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 to get it. He also gives reward to the people who deserve to get 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 sun, moon, and twelve stars or the heavenly bride as follows:
- The Ark from the Ark of Covenant refers to the church of God with sun, moon, and twelve stars (Revelation 12:1).The mercy seat refers to the Lord Jesus Christ that consists of the following things:
- The first cherub refers to the Father God or the sun.
- The mercy seat with the sprinkling of blood refers to the Son of God or the moon.
- The second cherub refers to the Holy Spirit God or the stars.
- The contents of the Ark of Covenant refer to the quality of the heavenly bride. They are as follows:
Hebrews 9:4
9:4 which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
- The golden pot that had the manna. It refers to the perfect faith.
- Aaron's rod that budded and bore fruit refers to the permanent Holy Spirit or the perfect hope.
- The tablets of stone refer to the perfect love.
We learn the contents of the Ark of Covenant or the quality of the heavenly bride as follows:
- The golden pot that had the manna (it has been explained in the General Service in Malang, September 20, 2020).
- Aaron's rod that budded and bore fruit (it has been explained in the Bible Study Service in Malang, September 22, 2020).
- The tablets of stone.
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The developments of love in the Tabernacle are as follows:
- The Court of Tabernacle, the Altar of Burnt Offering, or the cross of Christ. We believe Jesus and repent.
We get the first love from the sacrifice of Christ because the fleshly men do not have love.
The fact found in having the first love is trusting Jesus and repenting or stopping sinning and returning to God (we die to sin).
The process is that it must be encouraged by the sword of the word so that men can realize their sins, regret, confess, and forget the sins one another.
1 Kings 1:50-53
1:50 Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar.
1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, "Indeed Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.'"
1:52 Then Solomon said, "If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die."
1:53 So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."
The meanings of being a worthy man are as follows:
- One who is brave to confess his sin in words, deeds, and imaginations.
- One who is brave to forgive the sins of other people.
- One who hold the horns of the altar. The blood was put on the Altar of Burnt Offerings. (Exodus 29)
The horn refers to the power.
The blood was put on the horns. It refers to the power of the blood of Jesus.
So, when we confess our sins and forgive the sins of other people, we will experience the power of His blood to do the following things:
- Forgiving our sins until there is no remnant of it anymore. It means that we are not accused and do not accuse other people who do sins. We live in calm and peace and all things are easy and light.
- Sanctifying us or pulling out the root of sins, namely the root of wickedness (love of money), uncleanness (the sins of eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage), and bitterness (envy), so the sins do not have power anymore. We die to sin or repent.
The result is the term 'not a hair of your head shall be lost'. It means that God is watching, thinking, caring, and struggling for us who are powerless so that we are saved and set free from the curse of sins and all things become easy and light. We are set free from the condemnation of God to get the eternal life.
- The Holy Place, the Golden Altar of Incense, or the perseverance in doing the prayer service.
The worship prayer is the closest relation between head (heavenly Bridegroom) and body (heavenly bride), namely the relationship of love.
Luke 9:28
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.
The true worship prayer is encouraged by the true teaching word, but the false teaching word encourages men to the false worship or the one to the Antichrist or mammon.
We have learned about the sword of the word of God that sanctifies sins that we have done in the past. And now it sanctifies us from sins which ensnare us in the future, so we do not fall in sins anymore but we live in the holiness. The more we are sanctified, the love of God is more added for us and we love more to serve and worship Him.
Luke 9:29
9:29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe became white and glistening.
Through the true worship prayer, we experience the life renewal from the fleshly man to the spiritual one like Jesus, starting from face or heart, namely we have the strong and courageous heart.
It means that we are neither disappointed, hopeless, nor proud, and we do not leave God but always give thanks (we are brave to accept the reality), so we will never fall in sins.
The result is the term 'not a hair will fall from the head of any of you'. It means that God watches, cares, and struggles for us who are powerless in the midst of the storm in the world (difficulties) so that we are not lost or we do not leave Him but serve and minister to Him faithfully and fervently in spirit. We keep on believing and worshiping Him.
Acts 27:20,22,34
27:20 Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.
27:22 "And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.
27:34 "Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you."
He struggles to calm the storm. It means that all problems are finished, so there is successful and beautiful future life. Do not be afraid, even though we are only like a hair! Let us worship Him more! Let God watch us!
- The Most Holy Place, the two tablets of stone, or the perfect love.
Moses received the two tablets of stone twice as follows:
- All of the first two tablets of stone were from God. Jesus has the perfect love, but He must die on the cross to give His love for us.
- The new or the second two tablets of stone which were the same as the first ones.
Exodus 34:1
34:1 And the LORD said to Moses, "Cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you broke.
The stones were from the world. It refers to men who are hard-hearted, but want to be written by the perfect love by being cut.
The meanings of being cut are as follows:
- We are sanctified and changed through the teaching word in the shepherding pen, so we have a gentle heart or the obedient one.
- We must experience the sprinkling of blood or suffering in flesh without sins. We are in the hand of the High Priest.
Romans 8:35-36
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation(1) , or distress(2) , or persecution(3) , or famine (4), or nakedness (5) , or peril(6), or sword?(7)
8:36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
Verse 35 is the form of the sprinkling of blood. The number 7 refers to the seven lamps on the Golden Candlestick which must be hammered so that they keep on burning. It means that we can love God more than anything in the world and other people like ourselves; even the enemy (we repay good for evil). We are not separated from Him forever.
The result is the term 'we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' It is the same as the term 'the very hair of your head are all numbered'. It means that God watches, cares, and struggles for us who are powerless to face the pre-persecution of the Antichrist up to the age of the Antichrist who rules over the world for three and a half years.
Matthew 10:29-30
10:29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.
10:30 "But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
We are always remembered by God even though we are small and powerless.
The meanings of 'the very hair of your head are all numbered' are as follows:
- We are shepherded well and correctly.
- We are flown to the wilderness far away from the eyes of the Antichrist. We are preserved directly by God through the teaching word and Holy Communion.
- We are perfect. It means that we are changed to be perfect when Jesus comes for the second time. We do not stumble in words anymore and there are no doubt and tears. We are exalted to the glorious clouds with Him into the heavenly kingdom or the temple in heaven forever.
God blesses you.