Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 11:15-19are about the sound of the seventh or the last trumpet.
The seventh trumpet shows the three things as follows:
- Verse 15-17 show Jesus who will come for the second time on the glorious clouds in the glory as the King of all kings and the heavenly Bridegroom to establish the kingdom of heaven in the world, namely the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace or the future paradise up to the New Jerusalem forever (it has been explained in the General Service in Malang, July 05, 2020 up to the General Service, August 02, 2020).
- Verse 18 shows Jesus as the righteous judge to give the condemnation to the world and the people who deserve it. He also gives reward to the people who deserve it (it has been explained in the Bible Study Service in Malang, August 04, 2020 up to the General Service in Malang, September 06, 2020).
- Verse 19 shows the Ark of Covenant, the perfect church, or the heavenly bride (it has been explained in the Bible Study Service in Malang, September 08, 2020)
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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 Covenant in the temple of God in heaven is the same as a woman with the sun, moon, and stars or the heavenly bride who is ready to be flown to the wilderness and exalted on the glorious clouds to meet Jesus who comes for the second time and enter the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace or the future paradise and the eternal kingdom of heaven forever.
When the Ark of Covenant is seen in the temple of God (when the heavenly bride welcomes the second coming of Jesus), there are lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail. It refers to the doomsday until hell forever.
Therefore, starting from now, we must hear and obey the true teaching word which is sharper than any two-edged sword and great as lightnings, noises, thunderings, and earthquake, so we experience a continuous sanctification and renewal until we are perfect like Him. We appear as the heavenly bride who is ready to be flown to the wilderness and exalted to the glorious clouds to enter paradise (the Ark of Covenant is in the temple of God). We do not experience the doomsday and hell. It is the only way.
So, when we are in His temple in the world, we must prioritize the true teaching word which is great or the Bride Tidings like when Jesus was in the world. When He was in the world, He always taught in His service and ministry.
Luke 6:6-116:6 Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered.
6:7 So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.
6:8 But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Arise and stand here." And he arose and stood.
6:9 Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?"
6:10 And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
6:11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
The term '
Stretch out your hand!' was in order to one whose right hand was withered. It is the great word which makes many men have fear to hear it until they do not want to hear it again.
The true teaching word is able to give Sabbath or the rest in the midst of the storms in the sea of the world.
The levels of Sabbath are as follows:
- The small Sabbath. It refers to the peace or the rest in Holy Spirit.
Every step of our life must be in peace. It is the proof that there is Jesus in us.
- The big Sabbath. It refers to the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace or the future paradise.
- The eternal Sabbath. It refers to the New Jerusalem or the temple of God in heaven.
Outside the true teaching word, there is no Sabbath or the rest but only the dryness and spiritual death like one whose right hand was withered. It means that he never experiences the satisfaction which is described as follows:
- The Scribes and Pharisees or the fulltime servants and minister of God as follows:
- Doing the service and ministry but only to observe Jesus. It is the same as looking for the weaknesses of other people and accuse them, never doing the introspection to themselves, until finally, they criticize and blaspheme the true teaching word.
- Verse 11 tells about getting angry without any cause but because of envy and hatred.
- One whose right hand was withered refers to the priests. The meanings are as follows:
- They and their service and ministry do not have relationship with the High Priest. It is the service and ministry which are not serious, namely they are not serious when they sing, pray, and hear the word of God.
- Being lukewarm. It refers to one who is not faithful and fervent in spirit in serving and ministering to God but only showing the physical things which are without sanctification.
Such service and ministry are not led by Jesus as the High Priest. .
Consequently, men become the same as vomit or disgust.
- Not being able to give is the same as being stingy and greedy.
Matthew 6:3-4
6:3 "But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
6:4 "that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Being stingy means that one cannot give to the work of God and other people who are in need.
Being greedy means that one steals the possession that belongs to other people especially the one that belongs to God, namely the tithe and special offering.
- One who cannot worship God but only lies, gossips, and slanders the other people.
Psalms 141:2
141:2 Let my prayer be set before You as incense, The lifting up of my handsas the evening sacrifice.
Consequently, men become the same as the sheep that fall to the deep pit. It means that their physical life is half dead.
Matthew 12:9-11
12:9 Now when He had departed from there, He went into their synagogue.
12:10 And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" --that they might accuse Him12:11 Then He said to them, "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a piton the Sabbath, will not lay hold of it and lift it out?
It is a dangerous condition.
Spiritually, they are in the pit of death. It means that they only make friendship with locust and scorpion that only gossip, lie, and slander.
Revelation 9:2-39:2 And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
9:3 Then out of the smoke locustscame upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpionsof the earth have power.
Be careful! Do not make friendship with such men. If we make friendship with them, our physical and spiritual life will also be a half dead or not experience the satisfaction. Such thing makes us look for the satisfaction in the world until we fall in sins up to the peak and aim to the rest of death.
Many men look for the rest of death. The joy Is only for a moment but there is death forever.
When we follow God, maybe we feel bitter, but after that we will feel the sweetness forever.
The way of God to help them is through the preaching of the true teaching word.
God speaks to the man whose right hand was withered twice as follows:
- The term 'arise and stand here!' refers to the teaching word that brings men to return to the right position of a priest, namely in the middle.
Luke 6:8
6:8 But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Arise and stand here."And he arose and stood.
Standing in the middle refers to the Holy Place or the perseverance in doing the three main services to God. If men are not in the Holy Place, their life is half dead.
The position of the priest is in the middle. It means that they become mediator between God and congregation or do the ministry of reconciliation.
As a result, we are in the hand of the Great Shepherd. He preserves us in the midst of difficulties in the world until the age when the Antichrist rules over the world for three and a half years. There is assured preservation to our soul, so all things become easy and light.
Psalms 23:1-2
23:1 <<A Psalm of David.>> The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
23:2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
- The term 'stretch out your hand!' refers to the obedience until the flesh does not speak anymore. It is the same as worshipping God, crying out, and surrendering to Him like Moses when he faced the Red Sea.
Luke 6:10
6:10 And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.
The word of God is able to erase the impossibilities.
Exodus 14:15-16,21
14:15 And the LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
14:16 "But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
14:21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided..
When facing the Red Sea, God commanded Moses to stretch out his hand. If we are obedient, we will meet Him as the creator. He stretches out the hand of Holy Spirit.
The results are as follows:
- The sea was divided. It means that Holy Spirit saves us (the sins are finished). It is the revival of the early rain.
When sins are finished, all impossible problems will be finished by Holy Spirit, so there is successful and beautiful future life.
We do not experience the doomsday and perdition.
- Holy Spirit defeats the trinity of Satan. It means that we experience the sanctification and the life renewal. It is the revival of the later rain.
Exodus 14:26-31
14:26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen."
14:27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
14:28 Then the waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.
14:29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
14:30 So the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
14:31 Thus Israel saw the great work which the LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and His servant Moses.
We are powered by Jesus, namely we have the fear to Him. It means that we are honest and sincere in facing all things.
If we are honest, the hand of Holy Spirit will works for us. Everything that we cannot think and do is done by Holy Spirit until someday Holy Spirit perfects all of us.
Revelation 19:9
19:9 Then he said to me, "Write: 'Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!'"And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
We do not stumble in words anymore. We are exalted to the glorious clouds and enter the marriage supper of the Lamb, the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace (the future paradise), and the heavenly kingdom.
When we are in the One-thousand-years Kingdom of Peace ,the trinity of Satan is bound, so he cannot disturb us.
Revelation 19:20
19:20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 20:1-2
20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
20:2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:7,10
20:7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison.
20:10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
God blesses you.