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The book of Revelation can only be understood within the context that God intended it to be understood. Any other context will produce a false interpretation – an uncertain sound “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” (I Cor 14:8 ) If you receive an uncertain sound, you will not understand where the real battle against your soul is, and the enemy will defeat you. Context is defined as “The circumstances in which an event occurs.” Revelation is not just a study of a book – but much more. We need the appropriate spiritual conditions surrounding the “event” of us receiving the revelation – if we are to receive it with the true clarity that was intended. It is the revelation of Jesus himself and of his true church (the “body of Christ”, the true representation also of Jesus himself.) It also reveals to us how the devil has worked with false religion to deceive and confuse the truth of the Gospel. Finally, it is the revelation of exactly where we are spiritually before God. When we really see Jesus as he is, we also will have revealed to us a sobering vision of how we look to him! The proper context for understanding is fully identified by Jesus in the first chapter. In fact, everything we need to know about how to study this book is told us in chapter one. The Apostle John had to have the right spiritual condition to be able to receive it from Jesus. Let us carefully consider these following contexts, and be sure we ourselves are studying within these same spiritual conditions! Jesus’ Revelation – First of all, verse 1 states that it is Jesus’ revelation that God gave to him. It does not belong to anyone else, and no one else has a right to make any money off of it by writing a book on it and then selling it. If you have one of those type of books, be assured it is worse than worthless because it contains deception! When Jesus sent out his disciples to preach the kingdom of God he instructed them “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” All the kingdom and benefits are freely given by God to those who will sincerely receive them. He does not allow anyone to charge for it or take personal credit for it because everything spiritually good, actually originated from God. Sent by Servants – Verse 1 also tells us that the only messengers/preachers that Jesus gives the Revelation message to are true “servants.” A servant does not serve anyone else’s interests but his master’s – no, not even his own interests. A true servant is always obedient to Jesus – he is delivered completely from sin and the power of the devil. By his Master’s grace and power, he keeps himself humble, pure, and holy in all his living. Jesus only puts his hands on these truly humble servants to deliver his message, and this is true of John whom Jesus gave the Revelation message to so we could have it. John rehearses to us in verse 17 that when he saw Jesus he humbly “fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me”. John was a true humble servant of the Lord. Sent to Servants – Verse 1 also tells us that the Revelation message is addressed to only one class of people on earth: “servants.” Those who are “owned” by the master, Jesus Christ. They do not live their own way nor disobey the master. They are bound to him by love, and they have submitted all goals and plans for their own lives to the purpose and plan of the Lord and master. As his servants, they also are persecuted for serving Jesus, yet this only causes them to have an even greater revelation of Jesus in their soul, and to worship and adore him in a greater way. This is why the Apostle John was on the island of Patmos when he received the revelation – he had been persecuted and was banished there for being a true Christian. But he was still worshiping while there, for verse 9 and 10 he tells us: “I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” Time Covered – Revelation was written in approximately AD 90 and Verse 1 states that Revelation covers things that will “shortly come to pass.” Verse 3 states “the time is at hand.” Verse 19 further clarifies the time covered by Revelation this way: “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter” Today we are in the 21st Century. Much of what is in Revelation has already come to pass and has been recorded in history. There is still some yet to come – in particular, the final judgement. Need the Whole Word of God to Understand – Verse 2 states “Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ”. Verse 10 thru 12 states that when Jesus spoke to John that Jesus was behind John and he had to turn around to see him, and when he turned to see him, he saw Jesus “in the midst of the seven candlesticks” – a spiritual object of past Biblical history. The “voice” we hear behind us is the Word of God recorded in the Bible. “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it” (Isaiah 30:21) To understand Revelation, we must use the Word of God that has already been recorded in the past, or “behind us” to understand the meaning of the many symbols, including that of the candlestick “comparing spiritual things with spiritual” (I Cor 2:13). All symbolic meaning within Revelation can be explained by studying the Bible. Revelation is a spiritual book and you cannot translate the symbols literally. The beasts and creatures mentioned in Revelation represent spiritual conditions in the hearts of people, not literal, physical things. There will never be a literal monstrous beast come on the earth to destroy millions of people. These symbols of Revelation have a spiritual meaning, and that spiritual meaning especially needs the context of the Word that “was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14), therefore verse 2 also tells us “and of the testimony of Jesus Christ” who is “The Word of God” (Rev 19:13). The Revelation message reveals Jesus himself to us! The Word of God that was made flesh. The real Jesus! Many know about Jesus, but never have had Jesus’ own presence revealed to them personally. When the true Jesus reveals himself to you by his own presence, you are never the same. You either humble yourself in full repentance to turn from sin to serve him with your whole heart, or you run back to your sin all the harder – or even worse, you seek to find a so called “Christian” religion to join yourself to where you can feel good even though sin is still working in your heart and life. Meant to be Read, Understood, and Kept – Verse 3 states: “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein” It takes time to fully read and study Revelation, and it takes a spiritual, obedient ear to hear and understand what Jesus is revealing, and the truly spiritual will obey the instructions found in Revelation to the servants. Sent from Jesus to His church – Verse 4 states “John to the seven churches” and in verse 11 Jesus instructs John “What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches” and in verse 20 Jesus reveals to John that “the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches”. We begin to also see that Jesus’ Church is only made up of true servants! The Revelation message is to reveal Jesus to the church and to warn the church from becoming false servants and false churches following a false Jesus! Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords – Verse 4 shows he has always been: for he is, he was, and he is to come. Verse 5 shows he is the “prince of kings” which agrees with the Apostle Paul who stated in I Timothy 6:15 that Jesus in his own time would reveal himself as King: “Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords.” This is boldly and plainly stated as the ultimate fact and reality in Rev 19:16 “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS”. All other kings are subordinate to him – it behooves them to humble themselves to be his servants before it is too late! God sets up and he puts down, no mater what men and women think of themselves. The only way to worship Jesus is to honor and adore him as King and Lord over all things to yourself, and to the church. Jesus Dearly Loves Us, is Faithful to Us, and Died for Us – This is why he deserves to be honored as King. In verse 5 it states Jesus “is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood”. Although he may strongly warn and correct us with his Revelation message – he does this because he loves us enough to shake us up if we need to repent and get right. He does not want us to be lost! Must Also Have the Spirit of God to Understand and Worship – Verse 4 states “and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne” showing it takes having the Spirit of God in each of the seven churches to be able to hear and understand the message. In agreement with this, at the end of Jesus’ words to each church congregation Jesus exhorts with these exact same words each time “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches”. It takes the Spirit of God to be able to compare spiritual things with spiritual. “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” When in the proper Spirit of Worship, then we will be able to spiritually see, hear, and understand, and take warning. This is how the Apostle John was able to receive the Revelation, because in verse 10 John states that “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” when I heard and saw what was revealed. Those who humbly obey, adore, and worship Jesus will be in the Spirit of worship – and will understand when Jesus reveals. How Jesus Comes and Reveals Himself – Verse 7 makes it clear how he does this: “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.” The clouds he comes in are not ordinary clouds: “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.” The “clouds” represent the gathering together of the servants to worship Jesus on the throne of their hearts. True servants are one body, one church, worshiping God, and those who are false servants “wail because of him” that is in the midst of the true servants. Jesus said “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matt 18:20) This is not just at the end of time, for before Jesus was to be crucified he told the Chief Priest at that time that: “Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” (Matt 26:64) How did the Chief Priest see it? After the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came, the true Christians as one body were worshiping together and Jesus was powerfully in their midst, reigning on the throne of their hearts. They themselves were the “clouds of heaven” where Jesus was sitting on the right hand of God. The Chief Priest and other Jews saw this, and they were tormented in their hearts because of it. Finally, “they also which pierced him” is everyone whose sin caused him to have to die on the cross yet have not repented to serve Jesus – not just those few at Golgotha that physically pierced him when he was crucified. They “wail” at the sight of him in the clouds because they are guilty of his blood being shed. You either accept his blood as the merciful sacrifice for your sins to deliver you from sin, or you are guilty of that same blood. This is not just a New Testament teaching, but it was also true in the Old Testament: “And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.” In the cloud of witnesses, there is the witness of the Lord’s great mercy to those who will receive Jesus, but to those who have rejected it, they are guilty already because of their sins, and God still “will by no means clear the guilty”. God has provided his Son as the only sacrifice for our sins that he will accept. If you reject his Son and fail to be his faithful servant, you know in yourself that sin is still working in your heart and life and you are still guilty before God! The proper context for understanding is critical! With the help of Satan, religious man has thoroughly confused the truth concerning: God and his Son Jesus, his Word, his plan for salvation, his church, and his Revelation message. But even most people in confused religion would agree on this point: the air is perfectly clear of confusion in heaven. In heaven there is only: one God, one Son of God, one Holy Ghost, one King, one truth, one doctrine, one plan for salvation, and one church. Why you might ask? Because God is NOT CONFUSED! If you make it to heaven, you will not find any person being allowed to confuse anything, because in heaven God is King and everyone else is worshiping and adoring him. But the truth is that on earth there are places where there is no confusion of religious man. Jesus is King in the true church of God, and his true servants are worshiping, obeying and adoring him from the throne of their hearts. The Bible calls this the heavenly place where those who have been saved from sin, sit and agree together in the truth as one church in worshiping God: “And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6) “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.” The church of God is the “fullness” of Jesus – and Jesus is NOT divided, multi-doctrinal, nor confused – the question is: are you? Do you have the proper context to understand Revelation? If not, your attempts to understand will be futile until you fully humble yourself to be his owned servant, and worship and obey him alone, with his body of servants, his church, the true church of God.
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प्रकाशको पुस्तकलाई परमेश्वरले बुझ्नको लागि चाहनुभएको सन्दर्भमा मात्र बुझ्न सकिन्छ। कुनै पनि अन्य सन्दर्भले गलत व्याख्या उत्पन्न गर्नेछ - एक अनिश्चित ध्वनि। "किनकि यदि तुरहीले अनिश्चित आवाज दिन्छ भने, कसले आफैलाई युद्धको लागि तयार गर्नेछ?" (I Cor 14:8) यदि तपाईंले एक अनिश्चित आवाज प्राप्त गर्नुभयो भने, तपाईंले बुझ्नुहुनेछैन कि तपाईंको आत्माको विरुद्धको वास्तविक युद्ध कहाँ छ, र शत्रुले तपाईंलाई पराजित गर्नेछ। सन्दर्भलाई "घटना हुने परिस्थितिहरू" भनेर परिभाषित गरिएको छ। प्रकाश भनेको पुस्तकको अध्ययन मात्र होइन - तर अझ धेरै। हामीलाई प्रकाश प्राप्त गर्ने "घटना" वरिपरि उपयुक्त आध्यात्मिक अवस्थाहरू चाहिन्छ - यदि हामीले यसलाई साँचो स्पष्टताका साथ प्राप्त गर्न चाहन्छौं जुन उद्देश्य थियो। यो येशूको प्रकाश हो आफैलाई and of his faithful love to the true church (the “body of Christ”, the true representation also of Jesus.) It also reveals to us how the devil has worked through false religion, to deceive and confuse the truth of the Gospel. अन्तमा, यो परमेश्वरको सामु हामी आध्यात्मिक रूपमा कहाँ छौं भन्ने कुराको प्रकटीकरण हो। जब हामी साँच्चै येशूलाई उहाँ जस्तै देख्छौं, हामीले उहाँलाई कस्तो हेर्छौं भन्ने एक गम्भिर दर्शन पनि प्रकट गर्नेछौं! बुझ्नको लागि उपयुक्त सन्दर्भलाई येशूले पहिलो अध्यायमा पूर्ण रूपमा पहिचान गर्नुभएको छ। वास्तवमा, हामीले यो पुस्तक कसरी अध्ययन गर्ने भन्ने बारे जान्न आवश्यक सबै कुरा, अध्याय पहिलोमा हामीलाई भनिएको छ। येशूबाट प्राप्त गर्न सक्षम हुन प्रेरित यूहन्नासँग सही आध्यात्मिक अवस्था हुनुपर्छ। आउनुहोस् हामी यी निम्न सन्दर्भहरूलाई ध्यानपूर्वक विचार गरौं, र निश्चित गर्नुहोस् कि हामी आफैं पनि यही आध्यात्मिक परिस्थितिहरूमा अध्ययन गरिरहेका छौं! येशूको प्रकाश - सबैभन्दा पहिले, पद १ ले बताउँछ कि यो येशूको प्रकाश हो, जुन परमेश्वरले उहाँलाई दिनुभयो। यो अरू कसैको होइन। अनि त्यसमा किताब लेखेर बेचेर धेरै पैसा कमाउने अधिकार अरू कसैलाई छैन। यदि तपाइँसँग ती प्रकारका पुस्तकहरू मध्ये एक छ भने, यो बेकार भन्दा पनि खराब छ भनेर ढुक्क हुनुहोस्, किनभने यसमा धोका छ! जब येशूले आफ्ना चेलाहरूलाई परमेश्वरको राज्यको प्रचार गर्न पठाउनुभयो, उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई निर्देशन दिनुभयो: “अनि तिमीहरू जाँदा, स्वर्गको राज्य नजिकै छ भनी प्रचार गर। बिरामीहरूलाई निको पार्नुहोस्, कुष्ठरोगीहरूलाई शुद्ध पार्नुहोस्, मरेकाहरूलाई जीवित पार्नुहोस्, शैतानहरूलाई निकाल्नुहोस्: सित्तैमा पाएका छौ, सित्तैमा दिनुहोस्।" सबै राज्य र लाभहरू परमेश्वरले सित्तैमा दिनुभएको छ, जसले तिनीहरूलाई इमानदारीपूर्वक प्राप्त गर्नेछ। उसले कसैलाई यसको लागि चार्ज गर्न वा यसको लागि व्यक्तिगत क्रेडिट लिन अनुमति दिँदैन। किनभने आध्यात्मिक रूपमा सबै राम्रो, वास्तवमा परमेश्वरबाट उत्पन्न भएको हो। पठाइयो द्वारा सेवकहरू - पद १ ले हामीलाई यो पनि बताउँछ कि येशूले प्रकाश सन्देश दिनुहुने सन्देशवाहकहरू/प्रचारकहरू मात्र साँचो "सेवकहरू" हुन्। नोकरले अरू कसैको हित गर्दैन, तर आफ्नो मालिकको। होइन, आफ्नो स्वार्थ पनि होइन। एक साँचो सेवक येशूप्रति आज्ञाकारी हुन्छ, किनकि उसले पाप र शैतानको शक्तिबाट पूर्णतया छुटकारा पाउँछ। आफ्नो मालिकको कृपा र शक्तिले, उसले आफ्नो सम्पूर्ण जीवनमा आफूलाई नम्र, शुद्ध र पवित्र राख्छ। येशु हात मात्र राख्छ यी साँच्चै नम्र सेवकहरूमा, उहाँको सन्देश सुनाउन। र यो यूहन्नाको बारेमा सत्य हो जसलाई येशूले प्रकाश सन्देश दिनुभयो, त्यसैले हामीसँग पनि यो हुन सक्छ। यूहन्नाले हामीलाई पद १७ मा पुन: सुनाएका छन्, कि जब उहाँले येशूलाई देख्नुभयो, उहाँ नम्र भई "मरेको रूपमा उहाँको पाउमा परे। अनि उसले आफ्नो दाहिने हात ममाथि राख्यो।” यूहन्ना प्रभुको नम्र सेवक थिए। पठाइयो को सेवकहरू - पद १ ले हामीलाई प्रकाश सन्देश पृथ्वीमा केवल एक वर्गका मानिसहरूलाई सम्बोधन गरिएको छ भनेर बताउँछ: "सेवकहरू।" जो मालिक, येशू ख्रीष्टको "स्वामित्व" हुन्। तिनीहरू उहाँसँग प्रेमद्वारा बाँधिएका छन्, र तिनीहरूले आफ्नो जीवनको लागि सबै लक्ष्यहरू र योजनाहरू, प्रभु र मालिकको उद्देश्य र योजनालाई बुझाएका छन्। उहाँका सेवकहरूको रूपमा, तिनीहरू पनि येशूको सेवाको लागि सताइएका छन्। तैपनि यसले तिनीहरूको आत्मामा येशूको अझ ठूलो प्रकटीकरण, र उहाँलाई ठूलो तरिकामा पूजा गर्न र पूजा गर्नको लागि मात्र कारण दिन्छ। यसैकारण प्रेरित यूहन्नाले प्रकाश प्राप्त गर्दा पाटमोस टापुमा हुनुहुन्थ्यो। साँचो क्रिस्चियन भएको कारणले उहाँलाई सताइएको थियो र त्यहाँबाट निकालिएको थियो। तर त्यहाँ हुँदा पनि उहाँ आराधना गर्दै हुनुहुन्थ्यो, किनकि पद ९ र १० मा उहाँले हामीलाई भन्नुहुन्छ: "म जोन, जो तपाईंको भाइ पनि हुँ, र सङ्कष्टमा र येशू ख्रीष्टको राज्य र धैर्यमा साथी हुँ, परमेश्वरको वचन र येशू ख्रीष्टको गवाहीको लागि पाटमोस भनिने टापुमा थिएँ। प्रभुको दिनमा म आत्मामा थिएँ" समय कभर – Revelation was written in approximately 90 AD, and Verse 1 states that Revelation covers things that will “shortly come to pass.” Verse 3 states “the time is at hand.” Verse 19 further clarifies the time covered by Revelation this way: “Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.” Today we are in the 21st Century. Much of what is in Revelation, has already come to pass, and has been recorded in history. There is still some yet to come – in particular, the final judgement. The Bible is the only book that deals with the history of God’s people from the beginning of the world, until the end of the world. The Revelation being given approximately 90 AD, covers the history of God’s people from after the Apostles passed away, until the end of the world. बुझ्नको लागि परमेश्वरको सम्पूर्ण वचन चाहिन्छ - पद २ ले भन्छ "कसले परमेश्वरको वचन र येशू ख्रीष्टको गवाहीको अभिलेख राख्यो"। पद 10 देखि 12 ले बताउँछ कि जब येशूले यूहन्नासँग कुरा गर्नुभयो, येशू उहाँको पछाडि हुनुहुन्थ्यो। र जोनले उहाँलाई हेर्नको लागि फर्कनु पर्यो। र जब उहाँ उहाँलाई हेर्न फर्कनुभयो, उहाँले येशूलाई "सातवटा मैनबत्तीहरूको बीचमा" देख्नुभयो - विगतको बाइबलीय इतिहासको आध्यात्मिक वस्तु। हामीले आफ्नो पछाडि सुनेको आवाज, बाइबलमा रेकर्ड गरिएको परमेश्वरको वचन हो। "अनि तिम्रा कानहरूले तिम्रो पछिल्तिर एउटा शब्द सुन्नेछन्, यसो भन्दै, बाटो यही हो, यसमा हिँड।" ~ यशैया ३०:२१ प्रकाश बुझ्नको लागि, हामीले मैनबत्ती सहित धेरै प्रतीकहरूको अर्थ बुझ्नको लागि पहिले नै विगतमा रेकर्ड गरिएको परमेश्वरको वचन वा "हामी पछाडि" प्रयोग गर्नुपर्छ: "आध्यात्मिक चीजहरूलाई आत्मिकसँग तुलना गर्ने" (I कोर २:१३)। प्रकाश भित्रको प्रतीकात्मक अर्थ बाइबलको बाँकी भाग अध्ययन गरेर व्याख्या गरिएको छ। प्रकाश एक आध्यात्मिक पुस्तक हो, र तपाईंले प्रतीकहरूलाई शाब्दिक रूपमा अनुवाद गर्न सक्नुहुन्न। प्रकाशमा उल्लेख गरिएका जनावरहरू र जीवहरूले मानिसहरूको हृदयमा आत्मिक अवस्थाहरू प्रतिनिधित्व गर्छन्: शाब्दिक, भौतिक चीजहरू होइन। त्यहाँ एक शाब्दिक राक्षसी जनावर कहिल्यै हुनेछैन, जो लाखौं मानिसहरूलाई नष्ट गर्न पृथ्वीमा आउनेछ। प्रकाशका यी प्रतीकहरूको आध्यात्मिक अर्थ छ, र त्यो आत्मिक अर्थलाई विशेष गरी शब्दको सन्दर्भ चाहिन्छ जुन "शरीर बनाइयो र हामी बीचमा बस्यो" (यूहन्ना १:१४)। त्यसकारण पद २ ले हामीलाई "र येशू ख्रीष्टको गवाही" जो "परमेश्वरको वचन" (प्रकाश १९:१३) हो भनेर बताउँछ। प्रकाश सन्देशले येशूलाई प्रकट गर्दछ आफैलाई हामीलाई! वास्तविक येशू! धेरैलाई येशूको बारेमा थाहा छ, तर व्यक्तिगत रूपमा येशूको आफ्नै उपस्थिति कहिल्यै प्रकट भएको छैन। जब साँचो येशूले उहाँको उपस्थितिद्वारा आफैलाई प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ, तपाईं कहिल्यै उस्तै हुनुहुन्न! आफ्नो सम्पूर्ण हृदयले उहाँको सेवा गर्नको लागि पापबाट फर्कनको लागि तपाईं पूर्ण पश्चात्तापमा आफैलाई नम्र बनाउनुहुन्छ, वा तपाईं आफ्नो पापमा झन् कडा रूपमा दौडिनुहुन्छ। वा अझ नराम्रो, तपाईं आफूलाई सामेल हुनको लागि तथाकथित "क्रिश्चियन" धर्म खोज्न खोज्नुहुन्छ, जहाँ पापले तपाईंको हृदय र जीवनमा काम गरिरहेको भए तापनि तपाईं राम्रो महसुस गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ। पढ्नु, बुझ्नु र राख्नुको मतलब - पद ३ ले यसो भन्छ: "धन्य हो त्यो जसले पढ्छ, र जसले यस अगमवाणीका वचनहरू सुन्छ, र त्यसमा लेखिएका कुराहरूलाई पालन गर्दछ।" प्रकाशलाई पूर्ण रूपमा पढ्न र अध्ययन गर्न समय लाग्छ। र येशूले के प्रकट गरिरहनुभएको छ सुन्न र बुझ्नको लागि आत्मिक, आज्ञाकारी कान चाहिन्छ। र साँच्चै आत्मिकले प्रकाशमा पाइने निर्देशनहरू पालन गर्नेछन्। येशूबाट उहाँको मण्डलीमा पठाइयो – Verse 4 states “John to the seven churches.” And in verse 11 Jesus instructs John “What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches.” And in verse 20, Jesus reveals to John that “the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches”. So we also begin to see that Jesus’ Church is only made up of true servants! The Revelation message is to reveal Jesus and his faithful love चर्चमा र मण्डलीलाई बन्नबाट चेतावनी दिन: झूटा सेवकहरू र झूटा मण्डलीहरू, झूटा येशूलाई पछ्याउँदै! येशू राजाहरूका राजा र प्रभुहरूका प्रभु हुनुहुन्छ - पद ४ ले देखाउँछ कि उहाँ सधैं हुनुहुन्थ्यो: किनकि उहाँ हुनुहुन्छ, उहाँ हुनुहुन्थ्यो, र उहाँ आउनुहुनेछ। पद 5 ले देखाउँछ कि उहाँ "राजाहरूका राजकुमार" हुनुहुन्छ जुन प्रेरित पावलसँग सहमत हुनुहुन्छ, जसले I तिमोथी 6:15 मा भनेका छन् कि येशूले आफूलाई राजाको रूपमा प्रकट गर्नुहुनेछ: "उहाँले आफ्नो समयमा देखाउनुहुनेछ, जो धन्य र एकमात्र हुनुहुन्छ। शक्तिशाली, राजाहरूका राजा, र प्रभुहरूका प्रभु।" यो साहसपूर्वक र स्पष्ट रूपमा अन्त नजिकै भनिएको छ, सबैले बुझ्नको लागि अन्तिम तथ्यको रूपमा: "राजाहरूका राजा, र प्रभुहरूका प्रभु" (प्रकाश 19:16)। अरू सबै राजाहरू उहाँकै अधीनमा छन्। त्यसैले ढिलो हुनु अघि नै उहाँको सेवक हुनको लागि तिनीहरूले आफूलाई नम्र बनाउनु उचित हुन्छ! परमेश्वरले स्थापना गर्नुहुन्छ, र उहाँले तल राख्नुहुन्छ: पुरुष र महिलाहरूले आफूलाई के सोच्छन्। येशूको आराधना गर्ने एउटै तरिका भनेको उहाँलाई राजा र प्रभुको रूपमा आफ्नो र मण्डलीको लागि सबै चीजहरूमा आदर र पूजा गर्नु हो। येशूले हामीलाई धेरै माया गर्नुहुन्छ, हाम्रो लागि विश्वासयोग्य हुनुहुन्छ, र हाम्रो लागि मर्नुभयो -यसैकारण उहाँ राजाको रूपमा सम्मानित हुन योग्य हुनुहुन्छ। पहिलो अध्यायको पद 5 मा येशू भन्नुहुन्छ "विश्वासी गवाही हुनुहुन्छ, र मरेकाहरूबाट पहिलो जन्मनुभएको, र पृथ्वीका राजाहरूका राजकुमार हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँसामु जसले हामीलाई प्रेम गर्नुभयो, र उहाँको रगतले हामीलाई हाम्रा पापहरूबाट धुनुभयो।” यद्यपि उहाँले हामीलाई उहाँको प्रकाश सन्देशको साथ कडा चेताउनी र सच्याउन सक्नुहुन्छ - उहाँले यो गर्नुहुन्छ किनभने उहाँले हामीलाई पर्याप्त माया गर्नुहुन्छ, यदि हामीले पश्चात्ताप गर्न र सही हुन आवश्यक छ भने हामीलाई हल्लाउनको लागि। हामी हराएको उहाँ चाहनुहुन्न! बुझ्न र आराधना गर्नको लागि परमेश्वरको आत्मा पनि हुनुपर्छ - पद 4 ले "र उहाँको सिंहासन अगाडि रहेका सात आत्माहरूबाट" बताउँछ यसले सन्देश सुन्न र बुझ्न सक्षम हुनको लागि प्रत्येक सात मण्डलीहरूमा काम गर्ने परमेश्वरको आत्मा चाहिन्छ। यससँग सहमतिमा, प्रत्येक मण्डलीको मण्डलीलाई येशूका शब्दहरूको अन्त्यमा, येशूले प्रत्येक पटक यी ठ्याक्कै उस्तै शब्दहरूसँग आग्रह गर्नुहुन्छ। "जसको कान छ, उसले सुनोस् आत्माले मण्डलीहरूलाई के भन्नुहुन्छ।" आत्मिक चीजहरूलाई आत्मिकसँग तुलना गर्न सक्षम हुनको लागि परमेश्वरको आत्मा लिन्छ। "तर परमेश्वरले तिनीहरूलाई उहाँको आत्माद्वारा हामीसामु प्रकट गर्नुभएको छ: किनकि आत्माले सबै कुराहरू, हो, परमेश्वरका गहिरा कुराहरू खोज्नुहुन्छ। किनकी मानिसमा भएको मानिसको आत्मा बाहेक मानिसको कुरा के थाहा हुन्छ? त्यसरी नै परमेश्वरका कुराहरू कसैले जान्दैन, तर परमेश्वरका आत्माले जान्नुहुन्छ। अब हामीले संसारको आत्मा होइन, तर परमेश्वरको आत्मा पाएका छौं। परमेश्वरले हामीलाई सित्तैमा दिनुभएको कुराहरू जान्न सकौं। जुन कुरा हामी पनि बोल्छौं, मानिसको बुद्धिले सिकाउने शब्दहरूमा होइन, तर पवित्र आत्माले सिकाउनुहुन्छ। अध्यात्मिक चीजहरूसँग आध्यात्मिक कुराहरू तुलना गर्दै। तर प्राकृतिक मानिसले परमेश्वरका आत्माका कुराहरू ग्रहण गर्दैन: किनकि ती उहाँका लागि मूर्खता हुन्: न त उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई जान्न सक्नुहुन्छ, किनकि तिनीहरू आत्मिक रूपमा चिन्नेछन्।” (१ कोरिन्थी ३:१०-१४) जब उपासनाको उचित आत्मामा, तब हामी आध्यात्मिक रूपमा हेर्न, सुन्न, बुझ्न र चेतावनी लिन सक्षम हुनेछौं। यसरी प्रेरित यूहन्नाले प्रकाश प्राप्त गर्न सक्षम भए, किनकि पद 10 मा यूहन्नाले बताउँछ कि "म प्रभुको दिनमा आत्मामा थिएँ" जब मैले सुनेको र प्रकट भएको देखेको थिएँ। नम्रतापूर्वक येशूको आज्ञा पालन गर्ने, पूजा गर्ने र आराधना गर्नेहरू आराधनाको आत्मामा हुनेछन् - र येशूले प्रकट गर्दा बुझ्नेछन्। कसरी येशू आउनुहुन्छ र आफैलाई प्रकट गर्नुहुन्छ - पद 7 ले स्पष्ट पार्छ कि उहाँले यो कसरी गर्नुहुन्छ: "हेर, उहाँ बादल लिएर आउनुहुन्छ; र हरेक आँखाले उहाँलाई देख्नेछन्, र उहाँलाई छेड्नेहरूले पनि देख्नेछन्: र पृथ्वीका सबै जातिहरू उहाँको कारणले रुनेछन्। तैपनि, आमेन।" उहाँ आउनुभएको बादलहरू साधारण बादलहरू होइनन्: “त्यसैले देखेर हामी पनि यती महान् ए साक्षीहरूको बादल, हामी सबै भारलाई पन्छाएर, र पाप जसले हामीलाई सजिलैसँग घेर्छ, र धैर्यताका साथ दौडौं जुन हाम्रो सामु राखिएको छ, हाम्रो विश्वासको लेखक र पूरा गर्ने येशूलाई हेर्दै; जसले उहाँको सामु राखिएको आनन्दको लागि, लाजलाई तुच्छ ठान्दै क्रूस सहनुभयो, र परमेश्वरको सिंहासनको दाहिने हातपट्टि बसाइनुभयो।" (हिब्रू १२:१-२) "बादल" ले सेवकहरूको भेलालाई प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दछ, तिनीहरूको हृदयको सिंहासनमा येशूलाई आराधना गर्न। साँचो सेवकहरू हुन्: एउटै शरीर, एउटै मण्डली, परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्ने। र जो झूटा सेवकहरू छन् तिनीहरू साँचो सेवकहरूको बीचमा रहेको "उहाँको कारणले विलाप" गर्छन्। येशूले भन्नुभयो, "जहाँ दुई वा तीन जना मेरो नाउँमा भेला हुन्छन्, त्यहाँ म तिनीहरूका बीचमा छु।" (म्याट 18:20) यो समयको अन्त्यमा मात्र होइन, किनकि येशूलाई क्रूसमा टाँगिनु अघि, उहाँले त्यस समयका मुख्य पुजारीलाई भन्नुभयो: “अब तिमीहरूले मानिसको पुत्रलाई शक्तिको दाहिने हातमा बसेको देख्नेछौ। र आकाशको बादलमा आउँदैछ।" (मत्ती २६:६४) मुख्य पुजारीले यसलाई कसरी हेरे? पेन्टेकोस्टको दिन पछि, जब पवित्र आत्मा आयो, मुख्य पुजारीले देखे: साँचो इसाईहरू एउटै शरीरको रूपमा, सँगै आराधना गर्दै, र येशू तिनीहरूको बीचमा शक्तिशाली रूपमा, तिनीहरूको हृदयको सिंहासनमा राज्य गर्दै हुनुहुन्छ! तिनीहरू आफैं "स्वर्गका बादलहरू" थिए जहाँ येशू परमेश्वरको दाहिने हातमा बस्नुभएको थियो। अनि जब मुख्य पुजारी र अन्य यहूदीहरूले यो देखे, र तिनीहरूको हृदयमा यसको कारण पीडा भयो। अन्तमा, "तिनीहरू जसले उहाँलाई छेड्यो” (प्रकाश १:७) सबै जसको पापले उहाँलाई क्रुसमा मर्नु परेको छ, तर पनि तिनीहरूले येशूको सेवा गर्न पश्चात्ताप गरेका छैनन्। गोलगोथाका ती थोरै सिपाहीहरू मात्र होइन जसले उहाँलाई क्रूसमा टाँग्दा शारीरिक रूपमा छेडेका थिए। बादलमा उहाँलाई देखेर धेरै "विलाप" गर्छन्, किनभने तिनीहरू उहाँको रगत बगाएकोमा दोषी छन्। तपाईंले पापबाट छुटकारा दिन उहाँको रगतलाई आफ्ना पापहरूको लागि दयालु बलिदानको रूपमा स्वीकार गर्नुहुन्छ; वा तपाईं त्यही रगतको दोषी हुनुहुन्छ। यो नयाँ नियमको शिक्षा मात्र होइन, तर यो पुरानो नियममा पनि सत्य थियो: “र परमप्रभु बादलमा झर्यो, र तिनीसँगै उभिए, र परमप्रभुको नाउँको घोषणा गरे। अनि परमप्रभु उहाँको अगाडिबाट भएर जानुभयो, र घोषणा गर्नुभयो, परमप्रभु, परमप्रभु परमेश्वर, दयालु र अनुग्रही, धीरज र भलाइ र सत्यमा प्रशस्त, हजारौंको लागि कृपा राख्नुहुन्छ, अधर्म र अपराध र पाप क्षमा गर्नुहुन्छ, र त्यो कुनै पनि हालतमा दोषीलाई सफा गर्दैन; छोराछोरीहरू र छोराछोरीहरूका छोराछोरीहरूमाथि, तेस्रो र चौथो पुस्तासम्म पिता-पुर्खाहरूको अधर्मको दण्ड दिने।” (प्रस्थान ३४:५-७) साक्षीहरूको बादलमा, येशूलाई ग्रहण गर्नेहरूलाई प्रभुको ठूलो कृपाको साक्षी छ। तर जसले यसलाई अस्वीकार गरेका छन्, तिनीहरू पहिले नै तिनीहरूको पापको कारण दोषी छन्। र परमेश्वरले अझै पनि "दोषीहरूलाई कुनै पनि हालतमा हटाउनुहुनेछैन"। परमेश्वरले आफ्नो पुत्रलाई हाम्रा पापहरूको लागि एकमात्र बलिदानको रूपमा प्रदान गर्नुभएको छ, जुन उहाँले स्वीकार गर्नुहुनेछ। यदि तपाईंले उहाँको पुत्रलाई अस्वीकार गर्नुभयो र उहाँको विश्वासी सेवक हुन असफल हुनुभयो भने, तपाईंले आफैलाई थाहा छ कि पापले अझै पनि तपाईंको हृदय र जीवनमा काम गरिरहेको छ, र तपाईं अझै पनि परमेश्वरको सामु दोषी हुनुहुन्छ! बुझ्नको लागि उचित सन्दर्भ महत्वपूर्ण छ! शैतानको सहायताले, धार्मिक मानिसले सत्यलाई राम्ररी भ्रमित गरेको छ: परमेश्वर र उहाँको पुत्र येशू, उहाँको वचन, उहाँको मुक्तिको योजना, उहाँको चर्च, र उहाँको प्रकाश सन्देश। तर भ्रमित धर्मका अधिकांश मानिसहरू पनि यस बिन्दुमा सहमत हुनेछन्: हावा स्वर्गमा भ्रमबाट पूर्ण रूपमा सफा छ। स्वर्गमा मात्र छ: एउटै परमेश्वर, एक परमेश्वरको पुत्र, एक पवित्र आत्मा, एक राजा, एक सत्य, एक सिद्धान्त, मुक्ति को लागी एक योजना, र एक चर्च। तपाईं किन सोध्न सक्नुहुन्छ? किनभने भगवान भ्रमित हुनुहुन्न! यदि तपाईं स्वर्गमा पुग्नुभयो भने, तपाईंले कुनै पनि व्यक्तिलाई केहि पनि भ्रमित गर्न अनुमति दिनुहुने छैन, किनभने स्वर्गमा भगवान राजा हुनुहुन्छ र अरू सबैले उहाँको पूजा र आराधना गरिरहेका छन्। र सत्य यो हो कि पृथ्वीमा यस्ता ठाउँहरू छन् जहाँ धार्मिक मानिसको भ्रम छैन। परमेश्वरको साँचो मण्डलीमा येशू राजा हुनुहुन्छ। र उहाँका साँचो सेवकहरूले उहाँलाई आफ्नो हृदयको सिंहासनबाट आराधना, आज्ञापालन र पूजा गरिरहेका छन्। बाइबलले यसलाई पृथ्वीको "स्वर्गीय स्थान" भनेको छ जहाँ पापबाट मुक्ति पाएकाहरू बस्छन् र सत्यमा सँगै बस्छन्, परमेश्वरको आराधना गर्ने एउटा चर्चको रूपमा: "र हामीलाई सँगै उठाउनुभयो, र हामीलाई एकसाथ बसाल्नु भयो। स्वर्गीय स्थानहरू ख्रीष्ट येशूमा" (एफिसी २:६)। “हाम्रा प्रभु येशू ख्रीष्टका परमेश्वर, महिमाका पिताले तिमीहरूलाई बुद्धि र बुद्धिको आत्मा दिनुभएको होस्। प्रकटीकरण उहाँको ज्ञानमा: तपाईंको समझको आँखा प्रबुद्ध हुनु; कि उहाँको बोलाउने आशा के हो, र सन्तहरूमा उहाँको उत्तराधिकारको महिमाको धन के हो, र उहाँको पराक्रमी शक्तिको कार्य अनुसार विश्वास गर्नेहरूका लागि उहाँको शक्तिको अत्याधिक महानता के हो भनी जान्न सक। , जसलाई उहाँले ख्रीष्टमा बनाउनुभयो, जब उहाँले उहाँलाई मरेकाहरूबाट ब्यूँताउनुभयो, र उहाँलाई स्वर्गीय स्थानहरूमा उहाँको दाहिने हातमा राख्नुभयो, सबै राज्य, शक्ति, शक्ति, र प्रभुत्व, र हरेक नाउँ जो नाउँ गरिएको छ, त्यो भन्दा माथि, होइन। केवल यस संसारमा, तर भविष्यमा पनि उहाँलाई मण्डलीमा सबै चीजहरूको शिर हुन दिनुभयो, जुन उहाँको शरीर हो, उहाँको पूर्णता जसले सबै कुरामा भर्दछ।" (एफिसी १:१७-२३) परमेश्वरको मण्डली येशूको "पूर्णता" हो। र येशू विभाजित, बहु-सैद्धान्तिक, न त भ्रमित हुनुहुन्छ। प्रश्न छ: के तपाईं? के तपाईंसँग प्रकाशलाई बुझ्नको लागि उपयुक्त सन्दर्भ छ? यदि होइन भने, तपाईंले बुझ्ने प्रयासहरू व्यर्थ हुनेछन्, जबसम्म तपाईं आफैंलाई उहाँको स्वामित्वको सेवक हुन पूर्ण रूपमा नम्र हुनुहुन्न। र उहाँको आराधना र आज्ञापालन गर्नुहोस्, उहाँको सेवकहरूको शरीर, उहाँको मण्डली, परमेश्वरको साँचो मण्डलीको साथ।