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:
- Verse 1-5 = the church's following Jesus as the Lamb of God (it has been explained from General Service in Malang, August 15, 2021to Prayer Service in Malang, October 14, 2021 ).
The church's following Jesus is signified by the sprinkling of blood or the way of the cross, so there is increasing sanctification, power, the anointing of Holy Spirit, and God's blessings and help to reach Zion Hill or the quality of perfection as the heavenly bride up to the New Jerusalem.
- Verse 6-13 = the judgment ( it is explained in General Service in Malang, October 17, 2021).
- Verse 14-20 = the harvest on earth.
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Revelation 14:6,8-914:6.Then I saw another angelflying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people--
14:8 And another angelfollowed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
14:9 Then a third angelfollowed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
The three other angels refer to the three witnesses, so a matter is legal and perfect or cannot be doubted.
Matthew 18:15-1618:15."Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
18:16 "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnessesevery word may be established.'
Thus, the judgment over the sinful men will truly start to happen on earth up to the hell. The eternal life in heaven also truly happens.
Revelation 14:6
14:6. Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people--
The firt angel refers to the one who preaches the everlasting gospel to all nations (it is explained in General Service in Malang, October 17, 2021).
Exodus 23:20-2323:20." Behold, I send an Angelbefore you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
23:21 "Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.
23:22 "But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
23:23 "For My Angel will go before you and bring you in to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
The angel is the same as a pastor who is sent, determined, and chosen by God for delivering His Word or the true Word and putting His name.
Therefore, what is spoken by a pastor lasts not only on earth, but up to the eternity.
A pastor delivers God's Word and puts His name. What for?
- For protecting and preservering the congregation in the wilderness of the world up to the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world. We are protected and preserved until entering the eternal heavenly kingdom.
- For defeating the enemies. God makes war instead of us for finishing all impossible problems and sins up to the peak, so we can live in righteousness and holiness and we can be victorious over the flesh with all of its characteristics.
- For leading the congregation to Zion Hill up to the New Jerusalem.
Therefore, we must seriously be shepherded by the Word through a pastor who is truly chosen and sent by God, so we can reach the eternal life.
If we resist against or disobey the true shepherding through gossiping, weakening others, and so on, there will be a danger because it will be the unforgivable sins towards the everlasting perdition.
There are three levels of preaching the Gospel as follows:
- The gospel of salvation, the Good News, or the milk, namely the gospel that preaches Jesus' first coming to the world as the only sinless Man to die on the cross and save the sinners.
Ephesians 1:13
1:13.In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Proverbs 25:25
25:25.As cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a far country.
It is also said as the beginning of the gospel.
Mark 1:1-4, 8
1:1.The beginningof the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
1:2 As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You."
1:3 "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.'"
1:4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
1:8 "I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
The process of receiving the salvation is as follows:
- Believing Jesus as the Only Saviour. It is the same as entering through the Gate of Taberncale.
- Repenting. It is the same as the Altar of Burnt Offering.
The faith is like a brake so that we do not commit any sin, if we have faith, we will stop sinning and return to God or die to sin.
- Being baptized of water. It is the same as the Brazen Laver.
The true water baptism means that one who has believed Jesus and repented or died to sin must be buried in water with Jesus and raised from the water with Him to get the new or heavenly life, namely the Holy Spirit baptism.
- Holy Spirit baptism. It is the same as the Door of the Tabernacle.
We get the anointing and stamp of Holy Spirit.
The sign of the new life which we can feel by ourselves is the peace, so our life begins to be easy and light.
The sign which can be heard is the righteous good words until speaking with other tongues.
The sign which can be seen is the life in righteousness and obedience.
Therefore, nowadays we must already be firm in the righteousness and obedience.
The righteousness and obedience mean as follows:
- The entrance to the Holy Place that refers to the area of mercy which is full of gold.
- The foundation of the strong rock that can endure facing the wind, flood, and heavy rain.
1 Corinthians 3:10a
3:10a.According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation,
That is the strong foundation for the edification of the perfect body of Christ or the foundatioun of our spirituality.
- The light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, the teaching Word, or the Bride Tidings, namely the gospel that preaches Jesus' second coming in the glory as the King of all kings and the Heavenly Bridegroom for sanctifying the saved people up to the perfection on the Mount Zion.
2 Corinthians 4:4
4:4.whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Matthew 25:6
25:6."And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'
The teaching Word sanctifies us. It means as follows:
- Edifying the house of God upon the rock. It means edifying our spirituality after we have edified the foundation through the gospel of salvation.
- Appointing us the priests and kings with the ministry and gifts of Holy Spirit which are given by God.
Exodus 29:1
29:1."And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
The requirement of being the priest is holiness.
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 saintsfor the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
We are used in the edification of the perfect body of Christ upon the foundation up to the quality of being perfect.
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.
A priest must dwell in the Holy Place. It refers to the shepherding pen or the perseverance in committing the three kinds of the main services to God as follows:
- The Golden Candlestick or the perseverance in committing the General Service to get the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the anointing and gifts.
- The Table of Showbread or the perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service with 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 committing the Prayer Service to get the fellowship with Father God in His love.
Thus, the true teaching Word moves us from the Court to the Holy Place or increases our spirituality and makes us closer to the Trinity of God.
Being separated from God, there will Satan there.
Why must a priest dwell in the Holy Place or the shepherding pen? A priest must dwell in the Holy Place so that the body, soul, and spirit attach to the Trinity of God and the trinity of Satan cannot touch him. We cannot be made fall in sins up to the peak. We cannot be deceived also, so we are not dry and dead spiritually, but we are always anointed by Holy Spirit. We never stop ministering to God, but the gifts are added more.
We get the continual sanctification until reaching the quality of perfection or Zion Hill.
1 Corinthians 3:10-12
3:10.According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it.
3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 Now if anyone builds on this foundationwith gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
Being shepherded to the true teaching Word is the same as edifying the spiritual house with the gold, silver, and precious stone until reaching Zion Hill and the New Jerusalem.
The silver refers to the redemption or righteousness.
The gold refers to the holiness.
The precious stones refer to the perfection.
The signs of the ministry with the gold, silver, and precious stones are as follows:
- Being humble or not magnifying the worldly things. We only glorify Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:5
4:5.For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
If we can humble ourselves to one another, we will serve and help one another without demanding of being served. That is the body of Christ.
- The close fellowship with God and others. The boards of the Holy Place are set very tightly and added with the five bars.
Having those things, we can see the glory of God in the congregation and marriage.
Being outside the shepherding, the ministry will only edify the wood, hay, and straw.
It means only prioritizing the physical things or the quantity, but without the quality of holiness. It may look great, but will be burnt up to the everlasting perdition.
- The everlasting gospel.
Revelation 14:6
14:6.Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospelto preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people--
This is the double Word, namely the gospel Word and the teaching Word which must be preached to all nations, namely the Israelites and Gentiles for preparing us, so we can enter the eternity. We become the priests and kings in the eternal heavenly kingdom.
We must receive the three levels of gospel. Make firm the righteousness and obedience as the base of the building and the foundation for being used by God!
And then, we must receive the teaching Word which brings us to the shepherding pen, so our ministry can go towards the eternity.
Finally, we must receive the everlasting gospel until being the priests and kings forever.
Revelation 14:714:7 saying with a loud voice, "Fear Godand give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Himwho made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water."
The facts found in the eternal life are as follows:
- Having the fear of the Lord (it is explained in General Service in Malang, October 17, 2021).
- Glorifying God.
- Worshiping God.
We learn about
glorifying God.
The facts found in it are as follows:
- Glorifying God with our possessions, namely returning the firstfruits of all our increases or God's blessings to us.
Proverbs 3: 9
3:9.Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
And then, we return the tithes and offerings to God.
The tithes refer to our confession that we live by God. We return it in righteousness and joy.
The offerings refer to the thanksgiving that we have been blessed by God. We give it in willingness and joy.
Proverbs 3:10
3:10.So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
The results of glorifying God with our possessions are as follows:
- Physically, we are preserved by God up to the abundance.
- Spiritually, we are also preserved through the Word and anointing of Holy Spirit, so we can keep living in righteousness and holiness until we are perfect and get eternal life.
Matthew 6:19-20
6:19."Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal;
6:20 "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Giving to the work of God and others who are in need is the same as saving in the heavenly kingdom.
- Glorifying God in our body.
1 Corinthians 6:20
6:20.For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your bodyand in your spirit, which are God's.
It means glorifying God through the service and ministry which can please Him. This is the reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
12:1.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
The reasonable service is not about asking, but sacrificing the following things:
- The living body. It means being controlled by Holy Spirit. We get it in the General Service.
- The holy body. It means being controlled by the Word in the Bible Study Service.
- The acceptable body. It means being controlled by love. We get it in the Prayer Service.
Thus, the reasonable service to God is in the shepherding system.
We also glorify God through the good deeds, namely not doing bad things, but the good ones; even we can repay good for evil. It begins from the household.
Matthew 5:16
5:16."Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good worksand glorify your Fatherin heaven.
- Glorifying God through the fruit of lips, namely the righteous, good, and honest words as well as the thanksgiving to God.
Hebrews 13:15
13:15.Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
The righteous, good, and honest words are the same as the ones of faith. We cry out to God and we will be glorified by Him.
Psalm 50:14-15
50:14.Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.
50:15 Call upon Mein the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me."
The words of faith together with the thanksgiving are the same as crying out to God. The example is Abraham.
Genesis 22:5
22:5.And Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you."
'we will come back to you' = the words of faith. Abraham believed that God was able to provide from nothing to something and resurrect the dead.
Mark 7:28-30
7:28.And she answered and said to Him, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs."
7:29 Then He said to her, "For this sayinggo your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter."
7:30 And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.
'For this saying' = the words of faith of a Gentile.
The daughter of the woman was sick. It means being controlled by sins or having no peace. Let us choose the true teaching Word! Let us eat the Word until we have the words of faith that God's Word is able to help us. The destruction of marriage and children can be restored.
Esther 4:16
4:16."Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!"
'if I perish, I perish!' = the words of faith of a youth.
The gloomy future can be changed into the beautiful and successful one.
Abraham, the woman of Canaan, and Esther were glorified by God because of having the words of faith.
When Jesus comes a second time, we will be changed to be as perfect as He is for being worthy of welcoming His coming on the glorious clouds. We do not stumble in words. We only shout for joy, saying "Alleluia" until entering the New Jerusalem.
God blesses you.