John – Letter 5 to the Church
Rohnel, a bondservant of God, the Father, and Christ, His Son, to the little children scattered abroad. Grace and Peace belong to you and your children.
Mar 12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Mar 12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Mar 12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
Mar 12:44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living [the greater works, which is love].
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Introduction
This is the fifth of eight Letters to the Church of God. Know that all eight Letters are spiritually discerned, flesh profits nothing [John 6:63]. The Sum of Thy Word is Truth. Christ Jesus is creating us anew in the Day of the Lord, the Lord’s Sabbath, so we may enter into His rest. First Christ prepares us to hear Him, so we being prepared, will sing a new song is, was and will be, the Lord making everything new … Isa 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. The shadows are fleeing away and we start to see clearly.
Psa 139:1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psa 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psa 139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psa 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psa 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psa 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psa 139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psa 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psa 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psa 139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psa 139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psa 139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Psa 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psa 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psa 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psa 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psa 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psa 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psa 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Psa 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God [the greater works]: yea, thy law is within my heart.
All eight Letters are a love Letter to the true Church of God. It is likened unto the Book of Revelation. It is the Spirit of prophesy, which is the gift of Faith, which is Christ is come in our flesh. May our eyes always be enlightened to see the beauty of Christ. Blessed are we above all people to be counted worthy to see Him. In this Letter, we look at the example of the beloved Apostle John, also the Lord’s prophet, tarrying for his brethren, tarrying in spiritual Jerusalem preparing portions for his brethren. Preparing portions for those who have none, is the Spirit of Prophecy, and Apostleship laid upon the Apostles and Prophets of God. It is the true foundation of the Apostles and the Prophets build upon the Rock which is Christ. It is to show what is happening shortly in our spiritual lives and it is to show us our many sins before we receive the Holy Spirit. John comes in the spirit of Elijah to pour out the seven vials of wrath on our beastly kingdom. Blessed are we, when we see these things, the time is at hand.
Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Deu 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Pro 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
The time is at hand for these things to take place in the lives of those chosen by God in this age. Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand … It is the mystery of faith, the Mystery of the Gospel of Peace, that are being made manifest in this day, so we may hold this mystery in a true conscience. The hidden Gospel, hidden from the foundation of the world but now is made known to His servants. Christ has chosen us above all people to reveal Himself to us, a peculiar people, a royal priesthood in the making is, was and will be.
Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Rev 1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Isa 28:9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
1Ti 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Deu 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
We see John, the beloved Apostle, on the Island of Patmos. John was separated from his brothers, suffering outside the camp, and he was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, where he was shown the Testimony of the Lord, being given the Revelation of Christ. John was preparing portions for those who sit in the shadow of death, in the darkness of the night. This event, preparing portions, was John himself going through the Lake of Fire pouring himself out for his brothers. John was making the bride ready for the Bridegroom as it is today. This is likened unto the Baptism of John when Christ was on the earth. Waiting for the Lord to come, as chaste virgins, being made ready for our marriage to Christ.
Rev 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
2Co 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom [reasoning], but by the grace [the Truth raising us from spiritual death] of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2Co 1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end [through much patience];
Rev 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Hos 2:19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hos 2:20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Loving our brethren like this, our souls being poured out to death, John was working in the Lord‘s harvest. Sent by the Lord, John’s sacrifice believing the Lord who sent him, is, was and will in all ages since Christ, the ones being sent likened unto John is the holy sacrifice that is accepted by God. It is the offering up of our lives, believing the Lord to be put in service. Thus, John was the angel sent to show his brethren these things prophesying. What did John bear record of? John bear record of the Truth to be found in Christ Jesus … Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1Jn 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Ecc 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
1Co 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
It was the Lord’s will that John tarries at this time when asked of Peter what about this one in John 21. It was the will of the Father that John would show mercy, which is to share his and our bread to the hungry. The true Sabbath, the true fast of the Lord is to raise up the twelve tribes of Israel within and without … And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
Joh 21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
Joh 21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
Isa 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isa 58:7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Our conversion is a fiery process going through the Lake of Fire. For some like John it is working in the heat of the day and for others it is to be given over to Satan for the destruction of their flesh, so their spirit may be saved. The true meat of the Word is to be baptized into Christ death. The death of our carnal minds and the death of the idols of the heart, so we may receive understanding and power through the Holy Spirit. It is to go from being a child to be made into a man after the image of Christ.
Ecc 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Ecc 10:17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Act 27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Act 27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
Act 27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Working night and day, the zeal of our Father’s house is eaten us up, but we are being comforted by God, the Father, as Satan is being crushed little by little as we live out every yot and tittle in the Book. We are Satan being ground to powder, being destroyed from the midst, from the stones of fire. As John, we moan and groan within ourselves to be clothed from on high and not to be found naked. We are being taught to cling to Christ, leaning on our Beloved and not trust in our own devices, bringing the message … Son 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 2Co 1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
2Co 1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
2Co 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Rom 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Rom 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
2Co 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2Co 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2Co 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2Co 1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
John was tarrying for his brothers, eating the bread of affliction and travailing in sorrow to bring forth the man-child. Eating the Lord’s Supper unworthily, that is to say, not having unity of faith, John is preparing his brethren through much tribulation to be rebirthed through the Spirit of Truth. It is through much patience and long suffering that we all come to the unity of the Truth to a perfect man, being created after Christ. It is through a fiery process that we are being taught the fear of the Lord.
Isa 11:2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
Isa 11:3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Isa 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 11:5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
1Co 11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
1Co 11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
Php 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
John was the first labourer, bearing the heat of the day, tarrying on the isle of his death. It was the Day of the Lord for John, and he was doing the Father’s business. Christ is come in His flesh and now he was about the Father’s business to preach the Gospel. Bearing the heat of the day is running the race set before us. It is the great tribulation. It is being hungry and thirsty for the Lord’s righteousness to appear. We, being the first fruit unto God, endure the shame of the cross, not believed by many.
Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Mat 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Luk 2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Luk 2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
John was preparing portions for those of whom none was prepared for. They include his brothers of his household and the strangers scattered in the world. These are our fellows waiting for the Promise as unconverted babes still. Christ tells us without portions, the bottles break and the wine run out. Doing the greater works, which is the true love of God, we prepare the way for the Spirit of Truth to be received. John, the Beloved Apostle, came to us via the Book of Revelation, which is the Spirit of Prophecy. The messenger of the Covenant comes through the Spirit of Prophecy, which is in the spirit of Elijah in the latter times. These eight Letters to the Church is the Spirit of Prophecy at this time, in this generation.
Mat 9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
Mat 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
1Co 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1Co 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Est 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
As the Apostle Paul, John, was poured [emptied] out and was likened unto a woman in travail, it is true of the ones who receive the Spirit of Truth first, as it is this day. We love the Lord’s appearing; Christ is come in our flesh, and now we are being put into service. We are gladly spent for our brethren, as the poor widow cast in all of our livelihood. Christ first appeared to Mary Magdalene to go tell Christ’s brothers that Christ is come in her flesh or said otherwise, she is preaching the resurrection. This is a parable. It is through much sorrow that the man-child is born, that holy thing which is caught up to heaven.
2Ti 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
2Ti 4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2Ti 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2Ti 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Joh 16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
2Co 12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Joh 20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Joh 20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
Joh 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Put into ministry by God, we as likened unto John, the Beloved Apostle, present our bodies a living sacrifice to God to go and preach the Gospel of Peace. We have to leave everything behind, everything we believed in, trusting our trustworthy Creator with our souls and the souls of our brothers. Appointed as a teacher of the Gentiles, we have hope of life aionios, shedding our blood for many, being made perfect in this Day through suffering. We shed blood in spirit to make atonement for ourselves and those who hear and believe us.
2Ti 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles [those that sit in darkness].
Tit 1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Tit 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Tit 1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;
2Ti 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him [the man child] against that day.
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Heb 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Tarrying on the island of Patmos, we through Christ perfect once and for all those being saved in this age. Judgment is committed to the sons of God as we start comparing spiritual with spiritual, going onto the meat of the Word. First, speaking in parables, we prophesy. Our speaking in parables serves as the Lake of Fire to those that hear us and to ourselves, so we may know that the Lord gives the Kingdom to whoever He wishes. Seven times pass over us before God shows us mercy. It is through the mercy of God that He then starts opening our eyes and ears to hear little by little.
Joh 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Joh 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Joh 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
Joh 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
Dan 4:16 Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
Dan 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Being in the process of being born again, we are the sons of God, who now love each other through faith and love, raising each other up from spiritual death, giving life, the body building itself up in love, a holy habitation. We become a royal priesthood, a holy habitation for the Spirit of God, is, was, and will be speaking of things to come.
Heb 5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Heb 5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Heb 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
1Ti 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
John as a type of us, being born into a living hope of good times to come from the presence of the Lord, being made whole through faith, the unspeakable gift of God. The thing born in John was likened unto the holy thing that was born in Mary and the holy thing committed to Timothy. It is the man child. It is the Truth of God’s Word being formed in us.
Mat 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
2Ti 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
At this time is, was and will be, we become the true spiritual Jew, who, being circumcised in heart, now show mercy by going to the gentiles which are our brethren, tarrying for the Promise of God to come and make Their [Father and Son] abode in them. May you and I be counted worthy of this high calling, is, was, and will be, you who are reading. Christ in us, the hope of Glory more and more each day.
Act 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Rom 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
2Th 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
2Th 1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
2Th 1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Receiving the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit of Promise, John, as a type of us, is one of the little children Christ is speaking about. John received the Revelation of Christ directly and was not taught. It is the little children who believe, Thy Kingdom is come is, was, and will be from now on. Being made out to be deceivers by some, we love our inward and outward enemies. We are striving towards rest in God and Christ as we do not look behind us.
Mar 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Deu 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Being converted is, was, and will be: our many sins are being forgiven, we are likened unto Mary Magdalene pouring out our precious ointment on the Body of Christ preparing them for their burial which is their Baptism into Christ’s death, their Baptism of fire, showing My People their inward sins and gives us of a good conscience towards Christ. We have to go through Christ’s wrath first to die and to be judged.
Rom 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Rom 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Luk 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Luk 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
1Pe 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
John became a servant of righteousness in a fiery process himself because He believed in the One sending him [Christ]. Christ raised John up through faith, the unspeakable gift of God. We are His flesh and bones, … But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Job 36:3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Isa 10:22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
The rest of this Letter is dedicated to speaking of things to come after we are converted. As John, after his conversion, we serve in newness of life and have fruit that leads to life aionios. Being made free from sin, as children of God, we now walk after the Spirit, believing and receiving. We do the greater works of God as appointed by God the Father, and we keep the Commandments of God, which is the Law of Liberty.
Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
1Jn 1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Joh 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Joh 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
We are being the New Jerusalem of God, being raised up first to put on immortality through Him who loved us and gave Himself for us. As He is, so are we. As His Christ, we now lay our lives down for our brethren. Being made into the image of God, we now see and hear with spiritual eyes. Our faith in Christ and the messenger He sends is making us whole. The Lord is our Judge, our Lawgiver and our King. We, as His Christ, do the greater works, being priests of God, bearing much fruit, speaking of things that are not yet as if they are. We know that the Holy Spirit gives us an understanding of all things, seeing things clearly. We hope for Christ’s appearing more and more.
Isa 33:20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isa 33:21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Isa 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Mar 8:22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
Mar 8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mar 8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
Mar 8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Joh 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
Made into the image of God, we are becoming the perfect man, being able to bridle our tongues as we worship the Creator and not the creation is, was and will be. It is with much tribulation that we enter into the Kingdom of God, entrusting our souls to Christ, following the Lamb wherever He goes. Breaking ties with mystery Babylon, we now start having Power over self, the shadows fleeing away.
1Pe 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Jas 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
Jas 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1Th 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1Th 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Psa 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Psa 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
John worshipped in Spirit and in Truth, and the Father seeks that we worship Him this way. Now we seek the Lord always, as God is a rewarder of those that seek Him. We are the escaped remnant of the true Israel of God. We are the blessed in Isaac seed, the children of the free woman made righteous by the blood of the Lamb. We are the escaped of the nations if we continue in His good pleasure.
Act 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
Act 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jer 29:12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Isa 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isa 45:20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Being converted, going through the Lake of Fire, bearing the heat of the day, we likened unto John, are becoming the bright and shining lights of Christ. The knowledge of God is increasing, and we are being renewed, is, was and will be. We are the Son; Christ is come in our flesh. As the root of Jesse, we are the offspring of David in Spirit.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Act 13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Rom 15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Rom 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Col 1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Col 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
We strain toward the goal of the high calling in Christ, which is Christ in us, the Hope of Glory and are always looking for the appearing of Christ in our lives. All things become new on this journey; our meat is to do the will of Him that sent us. Only Christ, the Spirit of Truth, gives us this meat. The knowledge of Christ Jesus surpasses all carnal reasoning. It surpasses the love for the strange woman that deceives with her lies. The love of God means we cherish and nourish the Church, not hiding from our flesh, and we obey Christ’s Commandments. We are being given Power from on high. This is the meat that does not perish.
Php 3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
1Sa 2:3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Php 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Php 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Joh 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Joh 6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
Joh 6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Joh 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
We know whom we believed and still believe is, was, and will be. Preaching and defending the Gospel, as likened unto Paul, we are commanded to finish our ministry, tarrying on the island of Patmos, where we die to self. We preach the true Gospel [Baptism of fire], our words going out to the ends of the earth. Discern with spiritual eyes and ears.
1Co 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Co 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
Psa 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psa 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
1Co 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1Co 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
1Co 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
We are set to defend the Gospel, which brought astonishment and bewilderment to the man of sin within and to the strange woman, that great harlot, mystery Babylon. We are set to finish our ministry and to keep the faith, the Lord going before us. Our preaching is for love’s sake. Being poured out like a drink offering, we run with certainty, not looking behind us.
2Ki 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Php 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Php 1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Col 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
Isa 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
We are now servants of men, not boasting in ourselves but keeping our bodies under subjection, preaching the Gospel sincerely. As servants to all men for the Gospel’s sake, so we may be partakers of the Gospel with our brethren … Luk 22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
1Co 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1Co 9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1Co 9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, [the Law of Liberty which is love] that I might gain them that are without law.
1Co 9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1Co 9:23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1Co 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
2Co 10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2Co 10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
2Co 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Eph 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Eph 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Eph 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Having Hope for Christ’s appearing more and more firm to the end through patience and longsuffering, as newborn babes, we approve things that are excellent. Christ’s appearing happens suddenly. It is in the hope of Christ’s appearing that we purify ourselves. This is the Hope of righteousness and because we believe we are being counted righteous before God, receiving the earnest of the Spirit as the sign of our circumcision. We give as we are able.
1Pe 1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1Pe 1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1Th 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
1Th 2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Heb 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Php 1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
Php 1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Deu 16:16 Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Deu 16:17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
We have joy unspeakable and bring many sons to perfection, ploughing and in hope of life aionios, the amour of light. Raising up the twelve tribes of Israel is marvellous in our eyes. A remnant returns to Almighty God through the saving grace of our hands, His Christ, the Lord doing all. We bare the sins of many, so they may be set free.
Heb 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Heb 2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Isa 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isa 10:20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isa 10:21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Isa 53:11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isa 53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
We sow besides many waters at this time and plough in hope … And send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
1Th 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.
Isa 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isa 32:18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isa 32:19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Isa 32:20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
As bondservants of Christ, we labour night and day, judging nothing before the time. We are proven faithful and are at peace. Our crown of righteousness is from the Lord, which He gives us in that Day. We are teachers of the Gentiles and are sent far away. Repairers of the breech, building old waste places, we labour to present every man perfect in Christ waiting for the Lord to come.
1Th 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
1Ti 2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
1Ti 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
Isa 58:12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Possessing all things because all things are ours, we are sorrowful yet always rejoicing as the joy of the Lord is our strength. This is the double-edged sword of the Word. As sons of God, we believe and live the Scriptures below in Spirit on the Lord’s Day.
2Co 6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
2Co 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2Co 6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2Co 6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2Co 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
2Co 6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
2Co 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2Co 6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Neh 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Administering grace to the hearers, we are the true sons of God. Grace is the unspeakable gift of faith to raise our brethren from spiritual death to give life. It is loving our brothers and sisters, laying our lives down for each other. John is preparing the way for the Spirit of the Lord to come. We have many trials, overcoming and obeying the Commandments of the Lord through His divine Power.
Col 4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Act 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Act 9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
We suffer afflictions as evil doers for the offense of Christ, and offer up many prayers for those that hear us, praying and fasting, filling up what is behind in the afflictions of Christ. Being reproached for the Gospel’s sake, the Spirit of God rests upon us. Standing in the gap for others, we endure all things for the elect sake, so we may present them perfect before Christ.
2Ti 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
2Ti 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
2Ti 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2Ti 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2Ti 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Eph 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Act 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Php 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Php 1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Col 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
There are many enemies to the hidden Gospel of Christ, which is Christ in you, the Hope of Glory. It is preaching the resurrection of Christ within and without. This new way of thinking is an offence and a stumblingblock to those not having the Spirit of Christ yet. The renewing of the mind, this excellent knowledge that Paul esteemed above all else, is the hidden mystery of the Gospel, the testimony of Christ, for which John suffered, preparing the way, dashing to pieces many peoples.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
2Co 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2Co 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Co 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Rev 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Mic 4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Preparing the way, we are being hated by the false circumcision who clings to their own righteousnesses. Those who do not believe are those of the false circumcision within and without, not worshipping in Spirit and in Truth. We are a astonishment and a curse when the Gospel is first preached, the horses within and without smitten with blindness and madness.
Luk 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
Luk 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Luk 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Luk 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
2Ti 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Php 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
Php 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Php 3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Mat 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
Tortured in the presence of the angels and the Lamb, John and those like him, are being made a spectacle at this time. Made out to be deceivers, we endure to the end, making the mystery of the Gospel known, sounding the seven trumpets, pouring out the seven vials of the wrath of God.
Mat 13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Mat 13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Mat 13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
Mat 13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Luk 12:21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
1Co 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Co 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
1Co 5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Closing
All these things and many more we live out as the Apostle John, tarrying on the Island of Patmos, the Isle of our dying. In previous Letters we looked at Simon Peter, who became Cephas, Saul, who became Paul, and in this Letter, we looked at the beloved Apostle John who shadows us going through the lake of fire, waiting for the Lord to come. John later on wrote His three Epistles showing the Father plainly. The Lord is come for John.
Joh 21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Joh 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Isa 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Isa 44:5 One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Receive ye the Gospel, receive ye the Holy Spirit.
2Th 3:17 The salutation of Paul [Rohnel] with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle [Letter]: so I write.
2Th 3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.