God's promise or the true teaching word although he had heard God's voice and preached it.
That is why the word must be preached repetitively, so the shepherd and congregation do not forget it but being assured.
Forgetting the promise of God is the same as not believing in God anymore. If it continues, one will be destroyed.

Be careful! Satan gives shock in all things to make the servant of God afraid, so he does not have faith in God. He also does not believe in God or the true teaching word. Consequently, he will be destroyed.

God allows the shock which is sent by Satan in all things to strengthen the faith of His servant, not to make us fall from faith, so we just believe and hope Him. We just love Him more than anything. We are always in His will, so we experience on earth as it is in heaven. We experience the atmosphere of Paradise until we truly enter into the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) and the kingdom of heaven forever.

When we face the shock, we must prove that we truly follow God from our heart.

The Israelites were in fear or worry or having no faith because of the things as follows:

1. 'the children of Israel lifted their eyes' is the same as looking back or looking at Egypt. It means that one has the fleshly or worldly sight. He is bound by the worldly or fleshly thing.
   Exodus 14:9-10
   14:9. So the Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
   14:10. And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD.
   
   The facts of being bound by the worldly thing are as follows:
   
   
   • Following or ministering to God just for getting the fleshly or worldly thing.
     Luke 9:62
     9:62. But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
     
     'no one is fit for the kingdom of God' means that one who looks back is not fit for the kingdom of God.
     
     
   • Being unfaithful as well as leaving the ministry because of hunting the fleshly or worldly thing, namely finance, matchmaking, et cetera.
     His yearning is not on earth as it is in heaven, but the worldly thing.
     
     
   The consequence is seeing the terrifying revival of Satan.
   Exodus 14:10a
   14:10a. And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them.
   
   The revival of Satan is led by three persons as follows:
   
   
   • Pharaoh and his people refer to Satan with the spirit of rebelliousness or uncleanness.
     Exodus 14:5-7
     14:5. Now it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaohand his servants was turned against the people; and they said, "Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
     14:6. So he made ready his chariot and took his peoplewith him.
     14:7. Also, he took six hundredchoice chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt with captainsover every one of them.
     
     The spirit of rebelliousness means disobedience.
     
     
   • Six hundred choice chariots.
     Six hundred consists of 6-0-0. It means as follows:
     
     
     1. The number six refers to fleshly men.
        
     2. The number zero means that his mind is empty. He has no anointing of Holy Spirit. He does not have the understanding, and he does not want to understand even though it has been explained.
        
        
     3. The number zero means that his spirit is empty. He has no feeling or love.
        
        
     So, the number six hundred refers to the fleshly man who has no mind and feeling. He is the same as the beast rising up out of the sea, namely the Antichrist with the power of mammon or the will of money that makes one greedy and stingy.
     
     Being stingy means that one cannot give.
     Being greedy means that one steals the possession of others and the one of God, namely the tithe and special offering. It is the same as having no God's feeling.
     
     
   • The beast coming up out of the earth, namely the false prophet with the lying spirit and false teaching.
     The false teaching prioritizes the flesh, so one does not have the feeling until blaming at Jesus.
     
     
   Be careful! If our ministry is only linked with the world, starting from eating-drinking, et cetera, we will be used by the trinity of Satan to enter into the building of Babylon, the bride of Satan that is signified with uncleanness, unfaithfulness, fear, worry up to perdition forever.
   
   The heavenly kingdom is not about eating and drinking but giving meal and drink to Jesus. This is the true ministry.
   
   Luke 17:7-8
   17:7. "And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'?
   17:8. "But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourselfand serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'?
   
   Giving meal and drink to Jesus means as follows:
   
   
   • Suffering to keep becoming the servant of God who wears the belt.
     Isaiah 11:5
     11:5. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the beltof His waist.
     
     
     
   • Satisfying God.
     
     
   As a result, we will be used in the building of the perfect body of Christ or the heavenly bride, so we feel on earth as it is in heaven.
   Our meal becomes God's business. He does not lie until we may greet Him when He comes a second time.
   
   Let's survive to become faithful and righteous. Do not embarrass God!
   
   
2. Appreciating the grave in Egypt more.
   Exodus 14:11
   14:11. Then they said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt?
   
   The physical grave is the one for a dead man like Jesus. Let us take the example of Jesus about the thing we should do to a dead man, namely the burial. If we have been wrong, we must ask for mercy
   
   The spiritual grave means as follows:
   
   
   • As the negative meaning, it is the place of the extension of the hand of death. It means that it is the place to put to death our spirituality and future in heaven, starting from in the world up to heaven.
     For example, cinema, et cetera.
     
     The church, ministry, and fellowship can be the grave too, namely looking for the fleshly prosperity and entertainment but rejecting the cross, so the house of God becomes the den of thieves.
     
     Be Watchful! Do not be unfaithful until leaving the ministry just for going to the grave!
     Do not leave the true shepherding! Leaving the true shepherding is the same as going to the grave.
     
     
   • As the positive meaning, it refers to the true water baptism.
     Romans 6:2,4
     6:2. Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
     6:4. Therefore we were buriedwith 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 means that one who has died to sin or repented must be buried in water with Jesus and come out or rise from water with Him to receive new life or heavenly one, namely good conscience like a dove. It means that we become obedient, so we are always in the will of God.
     
     Matthew 3:16
     3:16. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
     
     We often look for our own way outside the will of God when we face the shock. It may look great, but it will be destroyed soon.
     If we follow the will of God, we may get difficulty, but we will enter into the New Jerusalem.
     
     We become obedient until there is no lust of the flesh. We just want to hear the true teaching word, so we are not afraid anymore but we have confidence toward God. We always minister to and worship Him.
     If we do not have the lust of the flesh, we will not be afraid anymore.
     
     1 John 3:19-22
     3:19. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
     3:20. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
     3:21. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
     3:22. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
     
     
     
3. Preferring to become the slave of sin than the one of God.
   Exodus 14:12
   14:12. "Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, 'Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness."
   
   If one does not want to become the servant of God, he will surely become the slave of Satan or sin. We cannot be neutral.
   
   Sin is the source of fear, starting from garden Eden.
   The slave of sin is always in fear and difficulty up to perdition.
   
   Check our life! If our life is always difficult and afraid, then we must check whether we become the servant of God or the slave of sin.
   
   John 8:34-36
   8:34. Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.
   8:35. "And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.
   8:36. "Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
   
   Jesus is the only man who is able to set us free from sin through His sacrifice on the cross and His word that purifies us.
   God's word is the true teaching word.
   
   The bible study service is our chance to be free from sin, so we are free from any burdens.
   
   1 Corinthians 5:11
   5:11. But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral⁽¹⁾, or covetous⁽²⁾, or an idolater⁽³⁾, or a reviler⁽⁴⁾, or a drunkard⁽⁵⁾, or an extortioner⁽⁶⁾--not even to eat with such a person.
   
   The main purification through the sword and Christ's sacrifice is especially from the six sins that are ingrained in our life, so we really experience the freedom from sin (experiencing Passover).
   
   1 Corinthians 5:7-8
   5:7. Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
   5:8. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
   
   We live in righteousness and holiness, so one earth as it is in heaven.
   
   Romans 6:18,22
   6:18. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
   6:22. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.
   
   First, we are set free from sin by the sword of the word and Christ's sacrifice. Further, we experience the things as follows:
   
   
   • We become the slaves of righteousness. We live in sincerity and truth. It refers to the Court of Tabernacle.
     
   • We become the servant of God who is holy or the priests and kings who have the ministry according to the one that God gives to us, so we are used in the building of the perfect body of Christ. It refers to the Holy Place.
     
     
   • Everlasting life in heaven. It refers to the Most Holy Place.
     
     
   We must be free from sin nowadays.
   

Those things made the Israelites live in fear and would have caused the everlasting perdition.
Thanks to God because He still touched Moses.

Exodus 14:13-16
14:13. And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
14:14. "The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
14:15. And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
14:16. "But lift up your rod, and stretch out your handover the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Moses experiences d the power of God, so he was not afraid anymore but going forward whatever the hindrance. Moses obeyed God.

The facts of having no fear are as follows:

1. 'Stand still' means that one keeps holding fast the promise of God or the true teaching word and obeying it whatever risk may come. It is the same as keeping on being in the will of God.
   
   
2. 'lift up your rod' means exalting the cross of God or appreciating Christ's sacrifice, namely doing the introspection in our life, so we can confess and forgive one another. We can repent and live in righteousness.
   
   Exalting the cross also means that we willingly suffer in the flesh because of Jesus and suffer in the flesh without sin.
   For example, we commit the fasting prayer.
   Do not torment God and others!
   
   
3. 'stretch out your hand' means totally surrendering to God. We worship God with a broken heart, and He will stretch out His hands to us. That is Holy Spirit.
   

Exodus 14:21-22
14:21. Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east windall that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
14:22. So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

'east wind' refers to Holy Spirit.

The results are as follows:

• Holy Spirit is able to give way out from all impossible problems.
  1 Corinthians 10:13
  10:13. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
  
  Holy Spirit gives extra power, so we are not disappointed until He gives us the way out.
  
  
• Holy Spirit becomes a wall. It means the miraculous preservation and protection in the midst of difficulties until the age of the Antichrist.
  
• Holy Spirit fights for us, so we cannot be defeated, made fall into sin, and deceived, but we keep following and ministering to God until the finish line.
  Exodus 14:14
  14:14. "The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace."
  
  
  
• Moses goes to Canaan. It means that we used in the revival of the building of the perfect body of Christ through the Bride Tidings.
  
• Holy Spirit brings us to the East, where there is Paradise.
  Exodus 14:27
  14:27. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
  
  Genesis 2:8
  2:8. The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
  
  We return to Paradise. It means that Holy Spirit purifies and changes us up to perfection like Jesus.
  Now we feel the Paradise in the world until we really enter into the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the upcoming Paradise) when Jesus comes a second time.
  

God blesses us.