but whoever loses his life for My sake, will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Then He said to them all, if anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me, ( Luke 9:24-26, 23).
We make that choice with our King, to die to live…. and boy, what a life that He gives to those who follow Him in His way!
We understand that in chapter 13, the beast marks his followers and the Lamb of God has marked us with His Spirit…… Who’s spirit did the beast mark his followers with? Hmmmmm……
The seven declaring angels are revealing the short term version in the Spirit of warnings and admonitions to be reconciled to God TODAY because the day of the Lord is approaching and is here for those that have the mark of the beast! Do you understand what is the mark of the beast ? We do not know the day of the Lord’s return…We also, do not know the last breath we will breathe on this earth…… In all our understanding, get wisdom!
Meanwhile, the Lamb and His redeemed are with Him, watching all that is unfolding at the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ…… The white horses represent the power of the Holy Spirit….. We have died to our flesh and now live and walk by the power of the Spirit… We are marked as belonging to our Heavenly Father, we are of His Incorrutible Seed.
First angel cries out—- Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water, ( Revelation 14:7).
Second angel cries out—- Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine, of the wrath of her fornication, (Revelation 14:8).
Third angel cries out—- If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name, ( Revelation 14:9-11).
Then a voice from heaven gives the saints instructions: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow them, (Revelation 14:13).
Did you notice who has rest and who won’t for all eternity? Our faith produces rest in our God now and forever, in His Son and in the power of His Spirit to fulfill His word and purpose in our lives……. That is rest and peace!
Amen and Amen!
Now here comes the Judge in verse 14!!!!!!! Extol the One who rides on the clouds, what is His name? His name is Yah! And rejoice before Him. The King, the King of glory. The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle……..( Psalms 68 & 24).
Fourth angels cries out—– not to us, but to the Lord,——Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe, ( Revelation 14:15).
Fifth angel shows up to assist the Lord in the harvest in verse 16.
Sixth angel cries out— Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe, ( Revelation 14:18).
Seventh angel—– Thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs, (Revelation 14:19-20)
May I put to you, that after reading this chapter, we have grown to a deeper understanding of the verse 17-18 of 2 Corinthians 4: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Judgment is real and has come to all! Yes to all! But as Jesus Christ spoke in John 3:17-21, For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.
May I also put to you another tradition that may need to be shaken up a bit…… The Christian world speaks of a great harvest at the end time ( Only the Father knows so when is this to happen?)……. It references to a great number of people coming to Christ at the end of this age. Where is that written?
Again where is that written? How did the traditions of men get that meaning? Harvest according to Strong’s Concordance means to reap….. That is judgment or blessing depending if one lived their life here sowing to the flesh or to the Spirit…. as written in Galatians 6:7-8:
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
Is this struggling tradition among the Christian world because we don’t like the word-Eternal Judgment…. Could this be because it makes the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ easier to swallow…..God forbid that we water down the Truth and Grace of God. We do not need to help God draw people unto Himself. He does and has been doing the that since time!!!!!
He does not need our man made ways to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ…… That is why He generously gave us His Spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks the words of knowledge and wisdom to others through us so that they may know God knows their hearts, so they may turn. God wants them to be reconciled to Him through His Son……
He wants us as empty vessels so His Spirit may have dominion through and over us to catch the hearts that He has stirred to come to Him….. Judgment has fallen on all mankind, but the grace of God found in our Beloved Savior is freely given……as well as His Holy Spirit…..
Be found in the Lord on His great and terrible day….. For He is coming to be revealed in us, His saints….. We do not know exactly how that will be in the Spirit and the natural eye…. But it is written and we can bank on His return to His creation….His viewing will be to all. We who died in Christ, have resurrected in Him and will be as He is as scripture says!
The Son in all His glory….. The fullness of God presented to all of Creation. We will be there, brothers and sisters in Christ, if we hold on to the confession of our faith….
And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our confession, ( Hebrews 4:13-14).
Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection( maturity), not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him into open shame.
For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you (us), yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner, (Hebrews 6:1-9).
Your eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall see the land that is very far off, ( Isaiah 33:17).
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go, ( Joshua 1:9).
We serve a great and mighty God, and His people do great exploits for their King!
Let us believe to live the unbelievable. In our Great God all things are possible to those that believe…… So stand strong in faith so we may continue to see the revelation of our King in and through His people !
Selah!
