Revelation 3:11-13

¹¹ I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.

·      Ask yourself this question: what type of Shepherd would Jesus be, if He allowed His Sheep to be lost? What good shepherd places that much responsibility on his flock? Would you hire a shepherd that wasn't accountable?

·        Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He purchased with His Blood. We are His possessions, He is not a hireling. He will not allow any of us to be lost or lose our reward. 

¹² He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name.

·         Jerusalem means the teaching of peace.

·         The city that we are Pillars of will teach peace in a new way. The new way will be that our Father and Jesus will be seen visibly and known by all, not just us who are His Bride.

·         So ask yourself this: if we are changed to be just like Jesus when He returns, 1 John 3:2, who will need to be taught about peace? We won’t, because we will be one with Peace, but if there are guests in eternity they will and as we just were shown, we will be used to teach them, Revelation 3:9.

·         Are there guests? Matthew 22:10. And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests.

·         We will never stop being used to teach the Truth.

·         For those who have not been enlightened with the Truth they will have no more fear, no tears, no sorrow, and no more pain, Revelation 21:4.

¹³ He who can hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

·         The door for us has been opened and because of Jesus, no man will ever shut it from us. We are victorious in Christ and He is victorious in us. Jesus will eternally keep us!

·         We are Jesus’ we will always hear His voice and His truth.

·       The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. John 10:27

·         Notice that we are pretty far into Revelation and the message is simple: Jesus is in control and that He is with us all, regardless of who we are and how we act. I hope you are seeing that Revelation is not a complicated message.