LET US GUIDE YOU PAST THE VEIL

January 27, 2002 pm
MF Blume

Revelation 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:


The New Testament is the great unveiling of Jesus Christ. Not only that, but the temple that was built three times was also realized in the true temple of the body of Jesus Christ. Jesus was everything! One particular note came alive to me in my studies for this morning's message. Jesus called Himself the ALMIGHTY.
Revelation 1:8  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Revelation 1:10-13  I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

The son of man is the Lord God Almighty!

How?

And speaking of the book of Revelation, it is a revelation of Jesus Christ.

In the tabernacle was that inner room where the most holy presence of God was said to abide.

But those lights provided the means of seeing inside that house. In fact, in Exodus chapter 25 through 26 where we read of that little building called the Tabernacle and all the absolutely fascinating furniture that would be made for it (fascinating since each one speaks a symbolic lesson about Jesus), we read of these objects listed in this order. Notice the last thing mentioned before the curtains and Great Veil, was the candlesticks. In the book of Revelation, the very first chapter shows the first vision John saw in this GRAND UNVEILING OF JESUS CHRIST. And Revelation - the book of Jesus being unveiled, BEGINS WITH JESUS IN THE CANDLESTICKS.
Revelation 1:10-13  I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
As we read the last verse of this chapter, we read:
Revelation 1:20  The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
The candlesticks are the churches of Jesus.

And the lights of fire on each candle speaks of the angels of those churches, which refers to the MINISTRIES of that church that PREACH THE LIGHT OF THE WORD.

Why do these preachers preach?

Why does God have churches that preach the light of the Word?

Because Jesus needs to be unveiled to all the dark, dark world.

By the foolishness of preaching God chose to save sinners.

By the means of people working together, like we do in this church, this candlestick, this source of light of the knowledge of God.

…will people come to a place where a veil stands.

Church, that is the reason we are here. And then John is told that each of those churches, who are represented by each of the candlesticks, must receive a letter. The churches are the candlesticks. Churches, get ready. The ANGEL of the church is told to straighten up anything that must be straightened up. And the manners by which a church will be aligned to God's will is going to be through words of God given to that senior pastor.

And then after the churches are dealt with so as to be able to shine as the means of light they are meant to be to the end that people will see Jesus….

We come to Rev 4.

In that book, John sees into the MOST HOLY PLACE.

And God sits on the throne.

And then chapter 5 comes and we read this:

Revelation 5:6-10  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.  And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Jesus is the lamb who is risen from the dead. People the glory of God is this story, because behind the old testament veil to which the candlestick led one by its light, was the GLORY OF GOD'S PRESENCE. Let us Guide you Past the Veil!