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Rev 4,1-11

(28b) Gift of God >> God is our advocate >> God protects us through our faith – It seems the antichrist has modeled his kingdom after the four living creatures "full of eyes in front and behind" (Daniel 7,1-8), with one exception that the devil is opposite these heavenly creatures, suggesting that Satan was once one of these living creatures (cherub or seraph). The antichrist will even release counterfeit anointings into the world to mimic the seven Spirits of God. Look on the back of a one-dollar bill and note the all-seeing-eye at the pinnacle of the pyramid of gold bars, and consider the handiwork of Satan counterfeiting the very throne of God! This all-seeing eye represents the antichrist guarding his kingdom from disloyalty, primarily from those who would refuse to take the mark. One purpose of these four living creatures, they will play a roll in the last days to protect and save God’s people from their enemies (Rev 12-13,14). See also: Cherubim protect the saints; Rev 6,1-8; 39j

(224b) Kingdom of God >> Illustrating the kingdom >> Description of heaven >> Describing the kingdom after he makes all things new >> Description of the ascension – It says in Rev 12-14 that the wings of the great eagle were given to the saints and they flew to their place in the wilderness from the serpent. The wings of the great eagle belonged to one of these four living creatures. God will send one of His cherubs of glory to rescue the Church from the antichrist. So the job of cherubim is to protect God’s worshipers. While their enemies are closing on them, the wings of the great eagle will come to their rescue and whisk them into the wilderness, where they are saved. The antichrist is a beast that thrives in urban environments, but has an aversion to the wilderness, meaning it is an unnatural beast. The Beast represents the epitome of man, who was cast out of the Garden of Eden and into the wilderness, and from the wilderness man has created civilizations, like man-made gardens of Eden and considers the wilderness off-limits. For this reason the beast cannot leave civilization, meaning the mark of the beast does not work in the wilderness, since it is a computer system. This is why God sends His people into the wilderness. See also: Cherubim guard the throne; 224l / Wilderness; Rev 4-1,2; 50h / Beast; Rev 4,6-11; 244e / Mark of the beast; Rev 5,2-9; 39l / Wilderness (Place of safety and protection); Rev 8-10; 60c

(224l) Kingdom of God >> Illustrating the kingdom >> Description of heaven >> The holy of holies >> The throne room of heaven – These four living creatures are cherubim. God highly honored them by prominently displaying them on the Ark of the Covenant, located in the Most Holy Place of the old covenant Jewish temple of worship. All we really know about these cherubim is that they are similar to angels, but then we don’t know that much about angels. We don’t know their origin or their history or how long they’ve lived. We only know what they were made to do, at least these particular four; they guard those who worship God at His throne. We must turn to the ancient world of Israel to know more about cherubim, for Ezekiel wrote about these heavenly beings. Cherubim, though fewer in number than angels, might collectively have more authority than all the angels combined. It is possible that the cherubim were created before the angels. See also: Cherubim guard the throne; Rev 4,3-11; 50g

Rev 4-1,2

(50h) Judgment >> Sequence of Revelations >> Second half of the tribulation >> The saints flee into the wilderness - spiritual warfare  (Pre-rapture ascension) – This door standing open is the same door a few verses earlier in Rev 3-8. It was available to John the revelator, who acts as a microcosm of the Church of those who are faithful in Christ. This door stands open for all who know and love the truth, so that whoever passes through it may receive an anointing that God will bestow on His people like no other time in history, one that will be unique to the last days. There are many pre-tribulation Rapture advocates who say that this open door refers to the Rapture. Actually, they are close. Instead of the Rapture, entering through this door, the same door that the the five wise virgins entered, leads to a spiritual ascension. Walking through this door gives a prophetic anointing that affords us revelation knowledge about the events that will soon take place in the last days. See also: Wilderness; Rev 4,3-11; 50g / Spiritual ascension; 237i

(162c) Works of the devil >> Satan determines the world's direction >> (Exception) Carried away by the Holy Spirit

(237i) Kingdom of God >> Pursuing the kingdom >> Transferring the kingdom >> The Church is transferred to the kingdom >> The ascension >> Believers’ spiritual ascension – John said, "Immediately I was in the Spirit," after he walked through this open door; his body remained in the flesh but his spirit went to heaven, making no mention of a resurrection. In fact we could even say that being in the spirit counters a bodily resurrection. He walked through this open door into a prophetic anointing where God revealed to him all the events that would transpire in their proper sequence. Knowing the sequence of Revelation acts like a key that unlocks our understanding of God's intensions in the fulfillment of endtime prophecy. We must have a revelation of God’s word instead of simply knowing a set of facts, if we want to navigate through the last days, one that enters within the veil, giving us an accurate, well-rounded understanding of His overall plan for the Church. If we know the truth, it is because the Holy Spirit taught us by revelation. The difference between knowing a set of facts about the Bible and possessing revelation knowledge from God, is the difference between the ministry of Moses and the ministry of Christ (Heb 3,1-6). It is easy to tell when a person has a mere mental ascent of the Bible and when he actually knows it by revelation of the Spirit. We need a deeper knowledge of the Scriptures if we are going to survive the last days. See also: Spiritual ascension; 50h / Spirit and the Word (Spirit reveals His word to protect us from New-Age teachings); 2Pet 1,2-11; 109f 

Rev 4-1

(106g) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Hearing from God >> Attaining the hearing ear >> Hearing His voice

(118a) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Eyes of your spirit >> Seeing through the eyes of your spirit >> Making spiritual observations

(219i) Sovereignty >> God overrides the will of man >> Predestination >> Predestined according to the word of God

(237l) Kingdom of God >> Pursuing the kingdom >> The Church is transferred to the kingdom >> Transformed from death to life

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Rev 4,2-11

(88i) Thy kingdom come >> Fear of God >> Fearing the power of God is the beginning of wisdom – We don’t know these elders. They may be angelic or possibly of a totally different creation of which we are completely unaware, but most likely they are human and Moses is one of them among others of his caliber. Around the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, making the throne of God seem a very terrifying place, yet it is the safest place in all creation for His children. To the unbeliever, though, it would be a horrifying place. An unbeliever would feel more terrified and out of place in the presence of God, in the presence of the holy angels and among righteous souls made perfect than in hell, and for this reason God created hell for him, an environment that is completely outside the presence of God, where he can feel at home. See also: Hell; Rev 4,2-4; 253cc / Presence of God is worse than hell to the wicked; Rev 20,11-15; 48c

Rev 4,2-4

(253cc) Trinity >> Relationship between Father and Son >> Jesus is equal with the Father >> Jesus has all the external qualities of the Father >> Outward appearance of Jesus Christ – Despite John’s description of heaven, it it is an unimaginably beautiful place. Therefore, hell, being the antithesis of heaven is an unimaginably horrible place, putrid and full of madness, where the unforgiven filth of mankind is throne into a pit and left to rot, dead souls living a conscious existence that cannot die. Heaven is just the opposite; it is a beautiful place, full of wonder and splendor. It is a place that everyone in their right mind wants to go, meaning those who are not trusting Christ for their eternal salvation are not thinking right. See also: Hell; Rev 4,2-11; 88i

Rev 4-2

(55g) Paradox >> Opposites >> God sits on a throne that is standing

(215i) Sovereignty >> God controls time >> Suddenly >> The Kingdom of Heaven appears suddenly >> Without warning >> God brings His kingdom to pass in its time – A throne suddenly appeared in front of John and he more clearly realized that God has all power and authority in heaven and on earth. This is the foremost revelation God wants to give us in the last days, that He is reigning from His throne and that His thousand-year reign on earth is about to burst into the natural realm, but there are a few things that first must happen. Notice how many were on the throne: one. The Bible teaches monotheism (one God), and it also teaches that His throne belongs primarily to the Father, and so where is Jesus if He is not sitting on God's throne? Rev 22,1-3 says that the throne belongs to God and to the Lamb, but in this verse it says there is only one sitting on it. This could mean that the Father and Son are united as one, or it could mean that we don't know much about the Father. Perhaps He doesn't have a form, or that Christ is the literal form of God. If the Father has a form, it is completely unknown to us, and if Christ could have explained Him further to us, He probably would have. The point is, the Father is an abrupt mystery, and that will probably never change. See also: God's vision of the world; Jn 14-30,31; 87c

Rev 4,3-11

(50g) Judgment >> Sequence of Revelations >> Second half of the tribulation >> Heavenly ceremony prior to the spiritual ascension – The cherubim were full of wings and eyes, meaning they are highly mobile and see all things. They are like birds in that sense. God has given these four living creatures a ministry at his throne as perhaps the closest creatures to Him besides man, who has been invited to sit on Christ’s right-hand, who sits on His Father’s throne. It says in Rev 12-14, “The two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she should fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent,” suggesting that in the last days God will give authority to the cherubim to defend the Church from the dragon (Satan). The creature that helped the Church had attributes of an eagle, making it no surprise to find this in Ezekiel 10-14, “Each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.” Jewish believers, namely the 144,000, are considered the woman, and her children (gentile believers) collectively are the Church (Rev 12-17). See also: Wilderness; Rev 6,9-11; 48b / Cherubim guard the throne; Rev 4-6; 84b

Rev 4-4

(32k) Gift of God >> Father will honor your devotion to Him >> Honor a fruitful life

(72h) Authority >> Hierarchy of authority >> More Authority The More Responsibility >> Closer we get to Jesus the more authority we have

(113g) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> The anointing >> Heaven’s clothes >> Garments of holiness

(226b) Kingdom of God >> Illustrating the kingdom >> Rewards of the Kingdom of Heaven >> Reserved in heaven >> God crowns us with glory for sharing our rewards >> The reward of a crown

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Rev 4,5-11

(234e) Kingdom of God >> Pursuing the kingdom >> Seeking the glory of God >> Set your mind on the glory of God – In the center of the sea of glass before the throne are “four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.” They are not human; they are not angels; they are called living creatures because there is nothing else like them. They are not just creatures, but living creatures, suggestive of the life of God that is in them, and for this reason they never cease to glorify His name (seraphim). Unlike the angels that number in the myriads and people that number in the myriads, there are only four of these living creatures. They all have six wings, mentioned in the Old Testament (Ezekiel chapter 1). Images of two of them are prominently displayed on the lid of the Ark of the Covenant located in the Holy of Holies.

Rev 4-5

(104d) Thy kingdom come >> Purifying process >> Purified by fire >> Purified through the fiery anointing – Jesus never taught there were seven Holy Spirits, only one, as it is written, “There is one body and one Spirit-...” (Eph 4,4-6; 1Cor 12,7-12). This should make it clear that we are talking about seven anointings of fire as John the Baptist spoke, “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Mat 3-11). We have John the Baptist associating the Spirit with an immersion of fire, and this chapter speaks of reserving seven anointings for the Great Tribulation of the last days, for the purpose of killing the flesh while freeing the spirit from its carnal restraints. John didn’t teach the indwelling Holy Spirit, indicating that the water of baptism is for the body.

Rev 4,6-11

(244e) Kingdom of God >> The eternal kingdom >> Eternal life of the trinity >> Father is the source of eternal life – There were world empires that came and went, each having a name. Daniel assigned an animal to each, except one, simply calling it a beast (Dan 7,1-8), because it was different from all other kingdoms. There was not a frame of reference to which we may compare it, like the four living creatures in heaven are different from anything that God has created. This suggests that Satan patterned his last day’s world empire after the four living creatures, because he was once a cherub. According to the pattern of Satan’s counterfeiting ways that oppose God, the essential characteristic of his empire will be death (Rev 6-8), in contrast to the four living creatures, who epitomize the life of God. See also: Beast / Living creatures; Rev 4,6-9; 15h

Rev 4,6-9

(15ha) Servant >> Angels have authority >> Cherubim/Seraphim – In the center of this sea of glass before the throne are “four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.” They are not human; they are not angels; they are called creatures (NASB) because there is nothing else like them. They are not just creatures, but living creatures, referring to the life of God that is in them. Unlike the angels that number in the myriads and mankind that also number in the myriads, there are only four of these living creatures that we know. They are Cherubim with six wings and full of eyes, being cherubs of glory mentioned in the Old Testament (Ezekiel chapter 10). Images of two cherubim are prominently displayed on the Ark of the Covenant, Israel's main artifact of temple worship, located in the Holy of Holies. Satan's kingdom of the last days will bear a resemblance to these heavenly Cherubim, since Satan himself was once a Cherub (or Seraph) before he sinned. There were four tiers of Satan's empire represented by gold, silver, bronze and iron/clay in descending order, according to Daniel's interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel chapter 2), being a similarity of these four living creatures, who had four faces, that of a lion, a calf, a man and an eagle. Then Daniel had a dream of the same kingdom; the first tier was described as a beast having the appearance of a lion and had wings like an eagle. The second beast was like a bear, the third like a leopard, and the fourth didn't appear like any creature known to man, the devil incarnate, once a cherub (Daniel chapter 7). See also: Beast; Rev 5-6; 111j / Living creatures; Rev 4,6-11; 244e

Rev 4,6-8

(117j) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Eyes of your spirit >> Seeing through the eyes of your spirit >> Acknowledging the presence of God

Rev 4-6

(28h) Gift of God >> God is our advocate >> God protects His people – We know nothing about the rich history that these four living creatures must have shared with God over the eons, but we do know their purpose is to stay alert and keep watch over His kingdom that no unclean thing should enter through the perpetually open doors, as Jesus commanded us to stay vigilant and keep watch over our souls that no unclean thing should enter our hearts (Lk 17-21).

(84b) Thy kingdom come >> Be on the alert >> Remain on duty >> Keep watch – The purpose of the four living creatures “full of eyes in front and behind” is to guard God’s throne from intruders who would seek to enter the gates of the holy city with evil intent. Being omnipotent, God is able to protect His throne, and being omniscient, He knows from eternity past the moment anyone would attempt to challenge His authority, but He enjoys delegating authority to His creation. See also: Cherubim guard the throne; Rev 4,8-11; 244b

(125k) Thy kingdom come >> Manifestations of faith >> Peace >> God is at peace >> The God of peace – We are familiar with the ocean that is seemingly infinite. When he speaks of a sea of glass, John is alluding to a sea that is completely placid with no wind breaking its surface, wind suggestive of the prince of the power of the air. It is a sea of people, God’s worshipers who number in the billions, at peace, one of the fruits of the Spirit. In the midst of all this would-be terror come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder, yet no one makes a ripple, for all are at peace with God that surpasses all comprehension (Phi 4-7), because they know they are safe around their Master's throne.

(136i) Temple >> Your spirit is the temple of God >> The body of Christ >> Body of Christ is the Church

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Rev 4,8-11

(73f) Authority >> Respect Positions Of Authority >> Respect the Father’s Authority

(81l) Thy kingdom come >> Pray without ceasing >> For the Church >> Anointing to pray

(101d) Thy kingdom come >> Zeal does not count the cost >> Zeal of God has consumed me

(109a) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Revelations of the Holy Spirit >> Spirit reveals the Father – The ramifications of being created in the image of God has stirred much debate. One thing we know, it doesn’t refer to His appearance; whether or not we look like God is irrelevant. We are made in His image in terms of His internal attributes; therefore, He teaches us to love, because that is His primary attribute. Jesus was human before He was born the son of Mary; then He became a man, and He will forever remain a man, but whether the Father has the appearance of a man is doubtful. When we look in the mirror, we see the physical attributes of our form, but if the Father looked in the mirror, He would see the epitome of faith, which is the substance of God, and what form that takes is anybody’s guess. We know that the Father is more than a Spirit, because the Holy Spirit holds that position. Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit and He also talked about the Father as separate entities. Although God is Spirit (Jn 4-24), He is also the origin of faith. We can say that the Holy Spirit and faith are the same (2Cor 4-13), which is the language of the trinity; each member is the same in some ways yet different in others. Jesus promised that He would come to us (Jn 14-18), so He sent the Holy Spirit, meaning He and the Spirit are one, so the Father and Son are one. Therefore, we understand Jesus through the Spirit of Truth (1Jn 4-6), and we understand the Father through Christ. See also: God's substance is faith; Rev 21-3; 104h

(133a) Temple >> Your body is the temple of God >> Holiness >> God is holy >> The Father is holy

(150i) Witness >> Validity of Jesus Christ >> Works of the Church bear witness of Jesus >> Speak the word of the Spirit >> Speaking the words that God has spoken to you

(244b) Kingdom of God >> The eternal kingdom >> There shall be no end to his increase >> The Father is eternally glorified – When these four living creatures give glory to God, they glorify the Father, who is “God”. They worshipped the one from whom all things flow, and the Son is subjected to Him. In the beginning, when God said in Genesis 1-26, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness,” that was the Father speaking to the Son, and we didn’t hear a retort saying, ‘I have a better idea.’ It was the Father’s will that He should create man in His image, and the Son was in full agreement, and the Father involved His Son and the Holy Spirit in His creation of man. In the same way, God doesn’t need these four living creatures full of eyes to guard His throne, but He created them and gave them this authority because He enjoys delegating authority to His creation, yet the more authority He delegates, the more authority He has. Many people don’t understand this; they refuse to delegate authority in fear of losing it, but this requires them to do everything for themselves without any help, causing them to be less in control. When people delegate authority, their power and influence increases, in that the one who receives authority is subject to the one who gave it to him, and credit for all accomplishments that happen under him goes to the top. God delegates authority to all His creatures and takes credit for what they do. He has lost nothing by giving away His kingdom but has exponentially increased it. See also: Cherubim guard the throne; 252h / Church has authority of Christ; Jn 5-19; 87c

(252h) Trinity >> You shall put no other gods before Me >> Worship God >> Worship God for who He is >> Worship God for being God – This chapter depicts the worship of God in heaven, and these four living creatures, the seraphim of glory, lead the chorus. Compare that with people who refuse to hear the gospel message or want anything to do with Him. The last place they want to be is in heaven, yet it is home to the children of God who love Him. God’s people worship Him; we are amazed at Him who is so far beyond us. There are lots of people in the world who think God is the ultimate narcissist as though He needs all attention on Himself, for man and angel alike to sing His praises, but it is not He who needs our worship, but we who need to worship Him. He proved this by sending His Son to die on a cross at the hands of a vial and hostile world; He was anything but worshipped. God is first and foremost a servant, which beckons us to worship Him. Also, we worship Him to avoid organizing a coup against Him. That is, if we don’t worship God, we will worship ourselves, which would make us jealous of Him, having proven this throughout history. We have an innate need to find the person who created us and worship Him. Case in point, “Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, 'Teacher, rebuke your disciples!' 'I tell you,' He replied, 'if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out” (Lk 19-39,40). We want to give thanks to someone for our existence, and who better to give thanks than the one who created us? If we worship ourselves, it will destroy us, but if we worship God, He will preserve us forever. See also: worship God; Rev 4-11; 212a / Cherubim guard the throne; Rev 4-11; 151i

Rev 4,9-11

(77m) Thy kingdom come >> Being Humble Before God >> Exalting God through humility

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Rev 4-10,11

(98g) Thy kingdom come >> Endurance (Thorn in the flesh) >> (Faith à Suffering à Glory of Christ) >> The resurrection – These twenty-four elders were human. They were people who were delivered from their sins, washed clean by the blood of the lamb and placed before His throne, people like Moses and Elijah. We know the struggle they experienced because we are going through it too, but we don’t know what the four living creatures experienced to receive their place before the throne (Vs 6-8). We are like butterflies that go through metamorphosis; we are currently in the caterpillar (worm) stage; death is the chrysalis, and the resurrection is the butterfly. We don’t know if the four living creatures had to go through a metamorphosis as we must; there is no mention of it. We may be the only creatures who must die to be resurrected. The angels who sinned with Lucifer essentially died with no hope of being redeemed; they dwell in the disembodied realm of the undead, and mankind will follow them to eternal damnation who reject the salvation of Christ.

Rev 4-11

(151i) Witness >> Validity of the Father >> Witnesses of the father >> Creation is evidence of God >> No other source but God can explain the creation – These four living creatures are full of eyes; they see everything, and God placed them around His throne as it were so nobody could sneak up on Him. At the same time, God is all-knowing; He knows the end from the beginning, if someone were to sneak up on Him, He would have known about it a billion eons beforehand and would be ready for him. These four living creatures in that sense are emblematic of God’s foreknowledge. God believes in materializing everything that is real. For example, the human brain, the most organized structure in the known universe, is a highly complex organ that physically houses the thoughts of our soul. We know that the brain merely consists of soft, gray matter, yet it is able to emulate our soul. We know this tissue is not our identity, but it represents us. God will do the same throughout His entire creation forever; He will give us a body, and He will make things in demonstration of His abilities. The four living creatures full of eyes who are watching God’s throne would warn Him of any would-be intruders, but the real purpose for these four living creatures is to give the inhabitants of heaven one more layer of security, one more reason we need never look over their shoulder for danger. See also: Cherubim guard the throne; Rev 4,1-11; 224b

(212a) Sovereignty >> God is infinite >> He is the creator >> The creation glorifies God >> The creation exemplifies God’s sovereignty – Anyone who does not want to know God essentially wants to be god. He created us to be His worshipers, and if we don’t worship Him, we will invariably worship ourselves. The worship of man is like homosexuality in that people who worship themselves are fascinated with things of their own nature, whereas worshippers of God are fascinated with Him is different from us, being the Creator and Owner of all things, that He has all power and authority and that He never had a beginning. For this reason to worship ourselves or demons or other people is unnatural and depraved. The reason people don’t want to worship God is that they have aspirations of being god, and therefore consider God their rival. God honors their wishes and has prepared a place for them outside His presence where they can worship themselves forever, a place of their own stripped of every attribute of God's character. Subtract God from the creation and we get hell (Jm 1-16,17). Sadly, most people would rather worship themselves in hell than worship God in heaven. It may be a place of misery and horror and fear and torment, but to them it is somehow better than heaven. See also: worship God; Rev 4,8-11; 252h

(248b) Priorities >> God’s priorities >> The will of God >> God exercises His will

(50ea) Judgment >> Sequence of Revelations >> First half of the tribulation >> Heavenly ceremony prior to the seals – The book was sealed with seven seals, but there was writing on the back, which was not sealed, telling how the story ends, speaking about the new heavens and the new earth. The Old Testament has already told us about this Millennium that is coming, the beginning of Christ's eternal reign, a thousand years of peace on earth before He makes all things new. These things have been detailed by Israel's ancient prophets, but the great tribulation is a system of events that God wants to keep somewhat of a mystery, though many of its events have been written in the book of Daniel (Dan 12-4). Now that the New Testament has come, those seven seals have been broken, and we can open the book and read for ourselves what takes place during the great tribulation prior to this millennial kingdom that is coming. Each seal represents a divine judgment greater than the last.

(71i) Authority >> Ordained by God >> Jesus is ordained by God – The cross was Christ's purpose and calling. He was predestined to suffer for the sake of God's children, and accepting His destiny has ordained Him to judge the world. That is, the only one worthy to judge the world is the one who spilled His blood to save it. The Father ordained Christ to shed His blood for the sins of mankind, and after they rebelled and rejected the gift of His grace, He ordained the Son to judge them. In other words, His judgment comes as a direct result of the cross. Last time God judged the world was through Noah. Water represents the Holy Spirit, and much later God released a flood of his grace upon the earth at Pentecost. Soon God will recompense the world with fire, according to the words of John the Baptist, "As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Mat 3-11). Therefore, Jesus was greater than John the Baptist by as much as God is greater than Noah. Jesus was God in human flesh, the very Creator of the universe, the King of heaven and of angels; He had the highest authority of all creation, and this exponentially increased the grace that He released into the world by the sacrifice of Himself. This selfless act by the highest authority acts as the standard that He uses to determine the severity of His judgment. See also: Jesus the judge; Rev 5,1-5; 11e / God Judges the wicked through the cross; Rev 16,1-21; 49h

(223k) Description Of Heaven (Key verse)

(230h) Kingdom of God >> God’s kingdom is a living organism >> Mystery of godliness >> Mystery of the trinity >> Obey the mystery of godliness like Jesus did

Rev 5,1-5

(11e) Servant >> Jesus is our standard – We do not have authority to be judgmental, only to heal and bless. Judgmental people have no choice but to be their own standard, because if they used Christ as their standard, they would have to judge themselves first, which would correct their malediction to judge others. God has given Christ authority to execute judgment because He judged sin in His own flesh. Jn 5-27 says “[the Father] gave [Christ] authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.” Son of man means son of all men, smaller than anyone, and in that smallness “He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation” (Heb 5,7-9). See also: Jesus the judge; Rev 5,2-9; 39l

(16d) Sin >> Man’s nature is instinctively evil >> Disobedient to the will of God – John began to weep because he was afraid the judgment of God would never come, though there are many people in the world who do not know God, who are on the receiving end of God’s judgment, who have a different view, who hope His judgment never comes. Proverbs 10-29 says, “The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright, But ruin to the workers of iniquity.” The righteous see God's judgment as good, analogous to a surgeon’s knife that injures the patient in the process of healing him, whereas the wicked see God through hearts of evil and project their own wickedness onto Him. The wicked think God should leave them alone and let them do what they want; meanwhile, their victims blame God for allowing their evil to continue. The next day they switch roles, but both the judgmental and their victims see God as evil. The only ones who believe in God's judgment are those who trust Him and worship Him.

(63a) Paradox >> Anomalies >> Righteous deception >> Jesus deceives His people

(111f) Thy kingdom come >> Faith >> Spirit and the word >> Word and the power (meaning) of God >> Word in obedience cannot evade the power of God – After Jesus overcame sin on the cross, God gave Him authority to execute judgment in the world, and one day He will come on a white horse with all His servants behind Him and take dominion over the earth, and destroy those who oppose His righteousness in the administration of His judgment. Our administration is against demonic forces of wickedness that wage war against the saints and against our gospel that we preach in the world to save those who believe. To the degree that we overcome sin is the degree that we have spiritual authority to preach the gospel and be the world’s conscience. Without Christ's victory over sin we have no power over Satan, who is the accuser of the brethren, and without personal victory over sin, we are just as guilty as the people we are trying to save. God wants to see a contrast between us and the world by our faith. The devil wants to place us under bondage to our addictive sins, but nothing has power to overcome the demonic forces in our flesh that pull us into their dark domain, except faith in Jesus' blood sacrifice. 1Jn 5-4 says, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith.”

(227j) Kingdom of God >> God’s kingdom is a living organism >> God working in you >> Dependence on Jesus >> Depending on Jesus to fulfill His purpose in us

(253f) Trinity >> Relationship between Father and Son >> Father and Son glorify each other >> Holy Spirit honors the Son through the Father >> Father honors the Son who honors the Father

Rev 5-1

(40h) Judgment >> Judgment of Christ >> God’s word judges the world >> It does not obey Him – The first five seals are the tortures that man inflicts upon himself in Satan's wrath, though these seals are considered judgments from God, and the sixth seal is a giant earthquake, but the seventh seal contains the seven trumpets of God's judgment. Note, however, that the seventh trumpet does not contain the seven bowls of God’s wrath. This suggest that there are two categories of God's judgment, the Seals that include the Trumpets that occur when the saints are on the earth, and the Bowls that occur after they are gone.