(To Coincide with Fasting Prayer Service Session III)
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:15
1:15 His feetwerelike fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;
The appearance of Jesus’ persona in the glory as the Just Judge.
The signs are as follow:
We learn the second point that is ‘’His voice as the sound of many waters’’.
The sound of many waters means the prophetic Word that is as follows:
Before God punishes the world, He, as the Just Judge, will warn us through the prophetic Word as the sound of many waters. Also, He gives the way out and shelter, so we will not be punished and perish together with this world.
2 Peter 2:5
2:5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah,one ofeightpeople, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
The example is God warned men at the age of Noahso they could be saved from the flood punishment. On the other hand, the men mocked God, so only Noah and his family could survive.
2 Peter 2:6-7
2:6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemnedthemto destruction, making theman example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
2:7 and delivered righteous Lot,who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
Genesis 19:12-14
19:12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—takethemout of this place!
19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of theLord, and theLordhas sent us to destroy it.”
19:14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for theLordwill destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
Also, at the age of Lot, God used two angels to warn Lot’s family so they could be saved from the fire punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah. But many people mocked them, so there were only three people who survived, those are Lot and his two daughters.
Luke 17:26-30
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
17:27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
17:29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyedthemall.
17:30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
At the last days before Jesus’ second coming, the world will be like the days of Noah and Lot, as follows:
Thus, God punishes this world with fire from heaven.
2 Peter 3:1-2
3:1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (inboth ofwhich I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
3:2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us,the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
God also warns us about His punishment to the world through the prophetic Word.
2 Peter 3:3-6
3:3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
3:4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue asthey werefrom the beginning of creation.”
3:5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
3:6 by which the worldthatthen existed perished, being flooded with water.
The respond of men at the last days is mocking the prophetic Word so they keep living like the days of Noah and Lot. The result is being left at the time of Jesus’ second coming and perishing together with the world in hell forever.
The right respondis receiving the prophetic Word and God’s warning about His second coming and the punishment that will happen over the world.
The practices are as follow:
God blesses us.
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:15
1:15 His feetwerelike fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;
The appearance of Jesus’ persona in the glory as the Just Judge.
The signs are as follow:
- ‘’His feetwerelike fine brass, as if refined in a furnace’’
- ‘’His voice as the sound of many waters’’
We learn the second point that is ‘’His voice as the sound of many waters’’.
The sound of many waters means the prophetic Word that is as follows:
- The secret opening of the Word of God that reveals the hidden sins among congregation so the presence of God will not be hidden.
- The secret opening of the Word of God that reveals everything before it happens but it will surely happen, especially about the second coming of Jesus on glorious clouds and the punishment of God for the world.
Before God punishes the world, He, as the Just Judge, will warn us through the prophetic Word as the sound of many waters. Also, He gives the way out and shelter, so we will not be punished and perish together with this world.
2 Peter 2:5
2:5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah,one ofeightpeople, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
The example is God warned men at the age of Noahso they could be saved from the flood punishment. On the other hand, the men mocked God, so only Noah and his family could survive.
2 Peter 2:6-7
2:6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemnedthemto destruction, making theman example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
2:7 and delivered righteous Lot,who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked
Genesis 19:12-14
19:12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—takethemout of this place!
19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of theLord, and theLordhas sent us to destroy it.”
19:14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for theLordwill destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
Also, at the age of Lot, God used two angels to warn Lot’s family so they could be saved from the fire punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah. But many people mocked them, so there were only three people who survived, those are Lot and his two daughters.
Luke 17:26-30
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
17:27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
17:29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyedthemall.
17:30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
At the last days before Jesus’ second coming, the world will be like the days of Noah and Lot, as follows:
- Men lives in sin up to the peak of sins that is eating drinking (smoking, being drunk, and drug abuse) and marrying-being given in marriage (sexual sin and its kinds, the wrong marriage).
- Men is controlled by the spirit of selling-buying that is leaving the ministry to look for money or serving and ministering to look for money, looking for money with the wrong way.
- Men is controlled by the spirit of false prophet (planting and building) that is the false teaching, lies, and gossips that leads to the building of the body of Babylon.
Thus, God punishes this world with fire from heaven.
2 Peter 3:1-2
3:1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (inboth ofwhich I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
3:2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us,the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
God also warns us about His punishment to the world through the prophetic Word.
2 Peter 3:3-6
3:3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
3:4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue asthey werefrom the beginning of creation.”
3:5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
3:6 by which the worldthatthen existed perished, being flooded with water.
The respond of men at the last days is mocking the prophetic Word so they keep living like the days of Noah and Lot. The result is being left at the time of Jesus’ second coming and perishing together with the world in hell forever.
The right respondis receiving the prophetic Word and God’s warning about His second coming and the punishment that will happen over the world.
The practices are as follow:
- Staying still on the housetop or the cool place. It means keeping the peace in heart.
Luke 17:31
17:31 “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goodsarein the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
We receive the peaceful heart through reconciliation, so Jesus’ blood erases the sins and our heart feels peacefulness. Everything becomes light and easy. The peaceful heart means there are no sins, envy, revenge, and bitterness. - Staying still on the field of God. It means we keep fervent and faithful in true service and ministry.
Beside that, the field refers to the place of spreading seed.
Thus, we keep fervent and faithful in service and ministry according to the command of the true teaching Word.
Luke 10:39,42
10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’feet and heard His word.
10:42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”
Our position is like Mary who sat at Jesus’ feet. God will make everything good even eternal forever. - Do not looking back.
Luke 17:32
17:32 Remember Lot’s wife.
Genesis 19:17,26
19:17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
19:26 But his wife looked backbehind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Lot’s wife looked back and she became a pillar of salt. The meanings are as follow:- Remembering and being bound to the sins of Sodom Gomorrah. The mind is not holy.
- Disobeying. Disobeying happens not because the command is hard but the heart is not holy.
Disobeying means being against God, turning away from Him.
Matthew 6:17
6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
The sign of the right fasting is anointing the head and washing the face.
Anointing the headmeans the mind is anointed by Holy Spirit.
Washing facemeans the heart is purified by the Word.
It may conclude that the right of fasting prayer is giving opportunity widely to the Word of God in anointing of Holy Spirit to purify heart and mind so we can see God.
Matthew 5:8
5:8 Blessedarethe pure in heart,for they shall see God.
Seeing Godis worshiping Him with obedience or heeding to His mercy.
Psalm 107:43
107:43 Whoeveriswise will observe thesethings,and they will understand the lovingkindness of theLord.
God is also heeding us with His mercy.
The results are as follow:- God heeds our suffering. His mercy releases us from labor and heavy burden in our life.
Exodus 3:7-8
3:7 And theLordsaid: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people whoarein Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
3:8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Everything will be solved by God in due time. He leads us to Canaan means He employs us in the revival of Holy Spirit at the last rain or the building of the perfect body of Christ. - God recovers the marriage and children that are destroyed to become the right, one, and perfect marriage.
Matthew 19:7-11
19:7 They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”
19:8 He said to them,“Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
19:9 And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality,and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”
19:10 His disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of the man withhiswife, it is better not to marry.”
19:11 But He said to them,“All cannot accept this saying, but onlythoseto whom it has been given: - One of the mercies of God is we are allowed to experience the test in every way even the impossible ones.
Job 31:4
31:4 Does He not see my ways,and count all my steps?
Job 7:17-18
7:17 “Whatisman, that You should exalt him,thatYou should set Your heart on him,
7:18 That You should visit him every morning,andtest him every moment?
God allows us to experience the test to make our steps become stable, tested and perfect faith. And, our steps become the miracle steps.
The first miracle is the life renewal from carnal men to the spiritual ones like Jesus that is obedient to the Word.
If the spiritual miracle happens, the physical ones will also happen. Until the last miracle happens when Jesus comes a second time that we are changed to become as glorious as He is and together with Him forever.
- Remembering and being bound to the sins of Sodom Gomorrah. The mind is not holy.
God blesses us.