So logs on fire burning lobsters…..Now send this word to all in charge from headquarters…… what???

We look at Revelation chapter 17 in the book of Revelation. We witness the great harlot in the wilderness that all the kings of the earth have committed fornication.

So what does that mean?In verse 4, the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

As we backtrack a minute to chapter 1 of Revelation, I remind you by scriptures 5 &6: and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

One woman is clothed with stuff of this world which is going to pass away. The stuff of this world is the pride of life, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes. The bride of the Lamb is clothed with His shining glory forever because she does the will of God. The view of her is withheld until later in the Book of Revelation. In fact, both women cannot be  seen by the eye of the flesh only by the Spirit of God.

There are set before us the ones that have chosen the mountain of the flesh or the world instead of Mount Zion. According to God, they have committed fornication with the world against Him.  There are kings and priests in both camps. God still is separating the different waters ( nations) as in the second day of creation.

What would we think of someone who knew our brake fluid was leaking out of our car and never said —WATCH OUT! Get out of the car or stop the way you are going… You will die in a crash…. We would not think so highly of that person for not warning us.

Well, God is not angry, however, He is holy.  He delights in those who seek Him with their whole heart, their life, everything. Don’t be concern, His grace and Spirit carry us through the tough times of obedience.

The logs that are burning are false doctrine that the Spirit of God wants burned now. Hey, better burn false thinking and correct our living now then get burned later!!!!!

The only way to worship our God now is by Spirit and Truth as Jesus said to Nicodemus, a leader, in the Book of John, chapter 3.  Jesus also stated that unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.   Check it out!

The lobster being burned is the affluent style of living of those in the church. A storm is coming. Look at the signs of the times, a storm is coming, people.  Jesus Christ, our Victorious Champion, was counted with the transgressors. He was betrayed by His own. He was beaten and bruised for our sakes…..  The followers of Jesus are to take this route.  Or do we not go this way because of what people may think? Judgment starts at the house of God. It is coming, people.  He is here in our midst…. He who creates the ear, can He not hear? He who creates the eye, can He not see?

Our life in Christ is not an amusement park ride. Some people want to feel their way through the Spirit on their emotions. He is not there in our flesh. He is not here for amusement. He is here for us to learn to  adore  and worship above all else our Lord King Jesus Christ as we learn to die to ourselves on the cross, as He.

Have we, church? Have we counted everything loss to gain Him, our King? Paul said that all will suffer persecution that pursue godliness…. if we are not suffering any kind of persecution, then what are we pursuing.

Affluence and wealth, and good opinions will fade away. Only what we do for Him in love will remain….Let us sharpen our sword of the Spirit. Let us set our heart to live by every word that comes from the mouth of God. The Word of God is our greatest need as well as our greatest and only  Solution.

Let us cast as dung anything that keeps us comfortable, thinking highly of ourselves and feeds our emotions. There is nothing righteous in ourselves, only in Christ do we have His righteousness.  Only in Him, is our salvation, our rest and our true place in God…. Forsake all else to stay there, my sisters and brothers in Christ……

for a storm is coming.

The God we serve is the Great I Am. He is always present and ever knowing the end from the beginning. He knows our beginning and our end, for it is written. Even every tear we shed is captured in His bottle and He has numbered our hairs on our head.

His mercy triumphs in judgment. But let us not take advantage of the All Knowing and All Seeing God. Remember with Him there is no darkness, for darkness is light to Him.  So what we may think is hidden from His eyes is not.

It is written in 1 Peter 4;17-19, For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel? Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will be the ungodly and the sinner appear?” Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

The seven angels with the seven plagues, which are the wrath of God are released in chapter 16 of the Book of Revelation. Now here is my question…Have some of the cups of wrath in part been released during some of the past and current generations…..  or is this for a future event?  Then I have to ask about Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, or Judas as the son (sons) of perdition? I then also have to ask about the different plagues that have engulfed many past generations and current.

Our view from heaven in the spiritual realm  shows the results  of the angels pouring out the cups of wrath.  In heaven they are called plagues or His wrath, but as you read this chapter the results are definitely symbolic.

It is still not the end of the story of mankind……some of these bowls of wrath even allow evil to put forth a plan…? Why is that? God is sovereign.  Remember He wrote the script!

Our Lord consistently gives grace to the humble and resists the proud.  Remember His great love during His corrections and judgments.    He is God and will be exalted among the nations as written in Psalm 48 and we should….

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance. 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.

Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

Therefore, beloved, looking forward to the things be diligent to be found by Him in peace, with out spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation- as also our beloved brother Paul, according the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as written in 2 Peter 7-15.

The bottom line as the different items of the tribulation come to shake the nations, we should hold strong to the word of God admonishing us to pursue holiness, peace and godliness…. As we live a life of hotly pursuing Jesus Christ, looking for Him, talking to Him… crying for Him…then these words of His won’t be for us, I pray: Revelation 16:15, Behold, I am coming as thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.

Selah… Pray…. Selah!!!! Our Lord’s arms are still stretched out pouring forth His grace and love and mercy to any who turn and know their need of Him. Do you see His eye’s tearing with love for you now? I do…. Turn and be healed, you are His beloved…Receive His Love today. Selah!

In  chapter 15: 2 of the Book of Revelation, we witness  the finished product of those who has victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

I want you to note something, a harp in Strong’s concordance means to twang.  I looked up the word twang in Webster’s dictionary and it states to be released or to resound with a sharp, vibrating sound. Now imagine a sea of glass ( His nation) mingled with fire ( the Holy Spirit) resounding a sound of the song of the Lamb and Moses.

Now to God’s ears these words are as a song, but His nation is resounding a sound of glory to God and His Lamb for all the world to hear as we speak the next verses of exaltation to Him who reigns…..

These are also standing, they are establishing the kingdom of God by overcoming the mark of the beast and the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death….

I saw a shark today very close to shore as I was walking… I was praying on the sea of glass as I saw the beauty of the glistening water reflecting the rays of the sun… It was breathtaking, I would never think that under that beauty lurked an eating machine that has no regard for anything or anyone. He is doing what God created him to do… devour.

I  started to contemplate the book of James chapter 3.  He mentions how man can train horses and control ships….. he does not mention how man can control a shark or our tongue.  The best way to handle a shark is to kill it, I may be wrong.  However, I look at sharks as the same as a poisonous snake…. just kill it. What can be done with our tongue?  Selah!

A sea of glass is transparent, nothing hidden in its midst.  No tricking, no deceit. No leviathan or sharks here, thank God!  The people who are standing on this glass have no deceit, nothing is hidden in their lives. They do not live to trick, manipulate or lie to God or others…. They have overcome the nature of the beast.

This clear sea or nation now reflects that SON, because He is in her midst.They have been purified by the fire of God….now.

They chose the narrow road…We don’t know what is in our hearts that is against the nature of God…. but He does and He is faithful to show us and give us a chance to change…. from glory to glory…..by His grace and Holy Spirit.

The ones standing on the sea of glass praising and sounding the sound of heaven have said yes to His cleansing fire now…..

See what is around the corner for those who have not said yes to Him…. Selah!

As Peter warned us in 1 Peter 1:10, Therefore, brethern, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble.

What things is Peter saying we should be doing?  …..Check out his instructions…… Until next time…. Be strong in the Lord and all His might!

As it is written in Isaiah 52:1-3, Awake, awake! Put on strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall no longer come to you. Shake  yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! For thus says the Lord: You have sold yourselves for nothing, and shall be redeemed without money.

Peter warns us in 2 Peter 2:19-20, While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

We always go after what we desire….however, when we become His, our desires should start changing. He has given us grace and power to obey the two commandments Jesus left us.  There is a reason for the word written in 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

There are still two mountains to choose from as in the day of Moses….. One mountain represented the commands of God that led to blessings if obeyed and the other mountain had the commands of God that if were broken led to the curses of God….

Now, we can choose to live by the Spirit of God or the spirit of the world. Each one leaves a mark on our souls. Do not  be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits, as Paul warned in 1 Corinthians 15:33. There is such a glorious world in the Spirit that is available to us. The tinsel of today is no comparison to see our Lord’s gaze upon us as we behold Him in His beauty of holiness.

Which mountain are we partaking in? What is our heart’s biggest desire? How do we use our gift of time?   The answers to these questions are important….. the Lord Jesus already knows the truth in each of our hearts. Selah……

Sometimes we have to just say no to the distractions and say yes to the Lord. For it is written to behold our King, we then become the same image of Him from glory to glory…..if not we do not change, we are left with the marks of the world…..

The Book of Revelation 14;6-7, Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth- to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people- saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.

Since we do not know the time when the day of the Lord’s judgment is coming. How should we live? I know I want to keep swimming in the ocean of His love. His love is so wide, so long, so deep, and so high…. I can never get enough of Jesus Christ and this Magnificent God we have been redeemed for.   Right…. we have been redeemed for God. Our lives are not our own anymore….. Selah!

Come in and swim in the ocean of His great love! Let’s make sure the marks we have in the spiritual realm are of His Spirit, His mind, His heart and therefore His work…. then He alone gets the glory due Him as we sing our new song to our King Jesus Christ.

Come and join us as we continue to study the Book of Revelation as well as get my book on this study. Jesus Christ, The King Of All Kings And The Lords Of All Lords, And The Judge Of His Creation is the book’s title.

Until next time, let’s keep watch on our hearts and where they are leading us… Selah!

1 Corinthians 1:7-9, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Paul ends his greetings by reminding us that God brought us His grace in salvation through Jesus Christ and will complete it in us…..He is strong and faithful towards us…Isn’t He awesome?… We can rest in the arms of grace in Jesus Christ.

What we fellowship with is very important in the call that God has toward us.   I know to keep the peace that God has given me through Jesus Christ, my mind has to stay on Him. I know to keep the fellowship of His sufferings, I have to keep my mind on Jesus Christ. So I will walk humbly with my Savior and learn His mercy and patience. I know to keep the knowledge of His presence with Me, I have to keep my spiritual eyes and heart to be  attentive to His gentle Spirit leading the way I am  to go and obey.

The book of Acts is full of the leading of the Holy Spirit in ways of God that were not done before. Remember it is written in Isaiah 43:18-21, Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The beast in the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

Our God is huge and He has no boundaries in doing the impossible for those who believe that He can and will …

Father, we honor and love You. We thank You for Your Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit indwelling in us…. Father, I thank You that we now have an open heaven in fellowshipping or communing with You always. You are not far from each of us, You are nearer than our mouth!  Please give us the grace to put down the distractions of today, and teach us to sit and listen to Your heart. I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.

Let it be not said about us what Paul said in his exhortation at the finishing of his letter to the Corinthians 15:34, Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. 

We all have been given an awesome opportunity to know God and His Son by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. I do not think anything on the facebook or websites or the net or T.V. can compete with our God…. At least I hope that is not what is found in the days of our lives.
Selah……

As we continue our study in Revelation chapter 14, what marks are the ones we should be showing? If we all could see in the spiritual realm, what would we see? Would we see the marks of the Holy Spirit on us or the marks of the beast?   What should we beware of once we walk through the door of salvation? When we enter into a store, we never just stop there do we?  We always get what we need in the store…. same way with our salvation in Christ Jesus…..   What are you talking about lady?

Check in next time and learn what I mean Meanwhile, pick up a copy of my book on studying the book of Revelation. It is called Jesus Christ, The King Of All Kings And The Lord Of All Lords, The Judge Of His Creation. 

Until next time, God bless and may His Spirit bring to you all peace and joy in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen and Amen!!