Bible Study Service in Malang, June 09, 2020 (Tuesday Evening)

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

Revelation 11:1 is about the atmosphere of spiritual revival or the building of the perfect body of Christ, so the church of God fulfills the measurement form God, namely the flesh does not speak anymore. The veil is torn, so the Ark of the Covenant appears in the Most Holy Place. We become as perfect as the heavenly bride or the perfect body of Christ who is ready to be evacuated to the wilderness, far from the eyes of antichrist who reigns over the world for three and a half years. Further, we will be lifted up to the glorious clouds, the marriage supper of the Lamb, the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (upcoming Paradise), and the New Jerusalem forever.

Revelation 11:2-10 is about the church of God who does not fulfill the measurement from God, namely the flesh does not speak anymore or the veil is torn. The sound of the flesh that has not been torn is usually the one of disobedience, worry, hatred, and lie.
Consequently, one cannot be perfect, so he must experience the persecution of the Antichrist who reigns over the world for three and a half years. He faces the great tribulation, but he will be strengthened by the two witnesses, namely Moses and Elijah, so he keeps worshipping God, not the Antichrist up to being beheaded. It is the same as becoming the martyr.

That is why from now on we must use the longsuffering of Got to enter into the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain until the finish line, namely our death or Jesus' second coming to fulfill the measurement from God.
The longsuffering of God is that He and the Antichrist have not come yet, and we still get the lengthening of our life.

The two witnesses, namely Moses and Elijah, who are killed by the Antichrist, are the last martyrs.
Revelation 11:11-12
11:11. Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
11:12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

Verse 11-12 is about the two witnesses who are risen by God because they become the martyrs. The church of God who becomes the martyr in the days of the Antichrist or dies in the revival at this moment will be risen too.
We just choose either we die because of the sword of the word or the one of the antichrist.

If we do not want to become the martyr because of the sword of the word in the revival, we will become the martyr by the sword of the antichrist.

Revelation 20:4-6
20:4. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
20:5. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
20:6. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Revelation 11:12
11:12. And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

The two witnesses are ascended to heaven. These men also refer to husband and wife, parents and children.
Be careful! The great separation will happen, namely two men in the field of God or two men in one bed (husband and wife, parents and children, brother and sister) can be separated. It is the last separation.

Luke 17:34-36
17:34. "I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left.
117:35. "Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left.
17:36. "Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left."

Why can it happen? Because the one enters into the revival of the building of the perfect body of Christ to fulfill the measurement from God namely the flesh does not speak anymore, and the other does not, so he keeps becoming flesh and blood man who is the same as the Antichrist.

Do not get separated! The examples are Elijah and Elisha.
Elijah is the image of the revival of Holy Spirit in the first rain. He does not die, but lives until Jesus comes.
Elisha is the image of the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain. He died but he will be risen when Jesus comes.
So, people who die will be risen, and they who live until Jesus comes will be changed to become as perfect as God and enter into Paradise up to the New Jerusalem.
Our life and death are not important. The important thing is that we enter into the revival as long as we live.

Tonight, we will learn about Elijah and Elisha.
1 Kings 19:16,19-21
19:16. "Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
19:19. So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
19:20. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
19:21. So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.

Elijah is the image of the revival of Holy Spirit in the first rain, namely the one in the Gospel Word that is preached by twelve prophets in the first rain from Jerusalem to the ends of the world to save the sinners.
The facts of being saved are as follows:

• Believing in Jesus as the only Savior.
  
• Repenting or being dead to sin.
  
• Water baptism.
  The true water baptism is that one who has died to sin or repented must be buried in the water with Jesus and come out or rise from water with Him to receive new life or the heavenly one, namely life in righteousness. He experiences Holy Spirit baptism and becomes the instrument of righteousness (the priest and king).
  

This is the base.
The revival in the first rain increases the quantity of the body of Christ.

But, the base is not enough. That is why Elisha is chosen.
Elisha is the image of the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain, namely the one in the true teaching word that is preached by twelve prophets in the last rain from the ends of the world to Jerusalem to purify and change saved people up to being perfect like Jesus and entering into the New Jerusalem.

The signs of the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain are as follows:

1. Having the mantle.
   1 Kings 19:19
   19:19. So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantleon him.
   
   John 19:23-24
   19:23. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
   19:24. They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says: "They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
   
   We receive the tunic from Jesus who is stripped and dies on the cross.
   How can we get it? They cast lots for the tunic and it was not made four parts.
   It means that from among many, only one receives it.
   Spiritually, one who receives God's trust and mercy will receive the tunic, so he is used in the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain.
   
   Being used in marriage, shepherding, inter-shepherding, until the Israelites and Gentiles become one is only God's trust and mercy for us.
   
   The spiritual meanings of the tunic are as follows:
   
   
   • The Bride Tidings.
     Revelation 19:11,13,16
     19:11. Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
     19:13. He was clothedwith a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
     19:16. And He has on His robeand on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
     
     This is the end of the revival of white horse.
     The robe is the same as the Bride Tidings or the Word of God that is written Lord of lords and King of kings.
     
     Revelation 19:6-7
     19:6. And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
     19:7. "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
     
     The Bride Tidings is needed in the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain.
     Matthew 25:6
     25:6. "And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
     
     The Bride Tidings is the only voice that must be heard at midnight. Hearing the Bride Tidings is God's trust and mercy because many people reject it.
     
     John 19:23
     19:23. Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
     
     The tunic of Jesus is without seam. It means that the Bride Tidings is pure from the bible. There is no influence of human through intelligence, riches, and feeling.
     Being pure from the bible means that it is written in the bible and revealed by God through a verse that explains another verse in the bible.
     
     The tunic of Jesus is woven from the top in one piece. It means that only the pure and true Bride Tidings is able to make the church of God become one body of Christ with one voice of the bride: "Alleluia!" to greet Jesus when He comes a second time on the glorious clouds.
     There is only one true teaching or head.
     
     Not being pure anymore because of the influence of human, the Bride Tidings will not be able to make the church of God become one body of Christ.
     The example is Uzzah. The Ark of the Covenant that refers to the Bride Tidings was set on a new cart. It is false, because it should be brought up. This is the influence of human, namely one does not want to sacrifice time, power, money et cetera.
     Further, Uzzah put out his hand to the Ark of the Covenant for the oxen stumbled, so he died.
     
     Be careful! The consequences of the influence of human in the Bride Tidings are as follows:
     
     
     1. Stumbling. It means that one gets the wrong direction. He is deceived as well as keeps on sinning.
        
     2. Taking hold of the Ark of the Covenant. It means that the Bride Tidings is added with intelligence, philosophy, and fleshly feeling that cause the spiritual death. The shepherd is lukewarm, so is the congregation up to perdition forever.
        
        
     The proof of the purity and truth of the Bride Tidings is that it must be practiced.
     
     
   • The ministry and the gift of Holy Spirit.
     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 keep the purity of the Bride Tidings by sacrificing, neither adding nor taking it away, but practicing it, we will surely be purified, so we are equipped with the ministry and the gift of Holy Spirit. We have the tunic of many colors, so we are used in the revival of the building of the perfect body of Christ.
     
     
   Our attitude to the robe of the Bride Tidings and ministry is that we do not sacrifice the robe but become faithful until the finish line and we are clothed in pure bright linen. It is the robe of the bride.
   
   
2. Having the unity of the marriage.
   1 Kings 19:20
   19:20. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
   
   'kiss' = making peace.
   We must minister in the marriage first. We must return to the unity of the marriage by confessing and forgiving one another (the cross) and obeying the word (the sword).
   The sword and cross cannot be separated.
   As a result, the blood of Jesus will take away our sin, so we enter into unity.
   
   
   • A husband loves his wife as he loves himself.
     
   • A wife submits to her husband.
     
   • A child honors and obeys his parents.
     
   • The parents do not provoke their child, lest he become discouraged.
     A child can become discouraged because the parents defend their child who is wrong or impose a will on their child that is not in line with the will of God.
     If the parents defend their child who is wrong, he will regret.
     
     
   • Brother and sister honor and love one another.
     
     
   If a husband does bitterly toward his wife, she must repay it with love.
   We must testify about the Bride Tidings to our maid at home. This is the relationship between superior and subordinate.
   
   
3. Slaughtering and burning.
   1 Kings 19:21
   19:21. So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughteredthem and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
   
   If we have become the instrument of righteousness, we will be slaughtered and burnt immediately.
   All things must be sacrificed for the building of the perfect body of Christ, except the true teaching word or Jesus' persona.
   
   The slaughtering and burning means as follows:
   
   
   • The sacrifice without purpose to get physical advantage such as dignity, self-interest, self-will, time, power, et cetera.
     
     
   • The purification up to the neck.
     Proverbs 23:1-2
     23:1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you;
     23:2. And put a knife to your throatIf you are a man given to appetite.
     
     We can worship God and experience the purification or tearing of flesh until there is no more fleshly-will, so we become obedient until the flesh does not speak anymore.
     
     Be careful with the physical food that is taboo! Be careful about mate! Do not keep your will!
     If we do not refrain from food, we will fall into the sin of eating-drinking.
     If we are not purified in the true marriage, we will fall into the sin of marring-giving in marriage. Let us follow the will of God!
     
     Obedience is the same as an ox whose nose is pierced with a hook. This is the servant of God who pleases Him.
     
     
4. Eating. It refers to the fellowship with others and God.
   1 Kings 19:21
   19:21. So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
   
   The signs of the true fellowship are as follows:
   
   
   • Based on Jesus or the true teaching word.
     If we have the true teaching word, we will be purified, starting from marriage. On the contrary, we will not be purified but sin more.
     The true teaching word is the base of the true fellowship.
     
     
   • If the true teaching word exists, the anointing of Holy Spirit will be there. It is the relationship of faithfulness.
     
     If one is not holy, he will neither be faithful nor have the love.
     
     
   • The word that is practiced will result in love. It is the relationship of love that unifies and perfects us.
     
     
   If we have the word, faithfulness, and love, we will be able to serve, pray, and do all of positive things one another. This is the fruits that bring us up to perfection.
   
   Why do we need the love of God? Because we are like an ox goes to the slaughter or sheep for the slaughter.
   Proverbs 7:22
   7:22. Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
   
   We face the suffering in flesh because of Jesus. If we do not have the love of God, we will run.
   Proverbs 7:5
   7:5. That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.
   
   'the immoral woman' = the building of the body of Babylon.
   We need love to face the sins, false teaching, and pre-persecution of the antichrist.
   
   Where can we receive the love? Jesus.
   Exodus 21:32
   21:32. "If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
   
   'thirty shekels of silver' = Jesus is sold for thirty shekels of silver. He is an ox whose nose is pierced with a hook. He becomes obedient to the point of death on the cross or gored by the Antichrist.
   Jesus is willingly gored and considered as an ox that gores to bear our sins. This is the source of love.
   
   The functions of the love of God are as follows:
   
   
   • Giving extra strength to face the situation in the last days, temptation, suffering, and sins, so we become strong and of good courage.
     Zephaniah 3:16-18
     3:16. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear; Zion, let not your hands be weak.
     3:17. The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."
     3:18. "I will gather those who sorrow over the appointed assembly, Who are among you, To whom its reproach is a burden.
     
     Being strong and of good courage means that we are not afraid, disappointed, worried, and separated from God until the time of the pre-persecution of the antichrist.
     We do not grumble but always give thanks. We keep being faithful in marriage, ministry, and the true teaching word until the finish line. We keep worshipping God. We keep on trusting and hoping God.
     
     
   • The love makes us become the mighty of Christ, namely being slow to anger and perseverance.
     Proverbs16:32
     16:32. He who is slow to angeris better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
     
     We are slow to anger and have the perseverance especially the perseverance in the sheepfold until the finish line. We are also patient in waiting the time of God.
     
     God's merciful hands will fight for us to fight against the stronger enemies, so we become more than conqueror.
     All problems are finished. We do not look for the way which is not according to the word of God.
     
     
   • Renewing us. It starts from water baptism.
     God washes us of water and by the Word.
     
     That is why a husband and wife must be in one baptism like Jesus and one teaching word. If not, one will be left and the other lifted up.
     
     The renewal starts from sincerity or peaceful heart.
     It means that we can differentiate between the true thing and the false one. We realize if something is wrong.
     
     We finish all things that have not been finished yet until God said: "It is finished!"
     
     If our heart is changed, the physical miracle will happen. The impossible thing becomes possible.
     Being strong and of good courage, patient heart and perseverance, and serenity are the strong base until we are changed to become as perfect as God when He comes a second time. It is the last miracle. We do not stumble in words. We say: "Alleluia!" like the calves which grow fat.
     
     Malachi 4:2
     4:2. But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
     
     'stall' = the sheepfold, inter-shepherding, until the last stall in the New Jerusalem.
     

God blesses us.