9 • OBEY COMMAND TO LOVE • COMMANDMENT TO BELIEVE & LOVE • FAITH + BELIEF = VICTORY • SPIRITUAL STRENGTH • GOD IS OUR AVENGER • LOVE YOUR ENEMIES • JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED • JESUS’ REWARDS TO THOSE WHO OVERCOME
(God Conceals)
Kings Search & Reveal
God conceals the revelation of his word in the hiding place of his glory. But the honor of kings is revealed by how they thoroughly search out the deeper meaning of all that God says.
Proverbs 25.2 TPT
we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom
1 Corinthians 2.7
Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful
1 Corinthians 4.1
signified = a concept or meaning as distinguished from the sign through which it is communicated
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants–things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John
Revelation 1.1
The words of the wise are proverbs, enigmas & riddles
Unraveling them requires an understanding heart to “hear"
“To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles”
To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles
Proverbs 1.6
“those who hear”
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy
Revelation 1.3
“A wise man will hear”
“a man of understanding will attain (acquire) wise counsel”
A wise man will hear and increase learning
And a man of understanding will [b] attain (acquire) wise counsel
Proverbs 1.5
“hear with understanding”
all who could hear with understanding
Nehemiah 8.2
“If you have understanding, hear this“
If you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words
Job 34.6
“I, wisdom” “I am understanding“
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And find out knowledge and discretion.
12 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, I have strength.
Proverbs 8.12
“the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
“knowledge of the Holy One is understanding”
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9.10
“The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge”
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Proverbs 15.14
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God”
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
James 1.5
Wisdom ≫ Understanding ≫ Knowledge
144
Definition: perception
Usage: perception, understanding, discernment
144 – the brand of sense-discernment which “cuts through” hazy ethical (moral) matters to really “size things up”
Perception:
• The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses
• The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted
• Intuitive understanding and insight
Discernment:
1 the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure
2 an act of perceiving or discerning something
Synonyms
insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity,
sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom
Discern:
to detect with senses other than vision to come to know or recognize mentally
But solid food belongs to those who are [c] of (mature) full age, that is, those who by reason of [d] use (practice) have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 5.14
The 144k could have perception, understanding and discernment
The 144k may perceive “see” with the heart
They may understand “hear” with the heart
They may be able to “discern both good and evil” by having “their senses exercised”
“The word of God” is a “two-edged sword” that “cuts” and “pierces”
It is a “discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews 4.12
The 144k may be from within the faithful church in Philadelphia
The overcomers from this church will not be tested in the “hour of trial” because they continue to keep Jesus’ command to persevere
Philadelphia
5360. philadelphia
Strong’s Concordance – Greek
Definition: the love of brothers, brotherly love
Usage: brotherly love, love of Christian brethren
5360 philadelphía (from 5384 /phílos, “loving friend” and 80 /adelphós, “a brother”) – properly, affection for the brethren (fellow-believers)
The members of this church who overcome will have the name of God, the New Jerusalem and Jesus’ new name written on them
The Faithful Church
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,
‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: 8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it; for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name. 9 Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. 10 Because you have kept [g] My command to persevere (the word of My patience), I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. 11 Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. 12 He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
Revelation 3.7-12
Some of the 144k may come from the church in Sardis or they may be a separate group
Sardis – the capital of Lydia, a luxurious city
Philadelphia – a city of Lydia in Asia Minor
Sardis was near Philadelphia so they were probably rightly influenced by them
There are some in the church in Sardis who are “worthy”
Those who overcome will “be clothed in white garments”
They “have not defiled their garments”
The Dead Church
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write,
‘These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you. 4 You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
Revelation 3.1-5
However, it isn’t mentioned that they will get any names written on them (or maybe it is implied)
It is worth noting the “few” who are “worthy” in this church
Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Luke 21.36
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The Pope changed the Sabbath to
Sunday in the 1st century contrary to
God’s 4th commandment
“the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God”
Exodus 20.10
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Wise virgins become wise because they ‘buy the truth.’ Jesus is the truth.
“Buy the truth, and do not sell it” (Prov 23.23)
“I am the way, the truth, and the life”
(John 14.6)
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