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And so we're in revelation chapter number four tonight
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revelation chapter number four
And five basically are dealing I don't what are you doing uli what's going on here
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I wanted to introduce you all to um, my evangelist and so
Hopefully that helped out a little bit get to know him
Ulysses fernandez or as or as fox, uh news 11 likes to call him ulysses fernandez
So let's get right into it revelation chapter number four
Revelation four and five are the introduction to the vision that god is giving to the apostle john
so revelation one two and three
Are dealing with the introduction obviously to the book of revelation chapter one
Two and three are the letters that are written to the seven churches which are in asia, it's jesus christ addressing those churches
And the different qualities that they have
The defects that they have the things that needed to work on and of course they had an immediate application
for uh that day in the first century a.d
But it also had end times bible prophecy significance as well and the major significance that it had
Was the fact that it was dealing with tribulation
A lot of those churches were suffering tribulation and they were going through difficult times
And so chapter two and three really work as a primer
to uh revelation chapter six where we find the tribulation
And so now chapter four and five are basically
John being caught up in the spirit
Into heaven in order to be revealed the things which must surely come to pass. Okay, and it's it's basically highlighting
The um the transition there from being on earth on the isle of patmos to transcending in spirit into heaven
Being revealed these things and then he gets a glimpse of the book of wrath. Okay
Not to be mistaken with the seven seals the seven seals are that which is over the book of wrath
And once all the seals are open then the contents that are actually found in the book are revealed
Which is what we see in revelation chapter eight all the way to revelation chapter 12
And so we'll get into that in just a bit. So let's go ahead and start reading here
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If it doesn't look fine then just open up your king james bible and follow along with me, all right
revelation chapter four
and verse number one
The bible reads here after this I looked and behold a door was opened in heaven
And the first voice which I heard were
Was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, which said come up hither
And I will show you these uh show these things which must be hereafter
And immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne
So immediately what we see here what you need me to move it again
Just a little bit. He just wants me to move it just a little bit just a tiny bit
You're interrupting my teaching here, man
All right
So, uh as I was saying
uh john
Is caught up in the spirit here
and
A lot of people who hold to what people would commonly refer to as a pre-tribulation rapture
will try to use revelation chapter four as a text proof to
Uh for that doctrine, okay
Because you know people who hold to a pre-tribulation rapture they have to put the rapture somewhere
right
Because of the fact that we're reading the book of revelation
And one thing that you'll know you'll see in the book of revelation is the fact that the rapture should be there
I mean it's dealing with end times is your stream working over there?
And so obviously we see that the tribulation undoubtedly is highlighted in revelation chapter number six
But here's the thing is that
We understand according to matthew 24 mark 13 move 21 that the rapture comes after the tribulation
So those who hold to a pre-tribulation rapture have to place
the rapture
Somewhere before chapter number six you can't put it in chapter five because there's a lot of enigmatic
Symbolism going on there. So they put it in chapter four
And they basically have john representing the church. Okay
And they'll use these elements that you see in verse number one where it says a voice
A door was open in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me
We obviously understand that the element of a trumpet is essential when it comes to the rapture we see that uh in
In first thessalonians chapter four we see that in mark matthew 24 as well
And so you see there and he's which said come up hither so he's being caught up, right?
And it says come up hither and I will show the the things which must be here after
And this is what they'll say. They'll say john represents the church now
First and foremost, let me just say this is that there's no such thing as the church unless you're referring to
The local church, okay
For example, if I stand in front of my uh on my pulpit on sunday morning
I talk about the church i'm referring to first works baptist church
There's no such thing as a universal church. Okay, the universal church doesn't exist
The bible teaches that there are local visible
Called out assemblies of baptized believers
Visible churches local churches when you read the new testament you see the churches that are being addressed in galatia
You see the church at ephesus the churches that are in thessalonica
You see the seven churches which are in asia the church at laodicea the church at smirna
The the church at pergamos and these are all referring to physical
local visible assemblies of god
made up of baptized believers
So that's important to know
And you know the proof that this subject or this topic of the church doesn't really exist
Uh, uh, the universal church doesn't exist is the fact that in first corinthians chapter five
There is a very strict
instruction given to the church at corinth
regarding church discipline
and
Uh, he gives the apostle paul is dealing with a man who's dealing who is committed fornication
And he's addressing the leadership there and he's basically telling them that he needs to that they need to cast that person out
of that assembly, okay
They need to purge out the old leaven
And it gives a list of sins that people can be guilty of
That would merit excommunication from a local new testament church such as fornication drunkenness railing
idolatry
Okay, extortion, uh things of that nature
According to the bible a person who's committing those things unrepentantly
in a local church
Cannot attend that church and they need to be cast out and the very end of that chapter
It says wherefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person
Well, here's the thing if we're dealing with a universal church, that's actually impossible to do
Because once you cast them out of your assembly, he's still part of that assembly because it's a universal church
So what i'm saying is this is that this this concept of a universal church doesn't exist in the bible
And so, uh, we see in the bible the churches are being uh,
Exemplified churches are being uh seen and people attend actual physical local visible churches
So but what they'll say is this well john represents the church
Because obviously it's one person. Okay, he's being caught up. You see the trumpet he's being caught up there
But here's the problem with this interpretation, okay?
The problem is actually found in verse two it says immediately
I was in the spirit
And behold the throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne now when the actual rapture takes place
It's the spirit
meeting the body
In the air that's what the rapture is. The rapture is synonymous with the resurrection
so what the rapture is is
If a person has passed away in times past and and they were saved
And they're in heaven
Their bodies who are currently buried right now in the earth
Will meet their spirit in the air and they will be
Eternally transfigured they will receive their resurrected body this corruptible body shall put on incorruption
This mortal shall put on immortality
It's referring to the body read first corinthians chapter 15 and it goes into great detail what that resurrection looks like
Excuse me if someone is saved and they're alive until the coming of the lord
Then they're that person who's
Is still alive and remains and is caught up together with him in the clouds
He's still in that physical body. It's just that that body is now transformed into a resurrected body
Okay
And so this is this is this is a bad interpretation of this scripture because they'll say well
Because he he's in the spirit. He's being caught up. Therefore. It's the rapture. Well wrong
Well wrong
Because the rapture is not just a spiritual resurrection. It's a bodily resurrection
Now, how do we know that we know that because of the fact that when jesus christ resurrected he didn't resurrect as a spirit
He resurrected in a body in bodily form
You know, he told the disciples to touch his hands and his feet and his side
For spirit hath not flesh and bone
As you see me to have that's what he said
So he was a physical it was a physical resurrection
And he is the first fruits of the resurrection
And then obviously when we resurrect we're also going to receive a bodily resurrection as well
So this doesn't jive with what the bible teaches about the resurrection or the rapture. It's just
the dispensational
pre-tribulational crowd
That is trying to fit their theology
They're trying to place the rapture somewhere because they needed to be right before the tribulation because if not
It it debunks
A lot of their teaching on zionism and the jews being god's chosen people
and other
Things that the bible doesn't teach regarding in times
So here's the problem. Here's another problem another issue with that interpretation, okay?
Another problem with this interpretation is the fact that
If you have
John representing all believers, for example, okay?
You have him representing all believers and you know, he's being caught up, you know to be with the lord
Well, then you would have to apply everything that happens there after with john
Uh, what's going on?
Okay
You would have to apply everything that happens thereafter
with john
to all believers
right
And here's the problem is that at the end of the vision that he sees of the book of revelation
He's given that commission to return
to the earth
to preach the word of god
to prophesy before nations and tongues and peoples
Well, here's the thing folks when we get raptured
We don't come back to do that
We're going to be raptured and so and so shall we ever be with the lord
We're going to be raptured and be forever with god and so, you know, that's called cherry picking
When you only use verse number one of chapter number four to say that's the rapture but you don't apply anything else that happens to john
as
happening to all believers
So they say well verse number one, you know, that's the picture of the rapture but thereafter it's just john
Well, where does it say that?
Because then you would have to apply everything else
You would have to apply us seeing the 24 elders and seeing the lamb in the midst and and all these things that he sees
When that only pertains to john
Okay
And so it makes no sense and it doesn't hold any water
When it comes to this this this matter of the rapture and end times bible prophecy, okay
So let's read on here
It says in verse number two and immediately I was in the spirit and behold the throne was set in heaven
And one sat on the throne
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone
And there was a rainbow round about the throne
In sight like unto an emerald
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats and upon the seats. I saw four and twenty elders sitting
Clothed in white raiment and they had on their heads crowns of gold. So let's talk about these these guys here these
24 elders, okay
Because obviously this is a pretty uh prominent position that they're holding a lot of people have speculated and try to um,
You know
Try to guess who these people are
And and you know, they think that maybe it's the it's the leaders of the 12 tribes
Maybe it's the 12 disciples. It's the 12 disciples and the 12 tribes of israel the leaders of the 12 tribes make it up 24
um, you know, maybe it's
You know, I mean there's all types of interpretations out there
And for the most part, you know people who who hold to a fairly
Um reasonable end times prophetic
interpretation would say well these are just
24 pastors
Who have existed throughout the time throughout time?
And and you know, they they've served god faithfully and therefore they're given these positions of authority. Okay?
Now here's the funny thing going back to this whole pre-trib interpretation here is that john
To them to the pre-trib crowd
represents the church
But so do the 24 elders
Because then they go up there. It's like well that represents the 24 elders represents the church. So which one is it?
Is it john? Is it the 24 elders? You can't just slap on that label church to every you know,
Uh imagery that you see in the book of revelations some some some of these people are actually just the people
Okay, some of these people just represent themselves
In fact all of them do okay
But he sees these 24 elders and elder is simply another word for pastor you have the word bishop
you have
uh the word elder and
Bishop often is used as a term to describe uh to describe a leader in the church who is the administrator, okay?
He's a bishop. He's a shepherd
Uh, which we would also use as a pastor, right? And then elder is simply significant of the fact that
The pastor of the church is supposed to be
Is supposed to be spiritually mature in the lord the bible tells us in in first timothy chapter three not a novice
Less being lifted up with pride he fall into condemnation of the devil
And so someone who is a pastor shouldn't be a novice
Okay, and it's not it's not saying you shouldn't be young in age. It's just you're supposed to be spiritually mature
And let me just say this is that there's a lot of pastors out there who shouldn't be pastoring because they're novices
Or people that put themselves on that pedestal of being a pastor they ordain themselves
They they're like these evangelists that travel around the country and they just kind of do their own thing
They don't want to be uh, they don't want anybody leading them. They don't want to be a follower of man
Let me just say that's such a stupid teaching to say well, I don't want to be a follower man
I'm a follower of god. Well, that's funny because
Jesus said follow me as I excuse me. Jesus said follow me and i'll make you fishes of men
And that's why he was on this earth the apostle paul said follow me as I follow christ
The apostle paul told timothy the things that that was heard of me among many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men
Who shall be able to teach others also?
That requires people to follow other people
The bible says in hebrew chapter 13 when talking about pastors it says whose faith follow
So it's constantly telling us to follow people and these people
These these want to be pastors out there these want to be evangelists who want to just you know
Go out there and do their own thing. It's funny how they want their wives and their children to follow them
It's funny how they're trying to evangelize the world basically
You know teach their doctrine. They basically want people to follow
what they're saying
So
It's it's hypocrisy
To say well, I don't want to follow, you know, I don't I don't follow any man. I follow god
But yet they expect everyone else to follow them
As though they're the source of all truth
And it's obviously it's it's foolishness an elder is someone by the way
the reason I even brought that up is because of the fact that
That's what happens when you put a person in a position of authority who's not mature in the lord
They don't understand authority. They don't understand biblical authority
And so they can't be put in a position of authority because they don't know how to handle it
Okay in order to be a great leader. You need to be a great follower first
So these men here these 24 elders in my opinion are 24 pastors who have existed throughout time, okay
24 spiritual leaders
Who have existed throughout time now the question is this, you know, why?
Are they given such an honorable position?
In heaven because it says in verse four and around about the throne there are four and twenty seats
And upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting
Clothed in white raiment and they had on their heads crowns of gold. Okay
Now we're all going to go to heaven those of us who are saved
You know those of us who have believed on jesus christ for salvation. We're going to go to heaven obviously
But here's the thing if you're already saved we should strive for positions in the thor of a spiritual authority
The bible tells us in revelation chapter 3
That to him that overcometh and keepeth my word into the end
The same will I give power over the nations and he shall rule them with a rod of iron
So god actually promises authority
uh
You know in heaven or even on in the millennial reign as well and why not strive for that type of position and authority, right?
So these 24 others so let's ask ourselves this what is it
That has given them this authority why is it that they have this authority? What is it that they've done to merit this authority?
Well quite simply
in my opinion
When you look at scripture and you compare all the different verses
I think it's because of the fact that
These are 24 men who have suffered for the cause of christ throughout all ages
Whether old testament or new testament
And the reason I think that let me let me read to you a couple scriptures here
Romans chapter number eight
Says this in verse number 17 verse 16 the spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of god
And if children then heirs and heirs of god and joint heirs with christ if so be that we suffer with him
That we may be also glorified together
So obviously when we get saved we become heirs of god
But the bible says that we can become joint heirs with christ
If so be that we suffer with him. What does it mean to be a joint heir? It means we rule with christ
You think of something that's joint. It means it's next to you
And that's exactly where the 24 elders are actually situated in heaven. They're around about the throne to the right hand
And to the left
Okay
Let me give you some more scriptures to prove that there i'm going to turn to uh, let me think here
I'm gonna turn to second timothy
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Second timothy chapter number two
Says this in verse number 11
It is a faithful saying for if we be dead with him. We shall also live with him. It says in verse 12 if we suffer
We shall also reign with him. So the bible says that we can reign with christ
Of course, this is referring to the millennial reign
It could be referring to what we see going on here in revelation chapter four more specifically. I think it would it would it's
Designated for what's going to take place in the millennial reign we can reign with christ
We can have authority with christ if we're willing to suffer for his name's sake
Because it says if we suffer we shall also reign with him if we deny him
He will also deny us now people try to use this to say well that's referring to salvation
You know that if we deny jesus christ
Uh, you know if we are acting like peter that denies the lord
That basically what that means is that god's going to deny his salvation
But don't you just love it how people just add things to the bible that are not there
You know, the bible says repent and believe the gospel and they'll say yeah
That's why you got to repent of your sin where it says nothing of of the like of repenting of your sin
And believe the gospel just says repent and believe the gospel
Well in like manner we have this verse here
Where it says if we deny him, he will also deny us
Now, what does this mean? Well, I believe what it's referring to because we're reading in context of suffering
He's saying if we deny him such as peter denied the lord
He will also deny us deny us what the privilege to reign with him which is exactly what we see in verse number 12
Okay
If we suffer we shall also reign with him, but if we deny him, he will also deny us
He'll deny us what the privilege to have authority
in the coming life
Okay
He said yeah, well peter denied the lord and he lost his salvation for sure, you know
Because I remember a scripture in the book of luke in the gospel of luke where jesus tells him
That satan hath desire to to sift you as wheat
And and he says but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not and when thou are converted
You know strengthen thy brethren and there you have it. That's when he got saved. No wrong
converted doesn't always
It's not always talking about salvation
converted simply means to be changed to be transformed and the bible tells us in in roman chapter 12
I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of god that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto god
Which is your reasonable service and be not conformed to this world
But be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of god
so to be
converted simply means to be changed
And the bible says in ephsians chapter
Chapter number four that we need to be renewed in the spirit of our minds
Okay, we need to constantly be putting on the new man being transformed
So no, he did not lose his salvation
But you know what happened to peters is something that could happen to all of us where we face persecution
Because of our beliefs because we're christians because we're serving god
Because we're preaching the gospel because we're preaching the hard truths of the bible
And we get a little pressure from the world we get a little pressure from the enemies of god
And they try to use that against us and and put the pressure on us they threaten our lives
They uh, you know, they bomb our churches. They they physically harm us
And that's suffering. Well, the bible says if we deny him if we if we uh backslide if we deny him
He's going to deny us the privilege
To rule and reign with him. Okay
So I think that this is actually referring to in revelation chapter four of 24 elders that were just bosses
These guys just suffered so much for christ
Um, they went through uh an extreme form of persecution
And here's the thing, you know, it could be like someone like james and john
Might be one of the 24 elders
Because if you remember in the gospels
jesus had already promised
the um
He had already promised the disciples that they were going to reign over the 12 tribes in the millennial reign, right?
But then you have james and john coming to jesus
Or should I say james and john's mom?
Come to jesus and basically petition that one would sit at his right hand in on his left
Okay
And and he responded by basically saying, you know, are you able to be baptized with the baptism that i'm baptized with?
Can you drink of the cup that I shall drink of and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
And what he's referring to is actually persecution and suffering the baptism of suffering, okay
Um
And they said we are able now
I believe that what he's talking about there the the right hand or the left is potentially referring to
those 24 elders that are sitting around about
the throne
It's not referring to them ruling over the 12 tribes of israel because he had already promised them that they were going to receive
That the 12 disciples
Um are privileged obviously because you know, they were there during that time
and so
They already received that reward but even aside from that they're asking for that
They're asking to be to be to be on the right hand and on the left
Which is exactly what we see in romans chapter number eight that they can be joined heirs with christ
speculation regarding james and john
But I believe it's correct that these 24 elders is referring to christians who have suffered
For christ's sake do you see a theme here?
Just an overriding theme throughout the book of revelation of suffering persecution tribulation
And so
Verse four round about the throne were four and twenty seats
And upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting clothed in white raiment
And they had on their heads crowns of gold
Of course, we know that crowns are
Uh significant we we see the crowns in the bible are distributed to saints who have accomplished some sort of work
Whether it being an elder like we see in second peter
Being a good pastor. They receive a crown in james chapter number one
We see a crown of life being distributed to those who suffer and they kind of they basically pull through
Well, these men have crowns of gold upon their head. So it could be referring to that. In fact, let's read
james, shall we
James chapter number one
And verse number 12 says blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried he shall receive a crown of life
Which the lord hath promised to them that love him, right?
So we see that crown being distributed and then we have in second timothy
chapter one
Let's see here. What am I looking for?
Excuse me chapter four
Says in verse number seven i've fought a good fight. I've finished my course. I've kept the faith
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness
Which the lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day not to me only but into all them that love his appearing
And so over and over again, we see this concept of crowns
We won't I won't get too much into that because there's there's just a lot to say about that
Um, but you get the point, right?
Let's see here
Let's scoot this up a little bit
What verse are we in all right verse number five and out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices
And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne of god, which are the seven spirits of god
So let me just briefly cover this
Okay regarding the uh, the seven spirits of god
now
There's a lot of false teachers out there that will try to teach that this is actually literally referring to the fact that god
literally has
uh, uh seven spirits, right
Which is obviously um
a false doctrine he does not have
uh, uh seven spirits
Necessary like the holy spirit for example
You know, there's only
You have the father the son and the holy ghost
But when he's talking about the seven spirits he's actually referring to the seven attributes of god now along with those attributes
The holy spirit is included
But let me read from isaiah chapter number 11. We're going to look at the seven spirits here
It says in verse number one and there shall come forth
A rod out of the stem of jesse and a branch shall grow out of his roots
And the spirit shall rest upon him the spirit of the lord shall rest upon him. That's one
the spirit of wisdom two
And understanding three the spirit of counsel four and might five the spirit of knowledge six
And of the fear of the lord, that's seven right there
Okay
So these are the seven spirits of god that we see highlighted there in revelation chapter four and actually also
You'll see it in uh chapter five as well
He says in verse number six and before the throne
There was a sea of glass like into crystal
And in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind now, this is a crazy
Thing that um, john is looking at here, okay
It's kind of scary actually
and it's funny because
When people think about like angels
They think of these like beautiful majestic beings angels actually pretty scary in the bible
the chariobims and the seraphims
Those things are terrifying to look upon
That's why most of the time when when when saints would look upon these angels when they would appear to these saints
They would be like terrified of them because they just look scary. Okay
Such as what we're looking at here. So he he's looking at this sea of glass like into crystal
And it says and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne
Were four beasts full of eyes before and behind
And let's look at the description here in verse number seven. It says the first beast was like a lion
The second beast like a calf and the third beast had a face as a man
And the fourth beast was like a flying eagle and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him
And they were full of eyes within
And they rest not day and night saying holy holy holy lord god almighty
Which was and is and is to come so let's talk about these four beasts that are being mentioned here. Okay?
I believe what this is actually referring to when it talks about these four beasts. It's talking about
They're representative of the four gospels
okay, and
The reason why I believe that is because of the fact that the first beast is like a lion and
The book of matthew actually pictures jesus christ as a lion for example because he's the king
The lion is the king of the jungle just as jesus christ is the king of the jews
Okay
The second beast is like a calf and often in the book of mark, uh, jesus christ the gospel of mark
Jesus christ is portrayed and and what's emphasized of his ministry is his work that he puts into it, right?
All the all the works that he did the labors that he partook of and ox and ox is a beast of burden
Okay
And then you have the third beast which had a face as a face of a man
And we know that to be the book of luke because of the fact that the book of luke is where you find
Jesus christ being referred to as the son of man. We obviously understand that he's the son of god
But he's also the son of man. He's a hundred percent man and a hundred percent god
So matthew mark and luke
Can represent these four beasts or should I say these four beasts represent matthew mark and luke
Being the lion being matthew
The the uh, the calf or the ox representing mark the beast of burden
The beast of burden
And the face of a man representing the son of man in luke in the book of luke
And the eagle would represent the book of john. Okay
And for various reasons i'll probably cover that later on
But uh, let me move on here before I actually get into that the reason why
These four beasts though in verse number six are full of eyes before and behind
Because if you think about it
The gospel has been preached into all the world
Okay
All eyes so to speak have seen the word of god. They've perceived it
Okay, you say well, I don't know about that because not everyone has read the word of god
Not everyone has opened up the bible
Not all nations have actually had a physical copy of the book
But I believe what this is this is saying it's not necessary that they've looked upon it
It's just referring to the fact that they perceived it
Okay
um
And here's the proof of that, you know often, you know, for example in hebrew chapter number six
It talks about reprobates and how they tasted
Of the word of god now
Does that mean that they literally got a bible and just licked it or something and took a bite out of it?
No, it's it's it's representing the fact that they perceived it it was given to them
You understand that's how close they were to the word of god. That's how that's how nigh the word of god came into them
Well in like manner when it says that these four beasts are full of eyes before and behind
It's referring to the fact that people in the old testament have perceived the gospel
And people in the new testament have perceived the gospel as well
And the proof of that is in the book of romans
Chapter number 10
It tells us in verse number 17. So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of god
But I say have they not heard? Yes, verily their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world
So people of the old testament were preaching the word of god in the known world at that time
The word of god went into the ends of the world. That's what the bible says
So these four beasts that have that are filled with eyes before and behind
Is referring to the fact that the four gospels have been perceived by all nations from the beginning of time up until now
Okay
And it says in verse eight and the four beasts had each of them six wings about him
And they were full of eyes within again, you know referring to the fact that people have perceived the contents of the bible
And they were full of eyes within and they rest not day and night saying holy holy. Holy lord
God almighty which was and is and is to come now
I want you to notice that it says holy holy holy three times because the fact that we serve a triune god
The father son and the holy spirit the bible says, okay
And that's why he says holy three times because he's giving honor they're giving honor
to the trinity there
And let me just make myself very clear that I am a trinitarian. I believe in the father the son and the holy ghost
I'm, not a oneness heretic. I don't believe in modalism
That's a false teaching that seeks to uh, minimize
the the nature of jesus christ
Modulus believed that jesus christ became the son of god in bethlehem's manger
I believe that jesus christ has always been the son of god from eternities past
Okay
He didn't become the son of god when he was born. He's always been the son of god
and the proof of that is the fact that
In daniel chapter number three when mishak shadrach and abednego are tossed into the fiery furnace
Nebuchadnezzar sees the lord in the furnace and he refers to him as the son of god
Okay
And obviously
That is significant because he is the son of god even prior to being born even prior to the word of god being
Being made flesh and dwelling among us
You know, he basically was the son of god even in eternities past, okay
And so that's important to note the bible says in first john chapter five in verse number six
It says this is he that came by water and blood even jesus christ not by water only
But by water and blood and it is the spirit that beareth witness because the spirit is truth
For there are three that bear record in heaven the father the word and the holy ghost and these three are one
It's not saying these three these three
Are one person it's saying this is one god
Three persons in one god
And here's the proof of that
In the book of genesis you have god saying let us make man in our image
Well, you know if it's oneness and there's only one person then what's what the terminology using us
You understand?
And so when he says us he's referring to the father
He's referring to the son and he's referring to the holy ghost. That's why the 24 elders
This is why excuse me. The four beasts are saying holy holy holy
Lord god almighty which was and is and is to come okay
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It says in verse nine when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne who liveth
To him that sat on the throne who liveth forever and ever
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne and worship him that liveth forever and ever
And cast their crowns before the throne saying thou art worthy o lord to receive glory and honor and power
For thou has created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created
So what we see here is that the 24 elders?
Are constantly falling down before the falling down on their face
They're casting their crowns before the lord before the throne and this is what they do for all of eternity, okay?
And so chapter four is a very short chapter
Not a whole lot to say in here other than of course what we see with the 24 elders the four beasts
And so on I was thinking about covering chapter number five, but I might wait on that until next week
And so, uh, but the main thing that I want to emphasize here is that this is not the rapture
Okay
This is not the rapture
And let me give you some more proof that this is not the rapture because here's the thing the rapture
Is the resurrection of all believers from the beginning of time till now?
Or till the end of time, excuse me, okay or till the rapture, excuse me
so it's from the beginning of time up until
The the midst of the week and thereafter when the rapture takes place
Those are all the believers that existed at that time. That's the rapture
everyone from the old testament
Everyone who's saved today everyone who will be saved during the tribulation
That's who it's referring to
So let me show you where the rapture actually is. Okay, since we're on the on the topic
I don't have it on the screen here, but you can you can look at it in your bibles revelation chapter seven
It says here in verse number
Nine it says and after this i beheld of course, this is after the tribulation
Because when it says after this it's it signifies a chronology
So it's saying after all these things have taken place
This is what he sees after this i beheld and lo a great multitude
Look what it says which no man could number
Of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues stood before the throne and before the lamb
Clothed with white robes and palms in their hands. That's the rapture
That would make sense that that would be referring to the rapture would it not?
Because the rapture would be all believers of all nations kindreds peoples tongues
That would make sense because it's everyone who's gotten saved from the beginning of time in all nations up until the rapture takes place
That's all believers. Not just john
Okay
And this is literal, okay
He says in verse 10 and cried with a lot of voice saying salvation to our god
Sitteth upon the throne and into the lamb and all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts
And fell before the throne on their faces and worshiped god
So what do we see here we see that this is actually signifying this is telling us that this is the rapture because it's all
people from all walks of life
Who have gotten saved now, there's a false teaching out there that says well known that this is referring to the jews
Well, that's interesting because I thought the jews were a part of israel
And here it says that there's a great multitude of all nations
kindreds and people
So if the jews are of israel
If there are of the 12 tribes of israel
Benjamin and dan and all these other tribes then why is it that it says all nations kindreds and peoples?
Doesn't make any sense. This is referring to
everyone who has resurrected
Who has been saved who has gotten saved from the beginning of time into the rapture
And here's another proof of that is the fact that it says it's a multitude which no man could number
I mean could we really number?
All the believers everyone who has gotten saved from the beginning of time until the rapture takes place. I mean, that's a great multitude
Which no man could number
This is what god told abraham where he said that his his children
Okay, shall be as the sand of his seed shall be as the sand of the sea
Stars of heaven sand of the sea. Yeah, because there's it's a great multitude which no man can number
Millions and billions of people that have gotten saved and that's not even how about this?
That's not even including all the babies that have been aborted that are in heaven today
All the children that whether you know, they've been aborted or murdered or you know
They just they have a still birth or whatever it may have been that's including those children as well
from the beginning of time up until
The rapture takes place that's where the rapture is and you know what that would make sense because of the fact that revelation six is the tribulation
And if you have the tribulation in revelation chapter number six, it would make sense that you would find the rapture thereafter
Because that's what the bible tells us
And so for them to say well revelation four is the rapture pastor that's that's the rapture revelation four with john
That's figurative of the rapture
It's a bunch of baloney
It's not
Okay
now, you know
I don't really think you should split hairs over this particular doctrine
Unless you're dealing with a a dispensationalist who's a hyper dispensationalist
You know these dispensationalists that believe in in various salvations, you know throughout time
I reject that completely and I encourage you to go watch the dispensation a heresy documentary that we put out
Go to first works baptist church on youtube
Make sure you subscribe hit the like button and scroll down to the documentary section. You'll find that documentary there the dispensation of heresy
Will we debunk dispensationalism?
Okay
But here's the thing is that
I don't think we should necessarily split hairs over it because of the fact that
You know, this isn't necessarily having to do with salvation, okay?
But you know what we do need to take we do need to take people to task on this
and i'm not saying that you need to go to your pastor and try to prove them wrong regarding the the
The timing of the rapture when it takes place in the bible
But you know if if people want to teach this
False false doctrine, you know, it needs to be corrected. So that's what I believe
And here at our church, we're we believe in a post-trib
Pre-wrath rapture
Okay
So we are raptured
post-tribulation
meaning after the tribulation
But before the wrath of god is poured out upon this world because we're not appointed to wrath
But the bible says that we are appointed
to tribulation
You understand?
And so, um, that's pretty much it folks
We're done with chapter number four there
Um
Let's look at the chat now
I'm gonna i'm gonna open it up for some questions. So brother. Ulysses. Did you write down some questions?
You wrote them down. Oh, man
He's got a little book here q plus a questions
So we got some good questions on here
All right, i'm gonna answer all these questions why not right i'll leave this open because
I need to reference it. So here we go. Number one
What about cremated people? Okay. Now what is cremation is basically, uh when a person dies
Sometimes their family, uh will make the decision to instead of burying the body
They will cremate the body. They will burn the body. They'll take it to a crematorium
of some sort where they will um
Basically incinerate the corpse put it in in some sort of vial and they'll do that. Um
You know, i'm not for cremation
And but i'm also not of the sort that if you cremate a believer that somehow that has to do anything with their salvation
Because obviously it doesn't okay when you cremate someone we're just talking about the body
Okay, it has nothing to do with the spirit
It has nothing to do with your salvation because once you're saved you're always saved if you believe on jesus christ
Once you're saved, you're always saved. You can never lose your salvation
But I will say this is that there's a reason why
The bible often talks about burying people, okay
And let me just go ahead and go to first corinthians chapter 15
First corinthians chapter 15 go go home and read it where you're probably already home
But like after this open up your king james bible and go to first corinthians chapter 15 and first corinthians 15 is about the resurrection
Okay
And it tells us in first corinthians chapter 15
In verse 35, but some land some man will say how are the dead raised up and with what body do they come?
thou fool
That which thou sowest is not quickened except to die and that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shall be
But bare grain it may chance of wheat or of some other grain
But god giveth it a body as it hath pleased him into every seed his own his own body
All flesh is not the same flesh
But there's one kind of flesh of men another flesh of beasts another fish of fishes another of birds
And it goes on so basically the thought here is the fact that what you have
Is when someone dies when a believer dies
We are to bury their physical body because what's being pictured is like a seed being planted into the ground
And when a seed is planted into the ground when it sprouts, it doesn't just come up like this massive seed, right?
It's not like this huge mustard seed that comes out of the ground
Something completely different comes out of the ground. That's why he says
That which thou sowest
Thou so it's not the body that shall be but bare grain
It may chance of wheat or of some other grain. He's basically saying when you sow something into the ground
Something completely different will come out
And so when we bury believers
when they die
It's just a symbolic representation of the fact that when they resurrect they're going to be completely different
You sow a seed into the ground
And it's going to come out completely different
Because when you get resurrected you receive a transfigured body the bible says in verse 40 there are celestial bodies
And bodies terrestrial but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another
There is one glory of the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star different
From another star in glory so also is the resurrection of the dead it is sown in corruption
You know like you sow a seed it is sown in corruption. You you bury the corruptible body
It is raised in incorruption
It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It is raised in power
It is sown a natural body in other words a physical body
It is raised a spiritual body
There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body
And so on and so forth and so what it's basically saying is, you know
We should practice burying the dead
Who are believers because it's it's representative of the fact that you know that you will see them one day again
In a resurrected form
whereas cremation
What does that signify now?
You know
Obviously people have done both and not everyone who was buried or cremated were saved
You know some people who were saved were cremated. Some people who were saved were buried. It's just symbolically
Representing something and think about this if you're cremating someone it's basically representing hell
Okay
And this is one of the reasons why
In the old testament, uh, god would actually or excuse me the kings of the old testament would um
Excavate the the bones of these false prophets and and wicked kings and would burn them on the altar
Because there are wicked people and he's just he wants them to just be burned because it represents something
So that's a great question there. Um cremation
How will cremated people who received?
Be resurrected. Well, that's a great question. So, um, how will cremated people who received who basically got saved?
I'm assuming that's what you're talking about who believed on jesus christ
How would they be resurrected? Well quite simply god will just gather their body from wherever they're they're at
And that's not hard to believe because god is the one who created the body
He can cause the body to come back together again and let me give you scripture or proof of that. All right
in revelation chapter 20
When talking about the damned those who are going to be punished those who are going to be cast into the lake of fire
There there's this resurrection of the dead that takes place where the damned are are basically raised up their bodies
Meet their spirit and both soul and body shall be cast into the lake of fire
You know jesus said fear not him which can kill the body
But rather fear him who's able to destroy both soul and body in hell and it's referring to the lake of fire
Well, this is actually takes place in revelation chapter 20
And it says in verse number 12 and I saw the dead small and great stand before god
And the books were open and another book was open which is the book of life
And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works
Look what it says here and the sea referring to the ocean
Gave up the dead which were in it
And death and hell delivered up the dead which are in them and they were judged every man according to their works
So, I mean think about this. I mean don't they take cremated remains and sometimes just kind of spread it over the ocean sometimes
They'll go to like a specific area and they will basically um
they'll spread the ashes in the ocean because
You know that person like to sail or something. I don't know but people often do things like that
Well here it says that the sea will give up their dead. So basically
god's divine power
Is able to reunite all those molecules and sinews and bones
back together
In order to be judged now if he can do that for the damned obviously he's going to be able to do that for the for
the for the saved
Okay
And we haven't we have a picture of this in the book of ezekiel
I won't go into it too much where he gives this vision to ezekiel of the army
And he he goes into the valley of dry bones
And it says that they're dry because they've been dead for a very long time and it goes to that
Imagery in the description how they basically come back to life
And basically that's that's representing the rapture there
Doesn't matter where your body is doesn't matter if it was chopped up into pieces or burned or no matter what happens
God can find you no matter where you're at. Okay
I mean god is omnipotent
David said if I make my bed in hell that aren't there
Okay, and obviously we understand that safe people can't go to hell
But he's he's just showing the extremities of god's omniscience and omnipotence and omnipresence that he's just everywhere
Okay, so great question there. Are you gonna put another one up there uli or should I just go through this?
Okay, gotcha
Very technologically advanced there uli
Uh, let's see
What do you think about church on saturday's is it in the ten commandments? So this is actually something that I was going to address
Uh in the coming days. I was actually going to make a video about this
And that is in regards to the sabbath, okay
Now there's a movement amongst christians right now
Where they want to reject meeting together on sundays, which is the first day of the week
And they want to meet on saturday's because of the fact that exodus chapter 20 says to remember the sabbath to keep it. Holy
And they basically take that commandment
And say we need to be keeping the sabbath because that's what god said
Well first and foremost, let me let me let me explain a couple things here when it comes to this topic, okay number one
No one can keep all the ten commandments first and foremost
The ten commandments were not there for you to keep it just to show you that you need a savior
The bible says that the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto christ and the bible says that uh
in james chapter 2 in verse number 10
That if you keep the whole law you defend in one point you're guilty of all
And so no one is able to keep the ten commandments it's impossible to do so but secondly
God does not expect for people to keep the sabbath in the new testament and i'll tell you why
Because the sabbath which is was the the day of rest
Represents us resting from our works for salvation
And the proof of that is this when in the old testament when someone was keeping
The sabbath or they chose not to keep the sabbath and you know, they found some individual collecting sticks the punishment for that was death
And in like manner
The bible says that for the wages of sin is death it's referring to the fact that you deserve help
So if someone wants to keep the commandments for salvation
The bible says you're actually worthy of death because you can't keep all of god's commandments the only the only one person
That can keep all of god's commandments was jesus christ
And that's why we need the righteousness of jesus christ to be imputed upon us because he's the only one who is perfect
We need his record in order to be saved not the not our own record
But let me prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that god does not expect for us to keep the sabbath in the new
testament
Colossians chapter 2 and verse number 14 says this blotting out the handwriting of ordinances referring to jesus
Ordinances referring to jesus that was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross
And having spoiled our principalities and powers he made a show of them openly
Triumphing over them in it. So what is it saying? Well
If the bible saying here that he blotted out the handwriting of ordinances
He's referring to that old testament law of meats drinks divers washings and carnal ordinances
Such as the purification laws and even the keeping of the sabbath
You say well, no that's referring to the sacrifices and all those purification laws, but the sabbath is something different. Well, let's read on
It says in verse 16 let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink
Or in respect of a holy day
huh
or of the new moon or of the sabbath days
So it says don't let anybody tell you that you need to be keeping the sabbath don't let anybody judge you
On keeping the sabbath. Why verse 17 which are a shadow of things to come but the body is of
Christ the bible says so according to the bible all of these
rituals and ordinances that we see in the old testament were a
Foreshadowing of jesus christ and when jesus christ was crucified on the cross
He became the culmination and the representation of those ordinances
And in fact if you think about it when he was crucified when he was buried and when he resurrected
Those three days prior to that were all three sabbaths
So he fulfilled all those things so while he was being punished for our sins while he was being crucified while he was buried
We rested
They rested during those sabbath days why because it's a representation of the fact that when we believe on jesus christ for salvation
We're not trusting in our works
for salvation
Okay
We're not trusting in our works. We're not trusting in our capability of keeping the commandments, which no man can keep
the ten commandments perfectly
And let me just let me just give you a a reality check here. There's more than ten commandments in the bible
Okay, and the bible says therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law
You know, there's not a just man upon earth that do with good and sinneth not everyone's broken the commandments
so
Jesus christ was our sabbath
Because he actually did all the work for us and we rest from our works when we get saved
Okay
We enter into his rest. The bible says you need to switch that. All right, hold on go for it
So we rest from our works when we get saved because jesus christ did all the work for us
The bible says he has made him to be sin who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of god
In him, okay
So no, we don't need to keep the the sabbath and here's the thing for people who to say
Well, we do need to keep the sabbath. Then that would mean that you where's your sacrifices?
Where's the diverse washings and carnal ordinances? Are you abstaining from from shrimp and all these other things as well?
That's why the seven-day adventists are hypocrites
Because they want to claim that they and look
The sabbath was a time when they would stay home, isn't it funny the seven-day adventists congregate together
on saturday
That's hypocritical because don't you get in your car? Don't you drive over there? Don't you get dressed?
Don't you do all these things? Don't you eat don't you cook and all these things?
Whereas the bible says you were actually supposed to collect food the day prior
And prepare for the sabbath
Okay, because no work should have been done during that time
So to answer your question, no, we do not need to keep the sabbath because jesus christ is our sabbath
He kept he basically did the work so we can rest from our works for salvation. Okay?
Let's move on
There's an arrow here. Oh number three
All right, skip that
Brother lisa doesn't want me to answer someone's question
Question
Do you believe the angel of the church is talking about the pastor? Yes, I do believe that
I believe when the bible talks about in revelation two and three to the angel of the church at f it says
To the angel of the church at samarita. It's actually referring to an actual pastor
and the reason I believe that is because of the fact that
Angel is simply a messenger
And it's actually correct to refer to a soul winner an evangelist a pastor as an angel because that's exactly what we are
We're angels
I'm, just like a little angel. Okay
Just bringing the message of god's word and here's the thing is that in revelation you have an actual man
Who the bible refers to as an angel?
Talking to the apostle, uh, john and saying that he is his fellow servant
Let me let me read it to you because I don't want to misquote it here
Let's see if I can find it first
Let's see here
Which one am I looking for eli maybe someone in the comments section can uh, help me find it
You know what i'm referring to here?
He's not even paying attention right now
Let me see if I can find it here
All right, here we go
Revelation 22 verse 6 says and he said unto me these sayings are faithful and true and the lord god of the holy prophet
Sent his angel to show him to his servants the things which must surely be done
Behold, I come quickly blessed is he to keep the sayings of the prophecy of the of this book
And I john saw these things and heard them and when I had heard
And seen I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things
Then sayeth he unto me see thou do it not for I am thy fellow servant
Not for I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren the prophets and of them which keep the sayings of this book
Worship god
So the angel that's actually designated to show john these things was actually one of the prophets of the old testament
He's given this this honorable position to partake in the revealing of end times bible prophecy to to the apostle john
What's going on?
All right
And so, um angels can
Often be referring to actual messengers
And you know, you think of uh in spanish when you say gospel you say
Evangelio in that word you have angel because it just means simply a messenger of good things
The person is bringing good tidings to you. Okay, great question
Next question here
So
Can we have more than one crown absolutely that's why they're all highlighted there now we'll say this I don't believe um,
I don't believe ladies
Can have one of the crowns which is obviously the crown that is given unto the pastors
Okay
Because obviously only men can be pastors in the bible according to the bible. Okay
It says in first peter chapter number five
In verse number
Uh three gives the instructions to the elders of the church
It says neither as being lords over god's heritage
But being samples to the flock and when the chief shepherd shall appear he shall receive a crown of glory
That fadeth not away
So I believe that's a special crown designated for elders who basically fulfill their responsibilities as a pastor
And they fulfill their role that we see here in verse number two
Of first peter chapter number five, but I believe that you know
There's plenty of other crowns that people can receive and so, um, you know, there's the crown of life
And really at the end of the day the crown is simply representative of authority
Okay
And you can compare that to the parable that jesus christ gave
where he talked about
giving pounds to the servants
And he told them occupy till I come
And the first serving came and he was a good steward of the pounds that he received and jesus said
Uh, well done thou good and faithful servant
Thou has been faithful in little things have thou authority over ten cities. And so that's kind of synonymous with what we see
With this aspect of the crowns being mentioned, okay
Last question here. What do you think?
The palm means in revelation chapter seven the palm
Um
Verse nine
It says and before the lamb clothed in white robes and palms in their hands well palms is
Is a tree it's part of a tree
No, I think I don't think there's any necessary significance other than the fact that it's just signifying that they are if you remember
They put palms before jesus as he was coming into
The temple because he was coming into the city they were putting palms and so it's just signifying the fact that he's king
I think that's what it's referring to. I don't think it goes any deeper than that
And so that's pretty much it folks if there's anything else
I don't know if there's any other questions that people may have
If you do put it in the comment section so I can get it if not
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Will women be rewarded the same in the millennial reign absolutely planted by living water
Asked it will women be rewarded the same in the millennial reign. Absolutely
absolutely
um
As long as you fulfill your role on this earth
Whether that be as a mom as a wife as a soul winner as a participant in church
uh, you're serving god according to
You know your role then you can you can be rewarded more than some of the men in in this world who are christians
you know
and so, um god is no respecter of people the bible says
He just expects for both genders to fulfill their biblical role here on this earth and that's how we can be rewarded
According to the bible, okay
and so, um
great question
I saw another one
Besides getting people saved the delaware dumpling says besides getting people saved
What are other ways to earn crowns or is that the only way well?
As I mentioned you can you get different crowns, for example
Pastoring you can get crowns by winning souls through christ
You can get uh crowns based upon suffering for the name of christ according to james chapter number one
You can get crowns because you love his appearing
Um, am I missing any crowns here? There's other crowns. I can't think of off the top of my head
But here's the thing is the most important thing is this and this is basically I think I actually preached on this recently
the important thing is this
is that you have
your spiritual fishing pole
In as many ponds as you possibly can
Because the bible isn't very explicit to tell us which work we can do that will
Uh bring back the most payback so to speak
and so
We need to win souls to christ
But we need to love our wives as christ also loved the church and gave himself for it
We need to raise our children and nurture in the admonition of the lord
Wives need to reverence their husbands
um
We need to make sure that we are discipling people
That we're teaching the word of god that we're standing for truth that we're suffering that we're good employees
Because here's the thing service for god doesn't doesn't it's just not subject to the church
That you're in
It's just the way you live your life
Like being a good employee being a good boss
You know doing those types of works the bible says to maintain
Good works because that's profitable for you
And so, uh, I think god keeps that obscure for a reason
As far as what works we can do that can bring the best payback
And it's for that reason that we seek to be just balanced in our christian life and seek to be as involved as we possibly
Can so that we can uh earn as many
rewards as possible, okay
Uh, good question there
Wendy asked are we going to be ruling and no more curse? I'm not sure what she means by that
Maybe clarify that question
Uh, what else do we have here do we have any tips to stay consistently reading your bible
sean
Asked do you have any tips to stay consistently reading your bible?
Well, you know, um, it really depends on
What stage of the christian life you're in?
If you're a brand new christian
You just need to develop the habit of reading your bible every single day
And if you're not accustomed to reading then take bite-sized
tasks such as reading a chapter a day
Reading for five minutes a day reading for 10 minutes and increase it. The important thing is not how much you're getting in
The important thing is is that you're consistent in what you're doing because you're just trying to formulate a habit
Of reading the word of god, so it just becomes second nature to you
That's the important part is that reading the bible just come becomes part of your life
It's just something that you do. It's like must spiritual muscle memory
And uh, I have a podcast
On my youtube channel, it's called the rod of iron podcast
And if you enjoy a good laugh if you like just casual conversations and biblical talk
I would encourage you to do that if you if you are holier than thou
And uh, you know, you don't like to joke around a whole lot and you get offended easily
Don't listen to the podcast, uh, because you're probably not going to like it
Uh, we let our our hair down a little bit when we uh do that podcast and so
But on one of the podcasts, I can't remember it was it was a recent episode
where um
I talked about a book called atomic habits
And atomic habits is a great book to read in order to it's it has to do with habit formation
And it could be applied to spiritual matters such as prayer and bible reading and how to formulate that habit. Okay
And so great question there. I encourage you to to um
I'm, i'm not talking about you sean that you would be offended. I'm just saying people in general
I think he put a question mark there. He's like what are you talking about?
What's that? Yeah
Uh, simon asked if we're a joint heir with christ
Does that mean we inherit all things with him because hebrews one says he is the heir of all things
Well, here's the thing, you know, we're ruling and reigning with christ
But we obviously understand that jesus christ is just a ruler of all things. He's king of kings and lord of lords
So we're joint heirs in the sense of the fact that we get to rule and reign with him. You understand it
Judgment is given unto us
And we're able to rule with the rod of iron just as he will we're subject obviously unto christ
He is our head
It's basically like the ceo and the managers that are below him right the supervisors or managers or whatever it may be
That's basically what it's going to be like in the millennial reign
You have jesus christ as the head the government shall be upon his shoulders and then below him are the branches of government
That are ruled by his servants who have been faithful who he has distributed that type of authority to
Okay
great question
What else we got here
Any good book recommendations. Yeah, atomic habits is a good one
I encourage you to go listen to the recent podcast that we put out
I talked about a good book that I read twice a year
Every year at least twice a year if I don't read it, uh, I read it at least once
And uh, i'm not going to tell you which one it is because I want you to go listen to the podcast
And so go to first works baptist church and explain that book pretty much in detail and uh,
Many people have actually gotten that book since I mentioned it and I haven't gotten a battle review from it since all right
And so I encourage you to go listen to that healthy competition is a good thing. That's not a question
What else we got here?
The delaware dumpling loves the podcast. Thank you for tuning in
No, i'm not doing that here. This is the olive crown podcast
the the um
The rod of iron podcast is another podcast. It's a great podcast
I'm, actually going to take a break from that podcast for a little bit because the baby's coming soon
And so I think that's pretty much it folks
Well, thank you so much for tuning in
And uh, it was great
studying through the book of revelation chapter number four
thankful that I was able to um
Chat with you guys for a little bit and maybe answer some of your questions. I hope that was a help
and um
Tune in next week as we discuss
Revelation chapter number five as we continue with the vision that god gives
Jesus gives to
The apostle john and I might get into some live streams prior to that. We'll see what we're doing
I might have something on my mind that I want to talk about
and so
Looking forward to this coming week
Hope you guys can can make it to that and that's pretty much it folks
I'm going to be signing off. Thank you so much for tuning in to the all of crown podcast striving for the incorruptible crown
You guys have a good night