Programme: Lekki Soul Centre (LSC)
Date: Wednesday, 1st March 2023
Transcript Summary
1. (2 Tim. 2:10). There are two advents of the Lord’s coming to the saints: He comes for the purpose of delivering salvation and the dimension of eternal glory. There is a “coming” of the Lord that is called “appearing” (with salvation), and there is also a “quick coming” of the Lord (Rev. 22:12). Eternal glory is a “quick coming” of the Lord; it is a higher coming with a greater weight. The appearance of the Lord to the saints is a continuous thing that culminates in salvation (Heb. 9:28; 1 Pet. 1:7). And for every appearance of the Lord, there is an associated work. The appearance is a program that comprises the manifestation of the Son and the Father – the two entities that one who is abiding in the doctrine of Christ can contain/house (2 John 1:9).
2. To have the Father and the Son is to have God; this is what it takes to open the realm of God. Jesus started as the Son of the living God, but who they killed on the cross is the Son of the true God – the perfect Son. The world of God is the form of a circle that has its 'up' and 'down' when divided. “The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.” (Deut. 33:27). God is manifested in two forms: the numerator God (up division) – the Eternal God who is our refuge; and the denominator God (down division) – the everlasting God who is able to thrust out the enemy from before us. The everlasting arms are two entities: the living and the true God. This means the everlasting King is enough to deal with the enemy; we do not need the Eternal God to deal with the devil.
3. (Rev. 4:3-11). God has divisions. The dimensions of the throne signify God; they are the only true God, the Eternal God and the everlasting God. The "twenty-four elders" are witnesses of the "living God". The "four living creatures" are witnesses of the "true God". One can tell their difference by their worship when they cast their crown to worship. The twenty-four elders worship the Creator (Rev. 4:10-11). God's major first work is that He displayed creation. The Creator of heaven and the earth is the everlasting God. However, there is a dimension of Him that is beyond creation. The "twenty-four elders" constitute the "outer court" of the Holiest of all. They sit before the Sanctuary where the seven spirits are located. These seven spirits are the everlasting spirits of God.
4. “And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.” (Rev. 4:6). “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (Rev. 22:1). In the former Scripture, John saw a sea of glass “like unto crystal” before the throne, while in the latter, it was a pure river "clear as crystal”. “River” was used as against “sea” in the latter scripture because in the world to come, there shall be no more sea (Rev. 21:1). This river issuing from the throne would heal both sea and land (Ezek. 47:8; Rev. 22:2). What John saw previously described as “a sea of glass like unto crystal” was referring to the shape/posture the water took because of the state of the manifestation of God. At that state, God was not yet fully expressing His eternity. Revelation 22:1 shows the posture of the actual water – eternal water.
5. “And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” (Rev. 15:2). In this verse, the sea John saw in Revelation 4:6 had morphed – it was now mingled with fire. The “fire” signified the tribulation of the beast where those beings who stood on the sea had come out from. To get victory over the beast is to pass through this everlasting fire. The sea of glass "mingled with fire" speaks of everlasting life at its early stage, while the sea of glass "like unto crystal" (Rev. 4:6) is everlasting life at its finished stage because it looks very close to that which is eternal – the pure river clear as crystal (Rev. 22:1). This means the finished state of everlasting life looks like Eternal Life; and that is why there is only a tiny bridge between the everlasting God and the Eternal God.
6. The term “glass” is a spirit. Sea talks about an incomplete operation of life. The sea is a water that is not pure; it has salt and comes with colouration. The blue colouration of the sea talks about heaven; and this means heaven in itself is not complete before God. Any island that is around the sea has salt in it because the sea flowing to it has salt. This is why the salt of the earth is the deposit from the ministry of glass. Salt is a preserver for the actual ministration to come. When God told Abraham in Genesis 22:17 that his seed will be as the "sand of the seashore", He was talking about how Christ (the seed) will become the salt (preserver/incorruptible).
7. “That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies” (Gen. 22:17). The blessing here is the giving of everlasting life. The sand on the seashore is the "first work" in everlasting life. The zenith of the blessing is to become a star. The stars of heaven represent the realm of the daystar that shall arise in hearts (2 Pet. 1:19). However, there is another realm not mentioned in Genesis 22:17 that lies between the realm of stars and the sands of the seashore. This realm is called the firmament of heaven, and it comes before the realm of stars (Dan. 12:3).
8. The sand on the seashore is a dimension of everlasting life because it is a blessing upon the seed (Christ). The three dimensions of everlasting life are incorruptible (salt), undefiled (firmament) and unfading (stars) (1 Pet. 1:4). The incorruptible speaks of salt (it preserves) while stars represent the realm of forever. Daniel 12:3 highlights the different states in the rewards of everlasting life – "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." This means anyone who uses his firmament will become a star. But for this to happen, Daniel 12:10 says "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried…" To be purified is to be Christ, while to be made white is to be incorruptible. When those who are white are tried, they become like the brightness of the firmament (Dan. 12:3).
9. (1 Peter 1:7). To be "incorruptible" is to be “praise”. To be "undefiled" is to come into the "honour" of everlasting life (after being tried), which is the "firmament". To come unto "glory" is to become the "stars forever". Being made incorruptible is the first work, which is achieved by the power of the living God. The living God is incorruptible, undefiled, and fades not away (1 Pet. 1:4); these are the stages of His being.
10. The first time Jesus was declared to be the Son of God was when He was coming out from the water (Matt. 3:16-17). The second time was when He was on top of the mountain (Mk. 9:7); that was when He was as bright as the firmament of heaven. The third time was when He was hung on the cross and He was dying; that was when He became an everlasting star. Then He was raised as the Eternal God. Jesus was introduced to Eternal Life while He was on earth; being taught by the Spirit of Eternal Life, He had preparations of Eternal Life before His death, although not fully.
11. (Rev. 22:12). Everlasting work precedes the reward. Those whom heaven would reward are those who have finished all the works; that is, both realms of the will of God. The candlesticks are by the isle of Patmos; whereas, the stars were in Jesus’ right hand (Rev. 1:20). The world of the seven stars is different from that of the candlesticks. The stars are those who have been raptured into His hand and have been engraved by heaven into His palm. The stars were examples to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3; Jesus expected the churches to become stars but they were not cooperating. When a man becomes a star, he breaks out of contention with the devil.
12. (Isa. 49:15-16). The son of the womb speaks of the man-child – those who are engraved on His palm. The child is not the same as the son of the womb. For one to be a son of the womb, one must be a star. God picks a son from the womb and puts such a one directly on the throne. The man-child is not constituted of one person; each church contains twelve thousand, and twelve of these churches are needed to make up the company of the man-child (Rev. 7:4-8). Morning stars are made from stars; this is why only a daystar can become a morning star (Rev. 22:16).
Blessings!
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