6 And there between the throne and the four living creatures (beings) and among the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] Who have been sent [on duty far and wide] into all the earth.
Jesus keeps showing John the Seven Fold Spirit of our Father. Jesus is constantly reminding John of what the Holy Spirit is actually doing for us. John again sees that the Holy Spirit is causing us to be wise and to understand all of the Truth. He is causing us to be mighty, He is counseling us, and He is causing us to have knowledge and to have reverence for our Father. Jesus shows John here that the Holy Spirit is in all of the earth. The Truth is that the Holy Spirit is in all of the earth as the seven seals are being opened by Jesus. This is very important to see because many people believe that the Holy Spirit is removed from the earth when all of this happens. They believe that the Holy Spirit is removed from this world and then because He is removed, the anti-christ is allowed to come into power. They teach this from a verse in 2 Thessalonians.
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. 2 Thessalonians 2:7
Our Father only has Paul write in 2 Thessalonians that the Holy Ghost is restraining the anti-christ and that there will come a time when He is removed from doing so. Our Father in omnipotent and so is His Spirit. He is everywhere all of the time. He cannot remove Himself from the earth, because there is nowhere that He isn’t. The Holy Spirit can allow things to happen though and He can stop things from happening, that is what our Father had Paul write about the anti-christ’s ability to come to power. Our Father only had Paul write that the Holy Spirit would stop preventing the anti-christ, not that He would remove the Holy Spirit from the earth. Just wait until we study in later chapters where the anti-christ is being held right now! The anti-christ is not what many people think he is!
Jesus just keeps reminding us that there is not a time when our Father’s perfect Spirit, the Seven Fold Spirit, is not causing us to be: wise, understanding, counseled, mighty, knowledgeable, reverent, and obedient. These seven attributes are repeatedly used by Jesus to identify Who and What the Holy Spirit is and who and what He is causing us to be. These are the definitions and powers of Who has exactly been given to us to strengthen us, John 14:16. The Holy Spirit’s purpose is to cause us to be wise and understand our Father completely. He counsels us in the will of our Father. He causes us to be strong and know that it is our Father within us. He causes us to truly love our Father and He causes us to be obedient to our Father. Our true strength to worship comes to us directly from the Holy Spirit; it is not from us, it is not our own free will and human abilities deciding that this is our part to play. It is God within us causing us to accomplish His will and purposes.
Many will try and bring peace to you by saying that we are not here on the earth during this time of the great Tribulation. They will take verses out of context, but we have the Holy Spirit and we cannot be deceived. Through our Father’s power the greatest Truth of the Book of Revelation brings us peace and that Truth is that for the first time ever the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached to every nation, every tongue, and every tribe! The time of the great Tribulation will also be the time of the greatest evangelistic movement the world has ever seen.
And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:27
The Truth’s of what our Father’s Spirit is, and why it has been placed within us, is essential when we study the Revelation of Jesus. If your experiences are anything like mine, the Book of Revelation has always been a book that was told to be mystical, or too far out there to truly understand. There was always a ton of fear associated with what it had to say; and every preacher that I had ever heard, told me that I wasn’t going to be around on this earth to experience it. Well, I may not be, I may very well be dead before any of it begins; but the Truth is that we won’t be raptured away from it. So knowing completely Who our Father is within us, can bring us perfect peace and joy, even though there will be hardships all around us. Our Father’s Spirit will cause us to be wise and understanding during the Great Tribulation. He will cause us to be strong and mighty during it. He will counsel us when we need it, and He will cause us to obey, even though a 1,000 are falling at our side, and 10,000 are falling at our right side!
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