God is a God Who Reveals

Good morning, everyone. Today, we will look at the Book of Revelation, which is the revelation of the victorious church. If you read the Book of Revelation carefully, you will find that it is a revelation that combines human history and church history. The theme of the first chapter of Revelation is: Jesus Christ reveals the future of mankind to His servants.

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John. (Revelation 1:1)

We humans know very little about the future, but God reveals future events to his servant John, who writes them in the Book of Revelation. This is not just for John; God is a God who reveals, and He speaks to each of us. If you seek, God will surely reveal to you.

Old John wrote this Book of Revelation on the island of Patmos. After sixty or seventy years, he witnessed various phenomena in the church and was very confused: God, why is it like this? Why did the Jerusalem church become like this? Why is the church established by the Apostle Paul like that? Actually, the Apostle Paul had been dead for many years at this time. The various phenomena of the church, including what we see today, such as a good pastor dying of cancer, are perplexing.

Brothers and sisters, you can slowly ponder this. Old John sought God's revelation, and what was the result of the revelation? It is called "the victorious church." The concept of the revelation of the victorious church must be established. Building a non-victorious church and building a victorious church have completely different results. A church built on the rock of Jesus Christ and a church built on the logical system of the world have completely different endings.

God is a God who reveals. Why doesn't God reveal to those churches? It's not that God doesn't reveal, but they don't listen. Today, brothers and sisters, if you seek God, God will surely reveal to you. You must not think that seeking God is for how to earn more money, how to do a better job, or how to find a rich husband. If you are not aligned with the future of mankind, then what you seek is a bit uncertain. If you seek to build a victorious church, God will surely reveal to you, because our God is a God who reveals. The Spirit of God guides us to know the way of God and guides us into the Word of God.

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, (Revelation 1:1)

Do you understand? To show his servants. God is a God who reveals. How did the Chinese Mingding Doctrine come about? The Chinese Mingding Doctrine comes from God's revelation. How did it come from God's revelation? If you don't understand reading Genesis, what should you do? If you don't understand, then pray and seek. God revealed to us how Genesis speaks and what it is all about. Including the Book of Revelation, it is also revealed to us by God. Let us know that building a church must be building a victorious church. I thank God that the revelation is so good. It is not a past revelation, but it is always revealing, depending on whether people seek it or not. If people do not seek God but only seek themselves, and it is not God's will that is accomplished but your own will, then isn't that a tragedy?

Brothers and sisters, do not think that everything we ask for every day is in accordance with God's will. Jesus taught us to pray to seek God's will.

This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.” (Matthew 6:9-13)

The Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ

Who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 1:2)

This sentence is very interesting, the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. I ask you, what did Jesus Christ do when He served on this earth? He did one thing, testified to God. Then some people say: Show us the Father and the Son. Jesus said: Have you not seen me? He showed us our God through Jesus Christ becoming flesh. Let's all talk about how Jesus Christ testified to God? Through healing the sick and casting out demons, even the demons listened to Him. Wow, Jesus Christ is so powerful!

Jesus Christ did two things on earth: He trained disciples and told them the doctrine of the kingdom of God. So in the Gospels of Matthew to John, there are many words spoken by Jesus. His words are the Word of God. Then how did Jesus Christ testify? Through healing the sick and casting out demons, and it was discovered that the demons also listened to their disciples.

What about now? Now it seems that the testimony of Jesus Christ has been put aside. Jesus did it this way, they do it that way; Jesus did it that way, they do it this way. What Jesus did, they don't do; what Jesus didn't do, they do a lot. Why? Because they always feel that how many Jesuses are there? But the problem comes, the problem lies in what the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ are for us to do? It is for us to prove everything we have seen.

Today, every testimony of our brothers and sisters is the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, manifested in a clearly visible form. So do as Jesus Christ did, how Jesus did it, we do it. How Jesus testified to the Word of God, we testify to the Word of God. Jesus didn't just talk about doctrine, Jesus really proved the Word of God, including feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish, and walking on water.

Jesus did a lot of things, just do as He did, why? Because the Bible clearly tells us to imitate Jesus Christ, what does it mean? It means how He did it, you do it. I tell you, we have been doing it this way, Jesus cast out demons, we cast out demons; Jesus did deliverance, we do deliverance. How Jesus taught, we teach. This is not something everyone can listen to. Now there is a very popular saying: Hey, I am not Jesus. I know you are not Jesus, but you have to imitate Jesus. You believe in Jesus, and then the things you believe in don't seem to be Jesus, then what are you doing? This is why many people come among us and get healed.

The last time I talked about Revelation was in 2018. In 2018, we experienced a great miracle, which was that my mother had Alzheimer's disease, and I cast out the demon. It turns out that the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ are all true.

All Can Be Proven

In fact, all can be testified to, all can be proven. If we read the words in the Bible, and then we start to speculate, it is ruined; if we read the words in the Bible and treat them as myths, it is also ruined. We read the words in the Bible, and then we go to do it, to verify the results, and see that the results are right, wow, this thing is really powerful. Jesus Christ, our God's Word, is too powerful, it can be proven.

We can no longer owe ourselves. We today are very much like those who came out of Egypt and died in the wilderness. Seeing the power of God, having just experienced the power of God, and then encountering this matter, that won't work, that's impossible, it's all these. In the process of my ministry, every time I see this, I am really very emotional. Didn't you just experience the power of God? You just experienced it, and you also wrote a testimony, but when you encounter something again, you are still in unbelief. So today we need to know that we have come into this world to testify to the Word of God, to testify to the power of Jesus Christ. To testify that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, all can be proven.

The Bible says: The flesh is of no avail, it is the Spirit that gives life. Then how do you prove it? It is through healing the sick and casting out demons. Once a person does not know the spiritual realm, but only believes in a doctrine, you have twisted the gospel of Jesus Christ. Do you believe in a doctrine, or do you believe in the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead? When the Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, he said this:

My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5)

Let your faith not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power, which is to let us today always carry the death of Jesus Christ, so that the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection can also be manifested in us. Okay, brothers and sisters, understand these three things. First, God is a God who reveals. Second, the Word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, didn't Jesus come into this world to testify to the Word of God? Through many supernatural miracles, not through preaching a great doctrine. Third, all of this can be proven.

Jesus is the First and the Last

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. “Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen. (Revelation 1:5-7)

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. (Revelation 1:17-18)

Jesus is the first and the last, what is going on? Jesus is the first to rise from the dead, the first to overcome death, the first to hold the keys of death and Hades. Our Lord Jesus Christ, He is the first, before Him there was no such thing, only Jesus Christ rose from the dead, washed away our sins with His own blood, the first resurrection.

Then what does the last mean? The last means that all things will be united in Jesus Christ. In the future, Jesus Christ will come with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all peoples on earth will mourn because of Him. Oh, I tell you, people must know that Jesus is the first, opening up a way of eternal life for us, opening up a way of resurrection from the dead. And the future of mankind is also Jesus Christ coming with the clouds, and then all things are united in Jesus Christ through the church.

Then what does this have to do with you? This relationship is very big. If Jesus Christ comes with the clouds, oh, we see Jesus Christ, and then we mourn there. Why? Because we have never cared about this matter in this life, nor have we cared about the future when all things are united in Jesus Christ. You are not within all things, you are outside of all things. Then you see, oh, Jesus Christ rose from the dead at the beginning, and later we will also rise from the dead, and then we will be united with Jesus Christ. You have to carefully go back to the words of Jesus to listen.

What did Jesus say? You have to labor for eternal life. When you get to that day of eternal life, when Jesus Christ comes, you find that it has nothing to do with you, Jesus Christ has nothing to do with you. That destruction has something to do with you, can you not gnash your teeth and mourn? All peoples on earth will mourn because of Him. So today we brothers and sisters must know that God has revealed these things to us. Then we cast out demons in the name of Jesus Christ, and the demons listen to us, and we still don't take it seriously. Oh, I tell you, you will suffer a great loss.

I once discovered a very strange phenomenon. When I first started building the church, the church was not very victorious. I asked: "What do you need?" He said: "Pray for my work." Then he came next week, and I asked him again: "What do you need?" He still said: "Pray for my work." His mind is only on his work. Then I ask you, when Jesus Christ comes, will he ask: "How is your work going?" No, Jesus doesn't care much about the little things in your mind. Why? It has nothing to do with Jesus Christ being the master of human history, He really doesn't care much.

But where is the problem? Do you care about Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead? He first rose from the dead, overcoming death. Do you want this power to overcome death? Then you need to know what the future will be like, what the future of human history will be like, this is a matter of life and death. I can tell everyone that people care about immediate interests and sacrifice long-term interests. The longest-term interest is to be united in Jesus Christ, but many people don't care. Why is there no blessing? You don't care about this, do you think God will care about you?

Today I have to tell everyone that you must care about this matter. If a person does not care about eternal life, it is difficult for you to imagine that God cares about you. In fact, you experience God, experience God's healing, experience God's power, but when you turn around, your mind is still full of these little things in the world, then it is ruined. One day, Jesus Christ will come with the clouds, and we will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord, some people are gone, there is no share, and then what? The Antichrist reigns in this world, either you are martyred, or you are with the Antichrist. Either you are against the Antichrist, you have to be martyred, anyway, it won't work. In the end, some people are afraid of martyrdom, and then they get involved with the Antichrist, and then they experience a series of pains on earth.

I tell you, we are very, very close to World War III in this generation. One moment it seems like it won't happen, the next it seems imminent. You never know when a spark will ignite it. That's how World War I started, that's how World War II started, and World War III should be right before our eyes, right before our eyes.

Following this logic, when we later study Revelation chapter 11, the last trumpet will sound, and Jesus Christ will descend on the clouds, and His people will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord. World War III is no joke, so all things will be united in Jesus Christ. Do you have a part in that? If you don't, what will you do outside? Suddenly seeing Jesus Christ descending, you think: "Oh, I need to believe in the Lord now." It doesn't quite work that way; it's a bit too late.

When you know the revelation of Jesus Christ, when you see the testimony of Jesus Christ, when you begin to see His name through healing and casting out demons, His name carrying such power, personally witnessing the Word of God, personally witnessing the name of Jesus Christ. You must have experienced it; it's hard not to. Yet you still live for these trivial matters of the world. I ask you, won't you weep when suffering comes?

Blessed are Those Who Hear and Obey

After writing this, what did old John say? Blessed are those who hear this prophecy and keep what is written in it. That is, you take this matter to heart, and what you care about is what God cares about. What you care about is being united with God and Jesus Christ in the end. Can you not be blessed? So what's the problem? The problem is that today our minds are filled with: my job, my job, my job! I really need a job. But there is no job. Why? Because our minds lack the prophecies in this book. Blessed are those who hear and keep what is written in it.

Why do I often encourage everyone to emulate Abraham, to walk the path of Abraham's faith? Because it is blessed. Why is it blessed? Because God will bless such people. God sees: "Hey, your mind is full of garbage." It's already a great grace that He doesn't send a demon to mess with you. So hear this, hear what? In the last days, all things will be united in Jesus Christ. So today you seek God's revelation, then you begin to keep and follow God's way, then you see the testimony of God working in you, then you need to know that Jesus Christ is the first to rise from the dead, then He reveals to us the mystery of human life, then Jesus is the last. We must align with this, we must move in this direction, and people will be blessed.

So today, those among us who are not blessed, alas, have gone the way of Cain, the way of Esau. Their minds are full of the present, thinking that the future has nothing to do with them. But when it does, it will be too late. Brothers and sisters, we must know that blessed are those who hear and obey. Is that accurate? It is accurate.

All Peoples on Earth Will Mourn Because of Jesus Christ

When will they mourn? When He descends on the clouds, then people will mourn. "Oh, I didn't buy Jesus Christ's stock back then. Oh, the return is a thousandfold!" All earthly things are ruined. Can you not mourn? Nuclear war, the water is undrinkable. What will you do? Everywhere is nuclear contamination. What will you do? Some people ask: "What will you do?" I tell you, God protects! I've been pondering this recently: during a nuclear war in World War III, can God protect us? I tell you, absolutely!

Today, develop a habit of praying in tongues extensively. Praying in tongues extensively can truly make you unafraid of nuclear contamination, unafraid of anything. You will discover that the Spirit of God dwells in the human body, and even if the human body is subjected to nuclear contamination, nothing will happen. Is that true? I tell you, Revelation actually has this record. What will happen to all the peoples on earth? The peoples on earth will be miserable. Those without the mark of Jesus Christ will have those things specifically poisoning them. If they have the mark of Jesus Christ, those poisons cannot approach them.

What old John saw when the seven trumpets were blown is the war that can be described today. What did old John see? He saw the sky full of drones, but he didn't know what they were; he had never seen them before. So today, brothers and sisters, all the peoples on earth will mourn because of Him. Are you among those peoples, or are you in the tribe of Jesus? So today, take God and God's revelation to heart. Some people say: "I'm still studying for a doctorate; I'm still studying for a master's; I'm still preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam; I'm still looking for a job." That doesn't matter, does it? You take God's affairs to heart, and then you are blessed. Do you need to worry about this? No, you don't.

All the peoples on earth will mourn because of Jesus Christ. What does that mean? Everything is messed up. I used to hear about Jesus Christ's coming, but now I see Jesus Christ in the air, and people are being caught up, and I'm on the ground. What will you do? Then Jesus Christ will pour out the seven bowls of wrath. Those who remain on earth will suffer terribly. The seven bowls are experiencing God's wrath. Some people even want to die but don't even have the ability to commit suicide. It's just pain, just discomfort. Just weep slowly. Don't think that Jesus Christ is a Santa Claus. Some people think: "It can't be that harsh, right?" It's very harsh.

The Image of Jesus Christ

and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. (Revelation 1:13-16)

My goodness, does Santa Claus look like this? Can Santa Claus look like this? As soon as old John saw Him, he fell at His feet as though dead. Why? I tell you, it is difficult for a carnal person to stand before Jesus Christ. How frightening! A sharp, double-edged sword from His mouth, His face like the sun shining in all its brilliance, and the sound of His voice like the sound of rushing waters, His feet like bronze glowing in a furnace, His eyes like blazing fire. It's very frightening. You must know how awe-inspiring the appearance of Jesus Christ is. Do you think He will have mercy on the peoples on earth? Can He have mercy?

God revealed all this to old John and wrote it in the Book of Revelation. Old John may not have understood when he wrote it, but can we understand when we read it today? The day is coming soon. We can no longer treat Jesus Christ as Santa Claus. We must know how glorious and awesome our God is. We must fear God. Our minds lack this. If you don't think God is great and awesome, it's a bit dangerous. Some people say: "Teacher, I can't control myself; I can't control myself from sinning." I think, what can we do about this lack of control? I say: "God, give him a Japanese soldier." A Japanese soldier with a gun pointed at his waist, at his neck, at the back of his head. All problems are controlled, all problems are solved. People just lack this. If you can't even withstand a Japanese soldier, can you withstand Jesus Christ? Can you withstand the glorious and awesome name of Jesus Christ?

Today, it's easy to command demons to leave in the name of Jesus. It's easy when you say it, but do you know how awesome Jesus Christ is? You seem to know, but you don't really know. Stop offending God. Today, the peoples on earth, because they see Jesus Christ, remember the coming disaster. The coming disaster is unbearable for ordinary people. You know chemical weapons, they start to rot when placed on people. I tell you, that's not a life for humans; that's definitely not a life for humans.

The weapons that people invent now are very powerful. There is a bomb called a missile, there is a bomb called an atomic bomb, and there is a bomb called a dirty bomb. Do you know what a dirty bomb is? It's those with nuclear contamination, just take a plane and scatter it all over the place. No need to explode, just nuclear-contaminated materials, you spray it down and it's done. It's not a duck egg or a chicken egg; it's a dirty bomb. It's not throwing rotten eggs down; just spraying that nuclear-contaminated stuff all over the place is powerful. Especially cluster bombs, each one is a dirty bomb. It's unbearable. Biological weapons, chemical weapons, and releasing viruses, enough to give people a hard time. These are all great inventions of mankind.

So the image of Jesus Christ is glorious and awesome. Those of us who fear God, you don't need to worry. The Spirit of God can definitely protect you. Today, I encourage everyone to practice praying in the Spirit well. The image of Jesus Christ is like this, and then He said to old John:

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (Revelation 1:20)

So in the first chapter of Revelation, what Jesus Christ revealed to old John about the future of mankind is immediately connected to the church. So it is a revelation about the church and the angels of the church. What was old John writing letters to do? Writing letters to the seven churches in Asia. Asia is the place where the gospel is most revived. Writing this to the seven churches, which are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Today we don't have time to read those seven letters all at once, but I can tell you today that what was written to those seven churches is called the victorious church. Why is the church related to human history and the future of mankind? The relationship is very significant.

I'll give you an example so everyone can understand. Why did the British Empire become the British Empire? I tell you, at that time, the British preached the gospel, the Europeans preached the gospel, so the British Empire was inseparable from the British churches at that time, and it became the British Empire. Later, the Americans began to preach the gospel. Let's not talk about how they are; let's just say that the strength of the British Empire was in the era of Queen Victoria, which was the era when the British Empire preached the gospel, established churches, and preached the gospel. For example, Singapore was in that era when the British Empire had a general named Raffles.

Raffles landed in Singapore and began to establish the port of Singapore. To this day, Singaporeans still commemorate Raffles. Why? Because Raffles laid a very good foundation for them. So the subway station in the city center is called Raffles Station. When Raffles landed in Singapore, he established a church in the most central location, which is still a popular spot today. It's called St. Andrew's Cathedral, and tourists like to visit that cathedral; it's very beautiful.

In that era, the British established churches wherever they went, so they became the most powerful country in the world. Do you think these two things are related? They are related, absolutely related. Later, the Americans began to continue preaching the gospel, and as a result, after World War II, the United States became the most powerful country in the world. What about today? Today, we Asians are preaching the gospel, so do you see that Asia is now the era of Asia? Is it the era of us Chinese? It's very close.

So now start to see, especially us Chinese, the Chinese churches are thriving all over the world. So does the strength of China have anything to do with this? I tell you, it definitely has something to do with it. So where the church thrives, there it thrives; where the church declines, there it declines. That's just how it is. So today, brothers and sisters, you must know one thing: human history has an inseparable relationship with the church.

Establish a church, establish a victorious church. Why? Because Revelation speaks of the victorious church. So human history, the future, the end of human history, is actually when Jesus Christ will come again. The church is the body of Jesus Christ. The church will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord, to be united with the Lord, and then to reign with Jesus Christ over the kingdoms of the earth for a thousand years.

The first chapter of Revelation writes a "cap" for the entire Book of Revelation. This "cap" summarizes what the entire Book of Revelation will write about. The entire Book of Revelation will write about the revelation of God, about how all things are united in Jesus Christ.

May God bless everyone!

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