(To Coincide with Fasting Prayer Service Session III)
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:7
3:7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens"
Jesus appears as One who holds the key of David to do the three great thingsfor the church in Philadelphia as follows:
Revelation 3:10
3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
At the end of age nearly the time of Jesus' second coming, every man (including the children or the servants of God) will experience the temptations in all things, the crisis is increasing, until the Antichrist reigns on earth for three and a half years.
Revelation 13:1-2
13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
13:2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet ofa bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
The Antichrist is the combination of four beastsas follows:
1 Peter 5:5-7
5:5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to yourelders. Yes, all of yoube submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble."
5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
To face the Antichrist that is the combination of the four beasts, we must surrender all our life in the strong hands of God through the things as follows:
God blesses us.
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:7
3:7 "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, 'These things says He who is holy, He who is true, "He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens"
Jesus appears as One who holds the key of David to do the three great thingsfor the church in Philadelphia as follows:
- [Revelation 3:8] To open the doors that cannot be shut by anyone.
- [Revelation 3:9] To give victory over the congregation of Satan.
- [Revelation 3:10] To protect us from the day of temptation that will come for the entire world.
Revelation 3:10
3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
At the end of age nearly the time of Jesus' second coming, every man (including the children or the servants of God) will experience the temptations in all things, the crisis is increasing, until the Antichrist reigns on earth for three and a half years.
Revelation 13:1-2
13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
13:2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet ofa bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
The Antichrist is the combination of four beastsas follows:
- A dragon.
Revelation 12:3-4
12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
12:4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heavenand threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
The power of the dragon is in his tail that drags a third of stars of heaven. The star in special meaning refers to the shepherd and in general meaning refers to the servant of God. The tail of dragon means as follows:- The false teaching, gossip, and lies.
Isaiah 9:15
9:15 The elder and honorable, he isthe head;the prophet who teaches lies, he isthe tail. - The sin up to the peak of sins, the sin of eating-drinking (smoking, getting drunk, and drug abuse) and marrying-being given in marriage (the sexual sin and its kinds, sexual deviation, and the wrong marriage).
- The hatred up to the hatred without reason.
- The false teaching, gossip, and lies.
- A leopard.
The power of leopard is the incredible speed to block the spiritual activity of the servant of God.
We also must be fast in spiritual activity especially the ministry to God. Let us not delay doing the thing that is moved by God so it is not blocked by the Antichrist. - A bear.
The power of bear is in its feet that grip its prey. One of the powers of Antichrist's grip is the bond of money and uncleanness sins.
The practice of being bond by money is stinginess (one cannot give), greediness (one takes others' and God's, and unfaithfulness until leaving the ministry because of the earthly things.
We must train ourselves to live from God through prioritizing the ministry more than anything. - A lion.
The power of lion is in its mouth.
There are two powers of the mouth of lion are as follows:- Producing the voice of roar loudly to make the faith of servant of God doubtful and fall through the false teaching, gossip, frightening news, et cetera. Falling from faith means leaving the true teaching Words and looking for another teaching.
- Ripping and devouring his prey.
1 Peter 5:8
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
The prey of lion is one who is not shepherded and cannot eat the true teaching Word because It points to his sin. One keeps the sin, so he looks for the word that is appropriate to his ears.
Let us hear the voice of the Lion of Judah or the true teaching Word that point to the sins so we can confess them and be forgiven, we experience the peace.
- Producing the voice of roar loudly to make the faith of servant of God doubtful and fall through the false teaching, gossip, frightening news, et cetera. Falling from faith means leaving the true teaching Words and looking for another teaching.
1 Peter 5:5-7
5:5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to yourelders. Yes, all of yoube submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble."
5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
To face the Antichrist that is the combination of the four beasts, we must surrender all our life in the strong hands of God through the things as follows:
- Shepherding, the perseverance in doing three kinds of main service, as follows:
- Golden Candlestick or perseverance in doing General Service to have fellowship with Holy Spirit God and the gifts.
- Table of Showbread or perseverance in doing Bible Study Service with Holy Communion to have fellowship with the Son of God in the Word and the sacrifice of Christ.
- Golden Altar of Incense or perseverance in doing Worship Prayer Service to have fellowship with Father God in the love.
3:10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
If we persevere in shepherding, we will experience the veil of protection of God. - Worship prayer.
1 Peter 5:5
5:5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to yourelders. Yes, all of yoube submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud,but gives grace to the humble."
Worshiping is the process of ripping the flesh so we can obey until the flesh does not sound anymore.
It is also the process of ripping the flesh so we can surrender fully to God; there is no more worry.
1 Peter 5:7
5:7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
It is like stretching out our hands to God so we are in the caress of His strong hands.
1 Peter 5:6
5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
The result is the strong hands of God will lift up us in due time. We only wait for His time and He works for us. Everything becomes successful and beautiful in His time. Everything is finished in time, until all impossible problems can be finished by Him.
Hebrews 4:16
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The strong hands of God are able to change us from carnal men to spiritual ones. It starts from the wild mouth is changed to become the tender mouth that can say right, true, and good word, testify and worship God. We are changed until perfect when Jesus comes a second time; we are together with Him forever.
God blesses us.