Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 11: 15-19talks about the sound of the seventh or last trumpet.
The seventh trumpet shows the following three things:
ad. 3.
Revelation 11:19
11:19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seenin His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 12:1
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.
The Ark of the Covenant in the temple in heaven is the same as a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars:
Tonight we learn about the content of the Ark of the Covenant. We have learnt about the golden pot that had the manna (it has been explained in General Service in Malang, September 20, 2020).
Now, we learn about Aaron's budded rod.
The development of the hope in the Tabernacle is as follows:
God blesses you.
Revelation 11: 15-19talks about the sound of the seventh or last trumpet.
The seventh trumpet shows the following three things:
- Verse 15-17 = Jesus, who comes a second time on the glorious clouds in the glory as the King of all kings and the heavenly Bridegroom for establishing the heavenly kingdom on earth, namely the One-Thousand-Year Kingdom of Peace (the future Paradise) up to the New Jerusalem forever (it has been explained).
- Verse 18 = Jesus as the righteous Judge who gives punishment to the world and the people who deserve to get it as well as the reward to those who deserve to get it (it has been explained).
- Verse 19 = the Ark of the Covenant, the perfect church, or the heavenly Bridegroom.
ad. 3.
Revelation 11:19
11:19. Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seenin His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 12:1
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.
The Ark of the Covenant in the temple in heaven is the same as a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars:
- The ark refers to the church with the sun, moon, and stars (Revelation 12:1).
- The mercy seat consists of the following things:
- The first cherub = Father God = the sun.
- The mercy seat with the sprinkling of blood = the Son of God= the moon.
- The second cherub = Holy Spirit God = the stars.
- The first cherub = Father God = the sun.
- The content of the Ark of the Covenant refers to the quality of the bride:
Hebrews 9:4
9:4. which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;- The golden pot that had the manna = the perfect faith.
- Aaron's budded rod = the permanent hope or Holy Spirit.
- The two tablets of stone = the perfect love.
- The golden pot that had the manna = the perfect faith.
Tonight we learn about the content of the Ark of the Covenant. We have learnt about the golden pot that had the manna (it has been explained in General Service in Malang, September 20, 2020).
Now, we learn about Aaron's budded rod.
The development of the hope in the Tabernacle is as follows:
- The Court= the Brazen Laver = the water baptism or being reborn of water. In the water baptism, we get the hope. Therefore, the water baptism is so important.
1 Corinthians 15:50
15:50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
The men of blood and flesh cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven although they are great. They have no hope.
Being born only by the mother, not by the water, one will not have any hope. He was born only to die. If the Gentiles do not continue to the true water baptism, they will only become the donkey whose neck must be broken after being born.
Exodus 13:13
13:13."But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
Therefore, every man of blood and flesh must get the renewal of life through the true water baptism.
Romans 6:2,4
6:2. Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?
6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. - Verse 2 = the requirement of being baptized of water is repenting or being dead to sin.
Verse 4 = the implementation of the true water baptism is 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 being the same as a newborn baby.
1 Peter 1:3-4
1:3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us againto a living hopethrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
'begotten us again' = the water baptism.
'a living hope' = we have the hope after being the spiritual baby.
The facts found in the living hope are as follows:- 'undefiled' = not committing sin = living in righteousness anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstances.
This is the true hope. - 'does not fade away' = not being disappointed, hopeless, and proud as well as not murmuring, but always giving thanks.
Always giving thanks, we will never fall. - 'incorruptible' = being saved up to the eternal life in heaven.
- 'living hope' = not hoping others when facing something, but only believing and hoping God or seeing God or His kingdom.
John 3:3
3:3. Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Facing anything, we only cry to God.
- 'undefiled' = not committing sin = living in righteousness anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstances.
- The Door of the Tabernacle= Holy Spirit baptism.
Romans 8:15
8:15. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoptionby whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."
Holy Spirit renews us to be the sons of God who only cry out 'Abba,Father.' It means obedience.
Being the sons of God means liking or enjoying being in His house with the main purpose for hearing obeying the Word.
The man of blood and flesh with all of its wills, lusts, and characteristics cannot do God's will which is always contradictory to the fleshly one. Nevertheless, Holy Spirit makes us able to obey the true teaching Word although we must pay the expensive price or sacrifice.
Matthew 7:21
7:21. "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Fatherin heaven.
The obedient people have the hope to reach the peak successfully, namely entering the heavenly kingdom although there is no potential physically and spiritually.
John 3:5
3:5. Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
For example, King David had been the shepherd of two or three sheep only, but he could be the king because of being obedient.
The widow of Zarephath also did not have any potential, but she was obedient, so she was preserved for three and a half years.
Matthew 7:22-23
7:22. "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
On the contrary, one who is not obedient will get the total failure and perish forever although he has the great potential. He can neither look at nor enter the heavenly kingdom.
For example, Saul was afraid of being obedient because of the voice of the people when he was in blessings and the voice of the enemy when he was in distress. Consequently, he had to pay the more expensive price, namely losing his kingdom, total failure, and losing all things.
Being disobedient, one will not have any hope.
Being obedient, we will open the door of heaven.
It is better to pay expensive price for being obedient than to pay the more expensive price for the disobedience. - The Holy Place= the Golden Candlestick = the perseverance in doing the General Service to get the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in His anointing and gifts.
We can minister to God according to the gifts which He has entrusted to us.
The Golden Candlestick also means the true fellowship according to the true teaching Word. It begins from the marriage, shepherding, and inter-shepherding. If there is no true teaching Word, the lamp will be quenched.
In the General Service and fellowship, we are filling our lamp with the oil of Holy Spirit until it is abundant, so our lamp keeps burning until Jesus comes a second time. We live in the light, become fervent in spirit in the spiritual things, and testify.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
5:4. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
5:5 You are all sons of lightand sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
We get the anointing oil of Holy Spirit, so we become the sons of the light and have the hope for meeting Jesus on the glorious clouds.
The functions of the burning lamp are as follows:- Being the light of testimony for resisting against the three kinds of darkness which attacks the world on the last days as follows:
- The darkness of the basket = economic crisis until the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world.
Mark 4:21
4:21. Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?
The basket is the same as the food container. It refers to the economy.
Therefore, we must have the testimony that we live by God. The proof is returning the tithes and offerings.
The basket also refers to the sins concerning eating-drinking or dissatisfaction such as smoking, getting drunk, drugs abuse, as well as pornography, so many sons of God cannot become the sons of the light. - The darkness of the bed = the sins concerning eating-drinking (fornication between a man and a woman who are not a legal spouse, fornication through the sight, wrong marriage, mix marriage, divorce-remarrying, and marrying-being given in marriage).
Mark 4:21
4:21. Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? - Hatred without a cause = pre-persecution of the Antichrist.
John 15:25-27
15:25. "But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'
15:26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
15:27 "And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
There are seven times of hatred from verse 18 up to the hatred without a cause. It means that the seven lamps are quenched.
We must testify for facing the hatred without a cause.
- The darkness of the basket = economic crisis until the time when the Antichrist reigns over the world.
- Being the light of holiness.
Revelation 4:5
4:5. And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burningbefore the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
The seven lamps are the same as Holy Spirit with the seven manifestations.
Isaiah 11:1-3
11:1. There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2 (1)The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, (2)The Spirit of wisdom and (3)understanding, (4)The Spirit of counsel and (5)might, (6)The Spirit of knowledge and of (7)the fear of the LORD.
11:3 His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
We get the work of Holy Spirit with the seven manifestations for sanctifying us, so we become the light of holiness. We get the Spirit of God until we have the fear of the Lord.
Proverbs 8:13
8:13. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
Having the fear of the Lord means hating sins up to lies.
Lying is the same as the source of the darkness.
Not lying is the same as the source of the light.
Reaching the source of the light or Jesus, we will keep on being sanctified and there is hope for being as holy as He is and appearing as the light of the world like Him.
1 John 3:2-3
3:2. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Revelation 12:1
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.
This is the heavenly bride from the sons of God who are still alive when Jesus comes a second time and evacuated to the wilderness by the power of the two wings of a great eagle. We are preserved by God through the teaching Word and the Holy Communion.
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 sons of God who live in the light, but then die, will not be evacuated too.
We who have been evacuated to the wilderness only wait for Jesus' second coming. We must be strong and of good courage as the sons of the light for keeping the light of testimony and holiness. Keep the burning lamp until we become the light of the world!
Psalm 27:14
27:14. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
Job 6:25
6:25. How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove? - Being the light of testimony for resisting against the three kinds of darkness which attacks the world on the last days as follows:
- The Most Holy Place= Aaron's rod which budded, bloomed, and yielded fruits.
The rod means as follows:- The wood which has been separated from the root. It means that there is no more root of evil, uncleanness, and bitterness, so we can live in righteousness, obedience, and honesty.
- The wood whose measurement is enough. It means living according to the will of God and what we have. We do not want to be bigger than others. We do not live beyond the measurement of God.
17:7. And Moses placed the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
The important thing is that the rod must be before God. It refers to the faithfulness. Do not put the rod before the world or only look at the world like Judas who fell headlong.
Acts 1:16-18
1:16. "Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus;
1:17 "for he was numbered with us and obtained a part in this ministry."
1:18 (Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.
On the contrary, Paul the apostle was bound with thongs for keeping on looking at God.
Acts 22:25
22:25. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?"
Being put before God through the faithfulness in the shepherding, the service and ministry to Him, prayer, and marriage, Holy Spirit will make us alive although we are small and powerless. It is the same as budding, blooming, and yielding fruits. The meanings are as follows:- Budding= being alive.
John 6:63
6:63. "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
Jesus willingly dies on the cross, rises, and ascends to heaven for pouring out Holy Spirit, so we can live before God.
Holy Spirit guarantees our physical life. We are blessed up to our descendants.
Galatians 3:14
3:14. that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The blessing of Abraham refers to Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit also guarantees our spiritual life for living in righteousness and holiness. - Blooming= Holy Spirit gives the gifts that determine the ministry for being used in the edification of the perfect body of Christ.
We must keep faithful and fervent in spirit. All things will be beautiful in its time. - Yielding fruits= the nine fruits of the Spirit = the life renewal
Galatians 5:22-23
5:22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
5:23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
'love, joy, peace' = the image of Father God.
'longsuffering, kindness, goodness' = the image of the Son of God.
'faithfulness, gentleness, self-control' = the image of Holy Spirit God.
We return to the image of the Trinity of God or the first creation.
The proof is that we are not arrogant, but confess that we are the most sinful and worship God.
1 Timothy 1:15
1:15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
We have the perfect faith for being changed to be as perfect as Jesus is and truly enter the eternal heavenly kingdom forever.
- The wood which has been separated from the root. It means that there is no more root of evil, uncleanness, and bitterness, so we can live in righteousness, obedience, and honesty.
God blesses you.