UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION
Part 9
Revelation 5: 1-14, "And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals, and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having severn horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever."
I will not go over all the descriptions of this one who was worthy to open the book. We must remember that, this is about that one in Rev. 1:13, "one like unto the son of man". And this one, has manifested the image of Whom he came out of. Remember, this book is not about Jesus. It is about a many membered body that God has completely manifested in and through. So alike, that they cannot be told apart. (read back to refresh your memory).
But here and forward in the Book of Revelation, we are starting to get into HOW that one became "like unto the son of man".
In the next part we are going to get into the vials; the seals; the trumpets: and their meanings. But, I want to look at a couple of things, here in chapter 5.
The first thing we see and should give a HUGH CLUE, is: "no MAN WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE BOOK..." As we know and have all been through, as long as we have our dependance in MAN to teach us the things of God; and we are too lazy or unwilling, to spend the time that is needed to be spent in seeking Truth, within ourselves, all we will receive is second hand knowledge. NOT REVELATION, but second hand knowledge.
Of itself, knowledge can do nothing. It can change nothing. It takes revelation from within the Spirit to bring forth changing thinking. Keep chasing men and you will get knowledge, but, not revelation. And many are still doing this. They go from teacher to teacher trying to learn, but all that brings is confusion. GO DIRECTLY TO THE SPIRIT AND RENEW YOUR THINKING. OR follow the crowd and fall right into the same ditch that they fall in.
Speaking of crowds; I know that MANY of us have experienced the fact, that when we place our dependance in the Spirit; and begin having ourselves awakened, the crowd leaves us. And I will not sit here and say that it doesn't hurt, because it does. BUT, once the REALITY of our True Identity sets in, we shout joyfully, "Oh it is SO worth losing all that I had to lose to gain my True Self!!" And encouragement rises within us, and the knowing that at this point in His Plan, all are not called to this place. NOT YET. Oh yes, all will come to know their Identity, but God has always taken a people out of a people, when He made a move and it is still the same. So, we can rejoice that the ones we think has left us, will be with us. AMEN. No it is not an easy journey, but, no one said it would be easy, except for those preaching, "pray to die and go to heaven". Well, we DON'T HAVE TO DIE AND GO ANYWHERE. Heaven is here and so is hell and we choose the state of being we will be in. AMEN.
We see that NO MAN is able to open the book. Things of the Spirit are foolishness to man. Only the Spirit Being can even look into the book. Now, I want to go over a few definitions, here and show that to understand, ALL RELIGION MUST GO:
1) THE BOOK: The book is not ONLY the Plan of God; it is also us. The book is also many membered. Folks, this whole book is showing us ourselves. We can believe that we are the Church; We can believe that we are the Temple of God; why is it so hard to believe that we are this book?
There are two explanations, in Strong's Concordance that tells us something about this book.
# 975, 976
# 975 says: a book; a roll; a scroll; writing.
#976 says: the inner bark of the papyrus; , and a plant.
2 Peter 3: 16, "As also in all his epistles (writings or books) speaking in them of these things: in which are some things hard to be understood, which thy that are unlearned, and unstable wrest, as they do also the OTHER SCRIPTURES, unto their own destruction."
So, we see here, in this scripture, that ONE kind of book is scriptures. This was speaking of Paul's WRITINGS. This verse is telling us, that there are those who don't understand (the unlearned) and there are the unstable, who IF we are unlearned, we are definitely unstable. But, let's look at OTHER books or writings:
2 Cor. 3:2-6, "YE ARE OUR EPISTLES WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS, KNOW AND READ OF ALL MEN. Forasmuch as YE ARE MANIFESTEDLY DECLARED TO BE THE EPISTLE OF CHRIST ministered by us, WRITTEN NOT WITH INK, BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT IN TABLES (TABLETS) OF STONE, BUT IN FLESHLY TABLES(TABLETS) OF THE HEART. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves: but our sufficiency is OF God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life."
So we see here that there is a different kind of BOOK, not written with ink, but with the Spirit. Now understand this: THERE ARE NOT MANY BOOKS, JUST ONE BOOK, but it is made up of a many membered writing. You may say, well why are WE written in THEIR hearts? Simple. Are we not told, "I will write MY words on your heart."? He did not write different Truth on different hearts; HE wrote the SAME TRUTH on each of our hearts. Some will allow it to come forth, some won't; some will make their OWN WORDS and some don't; some will read as if THEY are the only one with HIS TRUTH, but we are know better than that. And it is best stay away from one who thinks that only they have the Truth and the understanding, because we will end up falling in the same ditch they will fall in. I am not saying that we should just forget them; no; they are a part of us, it is just that PRIDE is taking them for a ride. But, there will come to THEMSELVES, just as the Prodical son did.
WE are the living book; and the words of HIM is written on our INNER BARK OF PAPYRUS. AND WE ARE BEING READ BY OTHERS!! Our LIFE is the book. And we are being opened up. And "heaven and earth" ARE coming together, but first both must see eye to eye, and that is happening RIGHT NOW in a people.
In Strong's definition, it calls the inner papyrus, a plant.
A PLANT;
MT 15:13-14, "And he answered and said, Every PLANT, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Now really, all this is saying is that there are those who write their own book. And after they fall in the ditch, HE will help them up. The HE, is us AS HIM and HIM AS US. So don't let the writing in the bible make it seem that everything is really dreary; because it isn't. Right now, the part of His Plan that is happening now or manifesting now, is just His rising and manifesting through a people, out of His people. They will come along, in time.
Daniel was given a vision, just like John on Patmos, where he saw this day happening.
Daniel 12:1-10, "And at that time (this time is in connection with His people, as a many membered body, opening up the book) shall Michael (the angel of war) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of they people: and there shall be a time of trouble (this trouble is an instability of the people, bothe in the natural realm and in the Spirit. Which we see happening right now) such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: AND AT THAT TIME THY PEOPLE SHALL BE DELIVERED, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth (those that depend on man, or the natural understanding) shall AWAKE, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; (this brightness and shining is that many membered ONE like unto the son of man; or those who awaken to their True Identity) and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars (teachiners) for ever and ever. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book ( which was done UNTIL NOW) UTIL THE TIME OF THE END: (this does not mean, the end of the world, it means the end of the world THE WAY WE KNOW IT NOW) many shall runto and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. (THIS KNOWLEDGE is the knowledge of the Spirit) Then I Danile looked and, behold, there stood other tow, the one on THIS SIDE OF THE BANK OF THE RIVER, and the other on THAT SIDE OF THE BANK OF THE RIVER. (this river is Jordon, which represents death. So there were tow, one on each side of death. Know this, that EVERYTHING IS A MAAAAANY MEMBERED BODY; whether on this side of death or the other side of death.) Now listen to this glorious hope, And one said the MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN, (now what was "the one like unto the son of man, dressed in? White Linen!!) WHICH WAS UPON THE WATERS OF THE RIVER, (water represents, the Word. This One was standing up speaking a DIFFERENT WORD!! A LIVING WORD!!! hallelujah!!! This is us folks. We are coming against physical death. We are PROCLAIMING LIFE!! Not for tomorrow, but for right now. We DO NOT HAVE TO SEE DEATH, AND WE ARE GIVING LIFE TO OTHERS, I WOULD CALL THAT A SAVOUR!!! "Saviours shall come from Mt Zion". Notice, SAVIOURS IS PLURAL. Obediah 21:, " And SaviourS shall come UP on mount Zion to judge (correct what is incorrect) the mount of Esau; and the Kingdom shall be the Lord's!!" THIS IS NOW FOLKS!! I don't care what anyone tells you about waiting, be available for His COMPLETE MANIFESTATON in and through us!! Back to Daniel, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? (this is speaking of this PROPHESY that is here in Daniel) And I heard the man clothed in linen , which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half (see my study on the Great Tribulation for the meaning of these times) and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these thing shall be finished. ( we have seen that God FINISHED HIS WORK; this finished, is the MANIFESTING OF THAT FINISHED WORK HERE ON EARTH BY US!!) And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up AND SEALED till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand." ( the "wicked" is not as we think of wicked. It is those who will NOT live as WHO THEY ARE; they won't accept the Truth of their True Identity,........but in time......
If you read Daniel 10:10-14, you will see that this is the Archangel Michael who has come to Propesy to Daniel, about the very time that we are in. And don't let the word "end" frighten you. It simply means the end of something as we now know it, but will see it differently in the Light of Who we ARE.
We will begin in Chapter 5:6, in our next part and then we will be all over the Book of Revelation. Isn't it good to see with HIS EYES!!
to be continued.....
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