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.
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