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Revelation 1:13-16 is about the four appearances of Jesus in His glory as follows.
- Revelation 1: 13 is Jesus’ appearance in His glory as The High Priest.
- Revelation 1:14 is Jesus’ appearance in His glory as The King of kings.
- Revelation 1:15 is Jesus’ appearance in His glory as The Just Judge.
- Revelation 1:16 is Jesus’ appearance in His glory as The Bridegroom of heaven.
We still discuss the second.
Revelation 1:141:14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; Jesus’ appearance in His glory as The King of kings is with these two signs.
- His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. The white hair refers to the crown of righteousness [Proverbs 16:31].
Daniel 7:9
7:9."I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire;
Daniel saw Jesus with His white hair was sitting on the throne. It refers to Jesus as The King of kings.
- His eyes are like a flame of fire.
Psalm 11:4
11:4. The LORD is in His holy temple, The LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
His eyes behold. It means that Jesus, The King of all kings, is paying attention and sanctifying the servants of God with the flame of fire of the Word, Holy Spirit, and the love, so that we can appear as the flame of fire too.
Hebrews 1:71:7 And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits And His ministers a flame of fire." The servants of God as the flame of fire are those who are holy, faithful, and fervent in spirit in doing the service and ministry to God.
The throne of God is as the flame of fire. Thus, the servant of God who is holy, faithful, and fervent in spirit in doing the service and ministry is the same as the throne of God or His dwelling place, so he is in the atmosphere of heavenly kingdom.
Genesis 2:8-9
2:8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
2:9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God created human to be as glorious as He is and put him in the Garden of Eden or His throne.
In Tabernacle, the Court refers to the earth, the Holy Place refers to Eden, and the Most Holy Place refers to the Garden of Eden or the throne of God. The Garden of Eden refers to the dwelling place of God or the place of the bride and the bridegroom.
There are three kinds of tree in the Garden of Eden as follows.
- The tree of life refers to God Himself.
- The tree of the knowledge of good and evil refers to the Law.
- The tree whose fruits are good for food refers to the Word of God.
Genesis 2:10-142:10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
2:12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.
2:14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. There are four rivers in the Garden of Eden that refer to four gospels as the flow of life.
Revelation 22:122:1. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Unfortunately, the men fell in sin because of eating the forbidden fruit, so they were naked and driven out to the world. It means they lost the atmosphere of the throne of God.
There are three kinds of sin causing the human’s being driven out of the Garden of Eden and losing the atmosphere of the throne of God as follows.
- Disobedience or transgression to the command of God.
Actually, the command of God is not hard to do. The flesh will make it hard to do.
Genesis 3:1
3:1. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
Eve was not obedient because she heard the strange voice or the one of the serpent. It means the false teachings that are different from the true Teaching Word that has become our life experience. The strange voice makes one doubt to the true teachings, turn from, disobey and leave it until he departs the faith.
Galatians 1:6-10
1:6. I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
1:7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
There are many people who turn from the true teaching Word only to please human on the last days, but they make God grieved. Turning away means being doubtful and disobedient until leaving the true teaching Word. The serpent has been in one’s life when he begins to be doubtful and disobedient. Consequently, there is no atmosphere of the throne of God anymore.
- The sin of false consecration.
Genesis 3:6
3:6. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Eve gave the forbidden fruit to her husband and he ate. It is the same as a woman who teaches and has authority over man in the marriage or household and service and ministry.
1 Timothy 2:11-14
2:11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission.
2:12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
All fruits of the trees in the Garden of Eden could be eaten except one, namely the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now, it means that a woman may serve to God in all kinds of ministry except one, namely teaching and having authority over men.
If a woman teaches and has authority over men, she becomes the head over the men and the serpent becomes the head over the marriage, service and ministry to God because it is not God who becomes the Head.
Revelation 2:19-20
2:19 "I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.
2:20 "Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.
Consequently, there is no perfection, but blemish, and one is left behind when Jesus comes a second time.
If a woman keeps silent and obedient, the husband becomes the head over his wife and Jesus is the Head over the marriage, household, service, and ministry to God. As a result, there is the atmosphere of the throne of heaven or the Garden of Eden.
- Self-truth.
Genesis 3:7, 11-12
3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
3:11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
3:12 Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
It means covering sins by blaming others, even God and the true teachings. Consequently, the nakedness remained and being driven out of the Garden of Eden to live in the world which in the atmosphere of curse.
The atmosphere of the Garden of Eden was taken by God when the men fell into the three kinds of sin.
Consequently, they lived in the atmosphere of worldly flow or curses as follows.
- The flow of River Pishon, namely materialism or riches.
Genesis 2:10-12
2:10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
2:11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
2:12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
It causes human, including the servants of God to be busy in looking for worldly things until leaving the service and ministry or falling from faith. Or, they serve and minister to God in order to look for physical things.
Revelation 3:15-17
3:15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot.
3:16 "So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
3:17 "Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’ ––and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked––
As the consequence, there is lukewarmness and life as the vomit, namely being useless and falling in uncleanness sins.
- The flow of River Gihon, namely rebellion or brutality.
Genesis 2:13
2:13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.
Cush is the descendant of Ham.
Genesis 10:6
10:6. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Ham told about the nakedness or mistake of his father. He did not honor his father.
Genesis 9:22, 25
9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
9:25 Then he said: "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren."
If it continues, it will peak on the hatred without any cause, even a murder. The rebellion or brutality comes from the heart which is not peaceful.
We have to confess and forgive sins one another. As a result, the blood of Jesus forgives us our sins and we have peace in our heart.
- The flow of River Hiddekel and Euphrates, namely the flow of war.
Genesis 2:14
2:14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Revelation 9:14-16
9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates."
9:15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
9:16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
The number of the army from all over the world is two hundred million.
Revelation 9:18
9:18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed––by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
The weapon is gun of fire, smoke, and brimstone or chemical weapon to kill the body.
Revelation 16:12-14
16:12. Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogscoming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
16:14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
There was also the frog or the weapon of uncleanness and sins concerning eating-drinking such as smoking, getting drunk, and drugs abuse, as well as sins concerning marrying-being given in marriage or sexuality sin with all its kinds and wrong marriage that will bring people towards Babylon and perdition.
The three kinds of sin and flow of the world will bring the atmosphere of curses, suffering, bitterness, and tears as if one drinks the sour wine mingled with gall.
The Lord appears as The King of all kings to return us to the Garden of Eden or the throne of God as follows.
- His eyes were like the flame of fire to sanctify us from the three kinds of sin and the three kinds of the flow of the world.
- The great attention of God to us is when He drank the sour wine mingled with gall.
John 19:28-30
19:28 After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I thirst!"
19:29 Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.
19:30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
The Lord born and solved all curses of sin on the cross.
His attention is also in the pouring of Holy Spirit or the river of the living water from the throne of God.
Revelation 22:1
22:1. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
The facts found in receiving the river of the living water are as follows.
- The river of the living water gives life.
Ezekiel 47:8-9
47:8 Then he said to me: "This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.
47:9 "And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes.
Physically, Holy Spirit is able to bless and preserve our life in the midst of impossibilities in the world.
Spiritually, Holy Spirit is able to preserve our spiritual life until we can live in righteousness and holiness, up to the eternal one.
Ezekiel 47:11
47:11 "But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.
Be alert. Do not become swamps and marshes after being blessed. Being swamps and marshes means one only receives without giving and visiting others. Consequently, he enters the sins of Babylon.
Isaiah 14:23
14:23 "I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, And marshes of muddy water; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says the LORD of hosts.
- The river of the living water means the flow of renewal of New Jerusalem.
Revelation 22:1
22:1. And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
It means the life renewal from fleshy men to spiritual ones as Jesus is. It begins from being as clear as crystal or honesty. It also means we earnestly believe and obey God.
Titus 2:7,10
2:7 in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility,
2:10 not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrineof God our Savior in all things.
We are adorning the true teaching Word when we are honest, believing, and obedient.
The physical miracle will happen if the spiritual one happens. Lazarus who had been dead for four days and rotten could be made alive. The impossible things can be made possible.
The last miracle will happen when Jesus comes a second time that we are changed to be as glorious as He is and lifted up on the glorious clouds to be with Him forever.
God blesses you.