
The Candlesticks without The Light of Christ
shining through them.
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To reveal the condition of His Temple, Which we are in darkness without His Light of knowing who is sitting on the throne of our hearts, The Spirit working through John testified and said, "All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen" (1 John 5:17-21).
The message given to us through John is that we are in a world of confusion, which know not The Truth, but Christ did come and has given to us The Light of His Understanding that we might know The Truth. As Paul was called to handle The Word of Light and Life to the hearts of the Gentiles, who were in darkness to The Truth of The Ministration of The Spirit, John was called also to reveal in a book The Things Christ had revealed through him, to the seven churches in Asia that The Things no eyes have seen, or ears have heard of GOD, might be demonstrated through us to the hearts of men, who were in darkness to The True Image and Name of GOD in the world. But like Adam and Eve, who were enticed to eat of the forbidden fruit and open their hearts to another, who darken their hearts and minds to The Truth of GOD and HIS Word, the church of Ephesus had been enticed to leave her first love for the desire of another.
And The LORD called by HIS Word the church of Smyrna, which had received The Treasures of Christ in her heart, but The Light demonstrated in her was put out from among the people by the work of the enemy, who worked through those, who say they were of God, but persecuted those, who shined The Light of Truth to their hearts. The LORD then called by HIS Word the church of Pergamos to glorify and demonstrate HIS Name and HIS Word in the places where Satan had established his seat, but she turn The Light of Christ down, which allowed the darkness of corrupt doctrines of devils to take root in the hearts of men.
The LORD then called by HIS Word the church of Thyatira, to shine His Love and Faith by His Work of Service and Patience through her, to give His church time to repent of her fornication with idolatry, but many in this church tolerated the corrupt doctrines of devils, which came from the church where Satan established his seat, and proclaim through her to speak for GOD, to seduce the servants of Christ to commit fornication with her. Notice that those, who commit fornication with this women, who says she speaks for GOD, and works against shining HIS Light to do HIS Will, HE The LORD will cast them into a bed of great tribulation, except they repent of their adultery with her. The LORD then called by HIS Word to the church of Sardis, which continued to hold to HIS NAME, WHICH HIS Word revealed by His Faithful Witness, but The Light and Life of Christ had been turned down so low that she was spiritually dead in revealing His Light to the world.
To the church of Philadelphia, The LORD called to her, who kept HIS Word and His Testimony, and had not denied HIS Name, Which was revealed to her by faith through HIS Word. But she had little strength to shine The Light of GOD'S Word to the world, because the enemy worked to darken the minds of those, who sought to shine The Light of GOD'S Word to the world. The LORD then looked to the church of Laodicea, who said that she had received The True and Faithful Witness of GOD. Yet, she being rich and increased with The Good Treasures of The LORD by HIS Word, remained lukewarm and powerless, to The Truth she had received of GOD by HIS Word. And being blinded in her mind to the work of the enemy, who kept her from beholding The Image of Christ through The veil of His Flesh, that she might not change into His Image and Glory, Which He has ordained unto her from the foundation of the world; this last day church being unaware that she is naked to The Light of The Knowledge of The Glory of GOD, as seen and reflected in The Face of Jesus Christ, is kept by the enemy from seeing The Truth of The Name of GOD, WHOM Christ has revealed through Himself and those through, whom He has sent in His Name.
By being naked, or unaware of The Light of Truth on The GODHEAD, Which is clearly revealed through the things, (The Veil), Which GOD has revealed by HIS Word to make known HIS Glory, this last day church being led by the wisdom of men to trust not in The Word, but in her own imagination, to darken her own heart by the work of the enemy, that she might changed The Truth of GOD into a lie, and The Word of Truth in her might be changed into unrighteousness. And if the enemy could fully accomplish this work of deception in her, then he would have completely changed her into his own image of unrighteousness. However, to receive the covering of Christ Righteousness and have fellowship with The Father by HIS Word, to have eyes to see by His Faith, The Father says by HIS Word, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent" (Revelation 3:19).
For HE said by HIS Word through Paul, Saying, "...without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6). For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:8-10).
The LORD has revealed by HIS Word through His servant Paul, saying "...if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them" (2 Corinthians 4:3,4). And if the enemy is seeking to completely hide all means of revealing The Truth of GOD to the hearts of men, then it means that he has been the one, who has been working through men to keep men from reflecting The Light of The Truth about GOD and HIS Son to the hearts of men.
John testified and said, "...I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
"And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great" (Revelation 16:13-21). |

As the enemy worked in heaven in the beginning to darken
the minds of the angels to The Truth of GOD, likewise he has been
seeking to do the same on earth to the minds of men.
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And because GOD has saved us all by HIS Grace through our faith in HIS Word, Whom HE has sent, HE by HIS Word through Paul has said, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
"And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
"Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled; Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
"But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that [speaketh] from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God [is] a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:1-29). Notice that if GOD is ONE BEING, WHO has revealed HIMSELF as Three Divine Beings at different times through out the history of this world, then how is it that HE is able to sit down at the right hand of HIMSELF? Is this not a contradiction in the hearts of those, who say they have received The Word of GOD, to bear Witness of HIS Name to men? We are the ones called of GOD by HIS Word to be partakers of HIS Holy and Divine Nature through The Gift of HIS Son, Whom HE has sent, and not we of ourselves. We are of the seven spirit, who stand before HIS Throne by The Gift of HIS Grace through our faith in HIS Son, Who is The Mediator of the new covenant of GOD to all, who would receive HIS Word. If we love our fellow members in The Body of Christ, would we rejoice to see them naked, in darkness to The Light of The Knowledge of The Glory of GOD, Which is more Glorious than the children of Israel beholding The Light of Christ in the face of Moses? Through His friend John, The Spirit demonstrated His Love for all, who would receive Him, saying, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches" (Revelation 3:20-22). As Paul said, "...we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation "(Hebrews 3:14,15). Having an ear to hear, and eyes to see what no man have seen, John testified and said, "I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. |

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These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. 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, 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" (Revelation 14:1-7).
Notice that the difference in the women without The Light, and those, who shine The Light of Christ is the spirit, who sits upon the throne of their hearts, to reflect The Image of GOD, and to proclaim The Name Christ has revealed, Which is Eternal Life. For Jesus said in His prayer to The Father, saying, "I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them" (John 17:9,10). It is my prayer that we might take seriously The Spirits call while there may still be time to receive The Spirit of Light and Life, Who demonstrates His Spring of Living Water through those to sing His song through them to glorify The NAME of The Only True GOD and HIS Son Jesus Christ; Whom HE The Father has sent to save our souls. And as John said, "...This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen" (1 John 5:20,21). |