Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 11:15-19 is about the sound of the seventh trumpet or the last one.
The seventh trumpet shows three kinds of thing 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 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 is explained from General Service in Malang, July 5th, 2020 to General Service in Malang, August 2nd, 2020).
- Verse 18 shows Jesus as the righteous Judge who gives punishment to the world and the people who deserve it, but also gives reward to those who deserve it too (it is explained from Bible Study Service in Malang, August 4th, 2020 to General Service in Malang, September 6th, 2020).
- Verse 19 shows the Ark of Covenant, the perfect church, or the heavenly bride (it is explained in Bible Study Service in Malang, September 8th, 2020).
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Revelation 11:1911:19. 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.'
the temple of God was opened in heaven' = The true Tabernacle was made by God, not human's hand.
Hebrews 8:1-28:1. Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
8:2. a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
The Ark of Covenant was seen in the temple of God in heaven. It 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 or the heavenly bride as the fulfillment of Revelation 11:19.
Revelation 12:112:1. 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.
So, the Ark of Covenant is the same as the heavenly bride who is evacuated to the wilderness, far from the eye of antichrist that conquers the earth for three and a half years. The heavenly bride will also be lifted up by God to the glorious clouds to enter the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace or the future paradise and the true Tabernacle in heaven forever.
There is the true Tabernacle in heaven, but there is also the tabernacle in the earth, namely our bodies.
2 Corinthians 5:1-35:1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
5:2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
5:3. if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.
Now we live in the tabernacle of the earth, namely our mortal bodies.
Then how do we get the true tabernacle in heaven? Our mortal bodies must be destroyed (
'our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed'). It means that we must be sanctified and renewed until perfected like Jesus.
How do we destroy our mortal bodies to get the true tabernacle? The temple of God was occupied with the Ark of Covenant or the heavenly bride. Now, our bodies in the earth must also be occupied with the Ark of Covenant, namely the Bride Tidings.
Exodus 25:21-2225:21. You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.
25:22. And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with youfrom above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.
From above the Ark of Covenant, God will speak or open the secret of the Word, namely the Bride Tidings, to His congregation.
2 Corinthians 5:2-35:2. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
5:3. if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked.
Therefore, one who still has the mortal tent must long to be sanctified and renewed to be perfect like Jesus or the heavenly bride who dwells in the true tabernacle.
Our longing is the same as the yearning of the nude people to be clothed or the yearning to listen and be obedient to the Bride Tidings so that we experience the sanctification and renewal from the mortal tent to the true tabernacle.
The sanctification and renewal start from the sight of the flesh or the world to become the spiritual sight.
2 Corinthians 5:75:7. For we walk by faith, not by sight.
The spiritual sight is the same as the faith sight. We must have the faith sight, namely to confess that we live by faith or the Bride Tidings. We confess that we live from listening and being obedient to the Bride Tidings, not by seeing something in this world.
If we listen earnestly and become obedient, we can live. By being against the Word, one's life will be minus up to enter the deep valley.
The facts found in having the faith sight are as follows:
- To be steadfast or to endure in facing sins up to the peak, so we live in righteousness. We are also steadfast in facing false teaching including gossip, so we keep on holding fast to the true teaching Word. We are steadfast in facing the impossible trials, so we are not hesitant or doubtful and disappointed as well as do not leave God. But, we keep on giving thanks to God, believing and hoping to God, and worshipping Him.
2 Corinthians 5:8
5:8. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Why does God allow us to experience the trials in every field of life? In order to increase / develop our faiths to become like pure gold that nothing can destroy.
1 Peter 1:5-7
1:5. who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
1:7. that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
The results are as follows:
- From nothing to something, and from impossible to the possible one.
Hebrews 11:1,3
11:1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen..
11:3. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
- We are worthy to welcome Jesus who comes a second time. It is the same as entering the true tabernacle.
1 Peter 1:7
1:7. that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
- To make efforts in order to be well pleasing to Him.
2 Corinthians 5:9
5:9. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
How to be well pleasing to God?
- By the fear of God, we live in righteousness and goodness.
Acts 10:35
10:35. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
There is the opening of the door for the Gentiles to receive the Holy Spirit.
To be well pleasing to God is the same as to be worthy before Him.
- Being the priests and kings to give the spiritual offerings especially the service and ministry that is acceptable to God.
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.
John 4:34
4:34. Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
The service and ministry that is acceptable to God is obedience and faithfulness in the ministry and marriage, starting from the beginning.
Obedience and faithfulness are the two things that are acceptable and worthy before God. Without it, we are only worth dogs and pigs.
The Gentiles who are obedient and faithful to God are the same as one who gives food to God. It means that one satisfies God's heart and pleases Him. Then God will also satisfy and make us happy with the happiness of Heaven, so we will not fall into the sins of Babylon.
God will also make us full. It means that He is able to preserve us in facing any condition, so we become the living stone.
It means that we can live anywhere, anytime, and in any condition up to eternal life.
By being disobedient and unfaithful, one becomes like vomit that God would throw away like the church of the Laodiceans.
- To be ready to face the judgment seat of Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:10
5:10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
The judgment seat of Christ judges and gives punishment to every unresolved sin in the world.
So, if we have the spiritual sight / perspective, we are ready to finish the hidden sin in the world through the process of making peace, not hiding the sins.
If we confess and forgive each other, the blood of Jesus will wipe away all of our sins, so the heart is in peace.
The peaceful heart means as follow:
- We do not feel accused and do not accuse others.
- We do not feel anything that the flesh feels, such as doubt, evil, impurity, et cetera. but we only feel the love of God.
- To be in silence and calm = the rest in the Holy Spirit. We become the place of the Holy Spirit or the house of prayer. The Holy Spirit helps us to pray and He creates unlimited things in our lives, especially to the Gentiles. The Holy Spirit rebuilds our lives through burning the Gentiles to be fragrant before God.
The results are as follows:
- The Holy Spirit is able to burn the dogs and pigs to be renewed as His sheep.
Romans 15:16
15:16. that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
The meaningless words become holy, right, and good ones.
The sinful deeds become holy, right, and good ones.
- The rotten smell becomes fragrant, so we can be used to bring the fragrance of Christ everywhere through the Good News for the souls who do not believe Jesus and the Bride Tidings for the souls who have believed Jesus until entering the true tabernacle
2 Corinthians 2:14-15
2:14. Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
2:15. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
By carrying the fragrance of Christ, we are in the victorious road of Christ.
It means that the Holy Spirit can resolve the impossible problems, from failure to be successful and beautiful one.
Genesis 8:21-22
8:21. And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
8:22. "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease."
The Holy Spirit changes curses into blessing to preserve us in the midst of difficulties in the world up to the time when the Antichrist rules over the world for three and a half years.
The Holy Spirit saves us from the punishment of God from now up to the upcoming punishment, destruction and hell.
- The Holy Spirit is able to sanctify and renew us until we become as perfect as Jesus. We do not stumble in words. We shout "Alleluia"and enter the marriage supper of the Lamb of God, the One-Thousand-Years Kingdom of Peace, or the future paradise up to the New Jerusalem (the true Tabernacle).
God blesses us.