Revelation 1:10

¹⁰ I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a war trumpet,

 

·         There are times when the Holy Spirit just empowers us to another level. Paul was raised up to the third heaven by the power of the Spirit, 2 Corinthians 12:2. Stephen saw the glory of Jesus and shined as the sun as he was being stoned by the power of the Spirit, Acts 6. Just the shadow of Peter would heal people because of the power of the Holy Spirit that was working through him, Acts 5:15.

 

·         Look for our Father’s glory, eagerly desire it, and actually hope that He is willing and able to use you, just as He used all of our brothers and sisters that we read about in the Word. Ask yourself this question, why not me? Peter denied Jesus three times and our Father still used him. King David committed adultery and then killed off the woman’s husband and our Father still used him. So ask yourself, why not me Father? 

 

·         The Lord’s Day seems to represent Sunday. But it really doesn’t say. Even if it was Sunday this doesn’t mean that we have to worship our Father on a certain day. Many try to use this verse to tell us that our Father changed the Sabbath Day.

 

·         One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike [sacred]. Let everyone be fully convinced (satisfied) in his own mind. Romans 14:5

 

·         Don’t get all caught up on a day. Every day we are new creatures in Christ. Every day we are more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. So for the truly saved, every day is our Lord’s Day to use us to serve the world.

Revelation 1:8-9

⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).

·         Jesus is the Ruler of all. A lot of people have a great deal of fear when it comes to the end times. The Truth’s of the Book of Revelation will put an end to those fears. The Truth that is the Cornerstone of this peace is that Jesus is the Ruler of all. Jesus is our Lord, our Friend, and our Savior. He will never leave us or forsake us and He is always in complete control. Jesus’ power will not cease keeping us during the end times.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ.

·         Look at what John was compelled to write to us: that he is a partaker in the tribulation. As Christians we will always have persecution, Jesus told us plainly that we would. But Jesus also told us to be of good cheer for He overcame the world and robbed it of its power to harm us.

·         I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] John 16:33

·         Don’t fear or try to avoid persecution. It’s going to come and amen that it does! Persecution allows us to see our Father in full action. Our Father delivering us from tribulation allows the world to see that He is alive and well. There is no better time to see just how powerful our Father is then when we lose a job, have an accusation thrown at us, or have a bad medical report. The world will accuse us and beat us and we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to bless them and forgive them for doing it to us. We do this by the power of our Father that is within us. The lost will lie to us, they will steal from us, and we will be prospered according to our Father’s riches in glory as they do. Tribulation and persecutions are game time, they are the time for our Father to shine through us. Eagerly desire to get in the game, the world needs to see our Father! 

 

·          Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us. Romans 5:3-5

 

·         So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength). 2 Corinthians 12:10

Revelation 1:7

⁷ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).

·         Cloud represents the glory of God.

 

·         The Truth is that Jesus is responsible for all of us, regardless of what we act like.

 

·         [Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. John 17:2

 

·         Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, John 5:22

 

·         Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, Hebrews 13:8. Jesus never changes, so as He judged 2000 years ago is how He will judge during the Great Tribulation and on Judgment Day.

 

·         And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. Luke 23:34

 

·         Jesus forgave those who lied about Him, who tortured Him, and who were killing him. He forgave them even though they didn’t ask to be forgiven. He forgave them even though they didn’t want to be forgiven or believe that they needed to be forgiven. As He was, so shall He be.

 

·          The Truth is also that Jesus is glorified in all of us.

 

·         But God’s free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man’s falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God’s grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many. Romans 5:15

 

·         Well then, as one man’s trespass [one man’s false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man’s act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men. Romans 5:18

 

·         All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.] John 17:10

 

·         Jesus will return and the lost will be scared when He does. His return will be as a thief in the night to them, 1 Thessalonians 5:2. They will mourn at first, but their tears shall be turned into joy. Jesus’ sacrifice will lead to the acquittal of all men. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess Him as Lord. Romans 5:18 clearly tells us that all men will be acquitted by Jesus’ sacrifice. They may not all be His Bride, or in other words all called to serve with Him, but the Wedding Feast will be filled, Matthew 22:10. Eternity will be filled with a tons of guests as Jesus told us there would be. Some will be first and some will be last, but the room will be filled. This is the glory of Jesus’ return, it is for everyone, not just those of us who know Him now.

 

·         But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:15

Revelation 1:6

And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

·        We are now royalty in Christ, we are so blessed, that now we may be called the sons of God! We have been given the very glory of our Lord and Savior, right now, so that we may be one with God, just as Jesus is One with God! 

 

·        I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: John 17:22

 

·        For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. Romans 8:29-30

 

·       We are now a Kingdom of Priests. We are not becoming a Kingdom of Priests, we are a Kingdom of Servants. Just as Jesus is a King and a High Priest, so are we, because we have been made one with Him. You see we can be no other way, we are now our Lords physical body on the earth, Ephesians 5:30. And as 1 John 4:17 teaches us, as Jesus is, so are we in this world. Jesus prayed in John 17 multiple times that we would be one with Him and Jesus was crucified to insure that we would be! Amen, we are now one with Jesus and that is why Revelation is such a great prophesy to read. Just wait and see how God is going to use the Body of Christ on this earth, it is spectacular! 

Revelation 1:5

⁵ And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and has once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood,

·        What an awesome Truth: Jesus has once and forevermore loosed and freed us from our sins! Now that is a revelation in and of itself. Amen we are right now loosed and free from sin! How great is it, that right at the beginning of our Revelation of the end times, comes the Truth that Jesus has released and loosed us from our sins? False religion wants us to be under constant condemnation of sin and the fear of sin. But the Truth that has set us free is that Jesus has once and forevermore loosed and freed us from sin, this is our salvation. This Truth is why we will be so bold, even when the world will be in its final stages. 

·        We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. Romans 6:6

·        Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:11

·        Even David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Romans 4:6-8

·        And ye are complete in Him, which is the Head of all principality and power: In Whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiving you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; Having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Colossians 2:10-15

·        But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. Romans 8:9-11

·       Our Father just clearly tells us that because of the success of Jesus, we are now loosed from sin. The Word tells us that because of Jesus we are able to consider ourselves dead to sin. Our Father tells us that we are now righteous and we are righteous apart from our works. The Word tells us that we are alive with Jesus and that our bodies that could sin have been destroyed. Our Father knew that we couldn’t keep ourselves from sin, so He sent Jesus and the Holy Spirit, Who is our Comforter, His Seven Fold Spirit, and now our freedom from sin is all just a free gift. My prayer is that all of you have this peace with our freedom from sin, because when the Holy Spirit reveals this Truth to you, all of what our Father has said becomes so easy to hear and live. There is no fear in the Truth, there is no condemnation with it, there is only peace that passes all understanding. Because of Jesus we now and forevermore have life and we have it abundantly. This revelation of our freedom through Christ is our strength and it will only increases as the turmoil's of this world increase.

Revelation 1:4

⁴ John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God’s unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace (the peace of Christ’s kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne,

·        The number 7 represents God’s timing, His completion, His fullness, blessing, sanctification, rest, kingship, or rule in prophecy.

·        Asia means: sunrise.

·        Grace comes from the Greek word: Charis it means that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, favor, loving kindness. The merciful kindness by which God exerts His influence on our souls, turns them to Christ, strengthens us, keeps us and increases our faith.

·        Laboring together [as God’s fellow workers] with Him then, we beg of you not to receive the grace of God in vain [that merciful kindness by which God exerts His holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ, keeping and strengthening them—do not receive it to no purpose]. 2 Corinthians 6:1

·        And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord-- Isaiah 11:2

·        The Seven Spirits is an explanation of all that our Father’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, does for us. John tells us that the Seven fold Spirit is before our Father’s Throne. He tells us that the Seven Fold Spirit is before the Throne to show us that He is serving us while we are still on the earth; the Spirit is before the Throne not in the Throne, thus indicating serving the children of God on the earth. The Holy Spirit is wise and He causes us to be wise as well. The Holy Spirit is understanding, He lead us to salvation even when we were lost, without any works, and He causes us to forgive as we have been forgiven. The Holy Spirit counsels us, He teaches us all things. Our Father is mighty and so is His Spirit and the Holy Spirit causes us to be more than conquerors through Christ Who loves us. He is greater in us than anything that is in this world. Our Father is knowledgeable, He knows why everything is and where it is going, and Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to show us plainly things to come. The Holy Spirit causes us to be reverent towards our Father. He causes us to be deeply respectful of our Father. Then finally the Holy Spirit causes us to obey our Father. He causes us to walk in our Fathers statutes and He causes us to keep our Father’s judgments. 

·        So one of the first things that Jesus tells us with His Revelation of the end times is that our Father will absolutely keep us and empower us. He tells us that His Grace and His Spirit will cause us to be all that He has called us to be.  

Revelation 1:2-3

² Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

³ Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near.

• Look at what Jesus tells John to tell us here: there is a blessing in reading and there is a blessing in hearing the Book of Revelation read out loud with other believers. The Truth is that there is a blessing with reading and sowing all of our Father’s Word, for whatsoever thing a man soweth, that shall he reap, Galatians 6:7. But by sowing this Revelation of Jesus, we are told that there comes a special blessing. 
• With that being the Truth can you see why satan and the world have tried to make Revelation seem so difficult to understand? Can you see why the forces of darkness have tried to have people shy away from this Book of Truth? Even if you think that you do not understand what Jesus tells us in Revelation, read it out loud anyway! Jesus tells us that there is a special blessing if we do. Our peace is that Holy Spirit will empower us to do what is needed 100% of the time, even when it comes to reading Revelation. He will use us to read it to your kids, our spouses, our friends, neighbors, siblings, parents, whoever, our peace is that the Holy Spirit will use us to read and share this Revelation. 
• The Truth set’s us free and the Truth is that this prophesy of our Lord is not hard to understand for the saved. It’s not hard for us to understand or to keep what is written because our Lord has empowered His chosen ones with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit fully understands what our Fathers will is. 
• The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27
• The Holy Spirit is our strength and through His strength we are able to fully comprehend exactly what our Father is going to do during the last years of this earth. Nothing is hard for us, our yoke is easy and our burden is light, Matthew 11:30. Jesus has given us the very Holy Spirit of our Father, to insure that there is not one little piece of His Truth that will ever be a mystery to us. We are empowered to know the Book of Revelation in its entirety! 
• The only thing of our Father that we are not permitted to know, is the exact moment of Jesus’ return, Matthew 25:13. But even though we are not permitted to know the exact hour, we are empowered with the very knowledge of our Father to know the season that Jesus will return, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3. That is why we have been given this Revelation of our Lord and Savior! Jesus will come as a thief to the lost, but we are empowered by Him to ever be awake to our Father’s Truth. 
• We are sealed until the day of our redemption. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Ephesians 4:30.

Revelation 1:1

[This is] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John,

• This revelation, a revelation of the end times, was given to Jesus to make known unto us, because we are His chosen ones. Jesus tells us that we are to know the things that are speedily coming to pass and He tells us that He wants us to know them in their entirety. That is a such great Truth, Jesus wants us to know everything in its entirety! 
• We have been given the Holy Spirit to teach us all things.  But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. 14:26. 
• Jesus is not a Lord of doubt, confusion, secrets, or mysteries. Jesus wants things clear for us and to insure that His chosen ones, and not the world, know His Truths in their entirety, He has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us all things. 
•  I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.]John 15:15. 
• Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit to teach us all things and He calls us His friends. Our peace is that Jesus has complete possession of us, He watches over us perfectly; He never leaves us or forsakes us, Hebrews 13:5. Jesus is always our Shepherd, our Lord, and our Husband. Jesus holds nothing back from His children. The head holds nothing back from the body and Jesus is now our Head, Ephesians 5:30.
• Also notice here in verse 1, that Jesus calls us His bond servants. This means that we are Jesus’ possession. Jesus is our Shepherd, we are His sheep. Jesus is our Head and we are His body. Jesus has total control of us and because He has total control of us, He also has total responsibility for us. We are the branches that have been grafted in to the Vine of Jesus, John 15:5. As we begin to study this Revelation of Jesus, and the things that will shortly take place, these are very important Truths to remember. 
• Jesus is responsible for getting us through this life. He is not going to let anything happen to His flesh, while we are on this earth, that is not in perfect line with the will of our Father. Not one of Jesus’ true sheep will ever be lost, not one of us! We are Jesus’ friends and we are His responsibility, He is our High Priest. We have become one with Him, we are not robots, but we are actually one with Jesus right now. 
• Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father— Galatians 1:4
• And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day. John 6:39

Jesus' Revelation

When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:3

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:2

As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark, And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away—so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:37-39

The verses above raise the greatest questions for me about the end times. If the Book of Revelation, the Revelation of our Lord, is talking about our flesh and the hardships that are to come, then none of these verses make any sense to me. If the last 3 ½ years of this earth’s history, as told to John by Jesus in Revelation, is primarily dealing with the woes of our bodies, then none of these verses would be true. Because if Jesus is telling us that our flesh will be tormented as it never has before during the Great Tribulation, then no one would be saying peace and safety. They wouldn't  be saying peace because everyone would be terrified and looking for His return. And no one would be getting married if all of the green grass was gone, a 1/3rd of the trees were gone, everything in the sea was dead, and a 1/3rd of the sun was darkened. But if the events that are told to us by John are dealing with our spirits, then we would not only be saying peace and marrying, we would be doing them to excess. We would because the tragedies of the separation from our Father would all be glorifying our flesh. It would be perilous times because we would be completely focused on our flesh and not at all on the Spirit. The end times will be perilous because the Truth is: those who worship our Father must worship Him in Spirit and Truth, John 4:23.

But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane  [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. 2 Timothy 3:1-3

The older I get, the more I find myself running from the religion of my youth. I do this because the preaching that I heard in my past is constantly being destroyed by the Truth of our Father’s Word. So many preachers when I was growing up talked about the Great Tribulation and all of the hardships of the flesh that would occur during those times. But when I read what Jesus said, it seems like the flesh will be glorying in itself as it never has before, which will cause our souls and spirits, which are our eternal parts, to suffer as they never have before. So with that thought in mind, let’s begin a study of the Book of Revelation, but let’s focus primarily on our spirits and not on our flesh as is so often the case with Revelation. I don't believe that there are no references to our flesh in Revelation, but I do believe that the Book deals more with our spirits and souls then most of us believe or have been taught.  

 

We Only Have A Mind That Encourages

Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, Romans 15:5

Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. 2 Corinthians 1:4

But God, Who comforts and encourages and refreshes and cheers the depressed and the sinking, comforted and encouraged and refreshed and cheered us by the arrival of Titus. 2 Corinthians 7:6

He who exhorts (encourages), to his exhortation; he who contributes, let him do it in simplicity and liberality; he who gives aid and superintends, with zeal and singleness of mind; he who does acts of mercy, with genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness. Romans 12:8

The glorious Truth for us is that through Christ we all exhort and encourage, we can’t help it. We have the Mind of Christ and Jesus ever lives to encourage others, so how could we be any different? We are one with the only One Who can truly comfort and encourage. So it is just born into us to think of others above ourselves.

This is a great example of how our Father uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. The world says that when you are in need, or when you are sick, or when you are troubled that you have to take care of yourself first. Jesus works exactly the opposite way; He takes care of others first and we are now one with Him. Jesus lives to intercede for people; He does not live to be served, but to serve.

The Truth is that in this world we will have troubles, but our Father has empowered us with His Mind that seeks the well being of others first. God causes us to sow to others and not ourselves and that is how He causes us to reap all of the fullness of His blessings. To be the greatest, you have to be the biggest servant and we are now one with the biggest servant, Jesus. So we are able to relax because through Christ we can’t think any other way.

This Is Who We Are Now One With

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11

We are alive unto God, just as Jesus is alive unto God! We have been baptized with Christ and we have put on Christ! We are one with Him right now. We are not one with Who He was, we are one with Who He is!

And now O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine Own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was. John 17:5

Jesus has been raised from the dead, death has no more dominion over Him, and He now has the complete and full glory of God; this is Who we are now one with!

I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8

I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive evermore, A-men; and have the keys of hell and death. Revelation 1:18

This is Who we have put on and Who we have been baptized with!

And in the midst of the seven candlesticks One like unto the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; and His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters. And He held in His right hand seven stars; and out of His mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He said unto me, Fear not; I am the First and the Last. Revelation 1:13-17

This is Who is in us and Who we are in, and this is Who we are perfected with!

We Created In God's Very Own Righteousness

As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. Romans 4:17

For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. 1 Corinthians 2:16

Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself. 1 John 2:6

You having any issues in your life? Most of us do and here is what our Mind has us do about it: believe that it is already fixed. When something is settled we tend not to focus and talk about it, this is the mindset that we now have. Our Mind knows the beginning and the end, Revelation 1:8. It knows that we are more than conquerors through Christ, Romans 8:37, and it knows that He is always greater in us then anything that is in this world, 1 John 4:4. Our Anointed Mind knows that it is settled and that allows us to take no thought for our own lives, Matthew 6:31. The Mind that our Father has placed in us does not take thought for what we are going to wear, what we are going to eat, and where our income is coming from. Our Mind knows that by Jesus’ stripes we are healed, 1 Peter 2:24. It knows that our ability to trust and believe is Jesus’ burden, not ours, Hebrews 12:2. The Mind of Christ that we now have, has peace that passes all human understanding, Philippians 4:7. It speaks as if things are already settled. It does this because it sees only by faith and not by sight, 2 Corinthians 5:7.

But here is the greatest thing that our new Mind does; it takes all kinds of thoughts for others. It intercedes for others to our Father to the point of being pesky, Luke 11. It will not take no for an answer when it comes to the needs of others. It is willing to die to help another person. The Mind of Christ that is now in us, ever lives to intercede for others so that they might be saved to the uttermost, Hebrews 7:25. If it is asked to walk a mile, it walks two, Matthew 5:41. If someone asks for its coat, it gives them its shirt as well. When it forgives, it never counts; it will just continually forgive, regardless of what is done to it, Matthew 18:22. This is not something that we have to work at; this Mind has just been freely placed within us.

The Mind that we now have causes us to sow to others constantly, so that we may reap the greatness of our Father, 2 Corinthians 9:6. It takes the foolish things of this world and uses them to confound the wise, 1 Corinthians 1:27. It is all so easy for The Mind of Christ, and we now have it. 

Jesus Raises Us Up On The Last Day

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. John 6:44

The Truth is that Jesus will raise the dead in Him on the last day. But what about those who are alive in Him when He returns?

Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

So we are shown that on the last day of this generation in earth’s history, the last day that man is allowed to appear to be in charge, Jesus will raise the dead in Him and He will also raise those who are alive in Him. Both of us will be raised on the last day and at that time we will all be transformed to be like Him, 1 John 3:2. Take very clear notice that we are repeatedly told through scriptures that the dead in Christ cannot be raised until the last day. The dead in Christ cannot be raised until the last trumpet sounds. The last trumpet is the Seventh Trumpet and immediately after it sounds, Jesus’ flesh returns to the earth, Revelation 11:15. Also the Bible clearly tells us that the dead in Christ will be raised first, before those who are alive in Him.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

The Truth is the dead in Christ are raised first and they are raised on the last day, after the last trumpet sounds, not seven years before it. We are also shown in the Word that those of us who are alive in Christ, shall in no way precede or have advantage over those who are dead in Christ.

For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. 1 Thessalonians 4:15

Do not despair because there is not a rapture, because the Truth also shows us just how greatly we will be used by our Father to win souls during the end times. There will be persecutions during the last 3 1/2 years and they will be fierce, but as a Church, we will be stronger and more empowered through Christ than any other generation has ever been before. 

The Love Of False Christians Will Grow Cold

And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, Matthew 24:12

Let me ask you this: does our Father’s love ever grow cold because of sin?

But then Law came in, [only] to expand and increase the trespass [making it more apparent and exciting opposition]. But where sin increased and abounded, grace (God’s unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more and superabounded, Romans 5:20

And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. Luke 23:34

When Jesus was lied about, tortured, and crucified He continued to love. The Truth is that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, Hebrews 13:8. Jesus is also One with our Father and He never changes, so our Father’s love will never grow cold, regardless of what is going on. We are also one with our Father through Jesus, John 17:20-23. We are Jesus’ body, Ephesians 5:30. We are new creatures in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:17. Jesus ever lives so that His love will remain in us, John 17:26. So the Bride’s love will not grow cold either during the end times. But the fake Christians love will grow cold. 

These wolves will be gathered with the anti-christ condemning the day lights out of all who don’t join with them. They will do it all in the Name of our Father too. They will kill and destroy as they glorify what they self proclaim that they are doing for God. They will brag about how they are cleaning up the world as they sow their hate. They will boast about how they have it right and the rest of us have it wrong. They will judge and condemn all who do not take their side, or their mark. They will say so eagerly that we are all going to Hell as they sing songs about God and what they are doing for Him. This is not all that far from what is happening today in many churches is it? I know many people who tell me that if I do not belong to their denomination then I am going to Hell. I have people tell me that if I don't read the King James Bible then I am going to Hell. These fake Christians love to tell people that they are going to Hell and our Father will allow their anger to be magnified a 1000 times during the last 3 1/2 years of this age in history. 

The love of the great body of false prophets will grow cold during the end times and once again we see this happening right now amongst these false Christians. I hear all of the time how these wolves so rapidly condemn people to Hell. How they talk about those who disagree with them and those who they believe are in sin. I hear so called preachers talk about how they won’t go around people who they call sinners. If I am not mistaken our Lord Jesus ate with notable sinners, Mark 2:16? False children of God condemned Him and those who He fellowshipped with too.