The FaithFul of God

The FaithFul of God

Revelation 6-13 basically shows the world RUINED BY MAN. With all restraint removed, with passions allowed to run their course, with Satanic influence.
Psalm 20:1-2,
1 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you;
May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
2 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
(Could this be the 144,000 seen by God at that future moment in Revelation 14?);
Psalm 48:1-2 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.
2 beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King. (What causes all the powers of earth to gather at Jerusalem? Armageddon signal the culmination of man’s hatred of God and His Throne.)
Psalm 74:2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance,
which You have redeemed— This Mount Zion where You have dwelt. (When the 144,000 sing on the mount, they
sing as the ones who were purchased of God and redeemed.)
Psalm 76:2-9 In Salem also is His tabernacle,
And His dwelling place in Zion.
3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, The shield and sword of battle.
Selah
4 You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.
6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
7 You, Yourself, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence When once You are angry?
8 You caused judgment to be heard from
heaven; The earth feared and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment, To deliver all the oppressed of the
earth. Selah (What a description of the utter futility of mankind gathered to fight the Almighty!)
Psalm 102:13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion;
For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come. (Many times God delivered His people and heir city,
but now THE time has come!) Psalm 110:2 The Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies! (Here is the King of Kings exercising His power from Zion!)
Psalm 137:1-9
1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.
3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song In a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!
6 If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth— If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem, Who said, “Raze it, raze it, To its very foundation!”
8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!
Power unrestrained, with evil plans long held back, but to full mammon, it is awful.
* But from Revelation 14-20 we see a new perspective, the world RESCUED BY GOD.
21 HEAVENLY VISTAS:
FATHER                 SON              SPIRIT
Zion                   Lamb               New Song (Eph. 5)
Father                144,000           Angels (Heb 1:14 min spirits)
Throne               24 Elders         Babylon the Great
Cherubim           Eternal            Holy Angels Gen 6:4 not strive
Wrath of God     Creator           Mark of the Beast
200 Miles of Blood  Hell            Saints Gospel
Temple                 Faith in Jesus Spirit
There are two parts to this chapter 14.
In the first 8 verses we see the DELIGHTS
OF LIFE WITH JESUS:
With Jesus are the v. 1-5 blameless, unstoppable
witnesses: note the contrast of their character to the World about them.
* SECURITY IN THE FACE OF DANGERS
v. 1-2 as the World plunges into desolation and destruction here stands living proof of God’s care.
Heaven as Ray Steadman says as it is pictured in the Bible, is actually another dimension of existence, just beyond the reach of our five senses. You can be in Heaven at the same time you are on Earth. As I read these prophetic passages of Scripture, I become more and more convinced that this is clearly the case: the Church is with the Lord — but the Lord is on the Earth,
throughout those seven turbulent years! The Church is with the Lord, but it is invisible to the rest of the World, ministering to this select group of 144,000 Jews. During this time, Jesus will periodically appear to these living Jesus,
standing with them and empowering them for their mission. If this is true, then Jesus will be in exactly the same condition with them as He was with the eleven disciples after His resurrection, when for a period of 40 days He appeared to them from time to time. As you examine the gospel accounts of the time between the Lord’s resurrection and ascension, you find He was often with them in various times, various places, and suddenly He would not
be with them. It was as if He would step back into the realm of invisibility after appearing for a while in their midst.
* JOY IN THE MIDST OF DESOLATION v. 3 notice that rising above the screams of anguish and hatred rises the beauty of a new song. Like Jeremiah in the smoking ruins of Jerusalem in Lamentations, we see God’s faithfulness anywhere anytime. These saints express their intimacy with Jesus by a new “song no one knows but them”. This is a second of three new treasures God gives His servants. v.1 has a new name,
v. 3a has a new song and
 v. 3b has a new destination. When we are redeemed by the substitutionary work of Jesus on our behalf we receive a NEW NAME to show we are His new creations in Christ. Then we get to live full of the Holy Spirit and we experience that NEW SONG which we sing all through life
* PURITY IN THE SEA OF FILTH
v. 4a purity not immorality in a world of
v. 8 universal fornication, the wine of passion.
Notice the great benefit of purity is v. 4b
SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY
They follow the Lamb wherever He goes! This
is not a reference that physical love is sinful. Rather they have neither been involved in the licentiousness of immorality not in the spiritual sense these have never committed the spiritual adultery of loving the World and on apostasy as in James 4:4-5
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
II Cor. 11:2
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
* TRUTH IN A WORLD OF LIES
v. 5 honesty not deceit. And what is
marvelous is that the Holy Spirit presents these martyrs as the heroes of the Book of Revelation. The Company of the Lamb are those who rest in the absolutely delights of His SECURITY, JOY, PURITY and TRUTH. They are like Jesus of Whom it was said
1 Peter 2:22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
* HOPE IN THE LAND OF DOOM. THESE SERVANTS STANDING
with in v 6-7 are witnesses of the endless, unchangeable gospel:
Mankind’s only hope is to bow to their Creator; reach out to their Redeemer; or face Him as Judge.

Any of any age–law, Church, kingdom–is by the sovereign grace of God, on the basis of the work that was accomplished by our Lord’s atoning death. The eternal gospel is a proclamation to all that dwell upon the Earth and to every creature.

“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.
REMEMBER THE TIDE OF THE BATTLE TURNS IN REVELATION 14 Part 2

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