Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 9:13-21 is about the sixth trumpet, namely the sixth judgment of the Son of God to men in the world, so the body, soul, and spirit of a third of mankind in the world will die because of a great war.
Revelation 9:16-18
9:16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
9:18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed--by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
The fire, smoke, and brimstone come out of the mouths of the horses. They refer to the weapon which is used.
Revelation 9:19
9:19 For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.
The tails of the horses bring harm. The life of men is corrupted until they perish forever.
Exodus 32:7,9
32:7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
32:9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-neckedpeople!
The children of Israel corrupted their life when they went out of Egypt because of being hard-hearted and stiff-necked, so they worshiped the gold calf and perished forever.
The weapon which is used from the tail of the horses is the hard heart or stiff neck.
On the last days, the church that will go out of the world to welcome Jesus' second coming on the glorious clouds will also corrupt their life to perish forever.
1 Kings 12:28-29
12:28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!"
12:29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
On the days of King Jeroboam, the gold calf or the hardness of heart increased doubly.
2 Kings 10:28-29
10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.
10:29 However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.
On the days of King Jehu, all idols were destroyed, but the gold calf.
On the last days, the gold calf will grow again until men including the servants of God become the most hard-hearted or stiff-necked.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
4:3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
The mind of men is blinded, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ or the teaching Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword and able to sanctify and perfect all of us.
It begins from supposing that all teachings are same and doubting the true teaching Word.
2 Corinthians 11:3-4
11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!
It begins from well putting up with it. It means that one cannot reject the other teachings; even he rejects the true teaching.
Proverbs 7:2
7:2 Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye.
The true teaching Word is the same as the apple of eye.
Rejecting the true teaching Word or not obeying it means not having the apple of eye. Such life is blind spiritually until he enters the outer darkness in the hell forever.
The facts found in being blind spiritually because of rejecting the true teaching Word are as follows:
God blesses you.
Revelation 9:13-21 is about the sixth trumpet, namely the sixth judgment of the Son of God to men in the world, so the body, soul, and spirit of a third of mankind in the world will die because of a great war.
Revelation 9:16-18
9:16 Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.
9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision: those who sat on them had breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths came fire, smoke, and brimstone.
9:18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed--by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which came out of their mouths.
The fire, smoke, and brimstone come out of the mouths of the horses. They refer to the weapon which is used.
- The fire has been used in the First World War.
It spiritually refers to the lethal tongue. - The smoke has been used in the Second World War.
It spiritually refers to the sins up to the peak which bring perdition. - The brimstone will be used in the third world war.
It spiritually refers to the false teachings which bring perdition.
Revelation 9:19
9:19 For their power is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads; and with them they do harm.
The tails of the horses bring harm. The life of men is corrupted until they perish forever.
Exodus 32:7,9
32:7 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
32:9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-neckedpeople!
The children of Israel corrupted their life when they went out of Egypt because of being hard-hearted and stiff-necked, so they worshiped the gold calf and perished forever.
The weapon which is used from the tail of the horses is the hard heart or stiff neck.
On the last days, the church that will go out of the world to welcome Jesus' second coming on the glorious clouds will also corrupt their life to perish forever.
1 Kings 12:28-29
12:28 Therefore the king asked advice, made two calves of gold, and said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!"
12:29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.
On the days of King Jeroboam, the gold calf or the hardness of heart increased doubly.
2 Kings 10:28-29
10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.
10:29 However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, that is, from the golden calves that were at Bethel and Dan.
On the days of King Jehu, all idols were destroyed, but the gold calf.
On the last days, the gold calf will grow again until men including the servants of God become the most hard-hearted or stiff-necked.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
4:3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,
4:4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
The mind of men is blinded, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ or the teaching Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword and able to sanctify and perfect all of us.
It begins from supposing that all teachings are same and doubting the true teaching Word.
2 Corinthians 11:3-4
11:3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted--you may well put up with it!
It begins from well putting up with it. It means that one cannot reject the other teachings; even he rejects the true teaching.
Proverbs 7:2
7:2 Keep my commands and live, And my law as the apple of your eye.
The true teaching Word is the same as the apple of eye.
Rejecting the true teaching Word or not obeying it means not having the apple of eye. Such life is blind spiritually until he enters the outer darkness in the hell forever.
The facts found in being blind spiritually because of rejecting the true teaching Word are as follows:
- Forgetting the forgiveness of sin. It means repeating the sins.
2 Peter 1:9
1:9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
Consequently, the sins are added with sins, so they increase to be a habit. Sinning, one does not regret; even he is not faithful anymore in the service and ministry to God.
Moreover, the sins are done intentionally. One enjoys living in sins up to the peak, namely the sins concerning eating-drinking and marrying-being given in marriage.
Hebrews 10:25-26
10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
10:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
For example, one leaves the service and ministry to God.
Consequently, there is forgiveness anymore or he perishes forever.
Therefore, we must be meek. It begins from the water baptism. As a result, we can enjoy hearing and obeying the Word. We are sanctified from all sins.
Ephesians 5:8-10
5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
5:9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
5:10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.
We can live in the light as follows:- The light of righteousness. We can live in righteousness in all aspects of our life.
- The light of truth. We are not in anyone's side, but the true teaching Word or God's.
- The light of goodness. We can do good deeds; even we can repay good for evil.
- The light of righteousness. We can live in righteousness in all aspects of our life.
- Hating the brothers, especially the members of the household. It means that there is no love.
1 John 2:11
2:11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Therefore, we must get meek, hear, and obey the Word, so we get the sanctification to our heart and mind from the will of evil and uncleanness as well as the bitterness of heart. We get the love of God, so we can love others like we love ourselves.
The proofs are as follows:- Not owing anything. It means not sinning, thinking, nor saying the sinful things.
Romans 13:8
13:8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. - Doing, saying, thinking something about other people like we want them to do, say, and think about us.
Matthew 7:12
7:12 "Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. - Giving and visiting others who are in need. It physically and spiritually starts from the household.
1 John 3:17
3:17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? - We can love the enemy or repay good for evil and pray for others who have harmed and made hostility towards us.
- We can love God more than anything or prioritize the service and ministry to Him more than anything.
- Not owing anything. It means not sinning, thinking, nor saying the sinful things.
- Not being able to see nor worship God.
John 9:37-38
9:37 And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you."
9:38 Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.
Consequently, one gets dry spiritually. He is not fervent in spirit anymore in the spiritual matters, including the service and ministry to God. If it continues, he will die spiritually or enjoy doing sins up to the peak.
Matthew 5:8
5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
Therefore, we must be meek, enjoying, hearing, and obeying the Word. We can be obedient until the flesh does not speak anymore. As a result, our heart, mind, deeds, and words are sanctified. We live in holiness, so we must be able to see and worship God.
John 9:34-38
9:34 They answered and said to him, "You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?" And they cast him out.
9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when He had found him, He said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
9:36 He answered and said, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?"
9:37 And Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you."
9:38 Then he said, "Lord, I believe!" And he worshiped Him.
After being healed, the blind man from birth could testify that Jesus was the Messiah or the Anointed. One of the people who are anointed is the king. Now, we testify about Jesus who is the King of all kings who will come a second time in the glory.
The risk is being expelled or facing the sprinkling of blood. Nevertheless, Jesus had waited for him when he was expelled.
Thus, we can see Jesus when we face the sprinkling of blood because Jesus has first experienced the sprinkling of blood until He must die on the cross. We see His face that shines like the sun. We can also talk, cry out, and surrender to Him. We stretch out our hands to Him and only hope His goodness and mercy.
Numbers 6:25
6:25 The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;
As a result, God stretches out His hands of mercy and goodness to us.- The light of God's mercy and goodness renews our life from the broken and rotten fleshly men to the spiritual ones like Jesus is.
For example, seven evil spirits entered Mary Magdalena until her life was in destruction, but she could be changed by the mercy and goodness of God.
Luke 8:2-3
8:2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities--Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,
8:3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.
We can be used by God, beginning from the marriage, shepherding, inter-shepherding, up to the perfect body of Christ. - The light of God's mercy and goodness shepherds all of us.
Mark 6:34,38,44
6:34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
6:38 But He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." And when they found out they said, "Five, and two fish."
6:44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.
We enter the sheepfold, namely the perseverance in committing the three main services to God.
If we are in the sheepfold, God will be able to preserve our physical and spiritual life in the midst of our powerlessness.
The five loaves and two fish for five thousand men still remained twelve baskets. It refers to the abundant preservation of God in our life, so we only give thanks to Him.
Spiritually, He preserves our life until we have the peace and all things become easy and light. - The light of God's mercy and goodness finishes all impossible problems and makes all things beautiful in His time.
Matthew 14:14
14:14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
It continues until the time when Jesus comes a second time that we are changed to be as perfect as He us. We only shout for joy, saying "Alleluia" to welcome Jesus' second coming on the glorious clouds.
- The light of God's mercy and goodness renews our life from the broken and rotten fleshly men to the spiritual ones like Jesus is.
God blesses you.