T#024 OVERVIEW to REVELATION CHAPTER 1

THE MESSAGE

In Reference To

Revelation Chapter 1

REVELATION  =  

UNVEILING

DISCLOSING 

COMMUNICATING

ENLIGHTENING

of what

is already there 

with GOD;

like:

(1) unveiling of markers, signs, wonders;

(2) disclosing of their messages,

(3) enlightening of

• what THE REVEALER

• wants to get communicated

to the whosoever-will

who NOW(!) wills &

determines for oneself

TO-BE BLESSED and
not suffer anymore when

HIS final
REVELATION
of HIMSELF

later COMES at

HIS 2nd COMING !!!!

 (written sometime in A.D. 95-96 yet, later part of Domitian’s rule)

>>verse 1 =

a)     of JESUS THE CHRIST

• HE is THE ONE revealed and

• revealing HIMSELF to us here

b)     for showing TO HIS bond-servants

• (not to HIS claimant servants)

c)     the things which were to shortly start taking place

• (then in A.D.  95-96 yet),

• after John’s death,

• when all the apostles will have died already)

d)     for sending and communicating

• BY SIGNS for their SYMBOLISMS,

• THRU HIS bond-servant John

• for him to write

e)     to be understood by HIS other bond-servants also

• primarily IN TERMS OF

• THE WORLD's CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

• & THE SYMBOLISMS herein!

>>verse 2 =

From John, to WITNESS for THE CHRIST --->>John 1:7

• The Witness for THE WORD of GOD to THE CHURCH,

• THE TESTIMONY of JESUS THE CHRIST.

THE WHOLE BOOK OF REVELAT:ION therefore presents, unveils, discloses, communicates, enlightens:

THE CHRIST’s bond-servants

• via signs and symbols

• THE RESURRECTED JESUS THE CHRIST

• in heaven since HIS ASCENSION

• in A.D. 33 yet

• even up to NOW(!)

(to serve distinction from the traditions & world-history's

JESUS CHRIST many preachers
want us all to relate with wrongly
now(!) ....... CURRENTLY

• IN HIS MOODS

• & HIS DISMAY

• corresponding to the particular corruptions

• we are grieving HIM with

• since then and UNTIL NOW(!) unknowingly in & by

• the testifying (ra ba!) denominations-churches NOW(!)

in our varying appearances

and differences in our

corrupted state

• vis-a-vis THE RESURRECTED LORD JESUS THE CHRIST

• IN HEAVEN since then up to NOW(!),

IN HIS DISMAY & PARTICULAR MOODS to them 

• --- ELICITING THE OVERCOMING TASKS

• the leaders & members therof

• will have TO DO!!!!

THIS PARTICULAR
BOOK of REVELATION
shows us how:

• all of us CLAIMANT believers

• in THE CHRISTHOOD of our LORD JESUS

ought to
relate ourselves with HIM

• and with our fellow-believers

• in the different denominations-churches

• >>> https://umpg.blogspot.com/2012/10/232-t021-right-use-understanding-of.html

• (>>>refer also to BlogBOOK4)

if we, ALL CLAIMANT CHRISTIANS

• are to be HIS ONE CHURCH

• HIS upcoming BRIDE (>>2nd Corinthians 11:2)

• while we await .... HIS second COMING.

HOW WE RESPOND
and not react(!)

AS WE currently SEE
HIM HERE IS GOD’s

SOLUTION
FOR OUR UNITY
WITH HIM “unta”

---- not by directly settling
our differences in
doctrines & practices!

THE CHURCH, in fact is presented

in THIS BOOK as in Chapters:

• 01 - as THE 7-LAMPED LAMPSTAND

• 02 & 03 - as THE CHURCH CORRUPTED in STAGES

• 07 -  as THE REDEEMED MULTITUDE

• 12 -  as THE BRIGHT WOMAN with HER MAN-Child

• 14 -  as THE FIRST FRUITS HARVEST
  

• 15 -  as THE OVERCOMERS in The Glassy Sea

• 19 -  as THE BRIDE Ready for MARRIAGE

• 21 & 22 -  as The New Jerusalem

>>verse 3 =

        

= “blessed” --- more than just a happy state;

• describes the favorable  circumstance

• GOD puts THE WHOSOEVER-WILL BELIEVE

• in THE TOTAL LORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD of JESUS

• WHO does not stop there

• BUT proceeds to READ, HEAR

• & HEED (take notice, pay attention and obey!) 

• ALL THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK 

= because we have roles to play:
in fact,

• COMMANDS TO OBEY

• in THIS SCRIPT GOD HAS CAUSED

• TO BE WRITTEN FOR US

• IF WE ARE TO BE HIS CHURCH!

4 Major Visions John
Saw & He Wrote Into

REVELATION
Chapters:

• 01-03 Vision on The Churches (>>Rev 1:10)

• 04-16 Vision on What Will Happen particularly to THE WORLD of RELIGIONS, GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, TRANSPORTATION, and the rest in The World of ARTS, SCIENCES, ACADEME, CULTURE, MASS MEDIA, etc.  as pre-determined from THE THRONE in Heaven (>>Rev 4:2)

• 17-20 Vision on The Great Babylon (>>Rev 17:3)

• 21-22 Vision on The New Jerusalem (>>Rev 21:10)

After introducing THE Whole
BOOK of REVELATION,

John now proceeds to introduce
in particular, the things which must
start to shortly take place of

THE ONE CHURCH

in that total span of time
in 7-stages as represented
in its totality herein by
the 7-churches
in Asia then in A.D. 96

whom he wrote to

WITH THE VERY WORDS OF JESUS HIMELF

under the care/of

THE Complete Number Of
MESSENGERS
[verses 16 & 20 hereof]


HE is depending on for HIS
VERY WORDS to reach
every CLAIMANT Christian.
[Hebrews 13:2; John 10:9-10]

>>verse 4 =

FROM John,

• To the 7-churches

• (taken collectively, even including us & them

• who still have to take notice, pay attention and obey(!)

• more of HIS LORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD

• in this CHURCH Age-last days!)

as sampled by
the ONE-SET of
7-LAMPS to behold

--- THE LAMPSTAND ---

in just one stare

(>>Revelation 1:12 and >>1:20).

= Grace --- unmerited favor

= peace [>>>T#057]

• --- with GOD (>>Romans 5:1) 

• --- assurance to The Church

• --- because of the period of turmoil and chaos

• --- we all will find ourselves

• --- in this world

• of seekers for recognition, fame, fortune, influence & control, positions, power, and sovereignty

• most particularly

• these religious leaders among us, these politicians and their cohorts taking turns in governing us, these businessmen trying to control our economy just as determined in their pursuit for the seven (7) above

• >>2nd Peter 2:17-20!!!

• THEY & THEIR promises

• --- we are told to overcome!

FROM Him Who is,

• and Who was,

• and Who is to come  =  The Father

FROM  The 7-Spirits Who are

• before HIS throne  =  THE HOLY SPIRIT

• the 7-fold intensified operation of The Spirit of GOD

• in this world

• when all the apostles have died already.

>>verse 5 =

FROM  JESUS THE CHRIST:

• THE FAITHFUL WITNESS to THE CHURCH

• THE EXPRESSION of THE Invisible GOD ---> (before all mankind)

• THE FIRST BORN of  the  physically dead ---> (to THE CHURCH)

• THE RULER  of  the kings  of  the  earth ---> (to  the world)

Here in >>Revelation
1:4 & >>5,

grace and peace are coming

from The Father, THE SON,
and The Holy Spirit.

• During the lifetime of the apostles

• (when they did not lead but “eldered” THE CHURCH),

• ---- only The Father and THE SON are mentioned

• as from Whom grace and peace

• are given to the individual called-out,

• disciple, saint, believer, or Christian

(>>Romans 1:7,  >>1st Corinthians 1:3,  >>2nd Corinthians 1:2,  >>Galatians 1:3, >>Ephesians 1:3, >>Philippians 1:2, >>1st Thessalonians 1:1,  >>2nd Thessalonians 1:2).

In our time NOW(!),

it is impossible to see
THE ONE CHURCH

if we do not see her from

the perspective or view as recorded
in Revelation Chapters 2 & 3.

Reading and understanding
Chapters 2 & 3
[>>> blogBOOK 5]

will give us by the grace of GOD

the grasp of

• the beginning,

• the progress, and

• the accumulation of the corruptions

• from within THE ONE CHURCH

• as GOD caused John to write

• for our understanding,

• according to the fully-intensified 7-step sequence of The Holy Spirit’s

• operation to get THE CHURCH unblemished

• when SHE shall be presented to THE CHRIST as HIS BRIDE.

To some extent, the 7-fold Spirit of GOD’s effectiveness may be likened to Flash Elorde’s having only one left hand.

• His left hand in only one noticeable flex was capable of 

• hitting most effectively 3-times the same spot

• to the hurt and ultimate defeat of his opponents

• as did the famous Elorde TRIPLE PUNCH

• with which he stayed long as Junior Lightweight Champion of the world in the sixties.

THIS IS HOW ASSURED WE ARE
OF SUCCESS IN THE ROLES WE ARE
GOING TO PLAY IN THIS

GOD - GIVEN SCRIPT

PROVIDED

WE

FOLLOW THIS GOD-GIVEN
WAY or METHODOLOGY

HE HIMSELF

referred to as
>>>OVERCOMING. 

>>verse 6 =

• WE who have been amnestied by the blood of THE CHRIST

• have  not only been born of GOD into HIS KINGDOM (>>John 3:5)

• but are thereafter made into A KINGDOM of Priests (>>1st Peter 2:5)

• under HIS CHIEF-PRIESTHOOD (>>Hebrews 4:14-16)

• in HIS CHURCH (>>Matthew 16:18-19)

• as of THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (>>1st Peter 2:9).

• under THE UNIVERSAL PRIESTHOOD (>>Hebrews 7:12)

• for EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES in HIS LORDSHIP & CHRISTHOOD

>>verse 7 =

JESUS went to HIS Throne in heaven on a cloud.

• HE will come back from heaven in the same way (>>Acts 1:9, 11) 

• IN ACTUALITY as described by Paul in >>2nd Thessalonians 1:7b-8

>>verse 8 =

• ALPHA, the beginning, THE CONCEPTUALIZER

• OMEGA, the ending, THE ONE WHO COMPLETES

• ------- WHATEVER HE HAS PLANNED AND CONCEPTUALIZED @ THE BEGINNING!

HE is THE ALPHA
in GENESIS;

HE is THE OMEGA
in REVELATION.

• Whatever HE started, HE will complete and fulfill.

• HIS sovereignty rules over the whole of humanity.

• In-between the beginning and the end though,

HIS SOVEREIGNTY

is noticeable ONLY AMONG

& BY THOSE WHOSOEVER

WILL ACKNOWLEDGE HIM

• ---- and LIVE in HIM

• for the rest of their respective lifetimes

• ---- AS THEIR LORD

• in the totality of HIS CHRISTHOOD

---- as their personal and

lifetime

SAVIOR, KING,

CHIEF-PRIEST and JUDGE !!!!

>>verse 9 =

John was in the island of Patmos:

(1) FOR THE WORD of GOD (>>Revelation 19:13)

• JESUS THE CHRIST, and

(2) FOR THE SAKE OF THE TESTIMONY of JESUS

• in this world

• THE CHURCH

• HE established on Pentecost Day, A.D. 33 in Jerusalem

THEME FOR THESE LAST DAYS:

< SUFFERING >
< KINGDOM LIVING >

< PATIENCE of
JESUS THE CHRIST >

>>verses 10 and 11 =

THE intensified 7-step to completion WORK

• of The Spirit of GOD

• OF PURIFYING THE CHURCH

• is discernible only in and through The Spirit

• in our HUMAN spirit --- consisting of

OUR intuition, conscience &
sense of communion
with GOD

• ---- as “the organ” for us to grasp

• ---- and fathom

• ---- and know 

• ---- and thereafter respond to GOD’s MOVE!

OUR intelligence, feelings,
urges & appetites, and will;

which constitutes our soul

• ---- can only make us HIS called-out ones

• understand them all

• but only after our intuition, conscience, and sense of communion with GOD

• make us know THEM ALL.

The word “Ephesus” literally refers to a particular place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known and heard of such a place, to them the word --- figuratively means

desirable.

• This signifies that some in THE CHURCH as left by the eldering of the apostles then

• were still  IN DESIRABLE STATUS sometime A.D. 96 and shortly thereafter.

The word “Smyrna” literally refers to a particular place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known and heard of such a place refers it to myrrh
and myrrh, to them ---
figuratively means suffering.

• This signifies that some particularly of the faithful in THE one CHURCH in Desirable Status

• metamorphosed into THE CHURCH IN  SUFFERING in sometime A.D. 96-100 or thereabouts.

The word “Pergamos” literally refers to a place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known and heard of such a place then ---
the word to them --- figuratively means

in union with each other.

• This signifies that some among the readily-appearing suffering in THE one CHURCH

• as they grew in number but did not want to continue to remain in suffering

• ---- metamorphosed into THE CHURCH IN UNION (in live-in status) with THE WORLD in sometime A.D. 100-313 or thereabouts.

The word  “*Thyatira” literally refers to a place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks
who may not have even known and heard of such a place then --- the word to them --- figuratively means

continuing to linger sacrifices.

• This signifies that some from out of THE one CHURCH very tellingly IN UNION WITH THE WORLD already even then

• ---- metamorphosed THE CHURCH IN UNCEASING SACRIFICES starting sometime in A.D. 313 and continuingly increasingly visible world-wide to the present!

The word “*Sardis” literally refers to a place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known or heard of such a place then ---
the word to them --- figuratively means

remnant.

• This signifies that some from out of the many in THE CHURCH still IN UNCEASING SACRIFICES then

• ---- metamorphosed as a few --- as THE CHURCH IN REMNANT STATUS starting sometime in A.D. 1517 and continuing visibly as a few to the present!

The word “*Philadelphia” literally refers to a place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known and heard of such a place then --- the word to them ---  literally means

brotherly  love.

• This signifies that some from out of THE CHURCH IN REMNANT STATUS then,

• whom THE LORD was not happy with after all,

• ----metamorphosed THE CHURCH IN BROTHERLY LOVE starting sometime in A.D. 1825 and continuing to exist but hardly notisable to the present!

The word “*Laodicea” literally refers to a place in Asia Minor then; but, the Greek word in itself to Greeks who may not have even known and heard of such a place then --- the word to them --- figuratively means

discernment, opinions or
judgments of people.

• This signifies that some from out of THE CHURCH IN BROTHERLY LOVE

• who lived THE CHURCH LIFE without organizing themselves

• as did correctly THE CHURCH then in Ephesus, Smyrna, and Pergamos

• ....... as contrasted to THE CHURCH in THYATIRA (organized world-wide in scope)

• and THE CHURCH in SARDIS (organized nationally in GERMANY & ENGLAND) ----

• plus the many of them who joined neither THE CHURCH of England nor in Germany but dissatisfied with their status

• • ---- metamorphosed THE CHURCH IN THE JUDGMENTS  OF MEN which in retrospect sometime A.D. 1530 or thereabouts continued to increase in number, kind and influence depending on the personalities and kind of leaderships with whom they were and are in cooperation in their memberships' meetings and fellowships

**** The last four churches sprang
out at different times but .... since then,

have co-existed and will
continue to exist ...... until
THE CHRIST’s coming!

• Notise the mention of HIS coming in >>Revelation 2:25, >>3:3, >>3:11, >>3:20!

• Also the mention of the rewards for THE OVERCOMERS coming ahead of (our) being challenged

• IF ....... WE HAVE EARS FOR

• THE CURRENT(!) JESUS THE CHRIST speaking

• THE WORD in REVELATION 2:18-3:22

• ....... to inspire us to heed THE WORD of GOD. 

• Much time is given to us .... to repent as that is HIS purpose (>>2nd Peter 3:9)

• for not coming .... yet!!!! (>>Revelation 2:22, >>3:3, >>3:19)

*** THE CHURCH
(corporately) in HER
first three periods in time ....
are an absolute past in our time.

• --- the rewards for the overcomers then came announced immediately following....SHOULD THEY HAVE EARS FOR THE WORD of GOD!

• --- THEY had no time to ponder on their rewards as incentive SHOULD THEY HEED THE WORD of GOD!

• --- Time indeed to THEM then was fleeting.

>>verse 12 =

*To see clearly any thing .....
the viewer .... need to be
turned to .... the right direction
@ the precise angle.

• When John first .... heard the voice (>>v.10)

• he had to make a turn .... “to see the voice" 

• and having turned (>>v.12)

• ...... SAW THE ... 7-LAMPED GOLDEN ... LAMPSTAND

• at one stare - in one setting!!!

This is to be true with all
of us all claimant believers in

THE CHRISTHOOD of
JESUS in our time.

• --- irregardless of and more so

• because of the many religions and denominations and churches

• --- we are finding ourselves among

• --- or are operating from a distance.

• --- AS IT WAS TO JOHN for our EXAMPLE

• --- THIS APPLIES TO ALL of US TODAY!

All of us need to turn
to the direction

• ---- from whom we hear

• ---- get turned to the perspective

• ---- where we see what happened to THE CHURCH

---- after John died (!)

• ---- at one-stare

• ---- as John had seen and written in A.D. 96 for us now(!)

• ---- as The Holy Spirit seen fit to get written

• ---- in THE BOOK of REVELATION Chapters 2 & 3

• ---- for the whosoever-will among us

• ---- to see THE TRUTH !!!!

• ---- >>>blogBOOK#5

Unless we discontinue .......

TO SEE

THE CHURCH  from the
points of view from & of
all these organized
churches around

AND until we SEE

THE CALLED-OUT ONES
that we are

--- from the
perspective John

had seen

 at one setting ---

WE
WILL NOT HAVE PUT
OURSELVES

 IN THE POSITION

TO BECOME
THE particular CHURCH 

THE LORD JESUS
CONCEPTUALIZED US
 TO BE AND IS TRYING TO
GET US

TO CONFORM TO NOW!

• ---- For truly we are now(!) THE BEING JUDGED by HIM

• ---- while the world is not as yet.......

• ---- for JUDGMENT begins

• ---- in The Household [The Called-out Ones] of GOD (>>1st Peter 4:17)

• ---- as HIS way of caring, by JUDGING US now(!) that we may become HIS unblemished BRIDE

• (>>Ephesians 5:27)

• ---- when HE comes back!!!

UNLESS we get ourselves
rightly
positioned individually

vis-à-vis these
denominations and
religions now(!)

• --- we will not have put ourselves in the position

• --- to get JESUS prepare us now(!)

• --- in our respective lifetimes

• --- for our marriage with HIM

• --- when HE comes back!!!.

THE LAMPSTAND
being golden signifies,

that no matter how
corrupted; the churches

(including emphatically
The Apostate Church)

are truly constituted with
the divine nature of GOD!

• ---- We are grievously mistaken

• ---- when we accuse each other

• ---- as of the church of Satan

• ---- and leave these controversies at that

• ---- without understanding

• ---- and thereafter resolving the issues within ourselves

• ---- particularly in our spirit

• ---- and not with them

• ---- strictly via our individual responses

• ---- to HIS moods and dismay!

In THE BIBLE,

THE LAMPSTAND
has always been a part of
GOD’s construction or
building:

•     of the tabernacle by Moses (>>Exodus 25:8, >>31-40)

•     of the temple by Solomon (>>1st Kings 7:48-51)

•     of GOD’s temple when it was re-built by Zerubabel  (>>Zechariah 4:2-10)

And now, here in
THE BOOK of REVELATION,

THE LAMPSTAND
is symbolic of

the ongoing construction
that is yet to be completed

https://umpg.blogspot.com/2012/10/t036-build-assembly-and-fitting.html

• ---- THE CHURCH ----

• by JESUS THE CHRIST HIMSELF

• (>>Revelation Chapters 1-3),

• ---- for we are GOD’s BUILDING 

• currently(!) in real-time under construction

• ---- of which we are THE COMPONENTS being-assembled-to-become fitting PARTS by HIM

• ---- as well as we are HIS co-workers(!)

• (>>1st Corinthians 3:9)

 ---- being corrected by HIM

• as our CHIEF-PRIEST
• as THE JUDGE

on our work

• ---- vis-a-vis 

• HIS METHODOLOGY of CONSTRUCTION

• ---- because many of us are working for HIM

• --- BUT by & in our own entrepreneurial ways

• ---- and not by HIS prescribed

• ---- and therefore to-be-meticulously followed unta METHODOLOGIES!

• (>>1st Corinthians 3:9-23).

>>verse 13 =

= “in the midst of THE 7-lamped LAMPSTAND

• --- (the 7-churches at a single stare)”

= “One like THE SON of MAN

• --- (JESUS THE CHRIST)”

• --- tending/caring the called-out ones

= “clothe with a garment reaching to the feet”

• --- (priestly robed as our CHIEF-PRIEST)

• --- signifies the fullness of THE CHRIST’s

• --- INSEPARABLE

• --- (and therefore should not be separated!)

• --- divine nature and human attributes

• --- in HIS KINGSHIP & CHIEF-PRIESTHOOD

• over us !!!!

= “girded across HIS breast with a golden girdle”

• --- signifies care in love.

• THE CHRIST’s physical-bodily work in producing THE CHURCH

• has been accomplished by HIS death on the cross in A.D. 33 yet.

• HE no longer needs to be girded at HIS loins for physical-bodily strength

• as HE is now(!) doing the work of purifying

• (spiritual work)

• in our INTUITION, CONSCIENCE and SENSE of COMMUNION with GOD

• [which we  have to practice listen to very keenly]

• in us HIS CHURCH.

• The priests in The Old Testament times were girded

• --- at their loins for their work being to-be bodily accomplished (>>Exodus 28:4)

• --- THE CHRIST HIMSELF then in >>Daniel 10:5

• --- was girded with fine gold at HIS loins.

• --- Not anymore now(!)

• when there is already a change in priesthood

• (>>Hebrews 7:12) to

THE UNIVERSAL
PRIESTHOOD
(>>> T#010)

of EVERY BELIEVER IN

THE LORDSHIP & THE

CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS!

• The golden girdle signifies the divine strength

• with which HE cares

• as HE moves

• in these corrupted churches

• to care of them

• in HIS nasuko humanity and

• divine

• strength in love.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT -

WHOSOEVER WILL

ANG CONCEPT NIYA SA
NEW COVENANT setting!

>>verse 14 =

= “white hair “ 

• --- signifies HIS GREATNESS

• --- is unaffected by the brevity of time

• --- nor by the test of age (>>Job 15:10)

• --- when speaking of the ancientness of

• THE LORD JESUS THE CHRIST.

• The black hair of which HE was shown in >>Song of Songs Chapter 5:11

• signified HIS unfading and everlasting strength.

= “white like wool, as white as snow”

• --- wool originates from animal life on earth

• --- and snow from the sky (1st heaven)

• this signifies that THE CHRIST’s purity

• of knowledge & wisdom

• is as HIS earthly involvements

• proved perfect for us

• and as it originated also from heaven

• is not just earthly.

= “HIS eyes are like a flame of fire”

• --- in contrast as like doves in >>Song of Songs Chapter 5:12

• --- which is emblematic of HIS eyes being for the expression of HIS love in The Old Testament times

• --- HIS eyes are now(!) meant for HIS observing and scorching search

• for purposes of HIS JUDGMENT on us (>>1stPeter 4:17)!

• --- In fact, HIS eyes NOW(!) (>>Rev. 5:6) number 7

• --- and not two as The Holy Spirit’s way of impressing upon us

• --- HE is observing and searching us completely

• and in all thoroughness.

This BOOK of REVELATION,

in fact, is of JUDGING by

THE CHRIST HIMSELF
direct
from heaven NOW!

Fire is emblematic
of divine judgment

(>>1st Corinthians 3:13; >>Hebrews 6:8, >>10:27).

• --- Our GOD particularly for

• all the religious among us all NOW(!)

• --- as including THE MANY JEWS still in JUDAISM NOW(!)

---  a consuming fire
(>>Hebrews 12:29)

• --- HIS throne is like the fiery flame

• --- and its wheels burning fire

• --- and a fiery stream issues and comes forth from before HIM (>>Daniel 7:9-10)

--- All these, is for JUDGMENT!

• --- The overall impression of THE LORD’s eyes being a flame of fire

--- is because of
what HE is seeing
in us.

• --- HE is getting heated up

• --- in HIS job of currently judging us NOW!

• (>>Rev 2:18-3:22, >>19:11-12)

--- BUT, when HE comes
to exercise

• --- ETERNAL JUDGMENT on the world

• --- HE will come with feet like pillars of fire (>>Rev 10:1).

>>verse 15 =

= “feet” --- signifies walk;

• --- the purpose of such walk is for the thoroughness of HIS judging

• (suling-sulingon ta NIYA sa husto sa tinawo NIYANG pagPASABOT nato

• --- ARON MA-SABTAN GYUD NATO aron mo-respond ta

• sa IYANG gi-pakita NIYANG kasuko nato!) 

= “brass” --- signifies divine judgment

= “caused to glow in a furnace” 

• --- THE CHRIST’s judging role

• was already tried by HIS sufferings and death on the cross

• --- qualifying HIM

• as THE AUTHORITY to be THE  JUDGE

• FOR ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

= “as the sound of many waters”

• --- HIS voice is unstoppable and uninterruptible

• --- YET, to be determinably heard seriously ....

• --- when near .... lingering, solemn

• --- even so, when heard from a distance

>>verse 16 =

= “in HIS right hand” --- under HIS authority & control

= “seven stars” --- seven messengers, complete number of messengers

• --- for HIS message

• to reach every one HE wants to get reached with it

• in their respective religions-churches, situations and times

= “out of HIS mouth came a sharp two-edged sword”

• --- words of JUDGMENT

• (>>Hebrews 4:12; >>Ephesians 6:17; >>Revelation 2:18>3:22 inclusive

• --- for this time of ours -- THE CHURCH AGE

• --- after HE HIMSELF sampled

• --- how it was to live in this world

• --- particularly by overcoming it

• --- in HIS last 3 years in contrast to:

= “mouth most sweet” = >>Song of Songs 5:16

• --- spoken of JESUS' mouth in the Old Testament times

• --- when HE was not yet

• seen & heard for us to learn from

   
= “gracious words”  =  >>Luke 4:22

• --- pre-Church-age,

• --- during the lifetime of JESUS on earth

• --- already seen & heard by man

= “like the sun shining in its strength”=

• ---  JESUS’ face in these times

• when all the apostles are dead already

• --- and their personal “eldering” is already absent

• --- in THE CHURCH, in contrast to:

• In  OT times, >>Song of Songs Chapter 5:10, >>13  =  “lovely for HIS seekers’ appreciation

• In the apostolic times past, >>2nd Corinthians 4:6  =  reflected  GOD’s glory

Both
LAMPSTAND (collectively)
and stars (singly & collectively)
are for furnishing light

• --- to the darkness

• --- still prevailing

• --- on many of the called-ones / worked-on / under construction !!!!

• --- In the darkness of THE CHURCH’s corruptions

• --- there is every need for just sparks

• --- from the small lights of the complete number of them

• --- who has overcome

• --- the corruptions on her

• --- the dagkot or sindi or the igniting

• by the complete number of individual messengers

• (The 7 STARS)

• --- GOD has sent throughout the existence of the corruptions

• --- in THE CHURCH.

Further left for
our realization
is THE TRUTH:

• --- the light-giving power of the individual candles

• --- (THE SAINTS, THE already REDEEMED, AMNESTIED

• --- comprising THE ONE CHURCH)

• --- at any particular time in this end-time

• --- and the individual stars or messengers

• (Taga-DAGKOT or Taga-SINDI)

• --- are utterly and undeniably incapable of lighting up

• --- the whole vast expanse of the darkness of the corruptions

• --- on THE CHURCH

and this should be
the way

we see ourselves as
we OBEY TO DO THE ROLES

THE LORD

HAS SCRIPTED

FOR us individually ....

• nga PAUPOY-UPOY LANG TA

• kay no introduction, no certification, no advertisement, no announcement, no label, no nameplate, no title, no position, no rated capacities, no warranties, no ratings, no diploma or degrees, no umbrella support, wala gyud TA!

>>verse 17 =
                
= “fell at HIS feet as a dead man”=

• --- effect of seeing HIM

• --- as HE HIMSELF nag-selfie

• --- here in >>Revelation Chapters 2 & 3

• --- pictured HIMSELF for us

• --- with great awe (a mixture of veneration, wonder, fearful  reverence, dread, and fear)

• --- A STATE OF HELPLESSNESS & SURRENDER

• --- John at that ! ! !

• --- What is it in our individual cases?

YES, WE ARE WHAT

WE ARE before

THE CHRIST NOW(!)

• BECAUSE THE LESS WE KNOW

• THE ASCENDED JESUS,

• THE CURRENT(!) JESUS THE CHRIST

• WHO is JUDGING us NOW(!)

• direct from heaven (>>1st Peter 4:17)

--- with HIS WORDS in
Chapters 2-3 hereafter!)

• --- THE MORE CONFIDENT WE ARE

• --- to our shame OF OUR LIVING

• --- AS THE CHURCH EXPOSED hereunder

• --- >>> as THE CHRISTENDOM in OUR TIME

• --- ignorant to THE FACT OF THESE CORRUPTIONS

• --- still in us and AROUND US NOW!

• --- nga wala pa gyud tay na-himo!

>>verse 18 =

= “the living one”= 

• --- (in contrast to the historical JESUS repeatedly preached to us)

• --- THE JUDGING ONE!

= “alive forever more”=

• --- no more death for HIM

= “keys of death and of Hades”=

• (absolute control or domain over)

• ----  If death and Hades are under HIS absolute control

• ---- more so UNTA DAPAT KITA!

• ---- HIS BODY

• ---- we ought to be under articulation by HIM!!!

• ---- ang ulo gud nato ang tig-palihok nato!

>>verse 19 =

WHAT JOHN SAW:  >

1.     What was obtaining in THE CHURCH after 63-years or so from its founding

2.     What was to take place shortly after A.D. 96

3.     What took place since then up to our time

4.     What is NOW obtaining in our time (>>Revelation 2:18-3:22)

5.     What shall take place shortly after this end times we are in 

6.     What it will be for the lawless at the end of time!

7.     What it will be for the elect at the end of time!

>>verse 20 =

John had to be emphatically
& summarily clarified by
JESUS HIMSELF:

• of THE 7 STARS as GOD’s THE complete number of MESSENGERS

• for enlightening THE CHURCH

• within THE  metamorphosing CHURCH

• seen as churches in our time!

• THE 7-LAMPED LAMPSTAND

• is THE CHURCH

• in her 7-different appearances

• (the 7-stages of her corruption)

• clearly seen in the world’s chronology of events.

                                              ~~~#~~~


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