Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:21-223:21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
3:22 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'"The promise of God for the church of the Laodiceans (it refers to the congregation at the last days) is sitting together with Jesus on the throne of heaven. The Bride sits with the Bridegroom on the throne of heaven forever. The Bride experiences the peak of shadow from Jesus as the Bridegroom.
Luke 13:34
13:34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How oftenI wanted to gatheryour children together, as a hen gathersher brood under herwings, but you were not willing!'How often'refers to the earnest and yearning of God.
'Gather'means the true fellowship of the Body of Christ.
'Under her wings'refers to the shadow of God.
It is the deep earnest and yearning from Jesus as the Bridegroom of heaven so that we enter the true fellowship of the body of Christ based on the true teaching Word. Thus, Jesus as the Bridegroom of heaven can cover us. It starts from the world that is like wilderness until the peak of shadow that is sitting together with Jesus on the throne of heaven forever.
The true fellowship of the body of Christ starts from the right marriage, sheepfold, inter shepherding, until Israel and Gentiles become the one perfect body of Christ.
Psalm 68:4-668:4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name;Extol Him who rides on the clouds, by His name YAH,and rejoice before Him.
68:5 A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, isGod in His holy habitation.
68:6 God sets the solitaryin families;He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Who is worthy to receive the shadow of God?
- The widow means no connection with the husband or one is free from flesh.
- The solitary means no connection with the world or one is free from the world.
- The fatherless means no connection with father Satan or one is free from sin.
We learn about 'The Fatherless.'
John 8:448:44 You are of yourfather the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources,for he is a liar and the father of it.The fatherless means no connection with father or Satan. It starts from no hatred and lie.
1 John 3:103:10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor ishe who does not love his brother.The fatherless in spiritual meaning is one who experiences the new birth so he lives in righteousness and becomes the son of God who is controlled by the Spirit of God.
Romans 8:14-158:14 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."We can cry out, "Abba, Father." It is the prayer that please God.
Matthew 6:9-136:9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,Hallowed be Your name.
6:10 Your kingdom come.Your will be doneon earth as it isin heaven.
6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
6:12 And forgive us our debts,as we forgive our debtors.
6:13 And do not lead us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.The Our Father prayer is divided into two parts as follows:
- [Verse 9-10] We thank for being able to call Father. Our father was Satan, but now we are the children of God. Our need is on earth as it is in heaven.
Romans 14:17-18
14:17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
14:18 For he who serves Christ in these things isacceptable to God and approved by men.
It means we must prioritize the ministry to God in ambience of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- The righteousness = the Table of Showbread, the perseverance in doing Bible Study Service and Holy Communion, the fellowship with Son of God in the Word and the sacrifice of Christ.
- The joy in the Holy Spirit = the Golden Candlestick, the perseverance in doing General Service, the fellowship with Holy Spirit God in the gifts of Holy Spirit.
- The peace = the Golden Altar of Incense, the perseverance in doing Prayer Service, the fellowship with Father God in His love.
The kingdom of heaven is like the ministry in shepherding system. It is the sheepfold or the Holy Place in Tabernacle.
On the Holy Place there are four curtains. Three curtains outside are the shadow of God Trinity in the persona of the Lord Jesus Christ. One curtain inside is the shadow of the pastor who faithfully gives food and lifts up the intercession prayer. How great a man is in the wilderness of the world, without curtain protection or shadow of God, he will perish.
- [Verse 11-13] The results of God's shadoware as follows:
- Jesus as the Great Shepherd gives food in the midst of the dry world and deficiencies.
Matthew 6:11
6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Proverb 30:8-9
30:8 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;Give me neither poverty nor riches--Feed me with the food allotted to me;
30:9 Lest I be full and deny You,and say, "Who isthe Lord?"Or lest I be poor and steal,
and profane the name of my God.
In physical life, we can thank for the blessing from God. We are not proud of ourselves but thank to God.
In spiritual life, God gives the satisfaction of heaven so we will not look for the satisfaction in the world and fall in sin. We can testify.
- Finishing the sin through confessing and forgiving each other.
Matthew 6:12
6:12 And forgive us our debts,as we forgive our debtors.
The sin is finished by the blood of Jesus. We can live in righteousness and pray for each other.
James 5:16-17
5:16 Confess yourtrespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
5:17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
We will experience the power of prayer that is the power of healing to heal the illness or finish all impossible problems. It is also the power of protection from Antichrist who will reign on earth for three and a half years.
- Jesus is able to free us from the evil one, the source of problems, temptations, tears, sufferings, labor, and heavy burdens.
Matthew 6:13
6:13 And do not lead us into temptation,but deliver us from the evil one.For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Revelation 7:17
7:17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
The Great Shepherd leads us to the last sheepfold that is the New Jerusalem. The hands of the Great Shepherd are able to wipe our tears and make everything easy and light, successful and beautiful. We are changed. It starts from obedience.
If Jesus comes a second time, we are changed to become perfect to greet His second coming, until we sit together with Him on the throne of heaven forever.
God blesses us.