Bible study Daily, explanation and encouragement - Revelation
Faith is established in the knowledge of God, trusting Him for understanding and wisdom in the face of persecution.
The faith commitment to be victorious, based on the shed blood of Christ, does not even fear death.
Trust in God!
Be faithful to Jesus when you face persecution.
NEVER WAIT FOR FAITH IN JESUS!
The Lord calls His people to faithfulness and tolerance. NEVER GIVE UP.
I know where you live, where Satan's throne is. However, you hold fast my name and have not renounced your faith in me ... Revelation 2:13
Blessed is he or she who makes known and explains the book of Revelation. The Rapture of the Church is near.
- Revelation 1:5 affirms how much Jesus Christ loves us because He shed His own blood so that we could be free from sin. The passage conveys this strong message: You are worth a lot because Jesus loves you and shed His blood for you.
- Do not let your sense of worth be based on the opinions or attitudes of others. Do not try to find your value in how you look or what you do. Do not try to find your value in the way other people treat you. Instead, let your sense of worth come through a relationship with Jesus Christ. You are safe in Him. He loves you!
- Revelation 1:5 affirms how much Jesus Christ loves us because He shed His own blood so that we could be free from sin. The passage conveys this strong message: You are worth a lot because Jesus loves you and shed His blood for you.
- Do not let your sense of worth be based on the opinions or attitudes of others. Do not try to find your value in how you look or what you do. Do not try to find your value in the way other people treat you. Instead, let your sense of worth come through a relationship with Jesus Christ. You are safe in Him. He loves you!
Jesus is the LIVING ONE, Jesus DIED.
Jesus died for the sins of man on the Cross of Calvary. He has been DEAD. But on the third day God His Father raised Him from the dead and He ascended to Heaven. Where now He is seated at the right hand of His Father.
Jesus is alive for EVERMORE. His life will never end again. He will reign in His 1,000-year Kingdom after the 7 years of the Great Tribulation on earth. Then He will finally defeat satan and satan will forever to the lake of fire. But Jesus will reign evermore on the New Earth.
Jesus is the FIRST and LAST. Jesus was the Creator who restored the earth in Genesis 1. Man was created on the 6th day. The number of man is 6. Between creation and Jesus birth are approximately 4000 years. From Jesus' birth to today are approximately 2000 years, rest only the 7 years of Great Tribulation. Then the 4000 + 2000 = 6000 years are full, (1 day is for God as 1000 years, so 6 days). That is the end of the SINFUL man.
Then the last (day) begins the 7th year of 1000-year Kingdom of Jesus. Which LAST evermore:
the NEW EARTH and the NEW SKY.
God demands total devotion and rejects indifferent and discouraged disciples.
Zeal for the Lord is not optional for his disciples. Devotion willingly submits to Jesus' discipline, for this recognizes His love for them.
- Give your love first to Jesus in your life.
- Commit both emotionally and intellectually to Christ.
- Avoid indifference; encourage your zeal for the Lord.
- Repent quickly whenever the Spirit convicts you of sin.
Those whom I love, I reprove and chasten; so be zealous and repent (Revelation 3:19).
Revelation 2:17 - THE WISE BELIEVER TAKES TIME TO HEAR WITH HIS SPIRITUAL EAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCH.
This is as necessary today as it was in the early days of the church. Someone who hears and follows the voice of the Holy Spirit need not to fear the deception that leads to apostasy. On the contrary, a person will walk where JESUS REQUIRES and GROW INTO THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, which produces churches that are healthy, vibrant and filled with the presence of God.
- Develop your spiritual ear.
- Listen to what the Spirit is saying to the church. When forced to choose, obey God, not man! (Rev. 2:7-11,17,29).
- Understand that someone can be rich in the Spirit, but poor in the eyes of the world. BE FAITHFUL AND RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE! (Rev. 2:9,10)
Jesus calls his people to be completely separate from the world's value system and to be fully committed to Him. When Christians understand God's view of what is eternal, the present falls into proper perspective.
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked Revelation 3:17
- Do not value worldly success.
- Do not trust in worldly wealth.
- Repent whenever you have done these things.
- li>Recognise that worldly possessions have no spiritual or heavenly value.
- Return to the spiritual evaluation system whenever you stray from it.
- Do not worship the world's way of thinking or their behavior patterns.
Laodicea was known as a banking center, for the production of a shiny black wool used in clothing and carpets, and for producing an ointment that cured eye trouble.
The church desperately needed regenerating grace, Christ's robe of righteousness, and the eyes of an enlightened heart.
ORIENTATION TO GET VICTORY!
SPIRITUAL VICTORY IS SOMETHING WE MUST ENTER!
Jesus Christ has already won the victory through His death and resurrection.
The reasons for the triumph of the saints of God.
- The blood of the lamb - the saints won the battle through the victory of Christ, and not on their own merits.
- Their Testimony - The fact that they have always testified of Christ and the Word gave them the strength to face the challenge of evil day in and day out.
- They did not care about their own lives - SPIRITUAL OVERCOMES ARE THEM IS WHO DEVOTE TO GOD.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God: this is your reasonable worship (Rom 12:1).
Every faith has its practical side.
BELIEVE, SPEAK THE WORD AND LOVE THE LORD MUCH! Be obedient to God's commandments, live to His glory. Other faiths aim to obtain salvation through their own works. The Christian knows that he or she CANNOT redeem himself and Jesus Christ accomplished EVERYTHING on the Cross.
The relationship with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
- With the corana virus, we see an example of the 7 plagues in Revelation 16. The wrath of God is pouring out on the people who have accepted the mark 666.
- Our relationship with God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ is important. If one does not speak to each other, such as a man and a woman in a marriage, then the relationship does not work and people are alienated from each other.
- God clearly shows in the Bible what relationship He wants with man. In the Old Testament, we see how the Jewish people chose to adore cast and wooden statues that they had made themselves. They rejected their living God. Statues (Roman Church) made themselves, are dead and have no power. It is a worship of dark forces. The result was the wrath of God and their wage banishment from the Promised Land. Similarly for the believer who does not want a relationship with God, wants to live his or her own life, for them there is no access to the marriage feast, Heaven.
- As in a good marriage, the relationship consists of knowing each other's will, taking care of each other and pleasing the other.