My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 14:13

My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 14:13

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 Blessed Dead

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them” (Rev. 14:13).

Write, blessed are... This word is used 16 times in the book, proving John was directed to write as he received the Revelation (Rev. 1:11, 1:19; 2:1, 2:8, 2:12, 2:18; 3:1, 3:7, 3:12, 3:14; 10:4; 14:13; 19:9; 21:5); cp. 1:3; 22:18-19.

from henceforth:... From the time people begin to die, because they will not take the mark of the beast. It refers to a special blessing to martyrs of the tribulation (Rev. 6:9-11; 7:9-17; 14:13; 15:2-4; 20:4-6).

saith the Spirit,... The Holy Spirit speaks 12 times in Revelation (Rev. 1:10; 2:7, 2:11, 2:17, 2:29; 3:6, 3:13, 3:22; 4:2; 17:3; 21:10; 22:17).

do follow them... Three promises in view of faithfulness:

1. Blessed are the martyrs for Christ.

2. They rest from their labours.

3. Their rewards follow them.

Patience here is perseverance or endurance. The assurance of the judgment of God's enemies is a basis for the perseverance of the Great Tribulation believers to continue following Christ. The perseverance of genuine believers in the faith and commandments of God is assumed and guaranteed.

The dead which die in the Lord from henceforth are Great Tribulation martyrs; they will be blessed through rest, resurrection, and reigning with Christ during the Millennium (Rev. 20:4-6). They will receive a reward for their works of obedience.
“Blessed” (see 1:3).
These dead in Christ rest in peace until they receive their reward. These are blessed in that they have run the race successfully and are now just waiting peacefully to receive the rewards of their labor

The blessing of the faithful saints (Rev. 14:13)

After the solemn pronouncement of the third angel John heard a voice from heaven commanding him, Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. To this the Holy Spirit added the promise, they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.

This passage is often quoted in regard to God’s general blessings on all Christians, but the context indicates that the blessing is especially for those who die in the Great Tribulation. For them it is a blessed release from persecution, torture, and trial and a deliverance into the glorious presence of the Lord.

Following the messages of the three angels “a great voice from heaven” told John to write the above statement concerning the dead that die “henceforth”; i.e.,during the great tribulation of the last three and one-half years. These dead referred to are those who will be martyred because they will not worship the beast and his image or receive his mark. They are the same as those referred to in Rev. 7:9-17; 13:5-7, 15; 15:2-4; 20:4. This message of encouragement will be needed at that time by these saints to help them to be true in their trials. What a contrast between this message and the doom spoken by the third messenger angel concerning the beast-worshipers! Their “labours” and “works” probably refer to their ceaseless opposition to Antichrist and the prevailing corruption of this time, and to the trials and hardships they are to undergo in the persecution from the beast. These blessings will be only to those who “die in the Lord from henceforth.”

This is the tenth time John is told to “write.” The voice is perhaps the voice of Christ that told him to “write” on all other occasions, Rev. 1:11, 19; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14. The Spirit is the one imparting this to Christ in His reception of it from the Father, Rev. 1:1. The clause, “Yea, saith the Spirit” has been expressed seven times before, “He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.” There are only two other persons in the Revelation that tell John and they are the redeemed prophet who is showing John these Revelations (Rev. 1:3; 19:9,10; 22:8,9) and God the Father (Rev. 21:5).