LET US GUIDE YOU PAST THE VEIL
Part 1

MF Blume
September 11
, 2016

 
Revelation 1:1-2  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:  (2)  Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.



LET US GUIDE YOU PAST THE VEIL

Notice God gave a revelation to Jesus to show his servants.
•    Jesus sent it and used SIGNS to show that message by HIS ANGEL.
•    The ANGEL gave John the message of SIGNS.
•    The angel caused John’s mind to see all these visions of SIGNS.

A revelation is an UNVEILING.
•    A veil exists and must be removed so you can see what’s behind the veil.

A DISCOVERING.
•    Something is COVERED and when it is UNCOVERED it is DIS-COVERED.

So things that were going to happen were VEILED and COVERED.
•    Jesus got the UNVEILING AND DISCOVERING from the Father.

John 5:19-20  Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.  (20)  For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

John 7:16  Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

John 8:28  Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

John 12:49  For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

And Jesus STILL DOES THAT IN HEAVEN.

1 Timothy 2:5  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

It’s not MARY as if she was a MEDIATRIX.
•    It’s JESUS the MEDIATOR.
•    And Jesus gives to the angel and the angel gives to JOHN in this case in Revelation.

The most famous VEIL in the bible was in the temple of God that covered the MOST HOLY PLACE where the ARK OF THE COVENANT was.
•    And the VEIL stood between the HOLY PLACE and the MOST HOLY PLACE.
•    What was inside the MOST HOLY PLACE – THE ARK – was COVERED.
•    One the ark was a MERCYSEAT.
•    And God’s glory was on that mercyseat.
•    It had two cherubims overshadowing it with their wings, and the faces of the cherubims looked to that mercyseat.
•    God was in there.
•    So what is this a picture of, if we see a veiled place with the ark of the covenant inside that has a mercyseat on top of that Ark and God’s glory rests there?
•    HIS THRONE !

This temple allowed only ONE PERSON to enter this room where the ark was ONE DAY A YEAR.
•    The high priest.
•    Hebrews teaches is JESUS is the GREATER HIGH PRIEST.
•    He did not go into an earthly temple’s most holy place past the veil, but went into HEAVEN ITSELF.

Hebrews 9:12  Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Hebrews 9:24  For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

And THIS PRESENCE OF GOD IN HEAVEN WAS ON A THRONE.

Revelation 4:1-2  After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.  (2)  And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Notice A DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN AND “JOHN SAW.”
•    Something had to be opened for JOHN TO SEE INTO HEAVEN.’

Let’s back up a bit.
•    In the room that has the veil that opens into the most holy place there were three things.
•    A table of bread.
•    A golden altar of incense,
•    And a seven branched golden candlestick.
•    You need the seven candlesticks to know where the VEIL IS so you can get to the next step of UNVEILING.
•    The lights from the candlestick represent FULL ILLUMINATION.
•    You need FULL ILLUMINATION to see the UNVEILING.
•    THE REVELATION.
•    ILLUMINATION FOR REVELATION.

That’s why before we read of HEAVEN OPENED for JOHN TO SEE THE THRONE like the temple’s MOST HOLY PLACE UNVEILED so you could see the ark of the covenant’s MERCYSEAT  -- SEE WHAT CHERUBIMS ARE LOOKING AT…
•    To JOIN YOUR EYES to the EYES OF CHERUBIMS and look upon the place where the GLORY OF GOD RESTS!...
•    You need the perfect light of the seven golden candlesticks.

…we read of Jesus APPEARING in the MIDST Of seven golden candlesticks.
•    The means by which we can COME TO THE UNVEILING or the REVELATION.
•    And he tells us that the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
•    So if the candlesticks are the means by which you can see the veil, COME TO IT and EXPERIENCE THE UNVEILING, and they represent the churches, THEN GOD USES CHURCHES TO BRING YOU TO A REVELATION GOD GAVE TO JESUS TO SHOW US.

Rev 1 shows Jesus in seven candlesticks.
•    And he says He was dead, is alive forevermore.
•    THAT IS A CLUE TO THE UNVEILING we must experience.
•    THE REVELATION WE NEED TO SEE.

Then Chapters 2 and three are letters to the SEVEN CHURCHES/CANDLESTICKS.
•    SO they can KEEP SHINING Jesus instructs them and corrects them and tells them how to OVERCOME what seeks to defeat them, and they can REMAIN CANDLESTICKS.
•    Why?
•    Because people need these CANDLESTICKS of churches so God can GIVE THEM LIGHT TO BRING THEM TO THE VEIL where they can then experience THE UNVEILING.

And the first thing John sees after this UNVEILING is the THRONE OF GOD.
•    And what happens all around this THRONE OF GOD?
•    A LAMB APPEARS in chapter 4.
•    He was DEAD BUT IS NOW STANDING!
•    And he is in heaven!
•    That means after Jesus died and resurrected he went into heaven.
•    And Mark 16 ends by saying Jesus went to the right hand throne.
•    The throne.

And the LAMB GOES TO THE ONE ON THE THRONE TO GET A SEALED BOOK.
•    And like getting a revelation HE UNSEALS THE BOOK – DIS-COVERS it - -UNVEILS IT.

So the HIGHLIGHT of the unveiling was the THRONE OF GOD and JESUS GOING TO THAT THRONE!

And what does John hear everyone shouting about?

Revelation 5:8-10  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.  (9)  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;  (10)  And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

HE REDEEMED US BY HIS BLOOD!
•    What did the high priest do when he entered the most holy place?
•    TOOK HIS BLOOD FOR ATONEMENT TO THE MERCYSEAT OF THE ARK!
•    Jesus did two things!
•    Went in as high priest to REDEEM us by his blood, and WENT TO THE THRONE that we read from that point on as THE THRONE OF GOD AND THE LAMB, BOTH!

LEADS TO FORGIVENESS EVERY TIME THE RIGHT HAND THRONE IS MENTIONED.
•    ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH FORGIVENESS.
•    JESUS PRAYS FORGIVENESS FOR JEWS AND ROMANS.
•    PETER PREACHES ACTS 2 ABOUT RIGHT HAND – ATONEMENT SOURCE – AND JEWS FORGIVEN.
•    ACTS 10 – PREACHES HE IS JUDGE OF QUICK AND DEAD – KING – FORGIVENESS – FIRST GENTILES ARE ITALIANS. ROMANS.
•    STEPHEN PRAYS FORGIVENESS IN ASSOCIATION WITH JESUS AT RIGHT HAND, AND PAUL GETS SAVED!



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