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4th Message:How to Rule the Nations and Governments!
A Message from Jesus to Excellent Christians Dealing with a Seducing Spirit of Compromise
(Thyatira) Revelation 2:18-29
Jesus describes Himself to this Church:
“He that says these things is:
1.The SON of GOD… I’m GOD, not just a man. I’m on another level, different, and separate. My ways and thoughts and agenda is different than man’s.
2.With EYES like FLAMES of FIRE… My eyes are active and full of energy. Flames don’t stand still; they are active, powerful, and energetic. That’s the way I see and look at my Church.
3.With FEET like fine BRASS… Brass is heavy and solid. Jesus is not going anywhere! I will stand my ground in my Church, unmoveable and steadfast. Anything that is against me will not push me out, I will push it out!
Jesus is intimately acquainted with and understands this group of Christians’:
1.Works – They had good works, which is the first thing Jesus looks at with His Churches.
2.Charity – They had Charity, which is the greatest thing, and bond of maturity and perfection.
3.Service – They served well.
4.Faith – They were strong in faith, which is precious to God. They weren’t weak in faith.
5.Patience – They also were patient and longsuffering.
6.Works – the last works are more than the first works.
So according to Jesus, this is a very good and excellent Church. Not only did they do good works, they were commended twice for their works, and the last was better than the first. So they were getting better and better! They “had it going on.”
PROBLEMS:
Even with all that excellence and good works, Jesus has a few things AGAINST this group of Christians because they ALLOW Jezebel, a false prophetess to teach and seduce HIS servants to:
1.Commit fornication
2.Eat food (harmless things) sacrificed to idols.
Jesus keeps having BEEF with the same issues: fornication & idolatry. Or, better yet: “allowing the teaching and promoting” of fornication & idolatry.
He hates the doctrine of Balaam which puts a stumbling block and tricks people into fornication & idolatry.
He hates the Nicolaitan doctrine that conquers and corrupts people into idolatry and fornication.
Now He hates the allowing of Jezebel to teach and seduces His servants into fornication and idolatry with the world.
(See 3 Main Doctrines that Jesus Hates).
Why does JESUS HATE fornication and idolatry so much? Why does He keep emphasizing these things? Fornication is sexual activity outside of marriage. Idolatry is spiritual adultery. Adultery is a sexual relationship outside of your marriage. Spiritually, it’s anything you put before your relationship with God. THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE! What is your relationship with God?
Realize that Jesus’s greatest relationship with His Church is that of a Bridegroom to a Bride!
THE REAL ISSUE
If your fiance’ or betrothed spouse was having sex with someone else, how would you feel?
Well, that’s how fornication and spiritual adultery (idolatry) makes JESUS feel. Jesus loves you and He wants you exclusively. He doesn’t want to marry a prostitute/whore. He forgives prostitutes and spiritual whores like we were, then asks us to love Him exclusively.
Spiritually, Jesus wants us to be faithful to Him as a spouse, not “leaving our first love” (like the Ephesus Church in the 1st Message), or allowing fornication and adultery (like Pergamos in the 3rd Message, and like this Thyatira Church). It all comes back to JESUS’s PASSIONATE LOVE AND DESIRE FOR YOUR SOUL. He LIKES YOU!
Back to the 4th Message:
REPERCUSSIONS
“I gave her (Jezebel) space to repent of her fornication, but she wouldn’t.” God gives compromising teachers in the Church time, space and chances to turn around and do something different. Evidently this false prophetess is really rebellious.
1.“I will cast her into a bed, and those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.” Jesus will put Jezebel and other adulterers with her into much trouble. But he still is merciful and gives them time to change.
2. “I will kill her children with death.” Children born by her will die. Those spiritual “babies” that the Church allows her to teach will be killed, by Jesus.
3. “All the Churches will know that I am He who searches the reins (thoughts & purposes of the soul) and hearts, and I will reward everyone for their works.” This is where you see Jesus’ initial self-description come back. “When they see what I do to compromisers, all the Churches will know that my flaming fiery eyes can see everything inside their hearts, and that I don’t back down from MY purposes. You will reap what you sow.”
Jesus is a BOSS.
Jesus doesn’t just look at appearances… (whether you are in Church or not and how your life appears on the outside). He sees your heart! Be faithful to Him only!
AS FOR THE REST OF YOU:
To the rest of you who are NOT running with Jezebel, and aren’t teaching the compromising doctrine (which is from Satan)… You all just keep doing what you are doing until I come back. You all are doing very excellently – just keep up the good works!
PROMISES:
If you excellent Christians: ignore the seductions of Jezebel – who tries to preach & prophesy you into relationships with idols, false gods, and sexual activity outside of marriage… AND you keep up the good works until the END:
1.I will give you POWER OVER NATIONS, You will rule them with a rod of Iron and will break them like clay pots.”That means that when Jesus comes back to the earth, He will set you in Authority over a country, or a few countries & nations. You will rule them, and He will have you break down former the government systems and infrastructures… and they will have to SUBMIT to Jesus through YOU!
2.And I will give Him the MORNING STAR. You will get authority over a star that is like the sun. An abundance of light, power, and energy is in it.
To any excellent Christians with political ambitions: Jesus can give you Political power and Power over light & energy. All you have to do is be excellent, and overcome the compromising spirit of Jezebel.
If you have a spiritual ear to hear, please pay attention to the deeper meanings that the Spirit of God is trying to get across to many different groups of Christians.
We all know that only Jesus can solve the biggest problems of the world right now (economic, oil, energy, war). Men may try to get together and accomplish progress. Progress is always good – but as long as mankind is sinful by nature, man will mess things up. That’s why Jesus is coming soon, literally and physically! He can give you the authority over NATIONS. Do you want to be on Jesus’ International Dominion team? Overcome the spiritual compromises of Jezebel!
Next:
5th Message: How to Stay Saved And Keep Your Name in the Book of Life
A Message from Jesus to the Dead Christians
– Get the Book that exposes and confronts OT Jezebel AND NT Jezebel (they operate very differently): Killing Idols For REVIVAL. So you can overcome and rule nations and governments with Jesus Christ.
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