Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 22:7-17 is about the seven warnings and rebukes or advice to the church on the last days to be as perfect as Jesus is.
God warns us by the angel or the shepherd as follows:
[verse 8] The false worship is reigning to influence the church of God to fall into the idolatry like John the apostle. John had the experience of hearing and seeing the Word. It was the experience in the shepherding.
Luke 2:20
2:20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
John the apostle was shepherded but he could still be deceived. But God helped by the angel or the shepherd who preached the true teaching Word, so John the apostle just worshiped the Trinity of God in Jesus' Himself.
That is why we must be shepherded well and correctly, so we can face the destroying thing that will surely happen.
The requirements are as follows:
The year 2025 is the one of shepherding and worship.
We must be stable in the shepherding. We must worship God delightfully; even we must increase in worshiping God.
The experience in the shepherding--hearing and seeing the Word--is able tofacethe things that want to destroy us as follows:
God blesses us.
Revelation 22:7-17 is about the seven warnings and rebukes or advice to the church on the last days to be as perfect as Jesus is.
- Revelation 22:7 is the warning that is related to the joy.
There is only one true or eternal joy, namely in hearing and obeying the Word.
All joys which are outside the Word are pseudo. There is suffering up to perdition in it. - The warning that is related to the honor and worship.
Revelation22:8-9
22:8 Now I, John, saw and heardthese things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
22:9 Then he said to me, "See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
God warns us by the angel or the shepherd as follows:
- We must not worship the prophets, holy people, shepherd, and parents. We can honor them only, but not worship them.
1 Timothy 5:17-19
5:17. Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine.
5:18. For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."
5:19. Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.
The shepherd who gives the gospel Word and the teaching Word must be counted worthy of double honor. It means that we are not against the shepherding Word.
Do not be jealous to the shepherd who is blessed by God! The laborer is worthy of his wages. And the shepherd may not be jealous to the congregation.
Do not receive the accusation to the shepherd unless it is supported by two or three witnesses! - Wedo not worship anything or anybody but Jesus. We just worship the Trinity of God in Jesus' Himself. The worship that is not for God is the false worship or idolatry that will be cursed, punished, and destroyed.
[verse 8] The false worship is reigning to influence the church of God to fall into the idolatry like John the apostle. John had the experience of hearing and seeing the Word. It was the experience in the shepherding.
Luke 2:20
2:20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
John the apostle was shepherded but he could still be deceived. But God helped by the angel or the shepherd who preached the true teaching Word, so John the apostle just worshiped the Trinity of God in Jesus' Himself.
That is why we must be shepherded well and correctly, so we can face the destroying thing that will surely happen.
The requirements are as follows:
- We must always be in the sheepfold or the Holy Place, namely the perseverance in committing the three kinds of main serviceto God. Our body, soul, and spirit attach to the Trinity of of God, so the trinity of Satan cannot destroy us.
- Enjoying the shepherding Word. It means hearing and seeing the true teaching Word which is repeated by the shepherd until it becomes the real form in our life.
The process is hearing the Word earnestly and with a need, understanding, trusting it, so it becomes faith in our heart, and practicing it.
As a result, we can see the real form as follows:- We can face the destroying things with Jesus.
- We can worship Jesus until we become as perfect as Him.
- We can face the destroying things with Jesus.
The year 2025 is the one of shepherding and worship.
We must be stable in the shepherding. We must worship God delightfully; even we must increase in worshiping God.
The experience in the shepherding--hearing and seeing the Word--is able tofacethe things that want to destroy us as follows:
- Lot faced the atmosphere of Sodom and Gomorrah.
2 Peter 2:6-8
2:6. and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
2:7. and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
2:8. (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearingtheir lawless deeds) --
The sins up to the peak, namely the ones of eating-drinking and marrying-giving in marriage will be more real in the next years. And it torments the righteous.
Proverbs 12:26
12:26. The righteous should choose his friends carefully, For the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Lot was the righteous, so he was shepherded well and correctly. He could see and hear the Word, so it became the real form in his life.
In the shepherding, we receive the curtains of protection. The epistle of Peter refers to the curtains of goats' hair. It refers to holiness.
It means that we receive the protection, and our soul is not tormented anymore, so we become calm. All things become easy and light. We are also protected from the crisis of economy in the wilderness of the world. The heat during the day and the cold during the evening will cause the destruction. We are taken care of in the midst of difficulties of the world, so all things become good.
Luke 2:8,20
2:8. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
2:20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
We experience the purification of the senses.
Luke 2:9-10
2:9. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
2:10. Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
The skin or feeling is purified from fear or stress to become fear of God, namely we hate the sin up to perverse mouth
Luke 2:17
2:17. Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child.
The mouth is purified from gossip to become a witness.
Luke 2:20
2:20. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them.
The nose smells the incense. It means worshiping God.
The ear and eyes are purified, so we just hear the true teaching Word until we can see the real form, namely the senses are purified. The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah cannot touch us. - John the Baptist faced the atmosphere of the prison.
Matthew 11:2-3
11:2. And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
11:3. and said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?"
It means as follows:- The crisis in all aspects of life.
- Our limitation or incapability.
- The atmosphere of suffering or impossibility.
- Being ashamed.
1:29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1:36. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, "Behold the Lamb of God!"
Before being put into the prison, John the Baptist confessed twice that Jesus is the Lamb of God. It was the firm or valid confession.
Matthew 11:3
11:3. and said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?"
But in the prison, John the Baptist doubted Jesus--the true teaching Word--and the power of God.
Matthew 11:6
11:6. "And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."
It continues until he was offended because of Jesus, so he left the true teaching Word and turned to the false one even hoped others.
Matthew 11:4-5
11:4. Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
11:5. "The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
God reminds about the shepherding, namely we must be always in the sheepfold, so we have the experience of hearing and seeing the shepherding Word that becomes the real form in our life as follows:- Giving the extra power in facing the atmosphere of the prison.
- We experience the power of the shepherding Word, namely the one of miraculous healing, and the one to finish the impossible problems.
We experience the power of purification from the sinful deed and leprosy --the self-truth. We can receive God's truth, so we can confess and forgive one another. It continues until our whole life is purified.
2:20. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
2:21. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
We are used in the ministry of the building of the perfect body of Christ, starting from marriage, shepherding, inter shepherding until the Israelites and Gentiles become one perfect boy of Christ.
We appear as the gold and silver that endure until the finish line.
Haggai 2:9
2:9. 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts.
It continues until we belong to God that and cannot be charged against by anything. - The crisis in all aspects of life.
- John the apostle was on the island of Patmos.
Revelation 1:9-12
1:9. I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1:10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heardbehind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
1:11. saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
1:12. Then I turned to seethe voice that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
It means experiencing the sprinkle of blood, namely the test or temptation or the suffering in the flesh because of Jesus.
Why does God allow us to experience the sprinkle of blood?- We can hear and see the shepherding Word that becomes the real form, namely the seven golden lampstands. It refers to the perfect congregation.
It means as follows:- The light of the riches of heaven.
2 Corinthians 8:1-5
8:1. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:
8:2. that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.
8:3. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,
8:4. imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
8:5. And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
The riches of the liberality means that one is in a great trial and deep poverty but he can give for the working of God and others who are in need. - The light of testimony.
Our duty is testifying and inviting. - The light of the renewal of life.
Colossians 3:12-14
3:12. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies(2), kindness(2), humility(73, meekness(4), longsuffering(5);
3:13. bearing with one another, and forgiving(6)one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
3:14. But above all these things put on love(7), which is the bond of perfection.
- The light of the riches of heaven.
- We can see Jesus as the High Priest, the King, and the Heavenly Bridegroom.
Revelation 1:13, 17
1:13. and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
1:17. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last.
We fall at Jesus' feet. We can worship Him. We confess that we are unworthy and incapable. We just stretch out our hand to God and He will stretch out His merciful hand to us.
Isaiah 41:8-10
41:8. "But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
41:9. You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
41:10. Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
As a result, the hands of God strengthen us so we do not get disappointed and desperate. God finishes all of impossible problems.
Revelation 1:20
1:20. "The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches.
The star that is in the hand of God refers to one who is used by God.
Psalm 118:16
118:16. The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
The hand of God exalts us from the falling.
- We can hear and see the shepherding Word that becomes the real form, namely the seven golden lampstands. It refers to the perfect congregation.
God blesses us.