| FIFTH LETTER "SARDIS" REV. 3:1-6 READ REV. 3:1-6, HE THAT IS (FILLED WITH) THE SEVEN SPIRITS AND THE SEVEN STARS (MESSENGERS) SPEAKS, I KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU HAST A NAME (NATURE) THAT THOU LIVEST, AND ART DEAD. GAL. 2:20, "I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, NEVERTHELESS I LIVE. YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD..." REV. 3:2, BE WATCHFUL, (IF YOU ARE CONVERTED) AND STRENGTHEN THE THINGS WHICH (LIT. THOSE WHO) REMAIN, READY TO DIE (TO THE FLESH). LUKE 22:32, "BUT I HAVE PRAYED FOR THEE, THAT THY FAITH FAIL NOT; AND WHEN THOU ART CONVERTED, STRENGTHEN THY BRETHREN." REV. 3:2, HOWEVER, YOUR (OWN) WORKS ARE NOT YET PERFECTED. REMEMBER HOW (NOT WHAT) YE HAVE HEARD AND RECEIVED, HOLD FAST (TO WHAT THE SPIRIT REVEALS), AND REPENT (GOD'S GIFTS CHANGE YOUR SOULISH UNDERSTANDING TO HIS SPIRITUAL WISDOM). WATCH (STAY ALERT) OR I WILL COME (APPEAR TO BE) AS A THIEF (THE ENEMY). A FEW IN SARDIS HAVE NOT DEFILED THEIR GARMENTS; THEY ARE WORTHY. HE THAT OVERCOMES SHALL BE CLOTHED (COVERED) IN WHITE (LIGHT) RAIMENT AND I WILL NOT BLOT OUT HIS (YOUR) NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, BUT I WILL CONFESS HIS NAME (NATURE) BEFORE MY FATHER, AND HIS HOLY ANGELS (MESSENGERS). JESUS WILL AQUAINT THE FATHER WITH YOUR NAME. FIFTH SEAL "SOULS UNDER THE ALTAR" REV. 6:9-11 READ REV. 6:9-11, UNDER THE ALTAR (OF INCENSE) THE SOULS OF THEM (WHOSE RATIONAL MINDS) WERE SLAIN FOR THE WORD OF GOD, AND FOR THEIR TESTIMONY, CRY WITH A LOUD VOICE SAYING, "HOW LONG, O LORD, HOLY AND TRUE, DOST THOU NOT JUDGE AND AVENGE OUR BLOOD (STILL TEACH THE MESSAGE OF ETERNAL JUDGEMENT) ON THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH?" WHITE (LIGHT) ROBES WERE GIVEN THEM AND THEY WERE TOLD TO REST, FOR A LITTLE SEASON (AN APPOINTED TIME), UNTIL THEIR FELLOW-SERVANTS AND THEIR BRETHREN, THAT SHOULD BE KILLED (WHO MUST SACRIFICE THEIR IRRATIONAL MINDS AND BE PERFECTED), MUST BE FULFILLED (ENDED). FIFTH TRUMPET "FIRST WOE" REV. 9:1-12 READ REV. 9:1-12, A MESSENGER WITH THE POWER OF THE WORD OPENS THE BOTTOMLESS PIT AND THERE AROSE A SMOKE OF A GREAT FURNACE (HEATED FIVE TIMES HOTTER); AND THE SUN AND AIR (RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL SOUL) WERE DARKENED. OUT OF THE SMOKE (FALSE DOCTRINE) CAME LOCUSTS AND (THEIR MESSAGE) HAD POWER AS THE SCORPIONS (TAILS). THEY CANNOT HURT THE GRASS (SHEEP FOOD) OR ANY GREEN (LIVING) THING, BUT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE NOT THE SEAL (THE HOLY SPIRIT) IN THEIR FOREHEADS (3359 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY). THEY ARE TORMENTED FIVE MONTHS WITH THE WORDS OF THEIR OWN MESSAGE. IN THOSE DAYS MEN SHALL SEEK DEATH (TO BRING FREEDOM FROM THEIR PAIN AND TRIBULATION) AND NOT FIND IT. THEY DESIRE TO DIE (THE DEATH WE HAVE DIED) AND DEATH SHALL FLEE AWAY FROM THEM (THEY WILL NOT RECIEVE THE MESSAGE OF NON-JUDGEMENT). THE LOCUSTS WERE SHAPED (ARRAYED) LIKE HORSES PREPARED FOR BATTLE, HAVING CROWNS LIKE (BUT NOT OF) GOLD. THEY HAD THE FACES (WILL) OF MEN AND THEIR HAIR OF WOMEN (THE WHORE), AND TEETH OF LIONS (TO TEAR FLESH) AND BREASTPLATES AS IF OF IRON (FOR WAR) AND THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS (MESSAGE) AS THE SOUND OF CHARIOTS AND MANY HORSES RUNNING TO BATTLE (TO JUDGE). STINGS WERE IN THEIR TAILS TO HURT MEN FIVE MONTHS (THE HEB. CALENDAR HAD ONLY TEN MONTHS, SO THIS MEANS HALF A PERIOD OF TIME). THE KING (ANGEL) OVER THEM...CALLED ABADDON (HEB. 11 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY, DESTROYING), BUT IN THE GREEK IS CALLED APOLLYON (623 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY, RUIN OR ROT). PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD, ONE WOE IS PASSED. READ REV. 9:1-12, THEN 3:1-6. (28) |
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