Comfort of the Scriptures Pt.2
REVELATION 7:1-4
1 ¶ And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God (there is only one living God that is able to impart life – all other gods are dead gods): and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. (Notice – the sealing and then the judgement)
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
ISAIAH 61:1-2
1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Notice that Vengeance and comfort are together at the same time – While the slaughtering angels were going through Jericho, Rahab was being comforted because of her obedience to the message that had come to her. While the antediluvian world was drowning, Noah was being comforted because of his obedience to the message that had come to him - he was safe in the ark which was really Christ – under his wings)
Comfort of the Scriptures Pt.2
Read our opening scripture again…
REVELATION 7:1-4
1 ¶ And after these things (Revelation chapter 6 – the first 6 seals being revealed) I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (Wind is war – these 4 angels stopped Armageddon from taking place in the First World War because the 144,000 Jews hadn’t even been born yet and lived out their lives and purpose – remember, every thought of God has to be manifested on earth first and live out their lives to prove what they are according to the word for their day)
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God (This sealing angel is Christ, remember that John the Baptist said that he could baptize with water but there is one coming after him who will baptize you with the Holy Ghost (Mark 1:8), and that was Christ): and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. (Here we see a sealing angel coming to the earth (just before the judgements are loosed upon of the earth) to seal the elect whose names were written in the Lamb’s book of life section. Christ is the only one who knows whose names are written in the lamb’s section of the book, and that’s what he has been doing, he has been revealing those names in this last age because this age will consummate in the first resurrection which is a name calling resurrection of seven church ages of sleeping saints and not a general resurrection of COME FORTH as is the second resurrection and general resurrection at the great white throne.
That is why when we look back after Christ’s resurrection from the tomb, He only goes to specific people to reveal himself to them individually, and we know that that is what has also been going on all these years in this message after the rising of this SON, He has been revealing himself personally to individuals again in his private ministry of His third pull of the opening of the word – the evidence is those who can truly receive the word because you have to have the indwelling spirit of the inner teacher which is in you to be able to receive and understand the revelation of the word of this hour)
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Remember that this sealing runs in parallel to the bride, so the bride is also sealed before the final judgement comes because our seventh seal which is Christ revealing himself to his bride is the same as what the seventh trumpet is to the Jews which is Christ revealing himself to the Jews through the message of their two prophets, Moses and Elijah – so the bride does not go through the tribulation period. Enoch didn’t go through the tribulation period because he was translated.
**Let me make this very clear - This corona virus is not the start of the tribulation period – this pandemic is just a walk in the park to what the tribulation period has in store under the plagues of these two prophets to Israel. The Gentile bride of Christ will be at the marriage supper of the Lamb while the tribulation period is going on.
EZEKIEL 9:1-6
1 ¶ He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. (Notice who God choses to destroy, it is men of high position from among the people of the city – your weapon doesn’t have to be a sword, it can be sanctions against another nation)
2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen (This is Christ), with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; (An inkhorn is an inkwell - a small pot for ink)
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
(This is the same event in symbol and prophecy form of what we read in Revelation 7, remember that the word Abomination = a disgusting thing.
Sin is not lying and steeling, sin it is unbelief of the word - all the disgusting things that are done in the cities of the world of this age are the result of the rejection of the word of this hour – so as the elect we are sighing and crying for the fact that the world has rejected the word of these last days because Christ has been put outside of the churches – the Christian protestant denominations have put him out by refusing the word in place of their own creed and dogma, and so that is why denominationalism is the mark of the beast, but the seal of God are the ones who are connected to this sealing angel with the inkhorn that has written His name in their foreheads by the revelation of himself and the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is the spirit quickening the word and making it alive to you – “Have you received the quickening of the word by the Holy Spirit of God since you believe” - and that has been going on for many years now under this message)
5 ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
From our study on Wednesday night we found out that the corona virus kills the older ones more so than younger ones.
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E-48 …But before they went through the city, they found another thing happen. There came a Man with a--a--in white with a inkhorn at His side, a writer's inkhorn. And he said, "Stop these other men, that they should not go into the city until first the Man dressed in white with the writer's inkhorn, would go through the city of Jerusalem and set a seal upon, or mark, of those that sigh and cry for the abominations that's done in the city." Now, this One with the inkhorn at His side, was the Holy Spirit. (The Holy Spirit is Christ, and he is setting a mark, and this mark represents the Holy Spirit – not the rain Holy Spirit, because if the rain Holy Spirit falls on you without the word on the inside first, then you just become a false anointed one at the end time with the true Holy Ghost anointing, but it is falling on a parched thorn bush) Now, notice, after He went through, then He turned these men loose with slaughtering weapons. He said, "Utterly destroy all, both young, old, young maids, little children; spare nothing; but don't come near any of those who have that seal upon them." Notice it.
Notice that this Man (Christ), when he descends, he does the marking before the judgement strikes – he holds back these slaughtering angels until he has sealed the bride in their foreheads by the revelation of the spirit of the word.
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250 ..." Ephesians 4:30, says, "Grieve not the Holy Spirit," that's that Angel that come forth sealing upon their forehead. Now, that doesn't mean you... He takes and puts a spot up there. Your forehead is your revelation (See?), and your hand is the thing you do about it. See, it's a spiritual mark. See? He don't take a big stamp and stamp you like that. Oh, no.
251 …Now, how was the--how was the first seal, what did it look like? They were filled with the Holy Ghost (That's right.), and their works was the works of Christ. They laid hands on the sick and they recovered; they done all kinds of signs and miracles and wonders. And in their forehead, was sealed by the revelation that He was the Son of God, and they wer--they were working with Him (the--the Deity of Christ), there's the mark.
The reason that they did the works was because of the revelation of Christ – you can do works without the revelation and just be a false anointed one who can manifest the true Holy Spirit works but there is no revelation seal in your heart. Listen to “Anointed ones at the end time” again.
EZEKIEL 9:4-5
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5 ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
This is at the time, of the day of the vengeance of our God.
ISAIAH 61:1-2 opening scripture
1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Notice - Vengeance and comfort at his second coming, because Jesus stops at “To Proclaim the acceptable year” so there is a 2000 year gap of prophecy place in the middle of this verse)
LUKE 4:16-21
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (He stops in the middle of the verse, because the second part of the verse is at his second coming with His vengeance and judgement upon the world and his comfort to his Bride.
He is come in this day as the Judge of all the earth, He has not come in this day as the savior of the earth to shed his blood again, that was the work he accomplished at his first coming)
20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Notice again –
* In Ezekiel Chapter 9, first the sealing, then the slaying.
* When the last plague was going on in Egypt, the children of Israel were under the token of the blood - first the sealing, then the slaying
* Rahab was first sealed in her house under the token with her family and then the slaughtering of Jericho, while she was safely tucked away (under His wings), the destruction of Jericho was going on at the same time.
* Noah and his household were sealed away in the ark while the rest of the world was drowning.
* In Revelation 7 - Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The bride must be sealed first before the Judgment can fully come – It is good to know that you are sealed by the revelation of this hour under the prophetic ministry of this hour.
**So we are living in a day of when mercy and judgement are happening together because we are in the day of the vengeance of our God; and we are also in the day when he will be a comfort to all them that mourn (Sigh and cry).
*While Jericho was under judgement, Rahab was being comforted.
*While the antediluvian world was being destroyed under judgment, Noah and his family were being comforted in the Ark.
*While the death angel was killing all the first born in Egypt, The Israelites were being comforted under the blood.
PSALM 55:5-8
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
***This is what we have been promised in this hour, that we would be given eagle wings to fly away from the storm and tempest of the judgements that are about to be unleashed upon this earth. Eagle’s wings are wings are given to us to fly into the heights of the revelation of the word – that is what brings comfort to us in this hour.
I THESSALONIANS 4:14-18
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. (We found out the other Sunday that the reason that Jesus own followers were so dishearten and fearful in the crisis (at the time of His crucifixion) was because they doubted what he had told them in that “yes” he would be killed, but on the third day he would rise again – if they had truly believed his word about the resurrection, then His word of promise would have been a comfort to them in the crisis – notice that before the resurrection, He told them that there would first be a crisis of a betrayal and death)
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Certain scriptures bring comfort for certain seasons.
So we can see by these scriptures that we have been promised a resurrection in this day, and so the events of this time are just a repeat of that time because we have also seen the crucifixion of the Son of Man in word form in this day, and we also know that we are promised that there will be a resurrection in this hour. ***And so we see a repeat of the same struggle that (as humans) even though we have also been told of these things (like Jesus disciples had been told), but again at the rising of this SON on the 8th day of the bride age, and in a time when His public ministry would be over, even though we have been told of the resurrection of this hour, we also seem to struggle to fully believe what he has told us just as they did back then until He opened to them the scriptures and brought to them the “comfort of the scriptures”.
***So to bring them out of their gloom and fear and unbelief and to put faith in their hearts, Jesus had to come right among them and minister to them by the opening of the scriptures to let them see that the prophecy for that day was coming to pass exactly the way that the Old Testament had spoken.
***Notice very carefully - Being told of the future events by the earthly ministry of the Son of man under the first and second pull didn’t give his followers faith that would bring them comfort in the crisis.
What brought them out of their despair and doubt and into comfort and peace and joy was when the scriptures that were prophesied for that hour were being opened to them on the road to Emmaus. It was the comfort of the revealing of the scriptures by Christ himself that brought them from despair to joy.
End with opening scripture
II CORINTHIANS 1:3-4
3 ¶ Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
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.
In closing…
Quote from Derek Prince
“The greatest single danger in this end time is not sickness, nor poverty, nor persecution. It is deception.”
My personal thoughts are that there is probably a lot more deception and a much bigger hidden agenda going on relating to the way this virus is being handled and portrayed by the media to the public. My belief is that the biggest enemy in this whole thing is not covid-19 itself, but the fear that it is putting into the minds and hearts of the people because I feel that the fear will cause more damage than the virus itself.
So as believers we must not let ourselves succumb to that fear – we have been trained to be overcomers of these things – we know that these things are prophesied for this hour, and we also know that we have a hope for a bright future while the people of this world are having their hope taken away from them and some have no hope for a bright and happy future.
But all of our hope is in the Lord, it is not in the economy, it is not in the stock market, or in the governments of the world printing more and more fake money to try to stop the ship from sinking.
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115 You go to the doctor, he'll say, "Well, I'm sorry to tell you, but you--you have cancer." Well, quickly, that's all. "He--he--he's dead. That's just all there is to it. Or, she, they're gone." The doctors say, "Well, that's paralyism. You can't... That's leukemia." Well, right quick, "They're as good as dead, right then." See? Fear sets in, see, but it shouldn't.
116 Who is This made the promise? What are we living for? Why are we the Church of the living God? Why are we filled with the Holy Ghost? To remember in the time of trouble, He is still here. He stabilizes things. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is with us just the same. He might be resting a few moments between the meetings, but He is still here just the same. Yeah. And when trouble sets in, and faith of Him being with us... Then fear sets in. And when fear sets in, then we really got trouble.
Now is our time and our opportunity as the bride of Christ to prove to the Lord that we can really trust Him when things seem bad, and in fact, that is the only thing that will please Him in this hour.
As believers of this message we know that there is a man here now that can turn on the light anytime he wants to no matter how dark it gets.
***These days that we are living in gives us opportunity to really show the Lord (like Ruth) that we are willing to trust all of our future to Him, and to abide under his wings, and with all that we are going through, and that we will yet go through in this harvest time, above all else, we will stick together as a bride body and encourage one another in the scriptures, and comfort one another with these words of the promise of the resurrection.
Comfort of the Scriptures Pt.2