To coincide with Fasting Prayer Service Session III
Peace and grace in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 27:51-56 is about the miracles that happen when Jesus dies as follows.
- The veil of the temple is torn.
- There is earthquake and the rocks are split.
- The graves are opened.
Matthew 27:52-53
27:52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
27:53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
The graves are opened means the death of Jesus is able to deliver us from the death.
The facts found in being delivered from the death are as follows.
- Appearing to many.
Meaning we become the witness of Jesus as follows.
- Bearing witness about the Gospel of Salvation or Good Tiding. It means bearing witness about Jesus, the Savior, to bring the sinners to believe in Him and be saved.
- Bearing witness about the teaching Word or Bride Tidings. It means bearing witness about Jesus, the King and Heavenly Bridegroom to bring the saved people to enter the building of Christ’s perfect body. We are employed in the ministry of building the body of Christ. It is a special duty for us.
Acts 13:2-5
13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
13:3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
13:5 And when they arrived in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. They also had John as their assistant.
God is firming our ministry and gifts of Holy Spirit through the fasting, so we are specialized to minister to Him in the building of Christ’s body.
John or Mark accompanies Barnabas and Saul as their assistant. It may be seen as a little thing for human but the Lord trusts great matter to him until he can write the Gospel according to Mark that shows Jesus as a servant.
Do not belittle any ministry, or else there will be a negligence.
Bearing witness means being the light, beginning from household, light before all people, up to the light of the world [Revelation 12:1].
- Going into the holy city or Jerusalem.
Matthew 27:53
27:53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
Now it means we live in holiness, beginning from our heart, deeds, and saying.
We will be able to go up on the mountain of prayer if we can live in holiness.
Psalm 24:3-4
24:3. Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place?
24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. "
We will get the glory power of God as follows.
- The glory power of the two wings of a great eagle.
Revelation 12:2-4, 13-14
12:2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
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 heaven and 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.
12:13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.
12:14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
The two wings of a great eagle are to preserve and protect us in the midst of many difficulties in the wilderness of the world, even to face many impossible things when antichrist reigns over the world for three years and half. They will flee us to the wilderness, far away from the presence of the serpent. God preserves and protects us directly with the true teaching Word and Holy Communion.
Therefore, we have to persevere in doing Bible Study Service with Holy Communion as the exercise to flee from antichrist.
- The glory power of God to finish our problem as follows.
- Epilepsy, referring to destruction in marriage and children.
The glory power of God is able to heal the destroyed marriage to become joyful one up to the marriage supper of the Lamb of God.
- Impossible problems.
- The glory power of God is able to change our life from carnal man to spiritual one as Jesus is.
Luke 9:28-30
9:28. Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
9:29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.
9:30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
The life renewal begins from our face, referring to our heart.
Moses’ heart is the meekest one but he becomes hard-hearted at the end of his life. He disobeys God’s command, so his life is in total failure and he cannot enter Canaan.
Numbers 20:8, 11-12
20:8 "Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals."
20:11 Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.
20:12 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
Then he can be changed to become meek again in the worship together with Jesus, so he can be in Canaan.
Elijah is strong and of good courage with his belief and obedience to the Lord, so he can kill four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal. Nevertheless, he becomes hard-hearted and hopeless facing Jezebel until he wants to die. Jezebel refers to false teaching that allows woman to teach and have authority over man.
Elijah can be changed to believe and obey God through the worship prayer.
The father of a child who is epileptic does not believe and obey God. It becomes the source of the marriage destruction.
Mark 9:23-24
9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
9:24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
But then the father can be changed to believe and obey God by the glory power. As a result, there is miracle that his marriage and child can be healed by God.
If our heart is changed to believe and obey God, our whole life will be changed also by God day by day until someday we become as glorious as Jesus is to welcome His second coming. We enter the marriage supper of the Lamb, the kingdom of peace a thousand years, and the holy city or New Jerusalem, that is the eternal heavenly kingdom.
God blesses you.