Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 14 refers to the seven sprinklings of blood in front of the Ark of the Covenant or the suffering in the flesh for the church together with Jesus as the last sanctification that the church can reach the quality of being blameless or perfect.
Revelation 14 can be divided into the following three parts:
ad. 2.
Verse 6-11 = three kinds of judgment as follows:
All of the judgments of God refer to the everlasting fire of hell.
1 Peter 4:5
4:5.They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
The living and the dead whose life on earth rejects the everlasting gospel, drinks of the wine of the fornication of Babylon, and worships the Antichrist will be judged.
At the first resurrection, namely Jesus' second coming, ones who are serious in the Lord and alive until He comes will be changed in the body of glory while the dead in the Lord will be resurrected in the body of glory.
On the contrary, those who do not change will not be resurrected. They will wait for a thousand years. Those who are alive until Jesus comes will die because of the doomsday for a thousand years. After the One-Thousand -Year Kingdom of Peace, the dead and the living in the evil and uncleanness will be resurrected in the second resurrection for facing the throne of God's judgment or the white throne and punished forever in the hell.
Revelation 20:5-6,11-14
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.
20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judgedaccording to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
20:14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
'the dead were judged' = those who do evil and unclean things while they had lived in the world.
What is the way out of judgment?
Revelation 14:12-13
14:12.Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Godand the faith of Jesus.
14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'""Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."
'the patience of the saints' = hope.
'keep the commandments of God' = love.
The important thing is that God's servants while they are living in the world experience the increase of spirituality, faith to Jesus, hope, and love up to the perfection.
Such lives will be set free from the judgment.
2 Peter 1:4-8
1:4.by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
1:5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
1:6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
1:7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The increase of spirituality happens in the Tabernacle system.
There are seven increases of spirituality which we must experience while we are living in the world as follows:
Thus, the seven spiritual increases will bring us to Revelation 12:1.
Revelation 12:1
12:1.Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moonunder her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
This is the heavenly bride or the church that becomes the light of the world. We know Jesus as the Heavenly Bridegroom and He knows us as the heavenly bride.
2 Peter 1: 8
1:8.For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The functions of the sun, moon, and stars are as follows:
Revelation 14:13
14:13.Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'""Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."
The matter of being alive until Jesus comes a second time or being dead is not important. The important thing is experiencing the spiritual increase from the faith, hope, and love as long as we are living. If we die, we die in the Lord. If we are alive until Jesus comes, we live in the Lord. When Jesus comes a second time, the dead will be resurrected in the body of glory and the living will be changed in the body of glory. Both of them will be the one perfect body of Christ that is ready for welcoming Jesus' second coming.
God blesses you.
Revelation 14 refers to the seven sprinklings of blood in front of the Ark of the Covenant or the suffering in the flesh for the church together with Jesus as the last sanctification that the church can reach the quality of being blameless or perfect.
Revelation 14 can be divided into the following three parts:
- Verse 1-5 = the church's following Jesus as the Lamb of God (it has been explained from General Service in Malang, August 15, 2021 to Prayer Service in Malang, October 14, 2021).
- Verse 6-13 = the announcement about the judgment (it has been explained in General Service in Malang, October 17, 2021).
It refers to the mercy of God. Before the judgment comes, He has told us first, so we will not get it. On the days of Noah and Lot, the people mocked when God told about the judgment. Likewise, God also tells us on the last days.
Thus, God's servant's getting His judgment up to perdition is his own mistake because of the hardness of heart. - Verse 14-20 = the harvest on earth.
ad. 2.
Verse 6-11 = three kinds of judgment as follows:
- Verse 6-7 = the first angel preaches the judgment for those who reject the everlasting gospel (the Gospel Word and the teaching Word), so they do not fear God. They do neither glorify nor worship God, but worship His creation.
- Verse 8 = the second angel preaches the judgment for those who drink of the wine of the wrath of the fornication of Babylon or build Babylon, the bride of Satan that will be destroyed.
- Verse 9-11 = the third angel preaches the judgment over those who worship the Antichrist and receive the triple six on the forehead and hand.
All of the judgments of God refer to the everlasting fire of hell.
1 Peter 4:5
4:5.They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
The living and the dead whose life on earth rejects the everlasting gospel, drinks of the wine of the fornication of Babylon, and worships the Antichrist will be judged.
At the first resurrection, namely Jesus' second coming, ones who are serious in the Lord and alive until He comes will be changed in the body of glory while the dead in the Lord will be resurrected in the body of glory.
On the contrary, those who do not change will not be resurrected. They will wait for a thousand years. Those who are alive until Jesus comes will die because of the doomsday for a thousand years. After the One-Thousand -Year Kingdom of Peace, the dead and the living in the evil and uncleanness will be resurrected in the second resurrection for facing the throne of God's judgment or the white throne and punished forever in the hell.
Revelation 20:5-6,11-14
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.
20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judgedaccording to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
20:13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.
20:14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
'the dead were judged' = those who do evil and unclean things while they had lived in the world.
What is the way out of judgment?
Revelation 14:12-13
14:12.Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Godand the faith of Jesus.
14:13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'""Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."
'the patience of the saints' = hope.
'keep the commandments of God' = love.
The important thing is that God's servants while they are living in the world experience the increase of spirituality, faith to Jesus, hope, and love up to the perfection.
Such lives will be set free from the judgment.
2 Peter 1:4-8
1:4.by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
1:5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
1:6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
1:7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The increase of spirituality happens in the Tabernacle system.
There are seven increases of spirituality which we must experience while we are living in the world as follows:
- Faith(the Gate of the Tabernacle).
John 14:5-6
14:5.Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?"
14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
It is the same as receiving Jesus as the only way to the heavenly kingdom.
Since men have fallen in sin, the door of the heavenly kingdom is closed and they do not know the way. Nevertheless, Jesus has died on the cross for opening the door of heaven for us.
Romans 10:17
10:17So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith comes from hearing the Word of Christ or the Word which is anointed by Holy Spirit. It means that Holy Spirit helps us to hear the Word seriously until we can understand and believe, and it becomes faith in our heart.
Thus, the increase of spirituality starts from hearing the Word.
Philippians 1:29
1:29.For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
If our faith is true, we will willingly bear the cross with Jesus and suffer in the flesh because of Him, not because of sin. - Virtue(the Altar of Burnt Offerings).
Formerly, the animal for the offering was burnt for the forgiveness of sin. Now, it has been fulfilled by the cross of Christ.
2 Peter 1:5
1:5.But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
Thus, the virtue or good deeds must be based on the sacrifice of Christ as follows:- As for God, Jesus must die on the cross for redeeming us from sins.
- As for us, we must repent, stop sinning, and return to God.
Committing sin, we must confess to God and other people. Afterwards, we must not repeat the sin, but die to sin.
We die to sin, especially lie and murdering or hatred.
Keeping on lying, one will hate sooner or later.
Being set free from sin is the same as returning to the hands of God and being set free from Satan's.
- As for God, Jesus must die on the cross for redeeming us from sins.
- Knowledge(the Brazen Laver).
2 Peter 1:5
1:5.But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
Philippians 3:10
3:10.that I may know Himand the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
We know Jesus Himself who has died and risen through the water baptism.
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 raisedwith Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Romans 6:2,4
6:2.Certainly not! How shall we who died to sinlive any longer in it?
6:4 Therefore we were buriedwith Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raisedfrom the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
The water baptism is the same as the spiritual circumcision.
The true water baptism means that one who has believed Jesus and repented or died to sin must be buried in water with Jesus in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit or the Lord Jesus Christ and be raised from water with Jesus to get the new life or the heavenly one, namely the righteous life.
Formerly, Abraham received the name of God when he was physically circumcised. Now, we also receive the name of God through the spiritual circumcsion.
The new life is the same as getting the new name. We become the sons of God. - Self-control(the Door of the Tabernacle).
2 Peter 1:6
1:6.to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
The Door of the Tabernacle refers to the infilling of Holy Spirit. Formerly, Holy Spirit came down to Jesus when He came up out of the water baptism.
Romans 8:13-15
8:13.For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
'by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body' = Holy Spirit makes us able to control ourselves. Holy Spirit puts to death the desires, lusts, and deeds of flesh which resist against God, so we can live in righteousness and cry out 'Abba, Father!' We can be obedient to God. At that time, we become the sons of God.
We know the Lord as the Savior and He knows us as the sons of heaven who can inherit the kingdom of God. We are not driven out like Adam and Eve.
Thus, from number 1-4 we have already entered the court of the heavenly kingdom and had the strong foundation in the edification of the spiritual house which cannot be made fall by anything, so we are used in the ministry of the edification of the perfect body of Christ.
Matthew 7:24-25
7:24."Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
7:25 "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
The rain = Satan.
The wind = false prophets with the power of the false teachings.
The flood = the Antichrist with the power of Mammon.
If the foundation of the rock is increased continually, it will be the moon under the feet or the perfect redemption. - Perseverance.
- Godliness.
2 Peter 1:6
1:6.to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
The fifth and sixth are made one as the perseverance of the holy people.
Revelation 14:12
14:12.Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
The godliness refes to the service to God or holiness.
The perseverance and godliness are the same as the perseverance in doing the three main services to God or the Holy Place as follows:- The Golden Candlestick or the perseverance in doing the General Service to get the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the anointing and gifts.
- The Table of Showbread or the perseverance in doing the Bible Study Service and Holy Communion to get the fellowship with the Son of God in the teaching Word and sacrifice of Christ.
- The Golden Altar of Incense or the perseverance in doing the Prayer Service to get the fellowship with Father God in His love.
In the sheepfold, our body, soul, and spirit ataach to the Trinity of God like a branch that abides in the true Vine, so we cannot be touched by the trinity of Satan, but we are always sanctified by God.
John 15:3
15:3."You are already cleanbecause of the word which I have spoken to you.
We are sanctified by the word which Jesus has spoken, namely the true teaching Word or the Word which is revealed through a verse that explains other verses in the Bible.
What must be sanctified?
John 13:10-11
13:10.Jesus said to him, "He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you."
13:11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, "You are not all clean."
After the water baptism, we must enter the sheepfold because we still have the dirty feet and heart as follows:- The heart of Judas was dirty because of the lusts of money or the evil ones.
Be careful! If one has the evil desire, there will be the unclean one and bitterness.
Consequently, Judas became a thief. He stole the possession of God, namely the tithes and offerings, as well as the others' possession. And then, Judas became a liar and traitor. He was unfaithful. If it continues, there will be rottenness up to perdition. - The feet of Judas were dirty.
It means as follows:- Proverbs 4:27
4:27.Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
The dirty feet turn from the true teaching Word or never go straight forward, but to the right or the left. It begins from hearing the other doctrines, including gossips.
If it continues, one will leave the true teaching and the tunic of ministry. He may keep on ministering, but only to look for money. - Uncleanness or the sins concerning eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage.
Proverbs 5:5-9
5:5.Her feet go down to death, Her steps lay hold of hell.
5:6 Lest you ponder her path of life--Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.
5:7 Therefore hear me now, my children, And do not depart from the words of my mouth.
5:8 Remove your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,
5:9 Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one; - Not being willing to make peace, one only has the jealousy, hatred, and so on.
Romans 3:15-17
3:15."Their feet are swift to shed blood;
3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
3:17 And the way of peace they have not known."
- Proverbs 4:27
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 saintsfor the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
If our heart and feet are sanctified or our whole life is sanctified, we will get the following results:- We will be equipped with the beautiful tunic for being used in the ministry of the edification of the perfect body of Christ.
- We are given the beautiful feet for being the witness of the Good News and the Bride Tidings.
Romans 10:15
10:15.And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feetof those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"
2 Timothy 1:6
1:6.Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of Godwhich is in you through the laying on of my hands.
After we are given the ministry, we must be faithful and fervent in spirit in the service and ministry to God until the end line, namely our death or Jesus' second coming.
As a result, 'I shall not want'. There is guarantee of God's preservation, the beauty and sweetness of physical and spiritual life, up to perfection. If it is continued, there will be the garland of twelve stars. - The Golden Candlestick or the perseverance in doing the General Service to get the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the anointing and gifts.
- Perfect love or the love of the bridegroom(the Most Holy Place).
2 Peter 1:7
1:7.to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
Revelation 14:12
14:12.Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Godand the faith of Jesus.
It is the same as obeying the commandment of God.
John 14:15
14:15."If you love Me, keep My commandments.
This is the finishing of the edification.
Colossians 3: 14
3:14.But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Matthew 5:43-45,48
5:43 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
5:44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,
5:45 "that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sunrise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
5:48 "Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
The perfect love is the same as the love of the sun.
The proofs of having the perfect love are as follows:- Loving others like we love ourselves, namely neither doing nor saying evil things, but the good ones, to other people until we can repay good for evil.
- Loving and prioritizing God more than anything.
If it is continued, it will be the clothes of the sun. - Loving others like we love ourselves, namely neither doing nor saying evil things, but the good ones, to other people until we can repay good for evil.
Thus, the seven spiritual increases will bring us to Revelation 12:1.
Revelation 12:1
12:1.Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moonunder her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
This is the heavenly bride or the church that becomes the light of the world. We know Jesus as the Heavenly Bridegroom and He knows us as the heavenly bride.
2 Peter 1: 8
1:8.For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The functions of the sun, moon, and stars are as follows:
- Separating us from the darkness of sins up to the peak, so we can live in the light of righteousness and holiness.
Genesis 1:16-18
1:16.Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also.
1:17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth,
1:18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
We are separated from the evil and unclean friendship, so we are in the friendship of the light in the sheepfold. We can be shepherded well and correctly.
And all things will be good in time of need. - Illuminating our marriage so that it will not be destroyed by the darkness.
Genesis 37:9-10
37:9Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, "Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me."
37:10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?"
The two kinds of darkness in the marriage are of the basket (economy and the sins concerning eating-drinking) and of the bed (the sins concerning marrying-being given in marriage), including violence and hatred in the household.
The wrong structure of the marriage is illuminated so that it can be right, holy, and one. The husband can love the wife as himself (the sun), the wife can submit to the husband in all things and lift up the prayer to God for protecting the weakness of the husband, children, and herself (the moon), and the children can be obedient to the oarents (the stars).
All things become good and beautiful in time of need. - Encouraging the church for worshiping God with the broken heart. We only cry out in labor and in pain to God because the church is only like a pregnant woman who will give birth while facing Satan directly in her powerlessness.
Revelation 12:1-3
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.
12:2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
We only cry out in labor and in pain for the following things:- The birth of a baby. It means the renewal of life to be a newborn baby.
The signs are sincerity, honesty, obedience, and patience in sufferings and waiting for the time of God.
We become the house of prayer. We only stretch out our hands to God. We can possess the heavenly kingdom. - Facing the dragon with the impossible problems in all aspects until the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world.
At that time, we are given the two wings of a great eagle.
Revelation 12:14
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 two wings of eagle refer to the two hands of God that embrace the babies for protecting and preserving us who are small and powerless in the midsts of difficulties in the world until the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world. We are evacuated to the wilderness, far away from the presence of the serpent. We are preserved through the teaching Word and Holy Communion.
God also finishes all problems and gives peace in the midst of shakings in the world, so all things become easy and light.
The hands of God do all things which we cannot do and think.
Finally, the two wings of eagle lift us up to the clouds. It means that the hands of God are able to sanctify and change us until we are as perfect as He is for entering the heavenly kingdom forever.
- The birth of a baby. It means the renewal of life to be a newborn baby.
Revelation 14:13
14:13.Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'""Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them."
The matter of being alive until Jesus comes a second time or being dead is not important. The important thing is experiencing the spiritual increase from the faith, hope, and love as long as we are living. If we die, we die in the Lord. If we are alive until Jesus comes, we live in the Lord. When Jesus comes a second time, the dead will be resurrected in the body of glory and the living will be changed in the body of glory. Both of them will be the one perfect body of Christ that is ready for welcoming Jesus' second coming.
God blesses you.