We
still discuss Jude which in Tabernacle points to the badger skins. It
talks about protection and blessings of God to the true churches. It
also refers to the separation from the false churches. The true
churches/ wheat will be separated from the false ones/ coarse
grasses. The true churches are the ripe wheat which is going to get
into the barn. The ripe wheat points to people who give priority to
the word of God/ the true teaching word, yet the false churches are
like coarse grasses which are not fulfilled with the word of God and
only give priority to the earthly things. The false churches seem
growing better, but they are going to be burnt with fire in due time
even to the fire of hell. Thus, we have to be alert and God wants to
help us.
Jude
1:20, 21 --> the characteristics of true churches
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
The
characteristics of true churches are:
- building themselves on the most holy/ perfect faith
- praying in the ointment of Holy Spirit/ hope
- keeping themselves in the love of God/ living in the love of God.
We
are still discussing the third part that is keeping ourselves in the
love of God/ living in the love of God. We have learned about the
place to keep ourselves in the love of God that is in marriage and
shepherding service system. We also have learned the processes of
keeping ourselves in the love of God that is keeping ourselves in the
first love, being patient in the love of God and getting the perfect
love.
The
practice of
keeping ourselves in the love of God/ living in
the love of God is -->
Jude 1:22 And
on some have compassion, making a distinction;
The
practice of keeping ourselves in the love of God/ living in the love
of God is being obedient and showing compassion especially to those
who need the love of God/ shining compassion particularly to those
who are under the condemnation that is people who are in doubt
because of temptations and doctrines and it is risky. Hence, we need
to help those people by having compassion on them.
Now,
we continue one step by reading -->
Jude 1:23b but
others save with fear, pulling them
out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
So,
this is the practice of keeping ourselves in the love of God that is
by showing compassion to people who need and keeping our garment from
sins. Hating the garment defiled by the flesh = do not follow them =
keeping our garment from sins.
It
is the practice of keeping ourselves in the love of God/ living in
the love of God. The practice is also called as pure religion -->
James 1:27 Pure and undefiled
religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their trouble, and
to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
We
have compassion to people who need; they are orphans and widows who
are in difficulties. We also must keep our garment from sins/ world.
Keeping
the garment from sins is the weakness of the churches of God. They
maybe give a lot to orphans and widows because of compassion.
However, I am sorry to say that orphans and widows are the objects of
other business nowadays ?people give them, but they do not keep
their garment so their giving becomes incorrect thing. This is the
weakness of the churches of God because there are only few people who
are willing to keep their white garments.
Revelation
3:4
4 "You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their
garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
These
people are worthy to walk with Jesus = worthy to be the bride of
heaven. Nevertheless, there are only few people who keep their white
garments (without sins).
In
fact, these two things may not be separated because the practices of
keeping ourselves in the love of God/ living in the love of God are
showing love of God to people who need and keeping our white garment
(without sins).
There
is multitude of people having compassion, yet there are a few of
people keeping their white garments. It means there is no balance
because of other business = it is not the true love. I hope we can
understand it. In Romans 3, it is written that all men have sinned
and
lost the white garment --> the white garment is not
only defiled, but lost -->
Romans 3:23 for
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Fall
short of the glory of God = losing white garment = losing garment of
holiness and righteousness = being naked.
Being
naked is like Adam and Eve. They were scared and separated from God
right after they sinned = they were in fright, worry and problems.
Men who are separated from God invite Satan to get into their life
and cause trouble which are impossible to be finished and even make
them ashamed because they are completely naked and in sorrowful
condition.
In
short, the conditions of sinners are:
- being naked
- being sorrowful and ashamed
I
hope we can understand it.
Now,
the question is: How can we get the white garment? The answer is
on the cross --> Jesus’ first coming which brings white
garment for naked men.
John
19:23, 24
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His
garments
and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now
the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
24 They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not tear it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be
fulfilled which says: “They divided My garments among them, And for
My clothing they cast lots.” Therefore the soldiers did these
things.
According
to John 19:23, 24,
there are two kinds of garment that we can get
from the cross; they are:
1.
JESUS’ GARMENT WHICH WAS DIVIDED TO BE FOUR PARTS.
The
number of ‘four’ points to four corners of the earth. It means
people all over the world get the same opportunity to have
the
garment of righteousness/ salvation so God saves them.
Romans
3:24, 25
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that
is
in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as
a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His
righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the
sins that were previously committed,
Vs
24 --> the redemption in Jesus Christ = blood of Jesus. What are
the processes to get the garment of righteousness? The processes are
we believe in Jesus and confess our sins so that the blood of Jesus
forgives us and do not redo the sins and we can live in
righteousness.
If
our sins are forgiven and we are justified by the blood of Jesus, we
will not live in sins, but we walk in righteousness. It is the
definition of salvation and it is also the white garment which is
called as the garment of righteousness/ the garment of salvation.
Four corners of the earth indicate that all people all over the world
have the same opportunity to be saved by believing in Jesus. I hope
we can understand it.
2.
THE WOVEN TUNIC WHICH IS CAST LOTS.
Tunic
=
the clothes of holiness = clothes of ministry. After being
forgiven, we live in righteousness and become the servant of
righteousness, not the servants of sins.
John
19:23b Now the tunic was without seam,
woven from the top in one piece.
The
previous part has explained about the garment of righteousness/ the
garment of salvation
= white garment. It has to be continued
with the clothes of ministry/ the clothes of holiness and it reminds
us of the most beautiful clothes of Joseph. So, the clothes of
ministry = the clothes of holiness = the most beautiful clothes. Once
again I say that our life will be happy if we serve God and have the
clothes of ministry even though we were naked. The most beautiful
clothes are also called the clothes of ministry and the gifts of Holy
Spirit.
The
tunic woven from the top in one piece is for one body of Christ
-->
Ephesians 4:11, 12
11 And He Himself gave some to be
apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and
teachers,
12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ,
There
are a lot of ministries, but the verse above writes that there are
five main ministries and other ministries like Sunday school
teachers, singers, musicians, church cleaners, prayer teams, care
teams, etc --> There are a lot of ministries, yet all of them head
for the unity of the body of Christ. This is the most beautiful
clothes/ the clothes of ministry and the gifts of Holy Spirit for the
edifying of the body of Christ/ one woven. I hope we can understand
it.
The
tunic was without seam because if it
was with seam, there would be the use of the hands of men. So, the
clothes of ministry is not from men, e.g. because I am a shepherd, my
son will be a shepherd too --> it cannot be like that.
The
tunic was without seam = there is no hand of men = the ministry comes
from God. I held this system so I never ask or call you to serve God,
but let God works in your life and gives you the ministry. I hope we
can understand it.
The
garment of salvation was torn into four parts, yet the tunic was not
torn – it is cast lots so that not all people can get it. It is
only people who receive the mercy and responsibility from God who can
get the clothes of ministry and the gifts of Holy Spirit, especially
for us, the Gentiles.
For
you who have not got the clothes of ministry, beg to God because you
cannot ask it to me. During the delivery of the word of God like now,
God is giving clothes and those who get the mercy and responsibility
from God, please receive the responsibility. Receiving the garment of
salvation is not enough as it is too thin and we can easily become
naked. Thus, we need to add the clothes of ministry which is only
from God. If you do not have the clothes of ministry, please beg to
God. Meanwhile, for you who have had it, do not desert it because you
will be naked after a while. Deserting the clothes of ministry will
be followed by leaving the garment of righteousness and it is naked
for sure. Hence, do not play about because we get the garment of
righteousness and the clothes of ministry only from the cross.
We
will look at the requirements/ processes to receive the clothes as
not all people receive it (only those who get the mercy and
responsibility from God) -->
Genesis 37:2, 3
2 This is
the history of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the
lad was
with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives;
and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was
the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many
colors.
The
processes to get the garment of righteousness are:
- we believe in Jesus and
- we confess our sins and if we are forgiven and live in
righteousness, we will get the garment of salvation.
The
processes to get the most beautiful garment/ the clothes of ministry/
the clothes of holiness are:
- Being shepherded in the true teaching word. Joseph was
seventeen years old and it is the effective age to be shepherded while
Jesus had related to the true teaching word since he was twelve. So,
twelve to seventeen years old is the effective age to be shepherded in
the true teaching word. We may not say that they are still young. It is
only world’s knowledge. I was a teacher and I know about it. However,
we only follow Holy Bible in Lord, do not follow any world’s knowledge.
The age of twelve to seventeen is the power of flesh and if someone is
not shepherded, his flesh will be wild.
Parents need to notice it. I am happy seeing parents who care of their
children’s education and it is, of course, the good achievement.
However, your achievement will be better if you motivate your children
to get into shepherding service system. We have to notice it.
The definitions of being shepherded are:
- We are in the pen (holy place) with three kinds of devotions
which are a must.
- We are able to eat the word of God. If you are not able to
eat the word of God, you will not be shepherded and like Judas who was
not able to eat the word of God.
If we are not shepherded/ stay outside shepherding service system, we
will stay by the road like Bartimaeus who sat by the road. In Mark 10,
it is said that Bartimaeus’ garment was messy since he was a beggar. If
he wore beautiful garment, no one will give him.
For young people, if you are not shepherded, your white garment will
become messy one like Bartimaeus/ beggar. Although there is a person
who has great service everywhere, his white garment will immediately
become messy one if he is not shepherded. I hope we can understand it.
- Undergoing sanctification/ living in holiness --> Genesis
37:2b and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.
Joseph could be hypocrite by saying to his father that his
brothers were good so they would not hit him. However, Joseph did not
do that because He did not want to compromise with sins even though he
could get advantages or maybe he had to get disadvantages physically.
This is the example of Joseph who was shepherded and lived in holiness
so he could get the most beautiful garment and his clothes became
thicker.
The previous part explains about the garment of righteousness --> we
live in righteousness, confess our sins and do not do it again = we
have white garment and colorful garment --> we are shepherded so we
get ministry.
So, Joseph lived in holiness, did not want to compromise with sins
although he could get earthly advantages or he had to endure
disadvantages for his flesh (= hating his brothers’ defiled garments).
In Jude 1:23b, it is written that having compassion has to be related
to hating defiled garment --> hating defiled garment does not mean
that Joseph was jealous to his brothers by saying bad report about them
to his father, yet he had compassion to his brothers --> he said his
brothers’ evil to his father so they could be convinced and sanctified.
We often get into sins because of false compassion that is earthly
compassion so our white garment becomes defiled because of sins.
There
are seven abominations which God hates and we also have to hate them
-->
Proverbs 6:16-19
16 These six things
the LORD hates, Yes, seven are
an abomination to Him:
17 A proud look(1), A lying tongue(2), Hands that shed innocent
blood(3),
18 A heart that devises wicked plans(4), Feet that are swift in
running
to evil(5),
19 A false witness who
speaks lies(6), And one who sows discord among brethren(7).
Vs
17 --> a lying tongue (in Indonesian old translation it is written
as two-faced). Two-faced means unsteady sayings: you said A then B.
So does in the case of teachings --> today you choose teaching A,
tomorrow you follow teaching B and then C and D --> this is
teaching for the fulltime servants of God --> Do not do it because
God hates it. So, a lying tongue is not only telling lies, but also
two-faced. On the other side, a false witness is the same as telling
lies.
Then,
hands that shed innocent blood are also hated
by God and we have to be watchful of it since it makes your white
garment defiled and you will face God. I am a shepherd and have to be
watchful so the congregation is not false and at a disadvantage. The
congregation also may not make the shepherd profitless because God
hates it.
A
heart that devises wicked plans --> we have to keep our heart.
Feet
that are swift in running to evil --> feet = the journey of our
life
A
false witness = lying which causes discord which is hated by God.
For
the students of Lempin-El, you must keep away from fighting because
there is no excuse for fighting. A servant of God may not fight and
one who loves to fight may not become a servant of God.
In
the past, it is like Reuben, Simeon and Levi --> Simeon and Levi
fought while Reuben did filthiness. So, if you fight and do
filthiness/ have relationship with someone during Lempin-El, you will
be sent home. This is the most beautiful garment which is granted by
God. I hope we can understand it.
We
will see wonderful thing if we serve God in holiness -->
Isaiah
52:11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her, Be clean, You who bear the vessels of
the LORD.
The
vessels of the LORD = Tabernacle --> now, it refers to the
edifying of the body of Christ. So, the ministry in the edifying of
the body of Christ has to be in holiness -->’
Go out from there, Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her’ -->
holiness means there is no unclean thing.
Bearing
means enduring (in Tabernacle) because the instruments of Tabernacle
had to be endured/ born. So, the definition of bearing =
responsibility = being faithful and responsible. In short, the
ministry in the edifying of the body of Christ has to be
in
the sign of holiness, responsibility and faithfulness.
So, be responsible for your ministries,
whether as Sunday school teacher, a pastor, a singer, or a musician
or other else because they are the same as the most beautiful
garment.
Isaiah
52:12
12 For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by flight; For the
LORD
will go before you, And the God of Israel will
be your rear guard.
In
Indonesian old translation, go out with haste is translated as run
helter-skelter. If we serve God in the edifying
of the body of Christ with holiness, responsibility and faithfulness,
the result will be: God walks before you and becomes the rear guard.
It means
God will protect, accompany,
bless and nourish our life so our lives will not run
helter-skelter / half dead.
In
fact, Christians and the fulltime servants of God should not live run
helter-skelter even though your congregation is
few. Nevertheless, if you are a shepherd who has the garment
of righteousness, the clothes of holiness and serves God with
responsibility and ministry from God, He will go before you and be
your rear guard to protect/ accompany, bless and nourish you so you
do not need to live run helter-skelter because
God promises peace and stillness.
On
the other hand, if our life still runs helter-skelter, we have to do
these two following things:
- Correcting our holiness
- Correcting our faithfulness and responsibility (if we have had
garment). If you are decreased, you will run helter-skelter and
scattered.
It
was said before about rear guard. If the neat rear is not holy, it
will be scattered. It means your marriage and children will be
scattered if you are not holy.
It
also means that the congregation in a church which has ministries,
but it cannot be managed orderly, it will be scattered as they have
their own will. Therefore, we have to be serious since we are naked,
in fact, yet God had prepared two sorts of garments on the cross.
They are:
- The garment of righteousness --> we must receive this garment
by confessing our sins and if we are forgiven, do not do it again, but
we live in righteousness --> everything has to be right.
- the clothes of ministry/white garment/ the clothes of holiness
--> we live in holiness, faithfulness and responsibility so we get
guarantee from God those are His blessing, accompanying, protection and
nourishing so we live in orderliness, peace and stillness, not run
helter-skelter. I hope we can understand it.
Those
are the garments that we can get on the cross in Jesus’ first
coming. They are the garment of righteousness/ the garment of
salvation and the clothes of ministry/white garment/ the clothes of
holiness.
3.
REVELATION 19:7, 8
7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
We
get the third garment that is
CLEAN AND
BRIGHT FINE LINEN/ GLORIOUS CLOTHES.
It
is explained before about:
- The garment of righteousness --> salvation which we get from
believing in Jesus, confessing our sins and stopping doing them and
living in righteousness.
- The clothes of ministry --> the clothes of holiness which we
get by being shepherded in holiness so we get the most beautiful
garment.
- We will get white clothes in Jesus’ second coming which is called
glorious clothes/ clean and bright fine linen.
How
can we get the glorious clothes/ clean and
bright fine linen? By worshipping God like what Jesus did on the
mountain. He was demonstrated as the King of all kings and the
bridegroom of heaven wearing clean and bright fine linen. His face
was shining like what is written in 2 Peter. Peter said that the
event on the mountain was truly a fact. Mountain refers to mountain
of worship.
The
clean and bright fine linen cannot be got instantly when Jesus
returns, yet the process has to be done from now on by worshipping
God. In worshipping God, our flesh will be torn and we undergo the
renewing of life which is clean and bright fine linen/ shining
renewing of life.
We
have had white clothes and the clothes of ministry. Let us
make them shining to be glorious clothes
through worship/ tearing of flesh so we undergo the renewing of life
from earthly life into spiritual one. Our renewing of life is an
example/ bright example for others like Paul who said in1Timothy 4
--> ‘I was the most sinful person, but now I am an example of
renewing of life’
There
are five bright lights in
1 Timothy 4:12 Let
no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in
word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Youth
= from the side of age or young experience in following the true
teaching word. These are five examples/ bright light --> we
constantly follow God and undergo the tearing of flesh so the bright
examples start to appear until we are changed to be the same as God
at the time of Jesus’ second coming. Our body will be the same as
God’s glorious body and our clothes also becomes the same as God’s
clothes that is glorious clothes/ clean and
bright fine linen.
In
conclusion, one who loves God has to have compassion to others and
keep his clothes undefiled. We were naked, but God had prepared the
garment of righteousness and the clothes of holiness/ the clothes of
ministry. Let us wear them! We serve God in holiness, faithfulness
and responsibility. The result is God guarantees our life since God
is before us and our rear guard. God will protect, bless and
guarantee us so our life not run helter-skelter
and scattered. In other words, our life is well-managed
because God keeps His eyes on us. I hope we can understand it.
However,
there is one garment that we will get in Jesus’ second coming that
is the clean and bright linen through the process of worshipping God.
Let us worship God nowadays. In Malang, the word of God said that if
we read Holy Bible a lot at home, we will more understand when the
word of God is explained in church. Do not read other books because
if you read them, you will find difficulties in understanding the
word of God (verse explains verse) because they are opposite.
Moreover, if you worship God a lot at home, you will be easier to
worship God at church. In contrast, if you never worship at home, you
will find difficulties in worshipping God at church because you just
start to study it and you will feel inconvenience.
This
is the formula of clean and bright clothes. That is, the more we
undergo the renewing of life, the more examples we receive and when
Jesus returns, we will be the same as Him --> our body becomes the
same as Him and our clothes become clean and bright clothes/ Bride’s
garment to welcome Jesus’ second coming in clouds.
After
receiving the garment, we have to keep the garment clean (keep it
away from sins) -->
Revelation 16:13- 15
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming
out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and
out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which
go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather
them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 "Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is
he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they
see his shame."
So,
after receiving the white clothes, we have to keep it clean and far
away from sins and we may not become naked anymore. Men, indeed,
sinned and have been naked like Adam and Eve, yet Jesus had given His
clothes on the cross and Satan could not accept it. Satan knew that
as long as men are naked, they will be far from God because they are
afraid, they are in problems and tears of sorrow, even stay in
destruction.
If
men receive the white clothes, they will be happy as their life is
orderly. Thus, we have to be alert, start from me since Satan cannot
accept the fact that our life is orderly and happy since we have worn
clothes everywhere we go and we cannot be ashamed again. Hence, we
have to keep our white clothes clean from sins because Satan trinity
threatens to make us naked.
Who
make us defiled and naked? They are:
- Satan and its power --> Isaiah 14:17 Who made the
world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did
not open the house of his prisoners?’
Prisoners = prisoners of sins --> men are tied and stripped
in sins.
This is the power of Satan who wants to make us defiled and
naked by:
- Getting men in the prison of sins and men will be naked so
their life will be suffered in this world.
- Destroying the world
We can imagine how sinners live in the destroyed world.
- Satan uses the power of mouth --> Revelation 16:13 And
I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the
mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet.
There are three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of
three kinds of animals; they are:
- The mouth of the dragon --> Revelation 12:15 So
the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
Spewing water like a flood --> it points to the flow of
hatred, bitter and sadism which drag men. If a person has this kind of
mouth, he will be naked since dragon takes his clothes. It starts from
marriage: We have to be alert from hatred. Do not say: ‘Divorce me!’
because it means the dragon takes our clothes and we are naked although
we have not divorced yet.
- The mouth of the beast = antichrist -->Revelation
13:5, 6
5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty–two
months.
6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His
name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.
We have to be alert of the mouth of antichrist which
wants to make us naked and defiled with blasphemies which start
from:
- Blaspheme our fellows in form of insulting people even
though they are true
- Slandering --> blame the truth and justify the fault
- Blaspheme God/ His tabernacle. There are many
people blaspheme the teaching of Tabernacle nowadays.
We have to be careful: For you who have received the teaching of
Tabernacle, do not say that the teaching of Tabernacle is old and then
you blaspheme it. Blaspheming the teaching of Tabernacle causes a great
consequence as it indicates that you are employed by antichrist.
- The false prophet and false teachings --> it is
clearly the form of lying.
We have to be watchful as it also makes children/ servants of God
naked. Hence, do not follow them by telling lies.
Satan trinity tries to make our clothes defiled and our life naked
while men had been naked from the Garden of Eden but God had given
efforts to give us white clothes and even men are in the processes to
receive the white clothes to turn back to the Garden of Eden.
The powers of Satan trinity are:
- The power to ties men in sins so men keep on being naked
and failed and sorrowful in this world.
- The power of mouth --> three mouths with the unclean
spirits which are like frogs and make us naked. Thus, we have to be
careful.
However, God is unwilling men become naked so Jesus had to die on the
cross/ be obedient until He died on the cross to defeat Satan trinity.
Men with their power of intelligence, wealthy, experience, etc cannot
defeat Satan trinity which has power to tie so men cannot get out of it
and power of mouth.
There
are a lot of people false because of their mouth because they do not
have ability to stop their mouth and I also feel this. Now, let us be
willing to be set free from mouth by Jesus who has died in curse on
the cross.
Philippians
2:5-11
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be
equal with God,
7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant,
and
coming in the likeness of men.
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient to the point of
death, even the death of the cross.
9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name
which is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in
heaven,
and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
11 and that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
How
can we keep our clothes from defiling and nakedness?
- From God’s side: Jesus has to die in curse on the cross
and be stripped on the cross to defeat Satan trinity which tries to be
the source of defiles and nakedness of the servants/ children of God.
If Jesus did not die on the cross, men would not have hopes to keep
their clothes.
- From our side:
- We have to keep our thoughts and feeling since clothes
depend on them. Thus, we have to keep our thoughts and feeling to keep
on obeying the word of God as disobedience makes us naked and defiled.
So, keeping our thoughts and feeling is the same as obeying the word of
God.
For young people, you have to be submissive starts from your earthly
parents. In Tabernacle, submission starts from:
- Your earthly parents = court. If you want to marry
someone, you have to be obedient to your parents. You cannot say that
you do not need to obey your parents if you have obeyed God --> it
means you jump the gate as it is written in John 19 that one who jumps
the gate is the same as a thief because he does not pass the door.
- The Holy Place = the submission to the spiritual parent/
shepherd
- The Most Holy Place = the submission to God that we
cannot see/ the word of God/heavenly parent.
This is the form of keeping our thoughts and feeling and we can obey
our earthly, spiritual and heavenly parent that is God in His word.
- vs. 11 --> we have to keep our mouth/ tongue. Do
not be like Satan trinity which says filthiness (hatred, lies). We have
to keep our mouth and use it to worship God since submission and
worship are a unity.
Worshipping
God is not measured by how long we worship Him --> you may worship
a lot because Jesus Himself teaches us to worship an hour -->
‘Can’t you worship for only an hour?’ to Peter. However, it is
better to have attitude of worship during 24 hours that is
submission. In short, worship and submission is the same as we
stretch out our hands to God and God also stretches out His hands to
us so we get the power of victory from God to defeat Satan trinity
and our clothes will not be defiled and we are not naked.
If
our clothes are not defiled and we are not naked, it means:
- our life will be beautiful
- Satan which is the source of sorrow will be defeated and our
problems/ sorrow will end. When Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden
and they were not naked, there were not any problems as everything is
available. In contrast, when they were naked, the problems started to
come.
For
the students of Lempin-El, your success is not decided by your brain/
intelligence, yet by your submission and worship to God so His hands
are stretched and we get the power of victory to defeat Satan trinity
and keep our clothes.
Besides,
we also get the power of exalting from God -->
Philippians 2:9
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him
and given Him the name which is above every name,
For
the students of Lempin-El and also all of us, we only can say ‘yes’
(obey God) because every one of us is weak. Although we are failed,
God promises the power of exalting and even we are exalted in clouds
with white clothes and
the voice of “
Alleluia”
to welcome Jesus’ second coming.
Revelation
19:6-9
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the
sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying,
"Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
7 "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready."
8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and
bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
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."
Alleluia
is the only one voice which will come out of one body so our clothes
become the clean and bright fine linen because we are not defiled or
naked and our mouth only cries Alleluia. We worship God and are
exalted to paradise.
Vs.
9 --> the marriage of the Lamb: we get into paradise/ the Garden
of Eden. In past, Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. However,
unfortunately, they were naked and chased away. In the future, we
will wear the clean and bright fine linen --> the
last Adam/ Jesus and the last Eve/ we wear the clean and bright fine
linen and will turn into the Garden of Eden and then the city of New
Jerusalem.
Whatever
our condition and maybe young people feel that your future is not
beautiful since you are in failure, let us keep our thoughts, feeling
and tongue! We lift our hands to God and He will stretch His hands to
us. If your sayings are false to your husband/ wife, (it is the
source of your problems, nakedness and sorrow), you have to correct
it and God will stretch His hands and His power will work for your
good.
God
blesses us!1