Friday, November 07, 2014

Revelation 11:18-19


18 And the heathen (the nations) raged, but Your wrath (retribution, indignation) came, the time when the dead will be judged and Your servants the prophets and saints rewarded—and those who revere (fear) Your name, both low and high and small and great—and [the time] for destroying the corrupters of the earth.
  • The last trumpet will be blown, and when it does immediately the two witnesses are raised up from the dead along with all who have died and all who are alive in Christ. We may not know the exact moment of Jesus’ return now, but when we see the two witnesses killed, the earth only has 3 1/2 days left. 
  • After the last trumpet, the seventh trumpet, blows our Father rewards His children. If there had been a time of reward for us before this time, a pre-tribulation rapture, when some teach is the time of the Marriage Supper of Lamb, then this verse would be absolutely false. This is the time of the Marriage Supper, after the last Trumpet, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52. This is the time of our reward, not before. Think of it, why would people be rewarded when the race had not yet been finished? The final woe came and passed quickly, and now the Bride is joined with the Groom and we rule and reign with Jesus for all of eternity. 
19 Then the sanctuary of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of His covenant was seen standing inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings (blasts, mutterings), peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a terrific hailstorm.
  • Jesus returns to the earth like a lightning bolt. Everyone will see the Truth. They will see Jesus who is our salvation. Jesus is our Covenant and He comes quickly and brightly just like a lightning bolt. 
  • Hail represents the hard Truth in prophecy. People who thought that they were saved and who were all arrogant about it will realize that they aren't the Bride. 
  • The revelation of Jesus' authority destroys Babylon, which is the worlds systems. 
  • We are the sanctuary of God, 1 Corinthians 6:19
  • People see that our Father is in us, they will see that we are the Church of Philadelphia, Revelation 3:9
  • These events are showing us the end of times. The Truth of our Father is seen and experienced by all. Remember that as the lost see all of this happening, the will glorify God. The lost do not glorify our Father before the end of times.
  • When Jesus returns the saved and the unsaved, both at one time, will proclaim the Truth that Jesus is Lord!
  • This is the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Christ. This is not Judgment Day, that will come a 1,000 years later.  Everything is not made new at this time as it will be, Revelation 21, when our Father allows Himself to physically be seen by all.  

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