There are pictures in the Book of Revelation. The candlesticks are the churches. Jesus is addressing the church as the One standing in the midst of the church. Millions of Christians read the picture language in the book with carnal minds. devoid of spiritual understanding. They read of a golden candlestick, a golden altar, a golden ark, a sea of glass, or a book of life and suppose them to be some kind of ornate in a city on a planet called heaven, somewhere just inside the eastern gate. But the better we understand the types and shadows of the word of God by the quickening of the Spirit, the clearer we see that these are much more than exquisite pieces of furniture in a great heavenly temple out there somewhere beyond the Milky Way. What they are is furniture from the tabernacle of Moses! One of the most important teachings any child of God could have as a foundation for correctly interpreting the book of Revelation is a clear understanding of the symbolisms of the tabernacle of Moses. The tabernacle with its construction, furnishings, offerings, priesthood, and rituals is the root of nearly all spiritual revelation. Everything in the tabernacle portrays something of our reality in Christ! The entire book of Revelation is communicated by means of signs and symbols. It is wonderfully true that the language in which John is writing is redemptive language - symbols that appear time and again throughout the Bible. There is no possibility of exhausting spiritual truth! Scripture is as inexhaustible as God Himself. There is no end to His wisdom nor His understanding. Therefore it behooves us to prayerfully search out the symbols to see what message they proclaim. Of course many believers are satisfied with the mundane because they were born into it, their preachers and teachers only dabble in the elementary principles of the truth of Christ, so theyve never known anything else. In addition, the Book of Revelation is entirely new...not like any other book in the Bible...and certainly not a parallel with the book of Daniel which was to Israel...Revelation being to the church...and Daniel was not in the spirit on the Lords day. Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ...not a revelation of the antichrist or the tribulation or the beast or the false prophet...and it is not a map to happenings in the end times. Every prophecy made on a literal interpretation of Revelation has come to naught! And it is one of the most preached on and taught on books but no doubt the least understood. Ask fervently for the spirit of wisdom and revelation when you come to study this book leaving your closely held previous beliefs at the door...and you will be blessed. Blessings!!
Posted on: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 07:51:02 +0000
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