Category: In these last days… Revelation

His Authority to Judge

In these last days – The Revelation of Jesus Christ

to John.

– IS HE TALKING TO US?

– How does CHRIST’s Revelation written to seven first century churches apply to you + millennia later in the 21st century of the Common Era?

What should we expect any DAY now?

– Do YOU have the boldness to SHARE the revealed ending [apocalypses] to your SOCIAL friends?

Take a glimpse and tell us what you think about the apocalypse revealed by the risen Christ Jesus to the Apostle John. THEN SHARE God’s WARNINGS with a comment added to Talk of JESUS .com

The Fire of His Wrath, The Gospel of His Salvation

The fire of the Lord consumes the complacent,

The wicked and the righteous fleeing their homes.

They flee His great wrath and abandon their plans,

The Gospel of His Salvation will comfort or condemn.

Revelation 14 King James Version (KJV)

NOTE: For ease of reading our contemporary language the ESV is recommended; I have chosen the KJV for its powerful poetic presentation and direct translation from the original Greek. The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle John is presented here by excerpt only, a brief glimpse into awe unspeakable. Read the Book of Revelation in its entirety. You will be blessed.

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion…

Make no mistake: the apocalypse here revealed is from the Revelation of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, to the Apostle John. The Book of Revelation is a trumpet warning of the wrath of God to this generation and generations to come.

Christ is Atonement for man

He IS the sacrificial Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, the Messiah, Christ, who suffered and died for your sins and for mine.

Leviticus 4:35
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement כָּפַר for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

Revelation 14:

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder:

The LORD GOD speaks! The LORD speaks with a voice of absolute power and majesty and might. The LORD proclaims the victory of the Lamb of God over the sin of the world.

And angels worship the LORD!

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne…

Do you take ANY time to worship Almighty God? Do you worship the One who has created you? He has dominion over all creation; for the LORD IS and was and will always be! The LORD is worthy of worship. He IS a father unto those who seek him. He is a consuming fire to those who flee from him.

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

What do you think of the Judgment?

Who would not fall down in fear in this awesome moment? Who would fail to worship the LORD of all creation?

How presumptuous of man to exhaust our brief days of mortal consumption with no regard of the Image reflected in our soul.

Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? – Genesis 18:25b

His purifying judgment shall consume more than Sodom. Neither shall pillar of salt stand nor ash-baked corpse remain in that awful day. His fire will make way for a new heavens and a new earth!

Returning to Revelation 14

…Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

And in the end…

Yes, there is more to the Apocalypse. Can your soul bear it? Will your soul not awaken from the sleep of death to the sounds of deafening waters and unspeakable thundering of His Voice? Are you not in awe of the LORD GOD?

Remember your days, that we are dust. The LORD has created us for himself, for worship, for our own sacrifice of love to others, as the Lord God Almighty gave His only Son Christ Jesus on the Cross as Perfect Sacrifice for our sins.

The Lamb of God will come on the clouds! He will stand on Mount Zion once more and rule as the loving King of all creation. The Lord will judge the sins of mankind and He will cover the sins of the saints.

Did you know that in Christ Jesus you are a saint of God?

For God IS as a Father to you, as well as a Father to Jesus the Messiah, the Sacrifice of the LORD’s great love and mercy. The Lord God IS in the Holy Spirit reaching into your soul to embrace the worship of your soul with a purpose of love to follow faithfully.

Will you respond? Will you call on the LORD, while it is yet today?

August 7, 2016
a 21st c. Tempest

And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. – Mat. 8:24 KJV

It seems the winds of change come upon us suddenly and violently.

We resist the inevitable, either turning toward the strong winds of change or looking aimlessly askance at the onslaught of destruction.

Where is the rudder of your soul in the tossing times of these last days?

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. – Jeremiah 4 excerpt KJV

The LORD created the heavens and the earth! The LORD destroyed and created once more in the time of Noah.

The LORD gave a people Israel the Law and Kings, then destroyed country and Temples, even rebuilt Temples in a place yet disputed.

Will the LORD not act for his own Name’s sake?

A thousand years before Jesus was given to us for the salvation of not only the Jews, but also for mankind; the Son of Man sat in a fishing boat on the Sea of Galilee sleeping: unconcerned for the tempest of the sea or winds of change coming to Jerusalem and the preordained cross of calvary.

Prophets had foretold the coming of a Messiah. And here Jesus lay in a boat sleeping, with only One rudder for His righteous soul: the Holy Spirit of Almighty God: the LORD Most High and Father of Christ Jesus, creator of mankind and ruler of the land, seas and heavens.

21 centuries later:

We are rich… especially here in the U.S., but also ruling leaders and land owners of every continent.

Take some advice from Job:

11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty…

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Do you fear Almighty God?

The peaceful Savior, asleep in the boat, unafraid of the tempest; Christ Jesus will become your rudder in the storm of these last days, if only you will follow Him.

“What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! – Matthew 8:27b KJV

The Lord will return when the harvest of the righteous in Him is complete!

Yet how long, O Lord?

From the Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle John:

Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. 6:11

12 I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood. 13 Then the stars of the sky fell to the earth like green figs falling from a tree shaken by a strong wind.

14 The sky was rolled up like a scroll, and all of the mountains and islands were moved from their places.

Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” – 6:15-17

Mark 16:15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

November 12, 2015
But if the LORD make a new thing

Revelation 21: 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” 5 And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!”

Though filled with the LORD’s joy and assurance of salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord and witness to his great grace and mercy to receive one like me, a sinner, into the light and life of eternal joy; I have been grieved this week for the souls loved ones.

My wife and my children know my witness for Christ Jesus and striving to do what is right in the Lord in my word and my actions, but even my most beloved ones remain far from me and my heart is filled with sorrow and emptied of joy when I am not touched and embraced in the Lord by loved ones.

Family and friends remain far off and out of reach. The Lord is near, yet the promise of no more tears seems far off.

How can the Lord seem near to two beloved: a beloved wife and her husband in the Lord, a nurturing parent and a child so far away, a dear brother or sister?

Will the LORD make a new thing by blessing of His love in the hearts of those we love? God is Creator and His Word is true.

“Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”

Do you, dearly beloved, fear God your Maker? Do you, dear friend, love the Lord your Savior?

Why then do you not remember your vows to the Lord and your covenants with men?

Why do you not remember in your salvation in Christ Jesus his own love for your brother or sister or friend.

Jesus was so personal in his love for all He touched. Why is your love for others not also witness of His love for you? Why would you turn impersonal and cold in your love for the Lord and for others?

Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.

God IS a Person! You have met him in our Lord Christ Jesus!

The Person of God creates — and He alone will cause the passing of the old and creation of the new.

IF you truly read scripture, you will see how God is grieved over people when they sin and turn away from his love – when they claim Him as theirs, yet will not do what is right in His eyes. The Prophets warn us over and over again of God’s wrath against those who backslide from doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD and men of God have at times put the challenge of righteousness and willful unrighteousness as example before all of consequence of turning against the Living Person of God, our Creator.

Numbers 16:So the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ” “If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are visited by the common fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. “But if the LORD creates a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the LORD.” Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up… So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them… And a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men…

WHY would you not bow down to your LORD, Creator, Redeemer and Father who loves yet will punish His own children or destroy those who do insist on doing NOT His will, but their own?

Do you love the Lord your God will all your heart and all your mind and all your soul and all your strength?

Why not? (For you do not show even to your own the love of the Father for you and the love of the Son who became the Blood of Sacrifice for your sins.)

Is your witness to the world God’s love for you?

Is your love for your husband, your wife, your child, your parent, your brother, your sister, your neighbor, your friend – is your love for God’s loved one the same as they and you would expect from Jesus (whom you call ‘lord’)? Even ‘good’ christians who claim the love of Christ Jesus (really, especially christians who say that Jesus is lord) ought to fear any offense to the Person of God, as also shown to God’s chosen.

Acts 5: 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4 The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!” 5 As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.

WHY would you lie to the Holy Spirit in your vow before God?

WHY would you lie about the truth of Christ Jesus by breaking your word before the witness of man?

WHY would you not receive the love of God your Father before you have brought Him to the wrath to destroy your witness and create a repentant prodigal in the heart of another? The LORD our Maker has created.

The LORD our Potter has molded us from clay of sinful flesh. He has kneaded in His own righteousness into us through Christ Jesus.

Has not the Potter the right to break the vessel and shape a soul into something new?

Revelation 21:8 “But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Our Maker and Redeemer will judge! Only those truly repentant and faithful, truly loving the Person of God and His created ones will remain. That is why there will be no more weeping.

Love will be real for me and for you, in the Person of Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Isaiah 43:19 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.

May it be our personal witness of love for our beloved, in witness to the love of Christ Jesus for His Beloved Church, His bride.

This is my plea to my wife; to my children and brothers and sisters, my friends, my family – IF we are the Lord’s, let the fruit of His love be known in our love for each other.

August 9, 2014