Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 19:11-16 refers to the second coming of Jesus in the glory of the High Priest who is Faithful and True and He leads the revival of Holy Spirit in the last rain--'
sat on a white horse'.
Revelation 19:1219:12. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.The states of Jesus in the glory of the High Priest who is Faithful and True are as follows:
- 'His eyes are like a flame of fire'. It refers to the attention and purification of God. God heeds our state earnestly. His eyes never sleep.
- 'on His head were many crowns'. The crown refers to the victory. Having many crowns means keeping winning until the last victory, namely we sit together with Jesus on the throne of heaven and we wear the crown of the bride.
- 'He had a name written that no one knew except Himself'. It is one of God's promises, namely for the Gentiles in Pergamos. That name is only known by the Giver--Jesus--and the receiver--a new name.
Revelation 2:17
2:17. "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new namewritten which no one knows except him who receives it."'Now we learn the third part.
The process of receiving the new name is as follows:
- We receive the true water baptism that is done in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, namely Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:19
28:19. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Acts 2:38
2:38. Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christfor the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:5
19:5. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Colossians 2:11-12
2:11. In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
2:12. buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
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. The true water baptism is the same as the spiritual circumcision which is linked with the promise of circumcision.
Genesis 17:4-11
17:4. "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
17:5. "No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
17:6. "I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
17:7. "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
17:8. "Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God."
17:9. And God said to Abraham: "As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.
17:10. "This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised;
17:11. "and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
The covenant of circumcision between God and Abram is as follows:
- As for Abram, he and his descendants must be circumcised.
- As for God, He gives the result for us. Abram received the new name from God, namely Abraham. The additional letters of 'a' and 'h' come from God's name, namely Jehovah or Jahweh. Besides, Abraham was blessed up to his descendants, even becoming the blessing to the others. Abraham also received the promised land.
For us now, the spiritual meaning of circumcision is the true water baptism. If we receive the true water baptism, we will receive God's promise like Abraham as follows:
- We receive the new life or the new name, namely the name of Lord Jesus Christ is marked on our foreheads. We can live in righteousness. We do not sin anymore.
Genesis 7:24
7:24. And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
Noah was in his ark, so he was saved. But the world experienced God's wrath, namely the floods for one hundred and fifty days or five months.
Noah's ark refers to the true water baptism.
1 Peter 3:20-21
3:20. who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
3:21. There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism(not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Revelation 9:4-5
9:4. They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
9:5. And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
Approaching Jesus' second coming, the torment of a scorpion will happen for one hundred and fifty days. It is like the floods in the days of Noah for those who do not have God's mark. On the contrary, we who have the mark of God's name will not be punished but saved. We can live in righteousness, so we are blessed by God up to our descendants and become blessing to the others.
- We receive the eternal kingdom of heaven or Canaan.
- We enter the true and good shepherding (the Holy Place).
The facts of the true and good shepherding are as follows:
- We willingly suffer in the flesh to persevere in the three kinds of main service, namely general service, bible study service and Holy Communion, and prayer service. We have the fellowship with The Trinity of God. We enter the true sheepfold although we have to enter the narrow door.
John 10:1
10:1. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Leviticus 21:12
21:12. 'nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
If we persevere in the three kinds of main service to God, we will not break the holiness, but we are purified by the Trinity of God. Our heart is purified from the evil desire, unclean desire and bitterness. Our mind is purified from evil and unclean minds that make our soul restless. Our deed is also purified. Thus, we are purified physically and spiritually, so we can live in holiness.
Exodus 29:1
29:1. "And this is what you shall do to them to hallowthem for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
1 Peter 2:5
2:5. you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
If we are holy, we will be appointed as the priests and kings. We are equipped with the robe of service to be used in the ministry of the building of the perfect body of Christ. It is important for us to persevere in the true and good shepherding, so we are always purified and the tunic of many colors cannot be grabbed by Satan. We are always used by God. We will not be used in the building of Babylon, so our life keeps becoming beautiful.
Leviticus 21:12
21:12. 'nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
In the shepherding, we always experience the anointing oil upon our foreheads.
In the shepherding, we are making the mark of Jesus' name firm on our foreheads. It is the new name. We are devoted by God like His own apple of eye. We are protected and taken care of by God in any situations, conditions, and difficulties until the Antichrist reigns over the world for three and a half years. The Antichrist cannot mark us with the triple six.
Song of Solomon 1:3
1:3. Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you.
John 10:3-4
10:3. "To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by nameand leads them out.
10:4. "And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
In the shepherding, we are called by the new name. We are called through the repeated preaching of the Word--the voice of God. The Word that touches our heart may be different from the others. It is like Jesus' calling us by name. The Word shows the hidden sins and our state. What for?
- We receive the main priority of God to be helped, comforted, taken care of, and made happy. God's calling does not humiliate us. One who is specialized will have the first priority, so he may not envy one another. All of us must be shepherded well and correctly until we are specialized by God.
- We are used in the revival of white horse. We receive the first priority to be used in the revival of the building of the perfect body of Christ, starting from marriage, shepherding, inter-shepherding, until the perfect body of Christ.
- We must only hear and obey the true teaching Word.
John 10:27-28
10:27. "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
10:28. "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
If we become obedient, we will live in the powerful hand of the Great Shepherd that cannot be defeated by anything including the trinity of Satan. We receive the guarantee of certainty for daily life in the world up to eternal life in the New Jerusalem.
Revelation 20:15
20:15. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:27
21:27. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
In the true and good shepherding, the hand of the Great Shepherd is writing our name in the Book of Life up to the end or completely, so we can enter the New Jerusalem. We must be shepherded until God comes a second time or the end of our life.
Exodus 32:30-32
32:30. Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."
32:31. Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold!
32:32. "Yet now, if You will forgive their sin -- but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written."
Hebrews 13:17
13:17. Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.
The shepherding is related to the name which is written in the Book of Life. Moses refers to a shepherd who lifts up the intercession prayer for the congregation before the High Priest. It is the ministry of reconciliation, so our name can be written in the Book of Life.
- We enter the Most Holy Place and experience the sprinkle of blood.
Isaiah 4:1
4:1. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach."
The new name is the one that is given to the bride. We are called by Jesus' name. The seven churches of the Gentiles become one with Jesus in the same way, namely the one of the cross. It means experiencing the sprinkle of blood or suffering in the flesh, so we are purified and renewed from the sins that abide in us and we do not realize it. We are purified and renewed continuously up to perfection like Jesus.
What must be purified and renewed?
- The characteristic of dog which licks the crumbs. It refers to the repeated idle words, namely lying, gossip, evil-speaking, and blasphemy. Our word must be renewed, so we can speak the true and good words.
- The characteristic of swine, namely having washed, but returns to her wallowing in the mire. It refers to the repeated sins up to the peak. We must be purified, so we do the true and good deeds. Thus, we can love God more than anything as well as love others as we love ourselves; even we can love our enemy.
- The anxiety about the daily life and future until we cannot be faithful and true.
Matthew 6:31-33
6:31. "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
6:32. "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
6:33. "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
If the anxiety is purified, we will be able to trust and commit ourselves to God. Jesus as the Head and we are His body. We can minister and worship God delightfully. We lift up the incense that produces fragrance before God along with the sprinkle of blood, so shekinah glory or the light of the glory happens. We can be renewed to become obedient and faithful until the flesh does not speak anymore--the veil is torn.
God will stretch out His merciful and powerful hands to complete our weakness and infirmity. If we have already been unable to do anything, God will do for us physically and spiritually until we become perfect.
Isaiah 4:1
4:1. And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel; Only let us be called by your name, To take away our reproach."
The new name or the bride's name will be given to us. Jesus' name becomes ours forever. Our name is written in the Book of Life, so we can enter the eternal kingdom of heaven.
God blesses us.