Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:8-11 is the last purification that is experienced by the congregation in Smyrna.
Revelation 2:10
2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
The congregation in Smyrna is in prison and suffers for ten days. It means suffering in flesh together with Jesus for releasing from self-truth until they get the love of God.
Matthew 24:12
24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
At the last age, the love grows cold and the wickedness increases that result in punishment of God. It has already happened when Israel came out from Egypt.
Exodus 9:23-24
9:23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lordsent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lordrained hail on the land of Egypt;
9:24 hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
The seventh plague is hail (it means love grows cold) and lightning flashed back and forth (it means the wickedness increases). At the last days it will happen again when the church of God comes out from the world.
Revelation 16:17, 21
16:17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
16:21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
2 Peter 3:10
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
At the last days, the punishment of hail and fire from heaven will destroy the world.
For that reason, we must experience the death or flesh suffering together with Jesus to get God’s love so we will not be punished together with the world.
The practices of experiencing the death together with Jesus are as follows:
The functions of God’s loveare as follows:
God blesses us.
Revelation 2:8-11 is the last purification that is experienced by the congregation in Smyrna.
Revelation 2:10
2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.
The congregation in Smyrna is in prison and suffers for ten days. It means suffering in flesh together with Jesus for releasing from self-truth until they get the love of God.
Matthew 24:12
24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
At the last age, the love grows cold and the wickedness increases that result in punishment of God. It has already happened when Israel came out from Egypt.
Exodus 9:23-24
9:23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lordsent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lordrained hail on the land of Egypt;
9:24 hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.
The seventh plague is hail (it means love grows cold) and lightning flashed back and forth (it means the wickedness increases). At the last days it will happen again when the church of God comes out from the world.
Revelation 16:17, 21
16:17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
16:21 From the sky huge hailstones, each weighing about a hundred pounds, fell on people. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
2 Peter 3:10
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.
At the last days, the punishment of hail and fire from heaven will destroy the world.
For that reason, we must experience the death or flesh suffering together with Jesus to get God’s love so we will not be punished together with the world.
The practices of experiencing the death together with Jesus are as follows:
- Water baptism.
Romans 6:4
6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
The right water baptism is one who dies from sin must be buried together with Jesus in water baptism and rises together with Him in new or heavenly life.
1 Peter 3:20-21
3:20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,
3:21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
The new life has good conscience that is obedient.
John 14:15
14:15 “If you love me, keep my commands.
The obedient heart is able to contain God’s love. If we are not obedient, the love will grow cold. - Worship prayer.
Worship prayer is the process of ripping the flesh so we can see Jesus’ face that shines like a sun. We experience the shining sun of God’s love.
Zephaniah 3:16-18
3:16 On that daythey will say to Jerusalem,“Do not fear, Zion;do not let your hands hang limp.
3:17 The Lordyour God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.He will take great delight in you;in his love he will no longer rebuke you,but will rejoice over you with singing.”
3:18 “I will remove from youall who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,which is a burden and reproach for you.
The functions of God’s loveare as follows:
- It strengthens the weak hand to be lifted up in front of God.
It means we do neither disappoint, despair, nor leave God whatever may come, but keep faithful and fervent in ministry to God. We keep on worshiping God, believing, and hoping fully to Him. We keep doing good and right deed. - The love of God gives victory over enemies.
It is the victory over sins up to the peak of sin and problems, the impossible becomes possible. Until we have the victory over the death so we can live eternally. - The love of God renews us from carnal man to spiritual one like Jesus.
It starts from being humble and gentle.
The humbleness is the ability to confess the sin. After we are forgiven, do not sin anymore.
The gentleness is the ability to forgive and forget other’s sin. All sins will be finished by Jesus’ blood and we feel peace. Our heart can contain His love. We feel nothing that flesh is used to feel, but we feel His great love. Everything becomes easy and light.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
5:23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
God of peace sanctifies our life physically in abundance. He also sanctifies our spiritual life until we are perfect and worthy to greet His second coming on glorious clouds.
God blesses us.