Title: The Church of the Day
1. The image of the powerful angel must be the image of the church today that reflects Jesus Christ (Rev 10:1~2).
Today's church ① The source must be in heaven, not on earth (an angel who came down from heaven). ② The church must be a powerful angel armed with spiritual power (strong angel). ③ The church should have a mystery surrounded by heavenly majesty and glory (angel clothed in clouds). ④ The church must have the apostolicity of the true covenant. You will have to decorate it with a rainbow to reveal its splendid glory to the world. ⑤ The church should be a body that shines like the sun reflecting the glory of Jesus. ⑥ The church should be like a pillar of fire that informs the Lord's righteous judgment that condemns the world's injustice and darkness (angel like a pillar of fire).
God did not entrust the gospel of salvation (biblical revelation) to the angels, but entrusted it to the church.
The church must raise its hands high and show the world the light of open biblical revelation. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105). If the church raises its hands high and radiates the light of this biblical revelation, won't the world become brighter?
It is said that God ordained angels for those who will inherit salvation (Hebrews 1:14). Then, isn't the little book in the angel's hand never owned by the angel, but by the apostle John, and not by the church?
The church's hands (saints) must open the Bible, the church's feet firmly tread on the ground, the church's eyes to look firmly to the Lord, the church's ears to hear the Lord's voice, and the church's mouth must be the clear trumpet of the gospel. . The church must have strength in this work.
The reason is that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4, Deuteronomy 8:3). The church should eat the Bible day and night, regularly, and continuously. It is as if we ate the food of the body on a regular basis, without a break.
The church should eat and drink knowing that the Bible is the food of life. We must translate it into experience in our lives. The church must go before the Bible, open its mouth before the Bible, and receive work to do before the Bible.
The church should know the delicacy (taste) of the Bible, eat and drink You must know the taste of honey and bitterness. It tastes good when you read it, tastes good when you hear it, when you realize what you hear, it tastes good, when you put what you realize into your life, it tastes good, and as a result of transferring it, it tastes good when you receive blessings according to the Bible. When the church eats the Bible, it means experiencing Jesus Christ by faith (John 5:39).
Why can't I eat? Why can't I taste it?
① It is because they have not been born again (John 3:5). Those who have not received the new life cannot eat and drink the word of revelation.
② It is because of unbelief (Hebrews 4:2). Even if you hear the word, you don't know the taste of the word when it doesn't harmonize with faith.
③ Because he was sick (1 Peter 2:1). When there are germs in the body, those germs paralyze our taste buds. As a result, you lose the ability to eat.
The spiritually sick cannot taste the mystery of revelation.
④ It is because they do not work (Matthew 20:1~7). Those who do not work have no food to eat and no water to drink. Also, the labor force is declining. Those who do not do spiritual work and vineyard work have no food and drink action.
⑤ Because he died (Revelation 3:1). There is no food and drink action in the cemetery. Everything is at a standstill. A person who is spiritually dead ceases to be spiritually active.
Such a state of mind cannot experience the word of righteousness.
4. The mission of those who have seen and heard is to speak (Rev. 10:1, 2, 3, 9, 11).
The Apostle John saw a Vision of a mighty angel who came down from heaven with a book open in his hand. He also heard the angel's cry and the sound of the seven thunders. He was also told to take the book and eat it.
Indeed it is Those who have seen and heard the end of the glory, redemption, and victory of Jesus Christ cannot but speak in front of the stage of history. So didn't the apostles say that we cannot but speak what we have seen and heard (Acts 4:20)? Isn't the witness mission (prophecy mission) a privilege, a spirit, a pride, and a blessing that only the church has been given?
5. The mystery of God always has an incomprehensible mystery (Rev. 10:4, 6, 7).
The sound of the seven thunders was made to be heard, but not to be written. God is alive forever and ever. God is the Creator of all beings.
God is the mystery of the gospel. And isn't he the one who keeps the secrets of the seven thunders secret? Isn't He the infinite, eternal and immutable self-existent?
All creation can only bow down before him and worship him.
6. We must keep in mind that the theme of Revelation is the final victory of Jesus Christ and the assurance of the final victory of the church (Revelation 10:1~11).
Revelation 10 also shows the secret of the church's victory in tribulation before the third and seventh trumpet plagues (Rv 16-18) and bowl plagues occur.
It affirms the fact that you should bring a small book (the Gospel of the Bible) and eat it. It is said that the secret to the victory of the dual mission, sweet in the mouth and bitter in the stomach, lies only in eating the Bible itself.
Those who eat the Bible will not perish. Those who eat the Bible will not be defeated. Doesn't it show that those who eat the Bible are victorious?