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Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 27, 2009 at 11:56am

Revelation 5
Verse 1 & 2 describes a Person sitting on the throne holding a seven sealed scroll. An angel asks who might be worthy to open this scroll. What is the significance of this scroll?
Some prophesy scholars believe this scroll may be the "title deed of the earth". It was given to Adam by God, but he had lost it because of sin. From that day on, the earth was under the influence and control of Satan.
According to verse 3 "no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth (the realm of the dead, Hades) was able to open the scroll or to take a (single) look at its contents."
Because of this, John weeps. Is he weeping just because he is curious to see the contents of this scroll? If the scholars I was referrering to earlier were correct in their summation that this scroll is the title deed to the earth, (I think they are), then John's tears may be out of more than curiosity. He knows that as long as this scroll remains sealed, the earth will remain under Satan's control. He is dispairing, because now it seems asif the scroll will remain sealed, thus Satan will remain in control!
Then one of the 24 elders said to John that he must stop weeping! (verse 5) "...the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome, and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals! Only One paid the price that was required to have the authority and dominion to overcome death, Hades and Satan. Only One can open this seven-sealed scroll: The Lord Jesus. Then John sees a Lamb standing asif it has been slaughtered, refering to Christ's sacrificial death on the cross. He has the seven-fold Spirit ("seven horns with seven eyes") and He takes the scroll from God (He who sits on the throne).
The moment the Lamb takes the scroll, the seraphim (four beings around the throne) and the 24 elders prostrate themselves in front of Him. Each holding a harp, indicating the music of heaven, and bowls filled with insence, "which are the prayers of the saints"
Verses 9 & 10 describes a song sung by the seraphim and the elders. It speaks of how, with His blood sacrifice, The Lord purchased the lives of every person, from every tribe, every nation, every language! He had already paid for us, all we need to do is accept His offer! Then verse 11 continues and describes a host of angels numbering "ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands" I can not even begin to imagine that number! But they will all be there, around the throne to proclaim that Christ is worthy to and deserving to receive all "the power and riches and might and honor and the majesty and blessing."
Not only are this heavenly host of angels proclaiming His glory but "every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea and all that is in it" is proclaiming His majesty. Is there any doubt that Jesus Christ is to be exalted? In my previous message I wrote that many people through the ages have had questions about the divinity of Christ. Here in this chapter we find the proof that all of creation are very sure of His majesty. They have no questions, no doubts that all the power and dominion was granted to Him from God. If they are so sure, why do some people still doubt?

Comment by Helena Ahola on July 27, 2009 at 7:30am

Good Midsummer! Regards, Helen

Comment by Helena Ahola on July 27, 2009 at 7:07am

Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 24, 2009 at 6:36am

Good day Brothers and Sisters in Christ!

We are now done with the description of the Churches of Revelation 1-3 and start today with Rev 4. In Verse 1-2 of this chapter we see that John is commanded to "come up here" by the voice of the one "speaking like a trumpet".
A quick back-glance to chapter 1 will tell you exactly who this voice belongs to, because He was identified already as "the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last". (Rev 1:11)
The only Person this can possibly refer to is our Lord Jesus Christ. So the command to John is from the Lord Himself!

The first thing that John sees when he arives in heaven is a throne with Someone sitting on it.
Verse 3: "And He who sat there appeared like (the crystaline brightness of) jasper and (the fiery) sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like (a rainbow of) emerald."
The jasper refered to here is not the opaque colloured stone we call a jasper. My quote is from the Amplified Bible here, and as you can see it is "cristaline bright". Dr Harry Ironside in his book Revelation speculates that this might in fact refer to a diamond (like?) stone. The fiery sardius is a red stone, probably a ruby. The reason why these two colours specifically is mentioned here is a simple one. Simple but most illuminating. If we consider that the very 1st church was made up of primarily converted Jews, these colours become most significant. These colour stones resembles the 1st and last stones in the breastplate of the High Priest! As we have already seen in or earlier reading of the 1st chapter of Revelation, the Lord is our High Priest! And we (His Church) are His "royal priesthood" (1Pet 2:9). So if, as I believe (and a few others also), John's command to "come up here", is a reference to the Rapture of the Church, then Jesus' role here as the High Priest, makes perfect sense. His entire Priesthood (His Church) will then be assembled in His presence for the 1st time.
The emerald halo also has significance: not so much that it is an emerald, but that it is a HALO. Halos are circles. No beginning and no end, presenting to us a picture of the etrnal nature of Christ. He is the Eternal One.

The next "thing" John describes are (verse 4) "twenty four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads" (NIV)
I will not speculate now about who these "elders" might be. We will see, when we get to chapter 5, who they are. We can with some certainty say, however, that they are NOT angels! Angels are nowhere depicted in the Bible as wearing crowns on their heads.
More important at this stage, is that they wear white robes, denoting purity, and crowns suggesting that they had been victorious. Both these items are promised to "overcomers" in Rev 2:10 & 3:11 (crowns) and in Rev 3:5 (white robes).

In the next verse we see The Signs of Judgement coming from the throne. (Verse 5) "Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder..."
This leaves us in no doubt that the tribulation-judgements come from the throne of God. It is not, like some people believe, the result of the evil that one human being does to another. Verse 5 also tells us of the seven Spirits before the throne, which we already identified as the seven-fold Spirit of God; not seven individual Spirits. (Ref: Isa 11:2)

Verses 6-9 introduces us to four beings and their tasks.
We read also about these beings in Isa 6:1-3, where Isa has his vision about the throne of God. These beings are seraphim, an order of angels which numbers only four and whos task is to bow down and continually exclaim the holyness of God. Some suggest that beacause of their appearance, they may be the leaders of the realms that they depict:
1) Lion - kingdom of wild animals
2) Calf (or some translations use ox) - leader of domestic animals
3) Man (leader of the angelic hosts responsible for the the human race)
4) Flying eagle - leader of the kingdom of all the fowls of the air.
If this is an accurate suggestion, I cannot say for sure. What I can say though, is that although many people through many generations had at times been doubtfull of the supremacy of God, these seraphim have absolutely no questions about it!
(Verse 8) "...and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was, and Who is and Who is to come."

Verse 10 & 11 continues to tell us the result of this continuous worship to God by the seraphim.
"The twenty four elders fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out, Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honour and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were (brought into being) and were created."

As we can see from these last few verses in chapter 4: no-one in heaven has even the slightest doubt about the holiness of the Lord God we serve! They freely acknowledge (as should we) that He alone is worthy to be praised and to receive our exatations!

Untill tomorrow
Love in Christ
Natasha

Ps: Unless otherwise stated, all quotations are from The Amplified Bible.

Comment by Glenn Robichaux on July 21, 2009 at 7:16am

I FOUND THIS BY ACCIDENT! DUH

Driving Through Laodicea
Yesterday I was driving for work, and listening to the Bible on CD (Word of Promise). I was in the car for a while, and started this disc at 1 John. My drive carried me through some of Revelation. This is very typical for me- I really like to hear the words of the Bible acted out. Sometimes I catch things that I didn't catch while reading it. What was NOT typical was my reaction to part of what I heard...

It happened while listening to the warnings to the churches in Revelation 2-3. I've heard all the theories of these letters/ warnings. Some say they were letters to those churches in Asia, and there is nothing for us to learn about because those churches are gone. Some say they describe the 7 different "types" of churches that have always existed. Some say that they describe the 7 church "ages" in chronological order. I can say that first theory is dead wrong. Beyond that, it has never mattered much to me, because the other 2 theories don't impact the warning I get from reading the letters.

I've listened to this and read it many times, but this time something happened. Something "clicked". As I was listening to these words, the Holy Spirit pressed on me to listen carefully to the letter to the church in Laodicea...because it is a warning for the church TODAY.

As I heard the words spoken to our present day church, I started to cry. I can only think of two times in my adult life that I have ever cried. These words were just so "alive" to me. The warning cut like a knife. I just kept thinking of our huge churches filled with "Sunday Christians", knowing that at one time I was one of them. Good people for sure, they seem to believe, but that's the extent of it. LUKEWARM.

"...I will vomit you out of My mouth."

Those words are chilling... think about it. Better yet, listen to it:

Revelation 03 5:00


If you can't listen to it, click here to read the letter to the church in Laodicea:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%203:14-22;&version=50;

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
There are so many descriptions given in this letter to the Laodicean church that fit our present day church. I can't help but wonder about that phrase: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." It sure sounds like a warning about the closeness of the hour. Imagine things from God's perspective, pleading with us to get it together! Imagine him looking at us saying "Don't you know how little time you have? Don't you know I am coming? Here I am, standing right at the door!"

"I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"
Have you noticed that when things are going well in our lives, that we don't rely on God as much? The quantity of our prayers may be the same, but the quality is cheap. It is so easy to be sucked into the world's idea of happiness and success. You become so busy and pre-occupied with the things of this world, that you just don't have the time to read the Bible today. You hardly have the time to speak a heartfelt prayer. But time is really not the issue, is it?

Necessity is really the issue. When things are great, you don't need anything. You use time as an excuse for your disappearing relationship with God.

When things are not going well, when times are tough- then we turn back to God. Then we see the importance of a real relationship with God. Then we make time. Then we see how cheap the things of this world really are. Look at some of the largest churches today. They preach a prosperity gospel- that we should all be wealthy, and that if you want a Lexus you can just "name it and claim it". Do you think God's deepest desire is for you to have a Lexus? God cares about where your treasure lies. Is your treasure in the "things" of this world, or is your treasure in your realtionship with God?

Have you ever wondered if this global recession could be a good thing? I can tell you from personal experience that it has been good for me. In fact, I can tell you that I thank God (literally) for the economic recession in my life. I had viewed my personal recession from the beginning as a refining process.

Isaiah 48:10
"See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction."

If you are going through your own recession, whether economic or emotional, please make the time to thank God for finding you worthy of refinement. This will be hard, and may sound strange at first, but think about it for a while. My old football coach used to tell us not to feel bad when he corrected us. He said we should feel bad when he stopped correcting us...

You have the opportunity to completely change your relationship with God by embracing the correction taking place in your life. When you decide to embrace this correction and thank God for the refinement in your life, He will be standing at the door waiting for you.

R U passionate to bow before the King place your heart , your life in His hands. Do You put Him first, seek Him, Do You REALY PRAY, CAN YOU NOT PRAY 1 HOUR..Do you share The Gospel by mouth, tracks etc. Do You Realy Love The Lord Most Merciful God?

Comment by Glenn Robichaux on July 20, 2009 at 6:24pm

The Church with a Closed Door
Of the seven churches there is nothing
Good said about Laodicea. Their
Spirituality was lethargic. I know
Your deeds; Neither hot nor cold.
With your attitude of indifference,
I will spit you out of my mouth.
A tepid church is the most difficult. It
Is easier to deal with a frozen church.
They were proud, arrogant, rich, and
Therefore had need of nothing. You
Say I am rich, but you are wretched,
Pitiful poor, blind and naked.
Spiritually, they were poverty stricken.
But didn’t know it. Blind but knew it not.
Naked and cared not. Christ stood knocking
And calling, but the door was closed.
He that overcomes will sit with me
In my Father’s house. He who has
An ear, let him hear what the
Spirit says to the churches.
The Church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22)
Laodicea (3:14-22)
Laodicea was located in the Lycus Valley on an important crossroads forty-five miles southeast of Philadelphia and about ninety miles east of Ephesus (see introductory map). The city prospered in banking, commerce, and the manufacturing of clothing made from the glossy black wool of the sheep raised nearby. It had a medical school and was noted for its production of a salve used to cure eye diseases (cf. 3:18). The church at Laodicea, with the other Lycus Valley churches of Hierapolis and Colosse, was probably established during Paul's ministry at Ephesus (Acts 19:10), perhaps through the work of Epaphras (Col. 4:12-13).
VISION OF CHRIST (3:14)
The picture of the Lord in 3:14 looks back to that of Revelation 1:5. Christ's work is certain ("Amen") and his witness is faithful.
PROBLEM (3:15-18)
Laodicea (3:16) had no local water supply, so water was brought in by conduit from hot springs some distance away. The water no doubt arrived lukewarm, like the spiritual condition of the Laodiceans. The point is that the cold and pure waters of Colosse and the hot and medicinal waters of Hierapolis both could be put to good use. But lukewarm water was good for nothing.
EXHORTATION (3:19-22)
The Lord invites them to repent (3:20). Christ was depicted as outside the church, inviting the Christians within to receive him. In view is the final invitation to Christ's messianic banquet (3:21). The believer is promised the privilege of sitting with Christ on his throne and reigning with him throughout eternity (22:5; cf. 2 Tim. 2:12).
The counselor: Jesus is the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.

The commendation: None given –OUCH

The chastening:
This church boasts of their riches & concludes they stand in need of NOTHING…OUCH
The fact (3:17b): In reality, God views them as wretched, pitiful, poor, and naked.
The fury (3:15-16): Because the church is neither hot nor cold,
God threatens to spit them out unless they REPENT.

The Council:
They are to seek spiritual clothing from God to cover their nakedness (3:18a)
They are to seek spiritual medicine from God to heal their blindness (3:18b)

The challenge (3:19-22): After their severe rebuke, God reassures the Laodiceans.
He rebukes them because he loves them (3:19)
He promises to enter into their hearts if they will allow him. (3:20)
He will then prepare a place for them on his throne. (3:21-22)

I was brought up Roman Catholic so I was taught go with the flow of belief and I would go to heaven.
How many times all people in Churches seeing them drinking and getting drunk. Men’s eye going everywhere to see what that girl look like (I am a man I know what goes on here). Their mouth like a hellish way to speak with words not should be said. And yet cursing our God. How often even on Movies on TV using God’s name wrong…let Us Turn It Off!!!!Lord help me be Holy for You O lord God!

Galatians 5: 19-21
Paul said: I have forward you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
sexual immorality (this mean Homosexuals too) , impurity, lustful pleasures,20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these ..

Wherever I go I share the Gospel & also saying Jesus is coming are you ready. Are you in Church? Are you living for God? No If Jesus came today No way He would take you to heaven because you love this world more that you love God. Do you not Far God. If Jesus came today my pants would be on the ground and you would be in a Big Problem.

GOD'S WORD James 4:4
You unfaithful people! Don't you know that love for this [evil] world is hatred toward God? Whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

God is God read His word Repent obey God will bless obedience but rebellion God will Judge!
Brother Glenn Robichaux

Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 20, 2009 at 2:14pm

oops! I meant to say: REV 3:14-22 not Rev 3-22!

Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 20, 2009 at 12:59pm

Never mind that last sentence in my last post. Just a typ-o that I've forgotten to delete before I posted.

Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 20, 2009 at 12:52pm

Brothers and Sisters
the message I'm about to bring is THE message I believe, that was the reason God had put me on this path. THIS is the message I have been tasked to bring. This is not an easy message. This is not a nice message. This is something that I pray might open some eyes to the truth of things. for this reason, this message will also be posted on my wall in facebook. Let's start with alook at our present church age. i stressed at the beginning (when I started this group) that the 7 churches described in Rev 1-3 is not only descriptive of those specific churches but also of the various church ages our world went through since the start of the church and also of characteristics existing in our churches today and also (and I think, most importantly) descriptive of the types of Christians we are in any age! Rev 3-22 describes the kind of Christian (church/age) that is loatesome to the Lord. I submit to you that we are living in the age described here. but my message is not about that age tonight. It is about the type of Christian that is described by this church. Verse 15 & 16: "I know your (record of) works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot! Would that you were either cold or hot! So because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth!"
Harsh words from our Lord. But all too true about the world today.
What does this type Christian look like?
1) These are those that are boastfull about all the good they do, and all the good the are. You see them daily doing the best of things for the worst of people, but always looking for a slap on the shoulder; a "wow you're so GREAT!"
2)These are those that with their mouths testify that they belong to the Lord; their works might even mirror what they say, but they do it for themselves, not for Jesus.
3)These are those that, night after night ask forgiveness for their sins, but instead of turning away from it, continue to wallow in it's sludge.
Of these the Lord said: you cannot serve Him (the Lord) and Mammon!
Look around you. How many of these people do you know? I know quite a few of them. They call themselves "good people" and for the most part they are. But their goodness is to glorify themselves not God! In 2Tim 3:17, we get a picture of what they really are:
1) Selfish: "lovers of themselves" 10) Truce breakers & false accusers
2) Covetous: "lovers of money" 11) Incontenent: "without self control"
3) Boasters 12) Fierce
4) Blasphemers 13) Traitors
5) Disobedient to parents 14) Despisers
6) Rebellious 15) Heady & reckless
7) Unthankfull 16) High minded
8) Unholy 17) Lovers of pleasure
9) Without natural affection 18) They have no power with God

We are warned to have nothing to do with such people. We have to still pray for them, that their eyes might open before it's too late; we must be ready to minister to them when they realise their folley and want to truely repent and turn to God.
We are living today in a society that is likened to the days of Noah and Lot. The specific sins that unleashed the wrath of God in those days are rife today in ours aswell. This is the world in which this church type marvel. Sad, but true:
1) sexual perversion
2) "The thoughts of their hearts were (turned to) evil continually"
3) Routine living without any regard to the consequences of impending judgement.
DOES THIS SOUND AT ALL FAMILIAR???
2 Tim 4:1-4 warns us of a time when people will choose to believe anything BUT the lifesaving Gospel; just to satisfy their own desires.
I put it to you that we are living out that prophesy today!

To such people I make the urgent call to WAKE UP!
The Lord couldn't have given us a clearer picture of what the end days would look like than in Matt 24:1-8. He gives us the clues to know the signs of His coming, so clearly, I might as well be reading the morning newspaper! Nobody can read this passage and honestly say that we are NOT racing towards the END. The point I'm trying to make is this: NOW IS THE ACCEPTED TIME. Now is the moment that Laodiceans must seize and repent! Now is when you should sit still and take stock of your Christianship and make the necessary adjustments. After-all: it is only your everlasting souls at stake.
The Lord is coming; sooner than any-one thinks. ARE YOU READY???
To these people I bring the following URGENT message:

Comment by Natasha Mayes on July 20, 2009 at 4:54am

PS: Glen, you don't have to ask my permission to do what you do best! Please, I'm learning just as much as I'm trying to teach, so please continue!!!

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