General Service in Malang, June 28, 2020 (Sunday Morning)

Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 11:13-14
11:13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14. The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

This is the second woe or the sixth trumpet, namely there is a great earthquake. It refers to the spiritual and physical shocks in the world and church of God because of rejecting the trumpet sound or the true teaching word that is sharper than any two-edged sword.

We must receive the teaching word after receiving the Gospel word, so we can be perfected. Otherwise, we will experience the great earthquake.

The spiritual and physical shock or earthquake causes three things as follows:

1. A tenth of the city falls (it has been explained in General Service in Malang, June 14, 2020up to Prayer Service in Malang, June 18, 2020).
   
2. Seven thousand people are killed (it has been explained in General Service in Malang, June 21, 2020up to Prayer Service in Malang, June 25, 2020).
   
3. The rest are afraid and give glory to the God of heaven.
   

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There are many people give glory to the Lord when the shock happens. But there are some people who do not give glory to the Lord.

There are two attitudes of the church of God, facing God's punishment in the world as follows:

1. The negative attitude, namely one does not repent. He hardens his heart when facing God's punishment, namely he keeps sinning, worshipping the idol, and blaspheming God, so he is destroyed forever.
   Revelation 9:20-21
   9:20. But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repentof the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
   9:21. And they did not repentof their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
   
   Revelation 16:21
   16:21. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed Godbecause of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
   
   Actually they still have a chance to repent and return to God, but they do not do that, so they are destroyed forever.
   
   
2. The positive attitude, namely one receives God's punishment gently, so he is afraid. He has the fear of God and gives glory to Him who is in heaven.
   Revelation 11:13
   11:13. In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
   

This is our duty, namely glorifying Jesus' name. Do not wait the punishment! We must make effort to glorify God's name from now on. Do not make the heart of God grieved! Do not wait the punishment and then we want to glorify God!

Why do we have to glorify Jesus' name? Because He gets it by fighting on the cross, namely He must become obedient and faithful to the point of death on the cross.
Philippians 2:8-9
2:8. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
2:9. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

Proverbs 18:10
18:10. The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe.

God's name is linked with a strong tower. It means that God's name is linked with the building of the spiritual tower, namely the perfect body of Christ or heavenly bride. It is the possession of God that cannot be charged against by anything, but will be shaken.

Be watchful! The shock wants to destroy the possession of God. It is the same as destroying the building of the body of Christ or making the heart of God grieved.
There are many people who open reproach the name of Jesus in cyberspace. Do not read it! The name of Jesus is not for being debated but trusted. If we read it, we will be weak, and we can turn to it when we are deeply distressed or blessed. Be careful!

Who may enter into the building of the perfect body of Christ to glorify the name of Jesus? The living stones may.
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.

The living stones are the priests and kings who become obedient and faithful until the flesh does not speak anymore or the veil is torn.
We become obedient and faithful, starting from marriage. Further, we minister to God according to the ministry that God gives to us, and become obedient and faithful in all right things.
If we are not obedient and faithful, we will not be able to minister to God but to destroy.

Be watchful! There is a shock that wants to destroy the name or the house of God.
Genesis 11:1-9
11:1. Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.
11:2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
11:3. Then they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricksand bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
11:4. And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
11:5. But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
11:6. And the LORD said, "Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.
11:7. "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
11:8. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
11:9. Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

The opposite of living stones is bricks.

'let us make a name for ourselves' means making a name for themselves, not Jesus' name.
Satan is building Babylon with the bricks. It means that Satan works in the building of the body of Babylon or his bride to destroy the heavenly bride.

The tithe has been shaken, and so has been the ministry.
If the tithe is false, the ministry and bride will be false too.

The bricks refer to the mortar which is burnt by the fire of Satan, namely sin, lust, and world, so the priests and kings become disobedient and unfaithful. They keep the sinful flesh and blood men.
God has three positive fires but Satan has three negative ones.

So, the tower of Babylon is also built by the priests, namely the bricks that experience the shock because of rejecting the teaching or the sinful flesh and blood men. We must be careful.

The building of Babylon is signified by the things as follows:

1. 'let us make a name for ourselves'. It refers to making own name or ministering God with pride, honor, and wealth, so he relies on himself and the physical things. He does not rely on God anymore. He forgets God or the true teaching word.
   Genesis 11:4
   11:4. And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth."
   
   One does not care anymore either a thing is true or not. The important thing is that the top of the tower is in the heavens.
   
   
2. 'let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens'. It means that one looks for his own way to heaven by logic, not faith.
   It is the same as fighting against the true teaching word of God or denying the His name.
   
   
3. Chaos. It means that one does not experience peace, so his words are messed up such as lie, gossip, evil speaking, and blasphemy to the name of God. He does not have the anointing of Holy Spirit anymore.
   Consequently, quarrel, disunity, and divorce happen.
   
   
4. Babylon is the mother of harlots.
   It means as follows:
   
   
   • Being disobedient and unfaithful in the ministry, starting from marriage.
     
   • The peak of sin, namely the sins of eating-drinking (smoking, getting drunk, and drugs abuse) and marrying-giving in marriage (fornication through mind, feeling, and words, fornication between man and woman who are not husband and wife, mixed-marriage, divorce-remarrying, and marrying-giving in marriage).
     

Consequently, men are destroyed by the fire God's punishment in one hour.
Revelation 18:9-10
18:9. "The kings of the earth who committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
18:10. "standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.'

This is the false church that shakes the true one. Now, people in the world prefer the false one.
The false tithe means that it is managed by human or one does not return it.

That is why we must become the living stones or the priests and kings who become obedient and faithful until the flesh does not speak anymore.
All of us are mortar. We just choose that we want to be burnt by the fire of God or Satan. If we are burnt by the fire of Satan, we will become the bricks.

The process of becoming the living stones is being burnt by the fire of God, namely the one of the word, Holy Spirit, and love of God in the sheepfold or the holy place or perseverance in committing the three kinds of main service to God.
That is why a priest must be shepherded. Otherwise, he will be burnt by the fire of Satan.

Acts 2:41-42
2:41. Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
2:42. And they continued steadfastlyin the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

1. The Golden Candlestick refers to the perseverance in committing the General Service. We have fellowship with Holy Spirit God in His anointing and gifts. We experience the fire of Holy Spirit.
   
2. The Table of Showbread refers to the perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service with Holy Communion. We have fellowship with the Son of God in the teaching Word and the sacrifice of Christ. We experience the fire of the word.
   
   
3. The Golden Altar of Incense refers to the perseverance in committing the Prayer Service. We have fellowship with Father God in His love. We experience the fire of the love of God.
   

In the sheepfold, we experience the fire of the word, Holy Spirit, and love of God, so the mortar can become the living stones or the priests who become obedient and faithful until the flesh does not speak anymore.

The results of becoming the living stones are as follows:

1. We are used in the building of the body of Christ which is true, holy, and perfect. We become the heavenly bride.
   We are useful in the marriage, shepherding, inter-shepherding until the Israelites and Gentiles become one perfect body of Christ or the heavenly bride. We become the possession of God that cannot be shaken. Let us minister God obediently and faithfully.
   
   Being used by God is the same as placing Jesus as the Head. We just exalt and rely on Him. We just glorify His name. This is the duty of a priest, so we are not punished.
   
   
2. We are linked with the name of Jesus. It means as follows:
   
   
   • The powerful name of Jesus is trusted to us to be cried out by faith, not doubt.
     The result is the victory power over the trinity of Satan.
     
     Philippians 2:10
     2:10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
     
     The trinity of Satan is the source of sin. We win, so we can confess our sin of wickedness, uncleanness, and anxiety to God and others. Do not sin anymore after being forgiven!
     We live in righteousness as well as get the salvation.
     
     The trinity of Satan is the source of problem or temptation, so we are weary, heavy laden, and laborious up to drowning in the world and perdition.
     We win, so the tempest of the world becomes great calm. We experience peace, so all things become easy and light. All impossible problems are finished.
     
     Let us cry out the name of Jesus in righteousness, not sin.
     
     For example, when Peter went to the other side, his boat was tossed by the waves and Jesus came.
     He could walk on the water when he was obedient and faithful. Unfortunately, when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and began to sink. Fortunately, he cried out the name of Jesus at that moment.
     
     Matthew 14:29-30
     14:29. So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus.
     14:30. But when he sawthat the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
     
     Be careful with our feeling! Do not doubt because of the physical thing!
     
     'Lord, save me!' means that Peter was afraid and cried out the name of God when he felt God's punishment.
     Likewise, when the great earthquake happens, some people are afraid and give glory to the God.
     
     When we begin to sink, we must not doubt anymore but follow the will of God in all things. Do not follow our feeling!
     
     
   • The name of Jesus is sealed on our forehead through the true water baptism and prayer.
     Let us worship God much more. It is better to make effort by God's power than being persecuted by the Antichrist.
     
     The results are as follows:
     
     
     • The powerful name of Jesus protects us from the three times seven punishments, doomsday, and hell.
       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 Godon 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.
       
       
       
     • Protecting us, so we are not sealed by the Antichrist.
       Revelation 13:18
       13:18. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
       
       We cannot be touched even seen by the Antichrist. How can it be? By the two wings of a great eagle by which we may fly to the wilderness, far from the eyes of the Antichrist.
       
       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.
       
       Obedience and faithfulness are the two wings of a great eagle.
       Now we minister at our own home. It is the obedience and faithfulness tests because the Antichrist will work door to door.
       It is the great plan of God. We just depend on the word by any medias.
       
       In the wilderness, we are preserved directly by God through the Word and the Holy Communion.
       Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. From now on we must prove that we depend on the heavenly bread, not the worldly one.
       
       The facts found in it are as follows:
       
       
       1. We prioritize God more than anything. We look for the heavenly bread more than the worldly one, and prioritize the ministry more than anything.
          Do not be bound by the worldly thing!
          
          
       2. Having perseverance in committing the Bible Study Service and Holy Communion. It is our exercise for the evacuation to the wilderness.
          
          
   • We are called by the name of Jesus through purification and renewal by the true teaching word that is sharper than any two-edged sword or the Bride Tidings.
     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 seven women refer to the church of the Gentiles in the book of Revelation. It is the opportunity for the Gentiles.
     What must be purified and changed from the Gentiles, so we are called by the name of Jesus?
     
     
     • The dog nature, namely idle words, lying, and slandering.
       It is changed into honesty and true and good words.
       
       
     • The swine nature, namely sinful deed. It is changed into holy life.
       
     • The bitterness of heart, namely envy and hatred. It is changed into the love to one another. We do not harm others but remember them until we love others who make hostility toward us.
       
       
     • The anxiety, so we do not believe in God. At last we are wrong, disobedient, and unfaithful. It is the same as becoming bricks.
       It must be purified and changed into trusting and committing ourselves to God. We love Him more than anything. We are obedient and faithful to Him.
       
       
     'take hold of one man' means that being purified and changed are the same as taking hold of God. We totally depend on God, so we are hold and hugged tightly by Him.
     
     The results are as follows:
     
     
     • We experience great caring for our daily life. We have beautiful and successful future.
       We try hard but more than that, we hold God.
       
       
     • We receive the new name. We are called by the name of Jesus.
       The new name is the one of the bride or eternal one.
       
       Isaiah 56:5
       56:5. Even to them I will give in My house And within My walls a place and a name Better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting nameThat shall not be cut off.
       
       We experience the purification and renewal up to perfection, so we are worthy to greet Jesus when He comes a second time. We do not stumble in words. We return to one language and one speech as it was at the beginning of creation.
       We greet the coming of Jesus by saying "Alleluia".
       

God blesses us.