My
Sheep Hear My Voice
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
The
Seventh Trumpet: The Third Woe
(Rev.
11:14-13:18)
Temple
of God… In heaven (see 3:12; 7:15; 14:15, 17; 15:5-8; 16:1, 17).
The heavenly Holy of Holies (see Exodus 26:31-36), where God dwells
in transcendent glory, already is identified as His throne in
(chapters 4 and 5), and here the Holy of Holies.
the
ark of his testament]
The ark after which Moses patterned his ark of the covenant (Heb.
8:5; 9:23). This
piece of furniture in the Old Testament tabernacle and temple (see
Exodus 25:11-18), symbolized God’s presence, atonement and covenant
with His people. That earthly Ark was only a picture of this heavenly
one (see Heb. 9:23; 10:20). It was there God provided mercy and
atonement for sin. As the earthly Holy of Holies was open when the
price of sin was paid (Matt. 27:51; Heb. 10:19-20), so the Holy of
Holies in heaven is opened to speak of God’s saving New Covenant
and redeeming purpose in the midst of judgment.
We
see here the dwelling of God in all its awesomeness. There was an Ark
of the Covenant in the tabernacle in the wilderness. There is much
speculation about where that earthly Ark is today. Some believe that
it is underneath the city of Jerusalem; some believe it is in Rome.
The strange thing is that it is unimportant where it is.
And there were lightnings, and voices, … and thunderings, … and an earthquake, … and great hail... What was anticipated (in 4:5 and 8:5), will become a terrifying reality. These events occur as part of the seventh vial (16:17-21), and are the climax of the seventh trumpet. Since heaven is the source of vengeance, judgment also comes out of God’s Holy of Holies (14:15, 17: 15:5-8; 16:1, 7, 17; see 6:1).
We are reassured that God's covenant with us will never fail. We see God's power and might in all these manifestations such as these earthquakes. We must remember continually, that Revelation is not in chronological order as we have seen in our lessons, there are parenthetical sections explaining future events in-between. God does not tell us just exactly when each thing happens, He does show us each of the events. We know they will happen as scripture details them. All of these earthquakes etc., just show God's dealing with man.
The
chapter closes with another dramatic incident. John wrote, Then God’s
temple in heaven was opened. At the same time John was able to look
into the temple where he saw the ark of His covenant. This refers to
the heavenly temple rather than to a temple on earth. The
corresponding results in the earth, however, included lightning…
thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm (cf. Rev. 8:5).
The
dramatic introduction of the events relating to the seventh trumpet
concluded here and will be resumed in Rev.16:1-21. Chronologically
the time will be close to Christ’s second coming.
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