According To The
Scriptures:
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
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(Red: Jesus)
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REVELATION 10
THE SEVENTH ANGEL
1 And I saw another mighty angel come
down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head,
and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little
book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot
on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as
when a lion roareth: and when he had cried,
seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had
uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and
write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand
upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware
by him [Jesus] that liveth for ever and ever, who
created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things
that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein [Jesus], that
there should be time no longer:
7 But in
the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the
mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the
prophets.
In order to get the full benefit of this lesson, each
student will need to open the Bible to the 12th chapter of the book
of
"21 To him that overcometh will I
grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down
with my Father in his throne."
The Holy Ghost had inspired Paul to write 15 chapters
instructing the church at
1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be
a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to
that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that
shall be found written in the book (Dan. 12:1).
Speaking of
4 But thou, O
7 And
I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the
river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever
[Jesus] that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he
shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things
shall be finished (Dan. 12:7).
13 But go
thou thy way till the end [of the 3 ½ years] be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days
(Dan. 12:13).
No prophecy that I can find has any Old Testament saint
being caught up with the church saints of I Thess.
4:17.
Those who died before the flood of Noah's day are told
that their resurrection will be when "the Lord cometh with ten thousands
of his saints" (Jude verse 14). This was prophesied by Enoch:
14 And
Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the
Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints (Jude verse 14).
The pre-flood saints will come forth at the end of the
tribulation. The Old Testament saints will come forth when the Lord comes with
His saints.
4 And his
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst
thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very
great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half
of it toward the south (Zech. 14:4).
This is when Jesus comes back to the earth: "...and
the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee" (Zech.
14:5).
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though
after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I
see God: (Job 19:25-26).
Only the New Testament saints have the promise of being
caught up (I Thess. 4:17). After the church overcomers are caught up, there will be seven years of tribulation.
The last 3 ½ years will be worse than anything that has happened or ever will
happen on earth (Matt. 24: 21).
To be saved by grace, scripturally baptized, and faithful
in one of the Lord's churches is the only way to avoid the tribulation. Trust
Jesus now!
THE LITTLE BOOK:
A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW
Rev. 10:2-10:
2 And he had in his hand a little book
open . . .
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the
little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth
upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him,
Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up;
and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel's
hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I
had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Why
was it sweet and bitter? The Lord puts preachers in a position so that if the
preachers warn the wicked of their wickedness and responsibilities they (the
preachers) will be rewarded; but if they don't warn the wicked and they (the
wicked) die in their wickedness the preacher bears the punishment for their
wickedness.
Read
Eze. 2:2-3:18. Ezekiel was also told to eat a book.
How can something be sweet in the mouth and bitter in the stomach? Notice how
sweet the plan of salvation is:
8 For by grace [unmerited
favor] are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God:
9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast (Eph. 2:8-9).
How
sweet! All people like to receive gifts.
But
now the bitter!
10 For
we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God
hath before ordained that we should walk in them (Eph. 2:10).
Now
that isn't quite so sweet!
But
talk about a real bitter pill to swallow! After receiving the gift of God we
are commanded to tithe. Jesus demanded that once we have received
"‚¦judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye
to have done, and not to leave the other [tithe] undone"
(Matt. 23:23). Wow! That is bitter! We are not to tithe because of the law
but because it is God's way of giving back to Him before the law.
8 And here men that die
receive tithes; but there he receiveth
them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth
(Heb. 7:8).
This
is after the resurrection of Jesus. It is important to notice that the Holy
Ghost inspired the writer to go beyond the law to the days of Melchisedec which teaches us that tithing has always been
God's principal way of giving (Heb. 7:2).
It
has been said that you can shoot a Baptist in his heart and he will walk on ~
but if you shoot him in his billfold he will fall dead!
Sweet!
Men and women are allowed to wear shorts, and women are allowed to go to church
with their breasts half revealed.
Bitter!
2 . . .
¦make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
3 Thy nakedness
shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I
will not meet thee as a man (Isa. 47:2-3).
Jesus despised the shame of being uncovered (Heb. 12:2).
Bitter!
9 ...Be
not deceived: neither fornicators [single people having premarital sex], nor
idolaters [those who use statues, pictures, or things to worship], nor
adulterers [married people having illicit sex], nor effeminate [womanish], nor
abusers of themselves with mankind [homosexuals or lesbians],
10 Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the
Sweet!
11 And
such were [past tense] some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are
sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God (I Cor.
6:11).
It
is a sad thing to have lived more than 81 years and see the churches
deteriorate to the point they have deteriorated. Let's all get rededicated by
God's help. Sell out to Jesus! Trust Jesus and follow Him completely and even
"bitter" becomes "sweet"!
QUOTE
"In any
compromise between good and evil,
it
is only evil that can profit."
Ayn
Rand
1905 -- 1982
For a deeper study on this or any other Bible subject
contact:
E. L. Johns
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