REVELATION 15

Part 2

JESUS IS FAITHFUL (TEMPLE)

REVELATION 15:5-7

5 After these things I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.

6 And out of the temple came the seven angels having the seven plagues, clothed in pure bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.

7 Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels

 seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever.

What does the Tabernacle signify? The Old Testament states seven elements of the Tabernacle:

1. THE WAY TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD as seen in the Shekinah Glory (100x Rev.) is God’s sign of His Glorious Presence from Eden onward. JESUS IS OUR EMMANUEL, GOD WITH US! Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with  child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”

2. THE WAY OF ACCESS TO GOD Exodus 33:7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp,  and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the  tabernacle of meeting, which was outside the camp. JESUS IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD John 1:18 No one has  seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

3. THE WAY OF FORGIVENESS WITH GOD Leviticus 5:5 ‘And it shall be, when he is guilty in any of these matters, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing; JESUS IS OUR CLEANSING 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses  us from all sin.

4. THE WAY OF GUIDANCE BY GOD Exodus 40:34-38

34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud  rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

36 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above

 the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys.

37 But if the cloud was not taken up,  then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.38 For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle  by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

 Jesus said follow Him.  John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who  follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

5. THE WAY OF PROTECTION FROM GOD 1 Samuel 5:1-4 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon and set it by Dagon.3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again.4 And when they arose early  the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torso was left of it. JESUS PROMISED US HIS CARE John 10:28 “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them  out of My hand.

6. THE WAY OF CLEANSING WITH GOD Leviticus 19:21-22

21 And he shall bring his trespass offering to the Lord, to the  door of the tabernacle of meeting, a ram as a trespass offering.

22 ‘The priest shall make atonement for him with  the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he has ommitted. And the sin, which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

JESUS HAS OPENED THE WAY FOR US Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart  in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

7. THE WAY OF BLESSINGS FROM GOD Isaiah 58:14 Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to  ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has  spoken.”

JESUS ALONE OFFERS THE OVERFLOWING LIFE John 10:10 “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,  and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

JESUS IS HOLY (CLOTHING) v. 6

JESUS IS ETERNAL (CREATURES)  v. 7

JESUS IS WRATHFUL (SMOKE)  v. 8

God’s Final Call The Glory of COMPLETION

No one will enter. Some day it will be too late: As in:  Genesis 6:5-7 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness  of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

7 So the Lord said,

 “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

The Smoke portrays God’s judgment. As Luke 12:20  “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’,  (No smoke in the tabernacle/temple,  but there is smoke with the Judgment, Ex. 19:18/Is. 6:4). Note Heb. 3:9 + 15, Mt. 25:1-13 and Lam. 3:43-44.

MOSES                  LAMB

Red Sea                 Crystal Sea

Triumph Egypt  Triumph Babylon

How God brought out people How God brings in

First Song           Last

Execute foe           Same

Expect saints           Same

Exalt Lord            Same

Sung by redeemed    Raptured

“Long before  that deliverance, there had occurred an even greater judgment and redemption by the waters of the sea,  ‘when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah,. wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by  water’ (1 Pet. 3:20).  The same waters, which had destroyed an ungodly World, had saved the believing remnant from  destruction by that World.  It is interesting also that the waters of baptism, symbolizing death to sinfulness and  resurrection unto holiness, are compared both to the waters of the Red Sea (1 Cor. 10:1, 2) and to the waters of   the great Flood (1 Pet. 3:20, 21).

“Thus will the sea at the Heavenly Throne perpetually call to remembrance the waters of the Flood, the waters of the

 Red Sea and the waters of baptism, all speaking both of God’s judgment on the wickedness of rebellious men and His

 great salvation for those who trust Him and obey His Word.  This last company of persecuted believers had experienced

 these also, in high degree, and so could join heartily in singing the ancient song of Moses.

“But also they could gladly join all the other redeemed hosts (Revelation 5:8-14) in the great anthem of the Lamb.

It was only because of His gracious work on their behalf that God was able to save them.  They had been able to overcome the beast and the dragon not only because of their willingness to witness and to die for their faith, but first of all ‘by the blood of the Lamb’ (Revelation 12:11).

“There is surely no conflict, as some have taught, between the dispensations of Moses and the Lamb.  The written law was given by Moses, and grace and truth came through Jesus (Jn. 1:17); both are integral components of God’s will for man.  The contrasting ‘but’ of Jn. 1”17 is not in the original.  The redeemed saints could with equal faith and enthusiasm sing the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb.

“Though neither of these songs, as recorded in Exodus 15 and Revelation 5, contains the precise ascription’s cited in this passage, the exalted words are perfectly consistent with both.  His works (whether the mighty miracle at the Red Sea or the even greater miracle at Calvary and the empty tomb) are indeed ‘great and marvelous.’  His ways  (whether the destruction of rebellious Pharaoh or the sacrifice of His sinless Son on a cross of (substitution)  are surely just and true.  Whatsoever God doeth is right, and whatsoever He saith is true.

“He is the ‘Lord God Almighty’ (a term used five times in Revelation, and nowhere else).  ‘Almighty’ (Greek pantokrator)  is a synonym for ‘omnipotent.’  He is also long-suffering, desiring men to come to repentance, but one day soon  He will assume His great power and reign (Revelation 11:17).  He is Creator of all–therefore Sovereign of all!

“But also He is ‘King of Saints.’  This title is used in no other passage, and a few of the manuscripts render it ‘King of Nations,’ others ‘King of Ages.’  However, neither of these two titles appears anywhere else either, and the King James rendition, based on the Received Text, best fits the context.”

…The martyrs died the most savage deaths and yet they are said to have emerged victorious.  It was the very fact  that they had died that made them victors; if they had remained alive by being false to their faith, they would  have been the defeated.  Again and again the records of the early Church describe a day of martyrdom as a day of  victory.  In the record of the martyrdom of Saint Perpetua we read: “The day of their victory dawned, and they  walked from prison to the amphitheater as if they were walking to Heaven, happy and serene in countenance.”

Jesus said: “Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” (Mt. 16:25).

“Only one life to live and soon is past

Only what’s done for Christ will last!”

Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.