The Faith of Today’s Christians
How does God's word - the Bible - see today's pastors and their knowledge about the Bible?
Talking about the sealed book, in the Old Testament, Isaiah 29:9-14 states that the entire vision is like a sealed book, because the Lord has poured out a spirit of deep sleep and their eyes are sealed and their heads are covered. The seers and prophets are all blind and do not know the vision. They are taught by man and honor God with their lips. They call Him 'Lord, Lord', yet their hearts are far from God.
But the vision has a time for its fulfillment (Hab 2:2-3). At the time of the fulfillment God opened the scroll and gave it to the son of man to eat, and sent him to the corrupt chosen people (Ez 2 and 3). That person was Jesus. Jesus, in his first coming, received the opened scroll (book) and fulfilled all that was promised (Jn 19:30).
Regarding visions of the Bible's New Testament, the book of Revelation, in chapter 5 verses 1 to 4 point out that today’s pastors have become blind and that there is not anyone who knows the book that is sealed with seven seals.
What they know and teach is the historical (genetically passed down) teachings. When the vision is not revealed as reality, then there is no salvation for humanity and God and His kingdom will not come to earth. This is the word of a person who knows God's will and understands the Bible.
The book of Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ (Rv 1:1), which records that if it is not kept, added to or taken out from, then that person cannot go to the kingdom of heaven and will be cursed (Rv 22:18-19).
This is how it is, but why can't pastors teach the book of Revelation, the revelation of Jesus? Or when they do, why do they teach it with people's thoughts and by human research? That is because they did not receive the revelation and do not know the true meaning. If they do not know, will they be saved? No. They will not be saved. John went up to the kingdom of heaven (Rv 4) and stood in front of the throne and saw that the book was sealed and no one on earth or heaven could open it so he cried (Rv 5:1-4), because if the book is not opened and God's recorded secret does not get fulfilled, then God's hope and our hope of salvation will not exist.
Today, Jesus broke all seven seals (Rv 6, Rv 8:1) and through the angel gave the book to John so that he can deliver it to all nations and people (Rv 10:1-3, 8-10). In Jesus' first coming, he received the revelation God opened (Ez 2:8-3:3) and said that no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him (Mt 11:27), and that knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ who was sent is eternal life (Jn 17:3).
Today through spiritual John (the one who overcomes) who received the revelation from Jesus, and after the 12 tribes, the 144,000 and the great multitude in white robes receive the revelation by spiritual John we will know God and Jesus. And we can obtain eternal life by knowing spiritual John whom Jesus sent (as a messenger).
In the New Testament we seek eternity and the kingdom of heaven. The New Testament is the new covenant and is testifying and directing us to the one who overcomes - that is spiritual John. The book of Revelation tells us that the one who sees and hears and is ordered (that is the one who overcomes) inherits and becomes God's son (Rv 21:7). God, Jesus and the kingdom of heaven comes to the one who overcomes and the bread of life, the ruling and judgmental power are all given to the one who overcomes (Rv 2 and 3).
The time of the New Testament is the era of the fulfillment of the Revelation. It is a blessing to faithful people to meet the promised pastor - the one who overcomes.
Without paying attention to the one who overcomes there is no salvation. This is the new covenant which is the prophecy of the New Testament, the fulfilled reality of today. Think of the words of the New Testament as a teacher of faith and a path of faith, and then you will know and meet the promised pastor - the one who overcomes.
For more information, please visit
No comments:
Post a Comment