Prayer Service in Malang, October 03, 2019 (Thursday Evening)
Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation 10 refers to the seven times of the sprinkling of blood on the mercy seat.
Now, it refers to the suffering of Jesus until He dies on the cross to cover His church up to the perfection like Him.
The seven times of the sprinkling of blood produce the seven rays of glory.
Revelation 10:1-3
10:1 I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
10:2 He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land,
10:3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.
ad. 1. Being clothed with a cloud.
1 Corinthians 10:1-2
10:1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
10:2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
Being clothed with a cloud means living in the anointing of the Holy Spirit fully or being perfect.
Isaiah 11:1-3
11:1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
11:2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
11:3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
The fact found in being clothed with a cloud is the fear of the Lord or being obedient until the flesh does not sound anymore. We emulate Jesus who is obedient until He dies on the cross.
The example of a person, who was clothed with a cloud or had the fear of God or was obedient until the flesh does not sound anymore, is Abraham.
Genesis 22:12
22:12 And He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me."
James 2:21-22
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
2:22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
The fact found in the fear of the Lord from Abraham is through the act of faith, namely to bring the things God has asked even it is incompatible with the logic and feelings of a man. Abraham believed that doing the act of faith could bring everything including salvation and perfection.
Therefore, not doing the act of faith means not being obedient or not having the faith. As a result, one will lose everything.
James 2:25-26
2:25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Surrendering to God starts from giving the things we like or sins.
Abraham willingly sacrificed Isaac to obey the commands of God. It is the example for us to willingly sacrifice for the building of the perfect body of Jesus. It starts from the marriage, the shepherding, inter-shepherding, up to the perfect body of Christ.
In order to be able to give the things that God has asked, we must love Him more than anything, with all of our body, soul, and spirit. It is the same as having the first tablet of the two tablets of stone.
Then we are able to love others like ourselves. It starts neither deceiving, harming, nor cheating others. up to the peak that is to love the enemy like ourselves, namely by repaying the evil with kindness. It is the same as having the second tablet of the two tablets of stone.
So, the facts found in the fear of the Lord are to love Him more than anything or having the first tablet of the two tablets of stone, and to love others until we are able to love the enemy like ourselves or having the second tablet of the two tablets of stone. It is the same as stretching our hands to God, namely giving everything to Him. As the result, He will stretch His loving hands or the ones of the of mercy and goodness of the Lord to us.
Exodus 32:4,9
32:4 And he received the gold from their hand, and he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molded calf. Then they said, "This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!"
32:9 And the Lord said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!
The hands of mercy and goodness of the Lord are able to do things as follows:
- He is able to set us free from the hardness of heart, self righteousness, and disobedience. So, we are able to receive the truth of the Word and to confess and forgive each other. Then the blood of Jesus will sanctify us from sins, so we can live in the righteousness.
The truth from God will unite us, but the self righteousness will destroy us.
- He is able set us free from the sins that bind us, namely from the sins of eating- drinking (such as smoking, getting drunk, and drugs abuse), the sins of marrying-being given in marriage (such as divorce-remarrying, wrong marriage, free sex, sexual immorality, fornication, improper relationships, et cetera), and the love of money (namely being stingy and greedy). So, we can live in holiness and righteousness.
Mark 12:30-34
12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
12:31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
12:32 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.
12:33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
12:34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." But after that no one dared question Him.
The result of living in righteousness and holiness is gaining the wisdom of Heaven to face all the valleys in this world like the valley of difficulties or the crisis in all fields.
Having the fear of God and living in righteousness and holiness will make us free from the crisis in all fields, so our lives become successful and beautiful.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
10:10 If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success.
The world relies on experience, intelligence, ability, and power, also increasing the effort or capital, until negating God or being unfaithful up to leaving Him. It only brings us to failure.
But if we are willing to put God first of have the wisdom of Heaven, we will get success in all fields. All things are finished, successful and beautiful in His time.
Exodus 34:29
34:29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
- He is able to renew us from the fleshly men to the spiritual ones like Jesus, starting from ears and mouth.
The ears are right and good, namely to listen and be obedient to the true teaching Word.
The mouth is right and good, namely to be honest starting from confessing the sin truthfully, to say the right and good words, to testify, and to shout the name of the Lord.
Mark 7:37
7:37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak."
If the mouth and the ears are renewed to be right and holy, everything will be returned to the beautiful and calm paradise atmosphere. It continues until Jesus comes a second time that we are renewed to be as perfect as Him, living in happiness with Him forever.
God blesses us.