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Pursue purity and Holiness and you will see GOD!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 12:

12  So be made strong even in your weakness by lifting up your tired hands in prayer and worship. And strengthen your weak knees,

13 for as you keep walking forward on God’s paths all your stumbling ways will be Divinely healed!

14 (actively) Pursue peace with all people, and Holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 5:

6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called Sons of God.

It is one thing to tell someone to do something such as pursue purity and Holiness.  But how?  We must spend time in prayer and study in The Word.  Our foundation must be based on Truth and revelation and Truth can only come from The Word.  As I pray in The Holy Spirit, I grow in Spiritual power.  How do I know this?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Timothy chapter 1:

7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of Love and of a sound mind.

What is a sound mind?  It is full of revelation-light and instruction.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:

25  “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

If you realize that you have power, you will have courage and will not be afraid.  Your trust is solely in FATHER and not man.  Men’s hearts will grow faint in these last days unless they have the assurance that comes with a solid relationship with Our Lord.  How can The Holy Spirit teach you ALL THINGS if you don’t spend time with Him?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are Sons of God.

15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”

16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are Children of God,

17 and if Children, then heirs-heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

As joint heirs, you and I have access to the same Divine power as Jesus did when He walked the earth.  However, unless we are fully convinced in our minds that we can and should walk in the same power and authority, we will not produce the fruit Jesus expected when He spoke in Mark chapter 16:

15  And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.

16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My Name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;

18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

If you don’t believe you can fulfill His mandate, you won’t.  Don’t let unbelief keep you enslaved any longer!  The real child of GOD is to be a master over every other power of darkness in the world.  The Holy Spirit in the Believer is to be as powerful as The Holy Spirit in Christ.  Jesus declared “Greater works than these shall you do.” (John 14:12)

As you walk in purity and Holiness you will not only see GOD, but you will operate in full unity with HIM in all areas.

Are you willing to be fully sanctified: spirit, soul AND body?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Thessalonians chapter 5:

23  Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

24 He Who calls you is faithful, Who also will do it.

FATHER is willing to set you apart, making you completely Holy. This includes your entire being—spirit, soul, and body— to be kept completely flawless in the appearing of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. HE Who has called you by name is trustworthy and will thoroughly complete His work in you if you will submit to HIM in all areas… without exception.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Thessalonians chapter 3:

11  Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in Love to one another and to all, just as we do to you,

13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in Holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

What is required for our hearts to become blameless?  Love!

Our hearts will be strengthened in Holiness so that we may be flawless and pure before the face of our God and Father at the appearing of our Lord Jesus with all his Holy ones. Amen!

It is recorded by THE SPIRIT in Isaiah chapter 14:

12   “How you are fallen from Heaven, O lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!

13 For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;

By pride, satan fell as he attempted to ascend and exalt himself above GOD.  Once pride was found in him, he lost all!

Wisdom wrote in Proverbs chapter 16:

18  Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

It is imperative that we allow The Word to cleanse us of all aspects of pride!  Pride desires to be separated from GOD and be exalted by men.  We should be willing to serve rather than be served!

Wisdom revealed that our boast becomes a prophecy of a future failure. The higher we lift ourselves up in pride, the harder we’ll fall in disgrace.  It’s better to be meek and lowly and live among the poor than to live high and mighty among the rich and famous.  One skilled in business discovers prosperity, but the one who trusts in God is blessed beyond belief!

Do you insist on your way or GOD’S Way?  Pride wants its own way.  Pride prevails in a competitive world.  Why do you think sports have become a multibillion-dollar industry?  Another aspect of competition is division for it promotes divisiveness.  When there is competition, there will be no overall unity.

Will you walk according to your own will or the Will of Our Heavenly Father?

Jesus spoke in John chapter 5:

24  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes in Him Who sent Me has everlasting Life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into Life.

25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the Voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will Live.

26 For as the Father has Life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have Life in Himself,

27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.

28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His Voice

29 and come forth-those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

30 I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own Will but the Will of the Father Who sent Me.

FATHER sent you and me at this time in history as well…

Are you willing to share in the glory of Jesus Christ?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 2:

1  Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

It is so crucial that we be all the more engaged and attentive to the Truths that we have heard so that we do not drift off course.  We must not allow ourselves to become lukewarm as was the case with the church at Laodicea in Revelation chapter 3.

2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,

3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

Paul and others confirm The Word of THE LORD.

4 God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?

We too should bear witness!

10 For it was fitting for Him, for Whom are all things and by Whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

In other words, for now He towers above all creation, for all things exist through Him and for Him. And that God made Jesus, pioneer of our salvation, perfect through His sufferings, for this is how He brings many sons and daughters to share in His glory.

11 For both He Who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Jesus, the Holy One, makes us Holy. And as Sons and Daughters, we now belong to His same Father, so He is not ashamed or embarrassed to introduce us as His brothers and sisters!

Jesus is the older Brother, and we are the younger members of the Family of the Same Father.  We were conceived by the same Spirit, we are energized by the same Divine Life of GOD, and we are now qualified through the Holy Spirit to perform the same blessed ministry.

16  For it is clear that He didn’t do this for the angels, but for all the sons and daughters of Abraham.

17 This is why He had to be a man and take hold of our humanity in every way. He made us His brothers and sisters and became our merciful and faithful King-Priest before God; as the One who removed our sins to make us One with Him.

18 He suffered and endured every test and temptation, so that he can help us every time we pass through the ordeals of life.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 14:

12  “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14 If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it.

15 “If you Love Me, keep My commandments.”

If Jesus expected us to do “greater works”, we should expect it as well.  What is preventing us from doing greater works?  Our mindset is and has been the limiting factor.  Peter finally understood this after Jesus spent 40 days teaching him and the other disciples.  Paul also understood this Truth which allowed the following to manifest in Acts chapter 19:

11 Now God worked (extraordinary and) unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,

12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

If miracles occurred at the hands of Paul, why not you and me?

Are you willing to be fully transformed for the purpose of being GOD’S habitation here on earth?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

1  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, Holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect Will of God.

Our spirits are perfect in Christ.  Paul now focuses on our minds and our bodies.  If we couldn’t have Holy and acceptable bodies, FATHER would not tell us that it is our reasonable service.  This is one aspect of our genuine expression of worship and reverence to FATHER.

What does being conformed to the world mean?  Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you.  Instead, be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s Will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in HIS Eyes.

What is the ultimate Holy and acceptable body?  Wouldn’t it be to manifest and radiate HIS glory outwardly?

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Luke chapter 9:

28  Eight days later, Jesus took Peter, Jacob, and John and climbed a high mountain to pray.

29 As He prayed, His Face began to glow until a blinding glory streamed from Him. A radiant glory illuminated His entire Body. His brightness became so intense that it made his clothing blinding white, as multiple flashes of lightning. 30-31 All at once, two men appeared in glorious splendor: Moses and Elijah. They spoke with Jesus about His soon departure from this world and the things the Father destined Him to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Communion is the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or Spiritual level.  Isn’t that the essence of prayer?  Jesus is our Example and His Body illuminated with an anointing that has been rarely seen in others.  Why?  Is it because we never expected this reality to manifest in us?  If we are truly Sons (and Daughters) in the same likeness as Jesus, our Elder Brother, should we be able to manifest the same attributes as Him when He walked the earth?

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 19:

23  Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”

25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

And in Mark chapter 9:

23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

Was Jesus a Living, acceptable sacrifice during His earthly ministry?  Absolutely!  Was His Mind renewed by The Word?  Yes, He was trained in The Word from His youth.  He was sinless in all areas.  Can we be sinless in all areas?  Do we dare to believe “all things are possible to them who believe”?

Jesus also spoke in John chapter 14:

25  “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:

14  Continually more and more people believed in the Lord and were added to their number—great crowds of both men and women.

15 In fact, when people knew Peter was going to walk by, they carried the sick out to the streets and laid them down on cots and mats, knowing the incredible power emanating from him would overshadow them and heal them.

16 Great numbers of people swarmed into Jerusalem from the nearby villages. They brought with them the sick and those troubled by demons—and everyone was healed!

If such power was emanating from Peter, shouldn’t we expect that same power as we mature in our souls and bodies?

Mature believers will pursue complete Holiness, ultimately resulting in Divine Power!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 6:

12  All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

We should choose never to be enslaved to anyone or anything.  Is there anything drawing you away from your stated priorities?

13 Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Our bodies were created to Love, serve, and worship Our Lord Jesus Christ Who can fill our bodies with Himself.

14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

FATHER can and will awaken those of us who are willing to give ourselves totally over to HIM.

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not!

16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”

A harlot is anyone or anything that draws your affection away from the priority of becoming Holy: spirit, soul, and body.

17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

“Joining” means to make two into one.

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit Who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Many believers do not focus on glorifying GOD in their souls and bodies.  They think that once they are saved, there is no need to come into the fullness of glorifying GOD in their thoughts and bodies.  Their priorities continue to be self-centered.  They are more interested in expressing their affection for possessions, food, pets, etc. while the poor continue to suffer.  They are willing to pay exorbitant prices for entertainment that lasts only a few hours.  They receive a temporary emotional high while there is suffering all around.

FATHER made provision for us to be able to glorify Our Lord Jesus Christ in spirit, soul, AND body.  HE wants to dwell in us in full unity with HIM.  As we come into the revelation that this is truly possible, we will see HIS Divine power not only operate in us, but through us as well.  We are called to be a full expression of Christ.

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 1:

12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His Name:

13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

By HIS grace, FATHER gave us the provision to become mature Sons and Daughters.  By faith, we can achieve what was ordained by HIM.  The unlearned and immature are ignorant of this right.  You and I are responsible for what level of maturity we walk in.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 1:

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of Wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

18  the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power

20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His Right Hand in the Heavenly places,

21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

22  And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Let us be complete in all areas of our life: spirit, soul, and body.

Mature believers have the secret of Divine Power!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1 Corinthians chapter 2:

6  However, we speak Wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

7 But we speak the Wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden Wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,

8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

FATHER’S Divine plan was and is to expand HIS Kingdom on earth by imparting the hidden Wisdom that Jesus brought forth from the Throne Room to the earth.  Through His death, resurrection, and ascension, He sent forth The Holy Spirit to dwell IN men and women.

9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who Love Him.“

What is the deciding factor of walking in the fullness of The Holy Spirit?  It is given to those who Love HIM!

10 But God has revealed them (the deepest mysteries) to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the Deep Things of God.

11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Only the deep mysteries of GOD will be known by the mature believer who demonstrates his Love for GOD.  We will be known by our fruits and our fruits are being recorded in the Book of Life.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

FATHER desires to impart HIS Wisdom to those who earnestly seek HIM in all areas.  A mature person is one who is fully developed and is in a spiritually balanced state.  There are stages of maturity beyond the immature person who can only handle the milk of The Word.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing Spiritual things with Spiritual.

The Holy Spirit is the perfect Teacher, Comforter, and Counselor Who provides us with Wisdom from Above, straight from The Throne Room.

14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The blindness of men is evident by their priorities.  As I have said in the past, look at what men do with their time and money, and you will see their true priorities.  The world is accommodating their blindness by increasing the facets of entertainment to be appealing to the soul and/or body.

15 But he who is Spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.

16 For “who has known the Mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?” But we have the Mind of Christ.

We have been given the Mind of Christ which is triumphant is all areas of life.  It is vital that we embrace the Mind of Christ in these last days.  The perversion of mankind appears to be reaching a crescendo which is to be expected prior to the harpazo.  It is critical that you and I are led by The Holy Spirit and walk in the consciousness of the Mind of Christ in these tumultuous times!

Don’t be scared, be prepared!

Now that you have been blessed by studying the Book of Revelation and understanding the harpazo, it is time to prepare yourself for whatever comes next. Rick Renner provides a detailed look at the End of Days:

The Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The End is fulfilled!

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 22:

1  And he showed me a pure river of water of Life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the Throne of God and of the Lamb.

2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of Life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

3 And there shall be no more curse, but the Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

4 They shall see His Face, and His Name shall be on their foreheads.

5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

6  Then he said to me, “These Words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the Holy prophets sent His angel to show His servants the things which must shortly take place.

7 “Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the Words of the prophecy of this book.”

The word “quickly” means: in rapid succession, not shortly, immediately, or soon.

8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the Words of this Book. Worship God.”

10 And he said to me, “Do not seal the Words of the prophecy of this Book, for the time is at hand.

This command differs from the Book of Daniel where the prophecy was to be sealed up for a period of time.  The events prophesied in the Book of Daniel can now clearly be seen playing out in history.  We are definitely in the last days of the last days.

11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is Holy, let him be Holy still.”

12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.

Jesus describes Himself:

13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

There are seven aspect of glory of the redeemed:

1 There is no curse

2 Throne of GOD and The Lamb

3 His servants shall serve Him

4 Eternal Vision: His Face

5 His Name in their foreheads

6 Eternal day (no night)

7 Eternal reign

16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

17 And the Spirit and the Bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of Life freely.

Where is The Bride?  With Him!

18 For I testify to everyone who hears the Words of the prophecy of this Book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this Book;

19 and if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the Holy city, and from the things which are written in this Book.

This Book is precise and needs no additions or deletions!  My goal is to provide understanding and applicable references elsewhere in Scripture.  Let nothing be added or subtracted from this Sacred Text! 

It says what It means, and means what it says!!!

20 He Who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Peter chapter 3:

14  Therefore, Beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation-as also our Beloved brother Paul, according to the Wisdom given to him, has written to you,

16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.

Be careful that you are not led away by untaught and unstable people!  They will use their intellectual prowess to convince you of their soulish opinion.  The Truth of Scripture is the only Truth we can rely on.

Treat GOD’S Word with respect and reverence!

17 You therefore, Beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;

18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

The New Heaven and the new earth is now being described!

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 21:

1  Now I saw a new Heaven and a new earth, for the first Heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.

This is what we pray in The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom come, The Will be done!

Peter wrote about this, by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Peter chapter 3:

10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in Holy conduct and Godliness,

12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

2 Then I, John, saw the Holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a loud voice from Heaven saying, “Behold, the Tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

Why are there tears in Heaven?  I suggest that we will look back at lost opportunities to represent Our Lord in both Word and action!

5 Then He who sat on the Throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these Words are true and faithful.”

6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of Life freely to him who thirsts.

7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

8 But the cowardly (G1169: fearful), unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

The same term fearful is used when Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 8:

26  But Jesus said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

27 So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

9  Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb’s wife.”

10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God,

11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

12 Also she had a great and high wall with twelve gates, and twelve angels at the gates, and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

13 three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

These gates point to the twelve tribes who surrounded the tabernacle in the wilderness.  (Numbers chapter 2)

14  Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

The walls point to the ministry of the twelve apostles who divided the population from those who fully accepted Jesus Christ and were allowed in, versus those who didn’t.  Christ is the Chief Cornerstone!

15 And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall.

16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.

17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.

18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.

19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. 21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.

These precious stones might refer to colored light, transparent yet different.  100% pure gold is transparent. 99.999% gold is not.

Pearls are not “kosher” because they grow in response to an external irritation.  The pearls are similar to the church arising from the Gentiles as the Jews would have nothing to do with a non-kosher adornment.

22  But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.

25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there).

26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.

27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

The real issue at a personal level is to be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life!

The Throne of David prevails during the millennium on the earth!

The millennium is described with changes to creation.  There are physical changes, curses are lifted, and creation is redeemed.  Also, the earth will be full of the knowledge of THE LORD.  However, there are certain limitations.  It is not heaven or the new earth yet.  That occurs in chapter 21.  Righteousness is enforced and there is now no excuse for mankind.

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Isaiah chapter 16:

5 In mercy the Throne will be established; And One will sit on it In Truth, in the Tabernacle of David, Judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.”

James spoke by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 15:

13  And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, “Men and brethren, listen to me:

14 Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His Name.

15 And with this the Words of the prophets agree, just as it is written (Amos 9):

16 ‘After this I will return And will rebuild the Tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up;

17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD, Even all the Gentiles who are called by My Name, Says the LORD Who does all these things.’

18 “Known to God from eternity are all His Works.”

All men will be able to come and worship during the millennium.

And as Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 25:

31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the Holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the Throne of His glory.”

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 20:

7  Now when the thousand years have expired, satan will be released from his prison

8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the Beloved City. And fire came down from God out of Heaven and devoured them.

10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

The devil now joins his two minions: the beast and the false prophet.

11 Then I saw a Great White Throne and Him Who sat on it, from Whose Face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.

There are two Thrones: the Bema Seat of rewards for those who are saved, and the Great White Throne of judgment.

12 And I saw the dead (the unsaved), small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

You don’t want to be judged according to your works!  I simply plead the Blood of Jesus over my life.

13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

14 Then Death and Hades (a temporary place) were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.

If you are born again, Jesus already took care of your second death.

Paul explained this when he wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter  5:

14  For the Love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him Who died for them and rose again.

16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

And in Romans chapter 6:

5  For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.

7 For he who has died has been freed from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,

9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Many have redefined grace to mean that GOD is so eager to save people from hell that HE will compromise HIS Holiness.  Sadly, I have been around those who firmly believed this only to find out they were wrong as I continued to independently study Scripture.  There is an aspect of judgment of FATHER we must not discount.  Our choice will determine what Book we are in.  I chose the Lamb’s Book of Life.